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- RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Censuses:
1840 US: Quincy First Ward, Adams, Illinois, related families:
P. 6a:
Stephen Hales, males 10-15:1; 15-20:1; 30-40:1; 40-50:1//females 15-20:1; 40-50:1. [Stephen, his wife Mary Ann, Henry W.(12), George (18), {not sure who the 30-40 male and the 15-20 female would be unless it was Charles, age 23 and not over 30, and his new bride Julia Ann, under age 20 - either way it would live Stephen, age 20, unaccounted for}. I do not find Charles or Stephen separately in same census.]
P. 7a:
John Ellis, males 20-30:1//females 15-20:2. [Not sure who the second female would be.]
P. 15a [2nd Ward]:
Joseph Horne, males 0-5:1; 20-30:1//females 20-30:1.
1850 US: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, p. 48 of 180, house and family 342:
Joseph Horne, 39, farmer, Eng.
Mary, 32, Eng.
Henry, 12, MO.
Joseph, 8, IL.
Richard, 6, IL.
Elizabeth, 4, IL.
Leonora, 2, Deseret.
Mary Humphrey, 16, Can.
1860 US: Salt Lake City, 14th Ward, Utah, p. 8 of 23, 13 Jun 1860, house 278, family 48:
Joseph Horne, 48, mason, $1500, $500, Eng.
Mary J., 41, Eng.
Henry J., 21, MO.
Joseph S., 18, IL.
Richard S., 15, IL.
Elizabeth A., 12, NE.
Leonora T., 11, UT.
Julia H., 8, UT.
John P., 6, UT.
Pamelia P., 4, UT.
Cornelius H., 4, UT.
Elizabeth Humphrey, 19, IL.
Henry Humphrey, 1, UT.
1880 US: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, FHL film 1255337, NA film T9-1337, p. 93D:
Joseph Horn, farmer, M, 68, Eng Eng Eng.
Mary S., keeping house, wife, M, 34, Eng Eng Eng.
William J., son, clerk R.R., 20, UT Eng Eng.
George H., son, at school, 15, UT Eng Eng.
Thomas R., son, at school, S, 11, UT Eng Eng.
Albert, son, 8,, UT Eng Eng.
Nettie M., dau., 5, UT Eng Eng.
Lillia M., dau., 1M, UT Eng Eng.
Mary I., keeping house, wife, 61, Eng Eng Eng.
Martha J., printing office, dau., 22, UT Eng Eng.
Clara E., at home, 19, UT Eng Eng.
Jacob W. Horn, gson, 1, UT, IL, PA.
1900 US: Farmer's Precinct [Salt Lake City Area], Salt Lake, Utah, p. 194A:
Henry C. James, Jan 1860, 40, m. 16 yrs., UT Eng Eng, mining engineer.
Clara E., wife, Apr 1861, 39, m. 16 yrs., UT Eng Eng.
Henry C., son, Nov 1885, 14, UT UT UT.
Louis, son, Nov 1888, 11, UT UT UT.
Mary, dau., Apr 1892, 8, UT UT UT.
Walter, son, Mch 1894, 6, UT UT UT.
Florence, day., Dec 1895, 4, UT UT UT.
Mary I. Horne, mo.-in-law, Nov 1818, 81, widow, 15 total children with 8 living, Eng Eng Eng, immigrated 1838.
BIOGRAPHY:
1. Pictures in possession of Kerry Petersen in file folder with father's family group.
2. Autobiography in compilation by Kenneth Hales, Windows (1985), p. 28, as copied at Nauvoo Visitor's Center: "I was born on the 20th of Nov., 1818, in the town of Rainham, county of Kent, England. I am the dau. of Stephen and Mary Ann Hales, and am the eldest dau. of a large family. My parents were honest, industrious people; and when very young I was taught to pray, to be honest and truthful, to be kind to my associates, and to do good to all around me. My father was of a Methodist faith, but my mother attended the Church of England. As I was religiously inclined, I attended the Methodist Church with my father, who was faithful in the performance of his religious duties, although he never became a very enthusiastic Methodist."
3. The book "Mormon Midwife, the 1846-1888 Diaries of Patty Bartlett Sessions," Donna Toland Smart, editor, has several passing references to Mary Isabella Horne (Mary's married name) in the 1846-1848 time range.
4. The book "A Comprehensive History of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints," B.H. Roberts:
Vol. VI, pp. 54-55: "Attack upon woman suffrage in Utah. There had been an effort under the administration of the Edmunds law commission to have the territorial statute confering the suffrage upon women declared illegal. This on the initiative of 'certain non-'Mormon' citizens of high character:' first before the Utah Commission, and second before the courts. The commission heard the arguments patiently, and then unanimously decided against the motion to refuse registration to the women entitled to vote in Utah. ' The courts of Utah were then appealed to,' says A.B. Carlton, member of the commission. 'They decided the law to be valid and the judges were abused and criticized.' (Footnote: 'Wonderland of the Wild West, p. 51.) With reference to this assault upon the statute of the territory conferring the right of suffrage upon women the People's party platform said: 'For twelve years the women citizens of Utah have enjoyed the right to vote at all elections in this territory and have exercised it with credit to themselves and to the benefit of the community, and the people's party hereby denounces the attempts which have been made to deprive women voters of the right of suffrage, as an illiberal and unmanly assault upon vested rights and upon justice, equality and the principle of popular sovereignty.' In order to give recognition to the right of women to participate in political activities, Mrs. Emmeline B. Wells and Mrs. M.I. Horne were elected members of the territorial committee of the People's party."
Vol. V, pp. 231-233, talks in detail of a great mass meeting of five to six thousand of the women of the church which was held mid-January 1870 in the Salt Lake City tabernacle in spite of inclement weather to protest against the passage of the congressional Cragin/Cullom bills relating to plural marriage. This protest surprised Congress and most Americans in their misapprehensions that plural marriage existed against the desire and will of the women of that church. A committee on resolutions was appointed including Isabella Horne and five others who were all presidents of various ward Relief Societies in Salt Lake City. Resolutions included: "Resolved: That we, the ladies of Salt Lake City, in mass meeting asssembled, do manifest our indignation and protest against the bill before congress, known as the Cullom bill, also the one known as the Cragin bill, and all similar bills, expressions and manifestos. Resolved: That we acknowledge the institutions of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as the only reliable safeguard of female virtue and innocence...We are and shall be united with our brethren in sustaining them against each and every encroachment." [For more details on this see the next book citation, chapter XLIII.]
