Show DEATH OF THOMAS TH MAS J STEVENS WELL WL KOW xz wit OGDEN CITIZEN CN PASSED PAE AWAY Had End Hd Been een HI m i Nearly Hery a a Year Held Many My Important Positions of Honor and ana Trust Thomas ThomasJ Thoma J Stevens died at yes yesterday yesterday yes yesterday morning moring at his home corner of street and Jefferson ave aye avenue avenue nue flue after an illness Ulness extending over nearly a a year The demise wa was ex ox expected c as for three days preceding he had been unconscious but his wonder onder wonderful ful vitality upheld him even longer than physicians thought possible Mr Stevens had been a a resident of Ogden for about twentythree years and was wa placed in many man positions of i Ttomas Thmas J J Stevent Stevent his energies to political ecclesiastical and commer commercial commercial cial activities In Ogden City Mr Ste Stevens Steens Stevens vens ens was at one time a police officer later city recorder and was sheriff of Weber county for fot fol two years He was wasa a member of the first frt state legislature and at the time of his death was wa com corn commissary commissar general of the staff staf of Gover Governor nor Wells with wih the rank of colonel Thirteen years ago when the Fifth L ecclesiastical ward of Ogden was vas or organized organized Mr Stevens was wa made its is bishop a position he held up to the i time of his death During his bishop bishopric ric nc the ward advanced to one of the most important in Weber stake stake Mr r Stevens was wa horn born bor at Bristol England Jan a 24 1848 and ad was wa there therefore therefore therefore fore 52 years ears of age ageA ageA ageA A man of strong convictions and zeal he was wa persistent in the right as a he saw the right but withal wita so courteous and considerate of others oters that he had the te esteem of all aU who knew kew him and L the love of all al who came into intimate association with his winning wih person personality peron aU The deceased leaves leaves two brothers brother a wife and five children The funeral services will wi be he held L Sunday at 2 p m in in the tabernacle |