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Annie Oakley was born Phoebe Ann Moses in Darke County, Ohio. Her parents were subsistence farmers and Quakers.
In the winter of 1866, Jakob Moses was caught in a blizzard.
Annie oakley pictures biography timeline
He contracted pneumonia and died soon after. The family experienced a financial crisis after his death.
The oldest of the Moses children, Mary, died of tuberculosis in 1867.
Susan Moses and her remaining children were forced to move from the family farm to a smaller plot of land and young Phoebe Ann Moses began trapping to supplement the family's food supply.
At eight years old, the young Phoebe Ann Moses loaded her father's rifle and went squirrel hunting.
She was successful, but her mother forbade her from using the gun again.
At only 10, Susan Moses sent Phoebe Ann Moses to the county poor farm. Init