Show CHRfst PHER LAYTON DAD Widely Known Utah Pioneer Expires at Kaysville Surrounded I > Sur-rounded By His Family HIijL jf 1 i IWh e I J i1i I 7A 7 J 1V7 Hr I CHRISTOPHER LAYTON SI Kaysville Aug 8 Christopher Layton Lay-ton sr died at 1030 oclock last night He passed peacefully away surrounded by his family and friends A man of I unusual ability and sterling character 1 is gone from our midst His most prominent prom-inent characteristic was selfreliance I and he failed to understand the meaning i mean-ing of the word failure in anything that he aimed to accomplish Christopher Layton has always been recognized throughout the entire Rocky I mountain region as a leader in all mat J and ters of progress and advancement his word was always as good as his I bond He has always taken great interest in-terest in building the country and being endowed with great foresight and good judgment he was a valuable pioneer pio-neer His frank and manly disposition won him many friends and it can be said of him that during his long life he made many friends for the Mormons among all classes of people and he always al-ways did so without stultifying himself To merely mentipn the many ting t-ing incidents of lis long and useful career ca-reer would require 1 large volume He has always been a staunch and active Latterday Saint and his life ha bedn I principally devtitSS to the building up of the church He was born in Bedfordshire England Eng-land March 8 1821 and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints Jan 1 1842 He emigrated to Nauvoo in 1843 and in 1846 he enlisted in the Mormon battalion from which he received his honorable discharge at Los Angeles July 15 1847 He stayed in California and vas very successful in his financial affairsand he went to England in 1S50 He reurned to America Amer-ica in the fall of 1850 and stayed in St Louis two years and then he came to Utah He and A O Smoot had charge of the first company of immigrants which came by the Perpetual Emigration fund I in the year 1852 In 1856 he went to Carson Car-son valley to help build up the mission there In the fail of lSj he returned to Utah and in 1862 he was appointed bishop of Kaysville which trust he discharged dis-charged with fidelity and unusual executive exe-cutive ability for 15 years and when the Davis stake was organized he was I appointed first counsellor to President William R Smith I In the year 1882 he was appointed president t > f the St Joseph stake in I Arizona and since that time his whole energy has been devoted to the building I up of that mission He was relieved I from the responsibilities of the Arizona mission last January on account of his Illness The thriving condition and the wonderful improvement made in the different Mormon settlements in Arizona I Arizo-na which were under his charge for I about 16 years speak volumes for him as an organizer and amply proves that he was the man for the work He has been sick about 19 months and an operation op-eration resulted in the removal of 15 eraton stones from the bladder from which he had endured much suffering About five weeks ago he underwent an operation I opera-tion and received considerable relief therefrom but the long sickness at his age over 77 years was more than human hu-man nature could stand and he gradually grad-ually became weaker until the wonderful wonder-ful vitality of even his rugged constitution consti-tution was exhausted and medical sc II ence and gentle nursing could do no more than to soothe and comfort his I last few days on earth He is the father of 65 children of I whom 51 are living and his numerous numeous descendants are all respected and industrious In-dustrious citizens He was a devoted I husband kind father and the iend of humanity The funeral will take place Saturday the 13th from the Kaysville meetinghouse meeting-house at 2 p m The remains may be seen at the residence of his soninlaw Levi Taylor jr from noon until 130 1 p m Saturday I A number of relatives are expected west from Arizona and other parts of the |