| Show BISHOP PRESTON GOES TO HIS Rf REST T Veteran Worker in Pioneer Field Joins the Majority of His Generation SE SETTLED IN CACHE VALLEY Auth I II Iii mae ot f Ils ills I ilu h Ils his Wil 10 lie II ill at oal 0 llam H B Preston a or of the Church upon has hus 1 time the ot of lom some ot of Io moat moal arduous labors both beth 11 in the field of and of building mission Ind hae at t last Joined the great of at tb the Ouch men women of hits his generation Preston died Ht at 3 day llY afternoon from rot old Ige age mind and gen gee general oral eral debity debilIty It at the tho hOle home ut or hl his la law Oscar V Moyle oyle II lii He was c conscious n to tb last reeo and spoke to members oC at hi his within 11 flu lt mit hll his leath leathal al nail then fell quiet quietly H tO hl last sleep Bishop Preston reston was In iii hIs bitt eIghth aar CIOl train when hien just out of his tetI Il 1 er at over n it I a Im 11 the life which 1 ul II in the In Utah ot of 11 II lit the or of wid wild desert sage Time clr city of at Iol Logan an wh r the tho remains ot of wi rIll find theIr 1111 hint place ilace hll I as one ot of Its lIs hardest working The Liver LIer pool knows known hll him lS ItS Ole one ot of I itu first In It tho ha Claim mita mIlitia knowl known lIS as In tho early ers eras he was I a prominent ot of The Union Pacific hulders him I as one who lal laid the tho gentle down dow Weber canyon In lie he brought it IL ot of 60 saline troll England to Utah CLaim 11 In 1865 1163 willIe el On rOlle route to England he lEd from roam Utah Ulah to 10 New York I a pity of at 46 young oun mimi nSE IN 11 In hi his yenta an increasing zeal eal for ot tim th Q a tUh faith which he hal had while UH still Il a young oung man niami brought constantly and Important dutes duties In ls its From bishop of Logan In 1859 he became first counselor of tIle thc Cache valley stake p In 1 1877 7 and amI o or the II Iii 1879 He SIC tame teede Edward hunter lS as Pro pre presiding siding bishop of the thc Church In 1884 It was II in this capacity that Bishop reston Is vas knoWn to most of the Iho younger g Upon giving up the Iho duties oC at tIme the bishopric through tailing health and lda Id age e Bishop 11 wl at home of hits tonI emil 11 amid vIll edby ed by many ot of hl friends 1 J years ears ago the first serious Iness illness ot of his life resulted tram on an attack ck ot of coupled couple with sunstroke broke time the vigor Igor ot at his und since then his bits lIfe hal hamm been quieter than In the earl when he was kIWI as one of at tIme tho Cache valley ale Pioneers pIoneer ShORT SHOn ILLNESS Bishop last Iness illness was not nota n a lOl long nor sever severe one omie Thre Three weeks ago ngo Iff he went vent lo 10 tIme the Cottonwood home ot of his to tn time the hot meath meather il er ther there he enjoyed ano anti wel well a weak ego ago when lie he n a sl slight ht chi chill This WI 5 folloWed b t u ii cold which Dr Wilcox who has bel been the tha C ll for tor years a attempted to relieve HI Ills was such that It was to mb In anY ammY anYthing thing moro thon mlle hi his html hours as aN r mae e from rota palm 1 as possible All 1 the ot of hl his faIn famIly I eti maud were lt at tIme the bedsIde Il I o who Is III expected this lila lor after afternoon noon froni l Idaho aho B 13 Jr n a som who hula his fathers vigor and nd enterprise was waR drowned on Belr Bear river almost a year car ago 00 Ind ama Mrs L n B hi huts died just Il tow tew weeks from room that time Three of at the Iho weN werm present nt The They were Mis hI 0 W loo Samuel Preston anti Preston ihm rhe were brought to the Preston n lit North orth In and West Vest Tem Tempie pie streets last b by Undertaker Joseph Taylor and Ilium mer trig Ing Iw tIme home 11 was IEler h by c 0 and associates of tIm tho famIly who their and con comm Aim express ot of Bishop wal that hue ho houll be bc burled In tho ho I fatally burial ot it the Logan comae cemo ter tory he considered I itS hil hula hOlo As me IR Its nr tIrs t bishop 1 an 1 it of the tho 1 Cache 1011 as aH le 0 of th tIme buIlders or mt the tho 11 canal o of the Utah Northern WiY wily with the out om side sido worle ito ho tel olt JI flu endearment for forthe the local which will il bt be expressed In iii Inthe the IllIce of interment ML At I I Ii 1 iii SOl sor vices wi b be he held hI lt itt time the hal hall tinder the thu o if the First which thin Iho casket wi II lie CO eL to Logan on omu the tho afternoon Tho wil at 1 La Lagait gait the thc following 11 lii In 1900 Pro Preston ton hd a Il ml Genealogy his own juhu hI ni as to it time the 11 tl I 1 of ilium life II ha Wilam wa horn hOMI Nov 0 4 1830 lii In huts wal holn being the l Virginia ammu tiles Im For lit years Iles 11 arl follow lug lie