Jane Elizabeth Lee Butler autobiography

Collection

Identifier: MS 0129

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Jane Elizabeth Lee Butler autobiography consist of Butler's description of her life from about the 1880s to 1900. It gives an account of the economic depression, epidemics, and a life of church and civic activity in a predominantly Mormon community in southeastern Nevada.

Dates

1880-1963

Creator

Butler, Jane Elizabeth Lee, 1875-1963 (Person)

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Biographical Sketch

Jane Elizabeth Lee Butler was born 11 August 1875 in Panaca, Lincoln County, Nevada. She attended Brigham Young Academy in Provo, Utah, at the age of 17. She married William Butler in 1900 and worked as a cook, bookkeeper, and doctor's assistant. After the death of her husband in 1945, Elizabeth moved to California where she lived with a daughter until her death in 1963.