| Show t. t tat tate e sJ J ore most st sta I Woman a oman Di Dies es I II Il p b 11 y mat y l ry y I i t t t. t 4 7 LS r 5 f y Ki KiG y if i w. w gf I G s r If 1 r t L 0 ii w wt d F s I t THE rHE LATE EMMELINE B. B WELLS Y RS EMMELINE El Bt B. B WELLS better known as Aunt Em VI died this morning at at 4 50 o'clock at the tile home of 11 her r daughter Irs z Annie Wells Cannon 1354 South Ninth West street No hope hopel l' l aS id d been held for her recovery ry since Saturday and relatives had iP eon n constantly at the bedside Mrs W Wells was was 93 years of age A few months ago her life va despaired as of but she rallied and for a time enjoyed better l alth uh About a a. w week ek ago her condition again grew g-ew critical ande and h sank e sank rapidly Funeral services will wil be held at the thc Tabernacle at 2 2 o'clock I v afternoon el Blanch Woodward Wells Wens I as born February 29 1828 at Pe- Pe Pei i sham Worcester county Mass l the aughter of David Woodward and i-dama i Hare The Woodwards came rom pm England in the year 1630 They ere vere ere of bf f noble Norman extraction and ando o ought at J H Hastings stings Agincourt Edge all lill and upon other fields of fame grandfather and her fater faher faher fa- fa her ter served respectively in the Revo- Revo war and the War Var of 1812 r ler er r father died when she was w was s 4 years ld d the victim of a runaway accident PAS BAs a child Mrs l Wells was given the est st educational advantages to to be ob ob- ob lined and was so so quick to learn that h when very young At he taught school I IN 1842 1542 On tn March Ma ch 1 1842 when 14 years of ge gec c Mrs Wells was baptized in the ther lonnon ormon r rmon church The following year h he 1 was married to James James- Harvey larris arris a son of an influential elder church hurch the president of the ocal cal branch She was only 15 years 5 months of age on her wedding la ty Mrs Wells with her husland hus- hus 1844 land and journeyed to Nauvoo Ill the i hering place of the Latter day 3 Here she became acquainted ith Joseph Smith the tho father of records in the tho historians historian's JUice flee show II In 1846 Mrs Wells went to Winter where she taught school It Itras v ras S there her husband died In 1848 Ke h started with others of her religion L SS the plains to the West IN SALT LAKE Mrs Mrs Wells arrived in the Salt Lake Lalee alley they In 1848 She was then the wife Bishop Newel K Whitney They on the site now occupied by byh h heL L. L D. D S. S university A rew tew weeks Iter ter r her arrival on November 2 1848 Irs rs Wells gave birth to a daughter sabel abel now Mrs S S. S V W. gars e rs of Salt Lake On August 18 50 another daughter was born MelE MelL Mel- Mel E It L- L Continued on t page aee 8 THE SALT LAKE AUNT EM WELLS WELLS' ANSWERS CALL TO BEYOND Foremost Woman of StateS State S Dies at Age of 93 S Years Continued from page vage 1 11 vina Caroline now Mrs VV W. W. W Woods of 01 V Wallace Ida Several weeks later Bishop Whitney died leaving leaving leaving leav leav- I ing Mrs Wells a widow with two children In 1852 Mrs Wells became the wife of Gen Daniel H. H Wells VeIls Of this union three da daughters were born Emmeline Em- Em meline Elizabeth Ann and Louise Martha VOTED 50 YEARS AGO From 1852 to 1886 Mrs Wells resided ed on State Slate street a a. little north of 01 where th the Auerbach store now stands While her children were young she devoted herself almost exclusively e t thome tl to home and sang In the choir at the theold theold theold old tabernacle She was always deeply deep deep- ly interested In people in the culture of youth and the progress of communities communities and nations The advancement of her sex was a favorite field with Mrs Wells Veils When the women of 01 Utah were enfranchised in February 1870 she was one of 01 the first to wield the ballot and to recognize in inthe inthe the event one of 01 the indications of a anew anew anew new era About this time she commenced commenced com corn to devote herself to public affairs At a very ery early age Mrs Wells showed remarkable literary ability and quietly pursued her w work rk in this line during the early years of her life in the valley RISES TO EDITOR In 1873 Mrs Wells' Wells writings began I to appear in the Women's Exponent o er over the nom de plume of Blanche Beachwood She was was was' assistant editor and afterward became editor of this publication which ha had the