Show OBITUARY boobis at snowflake arizona on sunday september 20 1891 samuel H rogers deceased was born born in portage county ohio march 1 1819 he gathered with the saints in missouri with his fathers family in the fall of 1838 1888 nd with them was driven from that State although he was not at that time baptized as a a member of the church chulch this or ordinance dince was administered in mississippi river at his request it being the darkest hour the church had ever known with his fathers family he be was among the earnest earliest se settlers at nauvoo white while there he performed two missions pre preshing ching in the states of illinois wisconsin e and iowa and in pennsylvania and new jersey traveling the entire distance on foot he shared in the hardships of the expulsion from nauvoo and joined the mormon battalion at C council 0 uncia bluffs marching the whole distance to the pacific coast thus crossing the continent on foot returning he met the surviving members of his fathers famil family in salt lake valley here he received lity his family in the new and everlasting cove nant removing south he officiated as a civil magistrate and a bishop in the church gi gibing aing the fullest satisfaction and being everywhere known tor for his love of justice probably no man in this dispensation has more fully kept the word of wisdom he leaves behind PL i wire wife and seven children and a very large circle of relatives and friends who all in his unblemished record he was as a member of the high council of the snowflake stake from its organization until his hi death cox COM |