My venerable 3rd great grandmother.
OBITUARY: Deseret Evening News, Monday January 31, 1916, page 14:
ESTEEMED WOMAN PASSES TO REST.
Death Claims Mrs. E. J. D. Roundy at the Age of 85 Years - Active and Useful Life.
HELD POSITIONS OF TRUST
Started Annual Celebration of Prophet Joseph Smith's Birthday - Funeral Wednesday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Jefford Drake Roundy, long prominent in Church activities and public affairs, died yesterday morning at 10 o'clock at her residence, 542 West First North street at the age of 85 years. Infirmities incident to advanced age were contributing causes to the death of Mrs. Roundy, who had been failing in health for about one month.
The death of Mrs. Roundy brought to a close one of the most interesting careers found in the record of public service in this city. She was vice president for Utah of the Woman's National Democratic league, and it was Mrs. Roundy's telegraphic nomination to the convention in Washington early this month that resulted in the election of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson as president of that organization.
She was president of the Woman's Democratic club of Utah in 1904 and 1905 and also acted as corresponding secretary of the club. For many years, she had held the post of secretary of the Fifteenth ward Relief society. For years she celebrated annually at her house the birthday of the Prophet Joseph Smith.
During her active public career, Mrs. Roundy was credited with prominence in the ranks of those who secured the defeat of the Cragin "Anti-Mormon" bill in the United States senate in the early '70's. She was at the time a clerk in the United States treasury department and on the eve of the consideration of the bill in the senate, succeeded in interesting Senator Charles Sumner, who spoke against the bill.
Mrs. Roundy was born March 16, 1830 in Axminster, Devonshire, England, the only child of George Morley Drake and Hannah Jefford Drake. Her father was a direct descendant of Sir Francis Drake [this is not true - Sir Francis Drake had no children.] and Sir William Drake. She was but 10 years of age when her father died.
Mrs. Roundy was reared in the Episcopal faith. In December 1851 she attended a meeting at the L. D. S. mission on Aldenham street, and heard a sermon by Jacob Gates. She was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in London on Dec. 31, 1851.
Mrs. Roundy settled in Philadelphia on July 3, 1857. She was married there to Daniel Davis, a soldier. Two years later, she came to Salt Lake valley but, during the following year returned east on an appointment to a clerkship in the treasury department, secured through Gen. F. E. Spinner.
Centennial Celebration
In 1875, Mrs. Roundy was appointed by Prest. Brigham Young as chairman of the women's committee on preparation for the celebration of the United States centennial. This celebration was in the form of a fair in the old Constitution building. In 1870, Mrs. Roundy returned to Salt Lake and in 1874 suggesetd the celebration of the birthday of the Prophet Joseph Smith, which was held in the Fourteenth ward assembly hall. The plans of Mrs. Roundy for this celebration were approved by Prest. Young and the exercises were attended by Elders Orson Pratt and John Taylor. Since that date, Mrs. Roundy had celebrated the birthday of the prophet at her home.
On Jan. 17, 1879, she was married to Jared Curtis Roundy, who died May 24, 1897 at St. David, Ariz. Mrs. Roundy, at the age of 62, took her first lessons in oil painting and for years prior to her death had produced many canvases of merit, representing portraiture, landscape and still life studies.
Mrs. Roundy is survived by two daughters, Mrs. E. B. Goodliffe of Park Valley, and Mrs. M. D. Rockwood of Centerville. She is also survived by 16 grandchildren and 30 great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the Sixteenth ward chapel. Burial will be in the city cemetery. From 10 a.m. until noon Wednesday, the body will lie in state at the family residence.
A LITTLE STORY: Great granddaughter Marie Louise Goodliffe Metcalf (who was my grandmother) remembered very little about her great grandmother, but told me once that she was a very proper lady and that she offered some of the longest prayers that a little girl had ever heard. She told me a story that her father, Charles Willard Goodliffe, told her about his grandmother:
When Charlie Goodliffe was a boy he was sent to Salt Lake City to stay with his Grandmother Roundy while he went to school. Apparently his brother Clarence was there at least part of the time, because he figures in this story too. Every evening at prayers Grandma Roundy would turn the dinner table chairs around, backs to the table, and they would kneel and pray. She began to pray and after a while he and Clarence would sneak out to a game of marbles. Then they would sneak back in, Grandma Roundy still praying; she never did miss them.
Daughter of George Merley DRAKE & Hannah JEFFARD.
Wife of Henry Richard BALLAM, Daniel George DAVIS, and Jared Curtis ROUNDY.
Mother of Elizabeth BALLAM, William Kimball BALLAM (who died young), Sarah BALLAM (who died young), Cyrus BALLAM (who died young), Mary Dana BALLAM and George Madison Drake DAVIS.
