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Show Lucinda Q. Pace, widow of the late J ames Pace, was born in 1805, joined the church in 1839, and with the exception of failing eyesight, eye-sight, she is hale and hearty, and walks five city blocks to meeting. James Pace was a member of the Mormon Battalion and the founder of Payson City. Susannah Roger Keat is 83 years of age, was baptized into the church in 1341, and, we believe, is the only person now living in Utah, that sawGeneral Lafayette, on his second visit to America. We have two of Utah's Pioneers, in St George, George Woodward, born in 1817, joined the church in 1840, went to Nouvoo in 1841, and shared all the hardships that the people there were subjected to; his wife, Thomosine Downing, was born in 1814, joined the church on Christmas day, 1839. Brother Woodward was appointed Councilor Coun-cilor to Bishop Sheets of the 8th ward Salt Lake City in 1856 came to St George in 1861, has labored as a Temple worker in the St. George Geo-rge Temple since 1877; William Carter, joined the church in England Eng-land in 1840 and came to Nauvoo in 1841, and was one of the Pioneer farmers of Salt Lake. William Fawcett is 81 years of age, was the first man baptized in York, England, on the 1st of Jan-I Jan-I uary, 1840; landed in Nauvoo in 1843; arrived in Salt Lake City in 1850: was appointed councilor to Bishop Hickenlooper in 1853; was among the first to land in St George Geo-rge in 1861. When the High Priests was first organized in Southern Utah, in 1862, he wasan-pointed wasan-pointed to preside over them,' ami still holds that position. He was ordained a Patriarch "in 1894. H has been a worker in the St. George Temple since it opened, in 1877. i.J Easton Kelsey was born in 1813 : joined the church in 1836. Samuel K. Gilford was born in 1821, joined the Church 1833. He is a son of Alpheas Gilford, who baptized Heber C. Kimball. The following are names of Jfor-mon Jfor-mon Battalion brethren who live in this vicinity: Lorenzo Clark aged 90; David 3oss aged 77; Augustu Dodje; Samuel Miles 70; Edward Bunker Sr. ; Levi Savage 76; John Steel, aged 75; Zadok Judd; Robert Covington Cov-ington aged 81. Rufus C. Allen, born in 1827, joined the church in 1837, and is a Battalion Battal-ion man. He accompanied Apostle Apos-tle Parley P. Pratt to the Valparaiso Mission in 1851; the law prohibited prohib-ited them from preaching. H. W. Bigler, also of Battalion fame, the man who loaded the gun for the Colonel to shoot the mule and who tore off the ball when loading; load-ing; and was it any wonder, when the colonel thought he had a dead mule, and the mule only yelled"he haw, he haw," that the colonel's anger rose and he throw down the gun; but so it was." John Pvmm, born 1851, joined the church in 1850. He has been Postmaster in St George twenty-three twenty-three years, and his record as such it is said by those who have been sent here as Inspectors, is up with the best. Schuyler Everett, son o Addison Everett, born in 1843, a native born Mormon who was among the boys Concluded on la6t page. . Moro 7"o"toxfXX& In the Semi-Weekly Deseret News of January 21, 1896, I see my article, which was published in a late number of the Union, in regard to aged Veterans, published in full. The editor of the News says "I mistake the enquiry of a correspondent for a banter." I thank the editor for the information infor-mation and I stand corrected, as I certainly wish to be correct and to put everything in its true light. Although. I am apt to put in a little light reading, yet truth is my motto. Now Mr. editor, to be in earnest, I will say we once lived in Salt Lake City ten years, and our associations there with many of you, who still remain there, was of the most agreable and pleasent. We left there in 1863, and our many visits in later years and renewal re-newal of our friendship with many of you has been of that character that we had cause to rejoice, and say, "yes, brethren and sisters, we are not only willing but pleased to say you are our equal in good specimens of humanity, as also in deeds of love and kindness, and we are proud of your association and we hope to continue to so ' live that we may bo worthy to associate with the good, the virtuous and true. Now the question is asked, "Is there any more veterans? "Oh yes, we have some more. We have a sister living here, who will be 92 years old in March. Her name is Verna Bryner, her