Show I Survivors of Utah Pioneer Band of 1847 I I S 5 5 Iy Z f 1 L 0 I ir 3 4 1 S 4 5 I p 5 4 1 S 'S j 6 S 11 P l 5 S AI k f R I S o I- I L i 4 y S a 4 t 1 4 w hl q Y v g- g I 4 0 i I Ar 4 f j Some of the last survivors of the band of 1847 Top left to right Mrs I Frances Russell Huff Joseph S. S Home Horne Mrs 1 Caroline Cherry Harris Lower left to right Mrs I Mary lary Park Brockbank Mrs 1 Melissa I J. J L. L C Davis Mrs l H. H. H T. T Smith Lower right Mrs I B. B D. D K Fryer Members of Emigrant Train To Attend Wagon T agon Days Fete Seven women and one man ih Utah and one woman in Idaho can look back through 89 years to the pioneer days of 1847 There are only these nine alive who are known to have lived here when the first Mormon emigrants were struggling to gain a foothold in inthe inthe inthe the wilderness basin b-asin then under the jurisdiction tion of Mexico Last man survivor is Joseph S. S Home Horne year old pioneer of Richfield Richfield Richfield Rich Rich- field Utah who knew the Prophet Joseph Smith in Nauvoo Ill his birthplace He came as a small child to Utah with the 1847 party his father tather Hales Home Horne being captain cap cap- thin tain of a company He can remember remember ber her living in the fort here Married three times he be is the father of oC 15 children I 1 Last Idaho Survivor Idaho's last survivor Is Js Mrs Frances Russell Huff Huft of ot Driggs mother of 13 children who was born in Winter Quarters Neb October 18 18 1846 She was brought to Utah I the following year arriving in Salt Lake valley vaHey in September 1847 Other members of the little lilUe band of ot survivors are Mrs Mary Olar Park Brockbank Mrs Melissa J. J L. L Davis Davis Davis Da Da- Da- Da vis Mrs B. B D. D K Fryer Mrs H. H T. T Smith Mrs E. E Y S. S Mona Mrs Caroline Cherry Harris Centerville Centerville Centerville Cen- Cen terville and Mrs rs Sarah E. E M. M Thomas of Vernal During Covered Wagon Days this year four or five of the first pioneers pioneers pioneers pio pio- will vill be guests of honor in Salt Lake City All have been in invited invited invited in- in but s some me are arc unable to at at- tend Mr Horne Home came to Salt Lake City several days das ago and will re remain remain remain re- re main during the four-day four celebration tion Pioneers to Be GuestOn Guests Guest On Friday July 24 the day marking marking marking mark mark- ing the arrival of the first pioneer company in the valley in 1847 the pioneer guests will be entertained at the Hotel Utah by the state central central central cen cen- committee of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers Following the parade an entertainment will be provided for them in the hotel lobby and following this they will be guests at a public luncheon in the hotel Mrs Harris was born in 1845 In 1847 the family left Nauvoo on the thelong thelong thelong long trip across the plains to Utah arriving here in September The following spring they moved to Centerville Centerville Centerville Cen- Cen terville and since tIt time only I six years of Mrs rs Harris Harris' life have nave been spent outside of Centerville Mrs Th Thomas mas was born in Pueblo N. N M. M in November 1846 and was brought here the following year She is t the e mother mothe of 11 children a widow since chico 1014 1914 J S. S First White Child l Mrs Staple as the first white child born in the Salt Lake valley valley- August 9 1847 At the ago of 18 she married and in 1861 went to live in Dixie She is the mother of eight children has 42 grandchildren dren 43 great grandchildren and andone andone andone one great Mrs Davis also was born in InVin Winter Winter Win Win- Vinter ter Quarters Neb on November 13 1846 There the family lived in ina ina ina a hillside cave the floor covered with an ox hide The family ar arrived arrived arrived ar- ar rived here in September 1847 In 1865 she married A. A W. W Davis She is ta the mother of ot nine children A A. native of Salt Lake City hating having having hav hat ing been born in the old fort here November 10 1847 Mrs Fryer can remember when the pioneers cleaned and cooked thistle roots pig pigweed pigweed pigweed weed and red roots f for far r food the grasshoppers having destroyed the small crops Her shoes were made of buckskin secured from the Indians Indians Indians In In- and in those days everything worn by the family was made in the home She is the mother of ot six abc children children children chil chil- dren a widow since 1918 t 4 L I S 7 I |