Show PATRIARCH Ji t < UK i V V1JJKI HOn H-On Saturday October 2 < i lW I tho children grand children and great grand children of George W Wilkins mot at his home to celebrate cele-brate ho eightythird anniversary of bile birth Tliure were fiftyjoiip of his folks present among tfjeni being President G H HrimlinUol I the B Y U who is n soninlu of the Patriarch Grandpa Vil i kills line u total of soyenLy six In fug descendants Those who were absent uro scattered in ilifluicnt parts of the world Some are in Europe some in Canada and I the others in different parts of the United States Goo W Wilkins was born in Pelorboro Hilfsborongh county Vermont his father and mother being former citizens of Massachusetts Massachu-setts lie embraced the gospel Jesus Christen OciO 1812 While a 1 conference was being held in Peterboro on Jtily 14 18It he WII ordained an elder by Brothers Or son Pratt and Brigham Young It was at this conference that Brig hum Young first received the news of the Piopliel Josephs martyrdom martyr-dom At the ago of twentyone after having learned the trade of a moul der Georgo moved to Filssburg Slass lie worked in the iron foundries there for about four years It wns while working there that he find became acquainted with the young lady who was to bocomo his wifo She was a resident resi-dent of Ib voll Mass and they were married there in 1801 by Lit L-it Hardy Elder Wilkins then presided over a branch of tho church at Lowell for about three years On April 10 1819 Bro George in company with about sSvonteen others left Lowell for Utah Bro Jesse haven was captain of the company This company left the Bluffs on the Missouri river on July 5th and urriyed iu Utah Oct 12181Q Grand Father Wilkins resided in Salt Lake City for about three years lie then moved to California Cali-fornia and lived there for two and onehalf years returning to Utah in August 1855 Acting upon the advise and consent con-sent of tho Presidency of the church he bold his home in Salt Lake and came to Spanish Fork Here he was ordained a High Priest May O lb5U by Elder JI ub dee Col trin and sot apart as second coun ShIm to Bishop J L Butler tho samt clay Ho has always been a faithful worker in Iho church bo ing u member of the bishopric of the Third tfard fort u long time On August 181 JOt Brother George was ordained a Patriarch by Apos tIc George Tcasdale Patriarch AViLkins has Jived a life thai would do for any young man to t model from as an ideal i lie has never been rich nor poor but hits always e Imd sufficient means to subsist on lie has ahvajs been happy and t indeed We may say that this 1 happiness due to tho above ran inL Happiness pro lungs life Chit statement is i easily vuriiicd by the life of Patriarch Patri-arch tWWWilkins JJUV |