Show ELDEB obituary JAMES STONE this mormon 31 ormon veteran died at his residence in the wilson ward on march 24 1887 of general de debility ability the funeral took place en on sunday the instant the rhe service services over the remains were held in the wilson ward meeting house which was well filled with friends of the deceased and family from row ogden city west weber and other places who came camelo to show the respect for the memory of their deceased friend some of whom bad had known him for nearly notly forty years tho the icee were conducted by bishop B 11 bingham and bis his counselors after the opening hymn elder samuel purdy offered prayer the speakers on the occasion were elders joseph 11 john bitten james mcfarland john douglas waldram charles welch chas 11 II greenwell and bishop bingham the speakers many of them referred to their early acquaintance with the deceased in england bis his labors in tie the ministry his hi s kind regard and solicitude for the welfare cf ellibe the poor over whom he had tho the watch and care in bis his native land one of the speakers said he be saw brother Brot lIeT stone while in england divest himself of bis his coat and other articles of clothing and give to them one of the tile elders who was there on a mission preaching prea chine the gospel with out puree purse and scrip and do many other acts of kindness indeed he lie never thought that he could do too much nu eh for those who had left all for the gospels Gos pela sake to carry salvation eal to heir their fellow men others narrated bis his patience and endurance of severe suffering ring while crossing the plains with the handcart company to utah in 1856 1836 and all spoke of his ills n many ny virtues as they had witnessed them during a long 1 acquaintance with him film he lie had insured ipg g in the ministry and had been the means of baptizing great numbers fit of persons into the church lie labored ten year veara as a local traveling and presiding pre biding elder lie ile presided bover the nottingham conference two years where he did much to build up rp he the church of god deceased was Ps the son of john stone and maria davison lift was born in nottingham Notting bam england may 4 1824 he lie was warr arrie to may mills december 25 1844 at notts he lie wai baptized into the church of jesus christ of latter day saints at sheffield ene eng by Ezeke ezekeal ali mit chell in 1847 he lie came to utah in in 1856 1830 and has resided in Q weber county nearly ever since junce that time lie bobas has bad had faur fair children 21 grand children at atie me close of the tile ser Mc esthe benediction was uDd by y elder uder canderson Co derson after which a cortege of nearly SO 30 vehicles followed the remains to their resting place in ogden cemetery |