Show OBITUARY raebon william coffin rawson son of horace 8 rawson raw son and elizabeth ilizabeth Jf collin coffin died at far west april ath 1891 the deceased was born january 13 1832 in bendolph Bin dolph county pennsylvania his parents accepted the gospel in 1811 1831 and in 1833 removed to jackson county missouri participating abing from that time in the persecutions and glivings gr dr ivings of the saints he a was baptized at nauvoo in the spring of 1841 by elder chandler rogers and was ordained orca ined a seventy at farmington Farming tOlk ja 41 IM 1866 by elder thomas 8 smith he mar aled eliza jane on october 1858 IR the wanter of 1874 6 5 brother rawson was absent ou on a brief mission to the eastern states i heras hemas ordained a high priest and set a apart art as I 1 j first counselor to bishop taylor Tayl of marm harris Avil vill erard leward on june ath by apostle F D richards this position he held until the har ww was divided and on december he was set apart by president L W as first counselor to bishop taylor c wv far west ward ze j a widow seven children and sig elichi hven 0 dren at a 6 funeral services on the that nt V F middleton bore a high testimony to the worth of the deceased and expressed d P sympathy with the family in ameir bad b h bereavement erea brother rawson he said had live hv d the life ot of a faithful latter day ever ln sin ie de be joined the churuti bishop roberi t Z said it was good to inave known uch a man mad and add eldr elder a 8 jai h parry lio ho had known the de ate ed for fa W thirty ty nine dide years y said ad brother rna son had bad always during that unite lived the life righteous man might hight god bless his family of a ud all them 1 with that him alone one elder which from next spoke ke and aind was francis A browl ro wi W who followed by said the ward president would sustain L a great loss by the death of brother tho ottto rawson bishop win A bishop E A stratford anti and character ilary lw taylor also spoke of the elemi of if the de deceased eased COM |