| Show aletter from Uri ghana vo young illig JA citizen of ca canandaigua has received ba autograph letter t i roin brigham which we find published in i the onorio republican times chisin this letter in reply to one addressed to the by tile the gentleman vil behof or bri brigham ham was requested by his Hi respondent to settle a controversy 3 to his own 0 vi antecedents which ad sprung up between the latter and ZO beebe of Canan canandaigua daig ua brig ram 11 esthe following leat from per ana 1 to GREAT BEAT 8 SALT 11 LAKI LAKE CITY july 23 as I 1 received ece ired your letter dated C canaan I 1 anari aia agua igua may ath 1858 1859 wal give short sketch you a of in my I 1 was ivas born in badham whittingham h am county collity vermont june lat 1891 1601 aly ay iy father and family removed 10 I 1 smyrna Chena chenango Che iio county jr Y lyen I 1 was ivas about diw eighteen months old ae e lived in that place until 1813 maily after the commencement of the kie ye war with gre great at brittan britian my father D his family re removed moved to the town of noa cayuga c county N Y in which aly I 1 lived until ia 18 1829 9 1 I then moved to wendon lendell mon monroe roe county and in 1830 daigue moored from th thence nee to lo no 9 canan callan allaan y mack alack into as a small na 11 house owned by jonn che situated on the west side ta s road I opp baito aitto to where mr mack W 11 I 1 lived ived I 1 h use fuse helped to finish his is new ft A the so place that lie he moved into 1 it before left m th 3 first cart part 0 aim ir of 1832 1632 and returned to mention april 14 same year I 1 was baptized into tho the church of jes jesus s alir christ i st of latter day saints I 1 have thus f far ar marked out my iny path since then the with some particularity events of my life are before the world I 1 will vill however state that after my return to mendon 1 I removed to kirtland ohio from thence cofar to far west mo from and from thence thence to narvol nauvo ill the mountains to there are five fire brothers of us in in th the following order john joser joseph ill phineas II 11 myself a and rid lorenzo D the two I 1 former never lived in no 9 phineas II 11 arid and lorenzo 1 D did live there but removed long iong before I 1 came tle five of us with my two living sisters 1 I have three dead are here and although some of them are past threescore and ten I 1 years of age yet by living in a judicious manner ind and through the beSSil bessing ll of tile the lord we have good health andere and are surrounded by an abundance of the comforts of life the war is ended the troops are partly withdrawn and we have returned to our comfortable home our trees are loaded with fruit we v e have the be best st country in the world for vegetables our crops are most abundant wheat is our staple grain A ail tia 4 blany I 1 ny times we ive have harves harvested ed three crops capps from one soil sowing ill by what we call voluntary lun tary 1 v heat aprin sprin springing up tip the second and third season although in this valley only eleven eleven years ibave ave llad had peaches for seven years and this year will have an abundance abunder ice of apples for family li use ae I 1 we weve I 1 v e apricots almond trees plumbs cherries and the finest grapes I 1 have ever seen they grow in bu bunches riches weighing I 1 from eight oz to two tivo pounds I 1 have a fine family of boys and girls apart a part of whom are married I 1 have fifteen living and two dead garnd garild chil dren J present my warmest regards to your father and his family I 1 really desire you to let me know where they are living and bow low they vare are situated respectfully your friend and well wisher YOUNG |
