Show RICHARD ballantyne DEAD was a pioneer of note in utah and weber county prominent in sunday school work was a grand man funeral services at tabernacle sunday richard ricard ballantyre Ballan died last eyen evening lug nov 8 at his h me on twenty a cond street after tl 11 lingering illness of 0 two months deceased was wll known as a pioneer and came in 0 especial prominence in connection with his work as founder of the sunday ebbo il system of the moriju charca A sketch of hie his life and labors is ai as follows he lie was a born at Whit bridge rocks bridge hire scotland tand AUK ang 26 1817 he lie was tho eon son of david ballantyne and ann bauman he was baptized in december Dec timber 1842 into the mormon church end and emigrated to the united states in 1843 arri arriving at new orleane Orl Orle eais aue II 11 massod through t drousth many hardships sod finally went to utah in 1848 a arriving after a four months jour journey nev hf lie married meriah claric feb fe he le filled a mission to india in 1651 1851 and in 1854 1834 arrived home in december cem er 1849 1649 hw ho founded the first sunday school in butth at salt it lake and was ca anotn everywhere as a lifelong life lonc Is I 1 borer io in thia this work ue he lived to bee see the membership swell to nearly at the time of bis his death ne he aa was sike si sc ke BU an erio of the weber sunday schools ec booc which petition be he occupied since 1872 during this time be placed the schools in the front rank of those in the thi state he lie came camo to in 1850 aid and wan was the first merchant in tbt the city he was also aleo a pioneer in journalism being at one liane time proprietor and in diner of the ogden june junc ion he lie has occupied d responsible positions ions in the city and coloty and was one of webers best beet known school teachers to at the time of his deatel he was a mem berof the dizh council having occupied that p position seventeen years oa on an aug 26 1897 nn birthday a school celebration ration was beld in his honor and it ta was a eala vala day in th history of weber county thousands of or children marched through the streets in the exercises at L ster park the honored veteran was literally covered by a wilderness of flowers from we th 0 children in to the financial crash in 1890 and 1893 be he lost all of lio lia p po and nd last byoir the blake stake sunday schools cave gave him an ofer offer lo 10 fuz which aided him in building a little home here where he eprat sprat tl e closing months 0 of f his life in quiet and happi happiness nees except tor toe th tha suffering ho lie endured from bis his ailment ho he waa was a substantial in weber county funeral services servi cies will bo be held at the ogden next sunday nov at 1 v in general invitation vi is extended extends d |