Elvira "Ella" Coombs was was born in San Bernardino, CA, the daughter of Abraham Marion & Olive Curtis Coombs. She married William Henry Branch on May 9, 1877 in St. George, Utah (note however that her obituary says they married in 1874, which was probably a church wedding, and the 1877 record was a civil marriage. This would explain the 1874 birthdate of son Richard C. Branch). Their children were: Richard C., Olive, Jane, Frank, Arabella and Ella Irene Branch. Ella married a second time to James W. Mitchell on August 7, 1902 in Price, Utah.(This marriage was probably of short duration, as she resummed using her previous name of Branch within a few years). She died in Price City Hospital, Price, Utah of peretonitis from a ruptured appendix. She was 21 days past her 71st birthday.
Adoptive parents memorials:
RICHARD R. BIRKBECK memorial #17636763
JANE CUSSONS (or COUSINS) memorial #17636755
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MRS. ELLA BRANCH, PIONEER OF 1860 DIES AT PRICE HOME
Member of Ephraim Hanks Company of Sixties, Dies of Old Age: Prominent L.D.S. Worker
Mrs. Ella Coombs Branch, 71, a Utah pioneer of 1850 died at her home in Price Wednesday morning of old age. Mrs. Branch was born at San Bernardino, Calif., March 27, 1857, the daughter of Abraham and Olive Olivia Curtis Coombs. The parents of Mrs. Branch journeyed from Connecticut to California in the schooner Brooklyn, around Cape Horn in 1849 [?].
With other members of the Ephraim Hanks company of converts they came to Beaver, Utah, in 1850[?]. Mr. Coombs died a few days after the arrival, and Mrs. Coombs died three years later in Cedar City, leaving four orphan children.
The children were adopted into separate homes, Mrs. Branch being adopted by the family of Richard R. Birkbeck in Cedar City. She married William H. Branch of Salt Lake City, in 1874 and they moved to St. George, where they remained until 1880. They moved to Mesquite Flat, Nev., in that year and remained until their removal to Price in 1884.
Mr. Branch died in 1880, and Mrs. Branch and six minor children survived. By her own labor the widowed mother reared and educated her family and mothered several orpans of this section as well. She maintained her own home until her life closed, and until she became ill a few days ago, followed by an active schedule.
Mrs. Branch was an energetic worker for the LDS church and was interested in many civic movements in the community.
Surviving are the following daughters, Mrs. Olive Milburn and Mrs. G.C. Sebring of Salt Lake City, Mrs. H.A. Pace and Mrs. D. Carlos Woodward Jr., of Price, and one grand child whom she had adopted, Mrs. J.A. Brown of Oakland, Calif. Twelve grandchildren and eight great grandchildren also survive. Funeral services will be conducted in the Price ward tabernacle of the L.D.S. church, Sunday at one o'clock p.m. under the direction of Bishop W.E. Stoker of the Latter Day Saints church. Interment will be inthe Price City cemetery.
-published News Advocate, April 21, 1928
Adoptive parents memorials:
RICHARD R. BIRKBECK memorial #17636763
JANE CUSSONS (or COUSINS) memorial #17636755
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MRS. ELLA BRANCH, PIONEER OF 1860 DIES AT PRICE HOME
Member of Ephraim Hanks Company of Sixties, Dies of Old Age: Prominent L.D.S. Worker
Mrs. Ella Coombs Branch, 71, a Utah pioneer of 1850 died at her home in Price Wednesday morning of old age. Mrs. Branch was born at San Bernardino, Calif., March 27, 1857, the daughter of Abraham and Olive Olivia Curtis Coombs. The parents of Mrs. Branch journeyed from Connecticut to California in the schooner Brooklyn, around Cape Horn in 1849 [?].
With other members of the Ephraim Hanks company of converts they came to Beaver, Utah, in 1850[?]. Mr. Coombs died a few days after the arrival, and Mrs. Coombs died three years later in Cedar City, leaving four orphan children.
The children were adopted into separate homes, Mrs. Branch being adopted by the family of Richard R. Birkbeck in Cedar City. She married William H. Branch of Salt Lake City, in 1874 and they moved to St. George, where they remained until 1880. They moved to Mesquite Flat, Nev., in that year and remained until their removal to Price in 1884.
Mr. Branch died in 1880, and Mrs. Branch and six minor children survived. By her own labor the widowed mother reared and educated her family and mothered several orpans of this section as well. She maintained her own home until her life closed, and until she became ill a few days ago, followed by an active schedule.
Mrs. Branch was an energetic worker for the LDS church and was interested in many civic movements in the community.
Surviving are the following daughters, Mrs. Olive Milburn and Mrs. G.C. Sebring of Salt Lake City, Mrs. H.A. Pace and Mrs. D. Carlos Woodward Jr., of Price, and one grand child whom she had adopted, Mrs. J.A. Brown of Oakland, Calif. Twelve grandchildren and eight great grandchildren also survive. Funeral services will be conducted in the Price ward tabernacle of the L.D.S. church, Sunday at one o'clock p.m. under the direction of Bishop W.E. Stoker of the Latter Day Saints church. Interment will be inthe Price City cemetery.
