| Show JOHN W COONS DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS prominent in religious and political life of sc ter county count for many yf ars this morning john W coon oi ore c of fields early settlers pissed passed away at his home surrounded by his wife ire and family after an I 1 liness last ag rig aeral everal months the immediate immedi ite cause of big demise was II righta desei disena di c although other complications were manifest throughout hn illness john W coons y wnm as ail active figure in ti tie the e religious and political history of nf sevier altey alley lie he V vaa all both born in bethlehem lona on delem her ber 7 1853 and camo to utah with hii big pi parenti renti in 1865 settling in pro provo 0 valley tie he came to lo sevier dulev in he wag married to elia ann ogilvie at salt lake on january 1 vi 25 1875 and as issue e of this marriage there are five sons and three daught daughters furs all of whom with his hia wife survive him his children are bishop G W coons charles coons jay coons edmond coons coons mrs charles ogden mrs will lawson allot Rich neld and mrs charles luca enis of park city there thare are 13 grandchildren in the famili faill decedent was an ardent sunday school worker end and was stake superintendent erin as well ell as local ward superintendent of sunday schools for a long period of 0 years he wag VIM also president of the quorum of seventies tor for 12 years and was energetic along other religious lines i in a political way john coons was wag a prominent nent figure in the days of the peoples party and also after the division on an national party lines he was a peace officer in the early days and served as Rich fields city marshal manhal for six years yara was a deputy sheriff under I 1 sheriff W H dark clark with ahon honi la 13 na was wao closely associated arid and was we elected for seven terms he as sheriff of sevier county while acting as sheriff he had an encounter with S F mount while the latter was in an intoxicated condition and when attempting to arrest mount sheriff coons was wag struck a heavy re revolver olver on the head lie he clung to his prisoner and lodged him in jail ail but he was in bed for two months montha from the wound of late the effects of this wound was wan apparent in lapses of memory and other distressing symptoms mr coons retained his faculties to the end and summoned his family around him just before he breathed his last all the tha sons and daughters were present with their mother as his hia spirit winged its flight to its maler maker he was wag highly respected by all who knew him and his hia circle of friends reaches over the state funeral services will bo be held in n the th ird ward chapel un on sunday at I 1 Oc laek |