5. The book "The Women of Mormondom," Edward W. Tulidge:
a. Chapter XXIII, pp. 231-236, "Among the early fruits of the Canadian mission, perhaps the name of no other lady stands more conspicuous for good works and faithful ministrations, than that of Mrs. Mary I. [Hales] Horne. It will, therefore, be eminently proper to introduce her at this time to the reader and give a brief sketch of her early career. From her own journal we quote as follows: 'I was born on the 20th of Nov., 1818, in the town of Rainham, county of Kent, England. I am the daughter of Stephen and Mary Ann Hales, and am the eldest daughter of a large family. My parents were honest, industrious people; and when very young I was taught to pray, to be honest and truthful, to be kind to my associates, and to do good to all around me. My father was of a Methodist faith, but my mother attended the Church of England. As I was religiously inclined, I attended the Methodist Church with my father, who was faithful in the performance of his religious duties, although he never became a very enthusiastic Methodist. In the year 1832, when I was in my thirteenth year, there was great excitement in the town where I lived, over the favorable reports that were sent from Van Dieman's Land, and the great inducements held out to those who would go to that country. My father and mother caught the spirit of going, and began to make preparations for leaving England. Before arrangements had been completed for us to go, however, letters were received from Upper Canada, picturing, in glowing terms, the advantages of that country. My father changed his mind immediately and made arrangements to emigrate to the town of York, afterwards call Toronto. Accordingly, on the 16th day of April, 1832, our family, consisting of my parents, five sons, myself and a younger sister, bade adieu to England. We had a tedious voyage of six weeks across the ocean, and my mother was sick during the entire voyage. During the passage across there were three deaths on board - one of the three being my brother Elias, whom we sorrowfully consigned to a watery grave. Our ship anchored at Quebec in May, and after a tedious passage up the St. Lawrence by steamer, we landed in safety at the town of York, June 16th, thankful that we were at our journey's end. Here we were in a strange land, and to our dismay we found that the cholera was raging fearfully in that region; but through all of those trying scenes the Lord preserved us in health. In the spring of 1833 we removed into the country about eight miles, to a place located in the township of York, and in the spring of 1834 I attended a Methodist camp-meeting in that neighborhood, where I formed the acquaintance of Mr. Joseph Horne, who is now my husband. The most of the time for the next two years I lived in service in the city of Toronto, going once in three months to visit my parents. On the 9th day of May, 1836, I was married to Mr. Horne. He owned a farm about one mile from my father's house, and I removed to his residence soon after my marriage. I now felt that I was settled in life; and, although I had not been used to farm work, I milked cows, fed pigs and chickens, and made myself at home in my new situation, seeking to make my home pleasant for my husband, and working to advance his interests. About the first of June, of that year, report came to us of a man professing to be sent of God to preach to the people would hold a meeting about a mile from our house. My husband decided that we should go and hear him. We accordingly went, and there first heard Elder Orson Pratt. We were very much pleased with his sermon. Another meeting was appointed for the following week, and Elder Pratt told us that business called him away, but his brother, Parley P. Pratt, would be with us and preach in his stead. I invited my father to go with us to hear him, and the appointed evening found all of his family at the 'Mormon' meeting. Elder Pratt told us that God was an unchangeable being - the same yesterday, to-day, and forever - and taught us the gospel in its purity; then showed from the Bible that the gospel was the same in all ages of the world; but man had wandered from God and the true gospel, and that the Lord had sent an angel to Joseph Smith restoring to him the pure gospel with its gifts and blessings. My father was so delighted with the sermon that he left the Methodist Church and attended the 'Mormon meetings' altogether; and in a short time every member of his family had received and obeyed the gospel. This made quite a stir among the Methodist. One of the class-leaders came to converse with us, and used every argument he could to convince us that Mormonism was false, but without avail. 'Well,' said he, finally 'there are none but children and fools who join them,' and left us to our fate. In July (1836) I was baptized by Orson Hyde, and ever after that our house was open for meetings, and became a home for many of the elders. The following from Brother Parley P. Pratt's autobiography, is a truthful statement of circumstance which occurred in the fall of that year, and to which I can bear witness, as it was of my own personal observation, the lady in question being a neighbor of ours. He says: 'Now, there was living in that neighborhood a young man and his wife, named Whitney; he was a blacksmith by trade; their residence was perhaps a mile or more from Mr. Lamphere's, where I held my semi-monthly meetings, His wife was taken down very suddenly about that time with a strange affliction. She would be prostrated by some power invisible to those about her, and suffer an agony of distress indescribable. She often cried out that she could see two devils in human form, who were thus operating upon her, and that she could hear them talk; but, as the bystanders could not see them, but only see the effects, they did not know what to think or how to understand. She would have one of these spells once in about twenty-four hours, and when it had passed she would lie in bed so lame, bruised, sore, and helpless that she could not rise alone, or even sit up, for some weeks, All this time she had to have watchers both night and day, and sometimes four or five at a time, insomuch that the neighbors were worn out and weary with watching. Mr. Whitney sent word for me two of three times, or left word for me to call next time I visited the neighborhood. This, however, I had neglected to do, owing to the extreme pressure of labors upon me in so large a circuit of meetings - indeed I had not a moment to spare. At last, as I came round on the circuit again, the woman, who had often requested to see the man of God, that he might minister to her relief, declared she would see him anyhow, for she knew she could be helped if she could but get sight of him. In her agony she sprang from her bed, cleared herself from her frighttened husband and others, who were trying to hold her, and ran for Mr. Lamphere's, where I was then holding meeting. At first, to use her own words, she felt very weak, and nearly fainted, but her strength came to her, and increased at every step till she reached the meeting. Her friends were all astonished, and in alarm, lest she should die in the attempt, tried to pursue her, and they several times laid hold of her and tried to forsce or persuade her back. 'No,' said she, 'let me see the man of God; I can but die, and I cannot endure such affliction any longer.' On she came, until at last they gave up, and said, "Let her go, perhaps it will be according to her faith." So she came, and when the thing was explained the eyes of the whole multitude were upon her. I ceased to preach, and, stepping to her in the presence of the whole meeting, I laid my hands upon her and said, "Sister, be of good cheer, thy sins are forgiven, thy faith hath made thee whole; and, in the name of Jesus Christ, I rebuke the devils and unclean spirits, and command them to trouble thee no more.' She returned home well, went about her housekeeping, and remained well from that time forth.' In the latter part of the summer of 1837' continues Mrs. Horne, 'I had the great pleasure of being introduced to, and entertaining, the beloved prophet, Joseph Smith, with Sidney Rigdon and T.B. Marsh. I said to myself, 'O Lord, I thank thee for granting the desire of my girlish heart, in permitting me to associate with prophets and apostles.' On shaking hands with Joseph Smith, I received the holy spirit in such great abundance that I felt it thrill my whole system, from the crown of my head to the soles of my feet. I thought I had never beheld so lovely a countenance. Nobility and goodness were in every feature. The saints in Kirland removed in the following spring to Missouri. We started from Canada in March, 1838, with a small company of saints. The roads were very bad, as the frost was coming out of the ground, consequently, I had to drive the team during a great portion of the journey, while my husband walked. On arriving at Huntsville, one hundred miles from Far West, we found several families of saints, and tarried a short time with them. There I was introduced to the parents of the prophet, and also to his cousin, George A. Smith. At a meeting held in that place I received a patriarchal blessing from Joseph Smith, Sr. He told me that I had to pass through a great deal of sickness, sorrow and tribulation, but 'the Lord will bring you through six troubles, and in the seventh he will not leave you;' all of which has verily been fulfilled.' Mrs. Horne, with her husband and family, reached Far West in August of that year, and received their full share of privations incident to the settlement of that city, and also a full share of exposure, sickness and peril incident to the expulsion of the saints from Missouri. Finally thereafter they gathered in Nauvoo; and there for the present let us leave them - promising the reader that Mrs. Horne shall again come to the front when we treat of the wonderful missionary efforts of Mormon women in Utah."
