OBITUARY CANTWELL died at the residence of his bis son francis B R in cache county utah september ath 1887 of nervous debility james sherlock cantwell aged 73 years 9 months and 11 days funeral at smithfield amith field deceased was born in dublin ireland on tho th of november 1813 his bis parents died when he was very young alter being in in several towns in england yount ne e finally settled in liverpool where he heard the gospel he was baptized on the ath of de february 1842 by elder johna john A james and confirmed on the by elder john greenbowe Green bow was ordained a priest on the of april and an elder on the of august 1842 he was appointed clerk of the liverpool branch aud and conference august angust 19 and was chief clerk of the firs t general conference held in liverpool england august 1043 1843 he arrived in salt lake city on the of december 1356 he located in bag cottonwood and in 1862 removed to smithfield on the of april 1838 he married elizabeth Elizab eili cotterell hamer by whom he had twelve children seven of them surviving him his wife died in 1858 he also leaves thirty nine grand grandchildren children and tw two 0 great eat grandchildren brother cantwell cantwel 1 ti died ed full fall in the faith and had the confidence and respect of all who knew him as was evidenced by the large attendance tenda uce abis a this funeral COM father samuel Nes lenson son of richard and margaret biffen was born at bridge in the parish of oulton near lowestoft Lowe december ad 1807 his hib parents were episcopalians Episcopal ians ana and his father was an old type euclish farmer and village blacksmith he was apprenticed to the carpentering and cabinet making business at the expiration of which he was engaged as foreman on july baly 1829 he married miss eunice francis who was reared from childhood a wesleyan methodist about this period he to use hi his is own language saw the necessity of serving servi dg god language an and identified himself with the wesleyan methodist church became a local preacher in the lowestoft Lowe circuit a zious zealous advocate and successful converter he established himself in business as builder undertaker and general contractor or in the early part of 1849 he be became interested in the teachings of the elders of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints accepting the same he was baptized by elder thomas smith in the city of norwich was ordained an elder and shortly I 1 afterwards appointed president of the lowestoft Lowe branch of the church the meetings were then held in a stable in Rand score a very obscure and uninviting for religious with his bis characteristic zeal he be extended ins his and preached in the adjacent villages and towns of gt yai yarmouth mouth and Bec cels and became abundantly successful in brang ng many converts into the church in he be built a chapel for the latter day saints in st peters street calab capable dat e of seating or oi persons in january 1853 he sold out devion houses a large stock of et goods a schooner and all his effects and accod accompanied ed by his wife three sons and six liters embarked embark ed on the ship sh Gol condar for new orleans steamed up the mississippi to st StLouis louis staid there six weeks and moved onward to keokuk while journeying through iowa lie was thrown from a horse receil 9 severe mimics ear rived in salt late lake city in september 1853 and settled in twelfth ward he was ordained a high ahagh priest the same year and commissioned a lieutenant of silver greys in the nauvoo legion in 1854 he passed through the famine of 1855 in the general exodus of the saints he moved to he learned of the death of his eldest son samuel in William asburg N Y while returning from a mission with his brother robert in 1862 he was called on a mission great britain labored in his native county and returned returned in 1864 for many years he took an active part laboring as teacher ho herip missionary etc and was always spoken of as a faithful zealous consistent hattei day saint and an honest man he breathed his last hurt at 10 a in on monday aug 1887 at the ripe age of 79 years 8 months and 23 days he was the father of 11 children 8 of whom survive him his funeral services were conducted at the twentieth ward meetinghouse meeting house bouse elders john T came caine geo B wallace C R savage john sharp sen ben E grove G geo eo romney Koin ney sen and S B young officiating his pall pal bearens were eight of his hia eldest grandsons prece proceeded eded by twelve of his younger grandsons many of the eldora eldera and saints formerly in england will re dembei him kindly for his generous aid in the eini emigration gration honor to his same and and peace to his ashes lowestoft Lowe Loie A news and mil lennia dennial star please copy