| Show JOHN l X WI Brier 01 tho or of n 1 Jinn MUl Who lao line lias JQ Helped For over or years ears John U n Winder has his beth been wIth tho ecclesiastical and Industrial history hl of Utah From Frem the tho lory Irm very day daylie daylie lie he arrived In the city of or Snit Salt Lake there thero hat haS always been Jeen a conspicuous place pIneo for tor him und and II ho Ito always tilled It IL tu the tho satisfaction of ot his hits friends and to tu his own Increasing honor and credit lit ha lithas 1 has grown up UI rapidly with the country anti and near lear tho the age of ar eighty years ye r he Is of a n youthful progressiveness and ald energy that are oro truly remarkable John Rex Hex Winder son lon of Richard and Winder wits 18 hunt horn at tt I Kent Int England on Oi December 11 1 1821 ills His Is parents parente belonged to that Church of England Into which organization ration ho bo was sas wal christened infant At the tho ago age of fourteen ho bo wits con can confirmed confirmed firmed a member r of or the Church of Eng Em England England land by b the archbishop of ot Canterbury Is Ills education or rather his hlf schooling was meager no as ni the th limited means of bib parents necessitated his Itle working to sup But support port himself When he was wa about twenty years car old he went to London where he obtained employment In u tt I West End nd grocery racer store In the tho great metropolis he ho met Miss Alias Ellen Walters and on November 21 24 she became his wife It I Is said sahl there Is a I certain house standing on the tho shore of lake Michi Michigan lehl gala gan nl and It If n a rain rIn drop happens to fall fallon fallon on the tho north slant of the roof It I will wi go Into Int the lake lako and eventually bi hi J carried Into tho thu th St Lawrence river Ilver nod out into tho the Atlantic But Dut It If it drops drop one foot toot further south Mouth It I will wi find ire lr way Into that Mississippi river anti out Into the Gulf of or Mexico Thus Thu Is lua how hov slight n at I thing turns th whole current of n a human life le Such I woe the case cale In the tho career of or John R ii Winder Two years after ho Ito was WIS mar married marrIed ried clod n a 1 gentleman genteman by the name of Coln son non stepped Into the store In search of ot a n man to conduct his establishment In Liverpool Mr Alt Ir Winder was finally engaged and In hi II 1847 he ho went to Liver LIer Liverpool Liverpool pool assumed charge of the tho store tore While casting about the store one day In July Juh 1848 1818 his hla eyes fell fel on a frag fragment mont ment of n a letter leter that thal was lying on the floor noor On picking It I up I he saw on It U Utho tho the words Saints Saint He lie Ie had never heard of or those thos leolo and naturally became become curious to know Ilow what the words meant meant In following tip lP the of that curiosity curlo ly he ho learned of or tho the Mormons and of their wonderful Prophet who were In America hut but n a branch ranch of ot the Church was In Liverpool anti and an held hold meetings In the tho Music hull hullon hul hullon on Bold IolJ street Ho Io attended a meet mt ina Int It was wall being addressed by Jy ICI m tier der Orson Ornon Spencer er He lie le was WI very Ver deeply Impressed by that thal sermon and began Investigating Tho The result was that on September 1848 1841 he was wal baptized by Elder Rider Thomas D U Brown and on the fifteenth of or tho the following month his wife wll was baptized by Apos Apostle tie tle Orson Pratt Prat He lIe remained In Liverpool and was nc no tive tn In tho the Church until February 1853 15 when he and his hil family sailed for Zion on the ship Elvira Evira Owen It I was wa a passage fraught with wih much misery for him and for some others Five Fire pas passengers as contracted the smallpox and anS he was one on of the smitten n victims The fhe officers on the ship thought he ho could cull not live lire 1 but he knew better beter Recovering he hI arrived In tn round pound health at ot n t Keokuk Iowa lawn and Ind joined Elder I Joseph W V Youngs company and ond with wih his hil family f ml ceased the plains arriving In Salt Lake Lako City on the th of Octo October October ber br 18 Ills His UI active nature and quid quick Intelli Intelligence Intel genes gence soon Mn took In the situation anti he le became a 1 partner of Samuel ulner In the manufacture of boots and shoes and also In the operation of ot ofa n a tannery H 1 lIe entered Into partner partnership partnership ship with wih William Jennings In II 1 who was WI proprietor of the tho moat mot market tannery tanner saddle boot bl and shoe hoe factory etc te He nl continued In this