Show DEATH OF TON WE learn from the omaha bee of the death a few days ato in that city ol of brother robert huntington Huat ington who is by that paper spoken of as one of the oldest and be best known residents of that part of the country por for about a year until a week or two since he be and his wife resided in this territory hav h a V 1 ing identified himself with the church lie returned to nebraska to transact some business attention to which nas as imperative but he fully intended to 0 return to utah and end his days among amone the latter day saints in bidding him adieu we doubted his being permitted to carry out this intention as an he be appeared to be in the last stages of a lung affection many of the elders who labored in england previous to 1808 will remember him he fie was in the town of leeds the proprietor of the hall in which the saints then held meetings meet lasa and was brother to sister beatham familiarly known as mother east mthm bov of grantsville Grants ville who kept the conference house in leeds for many years brother huntington having bavin 9 been a man respected fo for r hi his bones honesty ty and as he has many friends in utah we vie append toe the following a late issue of the see bee he was born in lancashire in july 1821 and remained io in enclard until 1866 he was married in 1840 to miss annie deardon by whom he be had bad nine children three sons and six daughters three of these are now living and all residents of this city toe others othera all died in the mother country in 1864 tits bis wife died and in 1 1866 just prior to his depar departure tare for or this country he was again married to miss mary bywater By this lady bore him no children and still survives him before coming to america mr hunt hual logton was engaged to in the furniture business in leeds and aad accumulated quite a competence when starting tor for this country it was his intention tu to go goto to salt lake being strongly inclined to the faith of the latter latter day salute saints his mother was the second woman baptized into that faith being confined to her bed for thirteen years and getting up from it to walk to be baptized on arriving rivine ar here mr huntington stopped to visit a brother who was clerking tor for 1 W swap aud and was idy in deuced to remain berv he purchased 3 20 acres os 01 land in james town and followed the occupation of farmer until 1881 when he came V to this city and engaged in the grocery business in which tie he remained until unfit two years ago age when continued failing health compelled him to make a change and he sold out to E B gardner since ainee that time be has resided at broadway with the exception of the past few months when he was in utah bavine returned from there but ton ten days before his bis death the deceased built the first frame house bouse to in james township and also the first house bouse on graham avenue in this city he bought a tract of fourteen acres on that street several years ago land and donated to the city the right of way through it to the park para lie he was a prominent democrat in politics cs and was for several years a justice e of the peace in james town ship aud and was tor some time one of tile the trustees of kane eane township his bid last term expiring the first ot at the present year during the last two years of his bis life he be rave gave his bis attention almost wholly to religious matters ais late trip to utah being on that account his 1418 death was rather unexpected as he appeared to be no worse than for several past The immediate cause of his death was en co of ef the lungs the funeral wi will I 1 take lake place tomorrow afternoon at from his late residence and will be conducted in accordance with the belief of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints of which he ae was an earnest member the three cU children ildren of the deceased living here are robert bobert J huntton Hunn ton mrs S B james and mis mrs F S halliday |