| Show ex cr C r W w I 1 ula uha ena sk 0 lelej LIeJa al bis bs his resl resi lencs leuca in n this clay feb 1872 after an hiness of four days daya of inn matlon mation of tte lungs el ferr lerR alper ALPEE THOMPSON deceased was wag the son of wililam 11 amand and mary thompson Thomps olf and was born at Ay wycliff cliff camber land england april 1811 illi in october Oo tober K he became a member of the church of jeer jesu of lualter ja tinto linto and was ordained to the tte office of bald baid church immediately after atter warde on oa the esth September of 1840 I 1 I 1 he took too leave of bis his native land and with his in connection conne cUon alth with the first organized company of saints emigrated from england to zion he resided in kirtland ohio until the spring of 1842 when tie lie moved to nauvoo DL where he remained until the saints sunta were driven thence being unable to move west with the body of the church at its expulsion from illinois he went to st louis mo for a short season in the spring of 1853 he moved to council bluffs iowa and ru in 1852 emigrated to utah in april apri 1156 he was called to togo go to carson with the mission appointed to settle that country where he remained until he was called home in 1857 in april he was appointed a mission to england in the fall of that year he was requested to return home by president B young for fear that the hardships to tb which the elders are frequently subject when on missions would be more than his hia strength would justify he was ordained ord alced a member of the sixth quorum of seventies in april 1853 was wes ordained a agu priests priest march 34 81 1837 from which time until his hia death he was associate I 1 with bishop in the BI of I 1 the he fitta firth and sixth SUM ward wards of this city during darlng his entire tife lioe he livel an upright man true to his integrity as ag a saint always read ready to defend and sustain the interests of the kingdom of god the priesthood and his brethren a father and a friend to all who were worthy of his C x |
