Show ID sa s1 1 C d 1 4 I 1 f la in beaver beaver co feb 1 23 3 patriarch manic MAKIS ANTONY coomber aged 65 i years ye and 17 days 11 father fattier coombs wag wah was born lorn near maine feb 8 isoz isoa at an early age he chose a seafaring life and as captain of a merchant ship ho he sailed on visited almost every evry civilized and heathen land and finally circumnavigated circum navigated the globe in a cruise of nearly three years duration X from early youth he was au an ardent lover of the holy scriptures which he ever read with del dei delight liht he ire soon boon became convinced that the religion of the bible was not practiced u upon pork the earth and that god had no church organized among men according cording lothe lathe gospel plan there fore he never to any of the pretentious sects of afi the e day although his parents and other ancestors for several generations past had belonged io the quakers perhaps the principal cause of his holding himself aloof from the churches of the day was a dream or vision which he had in a which god showed him that ho he was setup set up his church once more and warning him to go westward in ft search earel of it I 1 in the year 1830 he abandoned the se sea and started for the then wilds of southern illinois illinois partly to visit a brother who had sett sott settled ledin in that region kregloh but chiefly to search for the church of jesus josas christ soon after his arrival in illinois ha he married a miss maria morgan who bore him several children five of whom are still living and reside in this territory I 1 april he was put ashore at independence landing missouri from a steamboat because he would not be as lis severe with the men in his capacity of mate as the captain thought I 1 he should be he that day met with some of the elders of this church was immediately convinced of the he divinity of the book of mormon lon and n d anthe on the same sarae day was baptized by ion father aloa r isaac morley and confirmed a member of the tho church of jesus christ of latter day sainta saints he said to the elders I 1 have been in search of this gospel all my days and now that 1 1 I have hava found it I 1 do not wish to postpone my baptism a singie single day he was soon after ordained to the priesthood and entered upon his labors as a preacher of the everlasting gospel in which he took great delight and for which he suffered much persecution 7 on account of of circumstances over which ho he had bad no control he did not gather with the on church until the ahe year 1860 on his arrival in great salt lake city he was welcomed by pres brigham young in such a fatherly manner that it left an impression of gratitude and love on his hla heart that he has carried with him beyond the grave i on the bih sih of october 1862 1863 he was wag ordained a patriarch under the hands of elders 0 hyde john taylor and george A smith which office he ma magnified guided and honored to the last let not those who loved him mourn over his big departure for of him it can truly be said he is not dead but and not only so but ahls sleep will be short his rest sweetland bwee swee sweet tand dand and his resurrection gior glor glorious ions lons oom COM 9 in ams city r baroh 5 6 CLAUDE WILLARD HERBERT SEMMES aged 27 deceased married sarah ann huckbody nuck Muck body on the esth of june 1863 1 bill MIL star please copy |