CHURCHMAN'S CHURCHMAN S MOTHER TO OBSERVE BIRTHDAY Mrs Mary Louisa Clark Was Born While Parents Trekked to Utah GRANTSVILLE Few GRANTSVILLE-Few Few if it any of ot the Utah pioneers of the f first two years of entry into the barren wastes of or Salt Lake valley can claim the unique distinction that belongs to toMar toMary toMary Mar Mary Louisa Woolley Clark mother of President J J. J Reuben Clark Jr of or orthe the L. L D. D S. S church She is not only a 1 pioneer of 1848 but is also a dau daughter daugh daugh- h. h ter of oC the plains having been born near the foot of the Black Hills Hilis in Wyoming as her parents were on their way to Utah Her Her parents Edwin Dillworth and Mary l Wickersham Woolley had left th the Mississippi behind them several everal weeks before to join the pioneer group that had decided to make their homes in that land and where their leader Bri Brigham ham Young had declared This is the place On July 5 1848 the pioneer baby was born and she finished the journey with her parents parents par par- arriving late in the summer r of at that year True Pioneer Mrs Clark has always had the true characteristics of the pioneer Courage Courage Cour Cour- age determination faith loyalty and devotion to what she thought was right have always been her attributes attributes attrib attrib- utes and she never evaded anything she felt was a duty Her first home in Salt Lake City was in the old Ninth ward but later her father built an imposing two two- story brick house on upper State street just north of ol the thc old Social Hall somewhere near where the Belvedere Belvedere Bel Bel- vedere apartments or the public li library Ii- Ii i- i now stand This is the home she remembers best for far the greater part palt of her ch childhood was spent there Samuel E. E a brother had made his home at Grantsville and ayoung ayoung a ayoung young school teacher Joshua R. R Clark sometimes came to Salt Lake City with him Mr Clark and Miss Woolley first met at her fathers father's home while the young man was waiting waiting wait wait- ing for her brother to begin his journey journey journey jour jour- ney back to Grants me This casual acquaintance later developed into aloe alove a alove love lo and devotion for each other that was lifelong They were married inthe inthe in inthe the old endowment house in m Salt Lake City July 11 11 1870 They came to Grantsville following ing a L i i Mary Iary Louisa Clark their marriage A room one log house near the home o of her brother served to shelter them the first win win- ter Only one door doot and one window gave them access to the world outside outside out out- side but they were happy In the meantime a rock house farther farther far far- ther northwest had been built and the young youn couple moved Into it the following summer It was wa'S here Pr President Prest- Prest si- si dent Clark was born Later her husband hus bus band became a clerk k in and later manager manager man man- ager of the old Coop store and they moved mO up town In about 1681 1631 or 1882 1382 they purchased the old Clint Martindale I farm where they lived for the next JO O years While her husband hus bus band served as s a missionary and as president of the southern states mission mission mis mis- sion of oC the I. I L. L D D. S S. S church she and her boys bos and girls ran the farm kept Mr Clark on his mission and took care of themselves When Mr i Clark became postmaster ter of or Grantsville they moved into the home where she still lives built on the property they had just purchased purchased purchased pur pur- chased from James McBride on West Vest Clark street Here she expects to celebrate her sixth eighty birthday anniversary July 5 5