| Show died in the mission field president woodruff this af afternoon received a cablegram from elder A H lund president of the Europen nm is sion sion to the effect that elder jolin john A clark of farmington died at haifa turkey on oil the ath of february frum small pox elder dark clark was the so of I 1 E ezra ara T and susan legget clark farmington ile he was unmarried and was born february 1871 ile he was set apart in ill this city for the turkish in mia sion february 1894 and departed immediately afterwards the deceased was as an excellent young man worthy of the high confidence placed in him and the news of his death while lie was teton yet on the threshold of manhood will be received with universal sadness and regret the sorrowful tidings were communicated to the young mans parents this eTen evening inz deseret news march 1895 elder clark started on his bis mission feb 3rd ard 1894 one year and five days previous to his bis death he had learned the german language and the last letter received by his parents states that he had bad nearly mastered the arabic language the same letter dated jan fifteen days prior to his death also states state 3 imy my health is splendid and I 1 am feeling well referring to a letter from home that he bad received he nai said d it if came day before christmas I 1 passed a very pleasant christmas of course there is no place like home borne another quotation i is flowers flower s are blooming bloom ingi fruit is hanging banging on the trees barley is a foot high etc john is the second son of brother clarks that has died in the missionary field his oldest ezra james died in a railway car at fonda new york july 1868 whilo while returning with a company of saints from a mission to england on which lie he started ma may y 1865 when he was 19 years old 0 id five other sons have filled missions mission i to the southern out bern states they have had bad a good example to pattern after the fattier father of the seven missionary boys having been on several missions to europe and different parts of the united states since he came to utah in 1848 |
