OBITUARY NOTES OHEN OGDEN weber county june 12 permit me to inform your numerous readers of the great sorrow that has entered the home of our esteemed bishop of the first ward of this city bishop moroni F brown is directly connected with our noble utah pioneers being a grandson of captain james jamen brown of the mormon battalion for over a year the numerous friends and relatives of the family have regretted the ill health of our bishop which led to tb his bis departure during the winter season to the warmer climate of arizona where he had arrived only a few brief days when a telegram informed him ol of the sudden death of nib bib mother on the day ot of december 1895 he returned home early in the month of february feeling much improved m in health and strengthened in the hope of again oaring caring for and directing the interests of his ward scarce had a mop month th passed away when th the le gloom of sickness and the shadow of death beatt covered the most precious treasures of his fam ilys hearts for six weeks beeks their home was the loved ones were suffering with selo chickenpox chicken pox and scarlet fever having exercised every precaution the children at length appeared to be pros reusing gressing favorably towards recovery but ut by some great law unseen the darkness ness deepened and upon the ath day of may their bright eyed willie aged 4 years and 7 months closed his eyes in that deep long sleep to awake in the home of our heavenly father again on the day of may the angel of death called for another of their jewels this time their latest gift from god their infant son hubert ellis aged only 6 months and 13 days the writer unites in and would repeat the hearts response to the stricken par eats from their many friends the lord gave and the lord hath bath taken away so ao let your trembling hearts be still while we hear the childrens voices sweetly answer back blessed be the came of the lord J mol mcl GEORGE 0 CHASE george 0 chose was born on march 11 1882 in IA sparta livingston county new york at the age of 9 years he left the state ot of ma itaw york with 13 bis in parents coming west went to nauvoo where he arrived to in 1841 the family was in nauvoo during the building of the temple and became intimately acquainted with the prophet joseph smith being baptized by him in the missouri Mia river elder chase chasa left nauvoo for winter quarters in the spring of 1846 and on june 1 1847 he emigrated from there to the rocky bocky mountains before utah had bad become a portion of the united states on the way west he be met the pioneers on the sweetwater Sweet waier who were returning from this valley on september 20 1849 he arrived in the valley after wintering here he returned in the spring of 1848 to meet president Pre aident young before leaving the saints sainta bad planted all the grain they had bad but the crickets came and devoured it as fast as ii 14 came up A special fast ine meeting eting was called at which some of the saints expressed doubt ai to the advisability of having traveled out here but isaac chase latuer of the deceased said that the lord had led them out oat and that he would take care of his own while he be was waa speaking there was heard a strange noise and flock after flock of gulls was seen to fly over the house and into the fields they ate the crickets and saved some of the grain the winter of 1847 8 was spent in he old fort in the sixth ward in the spring of 1848 the chase family loca tedon the old mill property or liberty park built the first saw mill and sawed the first lumber ever turned out in the territory the family lived there until the move south and then returned occupying the property for yeats years COM LETTIE STEVENS died at holden millard county utah june ath 1896 lettie detlie stevens the beloved wile wife of albert stevens she was the daughter of david mckee and ma mary arl tweed mcmillan Mo Millan she was waa born ap 1830 in slippery rock kock township pa was blessed at 7 years of age by A apostle ostle erastus snow was baptized when n 8 years of age by michael B welton and confirmed by harlo redfield in Mormon iown town pike county came to utah in the tall fall of 1852 was married to albert S evens in pleasant grove utah county utah in 1853 they moved to holden in 1857 where they have since resided she was generotti hearted kind to everybody especially the poor she delighted in relating the early experiences of the saints and the sayings savings of the prophet joseph on which hir her mind was very vivid she leaves a devoted husband five children thirty grandchildren one great grandchild and a hosl bosi of relatives and friends to mourn her loss she was generally known as aunt bettio and will be greatly missed she died in full all faith of the gospel and with a hope of a glorious resurrection OOM com VESPUCIUS GREER PROVO may 18 amerious vespucius greer was born march 4 1832 near the chattahoochee river chambers county ala he was wad the son eon of nathaniel ay iy H and ann terry roberts roberta greer his parenia had bad twelve children ten lea sons and two daughters americus was wan the sixth child his twin brothers name is christopher columbus greer the family moved to texas in 1836 about 1850 a book was given to these twin brothers its purpose was to refute mormonism it contained conia ined a brief history ot of the organization of the church and told how it was fashioned after the ancient style which the writer attempted to show was done away in these theme days when men do not need prophets apostles Apo ailes etc ate the object of those who were working against the truth was defeated in this case instead of prejudicing these honest men against the church of christ it increased the desire to learn mure more about it about the year 1853 1858 a mormon by the name ot oil john came to his first sermon conven convinced ced uncle has haa the people are fond of calling saint and he was b baptized iced tho following summer by elder a M blair he emigrated 10 utah in 1855 and settled in the sixth ward sail lake city in 1856 he returned to texas on business there he remained until the bommen commencement of the civil war in which he enlisted as a volunteer with the confederate forms forces during the two years he served us as a soldier he suffered much privation and was chosen captain of his company he did much traveling but did not happen to participate in any battle on account of sickness he was given a furi furlough ough and returned home he was then compelled to go as a scout against the comanche ConAn che indian three months after be and his comrades were released as the officers ficera of had been badly deceived the indians were not hostile uncle H returned home disabled tor for a year during his stay in texas in 1864 he be was married to polly ann lane a true and noble woman man she was baptized in 1876 against the will of her father uncle H returned to utah with his wife and four children in 1877 after a short stay in salt lake city t he moved to springerville Sprine Spring erville apache county arizona to live in the same locality as his brother thomas L greer he has made this his home ever since and followed the occupation of a farmer he served his county for a term of two years as county assessor in an ecclesiastical way he filled with honor the office of bishops counselor ot of the union ward and counselor to the president of the high priests quorum in the st johns stake in 1882 he and his children mourned the loss lose of his faithful faith lul wife who passed away leaving six children three daughters and three sons melvina their oldest daughter in ia now living in chihuahua mexico susan hamblin wilmorth wilmerth dewitt stansell Stana ell and james 0 greer are now living in spring erville ervil lb arizona the youngest son orson pratt greer is now attending the B Y A in provo brother greer desiring to visit his relatives and friends in texas asked to be commissioned as a missionary which casdone was done he left for his field of labor in december 1891 and returned in july 1892 he and his youngest son were on a visit to utah for the purpose of attending the recent conference and doing work in the temple while visiting his brother in wallsburg Walls burg he was caught in a heavy storm and received a severe cold he was sick during his stay there and returned to provo and died a few days dava after while visiting sister ellen grear breer who is stopping at provo to give her children and grandchildren an opportunity to attend the brigham young academy bro her greer was an energetic latter day saint always ready to defend the truth of the gospel he has done much for his departed dead having worked in the he st george manti and salt lake temples he was always present at ac sabbath abbath te schools and meetings conferences and M 1 I associations he set a good example for the youth of zion to follow and the people and youth in the st johns stake will miss mies this devout man 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