| Show MS WORK EM pres isaac aloa called home SOME OF HIS he was one of noblemen many mourn his loss one by one the old pioneers of utah like the seared and yellow leaves of the trees in autumn are dropping off there are now not many of them left again we are called boon to mourn the loss of one of these old veterans president isaac bullock departed this life at this morning at the residence of his son in law A 0 smoot jr lie had been ailing for three weeks past with la grippe but ou tuesday he went out as one of the appraisers of the milner estate and on wednesday morning at 4 pneumonia of appeared and since eliat has not left hia bed everything was done that medical skill and nursing could do but ho gradually grew more feeble until the hour of hia death his arife mrs electa bullock ia at laranzie Lara wyoming or some point between that place and this city she stopped off at laramie on her return from her trip to washington as a delegate to the north american comans womans suffrage convention to fisit some relatives rea tives three telegrams have been sent to various points to hasten her return telegrams liace also been sent to isaac bullock jr in wyoming and to masl tucker at scofield bi caking tho sad news piedmont is the nearest point from which mr Bulloc lc can receive word by telegraph from spied mont the message will haye to be carried by horseback horse back a distance of forty miles to the bullock ranche president bullock was born in the northern part of the state of new york in october 1824 and was consequently 66 years and 5 months old at the time of his death he was one of the early settlers of provo and have assisted in opening up a number of other new countries he has held a great many important offices in provo city and in utah county both in cibil and religious ioui capacities he was the first attorney admitted to the bar of the first district court of this territory in 1863 he was elected mayor of provo city but ros signed in favor of his brother kimbal ballock on account of his numerous oilier dutes in addition to to the civil offices mentioned above he has at various periods held the following sheriff of utah county deputy united states marshal for this district alderman in the provo city council member of the utah legislature and united states mail contractor in a re legious capacity he has been a hard ana faithful worker he has traveled abroad and preached the gospel to the nation i of the earth and has baptized baptised sed many A one time he was president of the london conference he has been a home missionary in the utah stake of zion for several years for many years he was a member of the high council of this stake and at the hour of his death ho was president of the high priests quorum about two years ago brother bullock was sent to prison for the observance of his religious H had a hardy constitution but it was shattered by the many severe trials and ordeals has passed through hi health has been gradually failing for several years past amore extended record of his life and works till be published in a future issue |
