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Show 822 Signature of Pres. Young Found World Gets Focus at Y. 1 ioPLAR RIDGE. N Y. KNOW ALL .MEN BY may be the ea'liest known signature of Brigham Young on a document was found here recently by Richard Palmer, a member of the Church doing research in the Cayuga County surrogate's office. si'M " Gce'tr V 7 .3 THE CONDITION OF THIS OBLIGATION That if the above bonndeu fhattiU is sun, 7 Adnmu'tint s? of all mid .singular the Goods, ? v t &A jTi and ChhIiLh Ado make, or casts to he made, r true and perfect Inventory of all anti singular the GimmD. ChalfoL and i'redife of the said rleceaed. which huxe or knowledge of the sai'l-j or ha!l come to the hand-- , "'or iido fly the aid j( rSe Y possession of any other person or person', White Settlement In '.spi. Little purchased 50 acres of md in the Aurelius, about five miles w e.of Auburn. It is said that he was the first man in New York to sell seeds in I. -t Ctni packages, and that he introduced for table use. tfie same so made, do ehibit, or c:iu-- e nf the Surrogate of the Count) of to be ?'-- into tlieoilicc at or before the ex above written Obi. Raal) oilier buofh, ( hatdeath, which aV the saijb r4 or into the hands or elubted, - piration of six calendar months from the slate of the and tion, and the ;tme (oO(K, (Italtt-l- s ami t U ami Credits of the said deceased, at tlie tune fif hands or possession of anj time after shall come to the President Young's mother, Abigail Nabby Young, died and the father and family moved to Tyrone. Steuben County, a small rural community 10 miles west of Watkins Glens in the Finger Lakes Country. Several brothers and at least one sister apparently went to live with the Littles near the village of Cayuga about 1816-1- ci: lt lKlt, President Youngs sister Susannah married James Little, an Irish immigrant who ramie to America Alien he was about 12 years old. At the lime, the Young family lived about 10 miles north of Ithaca, N.Y., at a place 1815, 7-- 9. - t'm In in t uf (lie Stain nf anil firmly Inniml unto the in of L9-- 1 ..-C- St. tit, to In paul to the vuft IVople : To the which (nrtnt .Monty of panifLt well and tri!v to he in.ule, we d Im.hI omthe, and each t 03, c nt os, .md Admtfitratoi, jointly ami v-iitr vital each of onr 'Y, Pro- utdated the Se tied v. ith onr rail) firmly by the-vtlie Year of our LorhT Day of and of our Independence tlie thousand citftit hundred and in,- -- Also O. Presl.t y -- ' Tnr.s:--- THAT WE The signature appear.: on an estate paper of Brigham Youngs deceased brother James Little. President Young s brother Joseph Young also igned the document, whieh is dated Dee. 5, IK22 - 10 years before President Young joined the Church. a 'Ic'd Challenges facing Church members as they woik worldwide setting will be discussed at Brigham Young Cniversitv March 30 and April More than 30 speakers representing F.urope, Asia, Latin America and the United States are scheduled ior the four-dasymposium, "The Expanding Church, as pail of the BYl' Centennial. The symposium events are oil free to the public. Dr. Ernst Wilhelm Benz, professor emeritus of church history at the University of Marburg in Germany will be the opening speaker. A nonmember, he will discuss "Mormonism and the Secularization of Religions in the Modem World." The address will be at 10 a.m. in the Marriott Center. Elder Gordon B. Hinckley of the Council of the Twelve will address a devotional Thursday, Api il 8, at p.m. in the Smith FTeklhouse. He will speak on "The Expanding Church mong the Nations and Cultures of in a Wh.it i PROVO, UTAH Y or persons for the said do wflPUnd truly admmisW ac do make, imriiug to law: And fmtlicr, when thereunto lawfully required, And it it or cause to he made, a just and true account of Administration dull hereafter appear that anv list Will or Ttstuneitl was mad hv the -- aul deceased, and the Executor or Executors therein named, or an) pei-o- ri or jersnns do exhibit tlie same, ard request to have it allowed ami approved, llien if tlie saiJ r ,rft fC . befog therbnittjequired do render and deliver the Let ters of Administration grantedon itfe Kstate of the taid deceased, to the Office from which they were issued, then this Obligation In be void and of of any other 7. James Little frequently visited Auburn to dispose of his produce and bring home supplies. per.