Show DEATH OF THOMAS LEE the death of brother thomas lee occurred at richville county utah october deceased was the son of alfred and elizabeth la flesh lee and was born bora january uary 1828 in randolph Bandol co indiana ht hb removed to par far west missouri with his hia parents who were among the first settlers of that place with his fathers family the deceased was expelled from the state in the winter of 1838 39 and went to quincy next they journeyed to nauvoo hancock co ill and there shared in the trials of the saints brother lee crossed the plains to utah in 1849 anti and remained iu in salt lake city until 1850 when he here re moved to tooele thoele city and continued to reside in tooele thoele county u up to the time of his bis death ain in 1856 the deceased went to meet the band handcart cart companies and assisted them to the valley he restarted started 0 on a a mission to I 1 indiana in the year 1872 was the foremost in assisting to suppress the indian difficulties in early days and was at provo in 1850 during the indian fight there in tooele thoele county he also played a proman prominent nt part from the he finet grof tooele thoele county he had held many offices of trust civil military and ecclesis ecclesiastical all of which he filled with credit he leaves a large family and a wide circle of friends to mourn his loss the deceased was a good neighbor and a true friend to the poor peor L G crry CITY utah oct |