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Show SBM C. I. Stoddard I Dies Suddenly I n Richmond Man Well 9 When He Went to Bed Passed Away An Hour Later Without a Word. 1 The town of Richmond is again called upon to part with onyj of , its few remaining pioneers. This H time it is one of its most retiring jH but honest and respected ' citi- H zens. About eleven o'clock Mon- H day night, at his home in Rich- H mond, Charles II. Stoddard was j called to the Great Beyond. He was taken withoutany warning ' H whatever and apparently in the j "H best of health. M When he and his wife went to ' Led about nine o'clock, they were M in an exceptionally "happy mood, jH talking over their past lives and, joking each other about their M pleasant experiences. About eleven o'clock1, Mrs. Stoddard ; was awakened by her husband j sitting up in bed. She spoke to ! him but he did not answer. By iH the time she was fully awake he fH had fallen onto the edge of the ! bed lifeless. She straightened M him in bed and hastened to her ! neighbors for help. It was given M quickly, but it was of no avail. . j His life was quickly, but peace- H ably ended. jH Tho deceased was born in New H Jersey, April 21, 1827. When he H was a young man ho and his :H parents moved to Nnuvco, 111:, j where they became identified with the Mormon church and H took part iu its hardships. The . privations and ' the exposures M they were compelled to pass .M through because of persecutions perpetrated against tho Mormons M brought about the death of the father and mother. The cboy, at M that time but eighteen years of f age, buried his parents on the M bank, of n lonely stream, and x H with a fervent hope and an un- ,'H daunted faith cast his lot with '-M the Mormon emigrants who wore ' .H going westward. He rcmhed Salt ( " M Lake City in tho fall of 1851. ! While crossing tho plains, fate jH threw him into the same com- ,H pany with Miss Aiina Telford, M whom he learned to love nnd H whom he married shortly after H his arrival in Utah, Feb. 22, 1852. fM The young couple made their M home in Bountiful, Davis conn- M ty, until 18711, when they moved M to Richmond, where they lmvo sinco resided. Brother Stoddard iM hnd never been n public man, M neither had ho been an educated man, but ho had performed, the humble and simple tasks of life M with honesty and good cheer. Ono of tho last remarks he was M heard to make, wit, "I go toVbed ' M tonight owirg nman a singlo M dollar." His irtucs wero of . .M the simple and 'homely type, but ' M they havo won the hearts of his M wife and tho ten children who M survivo him, aud will always be M a beacon light along their path- , M way. Ho was intimately ac- M quainted with tho Prophet Jo- ' , soph Smith, having lived with M him in his own homo. Ho wns nl- " M sp instrumental in preserving tho - M prophot's lifo on n number of oc- L casions. This association iuspir- " ed in him n faith which has been J' '''M tho foundation stono upon which.' ' Continued oc last page . A , M a,B Stoddard's Death. Continued from first, page he has striven to build his own life and that of his children. His separation from his wife and relntives will no doubt cause sadness, but it will be greatly modified by the beauty of his death. Funeral services over his remains will bo held in th Richmond meeting houso Thurs-doy,Scpt. Thurs-doy,Scpt. 5, at 11 o'clock n. m. |