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Elvira Pamela <I>Cox</I> Blackburn

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Elvira Pamela Cox Blackburn

Birth
Washington, Washington County, Utah, USA
Death
10 May 1949 (aged 74)
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Burial
Orderville, Kane County, Utah, USA
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Obituary: Mrs Blackburn was born Feb 3, 1875 in Washington county, a daughter of Delaun and Charlotte Kelsey Cox. The family moved to Orderville when she was still a small child.
On Sept. 6, 1892 she was married to Mr. Blackburn in the St. George temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He died in 1933.
A member of the church, she had held offices in several auxiliary organizations. Since the death of her husband she had spent her winters in St. George doing temple work.
She served as a midwife in Long Valley during her early life when there were no doctors in the area.
Surviving are eight of her ten sons and daughters: Mrs. Mercy Chamberlain and Easton, Ferl and tone Blackburn or Orderville: Mrs. Nancy Chamberlain of Glendale: Mrs. Charlotte Cane of Cedar City; Mrs. Margaret Charboneau of Monrovia, Calif., and Mrs. Clara Hickins of Heber City; six sisters, Mrs. Charlotte Heaton, Kanab; Mrs. Phoebe Thurber, Idaho; Mrs. Maggie Heaton, Moccasin, Ari;z; Mrs. Delta Blake and Mres. Euphrasia Dobson, Salt Lake City; a stepdaughter and a stepson, Mrs. Alice Heaton, Cedar City, and Thomas Blackburn, Mt. Carmel, and an adopted daughter, Mrs. Bessie Heaton, Orderville; thirty grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Obituary: Mrs Blackburn was born Feb 3, 1875 in Washington county, a daughter of Delaun and Charlotte Kelsey Cox. The family moved to Orderville when she was still a small child.
On Sept. 6, 1892 she was married to Mr. Blackburn in the St. George temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He died in 1933.
A member of the church, she had held offices in several auxiliary organizations. Since the death of her husband she had spent her winters in St. George doing temple work.
She served as a midwife in Long Valley during her early life when there were no doctors in the area.
Surviving are eight of her ten sons and daughters: Mrs. Mercy Chamberlain and Easton, Ferl and tone Blackburn or Orderville: Mrs. Nancy Chamberlain of Glendale: Mrs. Charlotte Cane of Cedar City; Mrs. Margaret Charboneau of Monrovia, Calif., and Mrs. Clara Hickins of Heber City; six sisters, Mrs. Charlotte Heaton, Kanab; Mrs. Phoebe Thurber, Idaho; Mrs. Maggie Heaton, Moccasin, Ari;z; Mrs. Delta Blake and Mres. Euphrasia Dobson, Salt Lake City; a stepdaughter and a stepson, Mrs. Alice Heaton, Cedar City, and Thomas Blackburn, Mt. Carmel, and an adopted daughter, Mrs. Bessie Heaton, Orderville; thirty grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

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