Show TRIBUTE TO MEMORY OF beaver utah sopt sept 21 2 1909 I 1 editor press one of beavers most estimable citizens tins hiis just j liba passed over to tile tho great beyond in tile person ot of john lang who lina has for ninny many months beun been find to the last exemplified his falth faith and in integrity tei rity john lang was ho file stin son of william lang and mary alary boaden and was born 16 1833 1832 di at north Al ulton derby shire england lie ile recoiled received tile hie gospel on tho lay day of october and cull emigrated grated to 0 amedco in in 1850 staying sin ing iti in tho states until 1855 i ng means to a asa 1 1 s st llis his fa hols family to follow b him I 1 un lie ho crossed I 1 tie the plains in n IS and took part in ill the trying and titi iring scenes of unit chlio ti mo in 1801 1801 fit iio wit was called to in the ut of tile tho dixie country fint fiat fin t going to st george and afterwards moving to tho the settlements amb emb embraced aced in tho the pallace waid ard latello later to pino pine valley and in 1895 j lie he came to beaver where horo lie ho has sin since lo 10 made his home brother john longwill lang Lung vill will long bo be remembered by ninny many of our citizens for his hie kindly atio irions and visitations to those those who were v ere atil acted by illness and other causes ile ho hiis very ery attentive and ud earnest in n the discharge of any duty imposed upon hin him i both temporal and religious ada As a churchman lie tins has been recognized by being placed hii in prominent positions baying occupied tile the presidency of tile seventies quorum arid and been in tho the council of tho the high I 1 priests priests quorum and aleo afro at one timo in the bishopric Bisho of Beav erWard ward lie ho lias acted as a ward teacher in all these positions holding li the respect of those who were associated with him his advancement in the priesthood was as follows ordained n teacher 1855 to the ollice office of elder bider in 1850 a seventy in 1873 and a high priest juno 1891 he was marri marrita to elizaboth elizabeth ogleby in 1855 to lo mary ann Mich lebon sn in 18 1858 18 to elizabeth stanfield Stan flold in 1808 1868 and anvan as the father of ton children ile he was again married but tho the data is not known ile he was among those who received receded the attention of uncle sams servants during the crusade and occupied a room in custody because ho he ref refused used to rt pudiano his marriage vows and instead the law of god as ho be understood it funeral services viere hela leold on tho dinst and the speakers C F harris hurria geo blun munford ford J F AV pothering haro barn and bishop I 1 F D farnsworth each paid pm d a well deserved tribute to the memory of tile the deceased dece used but from tho the deagro attendance at the services ee nices it wits mani manifest idest that the labors brother lang performed in his life did not receive the appreciation which was merited signed W G bickler |