Show IN OF THOMAS BASSET BASSETT DASSE l Ida da May 11 26 When Itan Tt tt was wa IS 48 years elK of age and ani an hum his hl Mary wa wee ts 40 their little lite farm home on O tho ho coal ro In Can an Irl VaIos al was gladdened on the th da dO dl of ot June 1ST 1827 H wa by hy the arrival of ot their first burn born child frt brn a II boy vho very vry ver shortly shorty afterwards according by to tl it the usual custom cuitum nm Wits Wk taken to 10 tire the lit I tie tle church of ot which tiny they the were members member lt christened ant and given the name namire nale of ot Thoma ThomaI I In honor of Mi iris hi mothers mother brother Three ears later their next arid and last lam 1 child who rhe named name was t born barn brn to them In threes two t 10 mothers brothers brothe grew drew up together with mh their parents on ell he the farm tam receiving but tut a sery ery er limited education other than what chat hat nl tl perseverance for Cor by b per Ier ter Not Nothing hi nj or ur seemed re to break the th routine nf cC their heir or farm life In which th they o v mutually Inne until Th mM th Ih sube t of ibIs Ihl II consummated Ids his highest bolts hOI arid Ind ambitions for tor many malay m years Mr previous In II din hll hIPPY hupp tu tl ci Margaret lv 1 ril nn la 11 daughter of ot A highly respect ed eti t countryman In 11 I village tillage loge VI on the th fth of January iRl 1 1 lo to II whom he lie 4 n faIthful living hiving anil RII for lOots morr ihm hin t haf tt 6 I years ur until the tIme d da of or f his ris Is 0 Ir mortality unI the rI 1 f C Mn MtV iVr i K Jr r few tn months after In hI till lii usual or oc V i ni I in if f farm r n ti the lie 1 rn t x miles it in from hits his fathers 1 11 ti K but tul I nur t nr fly of ot t farm I n iha ha i Ir i h b only on a i 1 tr mc K m ml 11 sti fill Cal ul to him I meer and ard h he tM u r I cots ll I sin nf laity husy life of tt the Ihl city It IT b by engaging himself In for to the hauling at aS building bu ihli rig material which ion he lie continued to follow tollow for mr rr t two years yearn when his hr Wife stile cd a 11 milot country life ute they removed r to Ic her native vl Inge of ut h Th ri being no business bu In iii Inthis this thil rou II try village vii 1 in go ly urn able to In suit stilt Ms his ambitions he Itt 1 to culk to 10 und ruin from frum this Iris country homo to tu tot his Iho t city elt ml ty of or Ca in I aS slid nd niH itt u it IlI jf four tour miles Be cn en yean Icicle later they the te to 10 near mid 1111 Ii tat 1 continued conti trued to reside there C until lImit I I corning tu to America Ills habits bring being nf ot th the mo t energetic persevering ler kitti siti Ith t this his 1111 honesty ty und tend r rd liability I t him tutu to tob II b be Mt from n II vast number o of hi fellows fellow fur for the th of ot for tor fora torI large vai coni shipping III hi U Ih Utown lii a I town of ot Card hf which JJ ho lie held until his emigration to In 0 During Ills his boyhood days ns OH fl h hil his ilia il entire me life lite Ii fe ho lie 1111 tel tied but found no III In the of o Ut his fathers fit therm iy noting II 11 It ninny ii y In them and thin tho Church an las es d by our Jur Savior very sery orr early arl In lift h fe In III I ii tho Iho I her necessity It of ot by b i ha lolI ho Ito Inclined In to II thu Ihu t until In Iii ItOh I I whiTt he Ito heard tin tho ito of or tho Church of ot Jesus unit of ot ex cx expounded x pounded lou by try one ons of ot their I r 1 Im I lii mediately lIe und seas bait bap Used tl et I Kuger Fager to tell tire the glad to In hit his ItH who wan IS un ull believer r III In the t he Baptist faith it ad un U it ic tuna man manas as OM tar far Rr as II his hili know knowl knowledge ledge lg l hu lie at nt attrite trite unco to 10 tho lie Gospel to tu but having read mid extensively