Show A CALLED BY DEATH came to brigham city in 1853 active in civic and church affairs t 1 6 4 1191 71 1 K 4 patriarch james olsen patriarch james olsen age sa years died monday morning at at the family residence south ath west street of ailments incident to old age mr olsen came to brigham city in october 1853 when but 14 years of age with a company of 0 emigrants rants in charge of the late john H forsgren and was among the first scandinavian saints to settle box eli der county mr olsen was born march 27 1839 at Ha serles near aalborg denmark I 1 a son ot of the late christian J and annie nielsen olsen he was baptized into the church ot of jesus christ of 0 latter day saints saint in his native land I 1 nov 6 1852 and on december loth of 0 that year left copenhagen for utah with the first organized company ot of saints from scandinavia the company being in charge 1 of captain juha joun 11 I 1 forsgren I 1 shortly after arriving in this city he be assisted in the erection ot of three houses one of which was the first I 1 meeting and school house built in this city lie he passed through all the trials and hardships of pioneer life and has assisted in the building up ot this community from its inception on april 15 1860 he was called I 1 with others from box elder weber I 1 11 and ad davis counties to go bade back to lV winter inter quarters with ox teams to assist in bringing emigrants to utah there were 62 wagons iu in the company and after traveling 2100 miles returned in april mr olsen married marle petersen of logan january 28 1862 the ceremony being performed by the late bishop alvin alvia nichols ire he and his N wife lie moved to logan in and atter after residing chere 4 years removed to college ward here he served as first counselor to bishop oscar dunn for some nine years in april 1881 he left tor for a mission to denmark returning in november issa he returned to brigham city to reside in 1900 after coming coining to brigham he served for several years as counselor to president burt of the high priests quorum he was ordained a patriarch in the box elder stake august 29 1915 a position he held at the time of his death his wife died october 2 1916 and since that time lie he has been living with his daughter mrs sadle sadie 0 pett surviving are nine sons and two daughters as follows james lorenzo joseph hyrum lovenus alma nepal erastus and moses olsen all residing in cache county and mrs sadle sadie 0 pett and mrs lana wight both ot of this city also sa 85 grand children and 54 great grand children funeral services wilt will be held thursday afternoon at 2 at the stake tabernacle in in this city interment will bo be in the city cemetery |