| Show bellef SKETCH OF WANDLE MACE elder caudle mace died at kalutz KAlU t tb xane county on the loach of august A sketch of his hia ca te eer rw was forwarded to the he N NEWS aws at 1 th h q time but nefer neter reached its 10 0 de it has been duplica c tf ind and hence tho the publication at ta th a fit lite date it being a commend ab 1 e custoda to fo preserve data regard in 3 f those thaid who jhb figured in the early III I 1 abi bof t mae made second secord son of JO joha 0 n mace Macea aul ui dinah binah campbell Camp beH w was 11 born bom february 1809 in J Joh 0 town montgomery county I 1 N now york 1119 1 parents were we re not co c infected auy of the ahk churches thi th in n exta extant fit bd bt iVere were bible readers a and ad be believers lieverO and he was early t tn be a cors taht attendant at schools iii fu new york i ci citi acy to which ahl h dlane they moved brather ther ma mace had reached ilia his be seventh anth y year eai the lie deceased was a thorough m kia hanec anic hii bis lines being black 9 snaith rill th and wheelwright and was th tb b a of several useful con t hl his mind was wonder fu ly exercised about the subject of re ilba anu ho he heldmann held many contre cont cent tre verges with the leading meto of yar r to I 1 44 d do about euch am tl t t f ard but coutil ke ti tian ai from them aja I 1 as 48 he earnestly co kadel alft 9 abd tbd priA principles cAples of the G as tit kight bi by the 84 ilor and H wj s lanta an while in this frame ia of minche met Apos postle fele P P ap pratt tt inn in hev yoa caty and from h received the of the ja jatter jay gospel revealed to the prophet jaseph smith and the same aalde h he e had been bean anxiously wait shortly Shor fly after this brother mace w was fa baptized by bt elder prate I 1 W who I 1 0 0 sl dortly li a left new nev york r I 1 ie ivl ng his brother orson to preside beside U T ie latter ordained brother mace e an beldt aal RM wilted airato him to preside oer the firs E 13 ranch of the church in ew york rk city he continued laboring in the cause of truth until edja tae year 1838 when with his hia wife and d three children he started by wagon 01 to gather ther with the saints and arrived in quincy or on the bilth of NoV november imber or of that year tak taking I 1 ng with him the fat family hily of U D JR rd gers re consisting consi consisting stin 0 of seven rs they ah found many of oatlie tile CI ints just arriving from missouri lence they had been driven by mob violence tab many ny were the sideney scenes of buffe r and hardship witnessed by brother mace and th citizens of quincy lt wasat this time while theSa the Saints luts were lying on the opposite shore without food or shelter that a brother john hawley braved the floes of ice and crossed the river with food and clothing furnished by the merchants and good people of quincy quinca and many an earnest prayer was offered for the brave man who risked his life for his brethren and sisters brother mace was one of a bom committee to visit commerce and enquire about the purchase of it for the site of the beautiful city of the saints nauvoo on his return he first met tile the prophet joseph and heard him preach and saw many marvelous manifestations of the power of healing under the hands bands of the prophet he then moved to montrose Mou trose with his family thin then to augusta to build a mill and then to nauvoo where he was appointed to superintend the framing of the timbers from the ground to the top of the tower of the temple stayed there until its completion and assisted in its dedication and received therein all the endowments of the priesthood then revealed he toik an active part in the defense of the city after being driven from it he and his fawny family moved to iowa and then to keokuk where his wife and daughter emily died the latter in 1853 and the former in 1854 after this he moved to bluff city or kanes ville where lie he entertained many of the elders going to and from their missions moved to florence where his house was constantly open to the saints and elder in 1856 and to utah in 1859 on his arrival in utah he was employed at the nail nall works of president young was called to dixie in 1861 and helped to settle the town of washington undergoing all the hardships of the settlement of our dixie 11 in 1872 he moved to kalab kanab where ilia his voice was always heard in the anun enunciation of the principles of truth and nothing gave him greater pleasure that to talk of the sa sayings aings an and d doings of the Pro prophet joseph brother mace kept ha his faculties almost until the last and passed away surrounded by his bis family and friends leav leaving Alig behind him three children ten grand children and his wife rebecca to mourn his loss |
