Show MRS R R. R IVINS GRANT CRANT PIONEER OF 1853 IS DEAD DAD OE oi PNEUMONIA Mother of Mormon Apostle Passes Away at Ripe Old Age Rachel R. R Grant mother of Apostle Hebet- Hebet 1 J. J Grant rant and ono one of the tho be best belt t known non of Utah pion pioneers er died this mornin morning at a 1 0 o'clock dock at t the tho homo home of her granddaughter Mrs rr George J. J J Cannon annon OSO Fr First t avenue after aler a ten seri serious cr out ous us attack atUck of pneumonia Mrs r Grant would have haTe be been n 89 SS years old next March She bad had been a member r of the Mormon oron church for sixty seven n y years ar joining first in Nau- Nau She 8 was born horn in i X J. J T her ber maiden name being Rachel R. R R Ivins I In 1842 she i visited i d Nauvoo with one of her ber cousins and became acquainted with the Prophet Pophet Jo Joseph eph Smith and with wih John Taylor and the lead leading n people peo pee pIe of Nauvoo going through h many severe evere trials amon among which was Wa the experience at the time of the murder of Jo Joseph eph Smith and his bis brother Came Cae West Wes in i 1853 After this she returned to Homers Homers- Horner Horner- town to and remained until 1853 benin when ben in company with her sister Anna and anda a number of other people of that ni neighborhood who bo had joined the church she emigrated to Utah anh arriving in ing in Salt Lake City August AUIt 10 of that year T Two o years ears after her arrival I she became tho the wife noie of Jedediah Morgan Morgan Mor Mor- I gan an Grant second counselor to President Prest- Prest dent Brigham Youn Young November 22 1856 her son sn Heb Heber r Jedediah now Apostle Grant was was born and aDd nine days after on OD D December 1 1 1856 the was left a widow in very humble cir circum cir cir- er cr cum sta ne es Even n E in this time timo of poverty and ad struggle le her hospitable tendencies would not bo be put aside She loved loed to tell teJ how bow man many distinguished guests she was privileged to entertain in her ber hum hum- bio blo home Yes she sho has often said with wib a far away reminiscent look as if the whole scene were again before her ber the they loved to como come and I loved to toha have ha them and Heber and I would live o I on very cry scanty fare fre that we I mi might ht have the tho greater pleasure of nf providing pro pro- I viding riding idin something good to share with our friends Belief Society Worker For thirty five thirty years yearn Mrs Grant served ns as IS president of the Relief society of the tho thirteenth war ward having at one onetime onetime on time as her counselor Bathsheba heba Bathsheba W W. Smith who later stood head bend of these or organizations throughout holt the tho world Until tho the death of Mrs Grant this morning mornin morning there existed four generations of the Grant Grant family Rachel Grant Heber Heber He He- ber J. J Grant Rachel Rabel Grant Taylor and the baby daughter auchter of Mrs Is Taylor Lucy Luc The funeral has bas been aTan arranged ed for Friday morning mornin at 11 1 0 o'clock clock from the t seventh twenty ward chapel at P street and r Fourth avenue a |