b. Chapter XXV, pp. 331-335: "Sister Horne thus relates some incidents of the journey [across the plains]: Apostle John Taylor traveled in the company that my family was with, Bishop Hunter being captain of the company of one hundred, and Bishop Foutz and my husband being captains of fifties. The officers proposed, for safety in traveling through the Indian country, that the two fifties travel side by side, which was agreed to, Bishop Foutz's fifty taking the north side. For some days the wind blew from the south with considerable force, covering the fifty on the north with dust from our wagons. This continued for two weeks; it was then agreed that the two copanies should shift positions in order to give us our fair proportion of the dust; but in a day or two afterwards the wind shifted to the north, thus driving the dust on to the same company as before. After having some good nature badinage over the circumstance, our company changed with the unfortunates and took its share of the dust. One day a company of Indians met us and manifested a desire to trade, which we were glad to do; but as the brethren were exchanging corn for buffalo robes, the squaws were quietly stealing every thing they could lay hands upon. Many bake kettles, skillets and frying-pans were missing when we halted that night. As our wagons were standing while the trading was going on, one Indian took a great fancy to my little girl, who was sitting on my knee, and wanted to buy her, offering me a pony. I told him 'no trade.' He then brought another pony, and still another, but I told him no; so he brought the fourth, and gave me to understand that they were all good, and that the last one was especially good for chasing buffalo. The situation was becoming decidedly embarrassing, when several more wagons drew near, dispersing the crowd of Indians that had gathered around me, and attracting the attention of my persistent patron...On the 4th of August several of the Mormon battalion were met returning from the Mexican war. They were husbands and sons of women in this division. There was joy indeed in the meeting. Next came an express from the valley, and finally the main body of the pioneers, returning to winter quarters. On the Sweetwater, Apostle Taylor made for them a royal feast, spoken of to this day. Sisters Taylor, Horne, and others of our leading pioneer women, sustained the honors of that occasion."
6. The publication "Our Pioneer Heritage," Kate B. Carter, Vol. 1, pp. 121: "My Pioneer Home. I, Mary Isabella Horne, arrived in Salt Lake Valley with my husband and family on the evening of the 6th of Oct., 1847 and camped on the Old Fort Grounds. Only those who have had a similar experience can realize how our hearts were filled with gratitude to our Heavenly Father that He had preserve our lives, and that we had met with no accident during our long and perilous journey of nearly four months through an unknown and uninhabited country. Like the rest of the company, our tent was pitched, wagon boxes were set upon logs for sleeping purposes, and we prepared to be as comfortable as possible under the circumstances, feeling that here was to be our future home. The weather being mild and pleasant, the Brothers immediately went to work to get out logs and to make adobes, to prepare to build houses for their families...There were no trees, no houses, nothing at all for our comfort but what we brought with us one thousand miles. There was no lumber, no sawmills, and only the simplest of mechanic's tools. It may be interesting to those who never saw a sawpit, to describe one that they may know how logs were sawed and lumber manufactured in those early days. In the first place a trench was dug as deep as a man's shoulders, and a number of feet long. Strong trestles were built over the pit on which to place a log to be sawed. The saw was a long one, with handles across either end. When the log was placed upon the trestles, one man would stand upon the top of the log, the other in the trench; then one would pull the saw up, the other down, and this saw process was the only way we had to get lumber in those days. Mr Horne succeeded in building two small log rooms that season for our family, which consisted of my husband, myself, four children and Brother and Sister Robert Holmes, whom we brought with us, and when we moved into the house there were neither doors, windows or floors. But as soon as the lumber could be sawed we had doors made, and a window of six small lights was put in each room. Our floors were made of hewed logs called "Missouri Puncheons." As the climate to all appearances was very dry, the roofs were built nearly flat. They were made of split poles laid across the logs, then a thick covering of coarse grass, and on top of that a thick layer of dirt. I can assure your we were very thankful for even such rude houses after living in tents and wagon boxes for so many months. I will try to describe some of the furniture we had, as all we could bring with us was one chair. Holes were bored in the logs of the house, in which poles were inserted, and posts were set upon the floor to hold the other end of the poles; rope or rawhide was stretched across these, which formed our bedsteads. Two small poles put in the logs the same way, with a packing box laid on its side was our cupboard, with a calico curtain before it to keep out the dirt. Stools were made for seats, boxes used for tables until enough lumber was sawed to make tables, and we began to feel a little more comfortable. But, Alas! This did not last long. In the beginning of March we had a severe storm of rain and sleet, completely saturating the roofs, so that it rained as fast in the house as it did outside. The first consideration was to secure our provisions, for they were our salvation. Buffalo robes and all available covering were brought into use for protection. We were in a bad situation, Mr. Horne tacked wagon covers to the roof and at the foot of the bed to let the water run off to the floor. We had an oil cloth table-cover which he tacked over our heads where we ate, emptying the water into buckets every little while. Wraps and umbrellas were used while doing our cooking and housework. This storm lasted ten days. Almost everything in the house was wet. It rained on us in the house for sometime after it had abated outside. The first day after the storm ceased the whole fort had all kinds of clothing hung out to dry. It looked like a variety rag fair. It was really laughable to see them. We had only got things dry and put in order when a terrible storm passed over City Creek Canyon. A cloud burst, and the water came rushng down to the Fort pouring into some of the houses. Our floor had two or three inches of water over it. As spring opened there were other difficulties to meet and overcome. Snakes came crawling out of the ground around our houses, terrifying the children. These were soon killed or frightened away. Mice also came out of the ground by the thousands and were a terrible scourge. Before we were aware of it they had gotten into our trunks and boxes, eating our clothing and making sad havoc of everything they could destroy; falling down on us from the roof, running over us at night, crawling into our coats and wraps hanging on the walls, and running up the sleeves and backs when we put them on to go out. As 'necessity is the mother of invention' a variety of traps were soon made, the most efficient one being very simple, and which I will describe. A piece of thin board about a foot and a half long and six inches wide was whittled off round at each end, leaving the middle four inches long. A little grease was put on the edges of the wide part, which was then laid over a pail of water. When the mice ran to get the grease the board turned and tipped them into the water. Dozens were killed in the evening. Sister Haight brought a cat with her. I gave fifty cents for one of her kittens when it was three weeks old, and she proved very useful. From her I supplied several of my neighbors with cats, which, with the traps soon began to diminish the troublesome little pests. Then we had an awful time with bedbugs. The timber of which our houses were built was full of them and it was years before they were entirely subdued. The cattle being worked down were very poor, the beef had to be boiled all day to make it tender enough to eat. Our cow had to work in the yoke, and consquntly went dry, so we had neither milk nor butter. I had to make gruel out of shorts for my children to break their bread in for supper and breakfast. We had a little meat for dinner, no vegetables, but a few segoes and parsnps which the boys dug... One circumstance I will relate. One day a herd of deer came running across the valley, and not being used to meeting with any obstrtuction, were we bewildered and frightened that one of them jumped right over the houses into the Fort. Brother A. Brower went into the house, got his gun and shot the deer. We had privilege of eating some of the venison, which was very nice after eating poor beef so long. Sister Leonora Taylor had brought a piece