Show OBITUARY NOTES JOHN L SMITH st george utah feb 24 1898 john xa L smith departed this life on monday feb 21 1898 he was the son of john and clarissa smith and was born at potsdam st lawrence county new york on the of november 1828 his father and family moved to kirti I 1 land ohio in the year 1833 when he was 8 years old he was baptized a member of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints in 1838 he moved with the saints to missouri and afterwards to par fax west on the of november 1844 he was ordained an elder in the church of jesus christ of latter day saints and on the of the same month was ordained a sev enty and was placed in the twelfth quorum of seventy he being 16 years old on that day he was with the saints in all their trials in nauvoo he was a cousin to and a firm defender of the prophet and patriarch joseph and hyrum smith and although only a youth shouldered his gun on many occasions and would have laid down his life in their defense he arrived in salt lake city on the of september 1847 in he was called to parowan and arrived there on the of october of the same year at the april conference 1855 he was called on a mission to europeans Europe Evrope and when the br brethren thren who were to accompany him on his mission were ready to start he was very sick and yet so de determined ed to fill his mission that he directed that the brethren put cords across the top tcp of the wagon box and put a bed on them jon on which to lay him find and this being don he was assisted in the wagon and in this way started on his mission he soon gained strength and filled his mission with honor to ta the cause of god and returned home on the of june 1858 1868 in aug 1860 he was called on a second mission to europe and returned in oct 1864 on the of december 1873 he was ordained a patriarch under the hands of president brigham young and george A smith at beaver he was own brother to the latter when the st george temple was being built he was sant nt among the different stakes and wards of zion to solicit aid for its erection and was very successful in that work ork and when the temple was dedicated he was one among the first that wre were called and set apart to there in and continued to do so until march 28 1897 when he was taken down with the sickness from which he never recovered he took part in many of the indian wars of utah it was his delight to assist in every way in his power to roll on the work of god upon the earth and many have heard him bear a faithful testimony to the divinity of this great at latter day work although possessed of but few earthly goods he leaves a rich legacy of a well written history and of a faithful devoted life to the cause of christ upon the earth which should be carefully preserved and read by his posterity in generations yet unborn his record shows that he has given 1105 patriarch ial blessings he has personally and at his instance performed the labor in the house of the lord tor for 2002 persons of the lyman family who will welcome him on the other side thus we have hav e in the person of john L smith omit h one of the saviors who should standon stand on mount zion he also did considerable work for the smith and cleveland families he leaves leava a family consisting consist ing of a wife and sit at c living children twenty seven grandchildren eh ildren twelve great grandchildren n and a host of friends who call him blessed funeral T services were held in the st george tabernacle at 8 p in feb aeb 21 bishop andrus presiding singing prayer pr r by elder george goodhard Wood hard 2 singing r g elder james G bleak was the first speaker he said that the family and friends had cause to rejoice over the release from buffe buffering ring that had come to brother smith and bore testimony to his worth and faithfulness elder henry W bigler the second speaker had been acquainted with the deceased ever since they were boys together in adam ondi ahman and testified that throughout his whole life he had been faithful to this calling elder david H cannon president of the st george temple spoke of the life and labors of the deceased testifying of his faithfulness and patriarch richard bently followed in a similar strain bishop andrus said that forty years ago he returned rom a mission in company with the deceased they traveled with ox teams under circumstances that tried men and proved them in various ways but brother smith was always ready to do his duty the speaker declared axed his belief that all was well with the departed the choir sang and elder daniel D mcarthur offered up the benediction WILLIAM ATKIN HANNAH CHAPMAN RAYMOND died at soda springs idaho feb 1898 of paralysis hannah chapman raymond deceased was born at crowle crowl england march 2 1813 and would have been eighty five years old had she lived two weeks longer she joined the church in engelm england and emigrated to utah in 1856 coming across the plains in the first train of handcarts hand carts and belonging to brother Ell company she was known at that time as sister goodworth and traveled a widow with four children only one of whom survives her viz via mrs ann ashby wife of benj ashby of woods cross utah who was an invalid at that time deceased was left a widow four times during her life and has great loss in her family being the mother of thirteen children of which only four axe are living viz mrs frances clarke crowle englanders england mrs ann ashby woods cross utah mr wm chester and mrs mm alice campbell soda springs idaho deceased has enjoyed particularly good health for ten years until her last sickness and has kept her own house doing most of her work until her eyesight began to fail and some of hei grandchildren lived with her until about two years ago when she removed to the house of her daughter 1 mrs campbell where she died I 1 she experienced a circumstance which was no doubt miraculous in connection with the dedication of the temple at salt lake it was a cherished wish of hers that she might live to see the completion of that building and as the time drew biear her eyesight began to get so poor that she was unable to see with the aid of glasses she attended the services however and when she arrived at the temple her eyesight was so far restored that she distinctly saw all objects around her and after she returned to her daughters home at woods cross she was able to read a newspaper and ana thread a needle without the aid of glasses this blessing lasted only for a short time but her wish of seeing I 1 the temple was gratified she was president of the relief society of soda brings ward for fifteen years when she was honorably released on account of her old age in june 1896 she leaves many grandchildren great grandchildren and one little great grent great grandchild the daughter da ahter of cyrus and emmma page of et bountiful utah besides a great of friends both in and out ot of the abu church ch to mourn her lose for she waa a friend 40 0 o all COM |