Wife of Anson Call.
Mrs. Margretta Call passed away early Sunday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Thomas Waddoups in Bountiful, after less than a months illness.
Mrs. Call was an old resident of Bountiful and widow of the late Anson Call, one of the three first settlers of Bountiful.
She was born in Nottingham, England, eighty years ago, the 26th of last May. Came to Utah in 1856. She was a member of Martin's ill fated hand cart company of which so many members perished in the snow while crossing the plains.
She was married to the late Anson Call in February, 1857, and lived in Bountiful from that time to her death.
Six children were born to them, all of whom except Mrs. Cynthia Waddoups, survive her. The children are, Mary and Cylista Waddoups, Samantha Mann, Willard and Aaron Call. Willard lives in Mexico.
Funeral services were held Tuesday in the East Ward Tabernacle. The speakers were, Elders J. T. Mabey, Alfred Burningham, Apostle John Henry Smith and Bishop stoker.
(Davis County Clipper 1-1-1909)
Wife of Anson Call.
Mrs. Margretta Call passed away early Sunday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Thomas Waddoups in Bountiful, after less than a months illness.
Mrs. Call was an old resident of Bountiful and widow of the late Anson Call, one of the three first settlers of Bountiful.
She was born in Nottingham, England, eighty years ago, the 26th of last May. Came to Utah in 1856. She was a member of Martin's ill fated hand cart company of which so many members perished in the snow while crossing the plains.
She was married to the late Anson Call in February, 1857, and lived in Bountiful from that time to her death.
Six children were born to them, all of whom except Mrs. Cynthia Waddoups, survive her. The children are, Mary and Cylista Waddoups, Samantha Mann, Willard and Aaron Call. Willard lives in Mexico.
Funeral services were held Tuesday in the East Ward Tabernacle. The speakers were, Elders J. T. Mabey, Alfred Burningham, Apostle John Henry Smith and Bishop stoker.
(Davis County Clipper 1-1-1909)