OBITUARY: Deseret Evening News, Monday January 31, 1916, page 14:
ESTEEMED WOMAN PASSES TO REST.
Death Claims Mrs. E. J. D. Roundy at the Age of 85 Years - Active and Useful Life.
HELD POSITIONS OF TRUST
Started Annual Celebration of Prophet Joseph Smith's Birthday - Funeral Wednesday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Jefford Drake Roundy, long prominent in Church activities and public affairs, died yesterday morning at 10 o'clock at her residence, 542 West First North street at the age of 85 years. Infirmities incident to advanced age were contributing causes to the death of Mrs. Roundy, who had been failing in health for about one month.
The death of Mrs. Roundy brought to a close one of the most interesting careers found in the record of public service in this city. She was vice president for Utah of the Woman's National Democratic league, and it was Mrs. Roundy's telegraphic nomination to the convention in Washington early this month that resulted in the election of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson as president of that organization.
She was president of the Woman's Democratic club of Utah in 1904 and 1905 and also acted as corresponding secretary of the club. For many years, she had held the post of secretary of the Fifteenth ward Relief society. For years she celebrated annually at her house the birthday of the Prophet Joseph Smith.
During her active public career, Mrs. Roundy was credited with prominence in the ranks of those who secured the defeat of the Cragin "Anti-Mormon" bill in the United States senate in the early '70's. She was at the time a clerk in the United States treasury department and on the eve of the consideration of the bill in the senate, succeeded in interesting Senator Charles Sumner, who spoke against the bill.
Mrs. Roundy was born March 16, 1830 in Axminster, Devonshire, England, the only child of George Morley Drake and Hannah Jefford Drake. Her father was a direct descendant of Sir Francis Drake [this is not true - Sir Francis Drake had no children.] and Sir William Drake. She was but 10 years of age when her father died.
Mrs. Roundy was reared in the Episcopal faith. In December 1851 she attended a meeting at the L. D. S. mission on Aldenham street, and heard a sermon by Jacob Gates. She was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in London on Dec. 31, 1851.
Mrs. Roundy settled in Philadelphia on July 3, 1857. She was married there to Daniel Davis, a soldier. Two years later, she came to Salt Lake valley but, during the following year returned east on an appointment to a clerkship in the treasury department, secured through Gen. F. E. Spinner.
Centennial Celebration
In 1875, Mrs. Roundy was appointed by Prest. Brigham Young as chairman of the women's committee on preparation for the celebration of the United States centennial. This celebration was in the form of a fair in the old Constitution building. In 1870, Mrs. Roundy returned to Salt Lake and in 1874 suggesetd the celebration of the birthday of the Prophet Joseph Smith, which was held in the Fourteenth ward assembly hall. The plans of Mrs. Roundy for this celebration were approved by Prest. Young and the exercises were attended by Elders Orson Pratt and John Taylor. Since that date, Mrs. Roundy had celebrated the birthday of the prophet at her home.
On Jan. 17, 1879, she was married to Jared Curtis Roundy, who died May 24, 1897 at St. David, Ariz. Mrs. Roundy, at the age of 62, took her first lessons in oil painting and for years prior to her death had produced many canvases of merit, representing portraiture, landscape and still life studies.
Mrs. Roundy is survived by two daughters, Mrs. E. B. Goodliffe of Park Valley, and Mrs. M. D. Rockwood of Centerville. She is also survived by 16 grandchildren and 30 great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the Sixteenth ward chapel. Burial will be in the city cemetery. From 10 a.m. until noon Wednesday, the body will lie in state at the family residence.
A LITTLE STORY: Great granddaughter Marie Louise Goodliffe Metcalf (who was my grandmother) remembered very little about her great grandmother, but told me once that she was a very proper lady and that she offered some of the longest prayers that a little girl had ever heard. She told me a story that her father, Charles Willard Goodliffe, told her about his grandmother:
When Charlie Goodliffe was a boy he was sent to Salt Lake City to stay with his Grandmother Roundy while he went to school. Apparently his brother Clarence was there at least part of the time, because he figures in this story too. Every evening at prayers Grandma Roundy would turn the dinner table chairs around, backs to the table, and they would kneel and pray. She began to pray and after a while he and Clarence would sneak out to a game of marbles. Then they would sneak back in, Grandma Roundy still praying; she never did miss them.
Daughter of George Merley DRAKE & Hannah JEFFARD.
Wife of Henry Richard BALLAM, Daniel George DAVIS, and Jared Curtis ROUNDY.
Mother of Elizabeth BALLAM, William Kimball BALLAM (who died young), Sarah BALLAM (who died young), Cyrus BALLAM (who died young), Mary Dana BALLAM and George Madison Drake DAVIS.
