| Show ISAAC MANNING cianni N U 9 SER SERVANT I 1 VA NT DEAD EAD passes away at salt lake city hospital recently of old age LAKE CITY april april 14 isaaac manning tor for many ears servant tn in the household of joseph josep 1 i smith founder of the mormon church tiled died it st marks lioi hospital pital i last thursday Thurs da dai of old ald age the lils atory tory of this aged negro who 1110 is born in lit one of tho southern states j ma 12 18 1815 15 and who ho would bo be 9 ab eaid old a fe few weeks his ims been closely allied with j tho the history of the mormon church josiph smith the tile prophet got manning the latter was a oung flioy and took him into his iiii own oun household as its a servant man ning ind hia his sister who he was as lir lver mrs airs james jarnes and who datil in this city a few years ago N w ere both re tilney b tho the prophet and remained with ith him through ulli the troubles lea that resulted in tho the killing of joseph smith manning tanning was vas near hia his master when the latter waa was billed killed and the faithful benant ser ant prepared the body ot the prophet tor for tho the tomb after the killing of the prophet manning and his sister accompanied brigham loung oung the prophets prophet a successor to the nest est la in the for the promised land which resulted in the establishment of the original settlement in the valley nalley of the great salt lake manning was N as accompanied to utah by hia his sister and these two tuo enjoyed the peculiar distinction of being of the few negro member members of the mormon church they were the only negro pioneers settling in they were conspicuous figures at all of the tile nu aniu mil ii ami ad semiannual semi annual conferences confer encee of lie the church and oc cupid tile lie only cushioned seats in the vast ast auditorium alside fr from 0 ill those occupied by the leading leadin 9 0 attl fil bials of tho the manning a sister dald in lit silt i aike ake city a it fa f years iko it in 1111 advanced ae und aie sas buried by the church with tho tile custom try ser lees planning vaa uns nn an active member of the tho congregation of the he third ecclesiastical ward kard in lit till this illy presided over b 1118 nishon hop roscoe N I 1 ardley |
