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Show American Fork's Oldest Resident Passes Away James Crooks, Who Helped to Hulld the First Threshing Machine Oper-uled Oper-uled Here, Pies ut Aduinrcd Age of 111 years, ,", .Mouths, :t Hnjs. James Crooks, one of American Fork's llrst settlers and its oldest resident, resi-dent, died nt his home horo lust Sunday, Sun-day, aged Ul years, 0 mouths und 3 days Ho was ono of the city's first blacksmiths and with his brother, built the first threshing machine operated oper-ated hero. He and his father were Hit town's llrst blacksmiths, hut of late has boon engaged In farming, having secured his farm In exchange for building the threshing machine. He was always known us a good, faithful, hardworking, honest man Funeral services wero hold Tuesday Tues-day afternoon in tho Second ward Chapel, Bishop Joseph II. Storrs presiding pre-siding Addresses extolling the high character of tho deceased were made by President James H.' Clarke and Bishop J It. Hlndley. Tho ward choir furnished tho opening nud closing songs and Mlsa Klvu Chipman render, ed u colo Tho following blogrnphlcnl sketch was read: James Crooks was the son of i humus und Elizabeth Balrd Crooks. :i wns born In Plosnrt, Flfeshlio, .Scotland, February 10, 1823, Ho Joined the church in Scotland nnd on December UOth, 1813, with his I luthor, two brothers and threo sisters dOL imiU lor America. Atler ueuig on mo wator eignt. weeks, tnoy lnndeu in inow urlenus, In lan. Thoy wero suven weeks coming up tho Mississippi Missis-sippi Uiver to inuuvoo, ill. Tho pro-pnut pro-pnut Joseph Smith met them nnd gavo (.iieui a brict talk. After settling In .suuvoo ho joined tho rsnuvoo legion un-uer un-uer Captain bummcrvnie. Thoy wero umcu out ot iNuiiNoo in lSlti, nnd en-uurcd en-uurcd nil the hurUshlps tliat ilio saints ont tnrough. l.attor thoy settled In Unraou Urove, Missouri. Thoy lert in lbbl for Utah, arriving in Salt Lnko ulty, September -U, ioi. Hero thoy spent uiu winter. The following spring thoy cumo to American Fork, staying two years, when ho went to California, returning to American fork ihroo years later. He was called on u mission under dipt. Don Jones, oBtublishlug stations lor tho emigrants, emi-grants, ho married Anne Starmont in laul, they were blcsBcd with Bcven children, six boys aud ono girl. His wile uled in 18So nnd Inter he married Mnlriou ilarte. Ho is tho gruud'athcr of twenty graudchlldrcu. |