| Show pioneer hand ca cart veteran passes away dorthea jensen bayles ends lifes activities funeral to be held sunday afternoon several months of sickness and buttering ring came to an end thursday morning with the death of 0 dorthea jensen bayles sa 89 pioneer and veteran of that memorable hand cart journey across the plains in 1857 had sue she lived until january she ahe would have hale been ninety and alad her ber ad vau valued cd ceals had bad to do with her Pas pashing bing funeral ser services rices are to bo be held lu in toe me west est ward chapel sunday aGer noun at 2 0 clock according to present plans the was born january 24 on oil ilando island oft off lol land b L uin ariK the ilic daughter of reder peder aud and kirsan zen weaver eafe ea fr jensen at the ase age of only a few weeks she was christened by a Lut sutherlan herlan priest her early life aile was spent by the sea shore where her was a tanner farmer after a primitive fashion and a fi dorithea used to dig bait for him bim and it il became her duty to sell the surplus fish he be caught to the usually at about two cents a pound her family joined the church and she fihe was baptized in april 1856 2856 shortly after which she was forced to quit school because of religious persecution her parents left that year with two tio aunger brothers tor for america leaving her an older sister and a brother with neighbors to come the next year they sailed from copenhagen on the west moreland in march 1857 arriving la in may 31 coming on to iowa city which they reached june ath they were provided with handcarts hand carts and after three weeks travel they reached council fluffs here they joined her father and one younger brother the mother and the other small brother brothe having died during the winter before they crossed the plains with hand carts in christian christian sons company arriving in salt lake city september 9 of the sam year the other small brother died rt of typhoid fever when allen tucy they were nily nine days out on their journey and continued to back page HAND CART VETERAN PASSES AWAY continued to back page the father became very III so that dorthea had to pull one of 0 the carts caria until it proved too for her strength and she became III from then on oil sho she was permitted to lo ride in one of the provision wagons they came on to carowan parowan in october except her brother john who found work in sail lake city on december of the next year 1858 she became the wife of herman daggett bayles to athani were born eight children five of whom survive her she endured all tho the hardships rard kard ships of pioneer life doing cucil of the work of providing food and clothing tor for the family she was active in church affairs and a gentle good woman her surviving children are herman D john P orpha A decker and mary alary L orton of parowan carowan and mrs edith A butt of dove creek colorado all of them were with her tor for several days before the end came the sympathy 0 of the community to Is extended to the bereaved ones at this time |
