| Show MOTHER WHITflEY DEAD After a In ffiing and painful illness ill-ness Elizabeth Ann Whitney affectionately affec-tionately known by all the early settlers of the teinUry and ii i great many young perjoiib HH Mother Whitney has passed away She was possessed of remarkable re-markable vitality and notwithstanding notwith-standing her advanced age emici ated condition her feebleness and her recent lung illness and painful suffering she has held on with a tenacity which is almost wonderful Frequently during the past two weeks she has appeared to be at the p ini ot death and near friends woul 1 be called to be present at the dissolution when she would again rally and teniporarilv 1 mend At 2 10 oclock o > i Wednesday however the umir arrived and death came and lelieved her of further suffering suffering which she enduied with the same fortitude and resignation which had ihaiajterized her whole life The cause was old l ase and while many will regret that she has pasedfrom this Jifallwill wish that the span of their lives if as long will sow as full a measure of use fulnss as that of lol her Whitney Elzibeth Ann Whitney was the wife of Bishop Newel K Whitney Whit-ney she was burn in Derby New Haven County December 26th 1800 j and was the eldest child of Gibson and Polly Bradley Smith She received re-ceived in early life the most judicious judi-cious training and was carefully educated according t r the customs I of that early period When about IS years of age she went with a maiden aunt to Ohio and subsequently subse-quently became acquainted with Mr Whitney young merchant to whom she was married Octobsr 20th 1822 by Rev Mr Badges a Presbyterian minister Some time after their marriage they both I joined the Campbelliie Caurch Mother Whitney was baptized in November 1330 into the Church of Jesus Christ of LatterJay Saints I I and has ever ben a faiihf and devoted de-voted member She v as designated I desig-nated in the early days of I the church the sweet songstress ol f Zion oy the prophet himself I Her voice was rich cHill full of me odjr up to the time of her late illness ill-ness And even during her severe sickness she often sang a line or two of some favorite hymn Bishop Whitney and family left Ivnlund for Missouri in ls K but hearing the saints were being driven from that state they remained in Carlton Ill during the wnitr and in the spring ot ISoO went up to Com meice I In Nauvoo Mother Whitney en lured much hardship and piivation but never a murmur escaped her lips always cheeriul and looking on the blight s de encouraging I her husband in the j erformancc of every duty although she might be left de3titute and alone At the time of the org mizuliun of the Relief Re-lief Society in sanvooMotherWhit ney was chosen and ordained as first councilor to the president Emma Smith which position she filled with honor aud credit At the I time of the exodus Irom Nauvoo she crossed the Mississippi river on the ice in the dead of winter with a family of little children and from sleeping in a tent on the frozen ground he contracted a cold which settled in her limbs producing pro-ducing rheumatism from which she never entirely recovered but has always suffered more or less Her youngest son Newel M was born at Winter Quarters and she passed through such scenes of sorrow sor-row and suffering as 110 pen can portray Her two eld st sons Horace Hor-ace and Orson were among the pioneers pio-neers of 47 Bishop Whitney and family came to the valley in ileber C Kimballs company arriving herein here-in October 1848 In September 1850 Bishop Whitney died leaving her with a family of nine c lildren She has been abundantly gifiedwith many of the most amiable qualities of womankind Patience meekness humility the power of seltsaci jibe and the spirit of peace seemed to rest ever upon her She has often been alluded to as the comforter so powerful have been her efforts to help others Her ministrations among the sick and afflicted cannot be numbered During her recent illness she often said Fathers time is the best time and again I want to suffer all that I ought to suffer She had the most careful attention and nursing from her daughter Mrs Mary Jane Groo and other dear relatives and friends There were many remarkable features fea-tures about Mother Whitney As before stated she possessed a most angelic spirit and in mildness patience pa-tience gentleness and all the graces she was as near an angel on earth asa as-a woman possibly could be Her life was most exemplary and upright Notwithstanding her extreme ap prior to her illness she could read the finest print without any artificial assistance andher senses of hearing and perception were clearer and more acute than they are in many young ferpons While she has lived a long and I useful career and the time lor her departure to a better world was ripe many a tear will be shtd when the death of this sweet old lady is heard She has been the mother of eleven children seven sons and four daughters six now living She has thirtytwo grandchildren and thirteen thir-teen great grandchildren Mother Whitney enjoyed the distinction dis-tinction of being the second oldest member of the church The funeral services will take place from the Assembly Hall at 11 oclock am on Friday |
