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Identifer Number	220910
Title	Gravemarker, Alpine, Utah, 1976
Description	Gravemarker with very long inscription recounting the life of a member of the L.D.S. Church who pushed a handcart 1,300 miles across the plains to Utah in 1856. Image contains a sunspot.
Date.Original	1976
Place	Alpine (Utah)
Subject	Sepulchral monuments -- Pictorial works Cemeteries -- Utah -- Pictorial works
Name on Marker	John Rowe Moyle; Phillippa Beer Moyle
Inscription	John Rowe Moyle. "Born February 22, 1808 in Wendron, Cornwall, England. Died January 19, 1889 at Alpine, Utah. He was the son of James and Elizabeth Row Moyle. Phillippa Beer, wife of John Rowe Moyle, born December 13, 1815 in Devonport, Devonshire, England. Died January 1891 at Alpine, Utah. She was the daughter of William and Elizabeth Cook Beer. Married John Rowe Moyle in 1834 on the Isle of Gurnsey. They joined the L.D.S. Church August 13, 1851 in Millbrook, England. On April 19, 1856, they set sail for the United States arriving at Salt Lake City September 26, 1856, having walked 1300 miles across the plains pushing handcarts. In 1958, they settled in Alpine, Utah, and built a rock fort and house in which they lived the remainder of their lives. John Rowe Moyle was known throughout his life for his skill as a builder, his independence of character, his courage, and integrity."
Batch Number	B107; B303
Material Culture	Gravemarkers
Motif	Epitaphs L.D.S.
Genre	Material culture Vernacular architecture Slides
Creator	Fife, Austin E. Fife, Alta Stevens
Photographer	Fife, Austin E.
Publisher	Utah State University Library
Type	Image
Source	USU Fife Slide Collection, FOLK COLL 4 no. 3, ID number
Rights	Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Libraries folklore curator, phone (435) 797-3493
Date.Digital	2004-11-10
Format	JPG
File size	103.369 kb
Height	526
Width	800
Color space	RGB
Scanner	EverSmart Jazz CreoScitex

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