Show cven nr A n THOMAS STEED DEAD one of the first Sitt settlers lers of farm inton died in hospital sunday in ills his eighty fourth year patriarch thomas stood steed who underwent an operation for strangulated bowelet bowel at the L D S hospital in salt lake city on tuesday of last week weak breathed his last at p in deceased was one of the most industrious men that ever lived in davis county monday of last week he did as much wor work k as man of twenty one could do notwithstanding his advanced age as had he lived until tho the of next december ho he would have been eighty four that night he was taken sick and the following day he went under an operation he seemed to be getting along pretty well ull until til just a little before the end came suddenly took a turn for the worse the remains wore were embalmed embalm ed at S M taylor gos cos undertaking parlors where they wore ivere kept until yesterday morning when they wore taken to the family residence in F farmington arming tou where they could be viewed until noon funeral services were held in the farmington Z meeting house thursday at 1 p in thomas steed was born at molvern Herford shire england the house housend ho hd was was born in standing right on the divi dividing ding use between england and wales tales deceased and his cousin the late henry iteld belonged to the religious organization known as the united brethren the rj isi v AW w were i e all C converted 0 n V eada t to mormon ism by president wilford woodruff in 1842 when he was only sixteen years oldee old he and his cousin stair started ted for the gathering place of the saints at nau nauvoo they went by the way of new orleans december 1846 at kirk urk iowa he married laura reed beed who preceded him to the great beyond by seven years he is survived by a widow oelia celia borque steed and nine children eight children having passed away the living are goo geo H stood steed tremonton Tre monton T J steed clearfield A A steed canada walter Steed Syracuse mrs E A cottrell Cot troll mrs george H meadows and ira steed of farmington he has sixty four grandchildren and about forty four great grandchildren he and his family arrived in salt lake august 1850 where he built a house the same year he went to farmington to look at the place the following year he bought the captain davis place aud and moved his family up davis was about the first settler in farmington deceased made his home in farmington ever afterward he was one of the best known men in tho County having frequently visited thu tho different wards of the stake and addressed the saints he and his brother henry who came here toc together rether worked their farms jointly for many years steed canyon and steed crook creek bear the names of the deceased |