| Show grandma burton pioneer of ashley valley in 1877 passes on to her rest SHE 1 IS till I 1 II 11 of W t lin AM ANI oi 01 rin athley ashley llev and unit the entire uin tab tali basin mourna mourns the lose it 0 an other pioneer mother in ili the death ot of mr airs civa bartlett burton who passed to a glorious reward monday evening june 6 at 6 although the he vai loo of advanced years lire 3 lre burton until less ices than a ear ngo ago was active and frequently took a walk on the streets of the city visiting neighbors and friends sho she was wag a regular visitor to the office of the vernal express then ill nese due to her great age came and the last few months preceding her death she phe was as confined to her room mrs airs burton vas yoe affectionately anon kno n tu to all as grandma burton and her life lite wag as an all example yell mell worthy of 0 emulation A faithful wife and mother a it true member ol 01 her church and ard a friend to all the memory of her good deeds during the long span of life ahe he lived ol 01 ou earth will endure maj burton wag was a native of bir bit winglam earland born on september 16 1840 daughter of john ira and hannah in 1856 when lien not quite seventeen years of age she embraced the hultti of the tile Latt latter erday day saints church and two sears ears later she crossed the atlantic to new ew york As A a young girl ehe she crossed the plains as a member of a handcart company while the company was nos at green river city wyoming she becente with nith isaac durton burton operator of a ferry boat on the green river near the mouth of big sandy creek in 1868 1858 they were married and the following year journeyed to salt like cit later they returned to green river niver city but utah was as destined to ba bi their home homet for the soon returned to locate at Co coalville alville summit county in 1877 the family came to ashley valley locating an on the green river a few miles below the present bit of jeneen jensen here she became the first postmaster of the uintah basin mall ruail being ported b by pony express in the spring of 1878 the family moved to a point five miles up tip the rayer 1 from jensen and there tit the father engaged in farming on a tract that to this d daiy diy ty la Is known as the old burton farm to their union were mere born 15 children seven boys and eight girls of whom 12 survive the parents the father preceded the tile mother in death in july 1896 1806 the surviving children are isaac ira mrs airs nettie all of verne nal joseph of little hock rock oregon william of McA linnville oregon bartlett Birt lett of los angeles charlotte of U V ena enat diee tchee IN ashington ashin gion mrs nits hannah domett of caper anyo yo mrs nits blattle Her hernstine nutine of butte imon mon tana lira airs dillile makee mrs nits sarah raleigh aleigh It and dora all of 0 salt lake city besides the ch illren 31 grand children and 45 great grandchildren survive grandma burton the total of 0 her direct descendants descendant numbering SS 83 one brother elijah Dart letl a resident of canton ohio also survives her hee I 1 fineral services sr vices were hell held at the tile vernal ural ward chapel thursday afternoon a large largo assembly ass embi of rel I tIves neighbors and friend friends attend ing 1 the services ag as a tribute to lie the departed pioneer mother the services were conducted by bishop ill it 0 13 calder with nith the impressive ceren of 0 the church of which the had been a faithful member all lier titto the invocation N was as riven given b by y P e tit ernest faton pato n and the first speaker was aas john N davis ll 11 lie e raid a sincere tribute to the early day pioneer life of the departed mother and spoke pt pf her faithful noa nos to the duties that were e hera here ae an wife mother and member ot of the church he ile gald said that the examine of her life lite waa was a lesson ta t be heeded and emulated by all who had bad known her it in life and who revered her memory in IQ death 1 dingham bingham who came to the uintah basin ono one year after arter he ile arrival of mis ails durton burton and who had known her as a friend and neighbor 1878 poke of her early life in abbey valley salley and of the many kind deed she site hd tied done for fri friends and neighbors during the days alien settlers were few and the hardships of pioneering were many bishop II 11 11 calder on the a of mis durton burton as a member of the L 1 D S church charch to which he life was devoted lie said that she gave her faith in sincerity and trusting confidence and that her life waa was a testimony that eho she observed the tenets of her ber church to the fullest measure the choir of the church sine tho the deep nil g trials throng lour way farewell all earthly honors honore and come come ye saints mrs ma ala jorgensen Jorgen aen gang sang 0 one ile fleeting hour I 1 titi TI tl ti a benediction was given by dishop bishop james jamea ul shatter of the first ward and the grave in maeser cemetery was wag dedicated by bishop john N davis the floral offerings brought to the chapel by sorrowing friend friends of tho he departed mother ere beautia beau tIM and the respect and love in which grandma hurton burton was wits leid 1 all was attrite at by the profusion of tie tl e lowers flowers A large concourse allowed oll owed the casket lo 10 the aeme y at maeser where lira hurlon burton w laid to rest refit in the tame fame lot in which rest her husband and he the three children which litch preceded her in death mrs blattle hernstine Kernst lne of dutte butte montana and anti mrs afro little mckee and mra sarah Ital kaleigh elgh both of 0 salt ake were ero the file only children living beyond the state who were ere able to come to N raial ernal in tle tine to attend the funeral services of the mother |
