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Show llKATU OF S-Mlhlt (IATLS. riio ltctntrd rlrrau Imparled lu Vttee IjI Mght. Our reader vrlll not le mrrriaed to learu that l.ldtr Jacob Gatte, rcnlor meinUr of the Presiding Council of the Seventh, breathed lila laat at III rtaldence III l'ruio, at U;tS ji. m. At rll 14th, no:. 1'or the following data In relation to the care r of the deceacud nenre Indebted to llrother John M. Wliltatur, recretary ol thu beventlei: 'Jacob llatea waa liorn on the Oth of Marin, 1311, In Ht. Jnliu-Uurj, Cain. ilonlaCouulj,bttteof Vermont. Ilia falbtr'auamuwai Thoiuaa, hlamoth er'aname, rattyl'lumhly. Hit father waa alarmer, unl duilug the early period of llrotl ertjatee' life he worked on tlio farm. He alio worl-ed at the turpi liter aud Joluir trade, and his education wae conlinid to a limited period, lie married Mellle M. Hnovr, dnughttr of Iiol Know and Lucinla Htrwtir, on the llllh cf March, IBM, anUonttmlbthof June, 16tl, ho rtut ba tired a member rf the Church of JeiuaChrlat if Lltlerilay Sjlnta by Urhon rratt,aud waaionflrmed a mini I er of the t'hurch thu same day by anibhul el Httow, On thu lllh nf April, 1611, with hli ycuug wife, he left his lata r'a houtu lor Mlaaourl, where hu arrived on June Both, Ull, and loevted auven miles welt of lilberly, Ctnv county, which was nultu it small vllluire at thnt lime. Whlln here llru her Uatea woalnvlliil loco Willi Cal.li IljIUnlu ujain a inlHlon, on whLh he lelt on the lFlh of Januiry, lbso. Un the I81h of I'tlluar), IKU. at 1'iat Brunch, Hautnno county, 111 , ho was ordnliiud nnllltr lu the t'tiurrli unltr the hands of l.Wir Ihhlulu, and on the iith of the tuuie month left ldgar iimnty, lllluolr nml returutd home la iom any with " ecula, who choao 1 hlirOatea ni their nartiiln, to Clay county In Iho Mil orisso hldir Oalta moved lo ,Caldwtll count), Mltiourl, a dliUnce pt about fitly miles On December ltli, 18119, 1't ler tltli i was ordained a evtuty uuder the haiiJa nf the I'rophet Jcnih Hmltli an 1 Sldnc) UIrJ. n. The Mine Tnll ol IS'tS he ha I betu ootninlled li march nndir a large uuPfai) im rt lu n,nii any with some miyxivui i liar Iritliren, n dltlsuci 1 1 nt ut f r' i ill a,to Hlchmoud, Uij 1 1 uny lu Hu uKnullnio Jouhaud . Ij r u i Hml h had leeu tnltrn I from 1'ir Wtut aud remuvvd M Jichaon ronnly. 11 w t ltlchmoml alao that the Trophtt and i atrlarn met throe nrethren. 1 Ider I lalea'J nirnal at) 'It was hue that we uen Irle I for nil the ca Ital crimes, MVt tint In Mlmutl, le'ore JulRe Aii'llii A Kmir, and we were Im-pflMiml Im-pflMiml aniu three weeks Mnally we flit i lull ulln H bill an.l wile re len'cil, when w left fur IJiilllO), IIII ni,l,' .Not jonj; all. r this he weut to llanonck county and recilvod aunn tnlailon ai eimjrn lu n ivintisn f inllltla. The same in mill he lelt lu company with Chandler llolbnwk, to rrrach the Uil, golim aa far east As Klrtlind nn 1 Clay county, and In the fall returned home. In compitiy with Win. Know, on July ilh, 1911, he went on n mirlnu to l.a Porte, In the north rtnl Indiana, anl In thu fall of 1941 wcitroutti Into itlsrihall county and urutnlseil a brancli ut the Church, nn I a goodly numlier nf rUlnle wero liatliej, amnnir whom waa lllihon raruawotth. In 1311 he niln lelt