Show Death of a Good Man David Wllllann whose death occurred oc-curred on Ihe morning of Dt 6th 1SSP at Prlcb Emery County was I the eon of David and Sarah Williams Wil-liams and was born In Blacnavon ilonmouthshlrc WalesDecl6IS2T and hence was aged nearly ser He embraced the Gospel in Its ful ne In the year 154 and wassoon after ordained a Teacher and then aPt a-Pt t In ISIS he was ordained au Elder nntl called t tho ministry 1 J traveled aj a rrlionary four yctre principally II worth Walec and labored with marked zeal and success He married Miss Sarah Williams May 29 1S17 migrated t St Louis In January 1E55 and was president of the Welsh Saints who formed I considerable part ate a-te le edrln on the ship He remained in St Louis zlStit one year when he went to Kingston I Ho remained there lut a ihort time when be removed to Canton 111 where ho located In the fall of 15M 1 f e was at this time id tey poor circumstances financially but lie set t work with a will and soon 1m proved hh pecuniary condition lie was a coal miner at which callus call-us he worked After a time he pur chased 1 tract of coal land in the town of Canton which subsequently subsequent-ly became valuable property die also acquired t > Vo other tracts of coal and near Canton In December ST5 Elder B F Cummings Jr who was traveling in Illinois C a missionary met him He had long been separated from Intimate 1F elation with the Saints but his faith I Ihe Gospel I a taught by tlio Prophet Joseph Smith was firm nnd flttnd t f bright and at his request he was rebaptlzed by Elder Cummings January Sib IST6 die Immediately Hook an active part inextendlng the work of Ihe iuCantonandvicinitywhlcli had now commenced t open up in avery a-very gratifying manner Owing t the facilities Brother Williams had for furnishing employment scattered Saints found and converts made by the Elders In that region were invited by him I to come to Canton and in a few months a branch of about fifty members existed ex-isted there of which he was president l lent At the opening of the year 1ST6 he was a wealthy man and a using his means generously t forward for-ward the work of the Gospel But kJlhh business reverses overtook him in rapid succession and before the middle 1 i 1S77 he was dc lo make a settlement with hl credi lore which left him In poverty lThe t ht l i selllement made he lr but a few hundred dollar lef He now Dado preparations t gather t Zion and out of his scanty funds ho generously assisted a score or more members of the Canton brandt t pay their fares to Utah He arrived ar-rived In Ogden August P 1877 and U few days bIer came to this city almost without a dollar But he and his family were happy and cheerful cer ful Ho Logan this business of a retail re-tail coal dealer in a small sony In which he continued for some months when early I u the ear ISiS he was called on a mission to the southern States responded and labored In that field eleven months when ho was honorably releaseil He was an excellent geologist and t an experienced coal mine manager and soon after his return from his mission ho I became manager of the u A u u coal mines at Pleasant all in October ISO The mines were rapidlydeveloped under his control and soon quite a community of miners and their families fam-ilies were gathered there Many of these being Latterday Saints a branch of the Church organIzed which he was made president In ISsS Pleaant Valley Ward was organized or-ganized and he wis ordained fa I lUshoji and eel apart to preside over lie continued In tills position till December 18S > when he went on a mission bt Waxes ° taW lime hu labored a a raveling Elder but later became president of the Welsh mission witli a numerous and ener gellccorpsofniissionaiiesuuderhim I During T administration that mission mis-sion assumed an ncthltj it had not known for many 1f He spent ills own money freely t foreward It and lal > ored with great zeal and energy It was while he was president of the Welsh mission Jarrmnlcreated great r tIn t-in that country RtpcatcdljBrother Williams a surrounded by howlIng howl-Ing mole who thirsted for his blood but physical fear was in emotion unknown to him and he never shrank from either danger ort or-t ulHe ngr lie returned to Utah In Xovem bee ISSS During the three years of his mission asthma a disease from which he bat long suffered more or less became deep seated 1L and he never obtained relief from it XotwKhtlandlng his broken health ho could not brook inactivity and In May of this year he opened a general mercantile buslncssat Price Emery County From that time until his death suffered terribly at frequent intervals lie pLssed assay hike a child falling to sleep Brother Williams was a good and a remarkable man He was a natural natur-al leader and gifted with rare abilities abili-ties in some direction To look into his clear blue earnest eyes and doubt his honesty was Impossible He decided the most important mailers Instantly and was generally guided by a correct Intuition In his business plans and enterprises It was nearly always a leading object to provide employment or aid for others and hu has planned for and i helped to feed thousands Ingratitude Ingrati-tude which I 5 often the reward of tho philanthropic worker never swerved him from his purpose t labor for the welfare of other He was a father t bis employ As n parent he was solicitous solicit-ous for and devotedly attached to his children J a a husband hus-band he W lender and affectionate affec-tionate as a business man he was intelligent and thoroughly reliable and as a Latterday Saint he lived and died faithful t the obligations of the Gospel having a firm assurance resurrection assur-ance of his flection t a glorious In I twn h anilwt father ot fourteen children seven of whom survive him lie also had a lao number of grandchildren These with hundreds of Ills wih bundr Ill countrymen coun-trymen living in this region and a host of oilier friends and acquaintances acquaint-ances will cherish his memory as that of a man worthy of Iheircsleem aol affection Peaceful be his rest Mil Star J Sal please copy |