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Daphne Webb Jemmett

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Daphne Webb Jemmett was born Nov. 5, 1897, at Fillmore, Utah, daughter of Francis Adelbert and Martha Carling Webb. Her early childhood was spent in Fillmore and Orderville, Utah. In 1904 the family moved to Idaho. She married Clifford Jemmett on June 16, 1913. After their marriage they lived in the cove on the Blackfoot River and then moved to a homestead near Cedar Creek, Idaho. They operated the Alridge Star Route Post Office from their home for almost 30 years.

Mrs. Jemmett was a newspaper reporter, working for The Post-Register and for Blackfoot and Pocatello newspapers. She published a collection of her poems in 1978. She was a member of the LDS Church, the Idaho Writers League and Ee-dah-how Camp of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers.

LDS
LDS (member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints)
Clifford H. Jemmett
1897-11-05
Fillmore, Utah
1987-04-25
Female
Author, Journalist, Poet
English

3 Works by Daphne Webb Jemmett

Title Role Year Genre
God's Garden Author 1944 Poetry
The Lane Author 1945 Poetry
Remember Today Author 1956 Poetry
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