Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-09-11

/ lelleFh, Nv ulLiuffaff Ou INV hNAhu
sle read; "Julia A, Whilm5r, died
Feb. 2j, 1859, aged - year., Is iaye."
Ia tue Oid HichmOnu graveyard hitu-
uiui north Of the town ttue new one l.
WesD rests the earthly remaius Uf
Peter Wuitmer, senior, IA whose house
the Cuufoh was ofgauiz II April o,
1880. 10 Seneca Co., n. ~; also ms
/ wife Mary, the only woman who was
puvil egrd to behold the plates from
which the Book OF Mormon was tram
lateu; they were shown g. her Ia her
own d0Otyafd In Fayettc BY holy
mt BseugrE Also ia 1u Wutr or, Une
VI the eight witnesses u the Book VI
! Mormon, was burieI In the oil Rich.
mund graveyard. by his side lies
| Oliver CDwdery, one OF the three wit.
uoees, Martin Hafrs, the utuer one
| VI the three Witnesses, II hufiel in
/ CiafkslOn, Utah. Hiram Page, an
| other # thc eight Witnesses, IL burned
la the western part OF Ray county.
| John WhitmUr diei In Far West,
| Caldwell county, Mo-, bat hie remains
were Inferred at Kingston, the present
county seat u Caldwell. Peter Whit
mer Jr., aud Christiau Whitmer,wefu
both buriul ia the western part " Clay
ciunty, Mo. JOseph smith, 81, aud
hyfum Smith, the other twI VI The
| eight witnessrf, were Inferred IN Neu
voO, Hancock c0uny, Illinois. IN
communication written 10 the NEWS
/ previously nave given dates ard
other particulars CONCERNING thtsu
men, whose hvCs anu testimony are ~
Cl.sCiy con, ocitu win the coming
iOtth NJ tue "Nephltu recOfI,' Ne the
late DsvIu WIN met ttylis tie BJlk
VI Mormon, anu rise " tn Church Of
ChrsI IA thtsu the lat days. The
exact a,Ut Ia Richmond whu,u Ohvtf
COwdufy trrattud ni- last waH nitu
tUiu,ed out 10 me touny; but tho hUute
~ which he died has DO IA taken IOWA
long ago.
it,y county was originally part OF
Howard OUuuty, but by Hrt ol the
legislature app owed Nov. 10, 1870, l.
take fleet Jan. 1, 1874, II wss formally
% ganiLrd AS srpnfate anu disuuc,
county, AM naneu IA hUuUr - thr
Hon. John Ray, Que OF the deiu nus
from hOwAfl county TO the clnvvpltn
winch met IN 81, Louis, ~ Juur, 1919,
tor the purpose Oi lramiug hsntr uvn-
sdtuiiOn preparatory 10 thu sdnitsiOu
VI Missouri INTO the Unilu, B.uii.Ou,
now extinct, Situated UD the bnuka VI
tue Missouri fivut was the temporary
county seat until 1891, when tue pt,t-
cut titu OF RichmOnd was selected tor
tho sVat ~ Justice, Ruu toWnsilt
-ufyeJod that snmu yeN.. 10 l'-1 suu
1879 court house anu "a jail were builf,
ban u lOgs. The jail which was
hnHhed Ia the tall Of 1875 was the
same Ia whiou Farley A.. Pratt and
l"ii 'w'pr!touefs spent tie winter ~
1888 30. IL Is thus described Ia the
history 90 Ray county. "lhc all was
iog iaUnc VI very RUE aLu pr,nr
i've KIND. lhv uuly entrance was n
stairway, on tho 0utsidt, ivaIing to n
solitary lOOr { vt opened iutO kinu
u yarfut, ia thu ilIpr OF when was IA
lfal -iOOf, Or hatchwny. Through tnls
the pfis Incfs, by means OF u ladder,
dtfCvnded 4 the dungeon Thi, Jau
mas long ago been removed and thv
site Ia now occupied by a blacksmith
shop owned uy a Mr.. Powell, IL l.
hsif block east VI the uorlhoast
corner Of tho present ItchmonI cJur,
houso square, on the north side Of thv
street. The lOg hOuse, A. which
Joseph smith the PrIpuv. rebukel tue
gusrJ was ON lhu rams street (N0rth
Main ttfeetl further west; but thr
AAANA NlNA NitNN " tAuNAt N AhA AhNN o.
10y the present Inhabitants OF Rich.
mond. The old Mhitmer residence,
where David Mhilmef, the witnts.,
died, isun south Maiu street Gus blvck
east Of the court house square. 10 l.
Low occupied by his daughter, Mrs.
Schwelch. Tue house la wuicl OliytT
C0wdery died Stood one blocA east VI
the Whitmcr residence.
la NA. kNaFUNu "a HuU f,unUFu 1 HuN
the following:
"Ray county furnished age mum.
Der VI soldiers for BOTH afmivH M the
late civil war vino tore themselves
bravely Ia some OF the hAfI fought
battles Of the war, adding new iuser
20 the military houOrs alTtaJy won by
the county.
"rhe numi or OF volunteers from
Ray county that enlisted Ia thr south
urn Armies IL yatiously estimated nj
from five 10 oil. ht hundred. A ualoTi.
~ OF this number enlisted under Gen.
Sterling Price tue first year OF tue war,
1851. Tho number Of
volunteer. furnished by Ray c0unty
Tor the Federal army IL estimated at
about lg0O.n
This sterling Price refetred TO In the
foregoing h the same Price who treated
Joseph Smith and fellow prisoners W
cruelty while they were Kept IN chains
inRichmOnd awaiting the mock trial"
under Judge Austin A, King. Treason
was one OF the charges nrt frTTed against
the Prophet, who was a. true And loyal
to his country ~ any Of the lovers Oi
the Union possibly could be; but Prior
turned against his government und
fought desperately during the civil
war to overthrow the same.
ANDUEW JrNgON.