Show correspondence beath DEATH or OF CHURCH ills demise hastened by excitement from the cane creek tragedy I 1 chattanooga tenn I 1 august 28 iya lse isel I editor deseret netos nees we have just received a letter f from roin I 1 duck river niver hickman luckman co tenn which informs us of the death of kub rub bins church known amon among the many wany E elders eldera ers who have made his house thel rhome as uncle robbins Robb ins ina ile he died pm OIL on friday the id wo we are tuot not informed as to the nature of the disease which caused his demise but undoubtedly his death was chast hastened ened by the recent excitement caused by the murdering of elders eiders gibbs and berry together the threats of violence violen e to himself hin bin self seif provided he did didiot not leave the state within a certain time I 1 quote f from roul roni a letter written just previous to the note that announced his hia sudden deatti uncle has been down I 1 sunday inday Sf lle ile lie he is near nearly I 1 y d deranged e ia aged an and dreams and talks over the late tragedy we administered to him twice yester yeater hay and in the evening ho he rested and felt more calm caim but bu emmonel brother to uncle robbins fears he is at deaths point and beyond the possibility of recovery ahse these feal feals s were too well founded oil for a few hours later the raulet ule uie t II 11 inoffensive spirit of uncle lobb robb I 1 us to t took o k its departure ito robbins robbing bb I 1 ii ch church hhas has beena member of the church for over forty years he lle accompanied ill fit his father on a visit to nauvoo where whet e lie was baptized zedIn in the river by apostle orson hyde I 1 do not now remember the year in which this oc cuned neither ilo zio tio cio I 1 know the vear near of his birthnot birth nor the place of his nativity ile he died in f ful fui ull uli faith of the truth of the religion which he espoused so long iong ago for many years he has furnished the elders eiders traveling through that part of tennessee with a home and has I 1 let iet et them have horses to use weeks at a time in visiting the distant parts of the fields of labor besides assisting them in man vother ways in thus aiding the elders in lhoir travels he has done much towards the spread of the truth for which he will receive a just reward he was of a quiet mild disposition inoffensive and very kind to all around him ile he will belong be long iong remembered by many of the elders in utah who have been so often partakers par takers of ills his generous I 1 cn erous hospitality and who will loin with us in expressing our sympathy th for the bereaved wife alio is now called called to mourn the loss of a akin kind dand and generous husband B if ROBERTS |