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Show ! MRS ELIZABETH HIGGS DIES. Provo, Feb. 27. Mrs. Elizabeth i Stowe Hlggs. aged 88 years, a pioneer i of 1857, wife of the late Thomas Hlggs 1 of Manti, died here at an early hour this morning of general debility She lived with her son, B. T. Hlggs, in the Fifth ward j Mrs. Higgs was born In Yorkshire. England, June 22, 1824. aud came to America with her parents when she ! was 2 vears of age. the family finding find-ing a home In Utlca. N. Y. After her marriage she with her husband embraced em-braced the Mormon faith, and emigrated emigra-ted to Salt Lake, Mrs. Hlggs walking mobt of. the way across the plains, though so crippled tor part of the . time as to be forced to use a crutch. |