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Show GEOKGE EVAlfi Laid Away. The Ust sad rile qver the reiiiuTi'ift it City Marshal George Evansw as held ri i p. in. Thursday, March 1st froHt'lh-meeting froHt'lh-meeting house, lilshup Andlcw' F)M of the 1st wnrd presided. After eioiiliii.' ny 11 quartett, ho read tho following sketch ol his life: ' George Evans, son o( llirdiop Davtd tivans and Uubecca Co'cman Evane; was born May 18th 1858 In Lehl City, t'ta)(. Was baptised a tiiciuberrjf the Church if Jesus Christ 0' Latter Day Saints' the 1st day of July, 1600. Spent moil of his early days in tubing. tubi-ng. He attended the ISrlgham Young Icademy and h1m Ihe University of Utah In the early 60's. He wont into Colorado with Joseph Thomas nnd J. M, Unit 011 contracting work when the D. AH. . Railroad was built through teie, and helped cut tome of (lie, big .unnels 011 the row I. In Dec. 1888, he iiuiirlfd Agues Tay-or, Tay-or, daughter of WillUui Taylor, and noreil to EurekH, where he peiil h lumber of yearn at the mines Itemuvt-d u Lehl where ho seived as Justice of he Peace during the yea's of 1604 und I8U5, and then rotiirned to tho mining llstrlci. He, with hla family, came tack to Lehl and sullied in a comfortable uome, and ull went well until March, IUU5, when the Angel of Death visited hem and the loving w.fe and mother vas taken. He served as Police In 1006 j vas elected City Marshal at the last ilectlou and was acting In that position1 vhen he wns taken sick. ,, w George Evana departed this life Feat Jllih, 1006, having tttrvtved his loving a-He a little lees thau one year, tie leaves six children (tlirto boys and t lire iltls), a mother, ttve sisters, eleven hulf-isters, hulf-isters, flvt hnlf-brotiiers mid a host of relatives and friends to mourn his loss,1 He was a good husbmid and lather, Vn honest and upright citizen nnd rcopected by all who knew him. City Attorney S. W. Hois spoke hi behalf of the City Council, briefly reviewing re-viewing bis public career both ns Justice of the Peace and City Marshal. Spoke of Ills honesty and his high idml of jus-lice jus-lice to all. He rend the follow ing Resolutions Reso-lutions of ltpspecl : , - - .u.(..:xis0ii 1 .h . f.tgntuttOM or iimi'iUt. Adopted by the City Council of Luhi City, to tlio memory of tho Lite City, Marshal George Evans, whodepaited. this life February 20, 1Q0U Whereas, It has pleased our Heavenly Father to call to himself our worthy and esteemed friend and co-laborer, co-laborer, George Evans; and Wherenf, We, the members of the City Council, feel it n duty Incumbent upon us, to exprete our sincere sympathy sym-pathy wjlh the. bereaved family, of our di parted I associate, whoso brief illness and death has to grieved us. He It therefore Itcsolved, That in tho death of Marshal Mar-shal George Evans, our City has lost 0110 of Its most efficient und reliablo otlicers and citizens nnd tho sudden removal re-moval of such a man from ourcummun-ity, ourcummun-ity, leaves a vacancy and shadow thnl will be deeply realized by nil, and will proro a grevious loss to our City, lie it furthermore Resolved, That with deep sympathy with tho alllicted relatives and friends of the deceased, we express an earnest and sincere hope, that time may soothe tho pain of oven so great n bereavement, bereave-ment, lie it further Kssolycd, Hint these resolutions be eutered on the minutes, that a copy bs presented to the family of the bereaved, be-reaved, and that the City Olticers attend the funeral services inn body, Adopted, Feb, 28, 1000. Slgued, Thomas Webb, Major., William Bone, ft S. I. Goodwin, Parley Austin. J, Matthias Peterson, " . HeijryLewh", 'Jj Couiicilineu. John Y Smith sang a solo, "Grave Where Is Tliy Victory." Wm. South' wick.sr., wns tho next speaker, who refered to George's life and his ncquaii-tunce ncquaii-tunce with the families of Uishop Evans and Wm. Taylor. , A. R. Anderson spoke of the Resurrection Resurrec-tion and tho blesstbgs the gospel have brought. The City Council attended the funeral in a body and also the Fire Dent, over which Marshal Evans was chief, followed fol-lowed tho remain, to the ceuietary. |
