Joseph Edgeworth death certificate

True Tales of Pioneers and Early Settlers by Mary Ann Shill Edgworth Ovard

True Tales of Pioneers and Early Settlers

By Mary Ann Shill Edgeworth Ovard

Editor's Note: This is the true story of the life of Mary Ann Shill Edgeworth Ovard, Henefer, written by her and submitted upon request to the "Bee" for publication.

My parents came to this country in the fall of 1866 coming across the ocean in a sailing vessel and going where ever the wind would take them. Mother told me that they were on the water for six weeks. She said Father became so sea sick he asked the captain to throw him overboard and let the sharks eat him.

Upon reaching this country, Father secured a span of mules and crossed the plains, arriving in Salt Lake City in the all of 1866.