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Show if DEATH SUMMONS FOR yOU f OLD CITIZEN OF PAYSON m 6?c!al t0 Th0 TrI1,une- it I? P.TE0N Utah, Oct. 29. Another ono A R ef Payyon's old and highly respected cltl-11 cltl-11 mi ns has answered tho Inst call and gone i Mr 6vcr to the silent majority In tho person 1311 1m of John P. Wlmmer, who has been City J"Ji W justice of the Peace In Payson for noarly Wi to tcrmf. Mr. "Wlmmer was born In i L I2ff Jt5cronvHIe. Ind . Novombor H. Is35, and 1 10 ff ,id October 2$, 1901. at 2:15 p. m. f In hl3 early youth ho moved, aloner with father's family, to Illinois and resided if' for some time on tho outskirts of Qulncy, 1 nnl during tho tlmo that tho prophet $ Josiph was summoned to that city ho and i'i, Mj party stopped at tho home of Mr. - ? Wlmmer, who was In sympathy with tho Mormons on account of tho many pcr-tL pcr-tL jftutions they had undergone at tho f, Hilda of tho mob. At this time the subs' sub-s' Jtct of this sketch firstpaw tho prophet, J Jojtph Smith, which mettlng mado a last-t last-t lag Impression upon his mind. Mr. Wlm-4 Wlm-4 ratr was baptlHed Into the Latter-day SlaU church In tho Stato of Iowa February Feb-ruary 7, 1S47. nnd the lco had to bo brok-fn brok-fn In order to perform tho ceremony. Since that time ho lias been Intimately litntlfled with the church In numerous capacities Durlnjr the Civil war ho enlisted In the nitf JK United Stales army and did active aer-0Dr aer-0Dr 1 f vies In guarding tho United States mail as a sergeant In CapL Lot Smith's com-V6, com-V6, ; piny. a In 1565 ho camo to Payson with his OPj T fathtr's family and has been one of tho noil active citizens during his life. lie si I iras married to Miss Sarah F. Moore and ' a f they tvero blessed with ten children, ull inn of whom aro living. 'U He had lived In Utah, Arizona and New I Mexico nnd In each place he has held Im-4 Im-4 plant offices which ho filled to the sat-, sat-, miction of his constituents. (Or Funeral services will be held Monday r afternoon at 2 o'clock In tho tabernacle. t |