Show work E ended kl 1 ll 11 A alk ibi SARAH 1 J POWELL PO WELL OF PRICE CALLED BY DEATH first white woman in carbon county succumbs mrs sarah 1 line ine the first white woman to enter castle Vall valley died night at her homo home in price at the age of 78 for the past 52 years mr mrs powell haafeen had been a resident of price and wag was one of the builders of the tile community bb bac entered castle valley with her fer hug us band april 1 1879 1870 where the she was met by IN illiam price the man for whom thu this community and the price riser was ri mined who upon her ar rival said 1 I can truly eay that ou oil are the first white woman ever to enter this valley mrs powell was torn born in pajaro Mon Monte rev county california sep ember 0 a daughter of john and mary shields soon after her birth her folks migrated to utah and settled ansalem ln Salem in 1870 the ble met jerry plumb and married him soon after mr irr plumb died within a i car of their marriage in 1873 she was married to john A powell and find six years late they moved to castle valley the district which is now carbon cu dunty nty the story of the hardships en dared by lira powell in this district is s comparan com paral e to a novel and only the sturdy courage of the pioneer made living possible po sible in the words of W P ion a friend of the fam ily for ears mrs powell came here imbued with a spirit of fice for her and the building 1 of a community she was a faithful member of 0 the L D B S church up to the time of her death for eight years she was president of the bo re lief society and always took an a active part in church work bhe blie raised a family of 12 children six of whom are living she is sur our ned by the following children 8 sarah jano jane snow balem salem lot E powell Al tonah florence E clow ard honolulu mrs joseph dane davis price f 6 ani and abraham and mrs zoe ellen leonard both of price of price funeral Pu services will be held at the L D 8 S tabernacle at 12 30 p m sunday under the direction of bishop gaorge jorgensen interment w will ill be in 10 i tile nv salem mrs mra bay ray deming and sons bay jr and pat left this week for ball salt lake when they will make their home |