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Show DEATH OF WM. H. MAUGHAN Pioneer Of Wellsville And Cache County Passes To Great Beyond. Full Biographical Sketch Of The Well Known And Respected Man. Bishop Win. II. Maughan, of Wells-vllle.dled Wells-vllle.dled Tuesday night at V2 o'clock. He had been falling for months and for weeks prior It was known that death must come soon. Although he wasallllcted In vailouswajs, the cause of his death is glen as hjpcitiophy of the Iher. Of his llfeaud woiks, Tiik Hki-uii-lican can otrer nothing beltei than the following fioin Dr. Geo L Phillips, Phil-lips, who sajs Bishop Maughan is dead! "lie had not passed on life's highway high-way the stone that maiks the highest point: but being weary for a moment, lie lay down by tho wajslile, and, using us-ing Ills burden tot u pillow, fell Into that dreamless sleep that kisses his ejellds still While jet in loe with life and raptuicd with the world, he passed" to silence and pathetic dust." The sturdy pioneer, the loyal and faithful fiiend, t he beloved hiisbjnd, the fond father, tho matchlesscounsc-lor, matchlesscounsc-lor, the zealous churchman, nil these was William II. Maughan. It seems but yesterday that his familiar fonn graced our thoioughfarcs, that his cherry salutations greeted us as we saw land. Ohio, remaining in the famous temple city for seven weeks, when he jouinojed to Nauvoo. Here he sojourned sojourn-ed till the spring of nil. Whilst In that lll-f.iled eltj. he had the Inestimable Inestim-able pilvilcgc and blessing of gazing on the countenance of the great l'io-phel l'io-phel o( (Jod, Joseph Smith Jr., and of listening to his luspiied utterances To quote the language of the deceased Hlshop at a recent family gathering, In referring to this experience, liesald: "The impiesslon loft on my joulhful mind no lapse of time can ever eliace. I lKie hc.ud his voice, lhaesecn his face lltciall) shine, illumined from within by the elliilgeneeof the Holy Sphit, and 1 test If to y on that he was in ery deed a piophet of the true and living (Sod" Peter Maughan, his father being called b) the prophet pro-phet to go to Hock Island to explore for coal with which to supply the city of Nauvoo, William accompanied him. They lemalned at Hock Island for over a year, and, returning to Nauvoo, finally leftthatclty for New Diggings, Wisconsin, arriving there on April lft, ism, and remaining till April 17, 18.10. During this period, his father with his elder brother John and him- The late Bishop William H. Maughan. him passing up and down the street, for he was a virilo pedestrian and fain would walk when younger men must e'en use a vehicle. And now he lies mute and cold wltn "the rigid, silent, upturned face." A generation produces but a few men like him. His son-in-law, Congressman Howell, gazing with grief at the noble profile of the dead , exclaimed, "lie was, truly, tho noblest.Roman of Idem all!" Nor was this a perfunctory exclamation. For true, Innate nobility was the keystone key-stone topping the arch of many great characteristics of the deceased. He possessed, in a icmarkable degree that rarest of all mental attributes, common com-mon sense, tho Inseparable concomitant concomi-tant of thecaidlnal virtues. And when to these arc added truth, Justlc, magnanimity mag-nanimity and courage we can peiliaps discern the remarkable nature of the teally great man who for over half-a century has been our "guide, counselor counsel-or and friend." A Biography. "He was born In Alston, Cumber-landshlre, Cumber-landshlre, Hngland. in May 7th, 18.M, and passed In that village the first six years of his life. At the end of that period, with his father and tho rest of his family, ho crossed the sea In the sailing vessel Rochester" leaving Liverpool on April 21, 1841, arriving In New York'ovor two months latter. From that port he proceeded toKlrt- self were, through the blessing of God, successful In accumulating enough means to purchase uti outfit with which to