Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Phillips Camp Biographies, Allen to Barton

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nized her , when the fa mil y all gathered round to meet the train of im-migrants . Mary Fanning ~a~ baptized by William Boothe , about two months after arriv i ng in Utah and in Feb . 1863 her little daughter , Anne was born . About a year la ter , she ma rr i ed William Jefferies Barnes in the endowment House,the ceremona was performed by Wilford Woodruff . To th i s union were born ten chi l dren , s even daughters , three sons , Mary, Fannie , Rose , Jemina , Ru ebon , Nell ie , Levi , Harry, Maggie and Phoebe . One of her fir s t homes was a l og cabin close 4o where Ezra Ba rne s now lives . Another home was the house of Robert Youn gJ residence . She was a f armers wife mo s t of her yea r s on thei r farm which in now the Hulon Barnes property . Here she lived the life of. the typical pioneer wife and mother . She wove , she spun, she to iled night and day for her children . She was not only wi fe and mother bu t nurse a~d doctor , gardner and hort icult­' lrast . Her b eautiful flower garden was admired by all who saw it . She vXCelled in hand work , e specially in the knitting of l ace • . Her home was imucul ate and she not onl y s erved in her h ome but f ou~d time t~ help oth ers . She was k nown as a practi ca l nurse and was called upon by those in need of assi stan c e . Mary was not very l arge in sta ture but her h eart wa s large enough to encompa ss all she encoun t e r ed and no on e k n ew her but to love h e r . $he died . Octobe r 16, 1932 at the gra nd age of 91 years , at the h ome of her da ugh ter , Ma r y . Eleven chi l dren mourned her passing . 2