Augusta Joyce Crocheron

Augusta Joyce Crocheron (October 9, 1844 – March 17, 1915) was an early Latter-day Saint pioneer and writer.

Biography

Born in Boston on October 9, 1844, she was two years old when her family arrived in San Francisco on the Brooklyn.[1] In 1867 her parents John and Caroline Joyce settled in Utah Territory, and in 1870 she became a plural wife of George W. Crocheron with whom she had three sons and two daughters.[2]

She died at her home in Salt Lake City on March 17, 1915.[1]

Books

Verse
  • Wild Flowers of Deseret (1881)

For children
  • The Children's Book (1890)

Biography
  • Representative Women of Deseret (1884)

See also

References
  1. "Mormon Poetess Dies at Her Home". The Salt Lake Tribune. March 18, 1915. p. 16. Retrieved March 2, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. Mormon Literature & Creative Arts: Augusta B. Joyce Crocheron
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