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Eventually five of the eight brothers, as well as Edgerton's wife, Ama May, purchased farms near Duncan with the intention of living there permanently. Owen's wife, Velma, was expecting a baby and was very excited about it, especially since she had already had a miscaniage (She is in the foregoing picture, standing on the back row, far nght). In March 1921 the doctor in Lordsburg advised Velma to n consult a doctor i El Paso where she could get better medical care. Her sister, Florence, who was also expecting a baby, went with her to El Paso where they found an apartment so they could stay there until the baby was bom. During the night on Apd 7, about five weeks early, it was necessary for Velma to be taken to the hospital and the baby, Owen Raynal, was bom by caesarean section the following day. It took a long time to get the baby to breathe. Velma seemed to be recovering from the chloroform but suddenly started having convulsions and died. The day afler Velma's funeral, Florence delivered a two-month premature baby boy who lived only a few hours. Florence and her husband took Owen's baby to live with them. Owen visited them ofien, but they eventuaiiy moved away leaving him devastated. Later he remarried and intended to take young Raynal, who was going by the name of Payne, back to live with him but he was not able to get Florence to cooperate. However, when Raynal went on a mission he went by the name of Lunt.' Dunng the late summer of 1921, Sarah's health failed, and she suffered a long sick spell. In November four of her sons went to visit her, Broughton, Parley, Edward and Heaton. They tried to convince her to come to Duncan with them where she could get medical attention. She declined saying, "1 want to stay right here. If it is the Lord's will that 1 should h e , He can make me well here, and if my time to die has come, 1 want to die and be huried here." The boys went back home to Duncan and, after three weeks, Broughton received a telegram from President John T. Whetten with the news that Sarah was worse. Heaton's wife, Chloe, Edward, and Broughton traveled back to Corrales to be with Sarah, knowing that she would not live very long. They arrived on Christmas Eve 1921, and stayed with her until she died on December 27, 1921. Alma and Clarence, along with
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| Title | Henry Lunt: biography and history of the development of Southern Utah and settling of Colonia Pacheco, Mexico |
| Creator | Jones, Evelyn K. |
| Subject | Lunt, Henry, 1824-1902; Cedar City (Utah) -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- History |
| Description | Biography of Henry Lunt, including the early settlement of Cedar City, Utah and establishment of the Iron Works. |
| Source | Henry Lunt |
| Date Digital | 2008-01 |
| Date Original | 1996 |
| Type | Image; Still image |
| Format | image/pdf |
| Digitization Specs | JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner. |
| Contributing Institution | Digitized by: Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah |
| Contributors | Researched by: Jones, York F., 1925- |
| Publisher | Published by the author: Jones, Evelyn K. |
| Language | eng |
| Genre | Biography |
| Website | http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/lunt.html |
| Rights Management | Digital image c2008 Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. All rights reserved. |
| CONTENTdm file name | 1072.cpd |
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