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"To control relic seekers who were attempting to chip off pieces of the stmcture, and to prevent individuals from scratching their names on the walls, the Mormon officials issued special tickets." Henry stopped in Cedar City for about six weeks and stayed with his second wife, Mary Ann, and visited with his family and fiiends. He must have had misgwings about leaving again for Mexico, even though he knew he was needed there. While in Cedar City he gave Florence, a daughter, a Patriarchal Blessing as well as a Father's Blessiig. Hemy traveled to St. George on May 30, 1893, to attend the temple. Most likely, Maiy Ann went with him. There are records of him being in the St. George Temple where he had twelve women sealed to him, among which was a sister of Sarah's, Mary Ann Lunt, who died at age four. Another of the women was Martha Bristol, his early sweetheart in England. The others were: Ann Elsmore, Mary Risley, Fanny Dickenson, Frances Emma Kirkbridge, Ame Willett, Fanny Johnson, Mary Ellen Hopkins, Esther Ann Porter, Annie Singleton, and Ada Owen Lunt." Henry left i June for Milford, Utah, which was the location of the n railroad temillial. The train went from Milford to Salt Lake, Denver, Colorado and south to Deming. He made a stop in Nephi on the way and visited with Sarah Ann's family. He wrote a letter to Mary Ann from Salt Lake City on July 4, 1893 as follows: Dear Mary Ann: Yours of the first instance just received with the letter from Ellen enclosed. 1 received the half fare ticket al1 right at Milford. Arrived at Nephi on Friday e v e n i g found old Brother Lunt [Sarah's father] quite well, but the old lady not quite so well but able to go with me around to al1 the folks. Thought of going to Salt Lake next day, but President Paxman was very anxious 1 should stay over Sunday. Attended the monthly Priesthood meeting on Saturday Moming in the Tabernacle and the High Priests meeting in the aftemoon and Sunday School on Sunday morning A very large congregation assembled in the Tabernacle to hear from their
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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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