he on time tho na I mug Jl ai I o o t hard nit work hr skilled 11 In time the du ties oC a lie not Ir I 10 was 11 lut le to to In hlo 11 tUIO t I mo ii t t ia aton ot of Ii I a you I h ha 1111 a lid his imI 0 whIch uv II In leI I eu led 10 t hil his life wok In Imi tho wih it trill to II iii 18 2 Hert Here II hO tle tile situation In Hao noticing that the Ito I tn smutty mOi of at time the Wil HOon frIttered In tita Ow cities hu h look to In to dig tot for gold 11 I it In iii the Iho ilo 1011 Here h its el who him himIn to In the Iho hunch furch to In thuu him 11 as n a its he hits daughter Ann Alum hel helT T ml I In n Mn May 18 7 t hi hue he Wil was sot as amu euler b by 1111 George q of the tho Cal Call I tenths ml lon And amid Non In labor II iii Iho luant of th limO state This 1 lut hilt 8 brief miSsIon for I tho CI call o of tor to 01 all them tho If rif tIp Ih to In In thC the Rock WM at that time the arrivi ot arni Pre ton I I I 0 I 0 I I It t 0 Wt o 00 di c 0 0 0 c t t t t I 0 r 0 tA 0 4 b I 0 0 u L 0 BISHOP WILLIAM B PRESTON u r C w Sun drove droo a tell to ocr the trait to SaiL halt arriving here Jait I 1 opened the career 15 as a 1 tilt pioneer In BIshop Preston found his large larse ISO He mal fount ned Harriet Ann hulcher l Feb eb 24 antI In the move south found cm fInal stopping at al parson Payson where Inal his hI adobe obe housu 1 hi him bin an 08 o own bui hamil hands 11 Iii I 50 ho he decIded ed that of offered of Cache valley time the new cred more inducements lieu did Pa Paon Pay Payson lila his son on hence ho he w nt therol with ali and wih with John n II amid Aaroa aron D both hoth LOGAN hen they to the site of oC Logan CI City thieve there Wil yet ct 11 house 01 Ott ground A few fe were vero living li lit wagons 1011 amid preparIng to buIld r hits I goo good rO for mime me was wa the 10 vu lark mark with which Bishop hail haild o d hIl tutu anti stopped 01 aim the site where lie he Was US to 10 malc his November In 1859 Or and l Ezra ro T Benson Denson or at thu Iho Sl council of ul ulley of hey ley to organize the settLement mid and r 1 tar ter the Settler I IeH ti eH III young Iros tot ton Sic Hc wal wait chosen nUl timid became tIme tho of l Logan gln I Jim I 1850 the IlOW snow iy 01 alT time the grun the tho Bishop was at 01 on Logan ant amid ie Purl canal an enter whiCh be completed II ho tome for the thie crops of at 1860 1850 I It proved n a 0 II and it 11 had hardly been completed when 1 a largo large o og Indians came II In from Oregon detel mined to clear ear ache valley of whiter malIc I it their thell In a mum 1111 Ii mitt Bishop I a lan rho IndIans were score co h amid amI i ot treated hut never neer afforded I a point for attack Tho They finally lef left 1111 lS es thin tho trin of mitsui duties ule of called fur fuir other activIties III 1862 Pre Cache ton toil cameo to the legislature tutu MISSION TO EUROPE 11 In 1853 tie he u a compan of O Oteal teal called b by Young to accompany 40 dOme from other parts paris ot 01 Utah to 10 tIme tho MissourI river to assist In Iii or on the tho ton bit In 1865 he WiS was set apart lt at tIme tho I Apri April for an Ils mis amid loft 20 O iL mit thI tIme of a PUIt pull of 46 6 10 lIe In New YOlk fouk tOI for a visIt vilt to hil luLs folis In then Ihm went to Liverpool to ot of the missIon ut al Newcastle and Called to tile the Liverpool ottice In Jan Jannary nary 1566 II lie ot of tIme the l emission Pral Presidents dents Brigham Jr 1 r all Frnk ln n 1 He to Utah In iii atel after a mission ut at timid Ile one hult YI years to to Ind find In Iii 1870 ml mayor or ot of Io n II which hI lie tilled ton tor 1 12 years until Young him at thIs time as trus to ho 1 of the cole college then tho ho of lila lie he wa alvUs wards amid tor or yours was of at time the executive governing I it Ill I rrt ii i E work In to tIme tho I her walor ary In ill 1871 when v lion I I t 8 18 I II I ci Stilt I I thu t lit litI I thu art rim umu local capi tim I Ito to run for fOl GO co to tn 1 IL wRIt the tho Utah Central Ihl nO was vas tl to Rot get to In hot the Ihl anti werl mere aleys chief 1101 ale vlot miami of lon of tho ime rund Ii 11 ii Ill IH I a co in im let Ion lit In litI I II him IRI mitts one ot of the tue hardest work Ir 81 II iii Ih hue enterprise u it II II iii over this Caine lle I list time the If cit 1 I Is Wel utI to final resting Mi Mu 21 11 1 lImo Ih wo woI was I TI wih with 1 as first If to d 10 i h him l Ir mu C tl I Ii cm stake 1111 mu mu ti Ii II I mu muI I 8 8 4 hi imis hll to HiL Salt lB thu lt of this rob w berm hu him lull I hut I limit ivl tle haul Xi n tl fat As a III Ih the lie ho wI I ho Id In I ii t item r results ot of hut hll I In I p BY 1111 I it lt tut i i t ii 1111 ii of thu u Church 11 in is out trout It frol a I |
