Show DEATH OF LORENZO YOUNG AX HONORED PIONEER PEACEFULLY PEACE-FULLY PASSED AWAY I He Was Brother to the Late Prest Brigham Young and Occupied 1 Unique Place in the History o Utah Yesterday marked the passing away of Lorenzo Dow Young a brother of the late President Brigham Young and in ninny ways a very remarkable man He was quite well up in years having been born on October 19 1807 in Smyrna Chenango county New York He was the youngest son of John and Nabbie Howe Young and was one of the original pioneers ofUtah The deceased de-ceased has beeR in feeble health since September 1 ast and has been at the point of death several times and when the end came it was peaceful The date of the funeral has not yet been announced an-nounced In his infancy Lorenzo Dow Young was a feeble child and as a 0 boy lie was far from being physically strong His mother died when he was between 7 and S years old At 10 he became apprentice ap-prentice to a gardener and nurseryman nursery-man who required him to work beyond be-yond his strength At 17 he went to learn the blacksmiths trade where hemet he-met with an accident that almost rendered ren-dered him a cripple for life from this however he recovered It was in 1832 that he read the Book of Mormon and investigation became convinced of on inestg ton convince its truth and was baptized in September Septem-ber of that year He gathered with the church and in iSIS went on a mission mis-sion to the state of New York In 1836 he filled a mission in western Ohio followed by another in New York fo1Owed From Kirtland he moved to Missouri from where he was driven with the Saints in 1S3S going to Scott county he remained there till 1841 He was at the battle of Crooked river where Elder David W Patten was killed Elder 1S44 he filled another mission to Ohio and in 1S4S was one of those in the Mormon exodus from Nauvoo With his family he passed through the severe privations of that period and on April 7 1847 left Winter Quar Apri under ters with the Utah pioneers telS wih I President Brigham Young Lorenzo brought Brlfhmn one cowthe only cow in the company and the first ever known to come into the Great Salt Lake valley His first labor in the valley was taking out n little water in an irrigation I irriga-tion ditch and planting a bushel of I potatoes he had brought from Winter Quarters they were badly dried up and only fourteen hills grew The frost coming on he cut up a wagon box mrle ome boxes and took up his potatoes hills and all and removed them into the house where he left thni ciwinc till colder weather came and they had grown to the size 01 mcKory nuts He then dug them and next spring had one quart left for seed onehalf of which he gave away mini rai = ed over two bushels from the remainder He assisted to build the Old Fort on the site of the Pioneer square and sfuare ereoted a house thereon He next J built a house the first erected in the valley outside Of the Old Fort on the site of the present Bee Hive house iifvr the corner of South Temple and State streets He has been an active worker holding various positions of Importance He was of a hospitable generous nature and delighted in aiding aid-ing those who were in need During his long life he was highly esteemed by the people and now passes to an honored grave |