| Show UTAH PIONEER WOMAN IS DEAD I Perils and Hardships Fill Life Story of Mrs frs Rowe Ro Mrs Elizabeth Rowe aged 91 died Sunday In la Blackfoot Idaho She Sho Is la aun survived by a sister lira Mra G W Baker of Long Lone Brach Beach and n brother D B n RIchards ot of o Salt Lake daughters also sur- sur survise sur vise 1 e Mrs Agnes Lutz Lut ot of o Black Black- Blackfoot loot Black f foot ot Mrs lire Rachel Bassett Dassett of ton ton Idaho and Sirs Mrs Irs Ruth nuth Lund ot of Ogden Funeral services willbe will willbe be held beld at 1 o'clock Tuesday In Inthe Inthe the tho tendon Mendon ward Cache lIe w Talley Interment will be made there Mrs rs Rowe was born In Ontario Canada July 22 1835 a 0 daughter ot of John and anti Agnes Hill nl In 1810 lUO her bar parents became Latter Lat Lat- Latter Latter ter Day Saints The following with her year ear she also left let Canada parents arents j and nd started for or Nauvoo Ill III At Detroit a railroad was be- be beIlIg lug ins built buill the tho first she had ever lIen een Wooden rails were ere laid later to be covered with Iron Chi CM- CM trad- trad tradIng trading cago nt at the time was as only a Ing Ins post MOB OD D DANGER They The They arrived In Nauvoo In the earlY spring and built II a a home borne on Young lI street where here they lived Il during their stay slay In Nauvoo Mrs Mr Rowe was baptized on her eIghth birthday In lit the Mississippi riverby river tr riverby by William Smith a brother of Jo Joseph ph Smith the tho prophet It was as In Nauvoo that the tho Latter Day Saints suffered severely Mobs composed of Mormons anti antl threatened them continually whip whip- whippings whip pinK pings and floggings were common and not a few tew of the tho Saints were shot Mrs Rowe was ns a witness ss to the taking of o Joseph Smith to Carthage C jail fall all where he be was as killed She and her father tather were ridIng on horses home homa from tho the fields rhe mob taking akIni Jos Joseph ph Smith and his brother passed by them Her lamer father wanted her to take the horses and return homo borne alone n hila he followed with the other Mormons to Carthage She was frightened by the sight Eight however howe and refused The Mormons driven cn out of ot Nauvoo Sau In 1850 They crossed the Mississippi rh river r rand and soon Boon after alter started for or Win Win- Winter Winter ter Quarters They started out with horse teams but were era soon forced to trado them for ox teams They were ere In la Winter Quarters for over o a year ear due to the fact that scurvy broke out In th the company and once lives were era taken They then crossed the Missouri rIver to a place lace called Honey Creek It was so 80 called be because caUSA ot of the tho abundance of hone honey found there It was a beautiful place with Ith an extravagant growth of wild 1101 flowers and fruits Here they built temporary homes and also made an effort to hold school at the tho various arloua homes It was wag wa here that Mrs frs Rowe noe received her schooling They were ero In Honey Creek Crek until they got the teams and supplies necessary necessary sary for tor the tho long journey to Utah They started from Honey Creek Sr In the spring of ot 1851 traveling tra In companIes The company that In- In Included Included In Included Mrs Rowe was composed ot of 50 SO people and was led by Cap Cap- Captain tale tain Wadsworth Mrs Rowe left with her uncle William her parents following a 1 month later The river rl was so high at that time they were forced to travel miles milea out of ot their way w before crossing Many any of ot th the company in their attempts to cross lost both supplies and teams The driver er of one ono of the wagons suffered a broken leg Jeg And Mrs Irs Rowe was chosen to replace him Although little more moro thana than R a child she sho managed the tho clumsy ox team over o the rough plaIns Sho ha reached Salt Lake in Octo Octo- October Octo- Octo October October ber 1851 b her r parents arriving In No emb November r WORKS IX IS FIELDS They made mado their home borne in Salt Lake and In July 1854 she sho was married to Manning Rowe ROe M Mr and Mrs Rowe moved to Santa Santa- Santa Santa-quin gumn where they made mado their homo home for two years It was during this stay In that Johnstons Johnston's army threatened Salt Lake and Mt t Rowe was wa called to assist In guarding the pass In Echo con can canyon conyon can canyon yon They were forced to leave before the crops were ere In and Mrs Rowe with wills her baby In arms went to the fields and harvested the crops without help bell excepting In hauling them to the tho house bouse The following spring they concluded to move and started by ox team go- go go ing going a distance of ot miles ar- ar arriving ar arriving riving rl In Mendon endon Cache Cacho Valley As the tho valley was at that time practically unsettled they lived lI In their wagon until they could clear cleara deala a space apace and then haul logs to build s a home They very slowly acquired aCQ a few sheep and chickens chick chick- chickens chickens ens and settled down do n to farmIng The farm tarm products were taken to t Salt Lake to be traded for tor other necessities The Tho journey was w the oxen sometimes sometime having to be coaxed along with Ith ears of ot corn Mrs Mra Rowe carded wool and spun yarn arn for tor all ot of o their clothes and blankets for many years ears Mrs Irs Rowe was II a resident of Mendon for tor 63 years and was the lie mother of ot seven children She Sho also had 40 grand grandchildren children 6 61 64 grandchildren at-grandchildren it and 10 great great-great grandchildren Mr Rowe died In 1904 oa 00 |
