Payette County ID Archives Obituaries.....Barnes, Mary Ann 1911
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Payette Enterprise 10-5-1911
Payette Enterprise
Payette, Idaho
Thursday, October 05, 1911

PIONEER WOMAN PASSES AWAY

Aged Woman Who Crossed the Plains With First Body of Mormons and Pushed a Cart 
From Navoo, Illinois to Salt Lake, Passes Away in Payette at the Age of Ninety-
Two

Monday morning of this week at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William Holt, 
Sr., Mrs. James Barnes passed away at the age of ninety-two years. Mrs. Barnes 
had been for the last few years quite feeble and a few days ago fell down 
stairs and never recovered from the shock but lingered for a few days 
gradually growing weaker until Monday morning when the end came.

The history of this aged lady is indeed interesting. Mary Ann Thompson was 
born in Lawton, Chesire, England, July 28, 1820. In 1851 she was united in 
marriage to John West in England and the young couple started across the ocean 
to make their home in this country. They were ten weeks crossing the ocean. 
Arriving in New York City they journeyed with other people of the Mormon faith 
to Navoo, Illinois, the husband dying shortly after they reached Navoo. From 
Navoo Mrs. West took up the journey in 1862 with the great movement of Mormon 
people and pushing a push cart all the way walked to what is now the present 
city of Salt Lake. While enroute she wedded James Barnes who for eleven years 
after arriving in Salt Lake was one of the master mechanics employed in 
building the temple, tabernacle and other religious buildings of the Mormon 
people and died of stonemason's asthma.

Up until the last five years Mrs. Barnes was hale and hearty and did all her 
own house work but for the last four or five years she has been living with 
her daughters, Mrs. Frank Moss and Mrs. Will Holt, Sr., of this city passing 
her old days in bliss and quiet.

She leaves besides these two daughters to mourn her loss, Hiran James Barnes, 
Lorenzo D. Barnes, John Lacori Barnes all of whom live in Southeastern Idaho, 
and Richard Staton Barnes, of Salt Lake.

The remains accompanied by Richard Barnes and Mrs. Frank Moss and Mrs. Will 
Holt were shipped to Salt Lake on Monday evening for interment. 

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