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Show DEATH OF A UTAH PIONEER Patriarch Lor;nn D. loans Pisses From Bur'alliy, Altera Well ap-ul I. He or risblyelat Veara-Uae er Ibe urlalual Today, Nov. 21, l'alr aiob Lir.niu Dow Yi.ung, brotn.r nf Iho late Treat dent Ilrlgliaru Young, breathe,! hi. laal at bla borne In thla city. He has br.u qulto fe.bl. olnc. the lit of bop. tcniber laal.aod oevoral limes bla death haa been anticipated. Whan at laal It oame II waa peaceful. The derailed waa boru Ool. I, IS. 17, In Hmyrna, Hhenaug.i county, New York, and waa lha auu of Jonu aud Nahble How. Young. 11. waa uue uf she original L'tah I'lnneers. lu his Infancy, Lnrenxi Dow Young was a laoble child, aud aa a b ly ha was far from being physically atlung. 111! nulber died when ha wee i.u, n seven and sight y.ar. uld. At l.u b. became apt.ieuilco to a gardener and uureery.iuau, wno required him lo work heyuud ble aireiigin. At aev.n-leeu aev.n-leeu be wenl tu learn the block. mllb'o trade where he met with an accldeut that almuot rendered blm a cripple fur life; frum Ihlo, huwever, he reeuvered. Il waa In l:i2 Ibal ha read the Hook of Mormon, and on lnveatigallou waa cuuvluoed of Ibe truth uf ll.eWoi,el revealed through Ilia I'rophet Joseph limlih, ksiog bapllted In rJept.mb.r uf thai year. H. galh.r.d wltk Ih. Church, and In liiM want on a mioolnn to III. otata of New York, la IbM he rilled a mission la western Ualo.fol low.d by another In New Yurk. From K inland he moved le Mlsauurl, frum wn.r. he waa dilvun win, the Haluia ,1, H i-.; going tn Mi-ult enuuly, be re n, slued there till Idll. He was al tha battle ot Crooked llivor, where Lldar David W. Fallen wal killed. In IKI lie filled eajutner mla.lou ta Ohio; aud In lb4,l was one of those In the Mormuu exodus frum Nauvoo. With bis family ha passed thruugb the ssvera privations uf taat period, and on April 7, 1S47, left Winter U lartere with tba Llau rionaera undei 1'real. dent Itrlghaiu Young, l.oreoisbruiight with him one cow the only cow lu tha com any, and the flral ever kuowu to com. lata the Ureal bill Lake Valley. Lor.bio'; tint labor In the valley wa. taking aul a little water In an Irrigation Irri-gation ditch and planting a bushel ol IMitatoe. h. bad brought from Winter Quarters; they w.r. badly dried up and only fourteen bills grew. Thu frual oumiug en, be cul up a wag m box, made i .ma boxea, end took up hli poiator., hllli aud all aad took them lulu the home, where bu left th.m growing till colder weather oame, and they had grown lo the also of hickory sun, lie. u uug meu,, auu 110X1 spring bad one quart left for eed, oue-aalf oue-aalf uf which ba gave away, and raising ever two bushels frum lha re-niaindrr. re-niaindrr. Itrnih.r Lor.ox .sillied In build the Old Fort, en ine ill. ul th. t'louevr Hquare, aud .rooted a hous. th.r.un, 11. uvlt built a h.ue the lira I steeled lu Iho valley out, Id. uf the uld Foil ou the site uf the present llee Hits huu.., aesr lb. onru.r or Huulu Tsm-pl. Tsm-pl. .nd Hut. .treats. V.ry mauy lu-terw.tlug lu-terw.tlug luclu.nt. of hla axp.ri.nc. oould b. r.laled It apace therelur were available. Ha haa been au active worker, huldtng vailuus positions of liupurlauoe, lla waa of a hospitable, .cirrous nature, aad delighted iu aiding thuaa wbu wars lu 1100, . Dining hlo Jung life he was blgtily leieetued by the people, aud uuw paoseo to ao honored gtave. Loreuxj D, Young was the youugest member nf a nitst temurkebl. family lu the CburuU iu 011. particular. Tb. lauiily couiiil.d of ,i,a failiur and mother, 'ke lata Jj, 11 Yjuug and Ins wile Nahble Howe Y,,ua-, dve sum and Qve daughlurs, ail uf whom Were uiarrl.J rrhoa the Uopl renuhed Ibein, and th.y and Ih.lr wlv.a and liuibaiida twenty-uue In the famllr, all Jolued the Ciiurck. Tllure was una on i.y another wifs, lha lal. Ldward Young, wliu alio Juiu.d the C'burou. 'lh.uat. of th. fuiioral baa nut been fixed, but will be auu.iunord lal.r. |