Show THE LATE JERUSHA JEM SMITH SITU PIERCE in tile hie passing of mrs jerusha S pierce which occurred last thursday morning an interesting life came to an end sirs mrs pierce worn wom born in kirtland ohio january lath and was the daughter of hyrum smith uw the martyred marty red patriarch when she attained the age or of eight years she was baptized by the late president john taylor who ho was then one ot of the twelve apostles of the church mrs pierce had a vivid recollection of the stormy scenes of 0 those early times and recalled with force the martyrdom of her uncle the prophet and her father the patriarch she was driven from nauvoo with the other stricken members of the family amily in 1846 was forced to walk across the plains and arrived in salt lake valley in 1848 on december 28 1834 1854 she became tile the wife nife of the late william pierce and they removed to brigham city locating just north of the city which has been their home continuously since mrs pierce was a strong character and was greatly beloved by those who knew her she was the mother of five children who survive her there are twenty six grand children and fifteen een great grandchildren grand children impressive funeral services were held last sunday afternoon in the harper ward meeting house president joseph F smith apostle joseph F smith jr patriarch G sint smith th david A smith sm ith and elder eli if pierce came up from salt lake city to be present at the ser services ces and all spoke the other sp speakers a k ers were bishop thaddeus wight president L A snow and president oleen N stohl tile music was turn furnished by a quartette composed of the members of the lund family of this city and the prayers were offered by elder joseph yates and dishop T 11 II blackburn respectively |