Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-08-08
PIONEER WOMAN GONE

tAuruU u ir the quiet little cemetery
80 p.linut Grove, utah county, the
rrmainB OF a most tsuuabie and BE-.
owed W M u whose mo hes covered o.
remarkable period ni the w0fli's his
tory, aud wh0sr irGiyju.l expert.
tucts have boon iu many Instance lf
q most thrilling character Further
especial Interest on the part of tho pto.
plo Ut Utah ceulors in her career from
the fac, that she has boon
associated with them from "a.
beginning Of settlement here, am
ior many ycau Iroyi usiy with the
people that tot ishod the Pioneers.
F.r about sIx,yihrco years hof lot has
been cast with the Mormon people; che
has been ON ac,ivo participant Ia Che
trials aud hatiship' they were com.
rollud TO endure IN the darkest period
OF their hf,aJi sho was herself o.
pioneer q lsi1 DO Utah; aud Ia an the
scenes she hal passed through, thif
humble, unasfuming, Intelligent, de.
voted woman has declared her knowl.
edge Of the Divlne power in what h
called Mormonltm-:hat 1t IL the Coz.
pei ~ Christ Toe venerable mother
iu israel Whole body was followed TO
TO the grave yesterday was Sister Mar.
yatot NJ. FouiE, aged nincly.n year..
Sister Foulz's career h brady
tke,chod iu GA obituary in another
port Of the NEWS. sho was born 10
1901, nul her lie covers the events
tho most progressive century the world
has noted. Although igit au orphan
when a mere babs, deprived Of both
parents, lilo who Is "a 'alhor 10 the
lathcIlsss," aud 10 whose voice che
gave heed, led her through a long No
IN uprightnoss 10 an honorg1 old age,
TO 10y her body down In peace
with tho brightest hopes for the
utufe life. Ffom 1884 (Bhc
having Joined the ChurohJ her lot
wnB cas-, with the Sunu, often
10 tho most peril5u5 places. She VIA
with thcm In Missouri, iu Illinois, ana
came With the companies Immediately
following the Pioneorr, reaching tue
Salt Lako valley in 1877 aud remain.
ing Ia Utah since then. Lh6i year che
wac a promincu, figure at The Oh
FBllr gathering 30 Pleasant Grove.
For q number Of yrars prUyl0ul g. her
death che has been ht the head Of Ave
living generations, aud AZ tho time o'
her domlsc had 2l7 direct defendants.
one Of the most thrilling experiences
finer lie, although she passed. through
many o. an extremely trying charac.
tor. was lha, ut Hauu'a Mi, Missouri,
10 October, ls3s. This was ono OF tue
mGsahcfrs OF Lat,er.day Saints by
mouoCrats, and the ouo where her bus,
band WAS severely wounded and M.
treated; where Revolutionary soldier,
rhomas McBrlio, was hacked 70 pieces
with a oorncultoE whore two Of the
victims were boys % aud 10 years Of
age; aud where other and uamoltss
atrocities were committed by tho moo.
Here a. what Sister FOutz says Of that
occurrences
This We dld, without taking anything
TO- kUHp uB warm. and had We boon uro-
us from .lU HulU.uE kuilD of Il8 Indian
800 would mo-. have Walu greater haste.
|....H...
Gathering NH We won't, we finally mum.
bored Huuu. forty ur hNy women and
uHi.IrDl. We ram about fUTn0 miles Into
the woods. and th0r0 huIIIod together.
spreading what TOW laHkuH 0r HhuWls
Nr CHANGED lU NuEU uu tHH ground Tor tHp
children HUI fhUTu wH D.. muuGl until .
O'Clock taH uUEl morning, before gvH
beard anything OF INU result OF tho Huur
900 .nU MILL w can imagine our iuUI-
nru during ias dreadful suspense
AMI WHOM iUu unN# did como, uHl
what terrible Uewl D.. uors. brother.
1ui sons, iuhHmlU.H NuIUhUF,1. We
now took up .ao limo ut march
mr home. AIusi What o. uumul Wbo
would We mud thyr.g Aud now with
our minds iUll uf thu most fearful orp-
holdings, $50 Iu,uuDl those tnTbo long
lryHry miles. AS Ne wore returning i
Hlw % brother Myers, who bad Noru Shot
lNIhNHN NH IHlHs 100 thHI dreadful H alto
boo gIIWIUl Uu hH bands and kuyas about
TWO u..., t0 uls home. AfIUr arrived
gt HE house with uy children, i hastily
WaIn BE- urO go warm nom, amt Ibon
started lur ihu mill, about ono mlIO dlH-
.HuJ My children would NOT rumu.u no
haE saying, "l father aud mother uro
going zoo bo sided, vo want Co. Do win
IN"W." n wuB about O'Clock iu fhp
Wuru."g whom we arrived nc Ohio min.
ln Ihu lrs. house J pyWy fu lhnTe uere
hloH dead mon. ono, % liulhrr Me-
Bride. vHH % terrible SIGHT Iu huhu.I.
having boon cut uud chopped, and horn.
uly m HuHIul, with Do conn yuUor. hur.
rIul or, .uuNuH fur mN husband. and
fuuud hm 100 1000 uiH house, covered WIN
some rubbish. SIS husband bad boon
HnU. Boa tN. H.rh luulurgi him 40 tHa
nHsIslu.n could. uuI b. Naa uyuu.ur no.
furH J. could \. him homo. ! SAW tbir.
lNuu moro duHd uodIO. go lhc shop, and
Witnessed tHo beginning Uf tho burial.
which consisted hoo tlruFiug tho bodies
into 900 old DIES wolf. OIL what o. change
ono -hor. day had brought uoro were
my friends, dead and dyluW ono In par
ocular asked mo TO give him roliui by