of bolting cloth with her. One of the men made a frame, tacked the cloth to it making a sieve, which was borrowed all aroound the Fort when the Sisters wanted to make few white biscuits. We had little time for amusements the first year. Men, women and children had to work to keep things in order. Yet we felt free and happy, having no fear of mobs. Small gardens were fenced off in front of our houses, with willows and brush, where we planted flower seeds and vegtables which finally grew. Bur very few vegetables could be eaten; they must go to seed for another year. I believe Sister Leonora Taylor was among the first, if not the very frst, to plant apple and fruit seeds. The trees were transplanted on their lot in the 14th Ward, where they grew to be very large trees, and produced fine large fruit of excellent flavor. A mountaineer from Fort Hall brought some groceries on pack mules. We were all needing them, but had to pass through an unpleasant ordeal to get some. I, with other sisters stood an hour and a half of longer, to take our turn; then each one could only have a pint of very brown sugar, for which we had to pay one dollar. Coffee was the same price, other things in proportion. To make our houses look a little more finished, I got a little skim milk from a neighbor, who was fortunate enough to have some, put some red lead and lamp black into it, and took a rag and painted the door and frames with it, which made them more home-like and saved labor. We had several bunches of cotton yarn with us. One of the Apostles proposed making a fish net to see if we could catch some fish to help out with our poor beef. The yarn was twisted and the net made, one hundred yards long. I knit twenty-five yards; Brother John Taylor's family the rest. When it was finished Brother Taylor and a number of other brethren went to the Jordan River one evening to try the seine to see if it would work right. Myself and family had just retired for the night when I heard a heavy rumbling sound in the earth, coming from the west. Soon it struck the house. I felt a dizzy sensation, as though I was being pitched backwards, I called to Sister Holmes, who was sleeping in the next room. She was speechless with fright. It was a shock of an earthquake, but it only lasted a few minutes. Others felt the shock heavy enough to rattle the dishes.. Our vines were very productive. Melons, pumpkins and squash were ripening. As soon as they were ripe, we boiled down the melon juice to a syrup in our wash boiler, pared the rinds, put them in the syrup and made preserves, which was very tasty. The next process was making cornstalk molasses in the same way, which was thickened with squash and pumpkin - so we had melon preserves and squash butter. For coffee, beans, peas, and sliced carrots were used, with a little molasses boiled in it for sweetening. In this way, everyone kept busy. We had only time to make friendly calls on each other to see how we succeeded under difficulties. Still we were happy and enjoyed ourselves, full of Faith and Hope for the future. The Lord preserved uss in health in a wonderful manner during those drying times. Crops were beginning to ripen when swarms of crickets took possession of our fields, covering our grain like a black pall. Starvation stared us in the face. Still our faith did not fail. Soon gulls came from Salt Lake and devoured the crickets and our crops were saved. Just as sure as the Lord sent quail to feed the children of Israel in the wilderness, so sure am I He sent gulls to save our crops in this barren valley, where we were one thousand miles from any supply in the east, and seven hundred miles from the west. We must have starved if the Lord had not sent us deliverance. When the crops were gathered we held a grand Harvest Home, all joined in praise and thanksgiving to our Heavenly Father for His protection and blessings upon us. Our crops were light, still we had some to spare to the emigrating Saints when they came in. Wheat was traded for flour and a few groceries, and with a little milk and butter occasionally, and out melon preserves, helped us out to the next, though we had to be very economical to make our provisions last until another harvest. We had more time for amusements this year, 1848, having our social parties, dancing parties, etc. The morning President Young was expected in, Apostle Taylor and others started out on horseback to meet him, Brother Taylor riding a Spanish pony. As they were riding across the Fort, his horse reared up and fell backwards upon him, and he was obliged to be helped back to the house, as he was hurt too much to proceed, though his injuries were not dangerous. I was present when President Young called to see him. He made the remark that the horses were like the Spanish people, only the people had the stiffness in their necks and the horses had it in their legs. Our house was moved from the fort to our city lot in March 1849. Many other incidents might be mentioned but I have already made this article too long. I can truly testify that the prophec of Brother Heber C. Kimball that goods would be sold here before five years cheaper than they were in the east, was literally fulfilled within the time mentioned. I can truly testify that in all the hardships and privations we had to pass through (the half cannot be told) there was no murmuring nor complaints. We met together as one family, meeting each other as a brother and a friend, where we were free from mobs and strife, to worship the Lord according to the dictates of our own conscience..." - Mary Isabella Horne, Juv. Instructor, March 15, 1894.
7. The book "Eliza and her Sisters," Maureen Ursenbach Beecher, Illustration 8 contains a reproduction of "The 'leading sisters' of the Church. A poster compiled by Augusta Joyce Crocheron and published in 'Representative Women of Deseret', 1884." Mary Isabella Horne is included with a picture and is noted [p. 131] as being treasurer of the "Latter-day Saints' Women's Organizations" under Eliza R. Snow, President, and Zina D.H. Young, first counselor. P. 138: "Four others, Zina D.H.Jacobs [later Young], her sister Presendia L. Buel [later Kimball], Mary Isabella Horne, and Phoebe Woodruff, all joined the Nauvoo Relief Society within its first months, and though their association ther was not demonstrably close, the shared knowledge gaine in the Nauvoo Relief society later became a binding force for them [in later Salt Lake leadership positions]." Pp. 143,144: "The Senior and Junior [forerunner of YWMIA] Cooperative Retrenchment Association began when Mary Isabella Horne, one of the younger stalwarts from Nauvoo and Winter Quarters days, was visiting her son, a bishop in the central Utah community of Gunnison, when Brigham Young and his entourage arrived en route to the Dixie colonies. Young was disturbed that the women in the various towns were being such Marthas about the fine meals they prepared that they were losing the values a Mary would find in his visits. He assigned to Mary Isabella the task of teaching her sisters a simpler way, encouraging them to 'retrench' from their elaborate preparations. Arriving back in Salt Lake City, Sister Horne called on Sister Eliza Snow and Sister Margaret Smoot, and the three approached President Young for clarification. The one meeting seems to have been his total official involvement in the setting up of a group which would meet thereafter for at least two decades with agendas expanded far beyond the initial goals for the retrenchment movement. The women elected their own president, Sister Horne, and six counselors and established a pattern of meeting on alternate Thursdays. Called finally the 'ladies semi-monthly meeting,' it was the only continuous gathering of women which crossed ward and stake lines, was not accountable to local authority, and brought together the 'leading sisters' in a network which was capable of unhindered activity. A reading of the three years of minutes of that group, available in manuscript form, and of the summaries which later appeared periodically in the 'Woman's Exponent' reveals the working of the network. The women not only shared personal witness and affirmed sisterhood, but learned of activities they would later more formally support: retrenchment itself, of course; various Relief Society programs; cooperatives; home manufacture; civic duties; the MIA for young men (which would grow out of their young women's example); Primary Associations; and the United Order. In each case, the group assembled in the 14th Ward rooms felt it entirely appropriate to take unilateral action towards the goals it espoused, often with no more guidance than a casual comment of Brigham Young...A group as powerful as this, it can safely be assumed, would of necessity have as its core those women who individually held the reins of leadership among their sisters... The names which recur most frequently in the minutes are familiar: Eliza R. Snow, Zina D.H. Young, Presendia L. Kmball, Elizabeth Ann Whitney, Sarah M. Kimball, Bathsheba W. Smith, Mary Isabella Horne, Phoebe Woodruff. These are the leaders."
