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Show (Jru. ('. HiM-r. Ilroth.r OiW. C. RUcr, whoto doatli uicuirud ou Hunday,and who mm bur rlrl today, wai widely and favorably known throughout Utah, whrru ho hai rckldcd and flfturtd inoro or Iria promlntntly for nioro lhau fottyfour ycr. Tho fullowlni; tktlch of hi. lift la condtnavJ f lorn tho HUtoilcal He-cord. He-cord. Ueori;o ChtWIan Illr, Iht ton of ChrlitcphtrCaticr ltlier and IUrbara Hollniau, waa born at Korn Herthlmt, WurtrruburK, Uermany, July Id, ISIS. Uo minute! lu Amnio lu thu iprlu of 1631 with lilt father, then widower, located with a colony of Urrman commuuUts In 'mat, Ohlj.woru ht rclded for moro than ton year, llu flrat heard of "Mormoiil.in" from n man named r.tmniicr Kerr, who waa employed In lit. ihouthoplu tho fall of im. Kor Iho iiroo of Kirtllnp; inrro fully tatl. Hod In retard to iho illviut mlulou of Joaepli Huilth, ht bought u llur-t-li-ain and t irl'd for Nauron, III., a dl.lumt nf hoi) mllle., Mrpt. 0, 18 p.', tojethor with hi. wilt aud child and hla I rothi-r, John J. ltlnrr. Ilumitcunvlncnl that Joioph ij Indivd n true 1'rophot, nud 0iil)c.i:,l5lJ,htiridhU wl.'o wert baptised In Iho Mlululppl river, by i:idir Albert llrowu. Al tho April Conference ho mil hi. Jlrolher John wero tent on a preachlDi; luUnlon totlhlo, Altnr laboring llireo mouths In that Btate, ht returned hi .NllilTOj. In Aptll, ISM, ha Matted w ttw ard. Ilttvlmt arrlvl on the Mia. kiuiI river, hla brottier John enll-li d In tho Mormon Uattulhin uud mirehid to California, leaving hla cllicta wllu hla brother Utire. In Iho apilni; of 1817 he continued Iho Journey wi'. warJ, aud arrlvinl In Halt Like V'al.iy on September "jtli of that year. A few daya aftt r hlaarrlval In IliaVnlley, holocatid Uwu Ihotmall lot on tho i4r(iund whero tho "Old Fort" wai built that iwn fall, lie uK-ned a mnll hoe iliop In a Lrgu mllliary tent on thu fort, und Ihua eatahllahoil bin), ttlf ua the (Ir.t ahocmnktr In Ilia Valley, tn Iho U'cluulnir of October, 1817. At tho October conference, 1S32, Klder Itlanr waa called on a ml.tlou lo i:uroe. Tocithor with tovunlydwo other inlatunrh'a lit atnrtod from homo wllu horau nnd mult loam.. They arrived atft-ly at Columbua, thu capital of Ohio. While moat of hla fellow mln.lonirtea went for refriah. luenti, IClder Itlaer remained In the car trying to decldo which way hu ahould travel In ordi rto llnd hie r.ithor, who lived aomowhero 111 tilt State. Utterly unable lo reach any di Unite couolu.luii a. to what lit had I'tlli-r do, an audible voice trulil abivuapoketo him, aayliut, "Oct atlctettorCardlnj;. ton." lit went luto tbu railway atatlon and inquired If thero wua aiich n placo as Cardlugton In the rltato, llilns nnawered In thu nlllrma. tlvu lit urchawj a ticket and ou ar riving there rtcoKiilied amomr the ti t landers near thu illation a brother. In-law by Hie uimo of Cull, who look him In hU wai;uu a dhtancu of nine miles tn hla house, and the next morn-Inj morn-Inj Klder Illaer walked n few uillea lo where ha. father and stepinthur ro side!. He remained wild theui two wieks, b.iptliod them bulb, and after ordaining his father to llio officii of an Klder continued hla Journey to New Yelk, whero ho anlu met his travel. lngooniuuloni and et Mil (or Liver pool, KuKlind, where they arrived Januarys, IMS. KMcrIlUerw.il appointed to labor In Hamburg and the tluUilnni of Mecklenburg, tn March, mi, he lr-lied lr-lied hi. iiatlvo country (Koruwes-thlm, (Koruwes-thlm, Wurieruburii), (kid miles from Hamburg, He was Himptlludto lesvo tiller only six weeks1 stay, und return ed tn Hamburg, from where preceded to Knglttid llolibjred wllh much sall.'actlon in Yorkshire until Jan. X'l, 1811, when hupr r.'edcd to llutiiburg, mid tod i liari;oof the mhilon; baptised in ptr-sons, ptr-sons, published a pamphli-t aud was doing a good work till August 11,1s .1, when hu wu. arresled for havlug preached the ii-i' I, and Inr-irrvr de , Intli.., ly jail with a.uue nl 'lie III t legraiiHl irlmlnnls nud finally com pelted tnleive tho city. He left lor ldvvrpu I. arrivtdHepierr.ber Atb, noil will, a alii.ll mmptny fr HslLtsllMll liaiolir . led fr.ni I.tv, rpi .1 Hi. luarj-.t. I851, andairieod in I'l U " I-plilt.Mari.ii I-plilt.Mari.ii bfh following. Ilellnnlly crt..t ibe plnlnsM capialn ol ten in flslli M. Illalr'i conipaiiy, which, after Hlllorlug exUtluely nom cliolers, Mr rfJM lu (Mil Like City, Hept. 11, IR, Deo. 0, lUd, bo was wl aunrt lu SOt na llr.l CoutHelor In llldiop F. Ku-ler,nf Ku-ler,nf IbeHUleeiilli Ward, n mltloti whloh hoooeuplot fort-icnty Jir nnd .li montlia. I'ur mmnyniripaatnrolher Itlwr't henlUi lion lein quite poor. Ills In. tfgrllylo the woik nf Ui.d, lnvov.r, never wavere.1, nnd he died film lu the nxltli. |
