Portrait of Persis M. McKee

PERSIS M. McKEE

Spanish Fork, Utah; born 29th June, 1820, Andover, Maine

A remarkable woman who seems to link the distant past with the pres-

ent— the days of the rise of the Church with today. The Book of Mormon

she is holding was given her by the Prophet Joseph Smith. Mrs. McKee,

with Sarah Handy, folded the entire second edition of the Book of Mor-

mon; and the Prophet gave each of them one of the books they had folded.

Mrs. McKee has eight living children, one son and seven daughters, who

have had 92 children. This photo was taken June, 1918, a few days before

Mrs. MeKee's ninety-eighth anniversary, by George Ed. Anderson, Spring-

ville, Utah.