Show GIRL FIRST BOY NEXT tiomai abow H blackburn of brigham city writes write to the news as follows follow 1 I read in sundahl i salt gait lake herald of april 1897 the biographical sketch kebob or of joseph C kloga kings bury one of the he Plo pioneer seere and I 1 saw it was thought that his bia bathsheba Batt rheba sow now mrs robert friar we the be first female white born to in utah utah she was waa born bora nov 1847 blocs reading toe size above my attention boo been called to a clipping from she be ET of 1864 which la Is in the possession of my mother inlaw in law nancy ann A on kellar bigler who is also a pioneer of 1847 roads reada an ai follows tol lowe married at washington county viah utah by bishop joshua T willis on sunday february 1864 7 mr james jamea shapley y and miss youn young 9 elizabeth steel the bride has the honor of being the firs fant white calad born bora in the terri tern tory ory of utah she was waa born to lo the camp of the pioneer pioneers Pione ere now the temple bloat sor bait lake city august 9 1847 at 4 am knowing you are desirous of giving honor to whom honor is IB due in what me to send end you this thi account which it if true mrs mn james jamee shapley not only has bai the honor of being the first female child born but li is the first fint white child born in utan whitney in his history of utah first fint volume page abt the first white child born in utah opened its eyer eye to the light on monday august ab 1847 two weeks week sod ana two we adya dya atter after the arrival of the pioneers this infantile was wai a 8 girl the daughter of john and catherine catharine campbell steel botti both of she be mormon battalion who came into the valley in 10 captain browns browna company on OD we the 29 h of july their child was waa born at ai 4 am in tier lier fath fathers erss tent on temple Tomp lablock block she was named young Eli elizabeth Stool ealter president young asia and qisen 0 been Bliss beth the lather father john was waa a mabun and according to bin big account built nearly dearly one third of the old fort 22 with hid hi own using a trowel made by burr frost out ol of a saw aaa blade mr stool claims to be the pioneer shoemaker or utah he resides at in too ane southern part of the territory his daughter lives live a Kau arra in kune county and is in now mrs mn james camei dt apley 11 erbe first death in the pioneer col ony followed bard upon the of the original birth it cocu occurred two days day later the victim was wae a three year uld child abild of george anti jane Ther kill a grandchild of robert bobert crow wandering away from camp a little to the south it bad milen lallen into the creek where it was wai discovered diao drowned about 6 5 o alook in the at hernoon ler tOr noon Doon evely possible effort was waa made to restore it but without avail the parents mourned bitterly their lose joae and a shadow of simps chatto thatto gloom rested for a beason afo ufo a the whole encampment P lorenzo Jj orenzo dow young jr BB an fully established through the columns column 0 the was wai the first waite w bite male child born in utah making his bis ado ad vent rent into mortality tiep Bapis tuber 20 1847 forty two day after the birth of little miss steel an incident occurred during daring that a drat rot winter of pioneer life says the historian that the IDess and courage of abe early heroine bere loea the pioneer women of utah it happened inua inna harriet young the abe mother of the alist white male child horn born in utah was sitting with the infant to in their solitary home on city creek to where they had bad removed from the fort against the advice of their friends woo who feared they might maht be killed by Ina inhalant lant when an idolan came to the door and asked for bla blo culi cult sa s1 he was waa a fierce III looking follow fellow known throughout the region as ai a bad in dian mrs young going to her bar humble bumble labaer gave the bavage two or three small biscuite bisou ite all the bread brand she had bad lathe i a the house he took them and asked for more she gave him the remaining ono one rod and bijj still he demanded more more she bhe did not haves have and so BO informed him furious he be advanced and fitting an arrow to his bow aimed it at her heart fiercely repeating the request cool and collected the brave woman faced her bar swarthy too toe and for a moment thought her bar last hour and that of hot her helpless heipler babe had come not yet an idea strikes hot her in too next room securely fastened fan ened in ie a large dog a powerful mastiff mai tiff pur pun chased by her bar husband on leaving the he fort nod kept on the promises premise for jut just uoti suon emergencies as an the danger now BOW threatening making a sign ti toe she sayago aa 88 of compliance with his hie re quest she he pasted loto into the next rooms room and nd untying the dog ex claimed olai blaze bim 11 II I like lightning we mastiff darted through she door way and a shriek baiek of terror quickly followed by a howl of pates palo as ag the sharp canine teeth seeth met in the he rede klas lB thigh high told old bow well the abe faithful brute braf hla his peril and the duty required in her bet defna in all probability the indian pro and ana pleading vociferously for bin alfi would oever never again have bare rison had not our heroine in whose generous gune roua bear heart pity for the vanquished wretch at ones once took the place ot oi auger anger she ahe had momentarily felt after agot prudently him of his bl bow and arrow called balled on off thedoe and set the wounded savage at liberty he was wai badly hurt hart and cried bitterly mrs mra young mw nani unanimously wasby the wound ap plied a large sticking oking plaster to she be injured part and sent him away 1 wiser if not a better indian |