Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-18
4 REAL HEROINE


KtCenl b'"
I6i'' ~. .,. a. though it would be doing
II r' ',,es to many friends VINO ~
81 lIl \, l;tsh. adjoining reIfl'oFie, rs. anu ~
fis " q, the worthy dead NOT "
h'i'' .,,,,c,. through the columns ! .,
give p." sr Of the demise Of Susann
l'aI atsm,. She was born May 'o,D,
r1i'1 !. .I crsson county. KY In 'he
~ ~ isel she moved to Morgan
ihl |. illinois, where she became
Oolny ;n,,d with Orson u. ADAMS 70
'qa.' .ne wa. married on the 2oth Of
sAopl ,ssg. In the fall Of the same
AN' n. settled In Brown County,
lSs.l., where she, in connection w'. y,
llnI0 n,bgnd, embraced the Gospel IN
..S 1870. In 1872 she went 20
S S'",oo. where she lived until l''o'
49,. ..s started west with her nus
Ip' 1 .,os.rd the Mississippi River on
i'u,' n, ~ Jupe, and arrived at Coun-
la Hsai,gs on the lGlh Of July ,, ,nsIe
ch ps,band volunteered Ia we = hiteu
bti ',ssyice TO 70 10 Mexico IN ue-
spl" l,b,s country. Her wish WINS TO
ins thn, sho might share hiH buf'
f1MV that memorable campaign
dsh vas obtained, and she packed
clislN' x,arins apparel she mad In
sl...lir. and started IN that TOLL
l,,tney through "A wilderness
o. with but two quilt Tor o'd.
81. Wlliouta murmur she waited
XIX '.lr 90 the eick, administering com con-
~. cheer 10 all around hcr' on
Nv Iath Of October she arrived ~
W., he. tcsted afcw days, aud, being
sn LIN ne main body OF the Battalion
h,ht,bofe who were conaideted On
It. nur.ue the journey tn Caii'ot-
,oot IN the line VI march north
- 10 Pueblo, where she remained
ti,iag The winter. In the spring OF
~, IN, arrived at Fort John. now
i,nmis. There IL wis learned that
~ p'onters were few days ahead.
Tounving their mil tUs 90 inilru, hef
s,mpany reached the valley. Jus' IN
Mi and within three miles OF the
pioneets, camp they had quite tine
= r,lolcipg. Travelling down to Guy
T,,ft a short distance below the no
49, e.nip, she pitched her tent on
,be asth Of Ju y, 1871, thanking uol
IN the oasis ~ the desert, anu nc.
togledging Hib goodness for Tue goou
t.,lih and projecting care IN" hhu
enjoyed. during her weary iraVrls"i'h
n. battalion aud into the valley
She wa now prepared - continue
her lahore In connection WAN nor
bn.band. ~ the nervants Of dOi mlght
Direct In lsls Brother Adams raised
tv,nty bushels Of wheat, which was
much appr.riAled 10y her, having
lived tbs ir-t winter aud spring ON
roots ami greens. ,,n,
they now made n home on Mn
Crek, where they lived quite comior'
nhly until December 1851, Then they
we've called 20 Iron county, whore they
arrived on the ith Of February, lo1@'
Here, for tho third time, she had he'
r.me enrolled w n member OF the
Rslltf snciety, having been a member
q that organization In Nauvot
,A also 10 Great Salt Lake,
lnls5i she was set apart by Apostle
Gs A. smith to wait upon her sex q
,fturss. For - yeats she humhly
tgeued her calling with great success
tunrf her trust In God, size rtimulat'
,dhshith OF those with whom she
Ablnd, bringing peace, 10y and good
asdio all among whom she aiinin
,if,i.
lnthe fall Of 1865 she moved TO Har
rluig, Washington County. In 1885
hefeicf society WAS organized In tha
tlce, aud she was chosen preniden nj
isd acted In that capacity I'll 1871
when she resigned on account OF III
ittl,h, aud the frequent calls from tbs
ick. In 1883 her health was some
wat improved, AMI In March % tina
yer she was chosen 10y Sister l.
lauey as her frat COunsel0r, sh'
held that position up 70 th'
tine Of her death, which occuTrtt
At ~ pm. on the 23r1 day o
January, 1897, at her residence In daf
fsbufgh, Washington county, after |
pr0taclld Illness. with but little pail
oftuiirrlng sho passed away without
struggle.
Sue leaves a husband, onr dRughte
and mother and an adopted son, twen
iylhTer grandchildren, i've great
grandchildren besides three orphal
children that she reared aud hOst q
irisuds 10 mourn her departure.
Just previous 10 her departur
ii1m this life, she called her son
in'law by name, aud impresse
upon him the necessity Of direcl
Ing the Energies and strength q
her grandchildren In those chau
nelst ha, would best promote the In
ieItsls Of the work Of God, Ia whlcI
cause she had labored, ns,hing doubt
lug, for nearly il1y years.
Fupefll services were conducted q
lhe Leeds meeting house, where tn
lirgest gathering that has met thef
loT yeats, assembled to pay their la
rep cts TO the Oue they loved NJ wei
Consollng remarks were made b
Counselor LeathAm and Elder5 Steel
Dose aud Salisbury.
All spoke In tho highest terms ,
heF many virtues aud unsweryiug ~
HstIiy for the cause OF truth. Il. w.