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days]. We were greeted with a hearty welcome by our many old friends. Brother James Haslam, Captain of the Brass Band, with his brethren serenaded us in the evening with music and stayed until a late hour.
Maq Ann Wdson's oldest daughter, Henrietta Lunt Jones, wrote the majonty of the foUowing thoughts about her rnother's background before she met H e q Lunt:' Mary Ann Wilson, daughter of Williarn and Martha Phillips Wilson, was bom in Carlisle, Cumberland, England, January 19, 1834. At the age of three years, her mother died on January 20, 1837, but M a q Ann remanbered her as being a lovely woman. As young as she was, she realized the great loss when she looked up at her tal1 handsome father and noticed the sad expression on his face. He was wearing a band of black crepe on his hat apparently to indicate being i mouming. After her mother died, Mary Ann went to live with her n Grandmother Wilson who took good care of her and gave her every advantage of leaming and culture. She attended kindergarten when she was four years old. She could read the Bible at the age of six, and she had learned how to sew and knit at a very early age. M q Ann's father took her on long walks i the meadows where, n no doubt, he would go to meditate over the loss of his wife. Mary Ann slipped and fe11 in the rnud on one of these walks and she never forgot how badly she felt when she saw her little white stockings and slippers al1 dirty. Her father carried her back home where her grandmother soon had her immaculate again. She had beautiful, long auburn hair. - 0 n e day on her way home fiom school she heard footsteps behind her and, when she looked back, aman with a pair of scissors was about to cut off her braids. She quickly avoided him. Mary Ann becarne a member of the Church of England and attended church regularly with her grandmother. Mary Ann was required to listen to the preacher so attentively that she could relate alrnost everything to her grandmother when her grandmother wasn't able to go. Lord Wharton presented a Bible to Mary Ann when she was 12 years old because she was able to repeat fkom memory the catechism of the Church of England, as well as some of the prayers
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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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