Heber's Story
Birth: July 8th, 1859 | male | in Worcester, Worcestershire, England
Death: July 10th, 1861 | 2 years old | East of Fremont, Nebraska
Memorial: Stone 10 | left column | 11th name
Heber's parents are Henry Hill and Mary Bishop Griffiths. After the Hill's joined the church, Mary wanted to come to America and travel across the plains to the Salt Lake Valley. Henry did not want to, so Mary left and took their 2 children, Heber and Caroline and sailed across the ocean to America.
After they arrived, they went to Nebraska and joined the Ira Eldredge Company which left July 1, 1861 to go west to the Salt Lake Valley.
The company had traveled a little over a week when Heber came down with diphtheria. Little 2 year old Heber Jesse passed away, and is buried in Florence, Nebraska, on a hill which is close to the Mormon Trail.
In the company records it said that he died from “diphtheria” about 16 miles East of Fremont, Nebraska.
The father, Henry, did come to Utah a year later.