| Show DEATH Of or RESIDENT T Of P UTAH Edson Barney Who Is h Believed To 0 be Oldest Member of or Church Dies Hes HE PASSED AWAY AT PROVO Was as Horn Born lor June 30 1806 and anil ani andas Was as a Member of or First Quorum V Of or Seventy SpecIal to tho the N NS Provo Trovo Feb 3 Eil on Harnoy flarnoy who Is I believed to be tho time oldest omit man Ian In the state nt nl the tha than of ot his hi death ileath and who thin tho oldest of ot time the Church ChurchIn In n point of or membership died at Rt time tho home KUDO of or his daughter Mrs Mra Allen Allee M Wilkins of oC the Sixth ward arll last eve Mr MI had enjoyed fairly Kond 1001 health hAlh until about R IL week ago ato alO when ho imo wan compelled to toke take to his hll il hl beth ed and gradually Rr Hank Ink until time the time or ot his death tl il uth athi Time The fh deceased was wan born borl June Julie JUle 30 31 ISM 1506 In Township Jefferson county N Y and was 4 the time son don of ot and a 11 n alley In lum 1835 1825 the Ih family ramly moved to 10 coun ty Iy y 0 where Mr engaged In and land hunt In lit II the 1111 miter ner lor alit teaching school In iii 11 time the winter On 01 lamu I 1 ht lie married Mm Mrs Kills Ellis mis nod became a I member of ot tho the then huh his imis hI Church May 10 11 1831 1131 Since life Ife Irl tumid 1111 labors have been closely Ihl with the time Church lie e was a 1 mom main lair r of or ion and alil vas as n a Seventy under Ito Ihl of ot Joseph Jo eph Cowdery and David lavid Whit Whitner Whitmer utter ner In MX 1926 1 being a I member r of ot the tho First quorum of ot Seventy R venlY Ho lie per performed performed er formed sevens III In the early days or of C the Church hunch anti and nn 1 assisted In lit building the tho I temple tempi In 1837 he hll started for or Mil ills soon by way wa of ot arriving In iii II In iii 11 1810 11 tutu took lok a 1 tart part In the work worl of or time the Church hunch at lt that time line 10 I Ic wa ia ono cute of tho the men omen who campaigned 1 for tor Joseph nt at tho the tholine thus line he lie was a ml II candidate for rol the prod loncy oncy Of tf the United Ht being na lS ii to Ohio After fer the time death of Joaeph JOeph mind and Hyrum ho lie 10 returned to and III worked on time tho Nauvoo Temple his endowments them her On tho time exodus front Nauvoo ha he ht moved movell to tn 1 Iowa nut afterwards to 10 Council Bluffs mini and caine to Halt with wih his bis hit funnily family In 11 1 After fer fter U few ow months In hi Salt SIt Lake Uiko county where ho imo assisted In iii the tho erection of ot a IL building to bo be Je used as 18 asit 1 it V woolen mill mi he Ito moved oved to which wan 1111 tile hIs homo till tl when whon hu ito ivas culled on nn a IL i Il lon to 10 Ht Rt GerKO George o olie lie 10 remained In iii 11 southern Utah until about when whelm ho Ito returned nine nino y YI ir ago niro Igo to 10 0 1100 ld rondo made malo hit his home with his daughter Mn Alice M 1 and ond Mrs Mr coming coining to Utah ito ho in has hitte h lot led an active actie life and all alit wan vaa ono olin of or loading citizens In itt the tint early i iI days InI tIlling filling the Ila position of or justice of ot I the peace and nd member of tho time cIty coun council counci cil ci He lie Je ulna 1111 several seventh sever I industrial to In different parts of at tho the ter ten territory mind I nIl surrounding country oln I 1 and andwan Was wan Wi willing and Iid anxious to perform any labor to 10 which whirl he lie was waa coiled called by hy time the authorities of ot tIme the Church He lie Je had n a 1 strong te of the tha truth of ot the and nn 1 his Imis hil diary Is tilted filled with wih Interesting events In the early erlY history of at the tho Church In ha lie took part The lIme following children survive him Mrs Alice M and an mizi Wilkins of at Provo Trovo Vurn Barney Ulme of Arizona Joseph and Ind Hyrum Baro and Mrs Rosetta HORetta Davis Miss MII Alice Keyes Mrs Mr Martha M Hunt Junt and nr Mn Mra Mn residing 1 1 In Sevier Revier county and nn alit l a largo large number of ot grand grandchildren children and amid I and other relative The rhe funeral will wi take toko place Sunday 61 ni 1 at nt atI house hOlls I 1 from time the ward meeting meetinghouse meetinghouse |
