Show another veteran done one by one they drop aawar another veteran lias has been laid to rest from saturday Satur daya 8 deseret news wo learn that elder john robinson of spring City died there oct in in the year of his age john robinson was wits from hill top west bro bromich staffordshire england and as tho bews yews says he was baptized into the church of jesus Jesua christ of latter day saints by elder theodore turley in 1840 and e emigrated in rated to nauvoo in april 1841 1 ife ho was there ordained to the office ofa of a seven seventy dec ec 1844 and placed in te the 1 4 1 quorum which e h 0 office fr ic ho lie re retained taine d until his demise demis so ho he passed through nil all the trials and persecutions of the saints until the fall of 1846 when he was driven out by tho mob at twenty y minutes notice aitho at tho point of tl alie ie bayonet having crossed the I 1 mississippi si sis sippi ippi river he and his famil family y were taken sick with ague and fever from which his wife never recovered being without means he lie was obliged to go down to st louis about a month after his wife died his ilia friends hearing bearing of his cond condition it io sent for him from england he went there and was called to preside over a branch of the church at birmingham which calling he honored lio nored until his return with the first hand cart company led b by y elder edmu edmund ud ellsworth he moved to spring ville utah co from there to manti sanpete co and from there to spring city where lie organized tb the e sunday school and was appointed superintendent which duty he lie filled to the satisfaction of the saints and died lied honored and beloved he leaves a wife eight children thirty four grand rind children and six great grandchildren grani grand children |