| Show former Dixi eite called mrs mary alary ann corbidge ham b lin well known among the pioneers of utah died at the home of her daughter mrs I 1 frank branting S fourth eist street mrs airs hamblin was nearly 80 years old and death resulted from the infirm ites ot of age brn rn in lancashire england in 1806 mrs hamblin came to this country with her parents when a child the family settled in nau 00 oo ill where her father took an active part in the affairs of the mordian church the family plan ned tied to cross the plain plains with brig h him im I 1 oung in ill the hrat first company of pioneers pione eis her father died how ever just bet ire re the start inas w is made tin two 0 years later mrs hamblin start aed ed across the plains with nith the corn coin pany ot of the late bishop hunter she arrived in silt lake in and was married five years later to oscar ocar 11 brother of jacob hamblin a famous indian scout of those days shortly after her marriage she went to southern utah and took up her home in the santa clara valley mrs urs hamblin soon learned the language of the indians and waa was one of the first interpreters in utah she was i clae and beloved friend to the indians and performed missionary work among them f fir r several years she pla placed ei an important import int part in the early indian wars and was fa millar with inith many stirring events of eaily eally utah histora she always pos poss essed sed the spirit of pioneering and when the vicinity of santa clara began to settle up she moved with her husband to minersville Miners ville beaver county where mr hamblin died in 1862 the country soon grew until it was no longer a frontier fion tier her love tor for pioneer life and adaven ture soon camel her still deeper into desolate and undeveloped reg ions knitli ith her four children she blazed the trail into wyoming and took up land jn n tile vicinity of ly man slie she remained there and w N ith the lid aid ot of her children fanned farmed the land for many veara after the death at lyman of oi one son and one daughter mrs hamblin came to salt lake she has made her home with her daughter for five vears years surviving her are her daughter mrs branting one conr son wallace hamblin of I 1 lyman twenty eight and eleven great grandchildren gran children the body will be taken to minersville Miners ville where the fu services will be held beld hera herald o 0 |
