The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-14

Inns. His illness was of two weeks
duration, being a complication of trou- |
bles centering in the heart and lungs. |
He lost consciousness Friday night and |
the physicians announced that he could |
not survive many hours. His family |
gathered about the deathbed during |
his last hours and Witnessed the end. |
Bishop RawIins did not gain conscious |
ness.
1t was Just fifty-two years ago Fiji |
day last that Bishop and Mrs Rawlins |
arrived in Salt Lake valley, and his |
career from that very day has been |
active. He was the possessor of a clear
and unbiased mind, and his counsel IN |
matters pertaining to irrigation in |
early days was invaluable. The bishop |
was also averse to going into court |
with disputes. and was popular ia |
vOTite with all classes for his peaceful |
kind and loving nature.
The funeral will occur at , p. m. Mon |
day at the South Cottonwood meeting
house.
Career OF Bishop Rawlins.
Joseph Sharp Rawlins was born April
9. 1923, near Whitehall, Green county,
Ill, his parents being James and Jane
Sharp RaWlinS- He was baptized into
the Mormon church by Elder Frederick
Van Luven June 4, 1874, and during the
same year married Miss Mary Frost,
mother of Senator RaWlins, the oldest
SON. The year after the coming of the
pioneers. in 1S4S. Mr.. and Mrs. Rawlins
arrived in Salt Lake, settling at Mil
/ Creek. After two years residence
there the family moved to Draper. also
in Salt Lake county, and there they re-
| sided for the next twenty-five years,
returning to South Cottonwood at the
/ end OF that time Mr.. Rawlins having
! been called TO preside over the ward
as bishop.
He was a leader among his people
/ and cheerfully responded to every call
( Of the church, going across the plains
/ to guide emigrants to Utah a number
/ of times at the request of President
! Brigham Young. His first party ar
/ rived here Aug. 20, 1884, the bishop be-
/ ing captain of the company. In the fall
! of 1856 he piloted an OK train of 400
! saints into the valley, and he was one
! of the ten captains who left Salt Lake
in 1868 to go to Julesburg, the terminus
/ of the Union Pacific, TO meet a large
company of emigrants.
Received Johnston's Army.
Bishop RawIins played a prominent
[ part in making preparations for the re-
J ception of Johnstons army in 1861, and
/ ne was one of those who explored the
/ Elk mountains a few years previous to
! that eventful period. He also served
| as a lieutenant of volunteers under Lot
! Smith to protect the United States
mail. In 1868 he took contract for
/ considerable construction work on the
I Union Pacific, and followed the bust
ness of a contractor for three years
/ following.
When the East Jordan Irrigation
+ company was organized, Bishop Raw
/ Inns became it's head, and he was after
/ ward chairman of the board of canal
presidents, comprising all the Salt Lake
int Z
| one Of the Utah lake and Jordan dam
| commissioners for several years
Bishop Rawlins was elected county
/ commissioner on the Democratic ticket
four years ago, and was reelected two
/ years ago. Upon the death of Francis
Armstrong he was chosen chairman Of
| the board.
Regret Is Manifested.
AS soon as Mayor Thompson heard
| of the death of Commissioner RawlinS
he directed Deputy Recorder Nystrom
to send invitations to the members of
the council, the elective officers and all
Of the heads of the municipal depart
ments, requesting them to meet at the
recorders Office on Monday at o'clock
With the assembling of the city officials
at the time and place stated they will
proceed to Murray to attend the funeral
of the worthy deceased as a mark of
respect to his memory.
When the news reached the city and
county building yesterday morning the
flags on the building were flung a half
mast As a further expression of the
sorrow that pervaded the public build
ing the entrance to the session room
of the board of county commissioners
J was draped in mourning. and at the
main entrance on the county side crepe
was hung. All of the officials and en-
ployees arranged for floral emblems to
be placed on the bier of the greatly
loved old gentleman
Mrs. Whipple. matron of the county
infirInary draped the institution with
crepe yesterday upon learning the dis
tressing news, and all over the city ex-
pressions of sorrow were heard
Second Commissioner to Die.
Bishop Rawlins is the second mem
Der of the board of county commission
erS in recent years who died before his
term of office had expired. A year ago
last summer Commissioner Francis
Armstrong died in Office, and MarceIlus
S. Woolley was chosen by the two sur
viving commissioners to fill the yacan-
| cy for the unexpired term. The opinion
| prevailed yesterday that precedent
would again be followed by the selec-
ton of William J. Horne the nominee
| of the Democratic convention for the
ensuing term. to fill the place of Com
missioner Rawlins. In this event. how
ever, it viii be necessary for Mr.. Horne
to resign his Office as justice of the
! peace of Granger precinct