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Show PIONEER OF BRIGHAM DIES; 91 YEARS OLD BRIGHAM. April 17. A pioneer Utah resident passed away yesterday In the person of John Evans of this city, who died at the Holy Cross hospital hos-pital at Salt Lake, after an Illness 'which seized him while attending Ihe , church conference. Mr. Evans was 911 years of age and came to this country in 1857, and to Utah in 1S61 when he j located in Brlgham, wnere he has lived ever since that date. He was born at Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Wales, and became a member of the L. D. b. church in 1S4S. Mr. Evans is survived by two sons, Thomas M. Evans of this, city and John Evans of Malad, Ida., and a daughter, Mrs. MatUe Berg, of this city; also thirteen grandchildren and twenty one great-grandchildren. " |