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Everett, Mildred Fox, 1880-

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1880-

Biography

Mildred Fox was born in Iowa in 1880. At the age of 25, Fox moved to South Dakota, where as a homesteader she lived in an eight by ten foot shack she built and taught at a school in Fort Pierre. Fox returned to Iowa in 1908. She attended William Penn College in Oskaloosa, where she met Fred Everett. The couple married in 1910 and lived on a 160 acre farm in New Sharon, Iowa, where they raised five children.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Mildred Fox Everett papers

 Collection
Identifier: IWA0606
Abstract

Iowa native who became a homesteader in South Dakota, and later returned to Iowa to raise her five children on a farm.

Dates: 1811-1972