Show PIONEER GEORGE FREESTONE d a 4 last respects paid ashley valley valleu y pioneer tho the funeral of george freestone who hod died august 26 vias as held hold last saturday at 2 p V m at the first ward chapel the building was tilled filled with friends of the deceased and no doubt many othera others would h have a y e attended atten dod had they known in time the floral offerings were beautiful and kho the casket woe was draped with lonely blossom bloss music was cd ed by a quartet consisting of mary caldor calder myrtle belcher H belcher and ashley bartlett with archie johnson as accompanist six sons of mr freestone were pall bearers aa ra the opening number by the qu quartet artict was avas when whon the glorious lights of truth prayer was offered by nerson moakley Mo Ale ikley an old friend of the family i the quartet then sang jesus lover of my soul which was a favorite song of the departed john N davis janics james hacking AJ Jol iuston and bishop dishop calder were the speakers an aix interesting sketch 1 of mr freestones life written by himself as read by J N amis dals ach each speaker in turn saoko of the goad mr freestone Vre estone had accomplished i and of the many things he had caused to grow having furnished from his nursery some of the most beautiful fui trees in the country mr air johnstun told of liaA having mg arved ns as af pf neighbor with mr freestone for over forty years and of the families living in peace and unity ashley bartlett sang ill go where hero ou want ant me to go dear lord the closing number was come come ye saints president ernest eaton pro bounced the benediction interment was at the vernal cemetery mr air freestone leaves a wife alfo and grand children and a number of great grand children ildron ch to mourn his loss the living children are mrs mary alary maughan hieston Pi eston idaho a daughter by his first marriage ariage geo freestone mrs rosella deck james I redstone mrs birs emma ailers pleasant grove utah louis Frees freestone tono reuben freestone emery freestone lIr cestone charles freestone fro itono stono mrs atton afton drullard druliard and 2nd clarence freestone all of the ch children ildron except mrs Nf ere at the funeral following Is a sketch of the life of the deco deceased ased written by himself before his death 1 I was born bom of english parentage on prince edwards isle august 13 1838 when I 1 was under two years of age my parents Cial migrated to america and settled in hayden county t ohio when I 1 waa was about 13 an elder of the church of jesus christ of later day saints visited ats ns converted my parents and wo we started to utah one year later wo we arrived alved et at mt ach lown iowa one of the improvised pro camps of the mormons cormons Mor mons who wore migrating westward the th e hardships of the winter were intense the next spring wo we came on to winter quarters where we found a company of saints preparing to cross the plains to salt lake city we joined them and I 1 brovo a four yoke team of oxen on a heavily freight wagon to utah where we arrived september 9 1868 ou our captain wae was dinael D tylel miller subs Subsequently eq bently we moved to american fork for one year and then to alpine in the same county where a resided many year years I 1 married alice carlisle in 1861 during this time I 1 was engaged in hauling stone the erection of the salt lake tern tem pie to us were born four daughters in the church my time was given to the sunday schools where I 1 became superintendent 1 I was of the militia lui litia of our town and served in the black hawk war in 1866 in 1868 my wife alice died in 1872 1 I married jen anit nit lind and moved to bear river 1 i idaho during the seven years of our sojourn three children were born to us and one died in 1879 wb wo came len to fork now vernal and endured dured the hard winter of 1879 in which I 1 lost all my cattle dawe farming was very successful in ashley valley and the third year I 1 raised bushels of grain 1 I brought the first twine hinder binder and tho first two stands of bees ito ashley valley mine aline was the first farm that was fenced and a ad I 1 built the first frame house I 1 planted the first nursery of fruit and shade trees and supplied the settlers for several years I 1 took up the sunday school work again and was made atako superintendent superintend ont of wb what a was then a part of the wasatch stake i with headquarters at heber city county I 1 later on when uintah stake wae was created I 1 was made bishop of the tho vernal ward ard which position I 1 held ifor for eleven years from 1894 to 1896 1 I as a missionary in JEn england gland my aly posterity is quite numerous I 1 having had been born to we fifteen children seven sons and eight daughters many grandchildren grand children and great i grandchildren |