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Show Two Mow Pioneers Gone. Mrs Melissa Wilhs. Mm. Melissa Willis, daughter of C. P. Lott. uepaitcd this life at the home o' herdaugnter, Mm. II. K. Mulliner, at Oo'elocir, Wednesday evening, July i;i. ."she was born Jan. , 1824, at Bridge-water, Bridge-water, Susquehanna Co Pa She was married to Joseph Smith the Prophet, by Ilyruiu Smith, Sept. 20, 181!! and lived on his farm in Xauvc-o. She was afterwaids married to Iia Willis on May RJ, 1840, aftei his return fiom the Mexican Mex-ican war, in which he served as a 'number of the Mormon battalion. In 1818 she iinmigittted to Utah, and settled set-tled in Sali Luke, wheie she lived until 1802, when she moved io Lehi. Sho wue the mother of seven children, three of whom are now living. Her husband and one son were ' killed in 'an accident in 180 1 Returning itli a load of wood, they were cioeamg a creek ucr.r Lehi, the wood was tipped over and they were found dead the jiext morning in thu cieek under tin- lnml . ' ' alio has held many positions of j responsibility in the church and waB I ever ready to help those in need She was president of the Relief Society of this ward and at the time of her dea'.h was vice-president ot this oigauization. Sho passed through the trials of the Latter-day Saints from the time of Joseph to tho prebent. She was a true and devoted wife and a faithful Luttei-day Luttei-day Saint. Sho had qnly-tobo known ' t0c;,.6vt'tl "a one of the choicest among I Mffijflllijai ) d wa'anni i versa 11 y. k n o wmi , a s , Tho luiieral services were held at the tabernacle Fildliy' at 2 o'clock p m. lliu Rliciikors were Win. Olnik, Win. lates, L. A. Rushma-i, John WoOd-houbeand WoOd-houbeand A It. Anderson. The all spoke in the highest terms of the deceased. The remains were taken to Salt Lake' City and,laid to rest beside those of h6r late husband. M,s. Nancy Norton. Mis. Nancy Norton was born in Tut-nnm,0., Tut-nnm,0., Oct. 14,1827. Her parents, Nancy and Auetln Hammer, were of tho oi.u Virginia stock, She was manic J to James W. Norton when 11) years of ago. and two years later with him became a member of the Mormon church . They wero only one year behind tjio first pio neersin reaching Salt Lake city, where her husband, so he claimed, built the first adobie Ilouso iu Utah. In 1802 they moved to Lehi, and vere identified with our city in Its aUvquceiueiit till eigh yeutfl ago, when liny moved to Idaho iulls, .whercecven of their children are prosperous farmers. About eighteen montheago her husband died, and six months Inter nhe again K-moved to Lehi v'here slio hiif ftinpo reiidel with het daughter, Inra, John K. . Ross. The deceased was the mother of thirteen children, ten of whom are now living, ninety-one xraudchildren and thirty ftreatgrandchildieu. Her father was I killed at the Hann's Mill Massacie and was burned iu the Ilanns Mill well. She passed it. i ough a gieat many of the troubles of the Mormons. She was a woman of noble diameter and wide acquaintance. For the past seven yeais she has suffered patiently frim a lingering illness, and sweet was the ic-lease ic-lease when it came at 0 o'clock Thuis-daymotning Thuis-daymotning The remains of Mis. Norton were taken to Idaho Thursday evening and buried i:t thu little cumetary at lonu yhete jests all that in eaithlyof her late husband. Her family came from Idaho totako hot- back- to her- last resting place. |
