Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-02
DEATH or JESSE ". FOX,
Al Old, Respected and Useful Citizen
Passes 10 His Rest.


mOflNlllI w hNhNAltul 9tHtNA"ha N'N'A
uayl morning at 7.l5, while ON q urioi
visit &, that place. Elder Fox was 70
yeae OF age on Saturday last and In
the afternoon Of that dsy he went 20
B9unuiul His illness WIS very 0rio'
and the immediate cause OF death WAC
neuralgia u the heart lie body wa
brought TO Salt Lake yesterday aud BILE
funeral Will ue hgii from tho Assembly
Hall on Wednesday afternoon next
beginning ai O'Clock.
Jgisu Williams Fox, son Of Samuel
and Lucy Williams Fox, vas born ON
March Slsl, 1919, near Adams Centre,
Ionoron County, Sow York. lie was
% tenth child " family % ton sons
auI three daughters. Ho had uu
academic education and taught school
iu Jefferson County, Sew N0fb, and ut
other places. Hr was the companion
oi jams Keep in their b0yhooI. The
latter being bound out, was oppressed,
when young IuN'a symphthIus lui him
90 aid MIN 20 90 10 Canada, which We
the stepping stone 90 the renowned
krcr5s financial power
he enforced the Gospel early In tine
fotitn aud reached Nauvob, ili
nola, only Ia time % Foe the
remains OF the mar,ytcd propho, AMI
Patriarch, Joseph and Hyfum Smith,
they having previously closed their
eyes iu death. From thH tme on hu
followed his favof.tc occupation, school
teaching. Win his C0-rUlg iuuists Ut the
Church, he len Nauvoo aud came %
Winter Quarter, frmsiniug there until
the Hpfng uf 1917, when hr was sent
iy President Young 10 his old homo
iu New iOrk on mission In hope
that the change OF climate aud scenes
would recruit bic health. IL h not 10 be-
wondered that Brother F0x's health
hnd failed, when We realize tho scenes
Uf want and suisflng through
which the people " tue Church
Tllsrd from tho hour of the mnrtytdom
90 tho spring az 'i1-Whtn We
realise the strong aympatuies Of Broth
Fox. The facts ave, although pos.
ftsari Of ample means for HE own
comfort aud support, uu shared with
the rll lCitd people every thing hu
lHsscsstI and would have died had not
llo Lord prompted His servant 10 send
him on "a mission o. New York. A.
~ wac, bc did good work, aud hap.
tEed "a number Of his Kindred auj
utnrf prominent people iui0 tnoChutch.
la thespfing uf lsi0 he again Joined
the Saints, j0urneying westward, at
Council Bluffs, whore ON the .uu 0i
June OF that year hu was married 90
Eliza J. Gibbs by the late a postlu Geo.
~. Smith. lie was organized iu the
company Of Captain dully'a
MY. When the train reached
the Loup Fork they were attacked by
the terrible auuuTgu OF cholera, which
followed IN the wake OF the Cali.
iltuiA gold seekers, many Of whom died
uu the boats on tue Missouri
river ana on the Plain., A mum.
ter Of the Saints became vic.
Tins OF the scuuTge, among the
rect Captain Gully, anu were buried
on the east side VI the river. The
company was delayed several days
nt this point on account OF high
water, and was only delivered from
tleir peril by the hand Of a kind
Providence. They had no means OF
frrfylug, while tho dread disease was
dtcimatiug thcirmuks;thoy according.
ly gave Themselves 10 lasting aud
prayer, when, ~ use Brother Fo1is
own language, the power OF God
was as manifest In their dcliv-
'ruucu NJ was that wherein an.
Irut Israel was led with safety
through their perils IA the
Rod Sea, tor roadway was
thrown up during tho night,
formed Of the Hhiftlng sands, which
gave them safe passage on their way.
IL was remarkable now the cholera was
tlHyUd Ia ils favages In answer to their
pIayeu.
On reaching tho valley Brother
Fox aided In the surveys VI tue city
nud surrounding settlements, aud
located tor one year nj Mauu, Sanpoto
county, where no taught school.
ltcmfning 10 this city no resumed his
occupation Of surveyor ana II was he
VINO surveyed the lite anu Get the
stakes Tor the SAL Lake Temple, A.
well as for others, afterwards built lie
enrolled In 0Utah militia and became
captain Of company OF infantry,
minute men; being promoted, ob.
tainel several commissions, the lhst
being position on the stati ot the late
Lieutenant General ID. IL. Wells.
Ito was elected by the Legislative
Assembly Territorial surveyor general
Of Utah, which Office ho held Tor many
NNANn nNAll " was NlftuhAlhutA
ana he diilributed the papers 10 the
several counties. He located aud sur
yeyui the principal canals Of this
county and Territory and was ap.
POINTED cnief engineer u the Utah
Central and Southern railroads.
Hrnns alwHyH been AN active member
iu the Church aud OF late yobrs filled tho
STALLION Of High Councillor Of the Salt
Lake Stake and always possessoi the
love Of his acquaintance. The uu.
fortunate who knew him always found
rympalhy, aud the distressed obtained
relief n u was iu his power 10
relieve them. Among those whom he
'.ught Ia theschuOl room he was looked
upon with tue most sincere affection,
AsAu illustration, the terrible Black
Aswk Chiri who made war
up4n our settlements In the
Hguthunst phTt Of our Territory
Iu the sixlies--B Brother Fox, iu his
'tavels, had occasion IN pats through
ME camp anl WIS recognized by tho
chief, VINO hRd been u pupil OF HE
when q lad Ia Mani. Instead OF
dtftroying him, las no was in tue habit
OF killing every white man that vCn-
tufel within his .lines), no ordered
shat his Old teacher DO not only per-
mlue1 TO continue his journey un-