husband dying in 1862, she has lived, most of the time, with her children. Her posterity children, grand and great grand children, now living number over 100. She came with the first company of Latter-day Saints that came from Switzerland. She is now quite feeble. fee-ble. She never lea rned the english language, but in her own tongue, I am informed, she boars a pleasing testimony to the truth of the gospel gos-pel of Jesus Christ whom are A. P. Hardy, Samuel Knight; John D. L. Pearce, and some oth- ers whose names already appear in this article. We also have one of the early missionaries to the Sandwich Islands John S. Woodbury, who io still firm in the faith. Nonr Mr. News editor, those are a few of our old stand byes, and 1 just wish to siy that if you desire a right good time, hearing the good things of the kingdom spoken of, just come down here when we have from five to twenty of these veterans vet-erans together and hear then toll of the goodness of God to them and the many good times they have had with the prophet and with the saintn, hear their teshmonies, I am sure it will make your heart leap for joy. May God preserve all these veterans vet-erans to us yet many years, to teach us by their continued good examples, the ways of eternal life. Now Mr. News editor, to wind up this article I have one more fact to add, that is, ?re still have in this city, one brother who came to Utah in 1S5G, and another that came in 1859, who still have the teams that pulled their effects across the plains in those years, and they are in fair condition yet ' Tanik.' ST'Errata. John Pymm was born 1815, not 1851, aa stated on second page.a XUIoxro "Jrotoxrixxtm Concluded from second page. that drove Uncle Sam's Mail and, poney express over the plains in the early days, when it was quite as necessary to keep a good watch as it was to pray. Israel Ivins, over 80, who surveyed survey-ed the plot for the City of St. Geo-rgo, Geo-rgo, although his eyes are blind he can still see tha truth of the gospel. Our old early watchmakor .. in Salt Lake City, Charles Smith, about 77, is well preserved. Many omplaints have been lodged against him because ho was unable to regulate the sun to keep time with their old worn-out watches. Richard Bently, . who worked in the Historians office many years. Aaron Nelson, born 1823. Done good missionary work in Ingjand in the fifties. Thomas Cottom, born 1820, joined join-ed the church in 184:1. , George W. G. Averett, born lS2i, been with the church since 1835. . . t Patriarch John L. Smith, brother to Prest. George A. Smith, joined the church when a boy and was ordained or-dained an elder when sixteen years of Pge. Was among the early missionaries to the German empire, and is now a Temple worker. 1 James B.. Blacken, is over SO, joined tLe church in 834 and was ., one of the guard between the saints and the mob at Independence in r v 1833, when the first fight took ( place between the Mormons and f . the Mobocrats where one of the i mob was wounded. Of course he 1 docs not know who wounded hira. The President of the stake, Dan iel D. McArthur aged 7G, joined the church in 1S36, is still hale and hearty. He loves to tell of the doings of Joseph Smith the prophet, when he was a boy. We have one big gun commonly called David H. Cannon, President of the .fct George Temple. He has a host of little guns and somn full grown .cannons, and one of , them has some little guns too. Although wo live in the beautiful beauti-ful sunny south, wo have Snows every day of, the year, while this winter we had ice six inches thick ; some of which we have stored away for the hot summer days. I almost overlooked our Dixie . poet Charles L. Walker, who will ' weigh about two hundred and forty pounds, who guards the Temple by night and makes songs in the day, for those who ara sad as ... well as the gay. i .A, P. Winser, bom 1818, joined the Church in. 1845. Charles A. .Terry, born 1821, joined the church 1843; Joseph H. Randall, born Jlfarch 17, 1822, joined the Church in the early days of England and was ono of Salt Lake . City's sweet singers in days of yore. Robert Gardner one of the old owners of the Grist and Carding jlfills, on Jill creek, four M iles south of Salt .Lake city. , .Then we'havo soma of the forerunners fore-runners of St George that came here before any settlement was made,' to subdue the Indians, kill the snakes and mako it possible for white folks to reside here, among |