distinction of being the first for the advancement of women published in the West Early In life she had become In Interested interested interested in- in in the Relief society of her church She traveled extensively in Utah with Eliza R. R Snow Zina D D. II H. Young and other leading lading women In Inthe Inthe inthe the interest of the society In 1874 Mrs Wells was appointed vice president nt of the National Woman's Womans Womans Woman's Wom Worn ans an's Suffrage association HELPED TO SAVE GRAIN In September 1876 she was called upon to lead the sisters of the church churchin in tn saving grain by President Brigham Young She attended the convention of the National Womans Woman's s Suffrage association association association tion in Washington D D. C C. in January 1879 at which time she and two other Mormon women presented congress congress congress con con- gress with a memorial asking that the children chilgren born in plural marriage be made mae legitimate In 1882 Mrs Wells attended another national suffrage convention this time at Omaha upon which occasion she read a a. paper on the conditions in Utah Three years later during the heat of the crusade under the Edmunds law she attended another suffrage convention in Washington and had interviews in interviews in- in with prominent members of congress on Mormon questions RELIEF SOCIETY HEAD Mrs Wells became the corresponding secretary of the General Relief society and in 1892 was elected general secretary secretary sec see of the organization holding this office until elected president in 1910 She held the latter position a afew few weeks ago In 1893 at the time of 01 the worlds world's fair In Chicago Mrs Wells gave a paper widely copied and quoted upon Western Women in Journalism at atthe atthe atthe the Relief society meeting In 1895 she represented Utah at the National Womans Woman's s Suffrage convention at Atlanta Atlanta Atlanta At At- lanta Ga Her address upon Utah's prospective admission to statehood was enthusiastically applauded and Miss Susan B B. Anthony came forward and embraced her on the platform At the National Council held in Washington n n February 1895 she read a paper entitled Forty Years in the Valley I of the Great Salt Lake Lalee which was r reproduced produced in the leading journals ENTERS POLITICS I When the people of Utah divided upon party lines in 1892 Mrs Wells declared herself a Republican and was selected by that party as chairman of the Utah Womans Woman's s Republican league She represented Utah at the National National National Na Na- Suffrage convention at Des DesMoines DesMoines DesMoines Moines Iowa and with Miss Anthony and other women spoke on the suffrage suffrage suf suf- suffrage frage qu question stion before the Iowa legis legis- lature Up to 1899 Mrs Wells had not lefther left lefther her native nativo land but In 1899 1893 she crossed the Atlantic and attended the Woman's Womans Worn Wom ans an's International Council and Congress Congress Congress Con Con- gress in London With other delegates delegates delegates dele dele- gates g-ates she was entertained by Queen Victoria the Countess of Aberdeen and other British nobility at various gatherings WITNESSES INAUGURATION In 1901 1001 she witnessed witnessed the Inauguration inauguration tion of President McKinley at Washington Wash Wash- ington In 1902 she was again in Washington at the National Womans Woman's Suffrage convention and the triennial triennial triennial trien trien- nial of the Womans Woman's National council She was the first Western woman to tobe tobo bo he elected an officer In that council In 1912 the honorary degree of doctor of literature was conferred upon Mrs Wells by the Brigham Young university I sity Another honor was bestowed upon hey her when on October 1 1 1912 she was selected to unveil the monument to the sea gulls erected on the Temple block Mrs Wells had a a. wide experience and did much literary work outside of editing the Wom ns n's Exponent Besides Besides Besides Be Be- sides her many poetical productions on various occasions she edited Songs and Flowers of 01 the Wasatch for the Columbian exposition and also a book of prose entitled Charities and J Philanthropies Phi Phi- Her poetic volume ap appeared appeared appeared ap- ap in 1896 For many years jears ears Mrs Wells' Wells home and office were for tourists and visitors in quest of Information pertaining to the Latter-day Latter Saints |
