Show A T Of f AM DAND Dlf f y rn m C. C A. A Smoot t Lo Loof Lone Sur Survivor vor of I 1847 Pioneers rs' rs 0 j in Utah Passes 22 William C. C A At Smoot last survivor 1 Fp Utah ot the he original band of ot Mormon Moron Mor Mor- mon on pioneer who came to Salt st Lake ike Valley in 1847 is dead dea the end coming n four nt hours after atter he lie had cee- cee rated his second ninety-second birthday relatives and friends He died Saturday night at his home HI lp 4 Sugarhouse Just before 6 o'clock nt heart failure while sitting in a Shair hair tj I Mr Smoot was hale and hearty up Until the time of ot his death and retained all lI ruggedness that marked the earliest settlers to Salt Lake In his i 1 bunger unger days he was a a. stone ston mason I ind carpenter working on the L. L D. D S. S mple a at Nauvoo Ill m. and later ac actively ac- ac I ac-I Lively engaged In the construction of ot the present L. L D. D S S. S Temple in Salt I take rake I IC C I CONTINUED ACTIVE 3 Until his suM sudden en d death ath Mr Smoot I was jas I ls actively engaged d in civic patriotic nd d church activities and had resided I in Sugarhouse ward for almost seventy sev- sev enty years Rec Recently h he obtained national national na na- na- na I recognition when he flew over Salt alt Lake valley in an airplane with Lieutenant C. C C. C Nutt soaring above Ensign peak the peak the place where he with Ute the io other members of the original band of ef Mormon pioneers gazed back upon the trail from which they had come from rom the East BORN IN SOUTH 8 He He was born in Roan county count Tennessee Tennessee Ten Ten- January 30 1828 He was married married mar mar- ried ded to Martha Ann Sessions daugh- daugh tt r of ot Perry Pery Green Sessions of Bountiful Bountiful Boun Boun- January 29 1852 the tho ceremony b being performed b by BrIgham YoungHe Young He was father of eighteen children fight sons and ten daughters His His' first wife ife died dieG in 1874 11 He was vaa as bishop of the tho Sugarhouse yard ward for many years ears and was a mem- mem member tier beg of tit the Salt Lake lodge No 85 5 B B. j P. P 0 O. E. E and on his eighty ninth aji- aji was made nade a life member DOES DAYS DAY'S WORK t I When a a. few tew years ago the Rotary dub members agreed to complete a c of road work in Parleys Parley's canyon Mr lr moot Smoot was invited to att attend nd He Hed did d with pick and shovel shove and after throughout the day went home borne in a a. better physical condition ah the civic enthusiasts half his age This instance is characteristic of Mr M. Smoots Smoot's le curing Suring the last of ot JO century When President Heber lIeber J J. J Grant of ot the L. L D D. D S. S church and other l burch officials attended the Boy couts couta ou t hike to the summit of ot Little mountain between Parleys Parley's and Emigration Emi Emi- gration ration n canyons nyons on the night of ot July 23 3 1918 Mr Smoot was present He raide roide the difficult ascent to the summit summit sum sum- mit where he be retold Instances of ot the early arly pioneer days as h he remembered them Lem em while the Scouts kept a huge hue bonfire He is survived by the following children chil chil- I dren aren ren W W. C. C A. A Smoot Jr Mrs Eliza Jerring ering A. A C. C Smoot Mis Miss Jose Josephine Josephne n Smoot Parley Smoot Wil- Wil tutt Smoot William B B. Smoot and Miss liss Phila Smoot the death of ot Mr Smoot Lor Lorenzo Lo Lo- Lo- Lo r renzo o S S. S Young a cousin of bf Dr Seymour Seymour Sey Sey- mour B. B Young is the only surviving member r of the original band of ot Mormon Mor Mor- mon pioneers of 1847 He is now lit liV- lug Ing 8 at Shelley Ida and is In lit his year He lie was s 6 years ears of age Il en hen ien he came to Salt Lake valley C C. A. A SMOOT WILLIAM vy l last st of the pioneers in Utah the of-the band which h came cameto cameto f to the valley in 1847 who d died ded d. d Saturday t i ii i |