| Show OLDEST RESIDENT DIES AT THE AGE afie OF 92 rion Ilo tor nver rhoda eilzabeth lay Ilal liblin died tit it her home in ill nil ka nab tuesday september 11 tit lit 51 30 1 I ni lit from froin old age site wivi way Hati abs oldest resident ana would have been 92 yours years old september 27 fitting funeral services were held for the leron aed at the ward chattel lit 1 p ni lit thursday afternoon rhoda Illi lay was tile daughter of 11 II and hytha crosby lay tind mid was born tit in county september 27 1 she crossed cros sod the lit in jolin john It rowny coill pally in 1848 with her parents lit in the blo graphy written for the Daught daughterty erti of oe tho utah Ilon cers site alie says about till nil I 1 can call of tile journey la Is the cattle crossing cro tile Miss missouri ourt river tho forming of our WL lugona in ili the form of 0 a horse shoo alioe for tile protection of the mil ant field people and also the acci dental shooting of it 11 annn all by tile name of cook who was burled on oil tile plains MY lily father ila had it largo government wagon with two spans of antiles and a yoke of oxen for carrying provisions ond and the necessary essai y clothing and bedding ile ho often wont attend of tho the company to pick out a camping ground and lie ho nho also toot took part lit in tho the hunt built for buff iilo tilo meat foe tile ho company around the campfire at night john brown led lit in singing ginging tho hymns other songs that were sung were hury bury mo ato not on tile lone iraldo and old squawk ing horn la Is on ilia his way after arriving in ili tho valley tile tho family faintly settled bottled in cottonwood on march jill rell 24 1851 when ly giai annn and charles 0 rich with it a company of five hundred people went to ottlo nt at sun still bernardino california the lay family accod panic A them hero eligabeth hall many thrilling experiences and it way was liero liere she attended school schoola learning reading writing arithmetic and spelling efing its as taught lit in those days good adobe homes were hullt built by the saints and it soon became a lit in 1857 the lay family were called back to utah E elizabeth liza lit in company with two other girls rodo rode horseback nil all tile the way from frodi san ann bernardino california to santa clara washington county william lay raised cotton at santa stara slum ile iio also had bad sheep tito tho woman folks of the family faintly spun and wove cloth from which their clothes were made october 21 1861 rhoda elizabeth lay married francis marlon marion hamblin the young couple continued confirmed to live at santa clara but in 1866 1805 were called to help settle eagle valley here according to the biography og they lived almost as aa ono one family with tho the judds judda littles lytell and jacob ila eibl lits family our houses were made of logs with one door and window with a shed at tho the front under which lurcook our cook stove was so set t we women cooked on one stove and lived almost as aa sister aladora I 1 continued on pass par |
