Philinda Upson Standley Obituary

Obituary:
Received from May Christensen, age 93, on 15 Sep. 1990, contained in pages compiled by George Burton Standley, Nov 8, 1931. [No name of newspaper or date of obituary & also found at: Utah Digital Newspapers http://udn.lib.utah.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/deseretnews9&CISOPTR=28119&CISOSHOW=28266&REC=9 ]
The Deseret News, 05 March 1892, page 32 - Obituary
"Died at Richmond, Cache County, Utah, 27 January, 1892, of old age super induced by the grip, Philinda Upson Standley, born August 1, 1814, in Portage County, Ohio, Married 19 March 1829 to Alexander Scoby Standley. She, with her husband, was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in March 1837. They moved to Missouri in the fall of 1838, and shared the mobings and expulsion with the Saints from that State. They moved to Commerce, afterwards called Nauvoo, in April 1840. She was a member of the first Relief Society that was organized by the Prophet Joseph. She often bore her testimony to the divinity of the Mission of the Prophet Joseph Smith, and of his mantle falling upon the Prophet Brigham Young. She with her husband were among the privileged few that received their endowments in the Nauvoo Temple. They left Nauvoo in '46 wintering in Panca and sharing the privations with the Saints at that place. They crossed the plains in 1852 and settled in Davis County. She was left a widow December 29, 1854 with a large family, being the mother of three sons and eight daughters, six of whom survive her. She moved to Cache County in 1865. She has seventy-two grandchildren and ninety-six great grandchildren. She was a very exemplary woman, and died as she lived, a faithful Latter Day Saint. The remains were interred in Bountiful by the side of her husband. J. L. B."