FUNERAL SERVICES HELD AGED THIRD WARD LADY

Funeral services over the remains of Mrs. Harriet M. Wilkinson were held at the Third ward chapel last Sunday afternoon; under the direction of Bishop Anderson. The speakers were Bishop Coons, Morten Jensen and Joseph S. Horne. The speakers all paid tribute to the decendent's high character; her charitable and to all her friends and neighbors; her skill as a nurse in the early days when no physicians were within reach and her work among the sick the afflicted and the destitute. Her career had been a most remarkable one. She crossed the plains when buy 16 years of age, in a handcart company, and coming to Manti she assumed the duties of a mother to two children by becoming the wife of Allen Wilkinson. She was the mother of 13 children, and was known throughout Sevier county for her kindness and skill in cases of sickness. She leaves 11 children, 75 grandchildren and over a hundred great grandchildren.

Appropriate music was rendered by the ward choir; Kenneth Hood sang a solo and Mrs. George and Mrs. Charles Hansen sang a duet. Interment was in the City cemetery.

Richfield Reaper
28 April 1917

Parents: Sameul and Phebe wilkinson Mackey
Pennsylvania

∼Harriett was born in Pennsylvania, but also lived in Illinois and Iowa before coming to Utah with her parents in the Isaac M Stewart pioneer company in 1852. They settle in Manti, Sanpete, Utah.

Harriet was the second wife of Allen Wilkinson. His first wife immigrated from England with him and died crossing the plains in 1850, leaving four children.

Harriett married Allen 16 January 1853, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah.

She was the mother of thirteen children:

(1) Joseph Wilkinson, b. 12 December 1853 in Manti, Sanpete, Utah and died 25 April
(2) Allen Wilkinson, Jr, b. 8 January 1855 in Manti, Sanpete, Utah
(3) Levi Anthony Wilkinson, b. 16 January 1858 in Manti, Sanpete, Utah and died 4 March 1891
(4) Phebe Wilkinson, b. 16 October 1859 in Manti Sanpete, Utah and died 12 February 1935
(5) Hannah Wilkinson, b. 11 November 1861 in Manti, Sanpete, Utah and died 19 December 1924, in Richfield, Sevier, Utah (buried in Richfield)
(6) Eleanor Ann Wilkinson, b. 28 October 1863 in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, and died 8 April 1918
(7) Samuel Wilkinson, b. 17 May 1866 in Manti, Sanpete, Utah and died 6 May 1914
(8) Walter Wilkinson, b. 29 July 1868 in Manti, Sanpete, Utah and died 3 November 1935
(9) Jared Wilkinson, b. 24 April 1870 in Manti, Sanpete, Utah and died 23 April 1951
(10)Harriett Elizabeth Wilkinson, b. 8 March 1872, Manti, Sanpete, Utah and died 20 July 1948 at TOD, Tooele, Tooele, Utah
(11)Benjamin Wilkinson, b. 12 February 1874, Richfield, Sevier, Utah and died 30 December 1954
(12)Ines or Inex Mackey Wilkinson, b. 16 April 1876, Richfield, Sevier, Utah and died 31 January 1957, in Richfield, Sevier, Utah (bur 2 Feb 1957
(13)Eunice Martina Wilkinson, b. 15 February 1878 in Richfield, Sevier, Utah and died 12 January 1958 in McGill, White Pine, Nevada (buried in Richfield, Sevier, Utah)