Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-15
OBITUARY.
nAnRIEr KNowLroN nLLEn

HARRIET KNowLToN MILLER
Pennington, Aug. S-T1day were
performed the last sad rites over The
frmnins nf the late Harriet knnwltun
Miller. The meeting house was allied t1
nvornowing. The well known ltc ana
character OF the docrtod brought
fnourners from all parts nf the county.
also many friends and relatives from
greater distances. Aftor prayer by FL
der Golden Klmbhll words Of sympathy
were offered by President Joseph ~
Smith. Elder y. -. Richards, Bishop
j. ~. gecrlst. Elder J. ~ Fox. Eugene
Cannon and n. T. Porter The ucca-
sion was one Of exceptional sadness.
Indeed. u could truly De- said, NO one
hut mournorH came yet all u seemed
were there" The shock ~ the sudden
passing on Of such useful life moved
an 10 sorrow. Frw knew ~ her brief
illness save By report In the daily pa
pora ~ her favorable condition HuhHc-
quent 10 an operation for appendicitis.
when the sad intelligence was received
II IL but Just g. ay that an entire
community kesnly felt the loss o.
faithful member the school children
went for their Kind ana devoted
teacher. large family were PROSTATE
with grief, In short. humanity had lost
one % It's truCsi friends.
Harriet Kn1Wii1n Miller. daughter
OF BENJAMIN 4. knowlton and Rh0da
a. J. Richards. was born In Salt Lake
city, Nov. glri, 1870 a few years later
the family moved 90 Pennington, Davis
county, where tbly now reside. Dur
ing those early years four sweet chill
dren we're taken frum the hCarthstnue,
but the eleventh year u llarrlgts ne
was rerrrysd Cor her greatest a0rruWt
May 2lrd, isS2. found her the elder Of
two sisters. VIII, with the father and
four brothers, Flihrrcd around the
bier of dearest wife ana mother. Yet
the same that took mother gave 30 the
elder sister the k0y 81 trust and home
gunrdlanHhlp. This she kept sacred.
The girl became woman tutor 70
homes confident the bervavod fathers
stan Not long and the guidc-hand Of
home was 20 be- irlt beyond the family
circle. FlrHt aH student OF brigham
Young Academy and University %
Utah. then a. teacher Ia the public
schools NJ our largest city ana later In
the epltnph OF her public life as upon
the heart tablets " father, brothers
and sister shg had written IN honor
and love the story NJ her life In the
home. This unftIniel sacrifice Of a life
for the upllfting " ihellveH OF others dld
not end here. The sabbath school had
It's share In that lie conhecrnied TO
ENnu anu ANN ANNN'H "hfANN'Nh NNNNNhN "a
her own sex knew their leader In the
person OF Hattie X. Miller. Charity, too.
felt her presence az secretary of the
missionary aid society. Vet no class or
elan held the charter OF her sympathy.
for AZ a iittlng close 90 the chapter
of her noble No $40 recall the earnest
pathos OF affection manifest In her APP
peal at the late memorial service for
a monument in memory OF those who
Loaf their lives through the destruction
OF the Inflated Maine.
While ali who kHHW,ner mourn, there
Il one among ODE D whose clrcum-
stance Is loud .n I,f appeal for SYM
thy. on tho 25ih day OF June, 1896.
Hattie, as she was familiarity known.
became the happy bride OF Prof. ID. n.
Miller Of tho llr.gham Young Col-
lege. Not Ave weeks later there came
a farewell, Elder Miller taking leave
OF friends and dear ones Including the
all AZ II were OF his affections, In re-
sponse TO call 20 preside over the
South Sea Isanif mission. Thousands
III miles Of ocean wave rolled between
him and the death bed OF his Toying
companion. The DRY OF his sorrow
must forever remain unwritten
N, 7. PORTER.