Vernal Express | 1953-02-12 | Page 11 | Pioneer Lived Basin History in Its Infancy Section

pioneer lived basin history in III its infancy MT EMMONS The life span of mary ann case who celebrated her birthday anniversary jan 31 covers a major part of history she wag was born bom in provo jan 31 1867 during her girlhood her father esta dished a home in spanish fork where he plied the trade of blacksmithing blacksmith ln her father henry humble came to america from england with his parents as a convert to the church of jesus christ of latter day saints for the same reason her maternal grandparents and her mother anna larsen left their native land of denmark married in 1884 1894 mary ann humble was married to fredrick Fredr lck aaron case march 2 1884 in spanish fork their vows later were repeated in the salt lake L D S temple in 1885 chck they moved to ashley valley uinta uintah county settling on the green river at the place now known as jensen here they encountered pioneering in its crudest form when the uintah ouray indian reservation was opened for settlement on the lake fork bench in the area now described as duchesne countes Coun tys upper country 1 when the mt emmons branch of the L D S church was organized mr case was sustained as presiding elder mrs case was president of the first relief society in this branch assisted U nurse when roads were poor and doctors not easily available mrs case was often called to r nurse urse the sick she assisted at the birth of the first child born on the lake fork bench they have 89 living descendants nine sons and daughters 35 grandchildren 42 great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren the sons and daughters are F earl case mt emmons Enu mrs W G eath el neal chester cat cal mrs gardner jennie jenne goodrich Goodr leh bluebell floyd case and mrs A L amary mar ry snyder mt ern em mons william H case duchesne joseph case ogden koss ross case vernal and mrs leslie N elda pearson boneta mrs case has two living sis is Mrs amelia bartsch oakland cal and mrs ella owens salt lake city