My venerable 3rd great grandmother.
OBITUARY: Deseret Evening News, Monday January 31, 1916, page 14:
ESTEEMED WOMAN PASSES TO REST.
Death Claims Mrs. E. J. D. Roundy at the Age of 85 Years - Active and Useful Life.
HELD POSITIONS OF TRUST
Started Annual Celebration of Prophet Joseph Smith's Birthday - Funeral Wednesday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Jefford Drake Roundy, long prominent in Church activities and public affairs, died yesterday morning at 10 o'clock at her residence, 542 West First North street at the age of 85 years. Infirmities incident to advanced age were contributing causes to the death of Mrs. Roundy, who had been failing in health for about one month.
The death of Mrs. Roundy brought to a close one of the most interesting careers found in the record of public service in this city. She was vice president for Utah of the Woman's National Democratic league, and it was Mrs. Roundy's telegraphic nomination to the convention in Washington early this month that resulted in the election of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson as president of that organization.
She was president of the Woman's Democratic club of Utah in 1904 and 1905 and also acted as corresponding secretary of the club. For many years, she had held the post of secretary of the Fifteenth ward Relief society. For years she celebrated annually at her house the birthday of the Prophet Joseph Smith.
During her active public career, Mrs. Roundy was credited with prominence in the ranks of those who secured the defeat of the Cragin "Anti-Mormon" bill in the United States senate in the early '70's. She was at the time a clerk in the United States treasury department and on the eve of the consideration of the bill in the senate, succeeded in interesting Senator Charles Sumner, who spoke against the bill.
Mrs. Roundy was born March 16, 1830 in Axminster, Devonshire, England, the only child of George Morley Drake and Hannah Jefford Drake. Her father was a direct descendant of Sir Francis Drake [this is not true - Sir Francis Drake had no children.] and Sir William Drake. She was but 10 years of age when her father died.
Mrs. Roundy was reared in the Episcopal faith. In December 1851 she attended a meeting at the L. D. S. mission on Aldenham street, and heard a sermon by Jacob Gates. She was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in London on Dec. 31, 1851.
Mrs. Roundy settled in Philadelphia on July 3, 1857. She was married there to Daniel Davis, a soldier. Two years later, she came to Salt Lake valley but, during the following year returned east on an appointment to a clerkship in the treasury department, secured through Gen. F. E. Spinner.
Centennial Celebration
In 1875, Mrs. Roundy was appointed by Prest. Brigham Young as chairman of the women's committee on preparation for the celebration of the United States centennial. This celebration was in the form of a fair in the old Constitution building. In 1870, Mrs. Roundy returned to Salt Lake and in 1874 suggesetd the celebration of the birthday of the Prophet Joseph Smith, which was held in the Fourteenth ward assembly hall. The plans of Mrs. Roundy for this celebration were approved by Prest. Young and the exercises were attended by Elders Orson Pratt and John Taylor. Since that date, Mrs. Roundy had celebrated the birthday of the prophet at her home.
On Jan. 17, 1879, she was married to Jared Curtis Roundy, who died May 24, 1897 at St. David, Ariz. Mrs. Roundy, at the age of 62, took her first lessons in oil painting and for years prior to her death had produced many canvases of merit, representing portraiture, landscape and still life studies.
Mrs. Roundy is survived by two daughters, Mrs. E. B. Goodliffe of Park Valley, and Mrs. M. D. Rockwood of Centerville. She is also survived by 16 grandchildren and 30 great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the Sixteenth ward chapel. Burial will be in the city cemetery. From 10 a.m. until noon Wednesday, the body will lie in state at the family residence.
A LITTLE STORY: Great granddaughter Marie Louise Goodliffe Metcalf (who was my grandmother) remembered very little about her great grandmother, but told me once that she was a very proper lady and that she offered some of the longest prayers that a little girl had ever heard. She told me a story that her father, Charles Willard Goodliffe, told her about his grandmother:
When Charlie Goodliffe was a boy he was sent to Salt Lake City to stay with his Grandmother Roundy while he went to school. Apparently his brother Clarence was there at least part of the time, because he figures in this story too. Every evening at prayers Grandma Roundy would turn the dinner table chairs around, backs to the table, and they would kneel and pray. She began to pray and after a while he and Clarence would sneak out to a game of marbles. Then they would sneak back in, Grandma Roundy still praying; she never did miss them.
Daughter of George Merley DRAKE & Hannah JEFFARD.
Wife of Henry Richard BALLAM, Daniel George DAVIS, and Jared Curtis ROUNDY.
Mother of Elizabeth BALLAM, William Kimball BALLAM (who died young), Sarah BALLAM (who died young), Cyrus BALLAM (who died young), Mary Dana BALLAM and George Madison Drake DAVIS.
