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Show Short History of Bishop Preston . Finest Type of Pioneer, Prominent in Church, State and Business. Loved By All In the death of Bishop Preston Logan Lo-gan loses one of her early settlers, a man who was closely connected with the life of the city from the earliest times. He was fond of gathering his grandchildren about him and telling them about the hardships he underwent under-went In the first years of the settlement, settle-ment, when the Indians were dangerous danger-ous and the necessities of life hard to procure. "When I am gone I want you boys to remember all this," he would say to them and now that the grandfather Is gone the grandchildren ' ' arc the Tloher by many pleasant mem-"orles mem-"orles of these grandfather stories. Bishop Preston was always very re-'' re-'' spectful of the rights and wishes of others. When he first came to Logan ha selected for himself the block now occupied by the Flemings, Budges, Champs and others. This he gave up to Brother Benson and went to live on what Is now known as the Maug han corner. Finding that the Maughans wished to have the land he withdrew to another corner of the block and bult the Preston homestead, where he resided until he went to live In Salt. Lake to fil the office of presiding bishop. That was twenty-four years ago, and though he came up to Logan every summer to live on his ranch he is better known to the older people of Logan than to tho rising generation. And ao It is with the early days that he is most intimately connected. Seated on the piazza of the old homestead home-stead at the corner of First East and First North, he used to like to look around at the various results of his labor the old home, the tabernacle, the tithing office as he used to say had had a hand In building everything in Logan. His eye used to rest with especial pleasure on a walnut tree in tho corner of the yard which had grown from a nut which he had brought from his old home In Virginia during one of his visits. The tall, shapely tree that had grown from the little Virginia nut was only one of the thousand little objects about the place that made It dear to him from their association. Bishop Preston's life was that of a worker in many vineyards. Born in Virginia In 1830, he went to California in 1849, was a farmer tnere for several 'years and in 1857 was baptized Into the church of Latter-Day Saints. Vie next year he came to Utah and mar ned Miss Harriet Ann Thatcher. He first settled in Payson and then came to Cache Valley where he was active in the upbuilding of Logan city. He was a member of the territorial legislature, legis-lature, a missionary in Europe, mayor of Logan, president of Cache Stake and presiding bishop. Besides holding so many positions of trust In church and state he was also keenly interested interest-ed in educational affairs and' had many and varied (business Intercuts. He was one of the finest types of pioneer, pio-neer, had countless friends and was probably better known throughput the state than any man in Cache County. The-funeral will be held today to-day at Salt Lake at 12 o'clock. The remains will be brought in the afternoon after-noon to Logan, where they may be viewed 'at the old homestead. ' Services Ser-vices will be heldin Logan on Thursday Thurs-day In the tabernacle at 12 o'clock at which many of the leading ohurch authorities will be present. |