Show HAS RETURNED HOME patriarch daniel duncan mcarthur finishes his work here in eighty ninth year of age patriarch daniel duncan acar thur passed peacefully away bcd mcday afternoon june 3 at 1 35 he had been very low for como timo and the end was not unexpected he suffered very little pain the tired worn body gradually giving up life as it wore out D D mcarthur was born april 8 1820 at holland eno county new york and was a son of duncan mcarthur and sum he accompanied ins parents to kirtland ohio in 1836 and m 1838 moved to act missouri in which year lie became a latter day saint 1 by leaving missouri under threat of extermination the family arrived att quincy illinois in the spring of 1839 and ins father was absent on a mission D D mcarthur together with his younger brothers took care of the largo family he was married in 1841 to miss cordelia dark at dumcy hia wife d ing at the same place after alie death of the prophet smith he went to nau v oo 00 w here he w is ordained a seventy in 1844 married to miss matilda 0 fuller on dec 14 1845 at nauvoo where he and ins wife were endowed and in the temple fab accompanied by ins wife ho laft day or two later and crossing cros sing the missi i ippi nver on alie ice they went to alie general camp ground of the saints on augir creek thence alicy traCil cd to garden grove where bro mcarthur to build houses and fence acres of land for the poor who were unable to travel further he with am and family until 1848 when he crowed the plains arriving at salt lake city in the fill of that ear he was called on a minion to europe in 1852 and succeeded andrew in alie presidency of the dundee conference in scotland being released in 1856 lie was chosen second LOWI color to elder james who arc idad over the saints who the atlantic in alie enoch train iowa lie wafe in pharic of handcart company which company lie landed in bait lake city on the second day of october the same car on january 4 1858 ho was set apart as alie senior president of alie quorum of seventy at alie general conference held in october 1861 elder McArthur was called on a mission to bottle in our dixie thus becoming one of the firt settlers of st george in 1862 lie was ordained a high and called to act as finst counselor to bishop robert gardner nov 15 1862 lie was ordained bishop a apostle orson piatt and act apart to preside ocr the third ward st george in lie was appointed to take 0 a train of alty dagons ox teams and rs and go to tho missouri river to briick in alie poor may 14 1864 lie wo elected a of tho high council of the bt george stake of zion and in eliat capacity until called to act bishop in utah in 1866 lie was called to make another trip to alie nver to bring in alie poor saint but w is released by bishop edward hunter in order that lie might attend to other duties in lie was aam calad to go mith teams to alie frontiers to bring in alie poor on juno 1 1877 lie iv is called on another minion to great britain and labored principally in the manchester conference returning home lie acted first counselor to elder henry naisbitt in leiding a of saints home to zion arming in salt lake city oct 3 1878 he was act apart as second counselor to J D T mcalaster on march 20 1881 and on sept 26 1888 he was unanimously by alie council of alie apostles to arcs mcalster in the presidency of the st george stake to which position lie is set apart b apostle john W tailor dec 17 1888 at various times elder mcarthur was called upon to do military and police duty notably during the troublous times at nauvoo in utah during the walker uto and na ao raids and wars and also in the u callad buchannon ar he for some time as a under general daniel H wells and mas afterwards colonel of infantry by governor durece having almont totally lie was honorably from alie presidency of the st G corge stake on june 14 1901 and ardam a patriarch in alie church D D three wives ten children thirty grandchildren and one great grandchild he died as lie had lived a faithful latter day saint firmly convinced of alio divinity of ins religion and in alie chopo of a |