8. The book "They Made Mormon History," Robert Day, Deseret Book, 1968, p.10: "In the summer of '42 Brother Joseph Smith and several of the brethren and sisters came to Quincy. They came to Mrs. Horne's house, partook of refreshments and scattered. Brother Joseph was in the best of spirits. He said laughingly: 'Sister Horne, if I had a wife as smals as you, when trouble came I would put her in my pocket and run." Source: From an interview with Mrs. Joseph (Mary Isabella) Horne, entitled "Migration and Settlement of Latter Day Saints," p.16 (Bancroft Library).
9. Picture from book, title unknown, on file with Kerry Petersen: "The Deseret Hospital Board of Directors (Courtesy Utah State Historical Society)." Pictures 11 women of whom one is Isabelle M. Horne. Another better picture on file with Kerry is from page 808
10. Biography, source unknown, but some sort of LDS biographical book: "Horne, Mary Isabella, a member of the Relief Society in Nauvoo, Ill., and an officer of the General Board of Relief Society in Utah, was born Nov. 20, 1818, at Rainham, Kent, England, a daughter of Stephen Hales and Mary Ann Hales (maiden name of mother the same.) As a girl 14 years of age, Mary Isabella came to America with her parents. On May 9, 1836, she was married to Joseph Horne and two months later the young couple were baptized members of the Church. They were associated with the Prophet Joseph Smith at Far West, Mo., and at Nauvoo, Ill. With other exiles from Nauvoo they left their home in Feb., 1846, en route for the Nissouri River, and at Mt. Pisgah, Iowa, a litle daughter was born. They spent the winter of 1846-47 at Winter Quarters and arrived in Salt Lake Valley Oct. 6, 1847, as members of Edward Hunter's hundred, of which Joseph Horne was a captain of fifty. Sister Horne presided over the Relief Society of the 14th Ward, Salt Lake City, for 14 years, and was president of the Salt Lake Stake Relief Society for a long time. On July 1, 1880, she was appointed treasurer of the Central Board of the Relief society, and when that board, more fully organized, became the General Board of Relief Society in 1892, she was continued as treasurer, which poistion she held until 1901, but was continued as member of the board until her death, which occurred Aug. 27, 1906. Sister Horne was called by Pres. Brigham Young to preside over the meetings of the Retrenchment Association (later the YLMIA) of the 14th Ward and assisted in organizing other associations. She was a member of the Deseret Hospital Committee for 12 years and established a Relief Society Nurse School in the Salt Lake Stake. She was a counselor to Sister Zina D.H. Young in the Utah Silk Association and did much to foster that industry. Sister Horne was mother of fifteen children. (See also Biographical Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 807 which has similar information and a good picture. Also mentions that in 1858 the family moved to Parowan, Iron County, but soon moved back to Salt Lake City.)
11. The book "Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude" by Daughters of Utah Pioneers (photo accompanies article): "Mary Isabella Hales Horne, b. 20 Nov 1818 at Rainham, Kent, England, d. 25 Aug 1905 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, parents are Stephen Hales and Mary Ann Hales, pioneer of 6 Oct 1847 with the Edward Hunter Wagon Train, spouse Joseph Horne m. 9 May 1836 at Toronto, Ontario, Canada (he died 27 Apr 1897 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah), children:
Mary Ann, 29 Jan 1837 (twin - died as a child)
Robert, 29 Jan 1837 (twin - died as an infant)
Henry James, 24 Jul 1838
William Joseph, Jul 1840 (died as an infant)
Joseph Smith, 14 May 1842
Richard Stephen, 9 Jul 1844
Elizabeth Ann, 3 Jun 1846
Leonora Taylor, 16 Jan 1849
Julia Marie, 12 Aug 1851
Mary Isabella, 9 Nov 1853 (twin - died as an infant
John Parley, 9 Nov 1853 (twin)
Permelia Eliza, 9 dec 1855 (twin)
Cornelia Harriet, 9 Dec 1855 (twin)
Martha Jane, 15 Oct 1857
Clara Ella, 5 Apr 1861
Mary Isabella was the second child in the family of 11. Her parents, five brothers, and one sister, moved to Toronto, Canada in 1832, when she was 13 years old. Their voyage in a sailing vessel took 11 weeks. Her brother William, died and was buried at sea. Mary Isabella was very religious and enjoyed reading the Bible. She attended a Methodist camp meeting in 1834, where she met Joseph Horne, who became her husband on May 9, 1836. Around the first of June they heard the gospel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as Orson Pratt was preaching. They believed what they heard and were baptized in July, 1836. In 1837, Mary met the Prophet Joseph Smith and knew immediately that he was a prophet of God. In 1838, the Hornes sold their farm in Canada and started for Far West. She was five months pregnant and drove a team one hundred miles while caring for her 14 month old daughter. She lived in her wagon and then in a wood shanty for months. In April of 1839, they moved to Quincy, illinois. In 1840, after losing two children to death, Joseph Smith visited her home. Her next son born was named in his honor. Joseph Smith had been released from jail and badly needed his clothing washed. He stopped at Mary Isabella's and she gladly offered to help. He spent the night wrapped in a blanket by her fire while she washed and ironed his clothing. The Hornes left Nauvoo in 1846, Mary gave birth to a daughter near Mt. Pisgah, and just three days later she started for Council Bluffs, where they spent the winter. They arrived in the Salt Lake Valley on Oct. 6, 1847. Besides raising her 11 living children, Mary always found time for service outside of her home. She served in many church callings. In the community she served on the committee for the Deseret Hospital (for twelve years), she was president of the Women's Co-op Mercantile and Manufacturing Institution, and she was active in the Women's Suffrage movement where she was the chairwoman of the 'Mormon Womens's' mass protest meeting held in the Salt Lake Theatre on March 6, 1886. President Young once nominated her for Justice of the Peace. Mary also did much public speaking. Mary Isabella passed away on Aug. 25, 1905, at the age of 87."
