Show william jackson dead one by one the busy lands bands that toiled and worked to help turn the desert into a paradise cease to labor it now becomes our duty to chronicle the death of william jackson who for over forty one long years has been a citizen of bountiful being sick for about a year and a half prior to his death at times however im in V proving some but yet on the whole gradually going down until last friday when he was released from his suffering 12 by death he was born in patta pembroke shire wales of english parents on the of august 1832 being one of a family of seven children his mother died when he be was only seven years old and shortly afterwards his hi s father married again but as he and his stepmother step mother could not see things alike he af a the age of ten left home and enlisted as a sailor for eleven years he sailed upon the waters of the mighty deep passing through the principal oceans of the earth and visiting the leading seaport towns of the old and the new world all kinds of experience incident to sailors life was experienced by him at one time he did not see any land for the period per 1 of six months the last voyage 0 lie he made was from liverpool to new orleans in the year 1853 the year came to utah crossi Dg the ocean he became acquainted with ann woolley who was on her way to utah with her parents whom he married at new orleans comino coming 0 to utah with the family and later identifying himself with the church of jesus christ of later day saints upon his arrival here he be at once decided to make bountiful his future home and began work ile he was among those who went out to stop the march of johnsons army leaving home without a coat on his back and his shoes miss matched but these draw backs did not discourage him he also took part in the morris ite and indian wars the family sent several teams out to help poor emigrants across the th e plains and did much to aid the poor and those in need he leaves a wife and eleven children to mourn lis his loss all the family except a daughter mrs ars george lincoln who resides at grays lake were at the funeral which was held in the west bountiful meeting in house on sunday jan there being a very large audience present upon the occasion pros pres grant bishop grant elders WW Willey jos L holbrook joseph argyle sr and wm win mann were the speakers |