Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-23
SONORA, MEXICO.


Prominent soathern r1oncrr.
OBITUARY.
John Conrad Nagic was born Sep
TENDER "a. 1896. at Albcruwclicr, a town
IN the i,hclnfals. kingdom u bavaria.
Germany. and omlgfatUd with his par
cnta 60 America whom about years Of
agu and settled Ia the state OF indint a.
when about n years uf age h. loft MI
home and parents iu that STATE, an y
with his hnlf-hrothUr Conrad Klein
mann. luurnuycd 90 Nauvoo. and there
luiucd The Church lu ths fan Of isiL lie
was driven with the Saints from that
beautiful city passed through the per-
hecuuuuH " the exodus ana was one of
the mobile 600 who served his country
la the famous Mormon battalion. which
made the greatest military march
on record. he d. recorded In Daniel
TylcrR history OF the Mormon nattal-
lon ua Conrad Nailc. ana was known
IN California and Cor many years after
be came to Utah uH John g. Male Tin
fuCt up 60 about the time be went TO
Germany ON "a mission and had 10 an-
sumo his right name, then had 10
changed In the Utah t.egislaturrD AZ
ter tho volunteer reached California
and were released De rc-cniiatod In the
service NJ Uncle sam and remained
thHrU ana worked iu Suffers mill rucO
when the frat sold was discovered.
In 1858 he returned TO Indiana. and
IN June Of the same year married Miss
Mary Louise kepplo ana took her with
him back 90 the Golden state ana To-
Gated In Alnmedn county. cal. where
they became worry wcll situated.
The wrlt.r ui,cn heard him relate his
pleasure l' COMPLAINING AZ their home
there the late Apostle Farley 4. Pratt
and President George y. Cannon and
the early missionaries of California and
those going Go and from the islands.
Tor ut that time not "a missionary went
or returned from the Islands who did
not stop nt their place, IL was "a home
for the Elders. and AZ high ns nfteon
have been there at once and Tor amonth
lt "a time,
Ia 1863 hc cmiFrntcd TO Utah and To-
Gated ln Lohl. Utah county and FUR
niahcd means 10 help put up "a cnrdinR
machine aud griat mill ana saw mill IN
American Fork canyon In 1864 he wna
called 90 southern Utah 20 help build
un the Dixie mission.
IN iSi2 uuda he hllcd "a foreign mis-
sion lu switzerland and Germany
In lsip be went 20 EmstuH. Arizona.
90 help build up that country. Htill re-
tnlnlns his Possessions In Toquvryillc.
southern Utah.
In 1880 he moved with part Of his
| family To chihuahua. Mexico. and FOR
"a while lived no lachecu, IN tho Sierra
aindre mountains: and IN 1889 moved
o. sonora and aided in tho purchase Of
the tract ~ land upon which Colonla
oaNnca II now located.
Since coming 10 Mexico he hos had
the distinguished honor. an our into be-
loved President Woodruff said, Of have
ina the greatest representation Of mis-
nionnrica In foreign land at one and
the same time OF any man Ia the
church. He had I'VE sons one 81 them
president ~ the mission. ana his wife.
an lahorlng % his native land-ths
SwFa ana German mission respectively
from 1891 20 1sgS. one q them. lie
her l.. NloElo who was unfortunately
called home on account 81 the death
of biz wife IN 1895. has hcen recalled
ana 10 nborlng In Germany at the preo-
eat time
Father Nacglo was always proud OF
hls nationality ana friend 20 the Ger
man people, and In his death the Ger
man Saints have lost hcncfnctor and
true friend. lie WIS true Ia every
trust rcguacd 10 him In this Church.
and hln oct "A good and worthy exam
pie Tor hla cons 10 follow
A day or two before hia death he bore
n faithful testimony to "a young man
who called Co sec him and bld him
good bye before starting on a mission.
No one thought hia ond 20 near. al
though OF late be was fniiing very rap
Idly Sunday morning about 3 o'clock
Aunt Loulfn cent word that father had
spent quite "a had night and desired the
Elders % administer 10 hlm.aftcr which
he fclt carior and grueted each member
81 the family ~ they came IN. A.
about 90 MINUTES before 10 the sunday
school superintendent called and chat
/ tod with HIN. lie eNprrfrod his pleas
urc at his call, ANA talked up TO within
20 minutes OF bic death, when he fell
asleep AZ the close 81 sunday school
the Eldora came 70 administer 60 him
again. and they. together with all the
family prCfcnt were bowed IN prayer
tust before administering to him. whom
he struggled 20 cough, which nwoke
him. and in very few minutes he
| peacefully brcathcd hlH last az Just ~
o'clock noon. sunday, Sept. 10Th 1899.
The cause ~ hiB death was a severe
cough contracted while on his mission
81 years ago, and had troublod him ever
since Tie leaves behind elk wives
and twenty living children 20 cherish
hla memory Nine children are dead.
among thDm two grown sons Forty
eight grandchildren are living.
The funeral services were conducted
by Counselor =. A. Dlllman al the
family home ~ p. m, Monday. Sept
/ n. Words of raapoct 10 the departed
and consolation and counsel 10 tho be-
rcft family and an present were offered
by Elder LewlH. one Of his old COM
rndcH IN the Mormon battalion; scxtua
y. johnson. one Of his neighbour IN the
early days of Dixie and Counselor Pc
Ter A. ulllman. a lauge attendance ac-
compnnicd tho remains Of the venerable
Patriarch a. the cemetery, whore they
were laid 20 rrat 20 await an early
resurrection with tho Just and the dedl-
catory prayer was offered BY hia son.
George T., Maggie
German Star please copy.