| Show pioneer citizen called by death on friday nov jefferson tidwell one of the best known and most highly respected citizens of wellington passed to his reward extreme age being the principal cause of death the funeral was held from the wellington ward meeting house monday nov 24 B shop E E branch presiding the house was filled to overflowing by the relatives and friends of the deceased the ward choir rendered some beautiful singing prayer was pronounced by elder oliver T harmon and the th speakers were E S horsley president A W horsley henry G mathis and john potter of price and orange seeley of Castl Cast edae ledale A large cortege followed the remains to the cemetery where tho the grave was dedicated by elder edgar thayn jefferson tidwell fourth in a family of seven was born oct 7 iff O 0 ig 6 in charleston dark clark county indiana at an early ago his parents moved to nauvoo ill he ile was there when prophet joseph smith and his barotti er hyrum were martyred marty red in 1844 june ath 1852 he left for utah in his fathers company of saints who arrived in pleasant plea ant grove utah in september of the same year here he spent hia his boyhood until the winter of 1857 8 which ho be spent in lot smiths company in echo canyon ho fought in the blackhawk Blaek hawk L wk and walker wars and in june 1859 when president smith called on some saints to softie in sanpete county jefferson with his father moved to M ML pleasant here her e on dec 16 1860 he was man danied led to sarah seeley to this union 11 children were born two of whom died in infancy the remaining nine three girls and six boys survive him namely W J john F P hyrum J R orange and david A tidwell and sarah S thayn mary 31 strong and hannah barnes he was the first bishop of indianola where numerous indian families joined the church in 1877 president young called on him to ta explore what is now carbon emery and wayne counties coun tle with a view of settlement when ho he delivered his message to president Y young 0 u n g the latter told him that if he lie w would 0 u I 1 d bottle settle on white river now price river ho he would soon be on one of tho the great thoroughfares of the nation A prediction later ve verified rifled by the construction of the rio grando grande in response to this bishop tidwell settled on wellington townsite iown town sito in october 1879 bishop tidwell has always been a faithful worker both in the church and in the building up of the country he lie was a husband a kind father and a friend to all who know knew him in attendance at tho the funeral from a distance word werd the following rel atiles orange and wellington seeley of Cast ledale hyrum seeley of indianola john H wm H and joseph seeley and john tidwell and emeline smith of mt pleasant |
