Show JOS ilis T MABEY FATHER OF GOV EX-GOV EX w GOV MABEY CALLED BY DEATH Joseph oseph T l fathel or of former governor Chas R Mabey and one of the founders of the Republican party parti in m Da Davis DaIS IS county a sheep man in m f the he ds d drys s of Grover GroverCle Cle Cleveland eland and u a a resident of Boun BountIful Bountiful Bountiful for foi nearly seventy ent years v cars died evening e at the home of his daughter 1 Mrs Alice FishIer at Second avenue in to Salt Lake City after about a months illness s from infirmities infirmities incident to old a age e Mi Mt Mabey is a typical pioneer having experienced practIcally endured cry c eer kind hind of hardship byte by the carl early setters of this Being a native of England the son of Thomas and ad Esther Chalker Mabey he left his home in m Wraxall all all Do ct England at the age of seventeen crossed the plains with ox teams arriving in m this valley m in 1862 His Ills mother mother was as a widow when the writer first kne knew the family who ho were cre near neighbors and there wele the pie he three boys Albert Joseph and James and andt two t 0 sisters Some of his early farm t 1 tIes were growing glow IO In ing blue mes mes- mes mes-hanic mes potatoes ln in n North canyon where the Mabey boys boss bo s had a alar lar large e potato patch each year and cuttIn cutting grain gram with Ith a cradle cradIc lIe He was as also enga engaged ed in m canyon work getting out logs for foi lumber and andwood andwood wood for fuel Later years ears when it was as sug sug- sug- sug suggested suggested ested that a canning factory be built at Woods Cross ClOSS he was one of the principal pro promoters promoters and backers backels of that enter enterprise enterprise prise which has proved plo such a blessing to the farmers and people of this community He lIe never nc faul in m supporting this industry although at times it such burdens that It seemed like they could not be borne yet vet et he stayed with Ith it untIl the industry was permanently pel established es He s was as engaged in m the sheep business for foi many ealS and was wasl wasa wasa l a successful farmer and gardner It was as the family farm and home here at thrashing time that his hisson hisson son Charles the former governor got ot his Ius inspiration lot foi his splendid poem on the thrashing machine Mr Mabey was as successful in m whatever hate he undertook which was S 4 probably due to the fact that he hey y had good judgment was steady and industrious and had no em pediments nor bad habits to hold him back bach He v was as well ell balanced devoted to his family ChUl church chuich ch and state education and public life He Hc has made an enviable record He had plenty of courage COUI a e when when- whenever whenever ever heas he was as convinced that any any- thing anything was wa 1 light ight he advocated It notwithstanding that he might be alone as asas was as illustrated when the people in this state divided on party lines he e espoused and ad- ad advocated ad advocated tho the Republican hcan cause and there were ere only one o one he or two h 0 others In the count county at t that at time that be- be believed believed be believed as he did Later he ser served sered ed this county as a Republican county commiSSIOner an ami his son served sel ved I Ithe the state as a Republican gO governor In the early da das s Mr Mabey assisted in m the de of the Oquirrh mining In the church Mr l Mabey was wasa wasa wasa a great reat Sunday school worker He served both in m W t and in m East BountIful as Sunday Sunday school super super- superintendent superintendent He lie was US one of the presidency of the they I One Hundredth quorum of se seventies for many many I y ears and was a hIgh high l priest at the time of his death March 13 1811 1871 he ho married Sarah L Tolman Tolmar who ho died m in 1914 Of the children who were born to then the following ten hn survive e Former Governor Charles R Mabey of Bancroft Idaho William Wilham J Mabe Mabey of Salt Lake L Judson A AI At A t 1 1 of P Pebble e Josephe able Ida Joseph JosephL L Mabey l of George E Mabey of Pittsburg Cal Clarence Mabey of Los Angeles David Ma- Ma Mabey Ma Mabey bey of Bountiful Bountiful Mrs Irs Sarah L Hepworth of Bountiful Dr Orson II H Mabey of Malad Ida Mrs Alice Fishier Fishler o of Salt SnIt LakeI Lake I His Ills youngest 1 daughter Mrs Esther Lee died October 10 of this year ear car Sui Sun iving also al ate aie e 57 dren and one great reat grandchild Funeral services will be held m in inthe inthe the Bountiful Tabernacle Sunday I afternoon at 2 t o'clock FrIends may maj call caU at the old Mabey homem home m in Bountiful the tho casket will willbe willbe be open Saturday iy afternoon and andon andon andon on Sunday until time of the serice serIce ser- ser Ice ice |