| Show 0 OBITUARY B I 1 T U A R Y the aged veteran james moses departed this lite life on saturday morning april 4 about 10 at ai his Is residence in bauh conwood ton wood his final sickness vrho which IH bronchitis and la grippe was not at 0 of kowt duration he havin having excellent bea health until about two beef weeks before his hie death james moses was the son of jesse and esther brown moses and was born in norfolk litof field county connecticut connecticut feb 28 inland and was consequently eighty live years of age e hefel he 01 ol awed lowed the occupation of farmer I 1 in his native state until he heard the sound of the gospel which he embraced being baptized by gladden bisho bishop in 1834 and soon after gathered with th phi his co religionists to kirtland ohio here he became intimately associated with many leading men of the church including the prophet joseph to whom he proved a true friend and for whom he be always cherished feelings of love and reverence on one occasion when the prophet was in great need of money he and his bis brother julian lent him a large sum for this generosity and confidence joseph was very grateful and in laying laving out adam ondi ahman abman and nauvoo he gave them very choice lots he shared the persecutions loss and hardships incident to the saints at that time line at far far west his wife roxy boxy ferry died leaving two small children during the first general genera conference held in nauvoo he was married to eliza spencer by whom he be had bad eight children four of whom are now living he was driven from nauvoo with the rest of the saints and went to winter quarters where he was ordained a seventy and set apart as one of the presidents of the I 1 hirty second quorum from winter quarters he went to council bluffs where he be lived until 1853 when he returned to connecticut to fulfill fulfil ifil a promise made to hii aged father that he would take care ot him until his death he remained there until 1861 1961 when his father died and he came to utah in in Dee december ember 1874 his second wife died since chien time he has ham lived at his home with his children brother james moses was a plain honest in dust rious in man a a typical new england farmer of the old pu burran u stock who had bad many friend and few enemies enem iea he passed away peacefully retaining his mental faculties until the very last |
