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Show Another historic relic of persecution days in Missouri has been added to Church Museum collections. rifle carThe relic is a muzzle-loadin- g ried by David W. Patten, one of the first Apostles of th Church, when he was shot down during Missouri persecutions at Crooked River. A powder horn and shot bag, carried by Apostle Patten, accompanied the .gun. William Samuel Garn from Henderson,-Nev.- , and his three sisters presented the prized family heirloom to President Joseph Fielding Smith for display in the Church Museum. The Gam listers are Mrs. Elva Davis of Provo; Mrs. Mary Mason, Springville, and Mrs. Paralee Strickland, Cedar Fort, Utah. According to Mr. Gam, the fancy rifle with 20 pieces of handcarved silver inlaid In the stock, was retrieved by his greatgrandfather, Daniel Gam, who was near Apostle Patten when he was shot by the mob. Daniel took the rifle, powder horn and shot bag as the wounded man was carried to the town of Crooked River where he died a few hours later. Daniel was converted and baptized in by Hyrum Smith. He was the first mission, president in Germany and the first warden in the Utah territorial penitentiary. Since then, the rifle has been handed down through the Gam family to William. It had remained in the family home at Cedar Fort since 1907. 1835 Members of the family finally decided to present the rifle with its powder bora and shot bag to the Church Museum. Rifle carried by martyred apostle is presented to Pres. Joseph Fielding Smith for museum by William S. Garn. REPLICA OF SEAGULL MONUMENT Memorial Dedicated COLTON; A Mormon Pioneer Memorial Monument was dedicated by Bishop Robert L. Simpson of the Presiding Bishopric in Green Acres Park, October 7, commemorating the part Mormon pioneers played in the colonizing of San Bernardino Valley, California. The memorial is a replica of the Seagull Monument which stands on Temple .Square in Salt Like City. The sculptor of n landmark is Bernard the whose studios are in New York and Italy. He is a member of the National Sculpture Society, Architectural League and the Salmagund Club, oldest art organization in America. Travertine marble was brought from memoCarrara, Italy, to create the rial shaft This is the same marble used since ancient times for construction and architectural work In Italy. It was used in the Roman coliseum and the exterior of the" Vatican. The seagull portion of the monument is made of bronze. A pioneer theme was carried out the program. A chorus of 60 singing mothers from four stakes sang a special rendition of "Come, Crane Ye Saints. Their closing number was Our Mountain Home So Dear. They were led by Mrs. Farrell Baldwin with Mrs. Mel Pierson at file organ. Services were conducted by Wayne L. Reeves of Rialto Stake. Three other stakes participated with the help of Shirley Bogh, San Bernardino; Gordon Zuck-erma- well-know- 14-fo- Pioneer Memorial Monument admired by, I. to r.. Presidents Clarence L Sirrine, Arlington Stake; Wayne Reives, Rialto Stake; Bishop Robert L Simpson, Presiding Bishopric, Mrs. Louis Woodbury, Daughters of Utah Pioneers. n, Hendry, Mt. Rubidoux, and Clarence L. Sirrine, Arlington Stake. SHOP UNCOVERED Continued From Page 3 in Nauvoo. Their mother, Hannah Griswold. Webb,, and .father both died in Han- cock County, Illinois, in 1845. Chauncey and Edwin D. Webb re- mained in Nauvoo making wagons for the Saints until the Battle of Nauvoo in September 1846. That same year Chauncey moved to Winter Quarters, Neb., before traveling on to Utah. In 1848 he was a blacksmith and wagon repair man in President Brigham Youngs company to Utah. Pardon Webb came to Utah as a blacksmith in another division of Brigham Youngs company in 1848; Edwin D. came to Utah in 1853; and James Wesley arrived in Utah in 1852. Edward M. Webb died in July 1852, while enroute to Utah. About eight years after his arrival in the Salt Lake Valley, Pardon Webb was called by Brigham Young to be a blacksmith on file Salmon River Mission of Saints to Ft. Lemhi, Idaho. President Young apparently continued a close friendship with the Webb family for several years. Webb family traditions' are that Chauncey Webb made the wagon used by the Mormon Church president and colonizer in his trek to Utah. It was Chauncey Webb, who as a blacksmith, accompanied Brigham Young os a trip to the Idaho mission in 1857. WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 14, 1967 CHURCH-- 11 |