heme, June Itlh, for rt roll-alon roll-alon to tile .New Kiigland Btalia, and Iffore K"lni; ho met the I'optiet Joaeph. Ills htalth was feeble, tut Ibe t'r het saliit 'Go ami nil yoJr nil-Ion, And ws will wrestle Alter you comu back." Tlio l'ru het and l'.lder il would often engage lu thla game for ixerclfe. Whon Kldrr tlitis If turned h me Ironi thla million, May Mth, 1BII, lieiaw thel'rohet for the last time, a little dlilaniti from him, nn Ills liorfv, colng to Ida martrrdom. At the Uctulier ronterenraof 1H4I he was ohlalned and set at art lenlor l'real lent of tho rourth quoru n of Heveutlea, unler the hands of Orion and Parley 1'. Pratt. In the autumn of 1SI7 h. came to Utah, and In the fall ronfereure of 1640 wai n pointed with aevenl others to take n ml-ilou to l.UKland. Hu lift Ma.lt Lake City, October 10lh, weut via 'No Orleans, look the Itamer "Malnu," and arrived In Liverpool At rll nth, ISM). While on thli minion l'lder (latea tilled several Important iral(lons lo presiding over ulUerrntdlvUtons of the chtiah. Ho labored thirteen months and twenty-three twenty-three da)s, In which time many were milled tn tha Church. Ou his return home from this minion ho was appointed ap-pointed to lobe charge tf a rom any of Hsluta and iiicctisfully brointht them aeroia the plains, arriving; In Halt Lake Cltyrepteniber3iJth, 1M1. Durlnxtho following few yeara ho traveled IhroiiKheut Utah Aaalilliig In the or-iranlzitlon or-iranlzitlon ot the dlirerent quoruina nf heTeiilles. In 1859 he wal called uroij arother nihmlun to I urope. To ml It ho left Utah on thu lUlh day o(b tern btr, lhf,0, and rmchi I Llvrool on the 11'h Jay of llecvmber bion Alter his arrival there he rtielvul a teller from President llrlcliam Vouni In-hiniilnjtlilm In-hiniilnjtlilm Uiat holiail bieuseletted As ono nr the Klnt Council of Hsveu-ties. Hsveu-ties. NMillo upon this rulsahm he traveleil with A oatles C. ('. Hlch and Arav LyLiau. In IfcOI he returneil home And on Ms way stopped at tho unit rent points and a-sliledlnthecutflltliic work of cum. pvnlo.4 of rlaluts About tn cro.a the plains. In the fall uf 16GS ho won ordained a mem-In mem-In rot the Flrit Council of rievenlhs. While llvlnu In St (leorie.Waihlmitoii county, ho was a member of the county i curt lor leveral yean llDwaeabo eleited a member of thollomu of Jlep-re-entatlvia of the l.egtalatlle Alaoni-bly Alaoni-bly of the Itrrltor, to re reient the diitrlct composed nf the counties of WaahlDRtunand Kane. Jle was reelected re-elected time times to the same rlllce, namely.ln the years ISO), U3. 03 a nil '07. Uo wss alao electld In loft a memlierofth Council if the lAitlala-tlvo lAitlala-tlvo Aawmhly to repment tho district camptiie I of ttso counties of Kano aud Wathiuston. On the l.ih dayof May, 18W, he arsi appointed bthiaile aid lie. cam, First Hrliraile of the Nauvoo Jemon, MilltlAcf Utah, lu Iron mill-tity mill-tity utatrlct, with the rank uf Colo ml of lurantr." llrother Gates waa a faithful Latter-day Latter-day ralut, devoteii to the cautoof God outliinnrlli, and has gone to the spirit woill lonln with nud onjoy thoioclcly or other tried leivsnts of tho Almighty who have pneeded him, then to continue con-tinue to MaYr for tho right and await the full reward that aw Aits him lu tt-mlty. |
