| Show OBITUARY NOTES PRUDENCE KENDALL HALLIDAY died at pleasant grove september 18 8 1898 at 4 30 a m of heart disease prudence kendall Halll dav wife of bishop george halliday born at higham leicestershire Leicester shire england august 11 1832 joined the mormon church at bristol england in the year 1851 emigrated to utah in the year i 1853 resided at salt lake city until when the family came to pleasant grove where she lived until her death she has held the office of treasurer of the relief society for fourteen years she was a devoted wife an affectionate mother and a conscientious saint she leaves a husband and three sons and three daughters and one daughter gone before she has a host of kindred and a great number of friends to mourn her demise CHRISTIAN JENSEN elder christian jensen who died at richfield sevier oo co utah friday aug 12 1898 was born at gronholt flade logn hjorting amt denmark april 30 1826 he learned the watchmakers trade early in life and followed this to a greater or less extent to the time of his demise after his marriage in 1847 he served his county during the war between denmark and germany 1848 1850 and soon afterwards became acquainted with mormonism through some of the first elders who labored I 1 in n that part of the country where he resided believing their testimony he and afe wife were baptized dec 8 1854 by elder christen L hansen now a resident ot of gunnison Gunn lson sanpete county the deceased and his wife were among the first who embraced the falness of the gospel C in e eastern astern Vend soon after his baptism the late brother jensen was ordained to the priesthood and as an elder in the church he devoted a great deal of ii time for many years to preaching the gospel in his native land and in mariy many places he was very successful in his labors and had great influence with the people after pre presiding aldIng over several branches of the church on the main land he was called on a special mission to laso an island situated in 14 the mattegat Catte gat about midway between jutland and sweden where several unsuccessful attempts had been made by other elders to introduce the gospel among the inhabitants elder jensen Jense ial I 1 appeared among the islanders as a tradesman and would repair tt time tin pieces in private houses and after lia had got the watches or clocks all ta taken ken apart he would often introduce re its ion on and himself as a mormon missionary this would in many instances have resulted in his immediate election ejection from the house as the people on the island were highly prejudiced against the mormons cormons Mor mons but the fact that he aba had A their time pieces in a chaotic state be fore him compelled them to tolerate him till he was through with his me chanilal ch anical labor and by that time he had generally become their friend and haal modified their feelings in regard to hla his religion soon he made converts and commenced to baptize and the re result w was as the byrum branch of the ahsu church allt of which branch there are several rep in utah I 1 with his wife and two sons andrew and joseph he emigrated to utah in 1869 crossing the atlantic in the ship kenilworth and the plains in captain cantal n A 14 scotts ox train his third sou son jens C followed three years later he settled first at ephraim sanpete San pet pete county but during the last teen years vears of his life he was a resta real dent of richfield sevier county where he filled several positions of honor and 1 trust and was universally known cu a good and honest man and a fajth faith i ful latter day saint his great amr sy pathy for the poor was exhibited ta 16 the fact that he spent nearly all atta V means he could spare from an ec teal ical living to emigrate his poor tives and others from his native I 1 lacal upwards of a score were thus b be benami neMi ted most of whom were in atten attendant at his funeral which took place ft frois the richfield bowery sunday A au 14 1898 among the speakers on occasion were william willia m H clark claris joseph horne home of the sevier 8 presidency elder P E west westma bishop theodore brandley and C con V elor simon christensen who all ditrol of f the sterling integrity and great of the deceased to the wb k god none non e in the town of R arm said one of if the speakers had baess more diligent in temple tab labor or t elder jensen who was just finish his work of adoption in beh behalf j his ancestry for five generations baes ba in the mantl temple when he waier attacked with the disease which ca his death two months later c our late brother had a great de deal tor for preaching the gospel and regret very much that his physical coridi condle made him unfit for foreign soon after his return from the war ww 1850 he met with an accident w crippled him for life as it resulted the amputation of his right f toot 0 ot M mediately above the ankle soon al 41 his arrival in utah elder jensen leaves two wives sons and sixteen gra grandchildren sn mourn his loss of his sons el aldel andrew jenson one of the aliaus I 1 church historians is perhaps b eaf known in the community his other sons reside at pleasant utah county |
