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Show Motherof l lother other otherof Ilof of 1878 DiesHere Dies Hies DiesHere HiesHere Here Monday MondayLauretta Lauretta H J ohnstun Johnatun JohnxtunWife , Wife of Pioneer Sawmill SawmillOperator SawmillOperator Operator , SuccumbsMonday Succumbs SuccumbsMonday Monday evening Mrs Lauretta LaurettaHenry LaurettaHenry LaurettaHenry Henry Johnstun IS 83 85 who for tor thepast the thepast tirpast past C2 62 years has been a resident residentof of the Ashley vaUey valley died at her herhome herhome herhome home of causes incident to ageComing age ageComing I Coming here in 18'15 1815 1875 1 7S ' with herhusband her herhusband herhusband husband Alma J Johnstun Johnston pioneersawmill pioneersawmill pioneer pioneersawmUl sawmUl sawmill operator Mrs Johnstunhag Johnstun Johnstunhas Johnstunhas has seen the desert of the Ashleyvalley Ashler Ashley Ashlervalley Ashleyvalley valley blossom as the rose and thetown the theI thetown thetown town of Vernal become the mostmodem most mostmodern mostmodern modern little city off a railroad Inthe in inthe inthe I the United StatesFuneral States Statesruneral runeral Funeral services will wt11 be conduct conduct- conducted . - ed today ( Thursday ) at 1 p m inthe in inthe Inthe the Vernal First Ward chapel withBishop with withBishop withBishop Bishop Pontha Calder presiding presidingMrs presidingMrS presidingMrs Mrs Johnstun a daughter ofCalvin of ofCalvin ofCalvin Calvin Win Wm and Rhoda PersUla Persilla PersUlaBarnum PersillaBarnum PersUlaBarnum Barnum Henry was born bom AprU Aprll April 25 231 1855 55 at South Cottonwood wardSalt ward wardSalt wardSalt Salt Lake county Utah When but buta a baby her parents separated her herfather herfather herfather father taking Laurettas Lauretta Laurettaa s only brother broth broth- brother brother - er James B to live with him Ina In Int a " few years her mother married marriedSimpson marriedSimpson marriedSunpton Simpson David Huffaker also of ofSouth ofSouth ofSouth South Cottonwood wardMr wardMr ward wardMr Mr Huffaker was a polygam1at polygamist polygamistand polygam1atand polygamlstand and had a large family He was wasa wasa a maker of brooms and manufac manufac- manufactured manufactured manufactured - tured exceptlonlly excel'tlonlly exceltlonlly exceptionlly ' good molasaesIn molaszresIn molassesIn molaszres molasses In addition to this he also madeshoes madeshoes made hoes shoes for his family familyContinued familyContinued familyContinued ( Continued on Page Four ) I PIONEER MOTIEEH MOTJJEn MOTUER OF OF1Ef OF1816 1118 1Ef DIES DIESIIEEE DIESSSEStE DIESIIEBE IIEBE IIEEE MONDAYContlnued MONDAY MONDAYContinued ( < Continued Contlnued from trom frum page paSI pago ( One ) In Pebruary February IBM 1866 when Lau Laut'etta Lauretta Lauretta t'etta tetta retta ' was but 10 years yeara of age sor- sor sorrow sorTOW sor sorrow - - row TOW crossed her path quickly and andterribly andterribly andterribly terribly when death took her be- be beJoved beloved be beloved - loved Joved mother leaving a six wet"ks wetks weeks wet"ksold weeksold weeksold " old Rhoda ofRhoda RhodaAt baby girl g1r1 by the name of Rho- Rho Rhoda Rho-da Rho da - - da At this time her own fathe father fathercame fath < s scame . came and took her to his home in inHebet InHebet InHeber Hebet Here conditions condit10D.5 condit10D5 . were much muchdUferent muchdifferent mucndifferent dUferent different than tban clan they had been in 1n 1nher inher inher her northern home Her father had hadmarrtea hadmarried hadmarried marrtea married an Immigrant tmmigrant tinmigrant woman from fromSCOtland fromgcotland fromScotland SCOtland gcotland , , . " " "yAnes yAnes " , $ ttnea es ' Taylor 'Taylor Naylor It W8.5 W85 was W8.5v wasvery wasvery . v very cU.U1 cUU1 . ditflCtftt dltTlCiitt t for ( or her ber step-motherto step motherto stepmothert stepmotherto step-mother step mother - - t to become adjusted adiuate juatet ( 2 to the trials of ofJ)1oneef ofpioneer ofSdoneer J)1oneef J1oneef pioneer ) Ufe Ute We . , , but Jdbte 8 e was very un- un underatandlng understandlnS un understanding - derstanding deratandlng derstandlnS slid and a1).d a1.d a1d ) . soon 500n became beCam a adear adear adear dear friend trtend