Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Annie Oakley Grave Site in Ohio

While traveling in Ohio recently I visited the Annie Oakley archive at the Garst Museum in Greenville.
Annie Oakley (Phoebe Anne Moses) was born in Darke County, Ohio in 1860. By the age 15, she was excellent hunter and protege sharp shooter. She became the first female superstar, who toured North America and Europe first as circus act, later in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. She appeared in motion pictures for Thomas Edison and her image and life story told through books, stage, and film and television.


She married Frank Butler in Windsor, Ontario in 1882 and together they toured until retirement in 1913. Somewhere I read a reference to her having a sister in Ferndale, Michigan.
She died at age 66 in 1926 in Greenville. Frank died 18 days later. 

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