Edwin C. Pace

Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel 1847–1868 Brigham Young Company (1848)

Age at departure: 16

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Birth: Dec. 8, 1831 Hebron Licking County Ohio, USA

Death: Feb. 13, 1917 Bountiful Davis County Utah, USA

Obituary (newspaper unknown Bountiful Utah)

PIONEER OF BOUNTIFUL CLOSES LONG CAREER

Bountiful, Feb. 15. - Edwin Pace, a pioneer resident of Bountiful, died at his home here Tuesday. Mr. pace had been confined to his bed only one month and until his last illness had enjoyed god health. He endured all the hardships of pioneer life. After entering this valley with Lorenzo Snow's company he moved to Sessions settlement, now Bountiful in September of 1848. Bountiful has been his home ever since. his first home was a willow hut of one room, built around with grass and sod. into this he moved with his mother, a small brother and a sister, the first winter after his arrival. Since coming her with a ox team as a boy of 17 his life was devoted to the upbiulding of this state. he held positions of trust all his life. He was a member of the first town board of Bountiful and served man years in the bishopric of one of the early wards of Bountiful. Mr. pace had the privilege of listening to Joseph Smith's address to the Nauvoo legion. He was preceded in death by tow wives and seven children and is survived by 15 children, 123 grandchildren and 136 great-grandchildren. As a citizen his life was ideal, as a father and a friend he was tender and provident. Funeral services will be held in the South Bountiful meetinghouse Sunday, Feb. 18 1917 at 1 o'clock.

Son of Elisha Pace & Eliza Baldwin Pace

His father died in Nauvoo Illinois burial unknown

His mothe died in Bountiful Utah (See link)

Family links:

Parents:

• Elisha Pace (1805 - 1845)
• Eliza Baldwin Pace (1802 - 1863)

Spouses:

• Mary Jane Atkinson Pace (1838 - 1881)*
• Mary Jane Brown Pace (1838 - 1908)*

Children:

• Launa Pace Wood (1855 - 1901)*
• Sarah Jane Pace Willey (1857 - 1945)*
• William Elisha Pace (1859 - 1944)*
• Eliza Melvina Pace Call (1859 - 1937)*
• Phoebe Priscilla Pace Marshall (1860 - 1900)*
• Charles Edward Pace (1861 - 1935)*
• Rose Belle Pace Petty (1862 - 1926)*
• Amanda Narcissus Pace Rampton (1863 - 1888)*
• Myra Pace Winegar (1864 - 1909)*
• Orlando Pace (1865 - 1931)*
• Ida May Pace Hatch (1866 - 1940)*
• George Vendorn Pace (1867 - 1942)*
• Rhoda Pace Moss (1868 - 1911)*
• Edwin Pace (1870 - 1942)*
• Clara Pace Louder (1873 - 1946)*
• Rachel Charlotte Pace Smedley (1873 - 1954)*
• Nellie Louisa Pace Holbrook (1876 - 1954)*
• Euphemia Pace Muir (1876 - 1929)*
• Alice Mae Pace Holbrook (1879 - 1961)*
• Deseret Pace (1880 - 1881)*

Siblings:

• Samuel Pace (1829 - 1829)*
• Edwin Pace (1831 - 1917)
• Benjamin Pace (1834 - 1835)*
• George Milton PACE (1836 - 1897)*
• Sarah Pace (1840 - 1846)*
• Amanda Melvina Pace Hatch (1842 - 1861)*

Burial: Bountiful Memorial Park Bountiful Davis County Utah, USA

Created by: ChuckNorris Record added: Jan 18, 2007 Find A Grave Memorial# 17559482

Obituary (newspaper unknown Bountiful Utah)

PIONEER OF BOUNTIFUL CLOSES LONG CAREER

Bountiful, Feb. 15. - Edwin Pace, a pioneer resident of Bountiful, died at his home here Tuesday. Mr. pace had been confined to his bed only one month and until his last illness had enjoyed god health. He endured all the hardships of pioneer life. After entering this valley with Lorenzo Snow's company he moved to Sessions settlement, now Bountiful in September of 1848. Bountiful has been his home ever since. his first home was a willow hut of one room, built around with grass and sod. into this he moved with his mother, a small brother and a sister, the first winter after his arrival. Since coming her with a ox team as a boy of 17 his life was devoted to the upbiulding of this state. he held positions of trust all his life. He was a member of the first town board of Bountiful and served man years in the bishopric of one of the early wards of Bountiful. Mr. pace had the privilege of listening to Joseph Smith's address to the Nauvoo legion. He was preceded in death by tow wives and seven children and is survived by 15 children, 123 grandchildren and 136 great-grandchildren. As a citizen his life was ideal, as a father and a friend he was tender and provident. Funeral services will be held in the South Bountiful meetinghouse Sunday, Feb. 18 1917 at 1 o'clock.

Son of Elisha Pace & Eliza Baldwin Pace His father died in Nauvoo Illinois burial unknown His mothe died in Bountiful Utah (See link)

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Mar 12 2017, 15:50:06 UTC