Show obituary J W crosby coi lev wo fab 25 hon jessie W croby r died here it 0 20 ve he hid been prominent in wyoming nn ars for 15 acara III w is born silt like city services will bo held SU 12 noon jasso chosby r was son of alio W and H inn ih U baldwin chosby in he went from silt lake to southern ft ill with his parents and helped to survey alie cita of st gaorge when he was alent 14 years of age hp drove a horse team to southern and back in 1864 lie drove i four yoke ox team from fat george to the missouri river aid back traveling about 2700 miles ill seven months he spent most the summer of 1865 as a guard on alie frontiers in southern butali and in lie went as i member of an exploring pirty p by ft ay of kan ib ercal ditc and alie fromont river to look out the strongholds strong holds of the in dims one man as killed by the indians on this trip in 1867 mr crosby aimed mimed sarah paiuline dark he later married arah frances jacobs abid sadie meeks and is survived by twelve in 9 he filled a mission to the laboring principally in kentucky tennes tennesee ee and georgia after his return home he was bet apart as a high councilor in the st george stake in 1872 he removed to pan duitch and helped to colonize that action when the stake as organized in 1877 he was chosen counselor to presto jimes henne and in 1882 he waa called to succeed prest henne as president which position ho held until 1900 in 1900 he went into the big horn wyo chui coui try since that ime he has iwen a leader there in colonization church civic affairs being as ono of alie foremost men in that bention of country elder crosby was formerly counselor to president byron sessions of the big horn stake apostle A W ivins came from salt lake city to attend the funeral |