Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-01-17
OBITUARY NOTE.


ADELAIDE BnOwN.
o0prS, Utah, Jau. 2, 1905 -sister Ado
/ lai1o Brown was born ~ Fort Laramie,
| Wyo., October %, 1888. She was he
/ daughter OF Bapti-te Exervier. a Fionch.
man aud mountalnoer Her moth r.
name was sally, tho daughter Of INo-
moosts, a chief of the Shoshono indians.
Both tie mother and daughter each have
q vefylintorestiug history, but tho data
which we have been able 20 gIe.n con
corning them are very motger, and there
fore bus little can be recorded concerning
| them.
Toe home Of Adelaids's grandparents
was In tho fegion ~ tho headwator. Of
| Green river, In Wyoming. Tho issue Of
NNir marriage VA one son aud one
dsug tho eldest, aud her
| brother, lsh.a.mana. sally was born
about isOs. Ia her early childhood,
while with her partns sud " small hand
| Of Indians, hunting in tho Hack liills,
sally was sh0. aud wounded In the hack
! 10y a Sioux, who were hostile to the o her
| Indians. Tho wound. hoNovtr. W suot
NOR al. soon afei thI. I'd event BOO tho
family Of KnmoOsiz, sally, WHO was hen
! about xix or seven yetrs of age, wss
placed under the care Of an aunt,
o some o Intimate with tho family.
She remained under ITO caro- ot this
iiitnd until she was about Il years old.
Anur that limo she was taken 20 So.
Louis, Mo, by wealthy merchant.
There she remained unit she WIS 10
ears OF age, WHOM sho became anxious
10 return ~ hor home and kiuir q m Tho
mountains, where she could enjoy her
iIeedHW aud roam through the forests ut
her will
Tho ufst step she took TO accomplish
her purpose was 10 swim The Missistlppi
river TO an Island. This feat she accom-
ID. aNa.s.
island two days. and then com moncnd
hor solitary journey TO h'r naive land
aud her friends. slo Travelled up tho
MisslsHippi river for nvoraidayH, and then
stopped o. rost NJ the house VI tfappor
There, Tor the hfst time, she moi BAptlso
Exoryier, with whom she soon broams
acquainted. Their acquainianoo riponod
into love, aud afior TOW welks' court
ship they were married. shO. ~ alter
their marriage they came west aud soi-
ilod At Fitt Laram.o. Here Adelaide
aud lsh.a-Mata we're born. Tho latter
when about th'oo years old was acoidun-
ialy killed.
When Adelaide was about four years
old her IL hor was shot IN the back and
MORALLY wounded by muunhlncer;
TO survived ten days aud then no died, |
llor mother was subsequently married |
% - mouutalncor named Barney Ward, |
by whom she had two children, both |
girls. Mr.. Ward aud family came TO |
Utah Ia ibE lilo Joined the church aud
was on tho Fort supply mission. In 1868 |
no was shot aud kulOd near Sanpo q. by
.omo Ute Indians shortly afterwards
his wife, Adeluldo's mother, followed
him 10 tho spirit world. Tho oldest
daughter, Polly, Wns married 10 man
named upton Dou.ty, by whom she had
wo Cllldren--a sou aud duurh'eE Her
husband then dosor ca hor $40 was sub
trQuuuily married TO john Williams, Of
Ogd ~ lWhero she eth llvcsl, and by
whom HhO has had Ave sons. The ION by
hor fret husband died Ia M, Infancy.
Louie, tho other daug hier. was married
to James Daley, by whom she had one
son. She Giod about twelve years ago.
After hor arrival In salt Lake Uity, |
Adelaide attended school for several !
year.. She was baptized into tho Church |
by Lorenzo Young. On July -,
1853, she was married at Fort |
supply TO Elder James NJ. Brown. |
Elder James 5, Brown united them Ia |
tho bonds Of wedlock.
Tho fruits OF this union were oight !
sons lone Of whom liz MorOni n. Brown, |
bishop u the First ward, ogden oityl, |
and three daughters. Four " tho sons |
aud two Of the daughters have preceded |
heir mother. to the paradiso of God. There |
afo also seventeen grandchildren. |
fisior brown died Dee. 10, 1925. The |
funeral services woreheld Dec. n, In this |
First ward meeting house, which was
hllod with tho friends " the deceased |
who came 10 offer ,heIr tributcs Of res |
pect TO her memory, aud sympathy TO |
no borrowed. The services were oon-
Quoted by CounseloTa William Jackson |
and u. II. Ensign. Tho opening PRAYER |
was offered by Elder Joseph Hall. The
meeting was addressed by Elders a. II.
LOWS, &. \. Middleton, james s.Brown,
lorln Farr and Chas. WEIGH. The benz.
diction was pronounced by Joseph Parry.
All the speakers bore testimony 10 the
excellent character Of deceased a. they
had known her In life. She was honor.
nble, upright, trueAnd Trustworthy In all
things. and was faithful Saint ot God.
Sho was beloved by all Who knew h0r.
JosErn HALL.
Ogden City, Utah, Jan z. 1890