THOMAS V WILLIAMS UTAH TAH U PIONEER PASSES PA SES AWAY AT Ai ADVANCED AGE AGEt AGEa a t I to S 1 tL I t t 1 fri THOMAS One On of the Early English Converts to the Mormon Church Who Died Yesterday at the L D S Hospital Thomas Thoma V Y Williams a pioneer of Utah passed away at nt t the Saints hospital yesterday from general debility aged nearly 77 years ears Mr Ir Williams was one of the early Eng English I fish lish converts to the th Mormon church He was born at Shrewsbury on Feb 11 1831 At the age of 24 in tn 1855 1865 he came to Utah settling first firt at Draper where he engaged In farming and school teaching Subsequently Subsequently Subsequently his father mother brother and sister mister J followed him to Utah His father I tiled lied during the journey across the plains For twentysix years ears Mr Williams was an of Z C II M I I Prior to that period he was engaged in the mercantile business with William Jennings at Fill Fillmore FIllmore Fillmore more Nephi and at Ogden He married Pernecy Allen the Oldest daughter of Andrew Jackson Allen a na native native native tive of Kentucky who was a pioneer ot of 1817 Mrs Williams was six years ears of age ago at the time her parents brought her to Utah and she walked talked a considerable part of the distance across the plains and over the mountains moun tams Mr and Mrs Irs Williams had a family of Ir f eleven children nine of whom survive Th The sons are Thomas ThomasA A bishop of the Twelfth ward of Salt Lake In which the late Mr Williams illiams has lived since 1860 18 John H and Edward H The daughters are Mrs Mary Daniels San Mateo Matco Cal Mrs Mary Ensign Salt Lake L l e Mrs Emma Emm Palmer Logan Mrs Pauline Palmer l Logan ogan Miss Edith VIi Wil Williams hams liams Salt Lake Miss Williams San Mateo Funeral services will be held in the Twelfth ward chapel at 1 Monday afternoon Friends are invited to attend and those who desiro desire a last v ew of the dead man nan wilt will be afforded an opportunity between the hours of or 1030 1039 and 1230 at atthe atthe atthe the residence of Bishop Williams 50 East Second South street Mr lIr Williams was an earnest Democrat all his life He was a subscriber to The Herald from its beginning By a strange coincidence his last receipt in payment of his subscription covered the six months between July 19 1907 and Jan 19 1 today todar Bishop Williams the son is also an old subscriber having taken the paper continuously for twentysix years Mrs Williams who preceded her hUs huz hUsband hUSband band to the grave by b several years was a sister of the Allen brothers of Draper Former Fonner Attorney General J A Bagley of Idaho is the oldest son of hoc hen he second sister and Henry A Pearson oldest son of her third sister was the only representative representative representative of Utah at the this sea fight of ot Ma Manilla Manilla Manilla nilla on May lIa 1 I 1893 1898 He is now lieutenant commander of the battleship Illinois with I Admiral Evans fleet