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East near what is now Evergreen Ave. It was here that the grandchildren spent many happy times with Grandmother. Sleeping on her soft feather bed. It was like floating in the clouds into dream land. It was a change from their straw filled mattress at home. Her home was so luxurious to children. She had a beautiful parlor with a fire place, separated from a large dining room by folding doors with portraits hanging over them. There were big gold framed family pictures on the walls. There was a stairway and the bedrooms were on the second floor. It was all very grand and we cherish the memory of the little lady who let us enjoy it with her.


She was the mother of eleven children:

1.   Baby Girl Russell
2.   Harriet Ida Russell (Neff)20 Oct 1851 - 29 July 1928
3.   Frances Mariah Neff19 Sept 1855 - 14 Nov 1866
4.   Mary Minerva Neff6 Sept 1857 - 24 Feb 1928
5.  John Franklin Neff7 Aug 1859 - 27 Dec 1865
6.  Barbara Matilda Neff15 Mar 1861 - 19 Mar 1866
7.  Rosella Salome Neff27 May 1863 - 25 Mar 1951
8.  May Seymour Neff30 Oct 1866 - 15 Apr 1943
9.  Alice Amelia Neff22 Nov 1868 - 6 Nov 1895
10.  Seymour Howard Neff23 Dec 1870 - 22 Jun 1941
11.  Alfaretta Neff16 Jan 1873 - 19 Jan 1943

Seymour
Frances' stone Frances was very affectionate, and would make any sacrifice for her family. It is said that one of her special maxims was “It is better to suffer wrong than to do wrong.”

Frances Mariah Stillman Russell Neff passed away 13 September 1903, at the home of her daughter Alfaretta Seely, in East Mill Creek. Frances was buried at her husband’s side in the Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
This history of Grandmother Frances M. Neff was taken from memories written by several granddaughters as told to them by their mothers. Scribe: Olive Fisher Evans, daughter of Rosella Seymour Neff Fisher.

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