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Show Jtir, m:i..ii iu:n. Old nt Ilia butt mill III Wrlirr ' Cnnioii l.n.t I'rlilii). imss Welsh, one of the oldsettleis o'ils city and county, died at his saw-wnin saw-wnin Weber canyon last Irlday aboJt Oojloekp m from pneumonia. It was MPried Irom Osklsy that night that Mrjttilil, hsd died from small pox, but Mnext day a report came that be had dlslfrom pneumonia, and that his remans re-mans eeuld be brought here for burial. Thjnews ol his death was a great shock to Is many friends and acquaintances lis place, (seems that asteral days before his tlsjh bs was out fixing the water In the ulliace and got wet, Irom which he eo'njrietej a severo cold, which turned jo nsomonla and caused his death. TJsbody was brought to Coalville finally and tnrled, esrvlces being bsld at lis cemetery. Tresis Cluff and Eld red and Elders Thomas Heard and ThoLss Copley were the spsakers, each of tru paid a high tribute to the de-"' de-"' ?h "Mon " services were heldatlSe cemetery was on account of the sjTportthat Mr. Welsh had died from smallpox! Although the report was pr'5 false, a great many people Ihougkt'fibeit not to met t In the build. I"S- JAira crowd of sorrowing friends nJ 'law" ""' f'"tni l ''" fieral whlernKowed that the deceased was wall Uwush't of. Ityl&tleatli of Mr. Welsh Coalville and EotUnlt county loiei a useful and goodijmlteti, He was an hfineit man, whlcrnaHselfJs a good character lor any tstsjjjfliewaetroeto hlsGod.and lequallyTsJ'to all mankind. All men havej,ll and failings, and notwllls-sUndli'ftte notwllls-sUndli'ftte fact that Mr. Welsh had his Ittti'be was a good, trne and up-1 right fMu and many tiroes It has been recnattal olhlnflthat.hls, word was as the lutober business, and aS, above stated, died at bis sawmill In Weber canyon. mooaArniciL. James Welih was born In lbs town of Greensck, Renfrewshire, bcotland, on tbe20lh day ot December, 1812. He Jslnedthe Church ol Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints In his native land whan a young man He emigrated to Utah about the year 1604, and ssttled first at Cottonwood, where he remained about two years, then moved to Coalville, Coal-ville, which place has been his home ever since. He made n trip back to tbe I'latte river allor emigrants, alter being hero for a short time, and some of the prominent clllientof this place returned with hlin across the plains. For many years he has been one of the presidents ol the twenty seventh quorum of termites term-ites In this Stake, to which office he wa most faithfully devoted, and remained 10 until the time ot his death. He leaves s wife and eleven children to mourn his demise, besides a host aot relatives and friends. |