The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-01-31
IN MEMORIAM,
Resolutions of Respect for Charles
Shelton, of Heber City.

To the Editor of THE HERALD:
HEBER, Jan. 26th, 1885.
We regret to announce the death OF
Elder Charles Shelton, who after a
short illness died at his residence, in
Heber, on the 10th January. inst, aged
90 years and months. At a meeting
of the High Priests of the Wasatch
stake OF Zion on Saturday, the oath, in
Heber, J. X Murdoch presiding, the
following resolutions were passed:
WHEREAS, In the Providence of God.
it has become our sorrowful duty to
mourn the loss of our dear departed
br ther Charles Shelton, who has been
clerk OF our quorum for nine years. AS
oxen of our regard for the lamented
deceased, and to condole with his
family, II is resolved, that as members
of the High Prize IT'S quorum, we have
sustained a great loss in the death OF
Brother Shelton; that we recognized his
high intellectual ability and faithful
ness, and will ever remember our plea
SAINT associations with him, and whose
kind and cOrteous presence will ever re-
main fresh in our memories.
ReSolrcd, That we tender our sympa-
thies to the family of the deceased, and
join them in their mourning.
ReSolUed, That we join with his family
in erecting monument to his memory
ReSOlved, That a copy of these reso-
buttons (although inadequate to fully
express our sorrow be transmitted to
hi: family, spread upon the records of
this quorum and published in THE SALT
TAKF HrpArn opd nasozof Ne,ro
Charles Shelton was born September
18th, 1924, in Fredericton, n. B.. was
baptized December 18th, 1852, at South
ampton, York County, n. B.. by Elder
Phillips. His wife, whose'maiden name
was Rebeca Ann Dow, was at the time
a good Latter-day Saint, and was the
means of bringing him into the Church.
In 1854 he started for Salt Lake, with
his wife and children. While on the
road the cholera broke out and
he lost his wife and five children, land
ing in Salt Lake City with one little son,
who still lives, September 10Th of the
same year. After remaining III Salt
Lake City for season, he removed to
Provo, and was tithing clerk for six
years, and appointed president OF the
elders quorum. He removed to this
county in the spring of 1862, and taught
school about two years In 1854 he was
called on mission to his native
country, and returned in 1868. He
again settled in Provo, and taught
school for several quarters. In the
spring of 1870 he moved again
to Heber City, since which time he has
ably filled the following offices, viz:
county clerk for fourteen years, county
recorder for eight years, stake clerk for
seven years, clerk for the high priests
quorum for nine years, also teacher of
one of the ward districts. He married
again on June Sd, 1855, to Miss Gather
inc Hill. by whom he had three chill
dren. He afterward married Miss
Susan Jane Wilkins, by whom he had
eight children, leaving a widow and ten
children to mourn his loss. Brother
Shelton was inferred in the Heber
Cemetery. January 10Th, and was fol-
lowed to the grave by large number OF
friends, filling sixty-one large sleighs.
Thus has passed away to the "home
above" one of the noblest of Gods
children, KIND. honest anu truunTuI, ana
always faithful, to await the time when
he will again be called forth in the
resurrection of the Just
HENRY CLEGG, Secretary pro tenn.