Show OBITUARY gideon A Mur docic was tho the son of john and electa allen alien murdock ile iio I 1 was waa born at binin adams county illinois august lat 1840 when bout about one year old tip he was taken by his parents to nauvoo illinois tho the family being expelled with tho the rest 01 the saints lif in 1846 lila his elder brother having gone with the mormon batta llon to the mexican war at tho the age aga of six and it a halt years ho be had helped his father cathor drive nit an ox team freighting to winter quarters leaving there june 10 1847 and reaching salt lake valley september 24 following tho boy driving the oi 0 team all the way all tho the hardships of that trying time were experienced but can scarcely be ba told in the spring of 1851 his father went on oil a mission to australia and the mother being dead lie he went to live with a brother nt at leht lehi at fifteen lie he was enrolled in the militia militta 7 and r served lit in tho the walker aud and indian war lie ile aft afterward orward became a captain in iii the militia lit in 1864 he went with a church train to the ails missouri aurl river for emigrants and the following year moved to beaver where besides making it i location lie ha again served extensively as a military officer and took par pan lit in the dlack black hawk war I 1 I 1 I 1 lit in 1872 lie with others mado made an trip to arizona and the same year december aih was waa ordained a high priest by bishop john it 11 Al murdock serving also as aai a mem ibor of the high council in 1876 brother gideon moved tu bavler county and july 22 1877 waa ordained ordal tied bishop and set bet apart to pre iside aldo over the joseph ward holding that position for or 16 years yeara in 1890 he 4 returned returned to beaver county and tor for nine little years was sunday school superintendent in and councilor to the dish blah top op ot of frisco ward his family living at Millers millersville ville ile he married march lat 1866 to lu cinda howd and fifteen child reli were born to them after returning from frisco he ha continued active tit in church activities |