Ogden Daily Standard | 1903-06-17 | Page 8 | James E Daniels Dead

JAMES E DANIELS DEAD provo june 1 james ephraim daniels one of provos oldest and most rc specter citizens died at his home in abo first ward at 5 this mor ninar of general debility after being ill all winter the deceased was born february 9 1825 in manchester england his parents were james daniels and elizabeth fi althouse with his family bo came to the united states in the fall of 1812 landing nt new orleans mr daniels passed through all the hardships in the early days of the mormon church in quincy and nauvoo he came to utah in 1850 and in december of that year went to payson to found that place his being the fourth family there in 1833 ho moved to provo his family and worked at his trade that of carpenter until 1870 when he became assessor aad collector of utah county he also held the offices county recorder clerk and treasurer and also city alderman mr daniels has also figured prominently in the military affairs of the county lie served as a bugler in the echo canyon war and was afterward lieutenant colonel first regiment uenh county militia he was commissioned by gov durkee and held the rank until the atah militia wua disbanded mr daniels waa married to elizabetn J jones and to them four children were born mrs la prele mra J T jamea E daniels jr and joseph E daniels mrs daniels died a number of years apo and the deceased married marilla J miller who survives him