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Show AN AGED PIONEER GF MOUNTJPLEASANT DIES I Mrs. Eliza Cusworth Burton Staker, a-"- ,): yeans, died tit the home or her daughter, Mrs. Eli A. Day, of Fairview, Thursday after-noun, after-noun, April 9, 1914. About three weeks ago she left her home at Mt. Pleasant and went to Fairview to visit for a few days with her daughter, daugh-ter, and it was during her visit that she was taken seriously ill. Eliza Cusworth was born in Lock-wood, Lock-wood, Yorkshire, England, January 19. 1824. She well remembers the Coronation of Qurcn Victoria, and was one of the school children who carried b.;i;ue;s of (lowers and sang "God Save The Queen" on that memorable mem-orable occasion. She was married to Joseph Burton in 1846, and with him joined the L. ), S. Church in ISoO. While making preparations to emigrate to Utah, her husband died, leaving her two small children, a boy and a girl; his dying request was, that she gather with the saints and do his religious work for him. In the spring of 1S56 she crossed the Atlantic Ocean in the ship Horizon, Hori-zon, thence over land to Florence, Nebraska, where she and her children chil-dren were assigned to Martin and Tyler's ill-fated hand cart company bound for Utah. They suffered trials and hardships . incident to that belated hand cart " company. She walked and pulled the hand cart, being assisted by her - son, Joseph in his seventh year, who 'i pUSUea aim waitvuu lu cuiiic tance.' Her little daughter, Martha, Y in her fourth year, rode in the hand ti cart with their luggage. Her son 1 Joseph, carries the mark of that per-i per-i ilous journey to-day, having had his ' foot frozen and lost two of his toes. She often told the story of the se-J se-J cond crossing of the Sweet Water, where she waded the stream three f; times to carry her children across. 1, although it was freezing, and then dried her clothing by a fife of buffalo Y chips. One scene seems to have been-4 been-4 indelibly stamped on the young lad's mind, that of burying nine of their j. company one morning, who had died ' during the night, leaving nothing to mark their last resting place. $ When she heard any complain of 1 their plain fare of to-day, she often told the story of having gold in her pocket and could not buy a morsel A to eat, and how she, with two other women, scraped the hair from the 4 pelts of wild animals given them by mountaineers, and boiled the hides 1 and stirred their ration of flour in & the soup and ate the same to satisfy ! the pangs of hunger. , a On their arrival in Salt Lake City, 4 she and her children were taken in .) to the family of Isaac Laney. 3 In 1857 she married Nathan Staker Jj by whom she had five more children, A four of whom are living, James B. , Staker, of Mt. Pleasant, Utah, Mrs. "J Eli A. Day, of Fairview, Utah, Mrs. ' James Wilcox, of Castledale, Utah, A and Mrs. Hyrum Farnsworth, of Ash- ton Idaho. A III I mi wmju. mj BwjuwngTi rwai i i: ' . : fs - V r , 'ci . i Mrs. Eliza C. 15. Staker. G'andma Staker's living posterity uimbers ninety six; two sons, four laughters, forty five grandchildren md forty five great grand children. The funeral services over the re-nains re-nains of Grandma Staker, who died if general debility, were held in the orth Ward Chapel Monday after-loou after-loou at 2:30 P. M., 'Bishop II. C. fatobs presiding. "Nearer My God To Thee" was ren-lered ren-lered by the choir. Prayer offered )y Elder Jacob Hafen, Sr. Solo "O v!y Father" was sung by I. E. Jorgen-.m Jorgen-.m Filler John Carter. Pres. C. N. Lund and Elder Thomas West spoke of the many good .qualities of her life. A violin solo "Jesus Lover of My ?oul" was beautifully rendered by Mr. S. II. Frey, The closing song y the choir was "Sister Thou Wast Mild And Lovely." Benediction was jffered by Pres. Peter Matson. Many -beautiful flowers were given jy her triends who loved and cher-shed cher-shed the memory of this good wo-nan. wo-nan. There was a very large number num-ber of people in attendance ,at the services. Those coming from out of town to attend the funeral of Grandma Staker were Mr. and Mrs. Hyrum Farns-.vorth Farns-.vorth of Ashton, Idaho, Mr. and Mrs. James Wilcox of Cast'e Dale, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Day of Fairview, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Miner of Fairview, Mr. and Mrs. Osmond Olsen of Manti, Moses Draper, Marvin Draper and brother, Mrs. Bradley and Mrs. Anderson An-derson all of Moroni, Mrs. D. L. Ar-gyle Ar-gyle of Salina and Mrs. John Chris-tensen Chris-tensen of Fairview. |
