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Show PAUL CARBON I r I . ww . Pioneer and Patriarch Buried Yesterday After Impressive Services A Native of Italy. Was Father of Twenty Children, Four. ieen of Whom Survive. Had Served in Both Civil and Ecclesiastical-Capacities Paul Cardon, early pioneer of Utah and well known In this vnlloy, dle'd at his homo In tho Logan Seventh ' ward Friday evening about 8:30 o'clock. Funeral services wore held In tho Logan tabcrnac'o yesterday at 1 ). m. with the following speakers: speak-ers: I Bishop B. M. Lewis, II. W. Ballard Bal-lard of Benson ward, N. W. Kimball, Kim-ball, Bishop T. H. Merrill and President Pres-ident Alma Merrill of Richmond and Bishop II. E. Crockett of Logan. Tho Soventh ward choir furnished appropriate musl Joseph M. Wilson Wil-son sang, "I Know That My Redeem-'er Redeem-'er Lives." Paul Cardon, son of Philip Cardon and Mario Tourn was born December 28, 1839, nt Ptarustln, Italy. The Cardong found a place of rofugo in I tho Italian Alps during the a vful I days of persecution that cost tho . lives of tens of thousands of noblo souls who maintained that every per-, son had tho right to worsnip God as ho chose. Many of tho Cardons wore numbered among the martyrs. Thoy woro of tho Waldenses, ana the second family In Italy to accept tho restored Gospel of Jesus Christ, as taught by tho Latter-day Saints, un-dor un-dor tho direction of tho lato President Presi-dent Lorenzo Snow. This notublo event In their lives took placo In tho year 1852. In February 1851, Philip Cardon with his family, consisting con-sisting of four sons nnd two daughters, daugh-ters, left their native land to cast their lives and fortunes with tho do-splsed do-splsed Mormons. Having already endured en-dured persecutions for their bollef, It was nothing now for them to sharo in tho hardships and persecutions that followed tho" Saints after reaching reach-ing tho valleys of tho mountains. Tho Cardons arrived in Utnh, October Oc-tober 29, 1854 with tho Robort Camp-boll Camp-boll company settling in Weber county, coun-ty, whoro thoy remained until tho movo south, which took placo during tho yoar 1858. Paul was stationed as a guard to set flro to tho homes and grain if found necessary. Ho was also ono of tbo guards In Echo canyon and endured tho hardships of that ovent In tho history of Utnh. Tho previous year Paul wns married mar-ried to Susannah Goudln, who crossed cross-ed tho plains with tho Edmund Ellsworth Ells-worth hand cart company which arrived ar-rived In Utah, September 26, 1856. From this union six sons and II vo dnughtors woro, born, two sons and ono daughter having died. In De-corabor, De-corabor, p9, ho was married to Magdalene Mag-dalene Bous, who also came as a HMKMMHM child with the Ellsworth hand cart company. From this union nine children wero born, threo of whom aro dead. After tho return from the south the Ca don family settled at Marriott, Weber county. Tho following yenr, 1859, Paul Cardon with his father nnd brother Philip canio to Logan, which thou numbered but n few families. They entered nt onco upon tho activities ac-tivities necessary to protect themselves them-selves against tho then savage Indian In-dian nnd tho building up of n now settlement. Paul assisted In erecting erect-ing tho (list log Iioubo in Logan, which was located on tho block west of tho old Lincoln Hotel. Ho becamo actively engaged In defending tho sottlors against tho many Indian I rulds that took placo during tho early I settlement of Cache Valley, and tlsk-od tlsk-od his own Ufa upon many occasions In defending othors. Ho was nhnoat constantly engaged in this work, 1 neglecting his own porsonal affairs, and this admirable nunllt)', characterized charac-terized bis entire llfo. Ho was prominently prom-inently Identified with tho religions military, social nnd civil organizations organiza-tions of tho early history of Logan City and Cacho Valley. As a mem-I mem-I bor of tho church ho placed himself ' and all that ho possessed at Its ser-' ser-' vice, for It was because of his lovo 1 for the work of God that prompted him and his father's family to leava their natlvo land, and bo It said to tho cedlt of all members, thoy died faithful and truo to their covenants with God and all men. In n mllltnry capacity Paul Cardon was first lleutonant of cavalry, having hav-ing received his commission from tho president of tho United States, As a local civil officer, ho served as flrst treasurer of Logon City, and for many years as marshall, Ho had eharge of tho Templo Mill In Logan canyon which furnlshod tho lumber for the Logan templo. Ho assisted In tho survoylng and building of tho Logan -oanyon road. In nil tho affairs af-fairs of tho valloy ho was foremost among men. A gentleman woll known hero, In a recent lottor to Mr. Cardon Bald: "It Is impossible, for the present generation to fully appreciate what you and your good wife havo done for tho development of Cnc)io Valley." Val-ley." Tho family of Paul Cordon rosldou In Logan continuously up to tlio year 1S92. During this year ho, with n (Continued on pago four) Flora m prow BURIED YESTERDAY AFTER IMPRESSIVE Ml ES i (Continued from page one) few members of his largo fatnl y, do- siring a retired life, moved to Den-son Den-son ward, whero ho secured a largo farm. Hero ho becama ono of tho bishopric of snid ward. Ho with his worthy and faithful companions aro today loved and honored by the pco-plo pco-plo of Benson ward and wherever thoy a"o known. This is tho result of well spent nnd honorable 'lives lives of sacrlfico for others. Desiring to spend tho remaining years among their children, most of whom livo in Logan, and also to do work for tholr kindred doad,' they returned during tho yoar 11)12 whoro they located In tho Seventh ecclesiastical ecclesi-astical ward. Paul Cardon Is tho father or twenty twen-ty children, fourteen of whom sur-vivo sur-vivo him; tho grandfather of seven-ty-threo; nnd the greatgrandfather of seventeen, a total of ono hundred ten. Ills death was duo to stomach trouble which nffllctod him for several sev-eral months provloug to his passing away. All his children wero at his bcdsldo when death's summons 'came. Joseph E. Cardon, odltor of Liahona tho Elders' Journal, published at independence, Missouri,, having been sent for two weeks provlous to his ueuth, February VI, l'JIO. In tho passing of" Paul Cardon, another an-other of tho old faithful pioneers, goes to his well earned rest and leaves In his largo posterity and mul-tltudo mul-tltudo of friends tho richest legacy that can como to any moital. Ho is tho lust member of tho Becond .generation .gener-ation or Cardons to pass to tii'o groat beyond, Of him It can bo truthfully said: "Ho was ono of God's noblemen noble-men an honest man devoted to good works." Tho surviving children aro: Mrs. Marrlner W. Merrill, Jr. Hlclimond; Mrs. Joel Illcks, Logan; Mrs. Fred Turner, Logan; John P. Cardon, Logan; Mrs. William Merrill, Mer-rill, Hlclimond ; Louts S. Cardon, Logan; Lo-gan; Joseph E. Cardon, Logan . Hy-runi Hy-runi M. Cardon, Logan; Moses G. Cardon, Logan; Georgo D. ra'iioUl' Logan; Mrs. Silas Hicks, Login; Ernost W. Cardon, Vornon; Mrs K. L. Walker, Hoxburg, Idaho; Katie I. Cardon, Logan. |