Mary Isabella Hales Horne (1818-1905)

Mary Isabella Hales Horne

Birth

20 Nov 1818

Kent, England

Death

25 Aug 1905 (aged 86)

Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA

Burial

Salt Lake City Cemetery

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Plot

F-11-10-3E

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Mary was born in the town of Rainham, Kent a daughter of Stephen Hales and Mary Ann Hales (cousin). The family resided in Rainham until Mary was fourteen years of age, then emigrated to Toronto, Upper Canada. The family consisted of five sons and two daughters. On the voyage from England her brother Elias died and was buried at sea. Her father was a Methodist class leader and her mother a member of the Church of England. In the spring of 1834, while attending a Methodist camp meeting, Mary met Joseph Horne and two years later married him.
The young couple first heard the Restored Gospel proclaimed by Mormon Apostles Orson and Parley P. Pratt and they were baptized in July of 1836 by Orson Hyde. The family resided first at Far West, Missouri, then moved to Quincy, Illinois, enjoying the fellowship of the other Saints. Mary received her endowment in the Nauvoo Temple December 30, 1845 and on June 14, 1847 she and Joseph enrolled in Bishop Edward Hunter's Company, whose destination was the valley of the Great Salt Lake. The family outfit consisted of two heavy vehicles loaded with provisions, farming implements, seed, grain, bedding and clothing; also a light, one-horse conveyance which Mary drove. The company arrived in Salt Lake City October 6, 1847. The Horne family first resided at the west side of the Old Fort until March 1849 when they moved into the Fourteenth Ward where in 1856 Mary was made president of the Relief Society. She held that position for a period of fourteen years. In 1877 she was made stake president of the Relief Society. In 1870 she became president of the Retrenchment Association, 1876 vice president of the Silk Association and in 1890 president of the Woman's Cooperative Mercantile Institution. She was an able supporter and advocate of woman's suffrage. (See, Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 20, p.301, with additions and corrections)