Show A MOTHER III GONE TO BEST REST funeral SerT services lees anil and sketch of of he the late raly IS child the funeral services over the remains of the much respected and long to be remembered mother alother in israel polly B child waa was held in the second ward nvard on wednesday feb ath 1883 and were conducted by bishop robert R ibert in addition n to tile bishop and his counsel there were present alie presidency ottlie ot the stake bishope Bisho pG G W bramwell patriarch Josep JosepPi hTaylor Taylor Elders LJ II errick lorin F farr and many others the tile choir sang for the opening hymn creation speaks with awful voice the opening prayer was made by elder eider F A brown the choir then san aang the morning mornin g lowers flowers display their etc elder eider lorin farr first addressed the meeting he ile knew a of f no person who more fully answer answered ed and had better title to the name of sister T mother lother N or saint than she whose remains were them lying before the them in while he sympathized with those thos who had been bereaved of her socie ty for a short time still he lie had not come there to mourn and grieve on account of the condition yf mother father child he ile sympathized with her children grandchildren and great grandchildren who will feel the lom ass of her society but he rejoiced voiced to know that ehe she had gone to a place of peace jo joy and bap happiness where she site will be forever free from ie knem pain and sorrow where atu ja will meet with lier husband who had preceded lier her to the tile spirit world war ad she site would also meet with many of lier her funner former friends wi with ah whom die aie had held sweet and holy converge converse on off earth the tile speaker haa has known mother blather child aa its well as all the family fur for very many years she had always been fir firm m in the faith a and nd true to the kingdom of god under al all I the tile persecutions and trying circum circumstances in which she had been placed c d she site has now gone to rest she sleeps the sleep odthe of the righteous lier her memory is blessed and will ever live in the recollections of the tile just elder lester J II errick next addressed the meeting lie ile said if there were any better women living than thin mother lother child has always been he did not know where they are in this community she has been aa as kind as a ug angel among the deop people I e in their afflictions she site was a it lady of intelligence and large experience peric peri ace ence her iler illusion liere here was one of love and she fulfilled that mission mission most faithfully he ile had known her many years she had been I a great sufferer fora forn long time but I aho she endured in in patience she sho has I fought the good fi fight lit the she has kept the faith she dif died in the lord she reals rests from lier her labors and her works follow her after a few remarks by bishop in which he lie indorsed endorsed indor sed all that had bad been advanced by the other speakers the choir sang F farewell all earthly honors ac the services closed by benediction ti on from patriarch jo joi taylor the largo large cortege then took up its march to the cemetery and the remains were laid away to repose the tile deceased polly barber child was the daughter of ichabod child and annie dake barber was born on march 1799 1790 at greenfield saratoga county new york she w was married to alfred B child march 1817 in 1822 they removed to morristown Morrie town N Y where they first heard the gospel preached rebelled which was revealed from V heaven leaven to joseph joeseph smith by an angel anel an el sent from god after thorough investigation being fully convinced of its truth they were baptized into the church of jesus christ of latter day saints june eth 1838 by elder charles blakesly on the alth of august following they left for the state of blis missouri slopping to on the way for a few weeks at kirland ki and ohio they arrived in in caldwell county mo ile irs in september ephem of the same year havin having traveled tho tile entire distance fro from I the state of new york by a two horse horte learn team the family at that time were ten tell in in number while traveling through ohio en route for caldwell and pawing passing through a heavily timbered country a singular incident occurred one morning after leaving the ca camp 11 a very agil person whose I has was long and as white as wool ap aard suddenly in the track immediately inedia tely in front froni of the team and cried whoa I the horses stopped immediately he ile than came up to the tile wagon daou and commenced wit with 11 the tile ol oldee let ot tile fiu nily shook hands and talked with cadi eich one in in turn according to their age he ile bleed them in the name of the lord jewis jems christ after which ho lie disappeared as suddenly as lie appeared and find vanished vani vania hed front hight whither he went the family nver n vcr knew while iu in culdwell co the perse cautions cut inns arose 11 iret ft the latter day saint saints iu in which brother and sitter child participated he ile nith with his laisson son I mark were taken prisoners by tho tile mob the beat best horse they had was appropriated by them and anti a large far farm was also io concealed by the ruthless invaders the remaining horse was traded for one yoke of cattle with which the family moved when they in company with their co religionists were driven in midwinter by the infuriated mob mot from the stae state in february 1839 they arrived at sit quincy illinois they of course were in a destitute condition and remained there about eight months to recuperate from there they went to le County iowa where they remained about seven veara year while there alfred child was appointed postmaster post moter of string prairie he ile held that office about six years being away from home a great part of the time hiis his wife e polly child had charge of the office for which she was fully quail fied in 18 1816 ig at the time of the exodus they removed to pottawatomie county where they resided about five years to procure an outfit to cross the plains having twice sacrificed their comfortable homes for the gospels sake while tho the family were at the last named place mr child and his son warren G then 14 years went into in to missouri 11 IS to work for provisions while at work mr air child was taken sick and was compelled to return home soon after his arrival his wife took the or team and in company avith the boy traveled a distance of 75 miles to collect the pay her husband lius band had earned she was absent about two weeks july lath 1852 they commenced theirry their bourney across the plains and arria arrived rny in in salt a it lake valley oct ast 1st of the same year they settled on dec the same year mr child died leaving besides his widow eight children since that time polly B child hag has resided chiefly in ogden she has spent her days in usefulness As an she has introduced hundreds of children into the world in this country she has made thousands of warmhearted warm hearted friends and as was observed at the funeral her name is a household word among the people especially with the early settlers ere she had practiced practised midwife midwifery rT ara r a period of fitly years during h time she dressed over 2000 inlays being of a kind and gentle disposition she was endeared to all wi with lit whom eho elio became associated associate several years since eow ii sl received a paralytic stroke rendered lier her almost physically but her mental beul faculties ties she retained al most unimpaired until lit r demise dernise she wag was the mother of 12 children at her death she left six children 88 grandchildren and great grandchildren all of whom are members of the tile church of je sus Christ of latter day saints and not one of them was ever known to swerve from the faith of their parents sister polly B child was an elect lady phe she had much for the gospels sake she has gone to rest she sleeps the sleep of the righteous and she w will awake on tho the morning of the first ressu to be again united with her husband and children no moro more to be separated from them |