Show I HUNTINGTON ASSOCIATE OF TIlE THE TJ PROPHET hider Elder W LV V i I a I staunch Member of th the Church l Panes Awny 11 Special Correspondence Huntington March the tho eve evo ning of ot March Murch U 14 1 1901 1001 l Ol Elder Ehler William Wilam Burgess Burgees of f this l laco llaco passed an aH away ay to ton ton towell n well wol earned atel rest relt utter being bedfast since Inco 1805 1809 from A n chronic attack of or rheumatism rh and Other ailments Tile Tho ho hof funeral f nerl services cervices ft h held d In lit time tha largo large Intro m today Tho The be bo boIng beIng Ing Elders L N Harmon C Peter Johnson 0 O J 1 Harmon and J 1 W Nixon all ni of It whom bore boro testimony to the faithfulness ot or the tM deceased dece William Burgess gess son of ot William gem geoa and an Violate born bom bol March Marc Marci MarchI 1122 I 1 22 tn In n Putnam county Bounty sUto Itle ut uC Now York On ha Deo Dee 2 hits his hi parents parent joined the tho Church and In August Alu t 1833 1133 the fatally family started to 10 mauve to on coun county cun ty Mo When they arrived at nt C 0 tho the Prophet Joseph Jos lh Smith them thol to 10 stay tay there hero anti help to build the tho tempts In ISIS 1635 ho 10 was wal baptized N In Into Into into to the Church by llY his hie ba brother Harris Harrisson HArril sort son s thele vera Nore about abot 30 others baptized at nt the th same Mie time At the meeting Inter lato when they were confirmed they sat sM on an three seats Elder Bitler on tho the back seat neat anti and andas nOl as am n the limo brethren were ivero proceeding with wih tho the old row ron tho the Prophet Joseph told them themi to 10 hold on a it 0 minute when he came down clown from tho stand anti and Ind with the tho other Elders Eiders went to the tho back bacic sent elt V and Elder R was voN confirmed by bythe bytho bythe the tho Prophet who ho then thou went back to his 1111 vent ent audi told toll the tho Elders to proceed Alth Ith the confirmation of or tho the others Ho Ito Holved lived with lh the tho Prophets family for two years year and stayed In 11 anti and worked on tho time temple until It I was tin ni lulled hued and passed lIaised through alt all ni tim thu perse perra callous Ct of the Ihl Saints in fUl in 1838 18 he moved to Missouri and was os counseled to settle at mon man arriving there thero In August and end ro mo there during the troubles at that place Ho HI was taken prisoner there and amid greatly abused by tho the mob and ald In Inthe Inthe inthe the spring of ot 1139 Elder with wih the time Saints ns driven drive train from the lie state They Tiey had lied to 10 leave leae their homes home and Ild till all 11 other oilier property without getting a I cent for tor It I and ald were era thankful thai their lives Ivel had been spared In Iii li September 1840 lie lio married Murlah daughter of ot Kirch Z and Mary Anti Ann and In 1141 IH moved moel to Nan Nau Nauvoo you 00 and wag as elected captain of oC the third company fifth regiment of the tho Nauvoo legion He lIe I passed through tho the Ions and trials of ot Nauvoo and amid assisted In building the temple In May I ny 1816 ha he and family faintly started West weFt remaining a n short titan time In Iowa and auth In September of this your year arrived at nt Winter Quarters at nl the time when HO mit munch much sickness nells prevailed Ho Ito left luft there ther In the tho spring of or 1848 1548 mind and arrived In Suit Stilt Lake Ial valley alley tIme tho of her un 1115 timid and camped that winter In lii tho the old ForI Forti III In the spring of ot IS 1819 19 tho the wan IL organized d and Elder Eider Hur nur ns elected of ot the Iho Fifth company COmpan First regiment of Infantry and andIn In 1854 18 ho ito was sas elected colonel of ot tho time Second regiment of Infantry In Iii ISH 1541 he ie wan vas ordained a Seventy and In lit 1854 1554 ho lie was waa ordained a I president In lii tho the Ninth quorum of ot Seventy In the Iho ho spring of ot 1565 itiS ho was IM called colic anti and went wenton wenton on oil a n lon to Salmon river was ap appointed pointed lI counselor to 10 President Thomas Thomaa 9 S Smith Ho Ha made anade three trips trip to t Sal Salmon Salmon Salmen mon men river And then nettled In Salt Sall Lake City In 1352 1862 ho he was vile called to bo to Dixie Dixit Ho Iro 11 went and settled In Pine volley valley and put Pill up III a II mm saw paw mill which furnished most mimetic of oC tho the lumber for tor that I part of or o tho the country In I ISSO 1880 ho he moved to Thurber Thurbert Wayne county amid In 1815 camo daub to huntington I and ndell ged In it carpenter work and Uld fruit trull raising In ISM ise his hi wife Marian ded Tho Thu dc tie ceased ins uns the father tat her of or 14 children grandchildren dren and 12 1 e of or his descendants wore were at tho tim funeral |