Pvt. Hiram Monroe Olmstead

UTAH PVT CO C MORMON BN VOLS MEXICAN WAR

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DESERT EVENING NEWS JUNE 24,1895 HYRUM MONROE OLMSTEAD

Died at Riverdale, Weber County, Utah, June 20, 1895. Hyrum Monroe was the son of Moses Olmstead and Almira Seekins, born at Farmersville, Chautauqua County, New York, was baptized in 1843 and moved to Nauvoo soon afterwards; was there ordained a Seventy; passed through the trials and affliction the Saints were called to pass through at the exodus from Nauvoo. He enlisted in the Mormon Battalion. Marched to the Pacific coast; was there discharged remained at San Bernadine till 1855, when he came to Utah; stayed at Provo where he was married to Elizabeth Hammond by whom he had three children. In 1856 he was called to take his mule team and go to meet the emigrants in the handcart company and went west as far as the Sweetwater. In 1858 he moved to Riverdale where he resided until his demise. He had been a great sufferer for along time. He died of cancer of the bladder.

The funeral service was held in the schoolhouse at Riverdale, conducted by Bishop Sanford Bingham; singing conducted by Richard Dye. Remarks were made by seven members of the Mormon Battalion who also acted as Pallbearers. Namely, John C. Thompson, Alexander Brown, Jesse Brown, Ralph Douglas, James shonp, John Bybee and Charles Hancock. Elders Lorin Farr and Charles F. Middleton made a few well-chosen remarks. The bishop offered a few words of comfort to the family, and benediction was pronounced by William C. Parker. About twenty carriages filled with friends and visitors followed the hearse to the Ogden Cemetery. The grave was dedicated by Elder Richard Dye.