travel to Salt Lake city, at which place they eventually arrived on Sept. 17, 18.10, They wcto, shortly afterwards, sent by Piesldent Hrlgham Young, to locate in Tooele Fort (now Tooele city) and were among the first pioneers of that place. On Christmas day, 1853, William was there married to Harbaia Morgan, daughter of Morgan Morgan and his wife Cecilia, the ceremony being performed per-formed by Hlshop John Howberry. In 18ft4 he removed to K. T. City. Comes to Cache. In July 18.Hi, under instructions fioni President Young, In company with his father, Moigan Morgan, George W. Hryan, John Tate and .lal Hlggs, he proceeded to Cache Valley, for tho purpose of exploring it, and Investigating its adaptability toagilcultural puposcs. After doing tills and repoitlng favorably, they returned re-turned to Tooe'c, and, winding up business affairs theic, came with their families to Cache Valley, arriving on thoslto of Wellsville, which they named nam-ed Maughan's Fort, on Sept. lft, lKftd, this being tho lirst colony to settle In Cache Valley for agi (cultural purposes. purpos-es. Here, for tho next few years, William had to undcigo all those ad-ventures ad-ventures and privations Incident to pioneer life In the vicinage of hostile Indians, and here on numberless occasions oc-casions he exercised that 'suavlterln modo, fortltcr in re,' which later In lllc established him as one of the ablest abl-est of our local diplomats. Was Deeply Religious. Hlshop Maughan was of a deeply religious re-ligious turn of mind and a profound and abiding knowledge of the Gospel was a nart of his ery being. He was Intensely fervid, jet noer fanatical. A close student of Moimou Doctrine, history and philosophy, ho was al-w al-w a) s ready at a moment's notice to enlarge on those principles which were so dear to his hcait and so clear to his Intellect He had a natural power of oiatory and seldom failed to make the most puissant appeals to the heaitsand minds and spirits of his auditors. He was never known to tire an audience and his discourses were alwajs didactic with noer the sllghest suggestion of pedantry. In any othei form or Kccleslastlclsm a man so endowed would have climbed to ho very summit of Parnassus. In the Mormon system, however, ability and valiant sei vice coupled to an almost al-most fanatical fealty to churchly overbids, over-bids, are not the things most taken Into consideration, and so for forty faithful j cars and live months, Wm. II. Maughan was Hlshop of Wellsville lie. was ordained a High Priest and set apart as bishop on November 12, 18.19, under the hands of Apostles Orson Hyde, and Kz.ra T. Hcnson and was honorably released In April WOO. Prior to tills he had been oidalncda Deacon n 1 8.1 1 by Hlshop John How-bony How-bony and an Klder In June 18,11 by Dr. Spraguc. Recognition of his long and faithful services, and of his sclf-sacrlllclng sclf-sacrlllclng loyaltj, noble Integrity and unswerving fidelity, came to him but two mouths ago, when seated by his death-bed Apostle F. M. Lyman assisted by Presidents W. U. Parkinson Parkin-son and C. W. Nlbley, ordained him to theolllceofa Patriarch, Apostle Lv-man Lv-man making a special visit to Wellsville, Wells-ville, for this puipose. Missionary Experience. In May, 187ft, Hlshop Maughan responded re-sponded to a call to pel form a mission to Great Britain where he labored successfully In the Shcllleld and Birmingham Birm-ingham conferences, being called bj President Jos F. Smith to preside over the latter conference, which position posi-tion he filled till July, 18711, when he was honorably released to return home. 188llic was called to act as a director of the Logan Temple, a position posi-tion he tilled acceptably till his death. From January .'trd till October lftth, 18S!i, a pciiod of nine months and twelvo days, he was Imprisoned in the state Penitentiary as a result of having hav-ing yielded obedience to tho Divine doctrine of the new and everlasting covenant. He had been sentenced to two