-published News Advocate, April 21, 1928
Elvira "Ella" Coombs was was born in San Bernardino, CA, the daughter of Abraham Marion & Olive Curtis Coombs. She married William Henry Branch on May 9, 1877 in St. George, Utah (note however that her obituary says they married in 1874, which was probably a church wedding, and the 1877 record was a civil marriage. This would explain the 1874 birthdate of son Richard C. Branch). Their children were: Richard C., Olive, Jane, Frank, Arabella and Ella Irene Branch. Ella married a second time to James W. Mitchell on August 7, 1902 in Price, Utah.(This marriage was probably of short duration, as she resummed using her previous name of Branch within a few years). She died in Price City Hospital, Price, Utah of peretonitis from a ruptured appendix. She was 21 days past her 71st birthday.
Adoptive parents memorials:
RICHARD R. BIRKBECK memorial #17636763
JANE CUSSONS (or COUSINS) memorial #17636755
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MRS. ELLA BRANCH, PIONEER OF 1860 DIES AT PRICE HOME
Member of Ephraim Hanks Company of Sixties, Dies of Old Age: Prominent L.D.S. Worker
Mrs. Ella Coombs Branch, 71, a Utah pioneer of 1850 died at her home in Price Wednesday morning of old age. Mrs. Branch was born at San Bernardino, Calif., March 27, 1857, the daughter of Abraham and Olive Olivia Curtis Coombs. The parents of Mrs. Branch journeyed from Connecticut to California in the schooner Brooklyn, around Cape Horn in 1849 [?].
With other members of the Ephraim Hanks company of converts they came to Beaver, Utah, in 1850[?]. Mr. Coombs died a few days after the arrival, and Mrs. Coombs died three years later in Cedar City, leaving four orphan children.
The children were adopted into separate homes, Mrs. Branch being adopted by the family of Richard R. Birkbeck in Cedar City. She married William H. Branch of Salt Lake City, in 1874 and they moved to St. George, where they remained until 1880. They moved to Mesquite Flat, Nev., in that year and remained until their removal to Price in 1884.
Mr. Branch died in 1880, and Mrs. Branch and six minor children survived. By her own labor the widowed mother reared and educated her family and mothered several orpans of this section as well. She maintained her own home until her life closed, and until she became ill a few days ago, followed by an active schedule.
Mrs. Branch was an energetic worker for the LDS church and was interested in many civic movements in the community.
Surviving are the following daughters, Mrs. Olive Milburn and Mrs. G.C. Sebring of Salt Lake City, Mrs. H.A. Pace and Mrs. D. Carlos Woodward Jr., of Price, and one grand child whom she had adopted, Mrs. J.A. Brown of Oakland, Calif. Twelve grandchildren and eight great grandchildren also survive. Funeral services will be conducted in the Price ward tabernacle of the L.D.S. church, Sunday at one o'clock p.m. under the direction of Bishop W.E. Stoker of the Latter Day Saints church. Interment will be inthe Price City cemetery.
-published News Advocate, April 21, 1928
Adoptive parents memorials:
RICHARD R. BIRKBECK memorial #17636763
JANE CUSSONS (or COUSINS) memorial #17636755
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MRS. ELLA BRANCH, PIONEER OF 1860 DIES AT PRICE HOME
Member of Ephraim Hanks Company of Sixties, Dies of Old Age: Prominent L.D.S. Worker
Mrs. Ella Coombs Branch, 71, a Utah pioneer of 1850 died at her home in Price Wednesday morning of old age. Mrs. Branch was born at San Bernardino, Calif., March 27, 1857, the daughter of Abraham and Olive Olivia Curtis Coombs. The parents of Mrs. Branch journeyed from Connecticut to California in the schooner Brooklyn, around Cape Horn in 1849 [?].
With other members of the Ephraim Hanks company of converts they came to Beaver, Utah, in 1850[?]. Mr. Coombs died a few days after the arrival, and Mrs. Coombs died three years later in Cedar City, leaving four orphan children.
The children were adopted into separate homes, Mrs. Branch being adopted by the family of Richard R. Birkbeck in Cedar City. She married William H. Branch of Salt Lake City, in 1874 and they moved to St. George, where they remained until 1880. They moved to Mesquite Flat, Nev., in that year and remained until their removal to Price in 1884.
Mr. Branch died in 1880, and Mrs. Branch and six minor children survived. By her own labor the widowed mother reared and educated her family and mothered several orpans of this section as well. She maintained her own home until her life closed, and until she became ill a few days ago, followed by an active schedule.
Mrs. Branch was an energetic worker for the LDS church and was interested in many civic movements in the community.
Surviving are the following daughters, Mrs. Olive Milburn and Mrs. G.C. Sebring of Salt Lake City, Mrs. H.A. Pace and Mrs. D. Carlos Woodward Jr., of Price, and one grand child whom she had adopted, Mrs. J.A. Brown of Oakland, Calif. Twelve grandchildren and eight great grandchildren also survive. Funeral services will be conducted in the Price ward tabernacle of the L.D.S. church, Sunday at one o'clock p.m. under the direction of Bishop W.E. Stoker of the Latter Day Saints church. Interment will be inthe Price City cemetery.
-published News Advocate, April 21, 1928
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2nd husband was likely James Warner Mitchell, and if so he and Ella divorced as he married Clara Brown in 1907.
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