| Show m OF ESDRAS mm HOWELL vu true cf c cassea away la in scranton pa it will be wath great sorrow krilow that hat many in utah will avill 1 learn a rn of the he death ot of esdras eadi as howell who v bo died on tuesday june so 30 at scranton pa A great ot df the missi missionaries missionary onari Cs of the church found the home of mr howell a place of refuge while they were preaching the gospel and they will recall the beneficial hospitality which lie he extended to so ever everyone yone who found his way to Ms his pe yav allia home though lie he never came to live in utah he be madcone made one visit hc re in the early days and ed his faith in the principles of the gospel in spite spi of believing lu in it a tell leli gion which was not accepted by his neighbors lie he atas as beloved by all who linew knew him the following extracts from the druid a welsh paper published in scranton pa testify to the esteem in which lie he was held beld in the be in which ell lie he lived so many years esdras howell lied died tuesday tat at the family home on washington street and sumner avenue and with hint him passes another of the he strong characters of the community A more distinct individuality and one whose abs absence n ce will be keenly felt has never lived in this city ile he was typical of the early welsh settlers here like bengy hughes only he be filled ills his own field as the big mine superintendent t e adent and other of that sturdy old stock block filled theirs esdras howell was sunshine ile ha was small physically and the older folk therefore called him little howell they called him so affectionately iona lona innately tely when lie ran for the city controller a few years ago lie was elected because ot of that sweet aaen ei en tempered disposition ot of his he was not a politician however he be was too fine for that thai lie he was just a smiling cheery friend a friend not only to those who knew him by name but to the whole world little howell mr howell was born in wales in where he spent the lie early years of his boyhood at the age of 15 he eailee with his parents to america and ad made ills his home at carbondale which was then one of the biggest towns in northwestern pennsylvania here he entered the employ of ills his brot brother lier john howell who conducted a general store in tile the large strike of 1877 mr howell lost practically all lie he possessed or rather gave it away anav A As icing IS cag as here was anything n abing in fri llis hi store his customers were nai not denied it after several years lie he came to this city and took up his residence in west scranton the descendants of ills his birther bi other william wililam who baptized him into the gos rel pc I all live in utah ind and consist of his nephews reese howell of ogden and congressman joseph howell hoac I 1 of logan and his sister mrs ann burt of brigham city and their children deseret news |
