Thurber, Laura Ann Keeler, 1859-1909
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1859 - 1909
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Laura Ann Keeler Thurber autobiography
Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232484524]
Identifier: MSS 436
Scope and Contents
Handwritten autobiography which has been encapsulated and bound. The item starts with Thurber's biographies of her father, James Keeler, and her mother, Eliza Shelton Keeler. James Keeler's account was copied from his autobiography and diary. Laura lived in Santaquin, Goshen, and Richfield, Utah, and in Grass Valley, Nevada. Laura married Joseph Thurber in 1876, who entered into polygamy by marrying another woman in 1885. James Keeler joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
Dates:
approximately 1900
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections