Show BOX ELDER ELDEB OLDEST RESIDENT OIES DIES on 01 sunday nov lyman 13 wells of willana Willa nl passed quietly away the cause of death being general debility sir air wells hall had the distinction of being the oldest resident of this county having conic come to willard vil with his ili parents in march Ar arell 1851 they the being the lie first family to locate in that place mr air wells was born lit in pennsylvania on june 1830 ills his boyhood was spent on the farm and helping ills his father who was a stone cutter by profession lie ile was baptized a member of the tha church of jesus christ of latter day saints while yet a out hand and when twelve tw elve years rears of age his parents moved to nauvoo Nall where oung boung lyman became intimately acquainted with the prophet joseph smith lie could ot for hours and relate incidents of nauvoo life and how tile lie prophet used to go out and play ball with the boys as welt well as take pait in their other sports young lyman layman worked by the side of his father cutting stone on the he temple being engaged in ili that labor until the building was completed after the martyrdom of the prophet and patriarch the wells family in company Oni pany with the rest of the saints living in nauvoo were expelled an and driven aeroff the river to iowa where they remained until 1850 biroan was joinell in marriage the lie year before to hiis bith fall fordham for 1 chani the whole family started across the plains in the ilig of MO 1830 arming in salt lake early in III the fall here they resided until march when they moved up to willard being the first settlers to locate there A son soil was born to lo mr and mrs wells in the fall of 1851 who was the first white baby born in hox box elder county tile the baby is now mr C F wells of 0 willard As a pione ei the ilia deceased was a very acelie man inan lie he was callei called by pros pres biggham Dilg hain young to assist in building mail stations between salt lake city anki ami the mississippi river and lie he labored faithfully in the year 1857 until called home at the ap of johnstons army he was a man inan of lionor honor and integrity and as before stated slated nothing gave him greater pleasure than to 10 talk of his experiences with the prophet joseph of whom he bore a faithful testimony all allda he dais s of his life A wife wid and four children survive him a ani nd five children have preceded their father to the spirit world funeral services eg were lard tabernacle tuesday nov aril all hop facer presiding |