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Show Funeral Services Held Friday for Mrs. Alice Cherrington Darton HURRICANE, Utah. Funeral services were held Friday, May 1st, for Mrs. Alice Cherrington Darton, who died Thursday, April 30th at her home in Hurricane. Orvil Webb of the North ward bishopric presided. The North ward D. U. P. double quartet sang, "When They're Gone We'll Not Forget Them". Opening prayer was by James Jepson. Speakers were R. P. Woodbury, Joel Roun-day Roun-day and Ben F. LeBaron. Solo, "Crossing the Bar", by Ivan Barrett. Bar-rett. Orvil Webb, in behalf of the family thanked all who had helped in any way during the sickness and death of Mrs. Darton. The D. U. P. double quartet, under the direction of Mrs. Mina Hinton sang, "Farewell All Earthly Hon-( Hon-( Continued on page eight) I Mrs. Darton Funeral (Continued from first page) ors". Benediction by John Hall. She was buried in the Hurricane cemetery. Born In England Mrs. Darton was born Nov. 19, 1849. at Bromwich, Stafford, England, Eng-land, the third child of a family of 13. She sailed with her parents from England when she was between be-tween five and six years old. It took them six weeks to cross the ocean. She was baptized in the Delaware river. While living at Rockland, Delaware, their nearest! neighbor was Karl G. Maeser. She came to Utah in Capt. John Smith's company. When they reached Green River, there were so many of the family sick, that Captain Smith advised them to remain there and rest. After three weeks, a handcart company under Capt. Oscar O. Stoddard brought them on to Utah. They reached Salt Lake City, Sept. 24, 1860. In the summer of 1868 she went to work on Antelope Island for a Mr. Spencer. The place was then known as "The Church Pasture". Pas-ture". It was there she met her future husband, James Thomas Darton, who she married April 12, 1869. In the Endowment House in Salt Lake City. Their first home was on the Church Island, where they lived for two years, being the only people living liv-ing on the Island that winter. Move To Old Mexico They lived in Holden, and Loa, Utah. In the fall of 1890 they sold their property and went to Old Mexico, where their only daughter, Sarah Elizabeth Sheffer was living. They settled at Colonia, Juarez. March 24, 1905, her husband hus-band was accidentally killed by being thrown from a wagon load of wood. She, with her son and daughter, and their families were driven out of Mexico in 1912. The U. S. Government paid their way to Price, Utah. July 28 she moved to Hurricane, where she resided at the time of her death. A daughter, daugh-ter, Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Sheffer and a son, James Brace Darton, Hurricane survive her. Also a brother, George William Cherring-ton, Cherring-ton, of Pangutch. Fourteen grandchildren grand-children and 37 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. |