Show another pioneer gone A another nother land mark lias has been removed in the death of sister mary farr atall has lost another of her tier no noble le pioneers she died at the tile residence of lier tier sonin son in law john A boyle at p m september lelaer 25 1893 deceased was tho the daughter ot of two other pioneers the lato late bishop erastus Bing aincham liam ani and lucinda gates all of whom aro are historical persons and all of whom have been identified with the first settlement and slid tho the rise and progress of this territory generally and of weber county and city especially especial lr mary furr farr was wits born borit on the first day of april 1820 at st johnsbury y caledonia county vermont at on an early pe period of its history tier parents united their destiny with the church of jesus christ of latter day saints and to which they remained faithful as long as they lived when 13 years ars of ago mary iary became boo beo came a member 0 of ne alie 0 same church being baptized and continued november ll 11 in lier tier native town by elder israel evans she continued to study the doctrines 9 she I 1 to had espoused from the tile ume time she he first embraced them and the more eho she d did id so the stronger she became convinced that they timy were true in 1844 she waa was united in holy wedlock for time and all eternity with witt I 1 elder elijah norman freeman th atie e fruit of this union was one son E N freeman who now resides at st johns arizona after this marriage they resided for some time at la JA ilarae until a few months before the exodus when they remove removed to tho the ciar city of nau vo at tho tile time of tile expulsion I 1 from the last named city they participated in ill the tile general privations which their co religionists s suffered uffe rod in their banishments from their hard earned peaceful homes to wander or perish as might be in the dreary wilderness in winter time when the tile demand was n made by the U S government for the tile noble 00 tile ling ills band of sister mary volunteered and was mustered into the mormon b battalion atta and marched arched in en route for mexico to defend tile flag flar of thia tills country he was number 33 co company B captain jessee D hunter on the 0 of I 1 jul july the order waa was given and they marched to url ri ri river ve r and th thence en cc en on rou route to fo for r the scene of the tile conflict after buffering suffering terrible terrible hardship for several months monti Is on tho the of november while marcelna march lna to pueblo via santa 1 fo e to winter wint erand and when between the tile above named pieces freeman was wits ta taken k en very eick sick ho was placed in a vehicle to ride he ile received all tho tile attention his comrades were ablo able to give all was in vain on the lio lie died It richard ichird carter died the same night and the two were buried bide side by aide side on tile barren plains their graves are four miles south of secora on the tile ilio rio grande after tile departure of the battalion sister freeman such auch then was i her I 1 name namo went with her parents to ponca where they wintered in the tile spring of 1847 1947 they struck tents arid and atar started on their journey overland with the first company and on oil the of september of the we same year they arrived in salt lake lak e valley where salt lake city now stands thus she was one ot of tile earl early nion wars ecra who rho helped to redeem the tile w wilderness alge aness and make the solitary places glad she lived to see and participate in its growth and development to its present proud position in the spring of 1849 she again entered n the state of matrimony this timo time with elder willard snow I 1 by whom she had two children or one to boy and one girl i the latter la the wife wile of john A boyle tho the bov died in his childhood in 1852 her lius husband band was called to fill a mission to scandinavia this work ho lie prosecuted with honor lionor and fidell fidelity ty the remainder of his ilia life A after after fter taking g leave of 0 hia ilia family forbis for his foreign M mission IL on he never saw faw them again N while vh ile traveling from denmark to hull england he lie died and hia ills remains were committed to the wild waves of the north fen in the spring of 1833 1853 the tile widow with her young family came north and settled first tire t at bingham fortin fort in this county with her father fattier the tile late bishop erastus bingham sr after whom the fort was named it is now called lynne in tho the following year dec dee 2 1854 18 54 she b came tho tile wife wile of elder mer Y lorin rin t farr then president of the tile weber stake the fruits of the last marriage were three sons willard who is now living at st johns Arizona Erastus who died in his infancy and isaac who resides in ogden mary farr was ono one of gods noble women she was elein exemplary I 1 ary k kind ind gen generous hearted ad a devoted ev ote ey wife I 1 loving mo mother t tier true friend and was firm and faithful to her religious convictions she sho waa was the mother of five sons and one daughter two of her tier sons preceded her ter to the other side she was the grandmother of nineteen boys and sixteen girle girls thirty five in all seven of the boys and five of the girls are dead she also has two great granddaughters who survive her A numerous posterity still remain to perpetuate her name in the earth white a host of friends mourn her tier demise the funeral services were held in the fifth ward meeting house on wednesday afternoon inet bichop T J stevens Sl ovens presiding after singing by the tile choir the open opening iniz prayer was offered by br elder john watson consoling addresses a were then delivered by elders joseph parn josephr dilall francis A brown W W burton and anti bishop T J stevens Sl ovens some of the speakers had known the deceased for nearly forty years I 1 tho tile others had been intimately ac acquainted with her tier for a ion long time AIT bore testimony to her many excel lenches lier noble character as wife mother sister friend and neighbor the tile house was filled with old time acquaintances and friends as well as now ones among those present were P president rei ident L IV shurtliff members of the high council c il and other leading elders who evinced their sympathy with and endorsement of the testimonies the tile speakers bore to the tile stirling worth of their deceased friend at the close of the remarks the choir san sang nearer my god to thee the ben benediction e gd action was pronounced by elder W II 11 A an n immense cortege followed the remains ains to the cemetery where they were deposited the grave graye was dedicatedly dedicated dedicate dby by elder george IV larkins Larl cin |