Mary Ann Reay

(Taken from the Deseret News)

Kanosh, Millard County, April 19, 1897 -

Died at the home of her son, Alexander Reay, Mary Ann Moralee, the beloved wife of George Reay, deceased; departed this life on the 12th of April, 1897, of general debility; aged 88 years, 4 months and 19 days. She was born in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England, on November 24, 1808; and was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on July 15, 1852, by brother William Bell, and emigrated to Utah on board of the William Tapscott, on the 12th day of May, 1862, and crossed the plains in Captain Henry Miller's company. She was the mother of nine children, six sons and three daughters. Two sons and one daughter died in Gateshead-On-Tyne, England. She died as she had lived, a faithful Latter-Day saint in the hope of a glorious resurrection.

By Alexander Reay