Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-01-17
OBITUARY NOTES.
JouS JAcEttN.


AZ Mil Crock, Sale Lake county. Utah,
John JscAlin died of Old nlo January
lltn, 1899. 90 was llgn August on,
1919, a. Nb.luog, Cumbnug ghitU, Eng.
land, whore h0 embrace ihe Gospel aud
was baptized Juu1 20, 1890
Brother JuCEliu tpeu o. great deal OF
DIS lime iu preaching iuo Gospel pa he
native land previous tu anigfl iug 20
Yah loo 1870. ito wtf % kind ani loving
husband mod fa.uur, and died % faithful
LTi,or'dty SIiut no lDtNof h wiie ANA
i've ch.ldlcn, two of whom are iu Eug'
land.
rho funeral services worc hold az Tho
Mil Crn.b ward hIlso January on.
Tho -p04sOrs wore 49, hope Jamut G..
Hamilton gud John son AMI E.iHrs John
Coos SSidmoro aul %. A.. L1mmon.
lCov.
M0cuIai Ya, ploaso cory.
IpVuSn ElLswHmu
Departed this iiioa Show Low. Apache
county, Arizona, Dos. -l lsII, .i IoAft
/ failure, after Hp lila Ha 0f .il weeks.
| His liU Hul msHs" having %" DO c.nHH.
| ly IlOuiluyd with lh4t 90 on" tlufoI, "a
short sko.cl iasou from his journal viii
| perhaps Boz ttrlHtluF.
Of, Edmund Ellsworth, ava 'h0 sou Of
/ Jonathan and Sarah Ellsworth, aud was
! born July l.L l6ll, ln Paris, Oneida
/ cuyn y, Now YORK. SO iuU tm1 pf INV
| birth my p1rru owuul ard occupied
/ tho whole tract " land uVon which u,
! now built tho village ~ Paris. Ny
] hthur'H origin / know hJi liitlo NJ, guy
/ farther than that DIE lA.hur wHsnu Amer
/ lean aud fought uud0r General Washing
tuu iu cvOUl blt.lgt. a. tho time ui my
| birth my father was away raiuug lumber
| dos % 800 SO. Lawrence river, aud while
uIyen. bee diOi wish yellow lyer
"My mother married AUram llond-
flcks6n.
"Wnln wa. 10 yJars Old I went down
| tho Mis- .isIpHi rIyHr 20 W1r.s. Ia tho
| winter uf 1859 80 j received "a l1iior nom
| my mother, stating that herself aud
| family hid Joined ,hn Church ctllod
| inuUr.dIy Saints / Immediately TO-.
plirol homo in the hulI OF delivering my
| mutAUr from thil supposed dI'u luu, 4
took all PATHS 90 cullu'. evidence against
this people. bu tn.tu1d OF oIttniug uny-
| thing ugf.I No ;hom / found much inthHlr
| Ayuf. When / arrived homo j learned
| tho ia % o' the Gospel, aud Ia February,
1911, ! WAS blpiia Il hy LumHn lcath.
| IhHunEt september ,.ur.udior Nluvou,
BOO company with alargHllus iatUs aud
vito, WheIo ! arrived Oat1bnr 1th, aud
Joined tAu Lli0r' quorum. / wen. im-
mOllaiOiy low1r.l Ou ihD Temple quarry,
whore 1 worked tho most VI tho wlntt.
On tho ION OF fully, 1873, 4 married Elin.
both, eldest ola ~ oi President Young.
was r0-baptizad my arrival 900 Nauyol
los thu Prophet Jutuph Sui,h, also rrCIu-
nrmol by HIM. In August was or.
dpuod a HNollY uuior tho hands OF
| IrHsilnnl JoH. Young.
elm TN spring Of lsli was called with
about twcpiy % hers Go pioneer aud uN.
plnro the Rocky mountains, but was re-
! called o. go fp tho static OF NUW York, ln
which place / laOlrel uual tho daath OF
the Prophet.
81 was proson. NJ tho mool'ng whore
tho mantle of Joseph iall upon Bdgham
Young with H. power aud spirit
| "Prnsidout Young told uf that Tho
T0mplo must bo bull. Wowent 20 work
as QUO Zoo poverty We watched, We
worked, we prayed, When tho Fourth
quorum OF Seventies WAS organized
was ono OF thOm. Ia the wintor of 1919
We crossed the river on route Tor tho
mountains. Whom 10 Carbon Grove, 1
was soni back TO NauyOO with a span OF
horses and carriage TO trade them for
oxen and wagon. President Young s0ni
for many things nGai0l Ia camp In ease
1 conld gee thom. / was greatly
blessed Ia oh aiming oy0ry hing he annt
Tor, and brought his wllr Harriet Cook Ia
tho camp, Tnis was ut WIN or Quarters
AZ wiulor rot In 1 was suut Ia
charge OF Presidents Young aud KIM
balls cattle oy0r 100 miles up tho riyor td
a man by tho name of Llthrop, who took
charge OF the ato1s. | was ono uf tho four
men who started tho hr-l brass band IN
the Church; tho uamas oitho othors wore
. William Pit, James smithios Hud Jam0i
Sanding.
"ln tho early spring I was called 10 90
with the pioneers TO tho Rocky noun,
taius. We werc thoroughly Instructed
10 humble ourselves and go ne mon o
God that tho blessings OF mo Lord might
attend us. By tho time wo reached The
upper crossing Of tho Platte the stream
had swollen no that wO wore Obliged &
, make n forty boat. Before wo were al
over, the cmiggauts FOR Oregon began to
! arrive. President Young appointed ton
Of us 70 iumalu and iOrry tbOm over
! promising as thni We should shar,
equally with those who wont ahead {,
HE valley. We arrived In tho valley OF
tho l-'h u October.
"i was connected wilhGounUl Wells II
quolling tho Indian troublosinproyo val
J Toy ana WIS wounded IN a hA'tlo viii
. ihcm. In The u'l OF this year our cldes
daughter, Charlotte was burned 10 death
, In thospr.ngoi 1854 4 was called on mis-
sion TO EugIuud, whore / lauorpd with
pmyouul heart, and was lnlOAsod TO 10
turn home in The spring of 1850, / 10
| NNlNtl loHNNl llAIh TT 'nllHlt hANs 70
! quifiug mo 90 take charge of tho fire
! htuicArt company across tho plains W,
y arrived m Salt Ltt0 CITY ON Tho 18th O.
] september, with as iow doa.hs as usua
with wagons.
"soou Uiur my arrival / was olfc,e
alderman In Mo Oity council and iuuiu
ut th1 2ud battalion OF Infantry, Nauyo
Legion, which olicos I held, hl'h clyI
4 aud military, until / moved TO llebo
q county In 1850,
"In 1870 moved two on my families &
+. show Low, Apache county Arizona.
b December, lSs5, was arrested for po,yl
amy, taken 10 Prescott aud hound b
; -ujl bonds tn appear at tho next Juu
U erm of court 20 answer 60 tho uharg,
Juno lat found mo at Prescott. Court
with Judge Howard on thu bench. NJ
counsel advised mo to plead guilty 10 N
bird count OF tho indioimant-unlaw
! c9hahlaiou, IEn | did and was SOL