Show ilk I 1 he story of the life arid and labors of martha jane sargent mowrey is not less lags remarkable than that of her distinguished bua husband band from her infancy sho she was trained in the school of adversity until she has been like gold refined and purified by firs fire in her youth she passed through the heart rending scenes attendant upon the missouri eions and dr ivings to which the latter day saints were wera subjected later she suffered with her people in their unparalleled exodious from nauvoo her journey across the plains was the occasion of one of the most bitter experiences to the narration of winch which we have ever listened and last but not least is her labors in conjunction with her husband as a pioneer and colonizer in the states of utah california and idalio idaho she is the daughter of able M sargent and sallie edwards her birthplace floyd county indiana the date of her birth september 1827 mak her in her year while still a mere child her parents became becala adherents to the doctrines of the latter day saints and gathered A ith them at the founding of their a settlement t at jackson county Allis soui she still re membra distinctly the gathering of the mob and the thrilling experiences of the banishment of the saints from that place as well as their J settlement in clay county of the same state at that place e hei father had laid the foundation for a comfortable home and had raised a splendid crop buemon but mob violence again overtook them and they were again driven leaving their crops and the results of all their I 1 toil tail to the mob the third attempt of hi he parents at making a home in I 1 i was rt far west however th jhc thc in joyed i jat it a brief respite she was an eye witness to the assembling of thirteen hundred men ostensibly a part of the state militia but in leant tho the cats who had on the two former occasions driven lobbed blobbed and plundered the saints they camped before the city of I 1 ar west and threatened to massacre all the inhabitants of the city unless the leaders of the chuich delivered as prisoners into their hands she witnessed the arrest of the prophet joseph smith and his associates socia tes and saw them carried away after vie fie leaders of the mob had assured I 1 the saints th that t the prisoners would allbe all be executed while at far west hei father was one of the participants in the battle at crooked river where apostle david W patten WAS killed As tho the mob had sworn vengeance upon all who had taken part in that battle and as the whole people had been ordered by govener boggs of missouri lis to leave the state or be beester exter min misted cited hei father and his family left all their earthly possessions and fled over the burnt prairie their bare feet staining their track with blood as they traveled not knowing where to seek refuge they made their way as best beat they could to indiana enduring untold misery and hardships on the way arriving there in a deplorable and destitute condition soon after their arrival at indiana her mother died because of the exposure and privation she had been subjected to three ears later the family again gathered with ith the body of the church this time at nauvoo where they resided until the expulsion of tle saints from that city in february 1846 one of her sisters drusilla sargent was the wife of captain anderson who with his son were gifted by the same cannon ball at the battle of naua nau 1 deiy they A bere ere assisting in the defence of the city against an attack by the mob the he subject of this sketch wai mar ried ned before leaving Nau nauvoo oo to norman sharp the date of marriage was september 1815 1 he only issue of that marriage was A as a laughter daughter saah sa ah I 1 ellen ilen ow the w wife ife of marion tho thock 0 hia place at the time oi of their westward we from nauvoo while hile stopping at council bluffs temporarily her hus bund band noi man sharp became a mem her ber of the mormon battalion she and ami one ona of hr sisters caroline sargent ac compan led her husband and NN as one of the families that attempted to go with the battalion to california and consequently were among the little company sent to pueblo by the commanding officer of the battalion it was after this small email detachment under captain higgins had left the main command and were wending their way to pueblo that she passed through the most moat bitter and distressing experience of her eventful life one day as her husband was taking his rifle from the wagon it was accidentally discharged inflicting a severe wound in n his hia arm this rendered rendo rende jed it impossible for him to travel they happened to be at that time in the countey of the arapahoe indians and near where a large body of that tribe were camped the chief at once exhibited great 1 hospitality ity and managed to make them understand that he believed that he knew a medicine that would cure the wound at that captain fliggins II iggins decided to leave mr sharp in care of the indians so th tt it the company would not be hampered as he was anxious to reach santa fe in time to ain in the battalion at that place mrs here displayed her superb courage as u well ell as aa her devotion to her husband she refused to leave him for a moment and was wao unalterable in her determination aaion to remain to the bettex end regardless of cons consequences sequences equen ces to herself fin ally the captain consented to allow her sister ciola sargent and thomas wolsley fey a member of the battalion to wi h her leaving them an ox 0 team the remainder of the party left the next morning imagine the peril of that distressing situation there they were with the wounded man without the s molest remedies lemed iea with which to alleviate tha death agonies of one who was dearer to her than life then to be alone almost among savages with whom they could converse only by signs with the chances of saving their own lives very much against them this demonstrated the truth of the words of the master greater love hath no man shown than that he will lay down his life for his friend for four long and weary days they watched the wounded man suffer untold agony and at last give up the conflict oil and die the indians assisted in the burial which was done without even a rude coffer the next morning the chief told them to travel fast as there were many bad indians indiana around this tribe at that time was at war with the ute nation our little party of three persons traveled almost night and day and soon overtook their companions upon rejoining their companions the enmen hugged mrs shall and her sister convulsively yul and wept bitterly as they were as aa though risen from the deac that winter v w as spent at pueblo and tb the next summer on the fourth day of july she was married to harley mowrey thus from that date the history of one is virtually a history of the other mrs mowrey relates with tearful e es es cs how often she has been compelled during early days in utah to listen helplessly to the piteous cry of her children for food also how they subsisted for weeks at a time upon roots dug from the earths earth she ig 19 a woman of the highest and noblest character and has been an active worker in the church she ls is still in good health though her hearin hearing has been slightly impaired truly she is one of earths noble women and a worthy companion of a great and good man she is the mother of seven children four sons and three daughters fill all of whom are living v A ith the exception of I 1 her son david whose death occurred after their arrival here her life has been a successful one and right well ell h is iq she earned the title or of a pioneer woman as she has performed her part in assisting to found an empire in the great west |