| Show EVENTFUL LIFE CLOSED the late bishop W A bringhurst of toquerville was pioneer indian fighter and guard over mails bp 11 in A Bring bringhurst burst departed this life on friday march 8 1912 having presided over the toquerville waid tor for more than thirty eight years the deceased was as born in Li onville chester county pa jan jin 26 1839 his parents being samuel simuel and ind eleanor beitler bringhurst in the i v e ir 1845 the family firmly removed to the city of nauvoo illinois having accepted the faith of the latter day saints in 1847 the family con sibling of lather father mother ind three children crossed the plains with an ox team teim arriving in ill the salt silt lake like valley in sept of ofal tl at year hai haung ing endured the hardships and ind eions consequent upon such a lour our ney at the age ige ot of 16 years he en ell his father s shop md ind learned the trade in 1862 he entered the service of the united states stites as a 1 volunteer upon a call made by president lincoln to go gon ern r young for volunteers to up press u indian trouble and guard the mails malls he served under the late D D mcarthur and in the famous lot smith company in 1862 the tile subjects oi of this sl etch wa marne mirrie I 3 to selinda D palmer in 1866 was called to the pixie dixie mission settling ettling at toquerville utah he be en ell in the mercantile business which he has his followed since on tf ie e day of feb 1874 he be was 18 set ap apart is bishop of the ward ard and in d served in thih this capacity till his death in 1867 he be wo m to su anna steele and 1184 to mary J fe tapley who survive him the deceased is the father oi of twenty five children twenty of which are living and seventy three grandchildren and great grandchildren while his chances in eirl life lite for foran an education were nere limited and a great greit part pirt of his life has been upon the frontier yet he was wis ot of a stu lious nature and pro greg gren slie e mind and has held many important state position and has ei ever er dischia discharged ged hiss bib duties with fidel icv and ind lionor honor bishop Brins huist served a i term in the state penitent for conscience sake sale and ind was a i pensioner of the government for ser vices rendered he goes to obtain the regard of faithful lamorand lab labor orand and died as he had bad lived hied in full faith of a i glorious resurrection |
