Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-05-21 | Page 20 | Events of 1847 Remembered on 90th Birthday

Events of o 1847 Remembered on Birthday On his ninetieth birthday Monday Monday Monday Mon Mon- day Norman Freeman 1217 Indiana Indiana Indiana In In- diana avenue looked b back ck upon a lifetime of activity closely associated associated asso asso- associated with the history of or the state A son of Elijah N N. and Mary Bingham Freeman he is one of the fast vanishing band of Utah pioneers pioneers pio pioneers pio- pio of oC 1847 With h his s mother he started to cross the plains when he was 2 2 years old His father a member of ot the Mormon battalion battalion battalion battal battal- ion died in New Mexico near the Mexican town of Secora Mr Freeman accompanied his grandfather Erastus Bingham to Bingham's fort tort at Logan shortly after his arrival in Utah Stories Stones of ot the grasshopper plagues that harassed settlers inthe inthe in inthe the early history of or the state slate and of the hato haTi hips of pion pioneers r were recounted by the aged man Mr 11 Freeman has been engaged in work at the L. L D. D S. S temple for the last seven even years