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Show sltncr Bass of F.-irminglnn 'ydncy Bus? of Iviysvillc: Mrs ".1 It'll LI. Ilnrmer of Preston "hi. and Mrs. Adn Sl.iat of ( !."Xo, Nrv. Mr. Bass passed away Nov. , 7, lft?2 after which Jane and "-r little family c:imc lo livt n till' nlrt Charles Po:ii-or , 'onio on West 51 li South. Ir 1 !)2;t she married F.lmcr liers- lid Iv.is made her home in Vonds Cross sim-i' that time. Jane D. Reese Celebrates 80th Birfhday liy NINA V. MOSS Thirty members of the immediate im-mediate family met at the Reese home in Woods Cross, on Sunday afternoon Feb. 2 o celebrate the 80th birthday if Jane Devereaux Bass Reese. At this date Mrs. Reese recalls re-calls vividly not only incidents which have transpired in her ife but events of the com- nunity. As a child she emigrated villi her parents, John and Sarah Ellen Devereaux from Sngland to Youngs-town, Ohio n the year 1879. Here the fam ly lived until 1890 when they ame to Utali where they were jreeted by rnerr.hcrs of the ohn and Esther France Dev-reaux Dev-reaux family who had beer Jtali pioneers of 1358. In 1890 John and Sarah vllen Devereaux purchaser he old Hales Hall on tin orner of 5th South and 2nd Vest In Bountiful from Rich id Purcell. In order to obtaii he home on the property Mr )evereaux was obliged lo takt ver the dance hail. The honv oused the 11 children of tin amily. Although the management f the hall was foreign to tlx vpe of work in which Mr )evereau was trained, he be -ig an engineer, the family se bout to make a success of it t v;is not until 1 ,')4u that Hi ..1! left the hands- of the Dev reaux f-'niily. Jane n ii ni,".'i s the adver ilies of the lal'gi f-'mily whicl lien ased to ,13 after (lit it ut ;val n Bountiful. As a youiu oman she helped care for tl:i ivalid mother, of Jessamiiu ihephtid until her death ant sstimi'd other responsibilities i order to assist her parent; inancially. On June 10, 189' he married ThomUs Buss b Ahum the had lour children |