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Show Jesse Smith Dies , .. At Advanced Age Was l'i eminent In l.'arly Settlement of l.ehl nud Held Mini)- Church Position. Posi-tion. .lesso Smith, nn early settlor nnd line of Lchl'a foremost citizens, closed a busy life when he succumbed to an attack of bronchial troubles about G o'clock Saturday evenlnR. Tho Tabeinnele was filled with his many friends nud relatives nt tho funeral boi'VIcch Tuesday afternoon. Ah k hM ' MIL JKSSK SMITH. (I'hoto by courtesy Salt Lako Herald-Hepublleaii.) Herald-Hepublleaii.) Jlshop James II. Unrdnor presided .mil was one of thu speakers. Kulogles vero also mndo by President A. J, Evnns, S. I. Goodwin nnd Bishop E. V. Ashton of tho LeGrnnd Word, Salt Lako City A featuro of tho sorvlceo wore tho musical numbers, a qunrtetto by Messrs Arthur Livingston and Joseph Ktrkhnm and McBdiHncs O. L. Kitting. er nnd Lcounrd Francom, with piano ncaompnnlmont by Miss oJnna Drad. shnw, n violin solo by Miss May Anderson And-erson nnd organ accompaniment by Prof. J. J. McLcllnnd of Snlt Lako and. solos by Professors A. C. Lund nnd (onion Itccoo of tho B. Y. U nnd Miss Stella Thoruo or Lehi with accompaniment ac-companiment by Prof. McLcllnnd. Bishop Bis-hop John Stoker dollovred tho opening prayer and Arthur 3. Wood of nlt Lako City tho benediction. Jcsbo Smith wns born In Ponsford, Summorsetshlre, KtiRlnud, May 14, I83rt. When 1 1 years of age, ho moved to Wales, whore ho worked In the mill mines. Ho was baptized n mom-jber mom-jber of the Mormon church In 1802, 3eorgo Comer performliiR tho ceremony. cere-mony. In Wales, ho also married Mrs. Mary Ann Price In ISfil, nud In ISfiG ho enma to Ptnh, locntlng In Lehi. It required eight weeks for their sail. I iiir vessel to cross tho Atlantic. Their trip across the plains In Cnptaln( Henry Chlpmnu's company was equal-' ly slow, both Mr. Smith nud his wife walking ulmnst tho entire dlstauco, white, an ox team pulled tho wagon with their belongings. For a yerr nftor coming to Lehi, they lied within tho old Fort Wall enclosure, then built n llttlo log cabin on tho lot where he lived nud died, and which nt that tlmo wna covorcd with sage brush. Ho was among the first to settle tho upper part of town. For several years ho worked at mining min-ing In American Fork canyon nnd wiih actively engaged there In the days of the canyon railroad and tho old Miller mine nud smelter. Ho was only modorately successful In mining, but dovotcd nenrly all his I'tnh life to farming, being among the first to bring under cultivation the I bench lauds above town. Ho was uctlvo In both civil nnd church matters. In tho church ho held all tho olllces from deacon to high priest and was ono of tho sovon presidents in both tho C8th and 127th quorums. Ho wna also an active worker work-er lu tho Sunday School for years. In civil matters ho was rond supervisor super-visor for many years and nerved two tonus In tho city council, 1887-8S nnd 1SS9-90. Ho sorved ns tho locnl representative rep-resentative of-tho Desert News for 19 years. Ills first wlfo died eleven years ago, two years later, October 19, 1906, he married Mrs, Sarah Ana Hedges who still survives him. Ho had ten hlldren. he flist four boys died I .ill) life Thos. surviving nr icorge A Smith, Assistant Oenernl Manager of th I'tnh Iduho Sugar Co., i;-8nrtor. John Y Smith of Salt .ik' tit;, Miu Mary Ullsworth, wife of Qerninn Ellsworth of thd Northern States Mission, Mrs. Srrah A. Pearson, Pear-son, wlfo of A. C. Pearson, Bupt. of the Idaho Falls Sugar factory; Jooeph F Smith, u prominent local musician nnd Jesse N. Smith In tho Lehi 'Sugar office. -- o |
