Deseret Evening News | 1909-01-23 | Page 26 | Mormon Battalion Veteran Buried

MORMON BATTALION 4 i r VETERAN BURIED Correspondence P ARKER Ida Jan services over or tb the remains of Mr Phoebe Lodema Thompson oo were In th yesterday vader the directioN or of Miller Ta The speaker ot of th the occasion wars w wT T l J Winter and James JUlIN Young or of Rexburg Bl Bishop hop Jm Jamas 11 Fogg ot Anthony and nd L Bassett u A account nt of K Mr Thompson rona life w was read by BIshops Counselor I I The d deceased died Monday fonday morning alter after a 10 long and nd painful Illness lIbe ilbe wu was one ens of tb the two surviving myth women wamen of the Mormon Monnon Battalion and ad her br life wu was In maD many w way as an eventful one Soe Ha was u horn born at gibe N T 1 Aug II 5 1812 1232 and nd wu was the daughter of ff amuel and anel Phoebe Merrill father wu was wasa a captain ot of heavy beavy artillery In tb the war of 1811 the entire nUre length lenth of Um time that isle hill country wu was with I its ascend war with M Mrs Thompson I survived by t tae e fol following lowing children hUdren Mr Kr Dora Clen ot of Rexburg Mr Kr Ella Raymond of Mc McCammon McCammon Cammon Samuel Collett ot of Wilford D I F Collett of lt It Lake Marion Col lett ot of Butte and MI tamp Kame ColItt ot of Hh I leaves also 0 many grandchildren and a number of great reat Interment took place lii In the cemetery