Show last L ast tribute ri b ute paid P ai dt to 0 P pioneer Ashley of un fa hl y valley VAI OTT PA flaKS alvae AT till AUR OF WIDOW OF TILE LAST OK THE MORMON VALION 11 if 1 OP THE LIFE 1 oil NUIS AH PUBLISHED IN 19 YEAR AGO CHANGED ONLY NECE it V TO TO DATE martha jano mowrey v tho the agod aged widow of claricy mogu oy who wae was tho the last survivor of tho the mormon bat but lahon lalloo survived him but three months almost to a day sho passed peacefully away anay ul at tho homp of her child mra mrs sarah E thomas at 1 as 35 december 20 1920 after a prolonged sleep 1 of seven days her kimt illness lasted only two weeks mr mrs howroy had elvod in matuh bunty for the past 36 years and in evory way had taken a part with her hor hubband in n keeping with tho the do of thia this country ilor hor life was an all adventurous and eventful one ono even utter she hail had passed tho the ago whon roost most ample foel feel they should lay aside all physical activity until a little over a year ago she and hot wl aged husband kept house in thuir little home it was partially dM troyed by tiro fire lani last winter and in one of tho the coldest mornings they were driven by the flames out to find shelter with bor daughter everyone was her friend mrs hint mowrey was survived by living children nax namely atly mrs ara bar ih all ellen thomas 74 vurnal V harley alc jr 70 salt L aka city mrs olle olie liana 04 4 pocatello idaho li harriet arriet ann dingman 62 ban san pran fran bleco california ella drucilla Druc llla ding roan irian 79 provo utah charles barton mowrey 51 Tr idoll also 41 krand grand children 94 great grand chil dren 30 great great grand children services were held in III the 1 ward meeting house H B colder calder presiding opening prayer prater by james INI shaffer the speakers were jonn N davis and slid president don B colton Dene benediction diction was by E J L Cough ong hurst A quartette consisting con slating of clive liv davie anton strobel mrs pearl johndon Joh Jolma neon ol an aritt mima davis sang load light and arid resurrect Re tiou dav miss milna davis sang collie gnip ye saints I 1 In interment tennent wa was in n the vernal cemetery by the side of her illustrious husband jamea at shaffor shaffer dedicating th grave lf sketch of nirm iove tin story of the life aud and labors of murtha martha jane sargent mowrey Is not less 14 markante kable te than that of her ds tilla d buci husband band harley moi rey re y whoso aho vho tp de lenth deith ith occurred on october 10 19 1 1920 about thre months to a 0 iv 0 before that of his beloid belov pl wicy I 1 fe rhe full report of hia his life uno azin death was given in the vernal I 1 of october 22 1920 date from her infancy sho was traina d to the school of oft until she hab been like rold gold refined and purt purified fled by fire in her she passed through the heart rending scenes attendant up 1 on the missouri persecutions and ivings dr to vich tha the latter day saint were subjected later sh she j u rei with her people in their eods from nauvoo ll 11 r journey across the plains was abi oLea occasion sion of one of the most bit ter to td the narration of v ilch we have ever listened and last wit but not least Is her labors in conjunction with nith hor her husband as a and colonizer in the states i of it ih ati california and idaho sio 1 ie in is th daughter Aughter di of able IM Sarv nt and baillo edwards her bir li i pame floyd county indiana th dat of iier her birth september 24 14 7 it taking her in her year stilla nitre child her par ont bicanic adherents to the doc doe trinny tr liiS of or the latter da saints and fathered xa with them at the tho founding ot wr hoir s settlement at jackson coun j 1 ty she still remembers distinct the gathering gathering of the mob I 1 AIs t ok A 7 i 1 i and anti the thrilling experiences of at tho thel banishment of the saint saints froni that place as well ae as their settlement in clay county of tho the same state at that hr father had laid tho foundation for a comfortable and had ad raised a splendid crop but mob violence again overtook them arill they veru again driven leaving their crops and the results of oil all their toll to the mob the third ut tempt t ampt of her parents at home making in g was in missouri at far par west however thyn enjoyed but a briot briet r she was an eye witness to the assembling of thirteen hundred men ostensibly a part of at the state but in reality the crata cruts who had lind on the two former accas occasion driven robbed and plundered the saints they camped before the 04 of far par west and threatened to massacre all tho the inhabitants of the ity unless the leaders of the church w ern delivered as prisoners into their iana she witnessed ad the tho arrest of tho the prophet joseph smith and his associates and saw thorn them carried away after the leaders of the mob bad trad as turied the saints that the prison ers would all be executed while at alfar far west bi hi father was one of the participants in the battle at crooked river where hero apostle david W patten was killed As the mob bad sworn vengeance upon all who had taken part in that battle and as the whole people had been ordered by governor bogga boggs of missouri to leave