Show 1 e I I ALEX WILKINS DEAD Pioneer of Provo and Present I j Councilman Expires Exp ires in Gar Garden Garn n den ApoplexY Y Provo May 1 Wilkins councilman from t second ward died suddenly this morns H grid tt d been tip town a short POt time before and talked with several pOp people and aDd WM u aa in his hilt usual good health heRlth and spirits tie die rett returned to hb bin home and poked ug a e td t some work In the r nT Th t 1 boll 11 and a muted niter he was seep mess mem Iten of th the e Jam am r 7 P gat tb e rf him he was unconscious and expired ex fired ln In a few fee MInutes re if Indeed life Ufe W S not extinct r 0 t oe I Az Wilkins after the attack which caused hi his death and which was s said by tar Dr Slater to lie apOplexy of the heart hart XI Mr Wilkins war waif tom born near Montreal Canada July t 9 bit 1814 His Hta parents moved to Missouri when the of o the church was located there then There Alexander with the rest of the endured many hardships incident to the troublous times Umes I through which the church passed ed at that period la In II Ids Wilkins came to Utah l I the family locating in Provo which has since been n his home bome with t the exception I of 0 come yea years when be lived in fn Mona Juab e county In the early days ot of the territory he be was wan an active participant inthe in inthe I the work I t to settle and aDd develop the country He fro crossed the plains twice In 1 i In the Y X company and aad in lilt went to ao the aid of the handcart corn com company party pany of which man many died from I tiona tion before assistance arrived from frem the valleys He also served ln III Ute the Indian wars walL For pall twenty yearn he has been before the public as a police deputy sheriff and r of o the city In hod Body he be was serving his hI l second term at the the of oC I his death dt For twelve a he be has baa been 11 to the bishop bOp of Ute the Second ward remaining fa that position po UR the late division of the t wards when he he M be became I came a member of the SIxth ward wanI Mr ir wu was twice me nied marrying Malena Barn ip an and IZ Arabella Barney In His Hia descendants n number r fifteen en children and six s grea t Hi 11 Wi wives two brothers Oscar Wilkins said Joke G Wilkins of this city and aDd two sisters ten lI L Charta barks Shelton err Heber and Sirs Ster ling D Colton of Vernal survive luau The funeral be held treat Ire tIN the stoke ta tabernacle l Sunday at |