Brigham Young Academy High School Class in 1876. Hannah Billings. One of the original 29 students who registered on the first day of classes at Brigham Young Academy, January 3, 1876. She is also included on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student.
~ ~ ~ ~ Hannah Billings was born on March 14, 1852 in Manti, Utah. Her parents: George Pierce Billings and Edith Patten Billings. Hannah Billings married John E. Booth. She died on May 18, 1881 in Provo, Utah, at about 29 years of age. Interment, Provo City Cemetery.
~ ~ ~ ~ HER OBITUARY: Provo City, May 20, 1880. Editor, Deseret News: Permit me to chronicle through your columns the death of our much beloved Sister Hannah Booth, the wife of Bishop John E. Booth of the 4th Ward of our city, daughter of George P. and Edith (Patten) Billings. The deceased was born at Manti, Sanpete County, Utah, March 12, 1852, and died of pneumonia May 18, 1881, has been a resident of Provo since the date of her marriage, April 1876, entering into all the duties of her sex in connection with her sisters, occupying many prominent positions in the 4th Ward, viz: President of the Primary Association, Counselor to the President of the Young Ladies' Improvement Association, Secretary of the Silk Association, and actively engaged in teaching the district school of the ward at the time of her attack by the disease which resulted in her death, all of which offices were filled with a quiet fidelity and success to the advancement of their several interests. As a mark of the great respect in which the deceased sister was held, the Brigham Young Academy of which she had been a successful pupil, adjourned to attend the funeral services, which were held this afternoon. The remains were borne from her residence to the meeting house by the young men of the B. Y. Academy, followed by the father and immediate friends; next in order the various societies and associations in which the deceased held active interest during her life -- the sisters of the Relief Society, the students of the B. Y. Academy, Sunday school pupils, Young Ladies' Improvement Association, and children of her day school, some of them weeping bitterly at the lost of their kind friend and instructress. The services at the meeting-house were of an impressive nature; the singing of the children of the Primary Association was very affecting, as their sweet, fresh, young voice repeated in beautiful harmony the words, "Oh my Father, thou that dwellest;" tears were drawn from many eyes other than those of the immediate relatives and friends. The discourse of Elder Karl G. Maeser was instructive and eulogistic (unintentionally however) of the quiet but noble life and exertions of the deceased, as witnessed in the attendance of so many sympathetic friends of all ages and conditions of the citizens of our city. Bishop J. S. McCulloch and Prest. David John followed Brother Maeser. At the close of the services the remains were followed to the cemetery by one of the largest processions ever witnessed in this city. ~ ~ A. Jones [Deseret News, June 8, 1881.]
~ ~ ~ ~ Hannah Billings was born on March 14, 1852 in Manti, Utah. Her parents: George Pierce Billings and Edith Patten Billings. Hannah Billings married John E. Booth. She died on May 18, 1881 in Provo, Utah, at about 29 years of age. Interment, Provo City Cemetery.
~ ~ ~ ~ HER OBITUARY: Provo City, May 20, 1880. Editor, Deseret News: Permit me to chronicle through your columns the death of our much beloved Sister Hannah Booth, the wife of Bishop John E. Booth of the 4th Ward of our city, daughter of George P. and Edith (Patten) Billings. The deceased was born at Manti, Sanpete County, Utah, March 12, 1852, and died of pneumonia May 18, 1881, has been a resident of Provo since the date of her marriage, April 1876, entering into all the duties of her sex in connection with her sisters, occupying many prominent positions in the 4th Ward, viz: President of the Primary Association, Counselor to the President of the Young Ladies' Improvement Association, Secretary of the Silk Association, and actively engaged in teaching the district school of the ward at the time of her attack by the disease which resulted in her death, all of which offices were filled with a quiet fidelity and success to the advancement of their several interests. As a mark of the great respect in which the deceased sister was held, the Brigham Young Academy of which she had been a successful pupil, adjourned to attend the funeral services, which were held this afternoon. The remains were borne from her residence to the meeting house by the young men of the B. Y. Academy, followed by the father and immediate friends; next in order the various societies and associations in which the deceased held active interest during her life -- the sisters of the Relief Society, the students of the B. Y. Academy, Sunday school pupils, Young Ladies' Improvement Association, and children of her day school, some of them weeping bitterly at the lost of their kind friend and instructress. The services at the meeting-house were of an impressive nature; the singing of the children of the Primary Association was very affecting, as their sweet, fresh, young voice repeated in beautiful harmony the words, "Oh my Father, thou that dwellest;" tears were drawn from many eyes other than those of the immediate relatives and friends. The discourse of Elder Karl G. Maeser was instructive and eulogistic (unintentionally however) of the quiet but noble life and exertions of the deceased, as witnessed in the attendance of so many sympathetic friends of all ages and conditions of the citizens of our city. Bishop J. S. McCulloch and Prest. David John followed Brother Maeser. At the close of the services the remains were followed to the cemetery by one of the largest processions ever witnessed in this city. ~ ~ A. Jones [Deseret News, June 8, 1881.]
