Show ANOTHER NOTED CALLED pat patriarch john smith answers final summons monday last patriarch Patri mch john smith theare the presiding patriarch of the church of jesus christ of latter a da 3 sain saints t a depar departed teJ this life at his hii residence in salt lake citi at 11 35 3 mon on diy daiy evening lie ile was I 1 fifth fill presiding pi patriarch of the church in this thia dis sensation pensa tion ion aril ard ucb at ti a ten fen of arum smith anil in garden barden 0 he o was born september 22 1832 in kirkland gauga now lake aunt t ohio his mother died abile he was quite boung ird the martyrdom of his father left him an orphan dt at an carla earl time of his career lie ile was as been identified mth all the wanderings of the church arid and shared in its persecution while a boy ho he had to take the part usually played b bi men of mature age driving a team while cro crosing sing the plains Nor corking ork king mc hard ba b day and Bt anding buarl at night in Sept ebmer 1848 1843 he arrived in the allen of great sa sail it lake as it was then called and took up the libers of t i pioneer and frontiersman in the spring of 1850 with othere he was enrolled in a compano of he horsemen t semen called the battalion of life guards for the of standing guard or gome out at a minutes warning to pro hect the tha settlements from ma hands bands of indians indiana this thia service ervice continued for TO h years and during all that period he was waa required to keep on hand a saddle horse and everything for that purpose this and other public duties h bad d to be ba performed in to earning the necessary 3 provisions for the keeping 0 of f the family ile he vas ordained a patriarch on february 18 13 1855 under the hands of president brigham young heber C kimball and jeddiah II BI grant in april 1862 he was called to talc a mission to and in the may following he started to cross the plains on horse back for the put pur rose of filling this maision mi ision passing through many hardships and dangers during the trip on the return trip across th the plains in 1861 lie he had charge of a company of go 60 wagons w in all reaching salt lake lahe in october lie he was perfectly conscious until the last ind pas cd boji peacefully s purro li his family famili after a brief attack of pneumonia john smith was a great man both in his church and as a citizen of tile the state his demi demie demic c is a distinct loii logg to the state and is mourned by his acquaintances a c wherever he wis was known |