Show another veteran gone the deseret sews yaws informs us 0 of f the death of elder thomaa thomas rich of east Pot erville morgan count county and fir first et cousin to the late aposto apostle charles C rich he ile was with tha the latter in the battle of crooked river assisted in carrying col david patten from the field and afterwards waa was arrested in company with P P pratt geo D grant alex A lex mcrae and others and im m prisoner in richmond jail ray county mo he ile stood airi firm and true t through rough all the trials from far west to the expulsion at sit nauvoo he lie was well acquainted with the prophet joseph and assisted many t times in protecting ting his person he ile came to utah utah in 1850 was captain in the militia in the echo canyon war and figured conspicuously as a scout and ranger under lot smith and 0 P rockwell doing efficient his record as a minister of the goabel is none the less bright he was ordained early to the ace office seventy and wherever his voice was heard it was lor for truth and perhaps no one left his testimony in more positive and earnest terms in the organization of the morgan stake of zion he lie was chosen a member of the high council a position he lie honorably filled being at time of his death a much and honored member of that body he ile was a good father and and saint peace to his ashes |