and a half years' Imprisonment but was subsequently pardoned by President Benjamin Harrison Was a GoodSoldier. Dining the trvlng peilods of community com-munity .settlements In where brave hearts and ready hands were needed to deal with ubiquitous red raider, no one responded more promptly nor with lilghei coinage nor more dexterous dexter-ous skill than Col. Wm. II. Maughan. In 18.12 lie served as a volunteer under Gcncial Ferguson rendcilngvallantald in subduing the Goshutc Indians. In IH.17 he was elected captain of company "F" of Colonel Frank Cum-mlngs' Cum-mlngs' command, Nauvoo Legion. In 18U2 he was elected Major under General West's command, and when the Cache county mllltaty district was organized, he was elected colonel of the 2nd Infantry, under General Ezra T. Benson, holding the legal commission therefoic from Governor Doty. In elvlcallalrs Hlshop Maughan always al-ways took an interesting and leading part. Thus in 1850 when Wcllsvllle was then the county seat ho was elected county treasurer. In 18(('i he was elected selectman of the county and was re-elected In 1872, IN".") and 1878. He served as a member of thrco constitutional conventions. When in 1850 Wellsville was Incorporated &s a city he was elected tho Ihst mayor and was re-elected every two years till 187ft Ho was again chosen In 1878, 1880 and 1882; and again In 1MI7 and 1001. The Family Life. As befoio stated, Hlshop Maughan yielded obedlenco to tho principal of plural marriage and mitrled successively succes-sively six noble women, live of whom surrounded his bedside at tho moment of dissolution. Tho othor, who was his ilrst wife, Harbara, referred to In the foregoing died In Septembei, 1888 She boie him 1) children, ft sons and !H I daughters. iH In 18ii() ho married Sister Llzz.lc Hill JH whoboichlm 10 children, 7 sons and H :t daughters. H In lMKl ho married Sister Margaret H Nlbley, who bore him 10 children, ft H sons and ft daughters. 'I In 18HS he married Sister Mary iH Lloyd who boie him ! children, 11 sons H andodaughtcis. H In 1872 ho married Sister Hachcl IH Woodward who boro him 8 children, ft sons and .'! daughters. H In 18S0 ho married Sister Kuphemla iH Nlbley, who bore him 7 children, 2 'H sons and ft daughters. iH Tims these noble women have borne . 'I him in all ft'l children, 10 of whom, 21 ; sous and 1!) daughters suivivu him. ' H 1 All of these are members of the I chinch In good standing and faithful H workcis In the gicat Latter-day woik. In addition to this number the Bishop !H Is survived by Bid grandchildren and H 10 great-grandchildren, In all Hillv- H ing descendants. I Honored his Wives. ; In an address to his family on tho jfl I occasion of his 70th birthday, the lato U Hlshop, referring to his plural wives jl said: "1 wish to expiess from tho jl depths of my heart, my gratitude to ,1 my Heavenly Father for these noble Vl women, who, for so many years have ''(I shaicd in my burden!., my sorrows and 'I my trials, as well as participated in jl my joys. They have not, only been I true, good, faithful, loyal wives to me, 1 but, what Isof cipially Inllnito Impor- tancc, they have been, In very truth, . sisters to 0110 another In all which that name truly Implies Finis. j Hlshop Maughan was a man of God, Firm for the right, loyal to tho truth and to his church. Intensely devoted 1 to his "lllo leaders." Charitable to I the weak and en ing and full of graci- ; 1 ous love for all mankind A born ' leader in Ills sphere of action and tit to act In any sphere. Of keen discernment. discern-ment. Human himself and so cvor conscious of human limitations. Wc, , who have lost lit in, do but dully realize real-ize It, so bcicft arc wo In tho demise ' ' of one wo had learned to love so well. May tho Comforter rest with tho af- . ' lllcted relations In this; their sad and severo hour of irreparable loss. "And the stately ships go on To their haven undor tho hill; ' Hutohforthstouchofa vanlsh'd hand And tho sound of a voice that Is still " ( . x 1 |