Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-01-14 | Page 12 | Mrs Brown Fife Dead

Mrs Brown Fife Dead OGDEtN Jan 13 Mrs Phoebe A Brown F fe S3 ea s of age one of the ! f rst women to arr ve in Ogden then known as Brown s fort d ed at the home of a daughter in Thatcher Ar z on Jan 1 uary 9 accord ng to nformat on received today bv Mrs James M Brown 2343 Washington avenue The pionee woman had res (fled in Arizona and Mexico for he past twenty yeais she having emi grated to that section witl the Mormon colonists Born in Iew York state May 18 1831 Mrs Brown F fe arrived at B ow s fort October 3 1849 In 1850 she became the vife of Captain James Brown founder of the fort. Among the other strenuous duties of the women in those ear y days Mrs Brown F fe ass sted n the care of wounded so d ers brought in from Con nors f ght w th the Ind ans She was also treasurer of t e f rst Women s Ue hef society estab shed in 00den