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Show PASSING OF MRS. TIDWELL TAKES ANOTHER PIONEER Mra. Harnh Hecley Tldwill, wife oft the late JifferiHiu Tldwell, punned P avrny at her home In Wellington nt 0 o'clock la.t I'rlday evening Death I wa. due to the luflrmltlc. or old age Deceased wa. born on the 10th of April, 1841, In Irfo county, la., and wa. the daughter of Ju.tlce Wolllng ton Heeley and Clarlmui Jane Heele Wilcox or Toronto, Can Hho emigrated emigra-ted to I'tah with her parent. In 1847, trtimilnK the plain. In John Iowr'. coinpnio Hlx .on. nnd three daughter., daugh-ter., thtrD-thrio grandihlldren and three great grandrhlldrrn .unlvcher The .on. are William J., John 1 , Kt KtwLkBkuLttlLLLmk . KAHMI Ki:i:iiY TIDWI'.Mi. Hiram Joreph 11 nnd V A TIJvvell, and the daughters. Mra. rlarah H. Thayn and Mra. Hannah Hume., nil or Wellington, und Mrs. Miranda Strong of Twin Palla, Ida Deceased hud a varied nnd Inter-e.tlng Inter-e.tlng experience, being one or the first children to lie baptised lit Halt jko Clt) Bumo time nfterward ahe wa. among tho party that accompanied accompan-ied I're.ldont Ama.a I.yman to San Ilcrnardlnu, Cala., una In 1858 wa. called back with the Saint, when Johnson', army wa. prenslng on to-waul. to-waul. Utah About that time deceased de-ceased moved to Mt. I'leasant In Sanpete San-pete county, where she wa. married to Jefferson Tldwell Jn 1877 Tresl-deot Tresl-deot Ilrlghnm Young culled her hus band, Jefferson Tldwell, to Wellington, Welling-ton, and In 1881 .he followed him there, where slut reelded until death summoned her Inst Friday evening While the fumlly lived nt Sunn-Hide Sunn-Hide for u short period, deceased wa. the flint preildent nnd tho organlrtr of the relief society there During hei long life Mrs Tldwell was an ardent ar-dent worker In the Church of Je.u. Christ of Uttter-day Saint.. I'uneral servke. were held from tho meeting hoiib at Wellington Inat Sunday afternoon, af-ternoon, which were vrr largely attended, at-tended, showing the high e.teem In which Mi.. Tldwell wa. held by those closest to her The speaker, were A. W. Horsley, president of Carbon stiike or Klon, Uldir John I'ottir of Prlco und former for-mer bishop of Sunn.lde, and HUhop Kugene i: llrancli of Wellington PriDer wa. offered by ICIder Walter N Draper of Wellington Klder John II 1'nce gave tho benediction Htder II M. V Ooold dedicated the grave. The remain, now re.t In Wellington (emuttr) Ntimcrnu. friend, from Knur) and Sanpete counties were piesent for tho funeral, u. well a. the neighbor, and close friends of the demised de-mised n. above referred to I Wellington ward choir sang during the funeral services "There Is Sweet Itrst In Heaven," "Oh, My l'ather," Oh, Orave, Where I. Th Victor) ." land other numbers. |