Show I 1 L L JM i cihi cini i to another of the thi patriarchs has bag fai fal fallen ten ien ded at his residence in utah ulan co after an of LQ hours bours asahel perry aped aged 84 years 11 months hend fend 21 days deceased was born bom in williamsburg burg hampshire co massachusetts february y ath 1781 1784 lie he first became acquainted with t the he faith of the church of jesus chrit chri t of latter day saints in middlebury genesee co N Y under the teachings of aaron 0 clyon alyon lyon lson johnp johnr Green ennd and others in the summer and fall of 1832 on the uh th of november 1832 prest frest brbgham young his father and his brother joseph young with other elders preached the gospel in bighouse he ITO was subsequently baptized into the church on the ath of august 1833 and soon after set apart to preside over the branch there inthe in the spring of IM 1838 having sold his property in genesee trio irlo and ana Chatau que counties he gathered with the saints in kirtland where he remained until the spring of 1838 when he moved lo 10 ml scurf and settled in dails daal s co in the fall of the same year he was expelled from that county and remained in caldwell co until feb I 1 1839 1639 when he was expelled from the state under the exterminating order of L W boggs Gover governor llor ilor of the state ile he stayed near quincy ill IU until the spring of 1840 when ha he went to commerce afterward nauvoo ill lil where he remained until the expulsion of the saints from that place flace with the exception of a short time he pent spent F on a mission to the state of new york in the spring of 1616 he crossed the mississippi pl river having been stripped of everything rut but one indian poney an old one horse wagon a small amount of household lurn turn furniture iture and a few implements of husbandry he was compelled p lied to remain on the mississippi bottom bottoms gr through ugh the summer passing through a severe illness almost unto death lateon late bate la the fall he got as so far tar a the des moines niver river about twenty miles from nauvoo while here bere he was at t different dif dlO erent terent times assailed by and but for the interposition of providence would have been driven before the merciless hordes to acain seek she shelter itel itei as best he be could but was permitted to remain until the fall of 1847 when through the timely assisted ace of his ills sons sour he was enabled to get as far as X mount citina pisgah iowa here la in t tee the iet tet e fall of 1849 he fie was chosen to preside over the branch of the position he lie occupied until the spring of 1850 50 when he again started in the trail of the church tor lor the rocky bocky mountains and arrived on hobble creek now early in october where bishop johnson haa had encamped with a few famille families sand and had commenced to make a settlement on the oAI olf arch he was set apart to preside reside over the branch of the church in this place and also a member of tho the ligh high elgh council in this county coun ain fir he was subsequently ordained a patriarch at a general conference in salt lake city in the summer of 53 be was elected a member of the council of the legislative assembly and served in jn that capacity during the winter of 52 3 sills health having become much impaired he resigned his position as president of the ward he died as he nad had lived firm and unshaken in the faith of the gospel of the ohe son fjon pom bom j ais at im s p a |