-o- none effect, or else to remum iu full force and virtue. On the evening of Nov. 15, 1822, while e wagon. Little riding home in a lost control of the vehicle and tipped over in a ditch. Two large sacks of flour fell on him and he was killed. Susannah w as left with three small children. SEALED AND DELIVERED IN THE PRESENCE OK one-hors- - James Littles estate papers are dated 1822 and 1823 and Joseph Young was the administrator. President Youngs signature appears on the papers, presumably as a witness. Until this recent discovery, the fact that Brigham Young and his family lived in the vicinity of Auburn, N.Y., was based on legend and folklore. A notice in the Cayuga Patriot on Nov. 4, 1824, announced the marriage of Brigham Young to Marian Works. Another interesting document found Jrr recently is a deed to some property in the village of Port Byron, N.Y. On May 26, 1823, Brigham Young purchased and forty-eigtwenty-sihundredths' of square rods of land" from Aholiab x Buck for $60. Brother Palmer is now piecing together the story of Brigham Youngs life before he was converted to the Church He hopes to publish the history. Estate paper located in Cayuga County, N.Y., records bears what may be earliest known signature of Brigham Young. Man." Topics for other sessions are as follows: General session, April 7 at 9 a m , Varsity-Theater- , Dr. Noel Reynolds, chairman of the BYU Department of Philosophy, "Cultural Diversity in the Cniversal Church." The Challenge of Church Programs from the of Asian Members," April 7 at 2 p.m., 205 Law School Building. Dr. Russell Nr. Horiuchi, coordinator of BYC's Asian Studies Program, is Vantage Point moderator. "Growth Issues p.m., 205 Law in Latin America," April 7 at 7 Building. Dr. F. Larnond Tullis, symposium chairman, is moderator. The Church in Europe: Challenges of the Second Century," April 8 at 9 a m., Varsity Theater. Dr. Douglas F. Tobler, coordinator of BYUs European studios program, is moderator. "The Expanding Church Confronts a Secularized World," April 8 at 2 p.m., 205 Law' Building. Moderator is Dr. Martin B Hickman, dean of the College of Social Sciences. "Christ and Cultural Resemblances, April 9 at 9 a m.. Varsity Theater. Dr. Jeffrey R. Holland, dean of Religious Instruction at BYU, is moderator. The Expanding in a Challenging World, A.pril 9 at 11:45 a m., 321 Wilkinson Center. Dr. Tullis will present the conference summary. Symposium participants from outside the United States will include Elder Charles Didier, a native of Belgium and a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy; Elder Harold Brown, Regional Representative of the Twelve to Guatemala and El Salvador; and Elder F. Enzio Busche, Regional Representative of the Twelv e to Germany. Other participants will be Pres Seiji Katanuma, counselor in the Japan Sapporo Mission presidency; Augusto Lim, president of the Manila Philippines Stake; Elder Peter Morley, Regional Representative of the Twelve to England; Pres. Ho Nam Rhoe, president of the Seoul Korea Stake, and Elrain Villalobos, superintendent of schools lor the Church Educational System in Mexico. Korean Convert in Wheelchair Wins Honors in Homeland SEOUL, KOREA Although he is confined to a wheelchair, Kim Suk Jaes disability hasnt halted his athletic progress. The Church member, who was paralyzed from the waist down m combat in 19t?8, holds five gold medals from two World Wheelchair Olympics. Brother Kim joined the Special Forces Army of Korpa, the equivalent of the Green Berets in the United States, in 1965. Two years later, he married a girl he met in the university he attended. Then he was assigned to combat duty in He served a short term there and returned to Korea in 1968, where he was on alert stationed at Kimpo International Airport in Seoul. In one of the of South Korea. In the midst of a battle, Brother Kim was shot in five places. One of the bullets lodged in bis lower spine, paralyzing both his legs Vietnam. JO -- - CHURCH rbl'ah 1976 WEEK ENDING MARCH 27, !' ,V't 1 rare North Korean Communist attacks on Seoul since the end of the Korean War in 1953. Brother Kim was airlifted from Kimpo Airport to the battle site near the eastern coast 'I . I Brother Kim spent one year in the C.S. Army Hospital and one year in a Korean hospital recovering. Today, he resides in an apartment awarded to him for his gallantry. The apartment, as well as a presidential award given to a very few who demonstrate outstanding courage, presented to Brother Kim by fres. Park Chung Hee, president of the Republic of s Korea. r,rother Kims dauntless courage and energy have won him many honors beyond that. He won the gold medal in boxing and in weight lifting and shot nut at the London Wheelchair Olympics in 1974 At the Munich Wheelchair Olympics in 1072, he captured the gold medal m ping ji.mg and in the javelin competition During the Korean Olympics of the past seven years, Brother Kim has won gold medals in weight lifting and ping long He will go to Canada this year to compete again in swimming and weight lifting. The balances of tragedy and success have not robbed Brother Kim of humility On Nov. 8, 1975. Brother Kim and his wife were baptized into the Church. |