| Show PERRE GRIME G SESSIONS the funeral services over the remains of the late Per peregrine U 0 sessions were hold held at the bountiful tabernacle yesterday there was a large atten attendance danco among those from salt balb lake city being president joseph P F elders john henry smith smithy 0 H wilcken and andrew kimball at the funeral remarks were made by elders elder rampton and stoker counselors to the bishop of the ward elders enoch B trip and john henry smith and president joseph F amith the speakers referred to the uprightness and integrity of the de ceased throughout his entire life and made consolatory remarks to his relatives and friends friende elder sessions was the son of david and patty Besa Bes ions sione and was born june 16 15 1814 at newery oxford county maine he was wag the eldist of eight children four boys boye and four girls he spent his hi early life with his bis parents 10 on n a four hundred acre farm and by going to school in the winter on september 21 he married julia ann killgore he joined the church september 1836 1835 being baptized by the first bishop ot of the church edward partridge on june 6 5 1837 he left for kirtland and arrived in november in 1838 he left kirtland Kirt lind for far west on feb 18 1839 he be was ordained a seventy by brigham young and H C kimball on june 27 1839 he started on a mission to maine and returned june 14 1840 from the april conference in 1842 he started to mat maine on a second d MiN dimion arriving vio home june 14 1844 he was one of the prophet josephm ji and president brigham cs body guard for three years hla his first wife biej alej january he left kauvo nauvo to in february 1846 arrived at council bluffs june 22 where he be found his big father and mother they built houses in winter quarters and his slater sister sylvia furnished the money for an outfit t to stara and iba of flour for each person he had eighty seven wagons to in his charge and souls there were thirty wagons without a man to drive them being wagons in the whole company he and e t P pratt lead the companies with two cannons near laramie they met brother willey returning from the mexican war they landed in great salt lake valley september 1847 having made the first wagon thac ko north ot or salt lake lak city he and his fabb father r lived ae one family during their lives he sowed bowed seven acres of wheat fourteen in corn in 1848 the cricket year the price of wheat went up to 10 per bushel and continued at that price until 1849 he had bad bushels of grain to sell in 1848 he bu lt it slog a log hous 1636 in 1848 on the of october 1849 he started back across the plains after bis bin sister bister sylvia arriving in iowa junel june 1 1860 1850 he left lows iowa april 11 1860 1850 as captain of men non mur mor mons mono and arrived here june 26 1850 he found flour 60 50 per one hundred pounds and corn weal meal 26 25 with other provisions in proportion on sept 15 1852 he left on a into mission to england and returned to utah in 1866 1855 he spent 1867 1857 tn in carson nov ou on a mission in 1869 he went back to maine on a mission mis aion in 1872 he af ard d his mother went to maine to gather genealogies he spent post much time and means in laboring for the dead |
