DEATH OF W D KARTCHNER allen alien foot writes to us from 8 snowflake now under date of may follows follow another of the veterans of our church passed away at this place on the alt namely william decatur kartchner deceased was the son of john C kartchner and prudence wilcox was born at hartford montgomery co penn pend may ath 1820 abw baptized may ath 1843 having heard the gospel the previous day for the first time he was married to margaret jane casteel in march 1844 passed through all the mob mobbing bings and sand tiong at Nauvoo standing guard greater part of the time during a six weeks rain and was stricken down with rheumatism he could not move band nor foot at the time of the martyrdom lie he was called to go with the famous Emi metts I company and through the operations of those in charge was reduced with meny others to distress ing it was only by a desperate effort that he and his wife were enabled to get away from the company and work their way back to st louis here brother kartchner was well treated by his brother john although not in sympathy in religious matters in the spring of 1846 brother william and wife joined a company of saints who were preparing to go to the rocky mountains preferring the hard bard ships and dangers of a trip to remaining among a people who had abused him an and d his fellow saints this company was wag in charge of captain william crosby and arrived lo 10 salt lake valley july 1847 one year and three months from the time of leaving the state I 1 a brother kartchner Kart ohner who was a blacksmith by trade faithfully assisted as a pioneer in the settle sett lemein meff oj of new places in utah and arizona H he h had a d been quite feeble in body and mand for the last ten years having almost entirely lost his bis sight eight he always bore a strong and faithful testimony to th the e truth of the great latter day work and was a true and consistent latte rd saint his first wife died ten years ago he leaves seventeen children and forty three grandchildren to mourn his loss the deceased was 1 highly respected by all who knew him