Show seth called el a A 4 ak 00 t A ak i A 4 r r r Is it uncle seth A pa P mm departed this I 1 fp fe last fri fn lay evening sept 29 1916 about six 0 clock his ae leith ith was i 1 I shock to i ahe lie comman ity as it was sud len and un expect el he had been unwell ell for some time on and off but had not been confined to hii his bed he hid had been complaining borne some time before his death of a pain in the upper part it A his chest and left the hoube hou to go to the outhouse where his devoted wife found him dead she had become alarmed and upon calling him and receiving no answer supposed he had fainted seth austin was born at nottingham england june 23 1842 a son ron of john and sarah tab a joined the church of jesus christ ot of latter day saints in his native land and came to utah in 1857 living at cottonwood where he lost his right arm in a sugar mill when 20 ear old he came to st geoge geo ge in 1863 and shortly after fulfilled a mission in england and was married to eliza jane dent at the endow endowment ment hou house houe e salt lake city nov 1 1869 he engaged in freighting with a mule team outfit to dixie in the early days of its set was county clerk and recorder of washington county for a number of years u assisted his father who was postmaster at st george lor for over 30 years and was also in te rested in mining beth seth A uncle bel beth h as he was familiarly known was a man of much when he lost his right arm he lie at once apt set to work to master penmanship with his left hand and became a krofl chent writer and drawer with it A quiet worker few knew exactly how much he be did and how well he did it and he was wag generally well liked and respected by all he is survive I 1 b bv his wife and one son H marvin a lad about 14 years ears old two brothers john D and malcolm of bt st george and three sisters mra mrs ashby snow of salt lake city mrs sherman She hardy and mrs press lamb of this city funeral services were held in the st george tabernacle at 8 3 30 p m sunday A great number of off friends of the dege emed were pie ent and the services were very impressive the choir sang shall we meet be yond the river prayer was offer ed by elder C W and ta ctet e lord is my shephard was sung hy by a ladies quartette pres thos P cottom offered of consolation to the bei ea ed reta relatives tives and spoke of the god g od work done by the departed brother how he knew him in the early anys d ays and of his devotion to the work of con st ruction of the stake academy building a large portion of his time being devoted to this purpose pres fd H snow told of his early recollection of uncle seth when he Unc uncle leSeth seth was freight ing from salt lake city to st george with a sit six mule tein he also told of bro q devoted in inthe the erection of the stake academy building of which he lie numbered and marked every stone in the outside construction he alo pud paid a tribute to his neatness in all work that he undertook and to his good penmanship pres snow concluded his remarks with words of consolation to the bereaved relatives mr david forsh i i sang when the mists have cleared away pres george F whitehead told of his hi early recollection of and asso elation mation with uncle seth to wh m he lie was ft as deputy recorder when uncle beth seth was county cherl and ano recorder of his pride in neatness neit and faith fullness and devotion to duty bib bibi OD on 1 I C macfarlane spoke of the to duty of the do A parted brother and said he never called upon him to do a work that te he did not perform he also paid a tribute to hi big neatness an i qa slem stern in his work in which he always took pride he offered words of comfort to the bereaved miss viola mcallister sang 1 I have heard of A beautiful Beau city and benediction was pronounced by bishop jas mcarthur interment was made in the city the grave being dedicated by 4 elder B jarvis sy no AA |