Show julius mcelprang passes away tuesday in kanae kanab julius mcelprang 88 died tuesday jan 13 in kanab ot of causes incident ito ago age norn born dec 5 1853 in maribo mariba county denmark lie he was a son of pede Ma matheson theaon and ami margaret hofle mcelprang prang with his parents he came to america at the age of af three his parents had joined allo LIDS church in 18 1851 51 after which his f father a was called to fill a mission dur ing this time his mother was waa making preparations for the trip to america they were well to do in De but sold all their possessions posses slona there and came to this country in 1856 the trip required seven weeks in an open opel sailing vessel and athey first settled in nauvoo Nali ill at place they wore were placed in kameta petersons company and made the journey from there by ok 0 team they arrived in salt lake valley in the tali all of the year and after a few weeks there were sent to settle wai what at Is now cedar city living in the fort at that place pedor peder mcelprang helped build the first house in cedar city and abid owned the tha second home there prior to this time the family in euliar awhile the child re aler to make the acobes adobes be a home julius mee mcelprang larang spent his childhood and grew to manhood in the pioneers settlement of cedar city and on dec 18 1879 married martha perkins ns daughter at william and jane ns in the st george temple on april 3 1885 he was married in the same temple to margaret jane stephens daughter of john and elizabeth stephens stepheni pioneers from wales to this union were born nine children seyen of whom survive wm win J mattle al cutler art frank gwen schoenfeld and blanche mcelprang El prang all of kanab and willard mcelprang of glendale GIen dale and 33 grandchildren and one great grand child in his youth mr air mcelprang prang had freighted to nevada and in 1889 went to joseph city arizona where ahei a ho he engaged in she sheep 11 ral raising sing later he purchased a flock of angora goats and wasilie was the drat to bring goats into southern utah about 46 45 years year ago ho he moved to johnson where he farmed and rals raised ed ca cattle to a year ago when he moved into kanab funeral services will be held tomorrow at afternoon PI aday at 2 00 pm in kanab 0 |