Show 0 C X 3 37 W TT A ML sa at tempe maricola maricopa mani Mari opa copa county DM dec 17 1882 1883 ot of brights ds disease ease oase after an illness ct of five weeks eider elder joseph eilis ellla johnson who was waa born on the of april isit 1817 18 ltv in pomfret chautauqua county state of new kew york and received tho the gospel in 1831 in early youth he emigrated to kertland hirt Kirt landi landl ohio chios and in 1833 assisted in building tha kirtland temple with the kirtland camp started for ron MIS Fonal in 1838 taught school in in springfield do ills went to nauvoo in la 18 to and was married to 0 o his 11 farst rbt wife in lul 1841 participated in all the troubles at kertland kirtland and nauvoo Nau vot accompanied ace companies companied compa nied ed joseph and hyrum to the th e carthage jail and andaas wab was afterwards taken prisoner by the mob ho he moved to council bluffs in la 1818 where ho he was postmaster for five years seam in 1852 1853 to established the council counell bluffs bugle and was elected to the iowa legislator in 1857 ha he published tha tits crescent Crea ceni city oracle a d afterwards the Hunts mans echo at wood river centre neb in ha came to utah and served in the legislature of and in 1863 published the farmers oracle at ut spring lake viila villa utah county in 1855 was called on a mission to st george where ha he published the utah Poin roin and und othen other ot her hen periodicals for tor a number of years his botanical research gave his name to t the he world IQ in connection with new and ram raw plants discovered and introduced by hemsell kils kiis gardens garden sl of which utah had bad reason to be proud embraced the choicest fruits and plants planta from almost every clime by his bis importation utah la 19 greatly enriched and beautified with his w boits soul soui to labored to develop natural resources and to inspire with a IL love for the tho beautiful the hearts of the people whose affection will long remain the dest monument to his bis worth he was again called by the presidency rree pred dency to asistin assist in establishing a colony in southern arizona Arizo naon or northern associated with his bis brother benjamin Benj amla po johnson johnsont to which be he cheerfully responded respond edy edt arriving at tempe tempo with a of his family on the ard of july jast last bince since which until tho the timo time of his sickness bickness he labored both spiritually and aad temporally for the object of his bbs mission miss sion slon giving tha tho fullest assurance through the period vf of his bis elc sic knew kneas of his falth faith nol noi only in tho the principles bui but in the tho ordinances of tho the gospel and died in the bright hopes of a reward with the J just lie he honored the law 0 of celestial marriage marr laze lage and leaves three companions who are the mothers of 2 29 9 children 17 of whom are living together with many grandchildren fi all of whom with a mufti multi multitude tuda of relatives ivea lyea and friends will deeply mourn his loss he was buried at mesa city eight miles from tempe tempo to which place the c corpse was followed roii fall owed by from 10 to 15 vehicles filled with mourners and all teemed bovle in I 1 their heir manifestations Ife of kindness and respect |