OBITUARY: Ellen Chesnut Beecroft; Scipio, Millard co., Utah
surname: Chesnut, Beecroft

Transcribed by Stephen D. Robison (kinseeker @ hotmail.com)
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The Deseret News, Vol. XXVIII, No. 47, Wednesday, 24 Dec 1879:
    
DIED.

     At Scipio, Millard County, at 3 p.m., December 14th, 1879, ELLEN
CHESTNUT, wife of John H. Beecroft. Deceased was a native of Scotland, born
May 1st, 1844; was baptized when aight years old, came to Utah with her
parents in 1864; she was the mother of eight children; two sleep by her side
and one at Holden. Her husband is left with the care of her father, now over
80, and four sons and one daughter.

     Mill. Star please copy.

Obituary:  Woman's Exponent, Salt Lake City, Utah, Issue 15, 1 Jan 1880:
 
                  At the same place (Scipio), Dec. 14, of consumption, in the
thirty-eigth year of her age, Ellen Beecroft. Her death is a severe blow to
her husband and aged father, who she leaves with five small children to mourn
her loss, her death being quite unexpected. It has cast a glom over our
settlement.