Show richard ashdown dead richard ashdown sen died of old age at his home in east bountiful atif ulf saturday sept at 4 p in matthe at the ripe old age ae of pa years 9 months and 25 davs deceased was born at ackfield uckfield Uck field eshuck co england 0 dec 2 1813 he became acquainted with wit h the elders ciders of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints it in the fifties and was ready for baptism upon first hearing the gospel 0 gos poland and immediate immediately lv became became an active member in spreading the gospel ile he presided over arthe the branch where lie he lived until 1861 when he emigrated e to utah and settled in salt lake city later he moved to bountiful where he remained until his death in the year 1870 during durin the new move of the god baites he became desirous of finding out something about them and being deaf he became a as subscriber ab to the tribune as that paper advocated their doctrine and aud the same year he was excommunicated from the church for re fusing ausin m 1 to give up the paper but he never became identified with the Godby ites funeral services were held in the east ward tabernacle tuesday sept at 10 a in consoling solin n remarks were made by james burningham Burning liam alfred burningham in ham C R jones john fisher judson tolman E L hanson henry rampton and louis hook all testified to his va good character his to testimony S to the last was that the gospel is true and that through this church is the only gateway into the kingdom of god the above article was condrit ted ed |