Show CYRUS H WHEELOCK DEAD A private dispatch to elder franklin ad D richards Bio barde of the quorum of the twelve dated mount pleasant oct 11 and signed by bishop goo geo farne worth announces announce the death in that city this Tiju thursday morning of elder cyrus H wheelock the funeral will take place on saturday oct 18 at p m with the death oi of elder eider wheelock cb another veteran in the cause of the gospel of christ has been called fram hit his field of labor in this spheres to en joy the companionship of those gone before him he bat baa been a faithful and successful laborer always ready to respond to the calls made upon him whether required to go abroad to the nations of the earth with the message lestage of salvation or to appear in the congregations of the be saints with of encouragement or counsel elder eider wheelock was prominent to in some of the early events in the history bistor f of the church A native we believe of the state of now new york be came while still a young man to illinois where as a captain of a steamboat he learned to lelievre in the gospel and soon became intimately acquainted with the prophet of the lord prom from that time be devoted hima himself self to the cause of the truth in 1856 after a successful mission to elrode he accompanied elder franklin A richards when the latter returned from Liver liverpool pol on the steamer asia homeward bound when the hand of oppression had closed its awful grasp on the infant church and the prophet and patriarch were led to the sitar altar of sacrifice brother wheelock were among the abe faithful that stood by their beloved leaders almost to the tragic end his labor with governor ford in behalf of the imprisoned men la Is a matter of history he told the governor of the intention of the laws the and ot others hereto to have hava the prophet adeas assas d but without avail after re heated efforts however ver he obtained the that hole ibe accused coculo caned d m meo te protected on M hilj baat to io the prison I 1 0 M be received H letter written ini t t 6 0 by the prophet lipi to his bis wife and was commissioned commissio nid to deliver the precious mean message i into her he was wag also by the prophet to request the corn com mander of the nauvoo legion to avoid all military display and everything that would be likely to produce excitement cit ement and also to use uee his hie influence with the members of the church to remain perfectly calm and quiet during the events joseph evidently know knew were ocar near at hind hand but for hie bis faithful services required in other places eller wheelock might have been in carthage jail at the time of the murder an aal 1 perhaps shared the fate of his bis beloved prophet A complete biographical sketch of the deceased is not dot here attempted he was oue of the early settlers of this territory and has become known and respected in wide circles circle As an expounder of the doctrines of the gospel he always enthused those chope privilege it was io 10 listen to him his testimony was strong and his bis life was exemplary his dayd work is done and be has bat entered the eternal rest on which his bis hope bode was centered |