| Show I I i t J 4 IJ AB DEATH DE T F PIONEER James A Closes l e Honored and auth Strenuous s Career C CS Sept 24 14 4 The ill over tho remains of James A Little Littie i 1 at tile the age of 0 86 days d 1 by lw h it ls l I IF F I AL A and anil tile thc speaker were Patriarch Na Heber Is T Grant Gr nt and II II rl PresIdent of the Stake E D LI Doey Wolley oey wo li tl In n of If tle thEl und arid labors Ot Qt the tji deceased d Tames James es A Little was IS horn born In hll New NI NewYork York SepU 14 father r buC eks old n of f his childhood t r i if 1 t tI I f t ed a i Iw i wt h Ht r I i 1 j 1 v M Mf f dit tJ 01 itt I S tt o N I tt M t 1 f i ir fl r w tr N J 1 t fl ft ri 11 4 rt w C CV V 1 J I t l 1 f i it t r It q i iI I i t I I IIrI IrI t r 1 f l i if J w H I t I 0 Jt l ls s g J f r i ri I Ji 1 j I I I Ir If II I a r f c o Mr r rt l l 0 t rI t I t J I II lH lE r rJ J 1 J 1 r v ce W et ag Z went HoIN where here wl r iho he h i remained d until u the 16 when he lie a n farmhand Ho worked on the f nn during tho the sum l e t school the winter months where ho he obtained a II good ed Id education 1 db days s He Ho ma made r his history tory tor and anti biography a fL speciality In his studies and taught school s hool when 18 IS years old Inthe fall fait of 1843 ho he in listed JI ted as af as Jr In the army arm and served all aU through the tile Mexican war under General Taylor acting as post postmaster postmaster master of the army most of the time He Ho Joined In lir ln moved to to Utah where ln in n De December D comber cember he married Ja Mary y Jane Lytle oldest old st daughter of f John LytlE Lyth In Inv April of o 1854 he was called J England jn In ill with Franklin D Dur DurIng Ing tue first part f 14 ns as a oC tho M t Star during d g tile the th latter part was vaI counselor to Orson Pratt who whIt was Yas then president nt of r the thc th mis mission sion In No 1864 he lio married Mary M r ry Elizabeth Tull ge On 01 his re return rc rO turn flom fr lii ills his mission he ho was ted to 10 remain Louis Louls tion for the Church He Ho was vas called by bP Y ung t tg go g to Dixieland Dixie amI help settle that part of the ita state Moving first to Eagle Eagie E gle Valley then to St Sf George Georgc Ge and from Kanab I In 1867 he hn was w s called calle l to take another mission wIth his brother roth the eastern st states t sf for rit a alfe afew few Cw cm 1 to O Salt Sal SalT T take Lake hev h to cn ati A lit C nf rence to ta goi gou on a It two mis mission sion slon nd Vas wai to take tako a N r C charge 1 of tho mission After ACter his return ho he egea 1 hIr ollI Compendium Con t Which was pub PUk 11 Ij hi 1882 I He 1 author of the little ittie I entitled From KIrtland as S of lof ofu many u i prominent men inca In ln thov thi Church lint at 1115 death a Ii complete history ht toty bf Of Ofil t tI il I Young Yo ng with alt all ot of j sermons sermon In III manuscript In iii his trunk I He H aided General G ner l W Wells Y ln In q g tho tite Indian troubles In t Utah Count acted as lieutenant through 1857 1851 i and rind 1858 after which 1 appointed ted warden v of ot tile the state penitentiary for one erie year nr H Hl ascap as Clip tain tam during tri Indian trou tron blew bleH l In tile the 1 f 1890 hip moved his wife Anna and family f nill to 0 Mexico l returning at his us to Utah In Ire 1008 1906 From Ironi that th t time tinia 11 his Is death hu h hIltS has resided r in Ill Kanab His hIs entire life liCe has lias I 1 been hOet spoilt spent p nt In ln tilO tho lie He t n l ived by 17 I 7 children W rI frO gront t number of gf t and rUIn great r great children |
