Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-01-29
OBITUARY.
MARY ANN ME1LoR.

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1896 MARY Ann Mellor died Sept 10,
1895, at Fayette, sanpete county. after an
illness Of nine months. Sho was born
In Warwick, warwickshlre. England, In
1919, aud moved with hor parents whena
young child TO Leicester, Loicestershife.
She was tho mother Of twelve children.
She 1rst heard tho Gospel In Bradford,
Yorkshire, where she, with hor husband
and children, had moved TO secure WORK.
In 1874 her husband had heard OF the
Lauer.dAy Saints and going to hear whai
they preached ho came homo aud tolt
tholr belief and read tho Bihlo io hor q
the angel flying through the hoavensi
and Of iholr speaking In unhnb
tongue OF healing and miracle, m
she desioed 10 ~ nni hear ihom hers "
SO IN 1874 her ht aband to * caro- " Tia
children aud let her so aud hear tor her.
aoli, n she lived sopo two miles away
from the place Vi meeting. She wen,
aud while there listening to the tosii-
monies and the speaking In tongues,
vision OF beautiful STARS seemed u pass
before hor eyes, back aud forward. sho
could not keep her sea- but got
40 and asked what she should
90 to 10 saved. The presiding Elder
said, repent aud be baptized aud she
should receive tho Holy Ghost Sine
gave in her namo aud was baptized that
came night.
onihsir return Ia l. .costor her husbard
Wa ordained 10 tho unIci Of Elduf anu
sot apart ~ preside over tho Leicester
branch and surrounding villages, which
he did until May, 1886, whom ho received
IA notice from Liverpool uiilco 10 g thoru
with eighteen, including him or aud
family, Nv tho 10Th ~ NAV, g. sri all IN
the ship Afigona. fhey arrived In time,
and while her husband aud most oil the
family woro on board OF tho vessel sister
Moilor stayed on shore. Sho gave birth
10 twins, who died. She was taken on a
stroicher and bod Just Ia time to each
the boat. Some one said to the Captnln
they had brought q dead woman ON
board. lilo asked who authorized hor 10
10 brought there. She was finally placed
In tho ship'a hospital, Brother \. II.
Wheelock was on board and laid hands
on hor aud prophes.od that she should
go saio To Zion with her children, aud
should go mo tho tompio u tho Lord. sho
commenced 10 improve slowly and got
satoly to Boston harbor, and from thofc
by rail 10 Iowa
At tho camping ground whore tho
company was having hAndcnrtH made
he had 10 stay some three weeks. She
had two twin girls little over Two year,
old; ono Of them was taken fick on tho
camping ground aud was 20 low sho was
not expected 10 live; she did not eat any
thing for two wooks. Many young chill
dren had died -aomo II or lj-bIt tho
family got oil about half milo tho day
Of starting. aud had To carry tho lituo
gif, a. she could not liH down la thu
htudoarL Tho child slowly got better
on tho way toWinter Quaftorr. From thoro
AL went on very well unIl tho Black
hills were reached. ihoro "a heavy snow
storm was encountered which kept the
company for about nino days, UNI
I'll help and ffosh supply ~
provisions came from Utah, which
they did In good time. There
were three Elders from Utah came INTO
camp with the news that some ten or
twelve wagons loaded with food were
some nfty miles away, 80 Elder MollOr
started next day with his sick wife and
children.
Tho family arrived In Salt Lake City
ell aafu--nono left behind. They moved
TO Provo; Stayed the winter lhero aud In
the aprlng Of 'b7 moved To springyillo;
stayed there until March, 1861, then
moved with company Of about twenty.
four wagons TO the soyior valley, 10 whore
Gunnison now IL, but with four or
iivo others moved back to what was
called Warm Creek, now Fayoitc There
they started gardens, orchards aud farms,
for some four years, when Tho Blauk
hawk war broke out. Then they had 10
guard and move their families to Guuni-
sou and othtor parts. Tho Indians drove
oil most OF the horses cattle aud
some sheep, aud Stopped the farming
for time, until peace was effected
In 1865. While IN Gunnison Mary Ann
Mollor was taken sick aud tho lines,
lasted In her system more or loss for
years; but after getting settled Ia Fayotio
again she improved Ia health. She aetod
a. teacher In the Relief Society aud
also a. teuchor In the Sunday school, aud
some time before She was confined to her
bed she called all her children together
and told thom all 10 stand hrm 20 tho
Gospel aud not go astray but be- faithful
To II under all things. She lett her ma
tive land for Zion with seven children,
ave girls and two boys had one boy after
she got horo, ~ Springyillo, They all
lived and married. sue loavos eight
children, ninoiy-one grandchildren and
SiNty-ono gtCatgfandchildton. sho hhs
been to the temple aud started tho work
for tho dead 80 that the prophecies made
over her Nil have been fulfilled lCoM
lrNA y. NORRIS.
Died, at Hinckloy, Willard Co., Utah,
January i2th, 1896, Gina +. Morris, born
ut Duucan's Retreat, Washington Co.,
October 9th, 1869. She was tho daughter
of Joseph Wright and Mary Ann FTiar
Wright, who moved from MIL Crock,
Salt LAKE Co., on "A mission to our DiAio
In tho fall OF 1862. Slater Iina was mar
Tled to Daniel A. Morris, u Grafton,
Dec. 10th, 1902, in tho Temple at st.
George, aud arrived In HIinckloy, Jan.
gth, 1898, whore they settled down and
built themselves home, living to.
gether happily. Sister Xina was the
mother OF two children, tho last u son
born Jan. lat, 1880. From that umO sho
seemed to grow weaker, losing ap'
petite until the ninth day, when fhI
was tnkon worse aud all efforts
used TO stay tho dread disease
proved OF no avail, and she passed
peacefully 10 hor rest on Sunday morn-
Ing at o'clock, the morning OF me l2.h,
The sad event has caata gloom over the
whole ward, ~ she WAS truly beloved by