to la to . Lauretta J.auretta Jauretta J.aurettaWhen . LaurettaWhen auretta aurettaWhen When 1 1B 10 $ ' yeara years .y y . ars of age Lauretta Laurettalaid Laurettalaid Laurettalaid laid out and ; .prepared prepared . for tor burial a ababy ababy ababy baby 6tep.steter 6tepsteter atep.JJter atepJJter stepI- stepI stepIr . . - nt ; $ t r Years later whenher when whenher whenher her 8 a stepftawwr tn n ner 1ber er Agnes , , lay upon uponher uponher her 4thlb d _ < awhed LU * ' * : * d bZd , , she entrusted the thecare thecare care Of Or ber her her grow growing { 1g family famUy to the theyoun theyoung theyoung youn young , e and nd trail tra11 frail lbouldere , shoulders houlders of her her8tepC1aUlhter herstepdUghteT herstep-daughter herstep daughter 8tep-C1aUlhter 8tep C1aUlhter step-dUghteT step dUghteT ( , - - * : vrom 'PtOm PtOm From ' this thJa time on onIauretta onLauretta Iauretta LaUfe ta took tbo1 : over 0Vff other ! the duties duUes of ofthe ofthe the tamily tamPYt famUY ) uat U3t ft . 8.1 81 s.1 s1 . * a 8 mother wouldFor"t wouldFbriei would wouldvm vm For\"t For "t t Fbriei \ . " tfte)5315X tfte5315X vyy W1t1mf ' } ) ' ) waf $ while wwte .e e she & . < he lived livedIn livedIn livedIn In Heber Hebert ; , ane she she-went she went - . ' weni went to Achool IebOol l such suchas suchas suchas as they had hd $ In those days . . Her HerbooQ Herbooks Herhooka booQ books consisted con.ststed conststed . of an elementary elementaryape11er elementaryeoeUer ape11er Uer , . McOuffy's McOuffys McGuffJ's McGuffJs McOufly'a McOuflya ' Fourth Reader Readerft ReaderI I slate state and pencil pencu . . When Wben she was wasa wasa wasa a young yoUJ1K worpan woman she ahe _ tyent 1gen en to Sny SnydervUle Snydervalle Snydervine-Aod Snydervine Aod dervUle dervalle i.A iA d rltrid . - 'WOJ WOJ ' worted aorXed ( for or a familyfor f&mUr fmUr family f&mUrfor funUyfor & : for $1.50 1.50 150 fl'so flso 11.60 1160 $ ' . . a . week 'Week ' ' Ker ler work W 'rIt rIt ' con- con conatJt.ed conflated con consisted - sisted atJt.ed atJted flated . . of cf at working- working worklnc Worklna workingto - to In th the the & fields flelds with withU withthe withthe U the . tbali tbalimIlking / . ; bay y , mllktas mIlking B cow cows . . , mak.1ng mak1ng making mak.1ngdeeM makingdiedte makingcheese . d\eeM d eeM diedte \ and ind } butter gtter and to assist a.ssi.st assi.st . with withth withti withth th ti general central . 120111 house b uI6 . wortOD workllralf vork wort work vorkQa Qa OD If AJTay llralf . , 11 . 31 81 * , 1873 181S 1116 . ! . . Lauretta HenaadA Hens Hen- Hen Hent3HUQ - s 7fW unit7fW t3HUQ . . - " aadA a & OJ , A\pa A pa \ I ' \ _ ; u , 9 J : I.TohDatun ITohDatun , . Johast . Johnstun m were unit- unit - ; I ed e4 in marriage iage ge in the old Endow Endow- Endowment Endowment Endowment - ment ho Ito hoAse .se se . a in Salt Bait Lake city Olt.y Olty . Mr MrJohnstun MrJohnstun MrJohnstun Johnstun worked In the sawmUl sawmill sawmUlwhere sawmillwhere sawmillwhere where he h was very vCry successful successfulAf sUCCessfulA successfulAt A Af At an April AprU conference in Salt SaltLake SaltLake SaltLake Lake President John Taylor call- call called called call called - HenryI ed Alma Johnstun Johnatun James Henry Henryand Henryand Henryand I and Orandpa Grandpa Black with their famfilea fam- fam famtUea fam families - ilies tUea filea to come to Ashley valley and andto andto andto to help colonize olonize this thia almost un- un unIknown unknown un unknown - - known Iknown section .section . In three weeka weeks weekathey weeksthey weeksthey they were all ready packed to leave leavefor leaveI I for Aabley Ashley valley now Vernal Vema ! The Thecompany Thecompany TheI company consisted cona1sted of Grandpa GrandpaBlaCk GrandpaBlack OrandpaI I Black and his hia has wife and daughter daughterI daughterElizabeth daughterElizabeth I Elizabeth a Scotctun Scotchman Scotehman n by the thename theI I name of Davey Johnston ( father fatherot fatherof fatherof ot of Robert Johnston Johnaton who now lives livesin livesin livesIn in Vernal Vema ) ) > hia his hie wife wUe and five cbll- cbll chil- chil cbllIdren children chil children - dren Mrs Black was Alma John John- Johnstun Johnstun Johnstun - Idren stun a 8 