Phoebe expresses sympathy for the death of infant ARthur Clyde, son of Martha and Henry Hacking, in Cedar Fort

Copied from The History of Henry Franklin Hacking, by Donna Hacking Erickson.

[Arthur Clyde Hacking was born on September 11, 1902, and died on October 20, 1902.]

Arthur Clyde, born in Cedar Fort, Utah, was the fourth son of Henry Franklin and Martha Wilcox Hacking. His birth weight was eleven pounds. He had dark eyes and little curls of dark hair, especially in the back. His eyebrows were as distinct as if they had been marked with a pencil.

He was just over a month old when he took pneumonia. While he was sick, a dear old Indian named Phoebe came. She said to Martha, “Poor squaw, poor squaw. Your baby heap sick.” The next day she came again. The baby had died. Phoebe said, “Poor squaw, poor squaw. Me heap sorry.” She placed her hand on Martha’s shoulder and cried and cried, her tears falling on the floor.

Arthur Clyde was buried in the Cedar Fort Cemetery.

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