Show DEATH OF MOSES BAS i 1 Tot Another Ifed Tetrrta Fassn a1 I Moses Harris the eulJect of this sketch was born July 0th lilt In Somerset County Pennsylvania Ho was the son ot Silas and wa ln Sil Anna rU Wright Hams His ancestor was among the first settlers of Sew England In an early day hIs lather moved Jntolndlana and a t tIed In Cork County Thefts Moses became acquainted with Fanny Smith whom he married Ja ht 1824 and who still survives him aged S6 years Both were baptized Into the Church of Jeans Christ of Latterday Saints on Feb 23rd 118 Het In company with his r cmpny brotherinlaw Wm Hawks gathered gath-ered with the Saints In p the cummer of 1833 and stopped through the winter of 183S atpp at Charlton Missouri and In the following spring located Crooked River Caldnrell County He suffered suf-fered with tire Saints in the persecution perse-cution of ISIS and In the Inclement month of March 1539 with a one hone wagon In which bad to bestowed stowed the mot neccsarr hnn hold goods with several children 1 ho set out for Illinois leaving all the balance of their property a prey to the mobben propy pry He finally settled about five milt west of Montrosc Iowa In avery a-very destitute condition He wa ore a High Priest under the direction of the Prophet Joseph to Smith In Kauvoo Jolh Th season before the exodus of the SalnU from Illinois he moved on a farm nearer Montrose which he had rented About the tint of May ISIS he took up the line of maL with the Saints for the Vest and arrived at Council Buffs about the time that Colonel Allen called tme lst Colone Alen cl on the Twelve for 503 volunteers to go to California He gave up his eldest ran rjllas who was the main sup port of the amy In response to eup call of tho Twelve to enlist in tire Battalion At the Bluffs he located on Little PldgeonCreek In October 1S43 his son arrived from California and with his a9si tar c the family Were prepared to cross the plain I In l toco sl K N Allredd company in 1S49 After they had crossul the Loup Fork his iter the wIfe ef VIIllam i Uavrk TVifl killed l In a stampede He arrived II Salt Luke valley on tae loll of October ant settled In Bountiful ten miles nor of Salt Lake Citywhere he remained until he spring of ibM when he joined the company of Charles C Rich and Amaia Lyman to go to San Bernardino to form a settlement At that place be purchased forty acres of land at SO per acre but not having it quite paid for when the settlement was broken up he got no title for It and so lost I with the Improvements he had made He Atc on his return to Utah in tht all of 1857 In Jefferson Hunts corn any and settled in Washington Washington County Utah in February Feb-ruary ibis In the spring of 1S53 he moved to Harrisburg which place was named afterhiiu by President Presi-dent Brighton Young he being the only pettier there at that tie In March 8 he mont with his eon John Berry Valley now Long alley Kane County Utah nnu located at what is now the town of Glendale where he remained until driven out by the Indians In June S7 He returned to Harrisburg w here be remained about threeyearti and then assisted In building up the town of LncU three miles east of la bur From this place be move back t Glendale Long Val icy and settled near his eon Silas which place departed this life March 15th 19J after nn illnitnof thirty days caused by an attack of influenza which Rcttled In his atom ads causingf vetepain He finally pettd peacefully away few mln tiles before midnight aged 91 years 7 months and 25 day He leaves a posterity now living ot five children > grand children and S3 great grand children Father Harris long and eventful Ufe after gathering with the Saints in Missouri Mis-souri was mostly spent In opening new settlements He was very lannmlng and was honest and uprght In nls deallngM with his fc low man always quietly performing al JuUe rulr of him He was very temperate In his habits He ever falter nor murmured under all I the trying ne he was called to pass through and was ever ready bear a strong testimony to the truth of this Latterday work I can truly L Bal of him He h ught the good fight ho has kept the gJl and will come forth in lumornlng of the first resurrection and inherit all the blessings sealed upon his head In tho Temple of the Lard wherein he passed Uifuugb all the ordinances given in those sacred pisces WARE FOOTE |