| Show OLDEST HAND RESIDENT DIES AT THE HE AOE OF ofaf 92 pioneer rhoda elizabeth lay hamblin died tit nt her homo home lit in ka nab tuesday september 11 nt at p in from old age she was wag kanab a oldest resident and would have been 92 years old september 27 fitting funeral services were held for the deceased at tho ward chapel tit at p 1 lit in thursday afternoon rhoda elizabeth lay hamblin was tile the daughter of william 11 II and sytha kytha crosby crosb lay and was born in iii county september 27 1842 she crossed tho the plains in hi jolin john Br browns owtis company in 1848 with he her parents in III tho the biography for the daughters of the utah pioneers she says about all I 1 can call remember of the journey Is tile tho cattle crossing the missouri river the forming of our wagons lit in the form of a horseshoe for the protection of the ilia animals and people and also the accidental shooting of a nian man by the baing name of cooki cook who was waa burled buried on i the plains my father had it a large government I 1 wagon with two spans ot of mules iles aud and a yoke of oxen for carrying 9 lons and the necessary clothing arid and bedding lie ile often went ahead of 0 the company to pick plok out a camping ground and ho he also took part in the hunt for buffalo meat for tile the company around the campfire cam P at night join john brown led in singing hinging the hymns other songs that were sung bung veto bury me ale not on the lone prairie and old squawk etwo ing horn is on ills way after arriving in the valley tile the family settled in cottonwood on march mar eh 24 1851 when amasa lyman and charles 0 rich with a company of five hundred people to ettle at san bernardino california the lay family accod partied them here E liga both hail had many thrilling experiences and 1 it was ras here she attended school learn ing reading writing arithmetic and am spelling as taught lit in those days 1 good adobe homes were built I 1 b tile the saints and it soon became al a I 1 thriving colony Ild however wever in 1857 the lay family were called back to utah ellza l beth in company with two other girls rode horseback all the way wai oma to I 1 laufa clara claid it on county william lay raised cotton at santa alara lie he also had bad sheep thi the woman folks of the family spun and wove cloth from which their clothes clothe were wade made october 21 1861 rhoda elizabeth lay married francis marlon marion ham blin the ithe young couple continued to live at santa clara but in 1865 were called to help settle eagle valley liere according to the biography og they lived almost as one family with the athe judds Litt littles leg lytell and jacob hambling Hamb lins family our houses were made of alth logs lags with one door and window with a shed at the front under which our cook stove was set we women cooked on one stove and lived almost as sisters continued on rare pace vow four OLDEST KANAB RESIDENT DIES AT AGE OP OF 92 YEARS continued from rate one oae Fran francin clif marion hamblin his bis wife und and five children moved to in 1871 and for or a time occupied the house in the old fort which jacob hamblin had bad vacated until a hous bouse e could be built on oil their town lot when tho the united order was formed in kaibab they joined the iho organization find and were allott allotted eid the Hwa swallow ilow park ranch with cows they made butter and cheese for the order after the order was disbanded the family still retained ned tho ilia ranch and continued i dairying und and accumulated a largo large herd of cattle july 30 1881 her husband died leaving her with nine due children to care for they continued to live it at swallow park ranch tor for a number of at yearn earo but finally sold gold it since that time they have lived at kanab all ail her children married and settled around her in chanab kanab and fredonia except two daughters who remained nt at home and cared for their mother tenderly during her declining years the I 1 love ove and devotion le of these daughters gave their aged mother could be excelled by no one and should be a great comfort to them horn now she Is gone the alio deceased was greatly loved loveda by tile tho people of kanab and will long ho bo remembered for her jovial cheerful sunny disposition and kindly spirit she always bad a kind word tor for everyone and could see tile the good qualities of her many friends londi fr and relatives seven sons and daughters sur vivo her they are irinda 11 mams adams P V at hamblin ann 11 II johnson Toh Ina liili bibble and daphna all of and tamar 11 II pratt of fredonia site she ulso also has baa many grand and great grand |
