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Show OBITUARY. Another good man and one of the first settlers of Utah has passed away. John Anthony Woolf, Sen. [Senior], of Hyde Park, Cache Co. [County], died of pneumonia on Monday, the 7th of November, 1881, after a short illness of five days. Deceased was born in Westchester county, state of New York, on the 31st day of July, 1815?. He joined the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in July, 1841, and moved to Nauvoo in 1844?, and was driven from there with the rest of the Saints and spent one winter near Council Bluffs. He came to Salt Lake with the first company in 1847; went to Iron county with the first settlers of that place; returned from there to Salt Lake and soon removed to Willow Creek in Juab Co. [County], where he opened a farm and made a comfortable? Home for his family, which they enjoyed only a short time, being driven from it by the Indians, after which they settled in Nephi, where they lived several years, and then removed to Cache Co. [County] and was among the first to settle Hyde Park. Deceased was widely known and won the love and respect of all who became acquainted with him, always being a friend? to the needy, none of whom were ever known to be turned away empty handed. He was kind and forgiving almost to a fault. He was the last of three brothers whose father was one of the Hessians? pressed into the British service in the Revolutionary war. His children, grand children and great grand children number over one hundred, who deeply mourn his loss. He died as he had lived, firm in the faith and full belief of a glorious world hereafter. The funeral services held in the meeting house, which was filled to overflowing, there being few, if any persons in the settlement who were not present. Apostle Moses Thatcher and Prst? Preston delivered very impressive addresses, which were highly appreciated by the relatives of the deceased. |
