| Show Pioneer Couple Celebrate Sixtieth Wedding Anniversary Family Dinner In ML Emmons Monday Honors and Arthur Barney and Arthur Barney of Leota who celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary Monday were the honored guests at a family dinner given at the home of a Rowena In Emmons Monday was born at Fort September a son of Elizabeth Beard and Louis Barney who was in the advance company of Mormon pioneers who entered the Salt Lake valley July the day before the main pioneer Arthur Barney helped to build the Salt Lake and Mantl L. D. S. temples and says he knew the Salt Lake temple When it was a hole In the He knew Brigham Young and shaken hands with all presidents of the Mormon church with the exception of Joseph He fought In the Black Hawk war when he was fifteen years of was the first white child bem in on June a daughter of Hyrum and Mathilda Huber Married in 1881 The couple were married May 1881 and lived in various places in Wyoming and Nevada before coming to the Uintah Basin in They settled first at later in Emmons and finally at Leota where they have lived For the past five years they have spent the winters doing temple work in To them were born eight six of whom are They are Rowena B. Rogers of Herbert L. Barney of Powell of Malinda Thomas of Salt Lake Leslie Barney of Vernal and Ray Barney of The couple also raised two boys who were not members of their They are Clyde Clark of Murray and Ned Clark of There are now 22 grandchildren and 16 great When asked to what they attributed their hardy old and Barney Attending the dinner given in their honor Monday evening were Rowena Tillie Malinda Thomas and Ray and their Wallace Strong of Salt Lake and Waiter Kerksiek and and Vose Mower and family of and Bill Gardner of and Earl Murray of and Alfred Rogers of and Hyrum Strong of Salt Lake and and Milan Rogers of In the evening a special program was held in the Emmons ward chapel honoring the pioneer |
