| Show lei ITT 1 Y 9 41 4 iii I 1 1 lux lax W kiu 13 oct 1866 1 EDITOR editon DESERET nl NEWS nwe DEAR dean SIR my father JOSEPH died in this place july aged SO years 3 months and 12 days he was born in cecil bounty pennsylvania enn sylv ania aula in the year 1786 he was tile the eldest son of thoma thomas S and a ann rich who removed from pennsylvania when my father was about eight years of age into ohio going down the ohio river riv er from fort eort rut put to Cincin attl atti in a flatboat that being the mode of conveyance on the western rive nive rivers rs in the early days of the sett settlement lemerit of ohio an and d kentucky the indians were very troublesome at that time and it was wag not for them to attack andi an dl massa masga cre cre cro whole boat loads coads of the whites 4 during my grandfathers passage down the nver niver river one or two boats were passed that had fallen a prey to the red men the family did didiot not land from the time they embark embarked cM at fort pitt until they arrived at Cin cinatti that city being be ing then occupied by gen waynes army they settled at a place called north bend near the mouth of the miami river a few miles below Cin cinatti being obliged to live in a s station tation as security a against ainah indian depredations from ohio mio they removed to boone noone kentucky ren Ken kentucky tucky where my father married nancy oneil onell and shortly after moved to switzerland co indiana whilo while in indiana ho he was in tha em ploy of the government nu guilding iding blockhouses and laboring to protect protects tile the settlers against 1 ast indian invasions I 1 in n a 1 1829 i 9 ho he moved to tazwell co ill lii illinois 1 where he first heard the G gospel Os pel pei and with my mother and other members of the family was baptized by elder hinkle on the day of april 1832 and confirmed a member of the church of jesus christ of latter ratter day sain ta by E elders eiders iders hinkle and cathcart in 1837 he gathered with the saints to 10 caldwell co missouri in 1838 when the mob army of missouri came against ther the saints he lie was taken prisoner and kept 16 custod y for tinie in the Spring of ho removed with the rest rent of two twe the saints to tb 1111 Illino illinoise after was located he be moved into leeco iown iowa i in feme fete with cy rcy r lcy ritti rih rit nh ri r lj received i J iio je lio e temp c and was ordained a at the same time he came with his family to great salt lako lake city with the first em emigration 1 gration in 1847 7 arriving there on the 2nd and of Oo october tober my mother dying three days after ho he was ordained a patriarch jan 17 1858 under the hands of prest B young and others he presided over the quorum of high priests at bountiful and centerville Cent erville during the number of years lie he resided in davis county feeling a desire to spend the remainder of his days with me he removed in his old age with ills his bamily to this valley in sept 1864 he raised five children myself the eldest and four daughters viz artimesia jane jade ann minerva and nancy at the tinie time of his death he had haa sixty three grandchildren rand children and about twenty great grandchildren he lived an honest and an u upright ht life ilfe life ilfe and was esteemed by all who knew him he was endowed with an iron constitution his lot had always been cast east on the frontiers where dangers and difficulties were frequent and many hardships to be contended with but through all the hardship sand trials he pas passed sety lie he was never heard to complain and remained to the end of his days faithful and true to his brethren his iiii covenants and ills his god respectfully your brother in the G gospel CHARLES C RIL ric rien RICH JT |