business un am until amIll Ill til aft r the move In July t In the meantime he had connected connet l In himself with the lie Legion glon which he lie evinced Ine an ideal Idol martial spirit Kind Cind gentle gentl gentl anal full tul of or mar mtr me f l cv yet Ct h wits was B ready IV to lay In down hl hil his life ue in defending hl hi people against their foo bce r During tho the fall and winter vinter of oaf 17 he ii h was wg I left lf with fifty f men mn to guard Echo canyon canyan after Johnstons Johnston ar army my mv had woos tn to Fort ort for tor the winter Hi I fl held heM the position of captain with lh signal l honor bonor Ho no enle In the tho march after fter Indians through Tole In and nd figured lur conspicuous conspicuously ly h 1 In th th the Black Blick Ule Hawk naw war In as an 11 anan an n alI skI M to General Wel alis nd later as a adjutant Nut nt general r with wih William WilliamJ J JennIngs ho became d with PresIdent Brigham Young and F Fr Pera r rm m mt Little Lite In a ft I tannery on creek c tl At tImId hit time lie mit 1 hi his present home hom hom Pop POJ lair nr Farm Farm and ROl tent bryan began the pursuit of ot off f and ant which he heli heI helies li I lies ever eve followed with wih youthful en In mn UjO he ws Wets I a Hr anal BOl collector letor of Salt t lAke Ik City and n held heW lint portion Uon for far fourteen consecutive years He lie 1 in the City Council yr tram from 17 to 1ST ise He II H r M d his hi Illon as aa a nM r and a collector In InSl 1 lESt Sl 9 and nO Watt wan wat of at atthe the ell cit el h toWn ln that until April l lit lU t retiring at t that tbt us time W to t enter ento upon his hil labors IbM ns as ni F cean to hOll I ton rn of ot tb tb that He le H w we wa set t apart to his h In the th bishopric In April 1 17 1 K bv Pr PIt Prest t Q Cannon anti and ApOtI AI t Franklin D U Richards When It t became th the ambition of ot trw the th Church to have Jye tha ha finished In Ia UM l 1 forty yeArs yra turn UK the t time Its it stones w wr re taU SI Winder we W a l to au eu tend the U work of completion and AM 5 fi ho saw caw to It I that his work was wal done don In the time allotted him bun In May If 1893 1194 he sot ot apart ns as first Ir t assistant nt to President Loronzo Snow In charge of tho the Temple and line held that position over since It I was al during the tho tie dedi demB dedication dell cation i that President Pr Joseph JosephF F 1 Smith took occasion to tomake make known his admiration of tho the man mal he line has now Ils called c let to be his counselor by speaking In terms of high hiatt commendation of his haiti hil faithfulness perseverance etc ete and pronouncing a blessing upon uon his head for tor time and amI all al eternity President Winder was ordained a Seventy In and unal was waR made one ono of or orthe the presidents of o the th Twelfth quorum the following year He was vas later hater lal or ordained a n High Priest by Bishop Ed Hunter and an acted noted as Bishop of or the tho Fourteenth ward while Bishop Thomas Taylor was WIS performing a 1 for foreign or eign ehn mission In April Macil 1872 he ho was ordained a I member of the High Ugh Coon Coun Council COli cil cl of the Bait Lake Lako Stake Ho He has hns always been n a power In the business life le of or Utah and It U would woul bo Jo Impossible to compute the value of his patriotic services devoted to tho the growth and aOI development of the state Ho 10 was wal made a director In II the Deseret Agricultural and Manufacturing society In 1856 1116 and Ind Its la president In 1872 18 Ho lIe 10 hold held hole that position po with an nn Interruption of ot three or four years until 1900 He I vae chairman of at the tho territorial and ond county central committee in ill the Pen Peo Peoples ples party days daYI but dropped out of or active politics when wh n the division on national party lines came He Is 19 a t di dl director Il rector In tile the Utah Sugar company compan also albO th the Ogden Oien Sugar Ho 10 Is 11 president of or the tie Investment t company a n director In A Z C M r L I In Inthe II inthe the Desert National hank bank and In the time Dc Deseret erot Savings bank He lie le Is vice president and director of or lie Utah Light anti Power company and Is ie more moro active oclo than tItan most men who sho passed tho the fiftieth mile mie tone stone There has haF been born no tao 10 diminution of at late his hil mental energies and very ery little In his hil physical forces Ills His I Interest in Iii life le and Its manifold du duties duties ties tes is II as vital vial as when with wih step he left loft his hil fathers homo home to carve out his fortune In tho the crowded marts of ot London |
