Completed what in those days was called the 9th Forum. Loved to read. Had a special interest in women's right to vote. Bore eleven children, nine of whom survived to adulthood.
Married in the early 1880s and came west in 1890 to work the Marysville Mine in Montana. He rode a horse from Ohio and, upon arriving in Silver City his first task was to help bury the dead from an Indian massacre. Was active in the Miners Union movement and worked on various mines and ranches in western Montana.
Grew up as the youngest of a family of nine in the mining towns of Elkhorn, Flesher, and Boulder. Was a frequent rider in community horse races. Loved to dance and once won a dance competition. Though she had little formal education, she raised two children and saw them both through college. She and her husband homesteaded a ranch near the Continental Divide where she spent most of her adult life. She was postmistress of Wilborn, operated a general store, and chased cows till she was well into her eighties. Died September 7, 1986 from pneumonia after a broken hip (as did her mother).
DEATH: Volume: 22857
Certificate: 030298
Race: White
Age: 74 Years
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