Inter-Mountain Republican | 1909-01-17 | Page 11 | News of Utah and Adjoining States

t I NEWS Of VI AH AND ST A IES Ii r PIONEER MORMON MOR DIES DIESi i AT HOME IN PAYSON t r t Associate of Joseph Smith at ati i Arrived Nauvoo-Arrived Nauvoo Arrived in iii int i t t Utah 1847 J v 3 s Republican R S Special Service c J Pa sou Jan o oc 16 momas t Thomas P. P Saturday Mr Ir rr Cloward was born In Chester count Penna l county Pennsylvania Pennsyl anla vania December 10 10 io IS 1323 3 He Ho joined l the Latter Day Saints church in IS 1842 He lie moved to Nauvoo in 1841 and was ws there at the time of the assassination s of r Joseph and Hyrum Un-um Smith Mr Cloward knew the thc prophet and arid served under him In the Nauvoo Legion Mr r. Cloward wa was married to Mary ary Page March 25 5 1847 and was called to go o I Vc t With lt h a band of or Pioneers who r rived ij ed i in Salt Lake valle valley July 24 2 1847 1347 Ho ic assisted in raising the Stars and strIpes the same da day I Mr Ur Cloward found his occupation of of valuable to the new S 'S settlers and made the th first IJ pair lr of shoes liOe In Salt Lake Lak City Tn In 1 1852 1 he became a resident rf ilent of or Provo and as assisted lS- lS s In building a a. fort to protect thc the t people from froni the thc Indians Ho lie served In the tho Walker alker war under Gen General ral i Conover er He Hc was married to Mary Iary A. A Gardner September 1 1 1853 1353 and moved to Payson son In 1861 where he helias i has lias E since nce resided Mr r. r Cloward served in the Black Dlack Hawk k war under General William wlllIam V Mcclel n. n ami anti was always to the front In defending the people and their hoi homes es from attacks He was wag also one of the prime movers in the construction construction r tion of the the Salem canal which cost In Inthe tIle the neighborhood of and made possible one of the richest fields j in hi our Western c tern country countr He lie Ic has hag also alio been identified in many ways wars the building up of this section of r the country I Mr Cloward was waR the last hist of or th the the pioneers of n IS-n in this locality II IIla He la Se survived by b a large larg-e family of or chil chil- dren grandchildren g and great grand grand- I children I