Widow of Willard G. Smith Born In Covered Wagon On Iowa Plains
LEWISTON, Utah, July 10 (AP) — The ranks of Utah's 1847 pioneers were trimmed to two today following the death of Mrs. Hulda Cordelia Thurston Smith, 93, widow of Willard G. Smith.
The aged woman, born to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jefferson Thurson in a covered wagon while they were crossing the Iowa plains en route to Utah in 1846, died here Sunday at the home of her daugher, Mrs. C. L. Rawlins.
The Thurston family arrived in Salt Lake valley Oct. 6, 1847, only three months after the first band of Latter-day Saints church pioneers entered what desolate wilderness.
The Thurstons pioneered the Centerville section 10 miles north of Salt Lake City and in 1857 moved to the uninhabited Weber River valley, now called Morgan.
There Miss Thurston endured the hardships of frontier life. The family made butter and cheese which was hauled to Salt Lake City by ox team and traded for groceries and clothing.
In 1864, Brigham Young, president of the Mormon church, sent Willard G. Smith from Salt Lake City to Morgan and the young man soon married Miss Thurston. Twelve children were born to the couple, but only three survive. These are Mrs. C. W. Porter of Berkeley, Calif., Mrs. Estella S. Mullmer of Idaho Falls and Mrs. Rawlins.
Mrs. Smith moved here several years ago. Throughout nearly a century of active life Mrs. Smith held many positions in church auxiliaries. A graduate of the Utah Medical College, she practiced in Morgan County many years.
Ogden Standard Examiner
Monday, July 10, 1939
transcribed by Rhonda Holton
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Huldah Cordelia Thurston was born to Rozetta Bull and Thomas Jefferson Thurston.
She married Willard Gilbert Smith on April 15, 1865 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Widow of Willard G. Smith Born In Covered Wagon On Iowa Plains
LEWISTON, Utah, July 10 (AP) — The ranks of Utah's 1847 pioneers were trimmed to two today following the death of Mrs. Hulda Cordelia Thurston Smith, 93, widow of Willard G. Smith.
The aged woman, born to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jefferson Thurson in a covered wagon while they were crossing the Iowa plains en route to Utah in 1846, died here Sunday at the home of her daugher, Mrs. C. L. Rawlins.
The Thurston family arrived in Salt Lake valley Oct. 6, 1847, only three months after the first band of Latter-day Saints church pioneers entered what desolate wilderness.
The Thurstons pioneered the Centerville section 10 miles north of Salt Lake City and in 1857 moved to the uninhabited Weber River valley, now called Morgan.
There Miss Thurston endured the hardships of frontier life. The family made butter and cheese which was hauled to Salt Lake City by ox team and traded for groceries and clothing.
In 1864, Brigham Young, president of the Mormon church, sent Willard G. Smith from Salt Lake City to Morgan and the young man soon married Miss Thurston. Twelve children were born to the couple, but only three survive. These are Mrs. C. W. Porter of Berkeley, Calif., Mrs. Estella S. Mullmer of Idaho Falls and Mrs. Rawlins.
Mrs. Smith moved here several years ago. Throughout nearly a century of active life Mrs. Smith held many positions in church auxiliaries. A graduate of the Utah Medical College, she practiced in Morgan County many years.
Ogden Standard Examiner
Monday, July 10, 1939
transcribed by Rhonda Holton
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Huldah Cordelia Thurston was born to Rozetta Bull and Thomas Jefferson Thurston.
She married Willard Gilbert Smith on April 15, 1865 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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1841–1916
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Thomas Jefferson Thurston Jr
1848–1870
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Peter Franklin Thurston
1852–1886
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Hannah Thurston
unknown–1838
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1858–1907
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1859–1921
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1861–1954
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1863–1946
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1865–1918
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1867–1945
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1869–1903
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Leah Helen Thurston
1873–1880
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1875–1961
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1877–1960
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1879–1955
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1866–1938
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1868–1925
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Willard Gilbert Smith
1870–1932
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1872–1937
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Deseretta T. Smith
1874–1880
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1876–1925
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Sarah T. Smith
1878–1880
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1880–1880
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Alberta Moressa Smith Porter
1881–1975
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Estella Zina Smith Mulliner
1884–1972
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1886–1909
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