Show mrs elizabeth R matthews observes birthday on april 12 ch j 44 1 i A i A va 4 to J A i 1 7 4 ELIZABETH MATTHEWS elizabeth R matthews ce lebrat ed her birthday monday april 12 1948 she was born in kaysville Kays ville davis county utah april 12 1851 the daughter of edward and mary A W whitesides hite sides huntar when she was seven years old the family moved to grantsville grant Grants ville where she has lived since february 12 1872 she married george matthews and from that union 6 children were born mary A marns marris william mrs ada brown parley pratt and mrs blanche england mary A married george L of logan she died dec 26 1904 she has been a widow for 61 years her husband died april 6 1887 she has been a faithful worker in the community and in the church and was secretary and treasurer of the grantsville Grants ville ward relief society for many years after her husband died she carried the burden of raising her children and adding to the material things of life she t cross the plains as a pioneer but she was a pioneer helping settle in utah her mother came to utah sept 1847 in bishop edward hunters company her father was a mem her ber of the mormon battalion corn com ing to utah in october from calif orma ornia so at 97 years she enjoys fairly good health living with her daughter mrs ada brown enjoying the memories of a very active and useful life she has four chi children laren living in grantsville Grants ville one mrs azel L england in tooele thoele she has 25 grandchildren and 29 great grandchildren |