12. Quoted from chapter 2, "The Fall of Far West," of the book "Joseph Smith, the First Mormon," by Donna Hill, 1977, concerning Mary's recollections of the battle with the mob in Far West, Missouri: "That same day [as the Haun's Mill Massacre], October 30, men rode into Far West to tell Joseph and the Saints that a multitude was coming to slaughter them. Soon afterward the Mormons saw the militia marching over the hill and across the prairie, bayonets glittering in the setting sun. More than two thousand strong, the troops advanced and halted in a large grove at Goose Creek. Terrified, the people of Far West prepared to defend themselves. To make a breastworks on the edge of town facing the militia, they tore down log cabins, turned over wagons and piled up timber... A militiaman bearing a white flag came up with a fearful message for the Saints - the troops were standing by for the governor's orders to destroy Far West... The Mormon worked all night strengthening their barricade... it was about as much protection as a common fence... in the night both armies were alarmed, each afraid of attack from the other... That night some of them laid waste the Mormons' outlying fields, trampled the growing corn and killed livestock for sport. Mary [Isabella Hales] Horne, a young convert of about twenty who had moved to Far West with her husband two years earlier, said that hideously painted and drunken men armed with knives and guns destroyed property and killed chickens, sheep and cattle... The next morning at sunrise, October 31, the Mormon men were called to their posts at the barricade. Soon afterward, Joseph learned of the governor's 'extermination order.' [To avoid bloodshed, Joseph Smith and other Mormon leaders, gave themselves up as prisoners, but were soon abused as were the Saints.] ...Mary Horne said that the troops burst into houses, confiscated whatever they pleased and taunted and intimidated the women. As she stood in her doorway, several men rode up and one said, 'Bid your prophet good-bye. You will not see him again till you see him hell." To Mary, whose descriptions of the provphet indicate that she greatly revered him, this apparently came as a great shock... There was pillage and destruction throughout the town..." Author footnotes Mary Horne's quotes with the reference to "Mrs. Joseph Horne. Migration and Settlement of the Latter Day Saints (Bancroft Collection on Mormonism, Univ. of California at Berkeley), p. 7.
13. From the book "Brigham Young, American Moses," by Leonard Arrington, p. 166, in speaking of Brigham Young's reentry into the Salt Lake Valley in 1848 (pioneer company had come in 1847): "Brigham and his immediate company, having taken the lead, entered the Salt Lake Valley on Sep. 20. John Taylor, senior apostle in the Salt Lake Valley, started out on horseback to meet the president, astride 'a Spanish pony.' At they were riding across the fort where most of the people were living, his horse reared, Taylor was injured, and he could not proceed. Upon his arrival Brigham called to see him. According to Mary Isabella Horn, who was present, Brigham remarked that Taylor's horse was like many people, 'only the people had the stiffness in their necks and the horses had it in their legs.'"
14. The book "Mormon Redress Petitions, Documents of the 1833-1838 Missouri Conflict," edited by Clark V. Johnson, contains a copy of the "Scroll Petition" dated 28 Nov 1843 at Nauvoo, IL addressed to the U.S. Congress by members of the LDS Church who had property destroyed by Missouri mobs in the 1830's. Included with over a couple thousand signatures are Joseph and Mary T[I]. Horne.
15. Mentioned in with her sister in a trip to perhaps England per the following from the daughters of the Utah Pioneers: "History of Harriet Hales Ellis, written by an unknown member of the daughters of the Utah Pioneers.
Harriett Hales Ellis was born in Rainham, Kent County, England, June 10th, 1824. She left England at the age of eight with her parents, who located in upper Canada, near Toronto, York township. She was baptized in 1837 by Smith Humphry.
She, with her family, gathered with the Saints in Missouri in 1838. They were driven from there in the Spring of 1839. Leaving Missouri, they located in Quincy, Illinois.
On October 31st, 1839, she married John Ellis Jr., they were married by Elder Caleb Baldwin. In the Spring of 1841 she and her husband moved to Nauvoo, Illinois. Her parents also went there.
At Nauvoo, they lived therough all the persecutions the Saints were called to pass through, until the Propeht Joseph Smith and [his] brohter, Hyrum were martyred.
Some time after this, they moved to Fort Madison, Iowa, where her father, Stephen Hales, died on April 3rd, 1846. They then moved to Garden Grove in 1847. They started to Salt Lake Valley in 1851 arriving there on the 25th of Sep. locating at Bountiful, Utah. They raised a large family, six boys and six girls. [Kerry's note: John and Harriet stayed in Hancock Co., IL, up through 1850 - so this part of the history is incorrect.]
As of August 1893, they had ten children living and 85 grandchildren and 34 great-grandchildren. She died the 24th of May, 1910, at the age of 86 years. She was honored and respected by all that knew her as a faithful Latter-day Saint.
She visited her native land with her sister, M. Isabelle Horn, and gathered considerable genealogy. She also went ot Canada and got what information she could as regards her hsuband's ancestors.
Her husband, John Ellis Jr., was also a native of Canada. Born Jan. 4th, 1814 in Scarborough township, twelve miles from Toronto, he was baptized in 1837, blessed and ordained an Elder by Patriarch Smith. He acted as commissary for one of the companies at the time of the trouble in Nauvoo. Coming to Utah, he was a Captain of ten. He was one of the brethren sent out to check Johnston's army in 1856-57. He worked for John Tayler as a miller In Farmington. He was well-acquainted with all the leading authorities of the church.
He was at the meeting where the Prophet Joseph Smith preached his last sermon, before going to Carthage Jail, he was ordained a Seventy, and held that office at the time of death. He died April 3rd, 1871."
