Show OBITUARY 117xw T I JOHN L SMITH St George Utah Feb 24 183SJohn I Smith departed this life on Monday Feb 21 l 18U5 He was the son ot John arid Clarissa Smith and was born at 1otsdarn Ht lowrnce Air New York on the 17th of Nove in her 1828 Ills father and family moved to Klrt land Ohio In the year 1833 When he It a t yeatu old he was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints In 183S he moved with the Saints to Missouri and tanta afterwards after-wards to Fair West On the 12th of November 1S44 ho was ordained an Elder In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints and on Crlt 1th of tile game month was ordained a Hev enty and was placed In the Twelfth quorum of Seventy he buns 16 years old on that day lie was with the Saints In all their trials In Nauvoo He was a cousin to and 1 a firm defender of the Prophet Irpht nnd Patriarch Joseph and Hyrum Smith and although only a youth shouldered his gun on many occasions ami would have laid down his life In 1 their defense He arrived In tt Lake City on the 35th of September 184T In Splber J51 lie Visa called 10 Iarowan 14 nr rived there on the 16th at October at the Maine Year At the April conference 1853 he was called on a mission to Europe and when the brethren who wom to A Compan him on Ills mllol were rly accmpany tarl he ws very sick and set no determined to nil his mission that he directed that tile I brethren put cord across the top ot Ih L wagon box Anti put 2 10 on them im whtchJr lay him and this being don ho wan slsted In the wagon and In this was started on his mission He snnn gained sttenpth slid filled his into Plain with hnnnr to the cause of God and returned home on the ilst of June UK In Aller IuT J ThAeatfici on a ron1 mllon to Europe and returned In Ot 11 On the 10th of December 1873 hewa ordained a patriarch under the hand of President llrlha Yon IrlAhnm Youric and George A Smith at lar He wail 0 vvn brother tat the Ing er When the RI OCOIRC Temple iarr being built he was sent among the different 4talte md wards of Zion to solicit aid for ltq r Pre ton and was veil successful In that work anti when the Temple was tied iitcd he was one amune the first that were nllid and Nt apart to labrr the In nl1 i rOltnd to do Po unlit March 2 R 1 7 hel lie Was taken don vIlth the sickness 1 1h from which lie never recovered re-covered cowl He took part In many of the Indian war ot Utah I was his delight taj ntFlst In every t-aj In his power f roll on the work nf Go1 upon the myth Anti man have hrard him bear a faith ralh fill testimony to tie divinity of this greet Utterdav work Although poa all of but few earth goods r Icavis a rich legafy nf a well written history anti of n faithful devoted life In the cause of Christ upon the earth which should be carefully preserve nrid read bj his posterity In generation genera-tion jet unhurn His record shows that lie has given 1105 patrlarthlnl 1 letnlnin lie hnia Personally and nt tits Instance performed the labor In the House of the Lord for 2002 Per Font the Lyman family who will Welcome him on the oth < r side Thus vc have In the person of John L Smith pan ot the ravloras Tabu should ntnnd on Mount Zion HP also did considerable work for the Smith And flevtland fnmllles He leaves a family consisting of a wife and sit 1 living children twentyseven grandchildren grand-children twelve great grandchildren anti a host of friends who call him bled Ilm Iuntrl services wr held In the St George Tabernacle al 3 P m Fb N 1 Hlphop Andnis presiding Singing Praj er by 1lder George Woodhard Shia I rig Klder James a Beak was the first speaker lie said that the I family nnd friends had cause to rejoice or 1 the release from suffering that i had Come to Brother Smith and Ir testimony to his worth and faithful nes rider Henry W nigler the = tv ond speiker had been acqunlnttd with the dec ascd ever since they were boys together In AdamOndlAhman and testified thaUhroughout his whole life Ing he had been faithful to this call IngElder Elder David H Cannon president of I the St Oeorre Temple vp kcdot the I life nnd labors of the dee ascd t ll I I f > rIngr li his faithfulIM and Pntrl I arh I Illchard llintly I Virus In n similar I sim-ilar strain Bishop Andrus said that forty years ago he returned from n foreign mission In company with the deceased They traveled with ox teams under circumstances that tried men and pmo1 them In vorlus way but IJrolher Smith was always ready to do his duty Tire peaker declared Ills Ile that all Ivan el with tho departed rh choir rang and 1ldlr Do A let n leAlhur offered up the benediction A multitude followed the lemalns to the grave WILLIAM ATKIN 8OPHIV LINDAN rUHUMriBTIill Sophia Llndan Tuhrmclster was born July 17th 1821 nnd died at St Oeoriro lebruary 12th ISM The funeral services ser-vices were held In the St George Tabernacle Tab-ernacle Iebrunry 14th 1893 lllehop Andrus presiding S Inglnt Prnjer by Bishops Counselor Thomas 1 Clam Singing stake President Daniel D I McArthur was the first speaker He said this sister has been resident of this city ulmoht from Its commencement commence-ment and her life has been upright and honorable Al tile commencement at > the work In tho H George Temple she was considered worthy pull was called to be a worker In that holy house and up 10 hr death her name wa on the Hookas block as a Temple worker lie referred to her many virtue nnd the good examples amples the has set before her family Anal those by whom she has ben our rounded Elder David I Cannon president of the tt George Temple said her fellow laborers I In the house of the Lord wilt miss I sister ruhrmelster as she was always on hand to attend to every duty required of her She has been a great sufferer an1 has now gone to licr rest Idr Iratl n Snow Counselor 10 the resident of the Stake paid a tribute trib-ute to the many good qualities of the deceased lldfr James O 11 Oak toe Owed In n similar strain Deceased leaves C living children and I C have preceded her to the spirit world al has her husband She also leaves 27 grandchildren living and 9 great grandehlldren and n host uf friends who will long remember her fr her many kind acts In life and all join In saying Itest In pro WILTIAXt ATKIN |