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Sarah Matilda <I>Dack</I> Bown

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Sarah Matilda Dack Bown

Birth
Payson, Utah County, Utah, USA
Death
31 Dec 1883 (aged 23)
Fayette, Sanpete County, Utah, USA
Burial
Fayette, Sanpete County, Utah, USA Add to Map
Plot
08-15-01
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OBITUARY: Deseret News 9 Jan 1884:
DEATHS
BOWN - In Fayette, Sanpete County, Dec 31st, Sarah Dack Bown, the beloved wife of Levi Bown. She was 24 years old, and the mother of three children, the youngest 10 days old. She was a devoted wife, and a true and affectionate mother, and beloved by all who knew her.
GONE TO A BETTER WORLD - Elsewhere appears a notice of the death on the 31st ult., at Gunnison, Sanpete County, of Sister Sarah D. Bown, in the 25th year of her age. She was a devoted wife and mother and was respected by all who knew her. Two days previous to her demise she exhorted those around her to be faithful and true to the Gospel. Before she departed she was permitted to see through the veil, and in vivid language described the beauty of the place she was going to. She also gave directions for the minutest details of the funeral, and the dressing of the remains. She besought her friends not to grieve for her, as she knew she was going to a place of great joy.

Daughter of Philip DACK & Cynthia Sildona MAXHAM.
OBITUARY: Deseret News 9 Jan 1884:
DEATHS
BOWN - In Fayette, Sanpete County, Dec 31st, Sarah Dack Bown, the beloved wife of Levi Bown. She was 24 years old, and the mother of three children, the youngest 10 days old. She was a devoted wife, and a true and affectionate mother, and beloved by all who knew her.
GONE TO A BETTER WORLD - Elsewhere appears a notice of the death on the 31st ult., at Gunnison, Sanpete County, of Sister Sarah D. Bown, in the 25th year of her age. She was a devoted wife and mother and was respected by all who knew her. Two days previous to her demise she exhorted those around her to be faithful and true to the Gospel. Before she departed she was permitted to see through the veil, and in vivid language described the beauty of the place she was going to. She also gave directions for the minutest details of the funeral, and the dressing of the remains. She besought her friends not to grieve for her, as she knew she was going to a place of great joy.

Daughter of Philip DACK & Cynthia Sildona MAXHAM.


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