Died
At Pleasant Grove, Utah Co., March 14, of pneumonia, Beatrice Lillian, daughter of Benj. W. and Olivia Pratt Driggs, aged 7 months and 12 days.
“Suffer little children to come unto me and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven.”
[Deseret News, Mar. 18, 1874]
[transcribed and proofread by David Grow, July 2006]
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Recovering
The little son of Brother B.W. Driggs, who was accidentally run over by a loaded wagon, at Pleasant Grove, some time since, is slowly recovering. The injury to his leg was much more severe than was at first supposed, and the little fellow has suffered severely.
[Deseret News, Mar. 20, 1878]
[transcribed and proofread by David Grow, July 2006]
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Died
Driggs–At Pleasant Grove, Feb. 22, 1883, Rintha Blance, daughter of B.W. and Olivia Pratt Driggs, of measles, aged 2 years and 6 months.
[Deseret News, Feb. 28, 1883]
[transcribed and proofread by David Grow, July 2006]
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Died
Driggs—At Pleasant Grove, October 21st, 1883, of bilious typhoid fever, after a lingering illness of six weeks, Ella Olivia, daughter of Benjamin W. and Olivia Pratt Driggs; aged 23 years, six months and twenty-one days.
Funeral from Pleasant Grove meeting house on Thursday the 23rd inst., at 10 o’clock.
[Deseret News, Oct. 24, 1883]
[transcribed and proofread by David Grow, July 2006]
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Funeral Services
The funeral services over the remains of the late Ella Olivia Driggs, daughter of Benjamin W. and his wife Olivia Pratt Driggs, were held yesterday at 10 a.m., in the meeting house at Pleasant Grove, when one of the largest congregations ever seen in that place, assembled to pay their respect to the memory of the departed. The town turned out en masse, stores were closed, business generally suspended, and many public buildings were draped in mourning. Such was the profound and universal esteem in which the deceased was held. The meeting was addressed by Bishop George Halliday, of Santaquin, Elder Nephi Pratt, of this city, Mrs. Zina D.H. Young and Bishop John Brown, of Pleasant Grove; al of them speaking in a very interesting and instructive manner, eulogizing the many excellent qualities of the deceased, and tending to comfort the afflicted family, called upon to mourn the loss of a loving daughter, sister and friend. Y.L.M.I.A., who followed the hearse, on foot, and between 40 and 50 vehicles, accompanied the remains to their last resting place.
[Deseret News, Oct. 31, 1883]
[transcribed and proofread by David Grow, July 2006]
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Marriages
Todd-Driggs—At Logan Temple, July 13, 1887, Douglas M. Todd to Miss Florence M. Driggs. The groom is the son of Elder John and his wife May Todd; the bride is the daughter of B.W. and Olivia Pratt Driggs, all of Pleasant Grove. The worthy young couple have our congratulations and best wishes for their welfare and happiness.
[Deseret News, July 20, 1887]
[transcribed and proofread by David Grow, July 2006]