Ida R. Alldredge

Ida Romney Alldredge (1892-01-07 – 1943-06-14) was the author of the Latter-day Saint hymn "They the Builders of the Nation".

Ida Romney was born in city-state|Colonia Juárez|Chihuahua, Mexico, to Miles Romney and Catherine Cottom.

Ida Romney married Leo "Lew" Alldredge on 1911-08-26. [ [http://www.aldridgefamilyresearch.org/descendancy.htm descendancy ] ]

The following year they moved to Douglas, Arizona, with the body of the Mormon colonists who had decided to leave Mexico due to the disruptions caused by the Mexican Revolution.

Lew worked as a merchant in Arizona. They latter moved to Mesa, Arizona, where Ida lived until her untimely death.

Alldredge wrote many poems for the "Relief Society Magazine" and the "Juvenile Instructor". [ [http://www.timesandseasons.org/?p=3761 Times & Seasons » Wells run dry ] ] She is creadited with having written over 30 poems in the 1920s and 1930s. [ [http://mormonlit.lib.byu.edu/lit_author.php?a_id=3408 Mormon Literature Database - Alldredge, Ida R ] ] Alldredge wrote more than 400 poems in total as well as many musical works and a few dramatic works. [ [http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/FH14&CISOPTR=19309&REC=5 Family History Collection : Compound Object Viewer ] ]

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*Cornwall, J. Spencer "The Stories of Our Mormon Hymns" (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book, 1975) p. 192