Elizabeth Jane Seeley Young
July 29, 1807 – March 30, 1900
∼ANOTHER PIONEER PASSES AWAY -- MRS. ELIZABETH SEELY YOUNG
MOUNT PLEASANT, Sanpete County, March 31 -- Mrs. Elizabeth YOUNG, the oldest lady of this place, finally passes away without the least of outward indication of pain passes into the life beyond. She was one of the early pioneers that came to Utah in Capt. John Taylor's Company in September, 1847.
Mrs. Elizabeth YOUNG, daughter of Justice and May Hettabel SEELY was born July 29, 1807, in Steuben County, New York. She moved with her parents to Whitby Township, Canada, where she lived with them till 1838, when they moved to Missouri. On April 27, prior to moving to Missouri, she married James YOUNG, and also joined the Church then. They were not permitted to remain in Missouri, but four days-being driven from there by the mob. Remained in Ohio a few months, then settling in Iowa in 1839. In 1841 they began their journey westward, remaining at Winter Quarters during the winter. The following spring started with the Company under Prest. John Taylor, arriving at Salt Lake valley as before mentioned. She had nine children, her husband and five children preceded her to the grave. Four children survive her, viz: John, 71 years old; Mary WILCOX, 69 years old; Elizabeth STOKER, 63 years old; Hannah MOORE, 62 years old.
Sister YOUNG has been a notable woman in all her experiences -- she has suffered all the privations incident to an early settler's life and bore her trial without murmuring. She has proved faithful to the end in the cause she first espoused.
(Published in The Deseret Evening News (Salt Lake City, UT), Monday, April 02, 1900.)
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July 29, 1807 – March 30, 1900
∼ANOTHER PIONEER PASSES AWAY -- MRS. ELIZABETH SEELY YOUNG
MOUNT PLEASANT, Sanpete County, March 31 -- Mrs. Elizabeth YOUNG, the oldest lady of this place, finally passes away without the least of outward indication of pain passes into the life beyond. She was one of the early pioneers that came to Utah in Capt. John Taylor's Company in September, 1847.
Mrs. Elizabeth YOUNG, daughter of Justice and May Hettabel SEELY was born July 29, 1807, in Steuben County, New York. She moved with her parents to Whitby Township, Canada, where she lived with them till 1838, when they moved to Missouri. On April 27, prior to moving to Missouri, she married James YOUNG, and also joined the Church then. They were not permitted to remain in Missouri, but four days-being driven from there by the mob. Remained in Ohio a few months, then settling in Iowa in 1839. In 1841 they began their journey westward, remaining at Winter Quarters during the winter. The following spring started with the Company under Prest. John Taylor, arriving at Salt Lake valley as before mentioned. She had nine children, her husband and five children preceded her to the grave. Four children survive her, viz: John, 71 years old; Mary WILCOX, 69 years old; Elizabeth STOKER, 63 years old; Hannah MOORE, 62 years old.
Sister YOUNG has been a notable woman in all her experiences -- she has suffered all the privations incident to an early settler's life and bore her trial without murmuring. She has proved faithful to the end in the cause she first espoused.
(Published in The Deseret Evening News (Salt Lake City, UT), Monday, April 02, 1900.)
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Elizabeth Jane Seeley Young
July 29, 1807 – March 30, 1900
∼ANOTHER PIONEER PASSES AWAY -- MRS. ELIZABETH SEELY YOUNG
MOUNT PLEASANT, Sanpete County, March 31 -- Mrs. Elizabeth YOUNG, the oldest lady of this place, finally passes away without the least of outward indication of pain passes into the life beyond. She was one of the early pioneers that came to Utah in Capt. John Taylor's Company in September, 1847.
Mrs. Elizabeth YOUNG, daughter of Justice and May Hettabel SEELY was born July 29, 1807, in Steuben County, New York. She moved with her parents to Whitby Township, Canada, where she lived with them till 1838, when they moved to Missouri. On April 27, prior to moving to Missouri, she married James YOUNG, and also joined the Church then. They were not permitted to remain in Missouri, but four days-being driven from there by the mob. Remained in Ohio a few months, then settling in Iowa in 1839. In 1841 they began their journey westward, remaining at Winter Quarters during the winter. The following spring started with the Company under Prest. John Taylor, arriving at Salt Lake valley as before mentioned. She had nine children, her husband and five children preceded her to the grave. Four children survive her, viz: John, 71 years old; Mary WILCOX, 69 years old; Elizabeth STOKER, 63 years old; Hannah MOORE, 62 years old.
Sister YOUNG has been a notable woman in all her experiences -- she has suffered all the privations incident to an early settler's life and bore her trial without murmuring. She has proved faithful to the end in the cause she first espoused.
(Published in The Deseret Evening News (Salt Lake City, UT), Monday, April 02, 1900.)
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July 29, 1807 – March 30, 1900
∼ANOTHER PIONEER PASSES AWAY -- MRS. ELIZABETH SEELY YOUNG
MOUNT PLEASANT, Sanpete County, March 31 -- Mrs. Elizabeth YOUNG, the oldest lady of this place, finally passes away without the least of outward indication of pain passes into the life beyond. She was one of the early pioneers that came to Utah in Capt. John Taylor's Company in September, 1847.
Mrs. Elizabeth YOUNG, daughter of Justice and May Hettabel SEELY was born July 29, 1807, in Steuben County, New York. She moved with her parents to Whitby Township, Canada, where she lived with them till 1838, when they moved to Missouri. On April 27, prior to moving to Missouri, she married James YOUNG, and also joined the Church then. They were not permitted to remain in Missouri, but four days-being driven from there by the mob. Remained in Ohio a few months, then settling in Iowa in 1839. In 1841 they began their journey westward, remaining at Winter Quarters during the winter. The following spring started with the Company under Prest. John Taylor, arriving at Salt Lake valley as before mentioned. She had nine children, her husband and five children preceded her to the grave. Four children survive her, viz: John, 71 years old; Mary WILCOX, 69 years old; Elizabeth STOKER, 63 years old; Hannah MOORE, 62 years old.
Sister YOUNG has been a notable woman in all her experiences -- she has suffered all the privations incident to an early settler's life and bore her trial without murmuring. She has proved faithful to the end in the cause she first espoused.
(Published in The Deseret Evening News (Salt Lake City, UT), Monday, April 02, 1900.)
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