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Show t ' ; THE FUNERAL I ,' ' .' Tho funeral services ovor the remains , .', . ol Kdwnnl W. Edwards wero held from V tl' Tabernaclu on Tuesday at 1 o'clock riL ' ). m. Counselor A. R. Anderson pro Wm' Z--, sided. Tho choir rendered the singing r .""' The opening prajer was offered liy V Elder Win, Southwick. 8ininj, '0. i Sr 'y father." Tlio speakers wero Elder jfNf Thos. 11. Jones, High I'rlcsts Win O ' Clark and Juhn Austin and Counselor HaL-- I A. II. Anderson. lach speaker dwell '3u' upon tho noblo character and faithful- 'r Mn- ncssof the deceased. Hoisted the many i Jk - positions he held In tho Church of Josus fi 'i Christ of Latter Day Saints and how Bmhi truo he was to every trust. Said he Sr ' vvnsa man of a IovIiik disposition hav- 9g&sj?"-' S Ing no enemies but n host of friends. ffT Tho services closed by tho choir slug- , j, ing hymn on pago 400 "Ileal." . ' l Benediction by A. II. Anderson. SKBTCII OF THE I.IFK OR K. W. KBW'AR.IS. m . W, Edwards was born in Cor- marthenshire, Wales, March 3," 18.11, . and joined tho Church of Jesus Christ Pot Latter Day Smuts in the mouth of September, 1810, and moved from Coriunrthciishiro to Zennelly, where he was appointed president of that branch i of tho church until the cpringof 1864, " when he left his native home for Amer- ( fen and landed in Now York In June, tho same ) ear, and la tho Ural part of f ji , August, 1854, he moved nest to Illinois Jgt nnd remained there until the spring of f. " 1805, nnd then moved to 3t. Louis, Mo. ! A. Company of fifty went tinder the di- rectlon of Eraslus Snow to Fort Klley, Kansas, to build the fort, and Mr. Ed- L ' wards was appointed teacher of tho I camp by Bishop Chris Chord. The i camp brokn up and the company re. turned in tho full of tho same year tn f, ' Bt. Louis in November and remained 'r, thero until the spring of I860, and then Wf '. went up to Florence, Neb. Remained (t-jt there until tho camp was ready to move f v out on tho plains with the first hand !r cart company. Crossed tho plains In &' charge of Captain Edmorid Ellworth fir- ' The company traveled freo from sick- ffliL. ness most of tho way, thero being only Mfcy one death and one birth on tho trip. WmM Arrived on tho piitillc square In Salt Jr - SaU'iLako City, Oct. ff, 1850, and he iLmiiM'Ti''''"' Qnt n P'WolIy.vork:Str HHHHrUulJsapillrFLiltlo Cotton wod cat)' wpii.is?w Jpwi yon jn t)(j 8prjn(j cf 1857 10 moved '" south to Spanish Fork nnd hired out to Bishop Buttler and worked for him until un-til tho move south. When Johnson's army came ho went to tho White Mountains Moun-tains exploring, and nfler tho soldiers enmo in ho returned to SpanUh Fork nnd went to Camp Floyd to work al his trade ns tailor. Moved to held in the spring and was married to Amends Evans, who died on tho 25th of March, 1882. Thov had eleven children, eight boys und three girls, six of whom are living, five being dead. He was or-nlncd or-nlncd a Seventy in the 50th Quorum in Spanish Fork and was transferred to tho 08th Quorum oi Lehl Was a , block lencher for many j ears. Died at Am. Fork nl his daughter's Nov. 20, 11103, at 10:1b a. in |