Annie+Oakley



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 * Annie Oakley was born August 13, 1860 in Patterson Township, Darke County, Ohio. She also had six brothers and sisters. Annie did not attend school.Annie was born actually by the name of Phoebe Ann Oakley Mozee by her mother, Susan. Her siblings called her Annie.Annie's parents were Quakers from Pennsylvaina. **
 * In 1866, Annie's father, Jacob, died of pneumonia and overexposer to freezing weather. Annie's Mom remarried, but quickly became a widow, so she sent Annie and her siblings to a farm in Ohio, where the parents were cruel to Annie, and often locked her out of the house when it was cold and snowing outside. When Annie returned home, her mother remarried for the third time. When she appeared with Sitting Bull and other notables in Colonel Cody's Wild West Show, she would threal ur mom and dad. **
 * Shooting Carreer: **
 * Annie was a very good shot with several guns. When it came to rifles to pistols, Annie mastered it. She was called, "Little Sure Shot" for her good shooting and for her height (Annie was only 5 feet tall). Annie won several awards and performed on Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. It was said that Annie could shoot a dime 90 feet in the air. Annie also used to shoot ashes from Frank's cigarettee in his mouth for part of the act .** ** Personal Life: **
 * Annie married marksman Frank Butler, and Annie became his assistant in his traveling shooting act. **
 * In 1901, a train accident ruined Annie's spine, and required 5 operations, leaving Annie paralyzed for some time. Annie didn't tour much after the accident, but she still set records. **
 * On November 3, 1926, Annie died of pernicious anemia in Greensville, Ohio, at age 66. In 1946, Herbert and Dorothy Fields made the musical, "Annie Get Your Gun"[|www.lkw.org/whohio/oakl-ann.htm][|__http://www.cowgirls.com/dream/cowgals/oakley.htm__] **
 * Kathryn- Annie Oakley did a shootout and won against one of the greatest marksmen alive Frank Butler. She was an orphan girl who made her way to fame, she had a very high spirit and personal independence. Also since she was successful at hunting she was able to help pay the entire mortgage the farm her family owned, the money she erned came from the sale of her hunting game. **
 * @http://www.dorchesterlibrary.org/library/aoakley.html ** ||


 * Very nice work, girls! You have a lot of interesting information about Annie Oakley. Just be careful--it may have been a good idea to divide up the information in a more organized way, perhaps using a bulleted or numbered list. -Miss Bartoe **