By: Ardis E. Parshall - November 02, 2012 Annie Christensen Stevens of Sanpete County, Utah, was the author of an 1892 letter describing missionary life in Samoa, previously discussed by Keepa’ninnies. Annie’s husband died of typhoid fever in Samoa on 28 April 1894, and Annie sailed immediately for home. Her rapid return was due not only to sorrow in her widowhood, but in the hope of reaching her parents’ home at Fairview, Uta...
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