16. Http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ut/state/bios/ajc/horne-maryisabella.txt: "REPRESENTATIVE WOMEN of DESERET A BOOK of BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES To ACCOMPANY The PICTURE Bearing The SAME TITLE. COMPILED and WRITTEN byAugustA JOYCE CROCHERON. Mary ISABELLA HORNE, TREASURER of The PRESIDING BOARD of TIlE L. D. S. WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS. "I was born November 20th, 1818, in the town of Rainshaw, County of Kent, England. I am the daughter of Stephen and Mary Ann Hales, and the eldest daughter of a large family. My parents were honest, industrious people. I was taught to pray when very young, to be honest and truthful, to be kind to my associates, and to do good t. all around us. My early years were spent in attending school and in assisting my mother in domestic duties." "Mrs. Horne's father was a Methodist, and her mother a member of the Church of England. Mrs. Home as a child, had very strong religious tendencies, and when requested by her Sabbath School teacher to commit to memory two or three verses from the Bible, she would learn a whole chapter or perhaps two, and recite without being prompted. "When only in her eleventh year, she became so fascinated with the Bible that her leisure hours after the labors of the day were over, were employed in reading and studying the history and incidents, the sublime parables and teachings contained in that sacred work; thus prepared to receive in due time the Gospel of the new and last dispensation. In 1832, Mrs. Home's parents decided to emigrate, and concluded to go to upper Canada. April 6th, they left England with a family of five sons and two daughters. "One little boy died upon the way. On the 16th of June, they arrived in York, strangers in a strange land, where the cholera was making fearful ravages, but the Lord preserved them all in health. The following spring, 1833, the family removed to the country, about eight miles from York. Mrs. Hales' health was delicate and the care of the whole family devolved upon Mary Isabella, only fifteen years of age. "In the spring of 1834, she attended a Methodist camp meeting in the neighborhood, where she first met Mr. Joseph Horne, and two years afterward, Joseph Horne and Mary Isabella were united in marriage on the 9th of May, 1836." Only about one month of their wedded life had passed when they heard a rumor that a man professing to be sent of God, to preach to the people would hold a meeting about a mile distant. Mr. and Mrs. Horne attended this meeting and there they first heard the Gospel, proclaimed by Elder Orson Pratt, but little knew how the course of their life would be changed by receiving this great light. Mrs. Home was baptized in July, 1836, by Elder Orson Hyde, and ever after her house was a home for the elders, and a place where meetings were held. In the latter part of the summer of 1837, she first saw the Prophet Joseph, also Sidney Rigdon and Thomas B. Marsh." She says: "On shaking hands with the Prophet Joseph Smith, I received the holy spirit in such great abundance that I felt it thrill my whole system from the crown of my head to the soles of my feet. 1 had never beheld so lovely a countenance, nobility and goodness were in every feature. I said to myself, '0 Lord, I thank thee for granting the desire of my girlish heart in permitting me to as sociate with prophets and apostles.' " "In March 1838, while the weather was still wintry, Mr. and Mrs. Horne bade farewell to their home, and with a few saints started for the gathering-place of the people of God. At Huntsville, Mrs. Horne was introduced to Father and Mother Smith; Father Smith was the Patriarch of the church, and under his hands she received a patriarchal blessing. In August, with a babe less than a month old, they removed to Far West, and were obliged to go into a log house without doors or windows. It was about this time thatthe excitement in Missouri raged, and persecution was at its height. Mrs. Horne was alone much night and day, her husband being on guard. In the spring of 1839, Mrs. Horne and family left Missouri as exiles, and sought an asylum in Quincy, Ill., where for awhile they bad peace. While in Quincy, Mrs. Horne was one of those favored ones who had the privilege of entertaining and waiting upon the Prophet Joseph and Hyrum, the Patriarch. In the month of March, Mr. and Mrs. Horne moved to Nauvoo by wagon, over the then wild prairies. They lived in a lumber shanty for eight months, and in November Mr. Horne moved his family into his own house, still unfinished. Here in 'Nauvoo the beautiful,' Mr. Horne through diligent labor at last succeeded in establishing a flourishing business and his family were looked upon by the Saints as quite well situated. On the 2nd of April, 1844, Mrs. Horne received a patriarchal blessing under the hands of Hyrum Smith, the patriarch of the Church." On the 27th of the June following, occurred the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum. Mrs. Horne says, "On the 28th day of June, I took my last look on earth of Joseph and Hyrum Smith! May I never experience another day similar to that. I do not wish to recall the scene." On the 9th of July was born her fifth son. In January, 1846, Mrs. Horne went into the Nauvoo Temple, receiving the ordinances of the House of the Lord, and assisted in administering to others. In February Mr. Horne closed his business and bade adieu to their home and camped with the Saints on Sugar Creek, Iowa. In March moved on to Garden Grove, and then to Mt. Pisgah. Here, Mrs. Horne had born to her a daughter, born in a wagon. When the babe was three days old, Mrs. Horne started again on her way, arriving at Council Bluffs about the last of June, moving into a log cabin. Here she was so sick it was feared she would not recover. Elder Orson Pratt administered to her and prophesied she would do a good work in Israel. In June of the same year, she left with the first company across the plains that followed the pioneers to the valley of Salt Lake. That was indeed a remarkable journey and all those who traveled hither at that time deserve the title of pioneers. They opened the way and braved the perils of the desert and the experience of living in this sterile land. They ploughed and planted and fought against the fearful odds of crickets, grasshoppers and death. The company in which Mrs. Horne traveled, arrived here October 6th, 1847, and as soon as the Fort was completed she moved into it, and lived in a log cabin two years, enduring all the exigencies incident to the settling of a new Indian country, among which were living on short rations, a part of which was roots and thistles. On the 16th of January, 1849, another daughter was added to the family. As soon as possible after arriving in a new and destitute country, Mr. and Mrs. Horne made themselves a home in the Fourteenth Ward, which they still retain. In speaking of her first knowledge of the order of celestial marriage, she says, she has had strong testimony for herself that it is of God. Mrs. Horne has borne herself nobly in all the different phases of plural domestic relations. Mrs. Horne was a member of the Relief Society in Nauvoo, and in the first organization of the Fourteenth Ward in this city, was a counselor to President Phoebe W. Woodruff. In May, 1858, Mrs. Horne moved as far south as Parowan, her husband being called on a mission still further south, in Dixie. Against every disadvantage, Mrs. Horne performed this journey of two hundred and fifty miles, this mother with her ten children, the youngest a babe of six months. In September their mission was fulfilled and Mrs. Horne returned home, Mr. Horne returning from his mission soon after. December 12th, 1867, Mrs. Horne was chosen by Bishop A. Hoagland, of the Fourteenth Ward, to preside over the Relief Society in that ward. It was a great surprise to her, she was at that time very timid. Under the wise management of the Pregident, the society increased in numbers, great good was accomplished in the relief of the poor and afflicted, and means multiplied in the Treasury. A two story brick building has been erected by the society, part of which is rented for a store, and the upper story used for meetings. The society also own a good granary and a quantity of wheat. Mrs. Horne's success as a leader was so apparent and her course so consistent, President Young had such confidence in her, he gave her very important mission among the sisters; this was called Retrenchment. In due time a meeting was held in the Fifteententh Ward Schoolhouse, and from there adjourned to the Fourteenth Ward Assembly 'Rooms, and from that time until the present, Mrs. Horne has presided at these regular semi-monthly meetings of the Ladies' General Retrenchment Associations. When President Young instructed Sister Eliza to go through the Territory and organize the young ladies into associations for mutual improvement, Mrs. Horne was called to assist. She has organized many of the Young Ladies Associations, also Primary Associations. At the time of the passage of the Cullom