Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1926-01-22

Kelton, Utah, had to be made by
team she narrowly escaped being
drowned with her three small chill
dren while crossing Snake River, at
Glenns Ferry on a ferry boat. The
father had a span of mules hitched
to covered wagon and when he
drove onto the ferry boat the boat
man neglected to close the gate and
as the boat swung out into the cur
rent the mules became frightened
and started to backing. The men
became excited and tried to prevent
the team from backing the outfit.
Failing in that attempt the boat
man left the wheel and picked up a
pole just in the nick Of time and put
1t across the boat behind the wheels
and stopped the wagon just as the
wheels were at the end of the boat.
The next interesting incident of her
life was her journey back the next
summer by stage from Kelton to
Mountain Home, which took three
days and nights steady driving. This
incident is fresh in the mind Of the
writer for she just reiterated it to
me and a sister day or two before
she became i'll. While visiting in
Missouri her fourth child, Mary An
ma, was born June 10, 1881. SO
with young babe and three small
boys together with her old mother
she went through another most try
ing ordeal For when the big six
horse Concord stage was ready there
had been but one seat reserved for
the whole group. One might mag
inc the discomfort of such ride for
two women with two children lying |
in the seat behind them and the
other two sick. They made sort
of hammock by stretching blanket
across the interior of the coach in
which the young babe was carried
throughout the long journey, arriv-
ing at old Mountain Home at mid
night of the third day, completely
worn out and feeling nearer dead
than alive. After a day or two rest.
the anxious father who was there to
meet them took them to his home
which he had bought April 2, 1891,
and where they remained the rest of
heir lives, their being six more
daughters born to them, namely,
eliza Della, Bessie Eva, Myrtle, Elsie
Alice, Ella Re-etta, and Amanda Lee
IN. They reared this large family
If ten children who are all living at
his time and all except one girl who
ives at Los Angeles were with their
mother through her last illness and
eath which came at 500 Tuesday
morning, January II, after a desper-
tie fight for ten days with pneumon-
a. Her good husband proceeded her
ust two years and six months being :
killed July II, 1928.
Ter remains were laid to rest by his
ide Friday at $3.50 p. m following
most beautiful and impressive cere-
lony conducted by the Bishop Rose
f the Glenns Ferry branch of the
:. D. S. church. The church choir
ang the following songs, selected by
he family, Some Time Somewhere
Ven Understand, Oh My Father,
he Beautiful Isle of Somewhere.
he choir chose, l Know That My Re-
eemer Lives and Resting Now From
are and Sorrow, all of which were
cry beautiful and impressive. The
Deakers were Elder Hunter of
lenns Ferry and Elder Williams of
Disc. who delivered their messages
our pre-existence and resurrection
way that was comforting and as
ring to those who are left to
ourn. Bishop Rose concluded the
'rvices by a few chosen remarks.
The remains were followed by
1st of friends and relatives from
lie Baptist Church where the serv-
es were held to the cemetery where
der Belknap dedicated the grave.
he casket was beautiful grey metal
I'd was adorned by many beautiful
'wers. Besides her ten children,
e leaves to mourn her death, three
Others and two sisters, and host
grand children and three great