Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-03-22 | Page 12 | Descendants Plan to Honor Pioneer

DESCENDANTS PLAN TO HOIffi PIONEER Will Observe Centenary of Birth of Late William H Folsom For the purpose of observing the ce tenary of the birth of William H Fol som the descendants of that noted Utah p oneer will meet next Thursday night at the res dence of the eldest son lly run P Fo som o3 South Third i.ast street There are nearly 200 of these de scendants living In Salt Lake City while a few reside in the ilclnlty of Cardston Canada Ivot only was William H. Folsom re nowned In Utah but h s work in th s state and terr torj attracted world wide attent on He was bu der of the Salt Lake tabernacle the Sa t Lake theater the Mantl and St George temp es the Pro o tabernacle and theater and tl e tabernacle at Moroni Sanpete county side from tl e fact that Mr Folsom became prom nent on account of h s work I ere In Utah his ancestors achieved d s t net on in the early settlement of New Kngland by the o d Puritan stock. It was on April 6 1638 that a party of em grants sailed from the mouth of the Thames river Bng and in the ship Dill gent of Ipswich, of JS50 tons burden and John Mart n as mSster The companj cods sted of nineteen families and six or eight s ngle persons 133 in all The im migrants landed at Boston, Mass. August 10 1638 mong the immigrants of the second companv In 1638 was Jo n Foulsham It ts to this John Foulsham that th Fol som fami yf of Utah traces its h story Wil lam H Folsom was born at Ports mouth H March- o 1815 and died in alt Lake C ty on March 20 1901 At the age of 2 1 e moved to .auvoo 111 w here he he ped In erect ng the Mormon temple and e ectioneered for Joseph Smith when he was candidate for pres dent of the Un ted ctates Llv ng sons and daughters of Wi liam II Folsom are Hyrum P Wluam B. H nman D and Wa er G Folsom Mrs Frances E F Wa ace Ms M. LouUa B own El za G E la G and Elizabeti G Folsom Another of the daughters was the late Amelia Folsom Toun, widow of Brlgham Young the pioneer founder of Utah. Mr Folsom moved from Nauvoo I L at the time of the Mormon exodus but set tied in Keokuk, Iowa He afterward came e"t to Council Bluffs and In I860 he moved to Utah, arriving In ''alt Lake City thirteen years after the flrt p o-neer o-neer company At the centenary celebration on Thurs day night there is to be a programme cons sting of "vocal and instrumental mu sic story telling and recitations In ad d t on to these the eldest son, Hyrum P Folsom is to de iver a brief review of the life of his father