Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1915-04-18 | Page 32 | Mrs. Ann Paul at Ninety, Hale and Spry as a Girl

I IMPS ANN NN PAUL AT NINETY HALE L AND ND SPRY AS S A b GIRL t al f STILL TILL in tho the possession of clear lear ision vision at the age of 90 00 jears oars Mrs Ann don Paul ti a n Utah pioneer of 1855 is able to read rc without the aid of glasses nr and d celebrates birthday tomorrow 4 A i. i D r. r M G f Y r s' s t Y w d a M RS A ANN PAUL PUk a pioneer of or the MRS year 1855 1856 will WIn celebrate her nine nine- cloth birthday birthday- h day anniversary ersary tomor tomor- 10 row with a part party given In her honor b by Joseph JosephJ J J. Paul a ason son at athis his home SIS Fourth avenue Invitations have haic been sent seat to sons grandsons and relatives rela- rela tUes tives scattered I throughout this state slate sta e and Idaho Mr Mfr Paul Taut is making arrangements arrangements ar ar- ar- ar to entertain people whom ho be expects to come to Salt Lake for tor tho occasion Mrs Paul came to this city in 1855 1856 with with an ox team company c captained b by Milo Andrews She was wasat at that time a a- recent convert to to- the Mormon church having embraced that faith the latter Jatter part of ot 1854 in England She made what was was then a aver very good record record rec rec- ord trip across tho the Atlantic ocean the voyage in a sailing ship being made in five weeks arriving at Philadelphia with h her r father fathe and mother Mr and Mrs James Loder ir The Tho family went to Mo and camped there nine weeks s. s When cn a a. a company q pany of ot pio pio- under Milo 1110 Andrews was comIn coming com com- In ing west she Joined them and walked nearly all the way way- ato a to Utah The next year yeat year her her father and mother started with Ith the ill-fated ill handcart company compan of ot which 50 so many lost last their lives cs Mr Mr- Loder her father was among the number nUmber num nUm- ber who died and was burled buried on the plains After Atter a short stay stoy In this elt city she moved to Battle Battle Creek a short distance dis dis- tance from Pleasant Grove Oro After staying there there- nine years ears she returned to this city an and has a ll cd hero hore ever since Mrs Paul is extremely active for her age being able to read d and write wIthout without without with wIth- out the aid of ot glasses and to to do any housework she wants ants to do Every ery year she takes a trip to Pleasant Grovo Grove and renews former of years ears Log houses were the general thing In this city when tho the hardy year ninety old woman oman camo here When they built their house on Second avenue people considered them to have moved out into tho Ule wilderness