Deseret Evening News | 1906-03-21 | Page 1 | Another Pioneer Gone to His Rest

0 A ANOtHER PIONEER GONE TO HIS REST RESTI Prof Ebenezer Beesley Passes Away From Diabetes at Age of Sixty Six WAS WELL KNOWN MUSICIAN cit tIlo tu tO II Uia I i lu In I a I Iii illicIt It ph And 1 lAid Ittie In lit M 11 I Circles or of Iho I ho Community It y f Ebenezer bentz r Ile I one e of ot vet veteran eran eral musicians and president of ot the tho Music Iu lc company passed n nw M y last midnight nt Rt hl his home hOlo In 11 the tho Nine Nineteenth llie ward of or this city Mr Ir Beele A j jI 1 I jA t A I i Si Sij SiL j L i 1 y EBENEZER BEESLEY Veteran I IIa I I Suit Sit 1 t i he 11 i i tV ii Died I 1 Iu ln I itt t l Igi i t After t fi III me M I I i of nt if I I I 5 made 11 tor for a 1 distinct place In the history of niu mI lc In 11 Utah Ulah auld and lel ho he will wi b be missed by hy b th the several of whom under him hini hll In the titu old dayn d dof of the tho volunteer Theater orchestra lund and Ind later inter In iii II the titu Tabernacle choir of nr which w h he 11 S n a long 1011 I the lie t leader bail Irad cr r Il I I Is family IY has hll hill S Inherited I nIt cil his It Is I ten lel I CI nd nil In cent urH hc l u leaching I each Iii ic nt In Ill h Ii ies hion lender ot of ofa n a fatally family tall orchestra teh tr of nine little 1 e I II Il of 01 If which ho ha hI wan 1111 Justly JI t proud I I tie to II ii tin tIlL pans of hate been beell unmet I emu and Ii nil lip ht wil will ti III continue I Ii 00 to te be he remembered d th these for tor years 1111 Prof ua WiS ices In Iii ills his I year ear and ha he hl had SPOIlt spent 47 IT yours years In Utah arrIving with wih George leyn Iy fatuous famous handcart Hept Helt I 4 Im UBO KHOM PIO 1 1 lIA H ills His IH death followed on an attack of 01 dia IUa diabetes tim betes betos hind had hal hIm tot for sev erv several ee oral eral months and It IL I was vas al nut not unexpected ed Ill eu by b 1 his family and Immediate friends Until a short shor time Ule ago Mr r was wait wasa waita a member of or the Theater The tt orchestra un under UI der thur Prof irot Pro Shepherd but left lef that organ on Recount of ot his hits tilling falling health Prior to tl that hu lie hO been nellie active In hit Almost tl rout the lie day tia he ito arrived here herf A m IX IN t HANDCART ritti The Thc el wan as horn born In III Ile er or 11 OXford England 1 1 Dec fee II il 1840 1140 and a mid jollied Joined tile the Hept Hi it 1 1819 Ten Tel years carl later Inter he K rah Hancock arti the tame year yeM 19 started west to 10 tu Halt LUke Lake Joining Howle command at lt Flor ilor trice flee nail and coining across tho tue with It I In the summer HU lila IU first employment an as ni a ci shoemaker for tor WIlam Jen Jn 11 n 11 and soon scion on after this thin ha lie began helnn to apply hll hi lf I to II Ii music Hi tIe he oh id he had hat studied before leaving heaving hump ell President Ire ld t Young erected erele the Ihl Theater heater Mr tr 11 HI became leather leader tt of the tite tra that eted the th yearn Arl without pay ia CHOIR t I 1 A I Mr Ir continued with thin tho or orchestra orchestra chestra chetra trout from rom then Ihen till ti n it short time be before le tore fore hit his hil death and kept up his itle Inter Interest oct est t t In It along with his hl work In other musical lines Ills 11 of 01 the choir began about 1877 when ho ice he succeeded J and contInued until he hue h tiltS wat al d hj h Prof flynn FIan the dl di director rector relo At the tIme h hi he l left ft the TaIN choir he moved move 10 to I LehI Iehl hl lie II took tok charge of the tIt th ward choir and Ind tine won th tha prize off ii d by h the Salt take Ike Cambrian association for the tile best hest choir III itt II the state the tile Halt Hal Ilke choir belli beitt belll barred from the Ihl competition He le Hi II also tIred lived at for fr solute time and taught mush the all OK 0 01 1 SOW The fhe which Mr Ir BeeRle are some somo of them hem heard harr often In church s Possibly every want Md In the thu th Church has made a n favorIte of Kind Words orits Sn S Tones the fire art lE t Tone to 10 Heart I Welcome Welcome Morn MornIng lOg InK Sweet SIet has Han la Left Ien You and a n number of ut others Most of I these tho e urn are fur for children ut of whom he wit tics Ilna always fond for fur lit lie his hi latest late Hosts of ot Mrs K r F II n Wells Well furnishing the WON DI ll 1 N NIn In a Deseret Nawa competition he lIe hewon hI won tile the th Mist diet prize for tor the Iho best helt musical setting ot ling for or poem When Claim Christ Was WAi Horn In with n I Carol CarolIn CurlIn Curl c contribution entitled Christina In lit the publishing of 01 tho the I J D I B 14 8 almod he took a it 1 prominent pail us alt a member her ot Of the tho Jar 1 lel o ap all i pointed pointe by hy President John Taylor to tr tl prepare the book bouk anti In In iii II committee i to t supervise the more re recent reo cent In Itt ills his hiI Church work ork lu ti h was wait Wil always 1 devoted mid RII earnest earliest Ho lie o wits wag a u of ot the tho Temple Templo choir UN m til t his lila death and worked warhol there tIler for tor sev several eral years ea rl tor nIcking making a trip trill to Rug r land In I 90 In Ill 11 of family gene genealogy It HAS ILAS lAS IHU FAMILY IA m Y He Iii lt was 11 the th father r of tf 16 children 11 It 1 of or whom lullo him They hey are l hen henzer izer zer I Ick delbert Mr 11 He Alvin A Frank Krank I Mrs Amy Lie 11 Clarissa 1 A t Wiford rind and Mn Ir Everett Ills His 11 younger descend descendants ants are lre represented by b 40 11 o dren anti ono atm great gral grandchild F ON O SUNDAY BUNDA Y The I arrangements have halo not been ben definitely yet rei but hut they trill probably bo be 1 held hell afternoon from the house heuse 01 Nineteenth ward meeting