Show C R crawford first bp of springdale ringdale Sp dead Sp ringdale nov 1 william R crawford died suddenly at 6 30 p in october in his shoe a few steps from his residence he had been working on a wagon ill d ly and came up from the blacksmith bhoj with a bolster on hia shoulder ind a few small tool in hia liand chiq daughter kiima saw him coming up as she pawed alie some clothes she wig putting to soak for the washing the lieke day and when coming back about five minutes later found her father iving dead it the edge of alio shop alie bolster and tools lying by him he died apparently without a struggle brother craw ford wis one of the moat highly citizens of this dirt of the country a min who did not have to die in order to get the praise of his neighbors neigh bora no one went to him for help of any kind who went away empty indeed he was a true brother crawford came to utah in 1861 with his widowed mother in david cannons company he was not a member of the at thit time his mind having been poisoned poi boned by his step hia own aither died when lie as but four yeara of age who wis an apostate mormon brother crawford hid his doubts about getting through rutih alive but expected to go to california and leave his mother and four small half sisters with the despised cormons mormons however ho was soon converted to alie gospel by his uncle joshua terry of draper silt like county he drove an ox team to the missouri river alie nest summer for mormon emi gants came to daie thit simo fall he and john langston were the first settlers of rockville then in kano county married cornelii gifford at Sho nov started for silt lake alio net day were sealed in the endowment houe was tho aither af seven sons and six two of whom a son and a daughter preceded him to ve children are all aimed mimed except emma he had 50 grandchildren forty of whom are living he was ordained bishop by pros D D mcarthur on the ath of nov 1887 and set apart as first bishop of the served in that capacity for nine ears brother crawford was born sept 29 1842 in calhoon county the world can ill afford to loae so good a mm the funell wis bield at the meeting house at 10 a m friday the speakers bp 0 D gifford bp divid hirschi christian cahnt nn dpn thomas E flangin Flam gin charles kuig of mt thornton hepworth all spoke of alie sterling qualities of the deceased the cr vices were well attended alie floril offerings were beautiful and calls for bids for mill contracts ire posted up in the local post oHice are four of them st george modena 7 timea st george bloomington 3 times A week st george by Santi Clira to gunlock 3 times a week st george by washington and ueda to ville 7 timpa a week bids have to bo in by jan 20 1914 |