Bill in January, 1876, a grand Mass Meeting was called to convene in the Old Tabernacle, Salt Lake City. Mrs. Horne took an active part in the proceedings, being one of the committee to draft resolutions. In February following, the bill was passed, granting suffrage to the women of Utah. Mrs. Horne was one of a committee of ladies who waited upon Governor S. A. Mann to express the gratitude of Mormon women for his signing of the document. December 1877, Mrs. Horne was chosen to preside over the Relief Societies of this stake of Zion. She was elected a delegate from Salt Lake County, to the Territorial Convention held in this city, commencing October 9th, and was called upon to address them. Mrs. Horne was one of the committee appointed to wait upon the delegate nominated at the Convention, and inform him of the honor conferred upon him. When Mrs. Horne was sixty years of age, upon the demise of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Lydia Weiler Horne, she took the babe six weeks old to raise. This after rearing a family, and seeing each take honored places in the world. Mrs. Horne has been an officer and worker in the silk industry from the beginning. At the organization of the board of officers for the Deseret Hospital, May 1882, Mrs. Horne was elected Chairman of the Executive Committee. November 20th, 1882, was the forty-sixth anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Horne's wedding day. At the reception they held, an elegant photograph album was presented from lady friends, each of whom was to contribute her picture. Congratulations from Children, Mayor Jennings and Judge Miner, with loving and sincere good wishes from all, for the future, made this aday long to be remembered." I am indebted to the pen of Emmeline B. Wells, editor of the "Woman's Exponent," for the points I have selected for this sketch, to whom the original referred me as possessing all I would wish to obtain. Perhaps, it would be no more than justice to the author, to quote also from the same source, the record her family have so far, made, thereby reflecting credit upon their noble parents. It will also give to the world the history in brief of one Mormon family, reared in the teachings, examples and associations of Mormonism, not omitting the system of celestial marriage. " By their fruits ye shall know them." "Henry, the eldest son, was for eleven years Bishop in Paris, Idaho, in 1880, moved to Arizona, to assist in colonizing there. "Joseph, when about twenty years of age, was called on a mission to Switzerland, where he obtained a thorough knowledge of the German language. Returned, and was for ten years Bishop of Gunnison, Sanpete Co., again called to Switzerland to preside over the Swiss and German missions and edit the Stern. In 1878, he was called to the Bishopric in Richfield, Sevier Co., is also mayor of that city. "Richard is a teacher; was superintendent of Sunday-schools in Beaver, and has filled several home missions. "John, the youngest son, was the first President of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association in the Fourteenth Ward. Her eldest daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Webb, lives in Millard Co., a lady who might grace any society. "Nora married George, son of Orson Spencer, somewhat famous in Church history for his valuable writings and great missionary work in America and Europe. "Julia married Wm. Burton, and died one year after marriage, leaving a baby daughter. She was the first President of the Young Ladies Mutual Improvement Associaton of the Fourteenth Ward. "Cornelia was later made the President. Miss Cornelia was also for three or four years business manager of the Woman's Exponent. She is the wife of James Clayton. "Minnie, her twin sister, was for several years Secretary of the Young Ladies Mutual Improvement Association and the Sunday-school. Since her marriage with Wm. James, she is President of the Seventh Ward Primary Association. "Mattie is a counselor to the President of all the Young Ladies Mutual Improvement Associations of the Church. When the Woman's Exponent was first published, Miss Mattie was the first girl to go into the printing office and learn type setting. "Clara, the youngest, is accomplished, gifted spiritually, and an active worker. As her mother is often called from home by public duties, the charge of the home rests much of the time with her, a position she fills with dignity and ability." Three babes died in infancy. And the mother of these children now honored among men and women, drove team hundreds of miles, not one journey, but many, and nearly always with a babe in her arms. Resting now in the afternoon of life with comforts, honors and love surrounding her, Mrs. Home must look back with satisfaction and gratitude upon her life. A few years ago, when I, a timid Secretary of the Fourteenth Ward Meetings, used to steal a look at her noble face, I used mentally to compare it to that of Washington, and I think still I was not mistaken; we, to-day, are struggling for "liberty to worship God according to the dictates of our own consciences," and the spirit of such as he and his co-laborers are with us and are ours, to counsel and to lead, through difficulties unto victory."
17. Website 30 Jun 2007: "Encyclopedia of Mormonism," Vol.2, HORNE, Mary ISABELLA:
From 1870 to 1904 Mary Isabella Hales Horne (1818-1905) was president of the Senior Cooperative retrenchment association, an organization that spearheaded a number of women's activities, including a Churchwide retrenchment from "worldly," or materialistic, pursuits in the 1870s, and a movement in support of plural marriage in the 1880s. During most of the three decades, she was also president of the Salt Lake Stake Relief Society and treasurer of the Central (later General) Board of Relief Society. Mary Isabella Hales was born on November 20, 1818, in Rainham, Kent County, England. She was the oldest of seven children born to Stephen and Mary Ann Hales. Her father was a shoemaker and her mother a seamstress. The Hales family immigrated to York (now Toronto), Canada, where Isabella met Joseph Horne at a Methodist camp meeting in 1834. They were married on May 9, 1836, and were baptized members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in July 1836 by Orson Hyde, an apostle. The newlyweds became friends of the Prophet Joseph Smith, and both had a firm testimony of his prophetic calling. In 1838, they gathered with the Saints to Far West, Missouri, and subsequently suffered through the violent expulsion of the Saints from Missouri. They moved to Quincy and Nauvoo, Illinois, and then crossed the plains to the Salt Lake Valley in 1847. The Hornes had fifteen children, including three sets of twins. In 1869 President Brigham Young challenged Isabella Horne to encourage the women of the Church to spend less time preparing elegant meals and sewing fancy clothing, and more time nurturing their spiritual development. On February 10, 1870, the Senior Cooperative Retrenchment Association was formally organized, with Mary Isabella Horne as president. Under her direction, the association also supported local Relief Society, primary, and young women's organizations; the woman's exponent; the 1876 centennial fair; and the United Order. It also supported mass meetings in which resolutions were drafted in strong support of woman suffrage. In December 1877, Isabella Horne was called to preside over the Salt Lake Stake Relief Society. She served twenty-six years, directing a total of sixty-five ward Relief Society presidencies. She presided over Relief Society sessions of the women's conferences of the stake, which were attended by many women from throughout the territory until the first general auxiliary conferences were inaugurated in 1889. She also instituted a nurse training program in the stake that was later adopted by Relief Society's general officers. In 1880 the Central Board of the Relief Society was organized and she was appointed treasurer, a position she held until 1901. In addition to these assignments, Isabella Horne served as a member of the Deseret hospital committee (1882-1894); as a counselor to Zina D. H. Young in the presidency of the Deseret Silk Association, established in 1876; and as president of the Women's Cooperative Mercantile and Manufacturing Institution from 1890 to 1905. She died on August 25, 1905, at the age of eighty-six. At her death, Emmeline B. wells, another prominent leader among Utah women, said of her that she "was a born leader, a sort of General among women and indeed in this respect might surpass most men, of extraordinary ability…. A woman of great force of character, and wonderful ability, such a one as might stand at the head of a great institution and carry it on successfully…. Sister Horne can appropriately be called a stalwart, a champion for the rights of her own sex, and indeed for all mankind" [Woman's Exponent 36 (Apr. 1908):58]. Illustration Mary Isabella Horne (1818-1905) was an
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Chris & Julie Petersen's Genealogy
1818 - 1905 (86 years)