| Show DEATH BRINGS LONG AND BUSY LIFE TO A CLOSE last weeks mt pleasant pyramid contained the following account of the life of aunt mary allcox 98 years old mother of J C mrs R D westwood and mrs H S day of moab who died recently at mt pleasant mrs mary allcox better known as aunt mary this altys oldest lady and last of the local 1847 pioneers died thursday may 16 at the home of her daughter mrs wesley bills she had been in fairly good health and a keen observer of all about her until three months ago when it was necessary to take to her bed thursday she attempted to arise from her bed and fell to the floor death ensuing two hours later mrs allcox daughter of james and elizabeth seely young was bom june 6 1831 in upper canada she was converted to the latter day saint faith by parley P pratt when a young girl and with her family moved to sheridan missouri she often related the dr ivings and trek kings over the plains and from place to place until the final migration to the valley of the great salt lake in 1847 at the age of 15 she left winter quarters and dally joked yoked her cattle and drove them the entire distance to the salt lake valley arriving september 29 1847 she traveled in elder john taylors company and he on one occasion said to her sister mary it within the lids of any history where another girl your age has taken as active a part as you have on this journey you shall live as long a life as desirable and you shall become the mother of a great posterity she boasts of a posterity of more than she remembered the cricket invasions the indian uprisings dire poverty and wants of pioneer days she helped her father get the logs from the canyon to build their first cabin and made the acobes adobes for the chimney she was married to john henry march 14 1848 he died november 21 1909 eleven children were bom to the union surviving are the following children mrs sarah bills mt pleasant mrs elizabeth hurst blanding james H wilcox la sal john 0 mrs mary day and mrs martha westwood moab mrs clarissa melling pay son mrs hannah carlson salt lake justus A allcox alberta canada largely attended and impressive funeral services were held tor mrs sunday at 3 45 p m in the |
