Show co 0 xa B 3 az S I 1 TT A Z st ST pled pied at bountiful davia davis county utah juno june lith affer 1 lingering illness cf paralysis patriarch JOHN STO STOKEU keit KElt aged 64 years sears 3 months and 3 days deceased was born in jackson county ohio where he resided till 1836 ISM being a farmer by occupation in the month cf november 1833 he became a member of the church being baptized by elder seymour nour Dru Dr brunson unson nEon then on a mission to his native place lam law with his hla family in the spring of 1830 leyo ee be moved to far west missouri where he shared the trials and persecutions of the sainta in that state in the spring of 1839 he moved to adams county illinois where he remained with the 00 church till 1842 thence he be moped mo ped to hancock county illinois 1111 lili where he be remained the four following years movin moving with the church in 1848 1846 to the western pait part of the state of iowa in aprily april 1848 he left iowa for the mountains being appointed by elder eldee lorenzo snow captain of 60 wagons ag reaching salt lako lake city september ath same year lear there he remained a few days when he be started north borwhat por for what Is 13 now known as bountiful where ho he settled with tho the four families then encamped there two years and three months later north canon mardof ward ct I 1 ho he church was organized of which he was ordained the bishop under the hands bands of at prest dents young kimball kimbail and elder J M G grant ranz the following 23 years sears he acted as the lil biah blah ih op of sald ward p remaining at home more or le save eave the tho fall with edera M he filled a inis mission sion 0 to o tho the out ou thern bern states returning home t lip rol tol lowing spring in tho the nail tall of 1874 balmyr much impaired fend railing falling him he tendered his v resignation to the presidency of the C was accepted with their blessings upon his head and ana approval of his past labors four years later or on december 1878 1678 under the han ban hands is of president john ray taylor fay lor hor and A ai yrtle ostle ostie P a ric Rie richards hards bards ho he was ordained a member of the tho high council of the davis stake of zion and a patriarch patriarchs which offices he held at the time lime decease lie ile was the tather of sixteen children and tho grandfather of twenty children the most of whom survive him his els funeral ser per services vices held hold at bho tho tabernacle er or bountiful june at half past lo 10 on the stand were counselor layton ot of the dav a 8 stake bishop wm win brown of south bountiful bishop muir ot of west bountiful bishop hess hese of darpli u ton sev eral ot of tho the ho high councilors councillors Counci lors ot of the tho stake ke and elders from various parts of oatho the county whilo white the tabernacle was filled with frends friends from miles around add addi esses were delivered by counselor layton elder galbraith galbralth from Kays villet bishops hess brown and anti others ethers appropriate anthems were stingly by th the tha 3 bountiful choir edward thomas leader the services being overt be large congregation atlon vie viewed wod the tho remains of the deceased and between four and five hundred persons fol sol followed Owed them to the bountiful cemetery COM cou |