Show VEST WEST JORDAN I TO HEST BEST lJ of or Mr Margaret t M II Rr flek jk Egbert Special Correspondence I West Jordan Salt Snit Lok Co July Jul 8 B BAt At the resilIence residence of or W B II Beckstead nt at South Jordan Salt Sait Lotte Co Utah Itoh Margaret M itt Beckstead Egbert I cl July 1st let She was IS the daughter of or Alexander and Catherine B She was born bom In Co Ont Oust Canada Dec 0 9 1523 1123 lS 3 She joined the Church of or Jesus Christ t of or Saints In Canada with her parents she came caine to the thc United States Stales In with the first company of or Saint that left leCt Canada onada with Christopher and Alexander Beckstead eck ad Before they the leached till the gathering place of ot the Saints they hey were e surrounded s by byn a mob at tit Mt Alt The Thc Prophet Joseph with witha a of ot fifty men came to their relief and they settled d In Adams dams Co Mo Mn Io She Sha married Samuel Egbert April 18 1839 and she with her husband then moved to Hancock Co Illinois seven leven mites mills below Here nere they the re remained until after the martyrdom of oC the tho Prophet and his brother Hyrum After Arter the burning by b the mob they the then moved to Council Bluffs remain remainIng remainIng Ing there two years year and crossed the th plains In 1849 1819 They settled on the west westi westside i side Ildo of or the Jordan river nt at Wet West Jar Jor dan dnn In October of ot the sauna same year There were Wre but three families living there that winter She vas toas I all tho the mother of ot H it children 10 lOot of whom ar are living 5 8 boys and G r girls She Sho has hag 95 9 grandchildren 6 67 61 and 3 making five generations before hetor her death She passed through tho the grasshopper and cricket troubles and moved south Kouth In UM 18 tS ns liS tar far ns as Provo but returned In the fall all to lo West We t Jordan where she he passed the tM remainder of ot her days das She lived anti and died a faithful Saint leaving many man friends to lo mourn her r departure |