Show MEB ANOTHER PIONEER GONE early beginning he grew up with the country suffered the hard knocks and privations so BO common under such conditions dit ions worked with all his might and wrung from the soil natures treasures to the extent that his bis last days might have been spent in peace quiet tude and comfort but lor for his insatiable desire to work ills his ambition was far stronger than ills his body and many times during the cold weather bishop nelson has driven to brigham never taking the precaution that many younger men would take of providing himself with plenty of warm wraps this exposure told upon him and at last his bis rugged constitution was conquered by pneumonia last year bishop nelson suffered buffered quite a set ere sick spell with pneumonia and for a time his life was despaired of the life of james nelson Is intensely interesting and Is about as full of events as the ordinary experience of man born near maeby amt in the northern part of denmark oct ocl 6 1833 of sturdy and honest parentage the young man grew up with the characteristics ot of his bis progenitors in the he vear ISS 1873 ho he embraced the gospel ot or jo jn mi jus christ of latter day ind and started on his way to utah the follow a year in company with ills his parati t the vessel on which the jamily set act sail ball left from the port 0 of frederik havn harn hav n and drilled drifted to norway where it remained a few days daye then set get sail again and drilled drifted back to some days later lavo favorable rable wind came along alone and the v avi sf I started out again this time tor for america ku terica arriving at hull england Eli youn louiie N non as he was at that UMP had bad the misfortune to break one of ills his legs end and was taken to a hospital tal while the company went on lie he ra r rapidly however and soon 0 all for america overtaking his bamily at winter quarters quarter on the then frontier ot of the united states before they commenced the joureen jou across the plains two days bedox before james arrived his mother died from cholera and was burled buried the family and balance of the company moved across the plains arriving in salt lake city in n november of 1855 and they came right on to brigham city and located james nelson later went to weber at the solicitation of liia his friend SI 31 C jenann Jen sten who was operating a mill there and worked with him for a time the two iwo of them removed to brigham some time later and when this city was divided into four wards james nelson became one or lot the counselors to bishop john welsh the first bishop of the fourth ward and mho iho recently passed into the other life at the time of the move south bishop nelson went to echo canyon to aid in the defense against the invading army and remained in service until alter after peace had been declared and the volunteers were called home in the early eighties bishop nelson and his family removed to perry and settled on the farm which Is now the property of the inter mountain nursery co in the year 1884 he went back to lo his native land as a missionary an and was called to babor labor in the aalborg conference where he worked for thirteen months and was then banished from the country lie ile was transferred to norway where lie he finished his mission in the conference and came home in issa soon alter after his arrival home he was chosen as a counselor to bishop alonzo perry of the perry ward and upon the death of that good man was made bishop in which position he served until 1905 when he was released on account of falling failing health during his incumbency as bishop of the ward the splendid meeting house was erected to which be gave all the energy of his soul also the now new school house and he was be moving spirit in the erection of the old fourth ward meeting house was also a member of the building committee on the tabernacle when hen it was rebuilt ilia his character is exemplified in the testimony of one of I 1 the little members of hl his flock at chati that time who was in the kindergarten class of the sunday school the st ake superintendent was visiting the school and asked the class referred to what kind ind of a man bishop nelson was N wish ish in n to hold ills his energy and courage up as an example one little tot raised her hand and said lies hes a hurry up bishop besides being active in church work mr fr nelson was foremost lore most in in civic improvements prove ments and was one of the sound financial men of the county his means were always at the disposal of every proposition to build up the country in this connection he played a remarkable part in the emigrating of over 30 souls from the old country nearly all whom lie he assisted to bring here have made first class citizens ile he was one of the original in corpor acors of the first national bank and has served on its directorate since the beginning was also a director of the briham city roller holler mills co and tor for a number of years acted as manager of the institution milling was his profession fes sion but he found time to do many other things ile he leaves a wite wife and five children H his is first wife died ten years ao since when hen he be parried married again the memory of bishop james nelson will linger long in the community in fact as loss long as time lasts for the works which he has performed arc are ab leand stand tind as a to his sterling eterling character a cliar character acter which could rot not be daunted by hardship nor turned from the path of duty by any power whatsoever hat ile he was truly an example of the noblest work of god an honest man funeral services were held in the stake tabernacle yesterday at 12 ni bishop morris peters of perry in charge the speakers were elders morris denmark jensen james olsen david rees john L edwards richard thorn brigham wright john D peters pres L A snow V F davis datis and pres oleen N stohl beautiful eulogies were spoken some little history of the deceased was ghen the musical numbers rendered by the tabernacle choir were resting nov now beautiful isle some happy day shall I 1 receive a welcome home the prayers were offered by elders william wilham horsley and C ellas elias jensen thol i a long cortege accompanying tte tie remains from the home in perry to the tabernacle in this city and to the cemetery tho the floral floral emblems were beautiful and profuse for this time of the year |