Show EARI I 1 PION ol 01 UTAH NEVUS at A RK the following dispatch from mt lit riia sant utah published in mondays salt suit lake tribune refers to grandma mary alary wilcox mother of J C wilcox and mrs airs it D westwood of moab and james wilcox lind and mrs II 11 S day of la sal grandma wilcox the oldest wo man in tit mt pleasant and one of the few surviving pioneer women of f 1847 celebrated her ninety fourth fourt ah birthday anniversary saturday ow ing in to mm 9 advanced age a no ro lare large celebration was held as in former years bhe she spent the day quietly it at the home of her daughter sarah bills surrounded td by her children and grandchildren mrs marv young wilcox was born in upper canada june 6 1831 t and came to utah with her parents jamea james and elizabeth seely young in 1847 mrs wilcox then a 9 erl drove three yoke of oxen boyev the plain plains and after the arrival here bere hauled logs 1 molded j haip and other otherwise vAse helped 5 ansh tie pioneer home y shi was mareiro in ut aalke march 14 1819 to john henry wil cox and wid chev lied hed in north ogden and pleasant Pita sant brove rove until 1860 when they came to mt bit pleasant where she hae has resided ever since mr ded died sixteen vear ear apo ago they were the parent of eleven children of whom horn ten are livine they are has d ard mr mrs sarah bills of mt plesiant mr mrs mary fary day mrs martha West westwood mood jamee james and john wilcox of nf grand valley utah mrs hannah carlson of banti it mr clar R of oak creek justus wilcox of alberta canada and mrs tirs elizabeth hurst of mexico |