| Show LEONARD DEAD leonard one of farm offard lug Ing tons earliest settlers passed cassea ava away at a q quarter barter to eleven 0 clock last saturday night of heart disease and general debility he has mourned the loss of his daughter daug liter clara who suddenly I 1 y died about four months ago which seemed to have affected his health it some but was sick only about nine days prior to his death ho he told the folks to put out the light za and to go to bed for lie says oh this lias has been such a 1 hard day but I 1 ant am going goin C to rest res and the very last audible word he uttered littered was clara he was the son of truman and roxanna euis ellis leonard and born sept 1820 at middlesex ontario co state of new york this is the county that the hill cumorah is in and it was through ca curiosity that deceased went to visit the hill which made such an impression upon him that he made further inquiries and finally finalli became identified with the church in about 1815 1845 18 15 he married or bentia white and three years later they came to utah locating 0 in farmington the same fall there were less than half a dozen families liere here when they arrived the spring of 1852 lie he left on a mission to india by way of san francisco and was gone about three years and a half returning by way of england making a trip around the world he crossed the plains with the second handcart company that ever crossed he tow took part in tile the echo canyon war nine years ago hewen he went tto to canada where he spent six years tali taking inc up land and making a home funeral was set tor for wednesday but it was found necessary to further furt lier postpone it to give relatives residing 0 in the outside country time to arrive he was the father of seventeen children nine of whom survived him |
