Show UA U A Z MANSFIELD john mathew mansfield was the son of mathew Mathe wand and margaret haslem mansfield nia born bom sept 26 iwa in st stgeorge george georgw washington county utah lie was b baptized apriz mayl and died died february 10 18 4 the cause of his lis death was t typhoid fever brought on by his accidentally shooting I 1 liim self seif through his large toe ile he was buried on the ot of february in st george the funeral services we re held in the st george tabernacle at 3 2 pm the speakers speaker 1 were bishow bishop thos judd president J D I 1 T mcallister and his counselors Il curley curles ring and daniel D mcarthur all spoke 0 w of his excellent qualities always faithful and ready lo 10 do good A more obedient son could coul hardly be found lie ilo was all ali the help his aged father had who is very feeble mrs mansfield was not his own mother having havin died when he was young but n no 0 one ne could gel gei feel eel more fora rora zor tor a child than his f father rather and living wife who had raised him he had a feeling that lie he was going todie to die dle from 0 the time hoaas he was hurt lie ile said gald to sister mansfield 1 I am joing going to die but am not afraid I 1 have never hurt lurt anyone but you will not be long behind me ile he took her ller h and and kissed her and said sald you have been a rood mother to me lie he said sald to his father that no better man ever lived than he was clerc lie he died he said bald this is my last day and remarked that it the lord had permitted hla hia to live ilse ho would have helped his father lie ile felt elt f that the lord had a work f for sor or him to do in the spirit world A sister living livin in st george had a dream about john a as follows she saw john and two others together five weeks before he died and saw sair a light come down from above and the in the light and the tord lord biord called upon john and john told the lord that he was coming the lord told jhn john that he had hati a great work for him to do and told him to come and do t and after this she missed john there perus was more in the dream but not ungto to john his parents feel keenly kha kaa aind and there is not one living here herc that i lind ot love iove ove ote him bim COM ku |