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Show SM3TKFEL0 PIONEER D'ES AT WED. MRS. WOOLFORD Hannah l'riscilla Thompson Woolford, 82, oldest pioneer resident res-ident of Smithfield and the first white child to be born in Providence, Prov-idence, Utah, died Wednesday at 5 p. m. at her home, of cerebral "TioTYimnrhaee. Mrs. Woolford was born Octo her 19, I859. a daughter of W. A. .and Elizabeth Bourne Thompson. .She moved with her parents to :Smithfield in the spring of 1860, where, she attended school. She was married to Thomas H. "Woolford in the bait LaKe Lity Endowment house on November 28, 1878. In March, 1899, the fam-:lly fam-:lly moved to Canada, settling in a community now known as TVoolford near Cardston. Alta. Mr. Woolford was a farmer there until un-til 1909 when he became manager mana-ger of the Cardston flour mills. Mrs. Woolford reluriicf fir 1911 to Smithfield, where she has since resided. She was active in LDS Belief Society work in Utah and Canada until failing health restricted re-stricted her activities. Survivors include her husband and an only living sister, Margaret Mar-garet Ann Ainscough, and the following sons and daughters: Mrs. Elizabeth E. Bowden and Ambrose, Am-brose, John and George Woolford of Canada; William A- Woolford and Mrs. Ruth Spring of Smith-field; Smith-field; Mrs. Louise Bissiger of Providence, and Mrs. Eliza Albis-ton Albis-ton of Ogden; 27' grandchildren and. 10 great-grandchildren. Funeral servicse will be held Sunday at 1 'p.m., in the First ward chapel, under the direction 'of the Lindquist and Sons mortuary mor-tuary of Logan. |