Show OBITUARY NOTES ELIZABETH L BURTON the funeral services over the remains of the late elizabeth L burton widow of william burton barton were held in the sixteenth ward assembly rooms salt L lake a ke city sunday may amay ath at 12 bishop kesler presiding after the usual opening exercises apostle F D rio richards h ards addressed the meeting after speaking of the extreme age and remarkable circumstances connected with the life of the deceased she being 91 years of age and having been a widow for 44 years he said he could not do j justice ustice to his speaking of her husband who was the pioneer of his bis fathers family in leading them to the gospel both booher and sister burton were born in yorkshire england they came to america with their parents in 1817 were baptized in canada in december 1837 by elder zera sister burton being taken from a sick bed for the he purpose during the cold season of 0 f that northern clime and received great benefit to her health from the ordinance they then moved with others of the same branch in the fall of 1838 for the gathering place of the saints in missouri but had only reached quincy illinois when they heard the news of the exterminating mina ting order of governor boggs leaving his family at that place brother burton took his team aad an d traveled miles to assist some of the poor saints from missouri he was also present at ac the laying of the foundation stone of the temple at far west april th they 0 y were present at nauvoo during the mobbing and driving of the saints and shared in the sufferings incidental thereto brother and sister burton came to balt lake in september 1848 in A april arb 1 1850 0 she was again deprived 0 of f her h husband an d he having been called on a mission to england after laboring there for a short time he was called to preside over the dundee conference in scotland where he worked with the same energy and zeal that he had at all times shown in the cause ol of truth in march 1861 1851 1 he went to edinburgh to attend a general conference of the Soot scottish tish mission here he contracted it a cold which resulted in his death his body together with that of elder lorenzo D Is barneo arnea was brought to utah and interred by bishop B R T burton in the family burial lot in salt bait lake city cemetery sister burton barton has lived alone from that that time until her death on the premises in the sixteenth ward where her husband left her to fill his mission to england and had been one of the permanent residents of that locality elder angus M cannon president of the stake made a few feeling remarks on the virtues of sister burton after which benediction was pronounced by elder rodney C badger the funeral cortege then proceeded to the cemetery where she was interred by the side of her husband wm barton |