Brigham Young Academy High School Class in 1876. Hannah Billings. One of the original 29 students who registered on the first day of classes at Brigham Young Academy, January 3, 1876. She is also included on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student.
~ ~ ~ ~ Hannah Billings was born on March 14, 1852 in Manti, Utah. Her parents: George Pierce Billings and Edith Patten Billings. Hannah Billings married John E. Booth. She died on May 18, 1881 in Provo, Utah, at about 29 years of age. Interment, Provo City Cemetery.
~ ~ ~ ~ HER OBITUARY: Provo City, May 20, 1880. Editor, Deseret News: Permit me to chronicle through your columns the death of our much beloved Sister Hannah Booth, the wife of Bishop John E. Booth of the 4th Ward of our city, daughter of George P. and Edith (Patten) Billings. The deceased was born at Manti, Sanpete County, Utah, March 12, 1852, and died of pneumonia May 18, 1881, has been a resident of Provo since the date of her marriage, April 1876, entering into all the duties of her sex in connection with her sisters, occupying many prominent positions in the 4th Ward, viz: President of the Primary Association, Counselor to the President of the Young Ladies' Improvement Association, Secretary of the Silk Association, and actively engaged in teaching the district school of the ward at the time of her attack by the disease which resulted in her death, all of which offices were filled with a quiet fidelity and success to the advancement of their several interests. As a mark of the great respect in which the deceased sister was held, the Brigham Young Academy of which she had been a successful pupil, adjourned to attend the funeral services, which were held this afternoon. The remains were borne from her residence to the meeting house by the young men of the B. Y. Academy, followed by the father and immediate friends; next in order the various societies and associations in which the deceased held active interest during her life -- the sisters of the Relief Society, the students of the B. Y. Academy, Sunday school pupils, Young Ladies' Improvement Association, and children of her day school, some of them weeping bitterly at the lost of their kind friend and instructress. The services at the meeting-house were of an impressive nature; the singing of the children of the Primary Association was very affecting, as their sweet, fresh, young voice repeated in beautiful harmony the words, "Oh my Father, thou that dwellest;" tears were drawn from many eyes other than those of the immediate relatives and friends. The discourse of Elder Karl G. Maeser was instructive and eulogistic (unintentionally however) of the quiet but noble life and exertions of the deceased, as witnessed in the attendance of so many sympathetic friends of all ages and conditions of the citizens of our city. Bishop J. S. McCulloch and Prest. David John followed Brother Maeser. At the close of the services the remains were followed to the cemetery by one of the largest processions ever witnessed in this city. ~ ~ A. Jones [Deseret News, June 8, 1881.]
~ ~ ~ ~ Hannah Billings was born on March 14, 1852 in Manti, Utah. Her parents: George Pierce Billings and Edith Patten Billings. Hannah Billings married John E. Booth. She died on May 18, 1881 in Provo, Utah, at about 29 years of age. Interment, Provo City Cemetery.
~ ~ ~ ~ HER OBITUARY: Provo City, May 20, 1880. Editor, Deseret News: Permit me to chronicle through your columns the death of our much beloved Sister Hannah Booth, the wife of Bishop John E. Booth of the 4th Ward of our city, daughter of George P. and Edith (Patten) Billings. The deceased was born at Manti, Sanpete County, Utah, March 12, 1852, and died of pneumonia May 18, 1881, has been a resident of Provo since the date of her marriage, April 1876, entering into all the duties of her sex in connection with her sisters, occupying many prominent positions in the 4th Ward, viz: President of the Primary Association, Counselor to the President of the Young Ladies' Improvement Association, Secretary of the Silk Association, and actively engaged in teaching the district school of the ward at the time of her attack by the disease which resulted in her death, all of which offices were filled with a quiet fidelity and success to the advancement of their several interests. As a mark of the great respect in which the deceased sister was held, the Brigham Young Academy of which she had been a successful pupil, adjourned to attend the funeral services, which were held this afternoon. The remains were borne from her residence to the meeting house by the young men of the B. Y. Academy, followed by the father and immediate friends; next in order the various societies and associations in which the deceased held active interest during her life -- the sisters of the Relief Society, the students of the B. Y. Academy, Sunday school pupils, Young Ladies' Improvement Association, and children of her day school, some of them weeping bitterly at the lost of their kind friend and instructress. The services at the meeting-house were of an impressive nature; the singing of the children of the Primary Association was very affecting, as their sweet, fresh, young voice repeated in beautiful harmony the words, "Oh my Father, thou that dwellest;" tears were drawn from many eyes other than those of the immediate relatives and friends. The discourse of Elder Karl G. Maeser was instructive and eulogistic (unintentionally however) of the quiet but noble life and exertions of the deceased, as witnessed in the attendance of so many sympathetic friends of all ages and conditions of the citizens of our city. Bishop J. S. McCulloch and Prest. David John followed Brother Maeser. At the close of the services the remains were followed to the cemetery by one of the largest processions ever witnessed in this city. ~ ~ A. Jones [Deseret News, June 8, 1881.]
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