Annie Oakley

Introduction

Phoebe Anne Oakley Moses, or "Annie" by her sisters,  was born on  August  13, 1860 to  Jacob and Susan Moses and the fifth of seven children. She was born in Darke County, Ohio and never had any education in schools. On August 13, 1866, Annie's father passed away to pneumonia, when she was aged six. Afterwards, her mother sent her away in 1870, and she learned from a superintendent of a poor farm how to embroider and sew. She reunited with her mother later on, who had married a third time as far as Annie knew.