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Show Laid to Rest. The funeral services over Jho remains of John S. Webb was held nt tho residence resi-dence on Sunday afternoon when a largo number wns present, lip. Cut-I6r Cut-I6r hadcharjtoof the services. The speakers woro Win. Curtey, John Austin, Aus-tin, Win. Southwlek, A. M. Davis Win. Hall, and Dp. Cutler, all of whom spoke highly of the deceased nnd offered offer-ed words of consolation to the family. A largo procession followed the remains to the cciuetnry. oiitTU nv John Stokes Webb was born on Nov. 20. 1831 at Htttdlmm, Bedfordshire, Ihiglaud and died nt 1-eM Jan. 27, 1809. He was the oldest son of William unit HinmaWebb, He embraced the (los-lel (los-lel of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints In 1818; married Hannah Grace, Ids present wife, on I'ob. 18, 1851. Thuy emigrated to Utah In 1851, sailing fiom Liverpool on the ship, Marslilleld, on April 8 and arriving iu Salt Lake City in Novemberol tno sauw jenr. They settled iu I-chi In February 1855 where ho lived up to 'he time of his death. Being among the (list settlors, ho passed pas-sed through many tij lug scenes o! pioneer pio-neer lifo and suirercd during tho hard times of tho grasjhoppcr war He helped hel-ped to build the Utah Conttnl Hallway ami worked on It for 0 years. He tilled several responsible positions. Ho was n Sunday School teacher nnd n ward teacher for many years nn 1 waa a member of the 03th quorum of Seventies. Seven-ties. He was u director of tho Leh Irrigation Co, for several years. He was of a retiring disposition but ever faithful and true to every trust and never swerved In his belief iu tho Gospel. He was the father of 0 sous and l daughters, .1 of the sous linviug preceded him to the Spirit World. |