| Show maniger manager mann passes away manner manager C IV mann of the woods cross cros cannery who was mentioned in last weeks clipper as havin having had a fall while putting on a belt bel t at the factory on oil monday oct passed away at the holy cross hospital saturday mornin morning oct at 10 minutes to twelve he was in the best of health when lie he met inet with the accident but the hurt was so serious that it was only from monday until saturday till the end came it was rupture of the kidney which developed into peritonitis the funeral services were held in the west bountiful meeting house tuesday october at 10 a in the attendance was very large and tho the floral offerings numerous the young ladies and other employees of the cannery furnished nearly 20 korthof worth of flowers which were worked into various beautiful shapes such as gates ajar harp etc elders starns hatch joseph T mabey thomas hull pros pres grant and bishop grant spoke on the character of the deceased and words of consolation to members of the famil family yand and those present the gentleman who disposes of the C can canners nerys rys goods as wholesaler whose name we failed to learn was also present and spoke deceased was born at strat ford on avon warwickshire Warwick shire england C may 4 1839 making 11 him sixty two years old last may at the a age ae C e of nine or ten he was apprenticed to learn the bakery ery business which lie ho worked it at till lie he emi emigrated to utah in 1859 he crossed the atlantic in the ship william tapscott antho on the voyage voya 0 e lie he married miss lavina A smith who has preceded him to the 0 great beyond by one or two years he and his wife crossed the plains in a band handcart cart in robert nestlings Nest lings company arriving 0 in ill salt lake sept ath they lived in farmington four foul years after their arrival here and in 1863 moved to bountiful which has always been his home ile he served in the black hawk indian war and helped in the morristown trouble eleven years ago went to england on a mission T sion in november but owing to poor health returned the following in z february ile he served on oil the home mission here in the county a number of years we doubt whether he ever thought of the bakers trade when he be got to this country for he launched out in an entirely different field of usefulness turning ill his attention to machinery for which vocation he was eminently fitted by nature ile he started with thrashing 0 machines and then turned his attention to well driving in and finally crowned his bis efforts with the mana management gement of the woods cross cannery which position he held for four or five years ile he met with td great success in each of these undertakings the last was especially conspicuous as when lie ho took hold bold of the factory it was paying irish dividends and last year it paid twenty per cent and did considerable building besides in his death bountiful loses one of its most useful and industrious men and his wife and fifteen child children ren a good husband and father |
