| Show FUNER 11 SERVICES biographical kal sketch of or the he koble noble life of rachel jane drowning browning on sunday afternoon dec 28 1890 the second ward meeting house was filled to its utmost capacity with people of various religious denominations who came to attest their esteem and re respect I 1 hect for the memory of the late mrs rachel jane browning who alter after long illness and most acute buffering suffering died at her residence in this city dec there were present apostle 14 D richards the pree i dency of tho tile weber stae many members of tho the high council ble bishops hOPS olse of voial wards and a host of others th tho assembly was called to order by bishop stobert rt barrie the choir bang pang the hymn bei buining aning 10 0 lay rny father rather thou that d dwelled in the tb high nad and glorious place I 1 the opening prayer was offered by richard ballantyne the c congregation e a was then addressed by T r IL lewis arn benell new ell thomas doze doxey joseph hall joseph parry I 1 apostle F D richards and bishop mt ML A cumber number of the speakers have been acquainted with the deceased for thirty years and they testified to the correctness ness of her general deportment the uprightness and the purity of her life life they eaid paid she had bad been exemplary in all her actions she bad been con stant true and faithful faith lol to her ous one convictions throughout her tier life her maternal solicitude for ford the material materi a 1 mental and spiritual welfare of her children unceasing un easing she lost no opportunity opportunity to impress upon their minds mind he the necessity of pure and honest e lives ot of making and leaving behind them an honorable record her patience in her long and terrible affliction and her unswerving faith in god were sublime and powerful testimonies of her goodness and integ lily aty and the nobility ol 01 her heart and soul tho tile speakers assured their listeners that these encomiums were too formal or matter of course utterances but that they vere w ere deservedly bestowed and were offered only as a fit tribute to the memory of a departed faithful wile wife affections affect ionae e devoted motherland mot berand a true fir friend lend she now rests in peace and her memory Is to embalmer embalmer embalmed ea ed in the hearts 0 of f 11 hundreds of friends her sufferings are ended her reward assure and la in he the tion of the just she will again be restored to the society of her family and former associates never again to endure the pangs of sepe ration her brother president dentO 0 F middleton d GO n th thanked ked and blessed the tile al a I 1 to forthe arthe expression of sympathy ym pathy manifested an it ad by them for th the valuable aid rendered during her sic sickness knees and for the utterance of euch such comforting words during the services the choir then sang lae the popular hymn farewell all earth earthly lj honors I 1 bid you all adieu etc the benediction was pronounced by nepal pratt after which t the le immense C cortege consisting of between sixty a and nd seventy carriages followed the remains to the ogden cemetery where her tier grave was dedicated by joseph hall and the mortal remains of rachel jane browning were lowered to their last resting place biographical the deceased was the beloved wife clifton 8 browning broning and the daughter of william and mary 11 II B middleton Midi leton she was born at far west caldwell county mo april 19 1833 sue she was the fourth child of her parents one sister older than herself having died previously her parents subsequently settled near nauvoo Iau illinois lu the spring of 1840 she with her bar parents para were expelled from nauvoo into the wilderness and after ead enduring dring the hardship and deprivations incident to a journey in ina a wilderness such as iowa was at that period she arrived at ciuni council 11 bluffed late ia in ibe the full fall of the tile bame same year in the spring of 0 ebe accompanied her paren parents tit across the plains and arrived in salt lake city on the of sep and shortly afterward her parents removed foorden to where she has since resided until the time of her demise in it january 1853 in the absence of her lather father and her elder brother charles F and while the famil family were asleep the house caught fire toe the conflagration increased and the a alarm larm soon spread to tho the neighbors who eoon soon gathered to the scene and rendered the inmates all the assist ence they could to escape rachel jane got out of the bouse house at first unharmed but she returned to rescue the others in which attempt ehe she was terribly burned about her arms neck and face the tho three other children did not escape but vero were burned to death their mother also was burned ed almost fatally on the 2nd and ot of october rachel jane middleton was married to clifton 8 brownin browning jonathan browning officiating on the same day her brother r charles F waa was married marled r to martha browning in the spring I 1 of f 1850 1856 tier list husband responded to a call to go on a mission to the indiana indians among whom he labored for two years during daring this time ehe she burled her eldest boy little clifton andehn also gave birth to her second child william 8 S on march 1864 she she burled one of other bar boys little wlllie willie 11 nov 1884 her mother died and february 15 1889 her father died in february 1887 she rho underwent a surgical operation in which she had a cancer taken out of her tight right breast creast by dr J M 31 benedict at silt salt like city but about a year before her tier death the dreadful disease malo matto its appearance again another cancer formed near the right arm pit which partially stopped the circulation of the blood iu in her arat arm canting causing it U to swell and inflicting terrible pain during the last six air mouths months of her tier blot she was prostrated upon bei bet back in which position she lay continually being unable to turn tura either to the right or to the left but she bore her tier eare sare affliction auli clion with the greatest patience and fortitude bhe she leaves behind to mourn her losi an affectionate husband eight children four boys bota and four girla she has also had eight grand children seven of whom survive her she likewise leaves ono one brother charles F middleton who is tho the last of the family to which they belonged |
