Show PIONEER WOMAN DEAD DEA j Mrs Mr Charlotte Arthur Who Crossed the Plains by Ox Team in 1849 Mrs Kra Charlotte E Arthur a pioneer resident who acted as u interpreter for tor forthe forthe the first company of Welsh Wel h converts to Mormonism brought to these the e valleys in l 14 died at the home kome of her daugh daughter iter ter In this city yesterday She for br j cook BOOk home borne and aDd parents when but years year of age ase to come here and is well wall known by the throughout the state The cause eau of death was I bronchial pneumonia For a number of ot years Mrs Mr M Arthur had been n a sufferer from froni rheumatism rhe ma and asthma and a few days dys ago ao i ajie e contracted cold from sitting on Chit Che I I aL Mrs Charlotte E B Arthur veranda just after atter a rain She was waa taken to her bed shortly afterwards and aM although she nbc manifested a re to remarkable vitality to the last the dir dis disease ease eue was too severe for her and death released relea ed her spirit yesterday esterday morning Mrs Arthur had a most eventful career in the early times of Utah Hav Hay lug ing In come here with the expectation of oC finding a I beautiful city she found a valley of sage brush and for tor years year lived among the hostile Indians ex ox expecting expecting at any time to be attacked by the redskins red Fortune seemed against her she married a wealthy husband and saw his wealth fade away ava and secured interests in inthe the iron fields of the state tate only to die just at the time thue when there the e is some rome promise of ot the fl becoming valuable Mrs Arthur was born in south lOuth Wales In She was well educated and ad took a special course in English Un Vu Under Under der the preaching of the Mormon mis mN missionaries she joined the church along alonS with some BOme 40 DO other Welsh Wel k citizens In Inthe Inthe inthe the year of ot 1849 the missionaries start started ed eel for Utah and she was wail wa selected select as interpreter from the fact tact that she was the only one understanding English h hArter After Arter traveling up the Mississippi river from New Orleans she and ad her herp party p of Welsh came by byox byox byox ox wagons over the plains to these val valleys al leys Jeys After Atter reaching here she met Josiah Arthur the son of a wealthy English merchant who had come here hare herewith herewith with a party of English emigrants They war were married and for six years vears lived in the southern portion of the state where her husband and father inlaw were interested in the develop development development ment mont of ot the iron Iroll fields of or that section For those years they Jived among Indians subsisting su on their means mean and sinking more nosey in lu the ihen JJR productive pred ee was wu living Jiving In to this section ion of the state tate when the Mountain fountain Meadow massacre masea occurred and she visited the party ef at emigrants the night nl ht before they were set upon and murdered After Atter that JoIr Mr tr and Mrs Arthur Arthul moved to this city and the she has been n a 8 resident here ever since She was the mother of ofa ofa ofa a large family but most moet of the chil children children dren have preceded her to the other ather side The funeral services will wll be held to today tody today day dy at 4 p m from the residence f of or her daughter Mrs Jennie Browning at 4 East Bast Third South street trat t Mrs Arthur left the Mormon church hurch before her death and the service will be con conducted conducted conducted ducted by Dean Eddie |