OBITUARY: Deseret Evening News, Monday January 31, 1916, page 14:
ESTEEMED WOMAN PASSES TO REST.
Death Claims Mrs. E. J. D. Roundy at the Age of 85 Years - Active and Useful Life.
HELD POSITIONS OF TRUST
Started Annual Celebration of Prophet Joseph Smith's Birthday - Funeral Wednesday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Jefford Drake Roundy, long prominent in Church activities and public affairs, died yesterday morning at 10 o'clock at her residence, 542 West First North street at the age of 85 years. Infirmities incident to advanced age were contributing causes to the death of Mrs. Roundy, who had been failing in health for about one month.
The death of Mrs. Roundy brought to a close one of the most interesting careers found in the record of public service in this city. She was vice president for Utah of the Woman's National Democratic league, and it was Mrs. Roundy's telegraphic nomination to the convention in Washington early this month that resulted in the election of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson as president of that organization.
She was president of the Woman's Democratic club of Utah in 1904 and 1905 and also acted as corresponding secretary of the club. For many years, she had held the post of secretary of the Fifteenth ward Relief society. For years she celebrated annually at her house the birthday of the Prophet Joseph Smith.
During her active public career, Mrs. Roundy was credited with prominence in the ranks of those who secured the defeat of the Cragin "Anti-Mormon" bill in the United States senate in the early '70's. She was at the time a clerk in the United States treasury department and on the eve of the consideration of the bill in the senate, succeeded in interesting Senator Charles Sumner, who spoke against the bill.
Mrs. Roundy was born March 16, 1830 in Axminster, Devonshire, England, the only child of George Morley Drake and Hannah Jefford Drake. Her father was a direct descendant of Sir Francis Drake [this is not true - Sir Francis Drake had no children.] and Sir William Drake. She was but 10 years of age when her father died.
Mrs. Roundy was reared in the Episcopal faith. In December 1851 she attended a meeting at the L. D. S. mission on Aldenham street, and heard a sermon by Jacob Gates. She was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in London on Dec. 31, 1851.
Mrs. Roundy settled in Philadelphia on July 3, 1857. She was married there to Daniel Davis, a soldier. Two years later, she came to Salt Lake valley but, during the following year returned east on an appointment to a clerkship in the treasury department, secured through Gen. F. E. Spinner.
Centennial Celebration
In 1875, Mrs. Roundy was appointed by Prest. Brigham Young as chairman of the women's committee on preparation for the celebration of the United States centennial. This celebration was in the form of a fair in the old Constitution building. In 1870, Mrs. Roundy returned to Salt Lake and in 1874 suggesetd the celebration of the birthday of the Prophet Joseph Smith, which was held in the Fourteenth ward assembly hall. The plans of Mrs. Roundy for this celebration were approved by Prest. Young and the exercises were attended by Elders Orson Pratt and John Taylor. Since that date, Mrs. Roundy had celebrated the birthday of the prophet at her home.
On Jan. 17, 1879, she was married to Jared Curtis Roundy, who died May 24, 1897 at St. David, Ariz. Mrs. Roundy, at the age of 62, took her first lessons in oil painting and for years prior to her death had produced many canvases of merit, representing portraiture, landscape and still life studies.
Mrs. Roundy is survived by two daughters, Mrs. E. B. Goodliffe of Park Valley, and Mrs. M. D. Rockwood of Centerville. She is also survived by 16 grandchildren and 30 great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the Sixteenth ward chapel. Burial will be in the city cemetery. From 10 a.m. until noon Wednesday, the body will lie in state at the family residence.
A LITTLE STORY: Great granddaughter Marie Louise Goodliffe Metcalf (who was my grandmother) remembered very little about her great grandmother, but told me once that she was a very proper lady and that she offered some of the longest prayers that a little girl had ever heard. She told me a story that her father, Charles Willard Goodliffe, told her about his grandmother:
When Charlie Goodliffe was a boy he was sent to Salt Lake City to stay with his Grandmother Roundy while he went to school. Apparently his brother Clarence was there at least part of the time, because he figures in this story too. Every evening at prayers Grandma Roundy would turn the dinner table chairs around, backs to the table, and they would kneel and pray. She began to pray and after a while he and Clarence would sneak out to a game of marbles. Then they would sneak back in, Grandma Roundy still praying; she never did miss them.
Daughter of George Merley DRAKE & Hannah JEFFARD.
Wife of Henry Richard BALLAM, Daniel George DAVIS, and Jared Curtis ROUNDY.
Mother of Elizabeth BALLAM, William Kimball BALLAM (who died young), Sarah BALLAM (who died young), Cyrus BALLAM (who died young), Mary Dana BALLAM and George Madison Drake DAVIS.
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