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Biography of Persis Moore Sweat McKee

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2811
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a microfilmed copy of a typewritten biography. Persis Moore Sweat was born in 1820 in Maine. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, married Thomas McKee in 1841, and migrated to Utah in 1853. She lived in Spanish Fork, Utah. When she died, she had 245 descendants, including 8 children.

Dates: approximately 1958
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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  • Subject: City and Town Life X
  • Subject: Latter Day Saint women -- Biography X
  • Subject: Spanish Fork (Utah) -- History X

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