the state or be exterminated her father and his ramila a loft left am all their earthly possessions and fled precipitately over the burnt prairie their bare feet staining their track with blood as the they traveled not knowing where to 4 k refuge they made their wa a aa an best they could to indiana endur ing untold misery and hardships on the way arriving there in a deflora bl and anti destitute condition soon acte ir their arrival at rt indiana her mother died because of the exposure and nd privation she bad had been boon subjected S to thre years later the family a gain gathered with tho the body of the j cli this time timo at nauvoo where they resided until the expulsion of the tho sainted from tatt city in february 1144 one of b r sisters Dr drucilla uBilla i sargent was war the wife of captain an i derson who with ith his son were killed b in the same cannon ball at the bat I 1 continued on lement i 17 oil MOWREY continued from page 1 tie of nauvoo as thoy they wore were assis in the decenso of tho the city against au an attack by the mob tho the subject of this sketch was married before leaving nauvoo to sharp the date of the marriage september 1845 the only of that marriage murr lage was a daugh tor ter sarah ellen now the wife of marion marlon thomas of thie this place at the time of their flight westward es from nauvoo while stepping ut at council bluffs temporarily her husband norman sharp became a member of the mormon morman battalion she and one of her elethere el st etere aters caroline sargent ec cc companied compan lod her husband and wai wax one of the families that attempted to go with ith the battalion to california and consequently were mong among the little company sent to pueblo by the commanding ni officer of or tho the battalion it was after this small detachment under captain higgins bad had left the main command and were wending their ay to pueblo that she passed through the most bitter and distress ing experience of her eventful life one day as her husband was tak ing his rifle from the wagon it was lc L c ci dently discharged inflicting a severe wound in one arm This rendered it blo for him to travel they happened to be at that time in the country of the arapahoe indians and near a where a large body of that tribe were camped the chief at once exhibited great hospitably hosp itally and managed to make them understand that he lie believed be he knew a medicine that would cure the wound at that captain higgins Iggins II decided to leave mr sharp in care of the in so that the company would not be hamp red as he was anxious to reach santa fe in time to join the battalion tf at that place plate mrs afro here displayed disPlaY Pd her superb courage os well as her devotion to her hr husband she refused to leave him for a and was as unalterable in her tier determination to remain to the bitter end regardless of consequent to herself ber self finally the captain consent d to allow adi sister caroline sargent and thomas wolsley a member of the battalion to remain with her leaving them an ox team the remainder rema indor of th party left the next morning imagine the peril of that distress ing tu atlon there they were with the wounded man without the sim pest re with which to alleviate the death agonies of one who was bearer to her tier than life ahrn to be hlowie almost among savages with whom hom they could converse only by igns with the chances of saving their iown on lives very much against them th self wic sacrifice demonstrated the truth of the words of the mas ter greater love tove hath bath no man hown than he will aill lay down his liffor his friend for four long and weary days day they watched ohp th wounded man out suffer untold a any sad and at last gave up the conflict and died the I 1 indians planted P arted in the burim which was done without even alrude coffin the next morning th chief told them to travel fast an there were many bad indians around this tribe r that time wa aas at war nar with the lae nation our party of three persons traveled almost night and day ana and soon overtook their companions upon ul rejo rejoining thing their pomp companions anions lons the women hugged alm sharp and her estr r and wept bitter ly as thy thoy were as though risen from I 1 the dead that winter was spent at I 1 paplo rind the next summer on the fourth lay of or guiv atho fili was married marrie d to harley mowrey Thus from that dae late the history of one Is virtually a history of tie the other J mrs retails relates with tearful eyes yes how often she has been compel ed eo during the early daya in utah alo to listen helplessly elble s s ay to the piteous cryl at mr her childr children e n for food tood also how they siArd for weeks at 1 a timea upon roots dug from the earth j she wag vias j 11 woman woma n of the and noblest character dnn an ras was al at ans an active worker in th church until tha laet last few leae alf of her life sho she tyas was unable to demuch do active work truly she was ulas orie one of earths noble women and a worthy compan fah of a preat and mah her life has been een a one and well han has the titia title of a pioneer woman as ehe she performed her partha part as splitting to found an gin empire in birthe the great west r |