Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-01
RECENT DEATHS

JENSEN. MRS. ANDREW-At
/ Centerheld Saupete county. Utah. the
! wife Of Andrew Jensen. died Feb. 2G
| after an illness OF two years. She was
/ born 81 years ago I'm Denmark. where
/ she became identified with thu
| Mormon faith with her husband They
I came Co Centcrheld 20 years ago. and
were among the prosperous people of
lbe community She always took am
active part Boo an Church activities
and was highly respected by al who
knew her She is survived by her hus-
! band and four children. am OF whom
are married except her son James,
and an are highly respected citizens
OF Centerhcld
WIGGILL. JEREMIAH FAT his
home in Layton. Davis county, Utah.
Feb. 20. jeremiah T. Wigghl died
after a brief illness from drJpsy and
pneumonia. he was born iu South
Africa, MAY D.. 1889, being the SON Of
Eli and Susauah WiggIll be came TO
Utah in 1861. and while ON his way
az Florence Nebraska. married
Priscilla Talbot Thirteen children have
been born To- them. five boys and eight
girls The widow and eleven OF the
children are still living The deceased
moved 10 Layton Zoo 1859 and lived
there up 20 his death Tie was an
honest and upright citizen Some of
his children are iu Canada and fiin-
eral arrangements win not Poe made
until they are heard from.
MNDSEN. MRS. ELNINA. RNS-
MUSSEN-At her home boo Mount
Pleasant. ON saturday Feb 26. Mrs
Elvina Rasmussen Madsen, the wife OF
John *. Madscu, q prominent sheep
man Of Mt Pleasant passed. from this
life after "a brief illness from kidney
trouble She had been married about
Two years She was one of Ephr3im's
most popular young ladies. and since
her marriage made her home in At
Pleasant For 10 years She was n suc-
cessful Instructor in the public schools
~ Utah. having taught In Monroe.
Sewer county. Ephraim and Nj
Pleasant Sanpctc county. was loved
hy an who knew her and her death
D. universally regretted. The funeral
was held from tho South ward meet
inghousc on Tuesday March 7
TEIFORD. ELIZABETH ROBIN
SON-At her home Ia Richmond,
Cache county Utah. Feb. %, 1910,
Mrs Elizabeth Robinson Telford. an
old and respected pioneer and hand
cart veteran. passed To the great be-
yOnd. after two years suffering from
paralysis. She was born IN Beauvale,
Nottinghamshirc. England, May H..
1886. She Joined the Mormon church
az the age of p, and came 90 Utah in
1856 being member OF the Inflated
Tyler and Martin handcart company.
She and her brother Solomon started
together but he sickeued and died on
the plains Of hardship some Of the
company were dying almost every
night They an had 10 wade the Platte
river and 70 was the custom for the
men 20 carry the women across Mrs.
Tclford preferred 90 wade herself that
her sick brother might De carried
across When ne died he was buried
with twelve others I'm one grave. She
walked in an 1900 miles and pulled
"a handcart. The members OF the COM
panv were ratioued 20 onc-fOurth Of
"a pound Of -four a day and when
divided 10 was only enough to make "a
little mush night and morning on
arriving in Salt Lake City, she was
taken 10 the home Of Arson can I'm
BounUful. where she lived until her
marriage 10 John Telford. March 10.
1857. She with her husband went to
Richmond some time during the
eighties and have lived there ever
since Through an her trials she was
faithful % the end, rearing an honor
ed family She leaves six children, two
sons and four daughters, to revere her
memory. They are: 5. r. Tolford.
Laurie. and Millie Of Richmond Mrs
Joscph c. Smith and $ r. Wiser Of
Lewiston and John Telford now living
I'm the Mormon colonies i'm Mexico