Show SOLDIERS BURIAL aj J B laid to final rest eest S E C ES ar A r me HOME silie Ite arlis marks I 1 is teres ting biographical G GA A it IS honors the funeral of the late J B pember ton took place at the family residence this afternoon and the ibe rooms were cr crowded membris of the G A R post were out ont in uniform escorted by a equal of local militiamen the tha Met methodia hodin quartette furnished furnia hed the singing after invocation there was a short bible lesson rev J C andrews then spoke on the good doea 11 rl v 11 M mead sp adibi k 3 on I 1 the tha good soldier rev joseph wilks spoke on tie te hera of faith 11 the remarks of each apker ape liter were very appropriate and portrayed the life efe of the veteran in 10 a pleasing light the following biographical L sketch was read the subject of this memir mem ir bro james B n was bora bara in coles county ill II 11 ot 4 1838 his early life wa on th farin and at the carpenters bench when the news that firt sumpter sampler bad been fired upon reached him he flaue flans away the hammer ru and on OB the of june enlisted as a private in capt nes nere C B regiment regime nl ill III volunteers general grams regiment and served two yeara and ten months at the front in ia the et buggle for the autonomy of the nation he was in tho tha battles of cf vicksburg knoxville missionary ridge and other important athe baale of Chica chickamauga mauga h hi i was c explored by the confederates an I 1 spent seventeen sav enteen long dreary months in the of libby belle bella island and Ander sonvill cuffar ing hardships hard hips he kept a complete diary of his orison life giving an account of the th dark si te la ral also of the bright side when ther was wa adv of life in the ill illick blick ick hole of the con and of the leas crowded but no less leas horri 1 enclosure at anderson anderdon ville in his hia report on wo we real such items RS as these musty rice t aap not fit for a doz dog to e eat at mat so salt that the men nearle killed themselves drin drinking klug water pork today pieces not larger than your you r thumb meat so eo strong stat we could I ardly 62 paiit it reported that boco rations are cooked up tor for us as to gri gi away lord speed the day of his phy physical condition he be writes chills and fever laid in abed bed alldaf it was waa so cold feb this thia is leap year where will I 1 ba next leap year perhaps dead if alive hops hope I 1 will be at bows with my friends frienda it was always a bright spot in his bis life when he received receive ct a letter from home and scarcely a sunday passed that he did not note the fact and report it A lovely St abbath aih day though he be does doea not find much good to report of the ribel kibel guards guard tie he does re ra port that a rebel chaplain ll 11 preached a a very good serman to the boys dav alter day while in Ander sanville he reports 25 23 man died today sixteen or eighteen today showing the great loss of lifo life from want ex exposure ana crus cruelty he suffered ered irom from an attack of typhoid fever and lay unconscious in the open fied with no loved ones to ebol his fevered brow or to wet his parched lipshy probably never would have reio voral I 1 but for the devotion of his comrade and chum fred dark clark who bv him like a auero clero and helped him in every way possible the ibe surrender of lee set the pris iners ners nera free and wilba glad heart J B pemberton Fember ton returned home bose bo se to receive the congratulations of his hh friends aid az d an honorable dischar discharge gs at ingfield ill III on the of if april 1865 in december 1867 he be was united in marriage to miss martha drake to whom were born bom three children the tha family came to utah and lo loca calel eil in in provo city in issa bro ton becam became 4 a member ot W T sherman poet no 6 G A R he had been a member of the presbyterian church in the east but with bis big fam y united by letter with the methodist church in provo for two or three yeats b be C E minered L ff e re d much from the he hardships of his big soldier and life but be held on till tili august when he be give up the battle battie and lay down to die though delirious at times he was conscious most of the time he settled every matter of busi business riess and 1 his further discharge like a hero bero not fearins to die for the ha sought and ot ol bained pardon ot his bis sins through faith in jesua C giriat among h 9 last utterances were wera precious jesue how good thou SLA art to me never were ohp th words he fell asleep in jesus truer than in his h a case he leaves a devoted wife and an affectionate daughter to his departure but bat they sorrow dot as those who have not hopp hope for bi hia s end was peace we shall meet beyond the river ba b e and bye the G AR A E rituals were observed at the grave there were many mends friends accompanied the veteran to his last i resting place may he rest in peace |