Show lir lip obituary editor deseret mews news I 1 forward for public publication atlon the following 1 tribute to the memory of our departed brother james jepson who departed this life september 26 1881 in the year of his age gge was born at astley bridge near bolton june 24 1816 was baptized on the ath of june 1839 by amos fielding was married june 7 1810 to miss Y eleanor leanor nightingale of bolton by whom he had six children three of which lived to be married in the year 1840 hoaas he was ordal ordained an elder and was placed in charge of 13 branches of the church around bolton on the 1 ath of september he left his native land for fon the land of zion by way of new orleans and arrived at st louis where he remained three months then sailed for nauvoo arrived april lith JS and resided tb there ere learly four years yeara d was through all the troubles of bing and driving during the martyrdom of the prophet joseph and his big brother hyrum spending in much of his time on horseback guarding the people of the city from their enemies was ordained a member odthe ath quorum of seventies in the spring of 1846 took his hig team and helped the twelve apostles away from nauvoo was gone eight weeks then returned to nauvoo and took his family down the river to st louis louls in order to make a fit out while in st louis louia hae he presided resided over the ath ward of the saints ants until the year 1852 when he emigrated to salt lake city bringing with him a compa company ny of saints as captain of 50 arriving august 1852 and settled in sugar house ward was one of the express company who went to deer creek and was driven darlng during back by johnsons army and during daring dari duri I 1 1 n th the e big move south while 1 buchanana iula lula nan nanh nans s army was wag coming in settled in spanish fork when peace was wag declared he hb returned to salt lake city ty and was called in 1862 to go south and strengthen the dixie settlements he located in virgen city kane county and was ordained first counselor couns eloi bishop john parker an office ho i held at the time af pf his decease reworked he worked hard bard to make improvements on land and water ditches working in the virgen biver river riv e r he caught cold and rheumatic fever fexer ensued w which h ith was the cause of his death in june 1879 he visited ted led bt st george temple where he rec received elved his second nd blessing having received his first blessings in the nauvoo temple he succeeded in making a comfortable home for his lis family for many years hem heli the office of postmaster was taken sick september and after adix days daye illness brea breathed t b ed his last as if falling into a gentle slumber leaving a wife three children six grandchildren and numerous friends to mourn his gozs IOB signed PS Hillen millennial nial star and california papers please copy |