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Show In Last Resting Place. ' Itoraains of Titos Aubtou Laid . Away. s The funeral services over the remains Of Thomas Ashton were held from lh- tnootlng house last Saturday at 1 '-:"' p.m. Councilor A. II .Auderwu cm - C ducted the services, and the." choir rem B tiered tho slnginc, After prater br Elder Wm. South wick,- Klders Mills ol Provo, GeoflouthwIch,l'ra A. .'. Kvnnf B and Councilor A. R. Anderson spose, e each giving interesting accounts of the deceased. The casket Was completely t , covered with heautUal flowers. St After eulogies by tho speakers and L singing by the choir, benediction wes Bf' offered by Elder Heber O. Austin: j (Hfcu. A large carlegefaIlowedjjlbereMBjB JjCj-aflltjCSr"410 Ihelrjlasvrcstmg pjacis. . 7. . IllflPPr BIOGRAPHY. ? Thomas Ashton was born Nov. 7 iu B' Parr, Lancashire, England, anil died I' Jan. 22, 1003, heldg in his OUth.year. At L the age of IB yeaia he was asprenticed w' to a wheelright and carriage maker, I-, aerving six years. At expiration ohjjl ? ;; apprenticeship he went to work on the jt J London' railroad. IjLy Mr. Ashton married Mary Howatd yV' ' Nuv. 20, 1830, and he and his wife .vei fi ' the first to be baptucd members of the g. ' Mormon church at fit. Helens, Lancatb- fire, England Five ehlldreji were tyf". to them. Mrs. Ashton died Aug, 20, 1840 In Sept. ol tho same year Ik married Sarah E. Mills. She gave blitb to ono child and died in 18-5U Fub, 17 v 151 he married Arminta Lawrence a Council Bluffs, la., who gae hltth ! t9 elsven children. Two ol his llrst wfe' children liiinp, one ol second wife's and eight of thu third wife's. Forty-eight giand childien and tbirty-ciuht gita giand children survive him . ' Mr. Athlon euilprated to Amerfca in H41 and made his home at Skunk Blvei la Moved with, his family alter" tb A death ol iho Prophet Joseph Smith. v Took part iu n'l tho evota there. Fought for thr Mormous in the light at NauvoDand helped to work tho cat on that was made out of a boat shaft. Led Nauvoo at the final impulsion and trav eling to Winter Quarteri, and passlnii through alltt.1 events that happened thcro. On tho bieakfng up of Wintei Quartern, not having means to come to Utah, he moved hack to Council SMU, 1 where he lived til. 1851 , then came to Utah In Capt. M. Thelps' companj. Arrived In Salt Lako Ctty Sept. 7, Cauit toLehlOct 0 ol the same jear, wheie lie has icalded uver sinco. Took hh ao-' ao-' tive part iu early days in helping li couatruct water dltchos.bulld'iug bildgOf uud liwlped to erect ll)p present old - meetinghouse. WVauloctcdsIx limes s 1mSt "jii'ewbor of the clly council oi Uhi. |