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Phoebe Mariah (Matteson) Bates
Departed in Full Faith of the Gospel

The following was taken from Journal History 1,259,788.

15 March 1888

Phoebe Mariah Bates died on the 6th of March 1888 in the residence of her son O. P. Bates in Batesville, Tooele County, Utah, of old age and general debility; Phoebe Mariah, relict of the late Ormus E. Bates and daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth Ann Matteson. Deceased was born in Ellisbury, Jefferson County, New York, January 31, 1817, was baptized into the LDS Church by Elder Orson Pratt in 1836, and gathered with the Saints in Nauvoo and suffered in the hardships of those expelled from Nauvoo in 1846 and in 1851 emigrated to Utah and settled in Tooele County where she has since resided. She leaves nine children, who are all grown to maturity, together with 81 grandchildren and 31 great grandchildren. She died as she lived, in full faith of the Gospel.