Show OBITUARY NOTES EMILY E HILL died at ogden oily city utah october 11 1896 emily eliza hill EI ill beloved wife of elder william S hill and daughter of thomas H and elizabeth maria reeder pioneer settlers bottlers in wellsville cache county and later of ogden city she was the first girl baby that was born in the then now new settlement of wellsville on the ot of november 1859 she was baptized at 8 years old and all through her girlhood proved herself a very affectionate child when she he was about 10 years of age she had a narrow escape from death having been accidentally shot in the forehead with a rifle bullet which glanced and only made a severe scalp wound on june she was married at the house of the lora lord in salt lake city to elder william S hill whom she accompanied com compa paned nied in 1884 on a mission to settle in st johns arizona they remained there five years and then returned to ogden when she died she left behind hor her two one and five daughters a new born babe dying at the birth FRANCIS H REEDER SUSAN MUM susan vilate muir daughter of the late jedediah Jed edlah M and susan grant was born at salt lake city utah on the day of september 1855 and died at randolph rich county utah on september 1896 1890 being 41 years and 9 days old she was mar married rieti to william S muir jr in the t year 1871 and n move moved from rom bountiful aund to randolph ado ph in 1888 1 8 she was wall an affectionate daugh daughter a faithful wife ea a loving mother and d an earnest rnest and sincere latter day saint and as such will be mourned by a host of relatives and friends she leaves a husband and ten children four sons and six daughters her youngest being three weeks old at the time ot of her death she also leaves two grandchildren she was very highly highl v esteemed and her many good traits of character were appreciated by the saints where she resided her flin funeral eral was largely attended by the good people of randolph and woodruff and by relatives irom from salt lake and bountiful and the funeral sermon preached by her brother elder heber J grant was full of comfort and encouragement to 10 the bereaved family and friends may she rest in peace till the morning of the first resurrection when she ahe will be found worthy of rich blessings in our fathers kingdom cox COM LYDIA DOWNER GATES died in wilson Wils onward ward weber county utah at the residence of her daughter daug hier arp willard bingham at 1230 am sunday october 11 1896 after a short abort illness lydia downer gates aged 86 years and 3 8 months montha motter mother gates was born in the he state of vermont july 12 1810 1810 married samuel gates bates in the year 1830 by whom she had twelve children eight of whom besides her husband hubband have long since preceded her to the spirit land she and her burband joined the church in michigan at an early date and soon after gathered with the saints sainte they were well acquainted with the prophet joseph smita who had often shared the hospitality of their humble dwelling and tor for whom they always alays entertained the highest love and regard they also alao willingly rendered their mite in the erection of the nauvoo temple and were among the few who received their endowments therein they shared in all the lions and dr ivings incident to that time crossing the missouri river in early spring add settling with the camp of israel arriving in utah in 1850 they settled in the spot where the old bingham fort now called five points lynne district was built in weber county making this their home and which place oa widow gates held possession of the homestead up to the day of her death but had a short time lime since rented the place and moved to live with her daughter in wilson lane from which place the corpse was conveyed in a hearse to the lynne meeting house the obsequies ob were conducted by bishop of lynne ward on monday october 1896 there being on on the stand elders L W shurtliff and C F middleton of the stake presidency elder lorin farr president of the high priests quorum high councilor joseph parry of ogden patriarch P G taylor of harrisville Harri aville bishop bingham or of Ri verdale bishop of wilson lane ward and others after prayer and appropriate singing by the choir bishop elders parr farr and parry and president L W shurtliff spoke of the noble career ot of mother gates for the sixty years of their acquaintance with her and said the legacy of righteousness which she left to her offspring was better than riches none of them knew ot of any faults in mother gates during their lifelong life long acquaintance for she was never known to 10 sit in the seat of the scornful or found complaining against the lords anointed but was full to the brim with charity and good works and was always prompt to her meetings she was fully up to the standard in the payment of ti tithes t be and offerings even in her widowhood and had nobly supported the eternal order ot marriage surely it can be said she has died the he death of the righteous the remains were viewed by a large concourse of people the features were as placid as in balmy sleep the pall bearers were her near young relatives who bore the beautiful white coiffe to the superb white hearse which was followed to the ogden city cemetery by a host of relatives and friends the remains were consigned to rest resl in the ogden cemetery till the resurrection of the j just P L HANNAH stringfellow RAWLINS the death of sister hannah stringfellow rawlins occurred at the residence of her sister mrs ars martha morris morrill at midnight of thursday the ath dinst it east cast a mantle of sadness and gloom over her numerous family and a wide circle ot of friends ahe was afflicted with cancer in the breast for many months past from which she su suffered flored red much it was at ai last decided to remove the cancer and she was taken to st marks hospital the operation was performed by drs pinkerton worthington th ington and beatle beatie afterwards she was aken to her sister marthas home in the eighth ward where under the careful nursing ot of the family it was hoped abe be would recover but blit bronchitis set in in an acute form which ultimately resulted in her death she was born march at hook enok nall nail sutton mutton in ashfield Northampton shire england she was the daughter of joseph and lucy stringfellow was married to george string fellows now deceased on easter sunday 1854 1864 and the mother of one daugh top ep and two sons all of whom are still living she joined the church at an early day and came to utah in 1864 and in 1865 she was married to bishop joseph S rawlins Baw lins by whom she had six children three of whom are now living four brothers and one sister survive her namely Ro robert bertand and joseph stringfellow String lellow who still remain in their mother country samuel and george stringfellow and mrs martha stringfellow String lellow morris of salt lake city on sunday october alth the remains of sister rawlins were taken to her home in draper where they lay in state until 12 at noon althis at this hour hoar the remains were borne at the head of a long cortege to the meeting bouse there were 35 vehicles in the procession and fully people assembled to 10 participate in the last services to be performed in honor of the departed shortly after 1 p in the services commenced by the choir singing 0 my father thou that Dwell est pra prayer y er wall waa offered by elder henry day bishop W 0 allen alien who conducted the services er vices called upon elder P N garff to address the assembly he extended words of comfort and consolation to the bereaved ones elder G G bywater was the next speaker he bore a testimony to the many excellent qualities of character possessed by the deceased he become became acquainted with her and the other members of the stringfellow family while crossing the plains in 1864 on his return home from a four years mi sion to europe he spoke in terms of commendation of the life and labor ot of sister hannah rawlin there was not a shadow of a doubt upon his bis mind he be said as to her future it will be glorious elder joseph E taylor followed in an interesting address on the certainty of the reward of the just and paid a beautiful tribute to the memory of the do de deceased president georgo george Q cannon addressed addres sect the large audience who listened with profound attention to the timely and impressive remarks to which he gave utterance his description of the character of sister rawlins was very touching he ahad been acquainted with her for thirty tive years and testified that all that had been said of her by the preceding speakers he knew to be true bishop W C allen alien spoke in highly eulogistic terms of sister rawlins Baw lins he said the ward would miss her greatly being a prominent worker in the relief belief society for twenty years she was always ready to minister to 10 the sick and needy and was regarded by all who knew her as a potent bactor in this part of the lords vineyard vi nevard the choir san sang g a hymn and benediction was pronounced the remains were conveyed to the cemetery followed in regular procession and were consigned to their last resting place in the tomb which was dedicated by elder joseph E taylor peace to lo her ashes COM millennial star nottingham guardian and mant mans field times please copy |