Show OBITUARY moffatt the news of 0 the death of brother ormstead moffett which occurred at his hie residence in huntsville weber couney at 8 am in april 1891 was not entirely unexpected by his numerous name roua friends and rela relatives es as he had bad reached the ripe age of 77 and haa had lor for live five months been gradual zia failing from the natural infirmity incident to his advanced age he was the son of robert moffett and both beth sins sina M geth born february ath 1814 in london county va brother moffett was a man highly esteemed respected and by his bis friends and acquaintances for his sterling integ integrity untiring enerle energy and above all for his bis open openhanded andea I 1 e chanty hi arity no 0 one ever vainly appealed to him for assistance if it was in his bis power to grant it from 1822 he be resided with isaac bicholas until his death after the death of nicholas his mother married garner pierce and raised seven children in IM 1886 he went to Colum columbane bans co 0 where he be resided for two years and while there h beard e a r d the gospel and he aua and his sister aliza elizabeth b e th jane the only ones of his hie mothers children embraced it he was baptized by lorenzo barnes october ath 1887 at rochester colum bana county ohio in the fall of 1887 1837 moved with his mother and family in company with moses buck of Bi chmoni mo and fron there to far west from there he was called to dismon diamon where he be went in company with alexander mckay after assisting there returned to far west with A lyman and jacob scott the morning of the crooked river b battle but t he got his message and returned home but found it so BO hot that be h was waa obliged to flee to far west As ae clarks army was on the march for that place he lost his horse and had to travel a distance stance of for forty m miles il e e it being the third time he had traveled th that e t road on foot it was on this journ journey that he saw the army armons arrayed against the cormons mormons Mor mons and joseph hyrum and others betrayed into the enemies ene inies hands it was here that the brethren were disarmed and compelled to deed away their property and agree to leave the state he heard general dark clark in a speech say they should n ver see those prisoners prisoner acain again aliar alev brother broiher moffett was in all th the tr at and persecutions through which the had to p ps sg at that time he was in the company that fled to illinois and around quincy and final y ass assister istel in erecting a settlement at quincy III he was called to tennessee on a mission in which call he ha responded but was recalled re called at the martyrdom of the prophet joseph smith in the following year jan 1846 1845 he wan wait married to mary jane emett and went with the r mett company up i he iowa river crossed the missouri river in the opong of 1846 nm ind went to corneil bluffs and aaring joined joine th ahr saints there that had left nauvoo and traveled up to pawnee station and thence to bunca on I 1 he mi river from there he removed to council bluffs having consumed nearly all they had in their wander wande rugs ngo they went down into iowa and pu pm in a crop and out of a company of thirty all except our brother w re sick with the ague they were blessed temporally and his si ter elizabeth jane pierce and husband ac E 0 och e h bums Burn sand and the families of brothers im imson so n ennitt and edson whipple joined brother wilford woodruffs company com a ay iy and started for the great salt lake valley val ey june 16 1860 1850 where they arrived after ganv hardships october 10 1860 1850 they were directed direct ea to ogden by brother H 0 kimball under the presidency of lorin lonn farr by the urgent request of brother farr he started a blacksmith shop in which he labored v vry ry diligently making rude tools from raw material with which the saints at that time were enabled to till the soil and also thwart the indians who were very outrageous on account of which he had to move to mound hound fort brother moffett was ordained a se seventy v enty in the thirty eighth quorum after which he was ordained a high priest in order to act as counselor to bishop erastus bringham he served as clerk for the high priests quorum for several years then as counselor to charles R oana dana after whose deato brother L farr presided and chose armstead Arm moffett as connor ii office be held up to his death he built a house in ogden city and soon took up land in ogden vattey valley which he improved proved he moved up there and in company with 01 captain ol etain hunt greeted erected a grist mill which he sold he atam built two saw mills in company brothers perry and P baerer and with david lavid garner in toe tall fall of IM 1883 he went t tw illinois and the surrounding states for the purpose of getting genealogy and on his return went to lokan logan and remained there doing doln work for the dead until 1886 when he returned returned return eg to the astern states for the purpose of gathering genealogy on his return he moved to logan city where he remained and worked in the house of the lord until he was too feeble when he returned to his home in huntsville who e he be i remained lema ined until his death we can truthfully say of bro moffett he was industrious honest temperate and faithful to the cause be espoused he has been a man much blessed of bod being able to read common print without the we use of spectacles until six months before his death the funeral services were held at his residence sunday march 29 islat at p in and his remains were laid away in a small ce meery which he had dedicated as a geeting ret ting place pi ace for his bis household the deceased was the father of eighteen children and thirty six grandchildren to 10 whom he set eta a g god od d example and whose temporal and eternal yo welfare he be has diligently sought to promote W A M ogden standard please copy |