| Show FIRST WOMAN TO WE WED D IN UTAH PASSES AWAY I 1 A descendant of the barlow bariol family of handed in the fol following lowin I 1 a article or publication 1 I E elisa U lisa li sa Yc 11 stover t over passe passel aw quietly icily away at tf me home of her daughter sirs airs arthur i I 1 at arashin washington tol nash wash co utah on the 1 I 1 of last a t month mrs ANT westover estover ivas was born slay alay I 1 15 1829 at on mass and with her parents john haven abild I 1 wife received the gospel of jesus jesua christ of latter jay day saints and afterwards moved to nauvoo 1 she became intimately tely acquainted with the prophets Prophet lJoseph joseph smith he be beina in a f frequent t caller at the ther r home she saw te bodies of joseph and when hell were brought 1 home from carthage cartha Carth i jail she said it iwas was the sade sada t event of her life she was at th tha mechin meeting t 1 sidney ri rigdon d at 0 n hi claim to the presidency of ilie the church and was also present at it the meeting aeeti ang when the twelve returned aud and was sitting by her sister mrs air burton with cef he head down when bri brigham t bain youn young 1 0 legan 0 to speak she raised her head and raid fid to her sister twe we have got our dear prophet back again she stated lie he had face form orm B and voice voice pt of the prop prophet liet as phe she had sern seen him in life she said said it appealed like a shadow passed before mail him and there stood brigham young this was her testimony ony until her dying day so she linew that bri brigham I 1 young was thle the true leader of the church sister westover Wc stover received her cpr endowment in tho the nauvoo temple and with her passing away it is the last one who received this ordinance there she with her parents and sis sisters and families mrs robert L burton mrs airs joseph F palmer mrs irs albert P rockwood and sirs israel barlow all passed through the trials and suffering incident expulsion fro from m nauvoo ill and all crossed the plains in capt Prig brigham bain youngs company and arrived arrived in 8 L city or the valley as it was called then i in 1848 t she married marrie d h a rles westover Wc stover oct 11 14 1 1 1849 being the first couple married in utah tali eleven ehi chit dren we were r e bor bolij to them six of oe whom are livina living ae she has 45 grand and 84 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren |
