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Show 94th Birthday of Mrs. Rose White Observed At Her Home Today A native of London, England, and a resident cf this community for the past 33 years, Mrs. Rose Wick-ham Wick-ham White was honored today by friends, relatives and members cf the South ward Relief society who called in observance of her 94th birthday anniversary. Mrs. White was born May 4, 1840. a daughter of John and Sarah Andrew:; An-drew:; Wickham. After the family j joined the L. D. S. Church, she; came to America and crossed thei plains during the early days of the Civil War. She travelled in Cap-) tain Snow's company, and was ac-j ccmpanied by a si ter, Elizabeth.) ard a brother, Walter. Two year, later the parents and a brother, Richard, followed the three child-! ren to Utah, where they settled at! Biinnam City. Shortly after coming tc Utah she was married in the Salt Lake Endowment En-dowment House to Joseph HarrLon Tippits. They had four children, one of whom, Mrs. Rose Anderson of Sacramento, Calif., is still living. liv-ing. Mr. Tippit; succumbed t.) sunstroke while they were living in Blue Springs Valley west of Og-den. Og-den. Shi; was later married to Alma White, an Indian War veteran. I Six oi thru children are iiv:ni: Dudley, of Pleasant Orove; Mrs. Le-ona Le-ona Halberg of Salt Lake; Roy, Alma, Al-ma, Joseph and Daisy of Mount: Pleasant; also 23 grandchildren; i 39 great-grandchildren, and one! great grandchild. Mr. White died January 8, 1932. Unable to read tcday due to failing vision, Mrs. White recalls reading accounts seventy vears aeo " of events during the Civil War. "I just loved to read, but now I can't read any more," she said sorrowfully. sorrow-fully. She remembers vividly the days when, a young woman, she would take scissors and tub and go into the field to cut the heads off ripe wheat, which she would later carry to the hou"e and thresh with a flail, then mix with eggs for making a "mush" which she said was "the best mush you ever ate." |