the rats mis concerning thin this most mOlt uit un III l met meet Iris nil ml had become 00 so pre ore prejudiced lIre tI that he refused refined 1 to lo listen ThU hlll prejudice extending cx also Into I the t lie minds of ot of Ut Ms Iris relatives r and 1111 1 friends in marie R unpleasant nt at lit home for or a U tow few years Corll Ills hits collection howeVer never warned I and U 18 later his hla vIlest oldest son soil William stirs 1111 baptized eventually I I the th lii balance of ot if mi iris family of ot his tile und timid their Margaret and ard Two Iwo other uther children Jane and horge were born to 10 them but Lul died In their Infancy lie lii was Willi appointed to over oser the tite Cardiff I branch of he Church In ltD from which time lilac and 1 for tor many years oars previous his Iris hOIl c r stirs u the tho ot of all the lie traveling r In III that lint vicinity to which they th y PH always alla welcomed I On Un Juno June 21 2 l he lie with his family except the tho three oldest olde l children child rIll who hurt hud left previously bid bitt adieu to 10 Ills 1118 I iii native land hind 1 leaving a lu In position u ut host of friends friend and man relatives all 1111 of or whom regarded hl his departure UM nM extremely unwise They lh ar nr at lit l Itah about the tho of tiC July Jul following fo 1 nl he lie successfully operated d u ii dry farm attn although at lit time that time Ume hum It U win but hul an tin experiment In lii that 10 lo locality millY hut but when till the tumor rumor afloat Unit a it colony of lr the thc Mormon People win was being d In the nuke Himko valley alley In southeastern Idaho Idalio I lulo where scheme an abundance of nf troth both land ami wilIer water could bo hi easily obtained they the In 1895 S moved moed to 10 where herc he Iw remained honored anti and esteemed I n as nn on Industrious until and consistent cn Saint where sebero he wa WRit was leo also ordained a 1 lII h Priest and acted as ns asHl Hl secretary of ot that lor for several Funeral services cervices were ivere held In the my ray m building on Monday Mn May a 25 i WO which was most tastefully decorated for tor forthe forthe the Thomas K I Ricks lIIck of ot the tire First ward ward and the tue ward choir under tho the leadership hll of Brother James II Wallis rendered in III a II I manner some POme of the that favorite I hymns of or the deceased Councilor I Albert Alhert Heath Il rum lUcks hitch and oEr I Ehler Ullas Kimball 1 I Id dents d James W Webster IE j 11 II Wood Woodran ran tipi Bishop Thomas 0 K l lUck Ricki spoke da the hip highest terms of th Chic tit di the tho thought that tn ni stead of mourning on such occasions It I should be ire o a II time of ot Joy JO and rejoicing that ono one of ot our brethren had lived to 10 the nate ago age of three score scone and anti sixteen bearing up upI tit to I the time hue of ot his hl last breath a n faithful testimony tc to the divinity fit or th the great work stork without a IL blemish on III his character his hIli reputation beyond re rl reproach and his hl Integrity to t C hs hits honest honeRt unswerving A Vt laige cortege followed the tho remains to 10 the tho cemetery ry where ho lie was peacefully Interred l his hb r place e dedicated by lre Henry I enry Flamm of or tIre the of ot he lie WRIt was wasa H a member and anti lovingly strewn with lIh How flow eric erH by hy members of or tho the Relief Belief society anti and other sisters who taut had learned to look up upon upon on him as liS a R patriarch p und anti father worthy of their highest hl h st esteem anti and respect re 11 ill loaves leaves a n faithful and devoted wife six Ix children and 30 Ill Ii grandchildren nit all at Imbued 1 with the tire faith he espoused are following In the tho path he marked out In tho the face of ot eo ro many mart man opposing Influences |