Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-02-23
THE LATE MRS. T. .PlCOTrg,
BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF
THE DECEASED.

SAWsssS 0V0OO W A1SV$ AAOa 0OAAVA
iugs Alleviated By the Tlreless Min.
islratlons Of An Unselflsh and Noble
Community.
All that was mortal OF Mrs. e. j
Picotte, nee Jennie Riley, was in
TERED Friday, the 10Th instant, in the
HALEY cemetery. The cortege left
her late dwelling at l o'clock and pro.
ceeded to Emmanuel Episcopal
Church, where the Rev. Mr.. Van
Wrinkle conducted the impressive fu
neral services of the church, assisted
by choir organized for the occasion
aud composed of Mrs. Boone, Mrs.
Childs, Miss Ellsworth, Miss Hartung,
Miss Stowe, and Mr.. F. NJ. Bruner,
M. Geo. LaMunyon presiding at the
organ. The palI-bearers were Colonel
Frank Taylor, Texas Angel, J. Z.
Fox, Alex. Whitman. Geo. A. Mcleod,
aud Erv. johnson.
Although the weather was the most
unfsvorable experienced here this
winter, such was the respect in which
the deceased was held in this COM
munity that scarcely one-half of those
who wished to attend the services
could .btsin admittsnce to the church
edi6ce.
The ceremony was concluded at
the grave by the Rector OF tho Epis-
copal church.
The deceased was born the 1lth oil
April, lS49, on the edge Of the famed
G-nesee valley, in Birdsall, Allegany
county, New York, where is still her
family home.
Her father died when she was only
four months old, aud her mother was
left with family of seven children,
the oldest of whom, John B. Riley,
still lives at the old homestead. The
war soon increased the burdens of the
widow, for two Of three sons joined the
army, but she managed to raise and
educate her large family, and had the
satisfaction of seeing them we'll estab
lished in life before her death, which
occurred in 1881.
With such q mother it was newt
able that the subject Of this sketch
should have become q useful, noble
woman. Prompted by . high con-
ception of the duties of life she early
displayed an unusual interest in study
for the sake of mental Improvement;
and by alternately teaching and At
tending the Belfast Seminary and
Alfred University, succeeded in Sc,
curing q life certificate from the
Board of Education of her native
State, authorizing her t. teach any
District School. About this time she
also distinguished herself by writing
essays which, when REID at Teachers
Institutes or anonymously submi,te d
to committees always composed Of
FIVE Of the most prominent scholars Of
Western New York, not infreque, tly
won the first prize in contests in
which scores of teachers engaged.
Tho titles of some of those essays will
give an indication OF their scope.
They are Is follows:
"BlessinRs Brighten As They Take
Their Flight"
"School Government"
"Female Education"
ITO Thyself Be True"
"Speak kindly"
1.-THE Slan.ierer."
''Of the Curiosity Concerning the
Affairs Of Others"
The first three won FIRST prizes, tina,
entitled "Blrssings Brighten As The,
Take Their Flight" being especial,
lauded and widely copied in the news
papers of Western New York and
Northwestern Pennsylvania, at the
time.
In 1873 her brother w. T. being
then postmaster aud stage agent .,
K-lton, Utah, induced her to come
there to take charge Of the public
school. She not long thereafter be-
came engaged to Mr.. Gilbert II. Tay