Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-26

II Lattcr-day Saints the lath of Sep
ambcr, 1899, and moved TO Commerce
afterwards called Nauvoo, October ,,
$40. He and his faithful Wife, Martha,
injured many of the ttials am perse u,
ions which the Saints passed
iersonally acquainted with the
'rOphct Joseph and Hyrum smith
nd often bore testimony OF their avn
~ as such. He has held positions OF
rust and honor In the Church. ~ the
line OF his death was High Prles,i
had belonged to the twenty-seventh
luorum of Seventy. and was counselor
o Bishop Ell Bennett.
Brother Wilcox leaves n posterity OF
en- sons, ten daughters, sixty grand
cons, twenty-seven granddaughters
md twenty eight great grandchildren:
making a grand total Of one hundred
tnd thlrty-flvc. His two wives also
iuivlve him.
Saturday, April 9th. tho Cedar Fort
Meeting house was crowded with rela-
ives and friends who had met TO pay
ihcir last respects TO Father WlcoN'
Elders Hacking and Peterson and Bish-
N Bennett each bore testimony to the
nterritv, honesty and faithfulness of
Brother Wilcox. saying he has been
friend to the frfendless and a father to
rhe fatheress The word Father
was therefore appropriately Inscribed
upon the silver plate placed upon ms
eoftin. He died as he had lived a faith
fm Latter-day Saint.
THOMAS ALFRED JEFFREY.
Died at Loa. Wayne county. Utah.
April 10th, of general debility, Thomas
Kiisby, Northamptonshire, England.
Elder Jeffrey was baptized into the
church of Jesus Christ OF Latter-day
Saints March 20, 1913. at Hi Mortar,
In the Rugby branch OF the WARWICK
shire conference, by Thomas Day, and
IN November Of the same year was or
dalned an Elder and appointed to pre-
side over the Watford branch. where
he remained for two years. and then
went to Guilsborough, where he pre-
sided for a short time, In 1858 he was
appointed to take charge temporarily
of the Lelcestershire conference, where
he met Miss Mary Ann Hibbit, who
became his wife in December OF the
same year. In 1857 he was appointed
to take the oversight of what was
known as the Wymondham district.
the same being half of the Norwich
conference. In 1858 he presided over
the Bedford conference. and from there
was sent to Dundee and presided over
that conference In 1859. He emlgrated
to America In 1860. remaining in New
York for one year and then came to
home In st. George, Washington coun
ty. in 1862, and passed through the
hardshlps OF the early settlers In the
Dixie country. His health was poor
most of the time. He moved to Pine
Valley In 1882, and the next year was
ordained n High Priest by Apostle
Erastus Snow, assisted by Apostles
Wllford Woodruff. Francis NJ. Lyman
and George Teasdale. His first wife
never bore him any children and died
in 1850 at st. George. In 1862 he mar
rled Elizabeth Cowper. by whom he
had seven children. three daughters
and four sons, one of whom Is now in
the Southern States preaching the Cos
pei. Brother jeffrey moved to Loa in
1899. since which time his history has
been closely connected with the history
of the county, as he has been county
treasurer from the organization of the
county In 1892 up to the day of his
death, and was also postmaster In Loa
for four years. until fortunes political
wheel turned him under for n man
who voted another ticket. He
died as he had lived full OF faith in the
Gospel. leaving behind him the history
of an exemplary life and many friends
who while they miss his society feel
that he had passed the milestone of
life that marks three score and ten.
fifty years OF which he has labored as
a minister of the Gospel, and was wor-
thy to pass to the great beyond to re-
ceive the reward of his labors in the
Kingdom OF our Father.
WILLIS e. Robson.