Barbara Belinda Mills and Martha Barrett Burial

Barbara Belinda Mills was William Wallace Haws's first wife. She was born on 1 July 1836. When William went to Mexico, Barbara stayed behind in Arizona. She passed away in Arizona on 30 March 1936, when she was almost 100 years old. This was quite a miracle! She was buried in the Pima Cemetery in Pima, Graham County, Arizona.

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At the time the Latter-day Saint people practiced polygamy, William Wallace Haws married his second wife, Martha Barrett on 8 November 1875 in the Latter-Day Saint Endowment House in Salt Lake City, Utah. She followed him to Mexico, but at some point after William Wallace Haws died, she returned back to Utah. This was most likely related to the Mexican Revolution. (For more information on this topic check here). Because Martha returned back to the United States after William passed away, they were not buried together. In fact, Martha was buried in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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[1] Barbara Belinda Haws (1836-1936), Gravestone, Plot Sec 7-Blk 9-Lot 01A-Site 8, Pima Cemetery, Pima, Graham County, Arizona, United States, Online Image, FindAGrave.com, Accessed 22 October 2014.

[2] Martha Barrett Haws (1859-1916), Gravestone, Plot B-2-22, Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, Online Image, FindAGrave.com, Accessed 22 October 2014.