Show another pioneer gone n e it lias ngam fallen to our lot to chronicle the death of another of the founders of oui commonwealth a pioneer of the state of utah and ol of uintah county the noble spirit of lydia badger remington winged its flight to the great beyond at ac the house of jerome merrill at dry fork early curly wednesday mot moi ning almy 9 1 ho he caust causi of her death w m as old i go ge and lua gooral debility she has been a woman oman A of 05 strong constitution and her health unusually good until the past four months when she began to tail fail perceptibly during the pat pait four weeks she has been ill most of tit alu j time her illness increasing in severus severn y until theand the end came her mind retained its vigor and slie she was perfectly per feed conscious up to the last moment mrs remington las has been a prominent figure in the early tory of this valley shu Shen endorf durd d all the ti tiit hicls ls and incident to the pi incer life in tho the founding of the settlements in salt lake valley in cache and in urn um tan tah counties her earthly career began on ti tio the o day of march 1831 ut at the town of sharon windsor county vermont the birth place of the prophet joseph smith during hex hei early childhood per parents associated themselves with the church of jesue christ cf latter day saints and were among t hoso N ho he gathea gathered ed at rutland kit aland ohio aiom kirtland they were with the lurch church through all its adversities and wanderings vanden vande rings in ohio missouri and illi luia lois ind last but not least in the great modern exodious from nauvoo to the salt lake valley the story of the suffering pr privation ivaton toil and hardships which she has endur d top nip beyond for years dhe he was personally acquainted with the prophet joseph smith sometime in 1847 she was to jerome remington at winter quarters now called florence nebraska in 1850 she crossed the plains to utah resided at salt lake city until the yoa year r 1860 vi lien hen with her husband and family she settled at paradise cache county then a desolate wilderness from the date of the organization of the relief society until the year 1879 she filled the responsible position of prisident of that organization it is v N ell 11 known to old euintah 7 uintah county that the subject of this sketch ketch came here in m 1879 and with her family resided at the white river settlement she was then der a widow ai her husband died two yeats before she left cache valcy the e act dato date of his hia death being december if 13 1877 when the merrilla Ier rills ward was waa organized during daring the early eighties she eho was waa again chosen to preside over the relief society a position eho held unett her advanced age made her honorat hono ld rolease release imperative her children number twelve hye five sons and seven daughters those now living are ara mrs lydia merrill Merrl ll of dry fork flirk jerome remington of idaho harriett mercill men Meri ill of jensen rodney 13 remington of naples ars yrs helen Daven davenpot poi t of hood river cre oregon and mrs airs marian goodrich of naples a the day after her death the remains of mrs airs remington tons N ere conveyed from dry fork to naples the funeral was held at the naples ward house at 10 a ni friday may 12 1906 under the auspices apices of the bishop james jamea M shaffer and counselors the attendance was large and the foli following owing speakers paid a high bate b ate to the noble character charac tei and useful labors labor of the deceased high combel or george A davis davia george A good rich ria C F 13 lybbert jerome awill A K bartlett and joseph II if gardiner at the close of the services eer vicea anim an immense cortege follow followed cd the remains to t ta air laba pl ice in the vernal cemetery |