mother and was practicaUy practically practicallyan practicaUyI practicaUyan an Invalid The strenuous strenuoUB trip was wastoo wastoo wastoo too much for her and she cfilld died : died sooq sooqafter soor soorafter soonafter j I after reaching reachJng the he het \ , valley t ley ey S Se Sej Sewas She e W8 was wasthe wasthe $ the first person burled buried In the ( he Ver- Ver VerI Vernal Vernal Ver Vernal - nal cemetery now the Vernal VernalMemorlal VernalMemorial VernalMemorial I { Memorlal Memorial ParkThey ParkThey Park ParkThey They came over the old Blue Bluebench Bluebench Blueibench bench across Nigger Heaven down downthe downthe down'the downthe , ' the Current hill hU1 fording all the thestreams thestreams thestreams streams and through the old 010 uoaa Lroaa uoaaTwist LroaaTwist uoaaTwist Twist . , entering the gap west of the theI thevalley thevalley thevalley I valley on June B 6 5 1878 They lo- lo located located lo located - cated Just one block north and andeast andeast ajideast east of the Ulntah Uintah high school schoolbuUding schoolbuilding schoolbuilding buUding building On September 2nd a lit- lit little little lit little - tle girl was born to the Johnstuns Johnstunsshe Johnstunsshe Johnstunsshe she was WIU ! the first child born on the thebench thebench thebench bench and the first girl born in inAshley inAshley InAshley Ashley valley She was named Em Emma Emma Emma ma Lauretta In two weeks AI AIWestover AiWestover AlWestover Westover brought his little boy boywhose boywhose boywhose whose mother had died to be car cared cared cared ed tor for by Mrs Johnstun JOhnstWl who did didso didso didso so until Mr and Mrs PhllUp Phlllip PhllUpStringham PhlllipStringham Phllllpatrlngham Stringham took the child chUd chUdIn childIn childIn In the spring of 1879 187Q Mr John Johnstun Johnstun Johnstun stun owned 160 acres \ bf > t f land the thenorthwest thenorthwest thenorthwest northwest corner of or which was waswhere waswhere waawhere where 8t st Paul Pauls B a Episcopal Episcipal Epi $ a1 church churchnoVo churchnow churchnow noVo now ' stands They moved their theirhouse theirhouse theirhouse house where the . present pre.sent Harry Tarry Harryi TarryRatliff HarryRatlltf i Ratllft Ratliff home bome Is located A year yearlater yearlater yearlater later on October 27 21 . , 1880 Mr MrJohnstun MrJohnstun MrJohnstun Johnstun brought the first t1r8t sawm1ll sawmill sawmillto sawm1llto to the Ashley valley 11t qIt " ( It was 10 to tocated 10cated located cated on Dry Fork mountain The Thesaw Thesaw Thesaw saw mill work was stopped at the thetime thetime thetime time of the World War Mr Johnstun died December 18 181020 1920 us Il'i Ili as . ' the result of a car accident . . All during her life ute ale Ws . Mrs . . John- John John'It Johnstun John-stini John stini - 'It It stun ' un has been an active actve actJve ! church churchorker churchcorker churchworker \\orker orker corker \ and ready and Willing wIDing to tooffer tooffer tooffer offer tier her services servicl"4 servicl4 " to those in need needShe needShe needShe She began her career as 58 a Rellef Relief RellefSociet ReliefSoclcty ReliefSociety Societ Soclcty } worker while she lived in inthl Inthe Inthe thl the " Old Port Fort In 1878 1879 Bh She helped helpedthe helpedthe helpedthe the poor cared tor for the tbe & sick 1ek and andneed andneedy andneed need needy ) } giving freely of her tJme time tJmeand timeand timeand and worldly goods to those less lessfortunate lessfortunate lessfortunate fortunate than herself She al always always always ways reached rpached out a hand In the thebond thebond thebond bond of friendship to those who whoneeded whoneeded whoneeded needed It 1t She was the mother 01 of of12 12 children nine of whom survive surviveher surviveher surviveher her Laura Lallra Minetta Mlnetta Wm was Jacob JacobJt'an JacobJean JacobJean Jt'an Jtan Jean ' J Marshall Elizabeth Fris Friscilia Pr Priscilia cUla cilia Hodson Joseph twins Dar- Dar Darrei Darrel Dar-rel Dar rel - - rei rel Kay Hay Ray and Dclphia Delphia Lelphia May GeorgeEarl George GeorgeEarl GeorgeEarl Earl and Owen Henry She has baa 32 32living 32living 32living living grand children and 43 4:1 41 42 : gnatgrand greatgrand great gnat ' grand children |