They were eight cousins: Dora, Susa, Mabel, Mary, Lucy, Martha, Hannah, and Emily Aurilla. They were talented, clannish, and — simply put — did not live dull lives. The eight cousins, born into two families in Utah Territory, were well-connected and experienced both the privileges and the difficulties associated with those connections. Their mothers, Martha and Lucy, were sisters-in-law. Martha Mecham was married to Hiram Bigelow, and Hir...
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