Show OBITUARY NOTES WILLIAX WILLIAM H CARPENTER in st sr george utah on may 8 1895 william H R carpenter died of brights dibease of the kidneys he was waa born in glenville schenectady county now new york stage july 22 1820 he was a member of the mormon battalion yet did not go to 10 california but returned with the company of sick he leaves two wives six children twelve grandchildren and many friends and relatives i 1 0 mourn his loss he has one wife thirteen children ildren cli and three grandchildren on the other side he died as an he lived a faithful latter day saint communicated KEZIAH J X REDD BEDD died did at new harmony harmody washington county utah may 15 1895 after many weeks of patient suffering of cancer in the stomach keziah J redd beloved wife of lemuel H redd aged 59 years 2 months and 20 days stater sister redd died as she lived in full fall faith of the gospel she he wasfi was arat rat counselor io 10 the president of the relief society for many years yea rs prior and up op to the time of her sickness and was a very wise and able member iu that society she will be greatly missed in time of sickness as an she was ever willing to lend Chel a helping ping band in times of need tier lier friends and relatives could but eulogize her every action and she has baa gone to continue her good work slater sister redd leaves a loving husband and too ten children all of whom but two of her sons eona and one daughter were at her bedside bed aide she leaves many relatives and friends to mourn her departure communicated THOMAS HIGOS HIGGS thomas higgs son eon of thomas and susannah reynolds higgs who died at manti utah on the day of april 1895 was born at welton northampton shire england december 17 1822 when eight years yeara old he emigrated to america with his bis parents who settled at utica now new york he obtained a common school education learned the carpenter trade of his father and afterwards spent several years running woodworking wood working machinery may 22 1844 he was united in marriage to elizabeth stowe of utica several years later deceased moved to davenport iowa with a view to bettering his bis worldly condition while residing at this point he first saw a copy of the st louis louia luminary edited by john taylor and became interested in mormonism A scotch gentleman gen ileman and a latter day saint by the name of edward gillis was largely instrumental in his conversion to the gospel of christ on the day of may 1856 he was baptized in the iowa river near iowa city by elder edward bunker and confirmed a member of the church of jesus christ ol of latter day sainta by elder william walker while standing on the banks of that stream during his stay at the iowa camp ground he assisted in putting together wagons and in making ox yokes for those who were preparing to emigrate to utah and on the ath day of august himself started for salt lake city vv where here he arrived on the day of september following while working lor for president brigham young he put together and started going the first steam saw faw mill ever operated here also to him belongs the honor of having planed the first farst board ever surfaced by machinery in this territory he participated in the morrisine Morri site war and was present when morristown capitulated he stood by the wagon when john banks sat wounded as dr jeter clinton approached and asked john is there any anything hing I 1 can do for you I 1 and bore his that banks akine in tones of ex reme disgust replied refilled no lot lei me die I 1 have made a d fool of myself 11 for a number of years brother higgs waa wang employed in the salt lake city tire department and while there rebuilt the old hand engine now in the possession of the veteran firemen of this city afterwards he worked in Z C M 1 I the last seventeen years of his life were spent in manti to which place he was called to aid in the erection of the beautiful temple there located and it was in that sacred edifice he was working at the time of his demise brother higgs lived and died a faithful latter day saint he was esteemed esie emed by all who knew him he leaves many friends children and grandchildren down to 10 the third generation to mourn bai loss LAKE CITY may 22 1895 |