Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-23
Mormon Bishop Suddenly Killed
by Lightning in Mexico
FRANKLIN SCOTT, THEyICTIM
Made the Fatal Mistake of Riding I'm
der Tree During u Thunderstorm
-CIoudburst and Flood,
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
Colonia Oaxaca, Sonora, Mexico, Aug.
Lat Colonia OaXaea, Sonora, Mexico,
Elder Franklin Scott, ST., vas killed by
lightning as he was on his way home
from his farm four miles from the
colony, Aug. 7th, 1901, 1t mast have
happened about o'clock p. m. as there
was a terrible thunder storm passing
over at that time, but he was not
found until about o'clock next morn
ing, when one of the neighbours boys,
Presley Pace, went up the ditch to see
about the water, and to his astonish-
ment found him and his mare both ly-
ing dead below the ditch bank. Verdict
Of an inquest held was that he was
killed by lightning.
The funeral was held at 10 a. m.
Aug, Sth. Appropriate hymns were
sung by the choir and words Of
coincidence were offered by Elders
Sixtus e. Johnson, j. Harvey Lang
ford, David w. Johnson and Bishop
George c. Maggie.
II appears from the position in which
he was found that he had stopped un-
der small tree near the ditch bank
to let the storm pass over, as quilt
upon which he had been riding was
over his head and shoulders and he was
laying on his face with his hat and the
rope still clenched'in his hand and the
mare dead at his feet. His neck was
broken. no other cuts or bruises on
either 1t looked as though they both
were killed instantly and not a strug-
gle was made by either.
Franklin Scott, ST.. was born Deem
Der /, 1851, at Salt Lake City, Utah. He
was the eldest son of Bishop Andrew
H. and Sarah a. Roe Scott, Of Provo
City, who moved there IN 1859, He was
chosen among others to drive four yoke
Of oxen across the plains and back
when only 10 years OF age.
April 4, 1870 he married Sarah T..
Stubs. OF Provo.
In 1876, he was ordained a
Seventy and enrolled in the Slth quor-
um. At the organization of the 5th
Ward In Provo, he was ordained a
High Priest and set apart as second
counselor to Bishop NJ. p. Madsen
which position he held until he was
called TO St Johns, Arizona. In 1881
He helped build the first meeting house
there. tie was one OF the pioneers Of
our colonists TO Old Mexico, first locat-
Ing In Chihuahua, and when the OAK
AGA purchase was made, he removed to
Sonora, and at the organization of OAK
AGA ward, April llth, 1884, was chosen
as bishop and set apart by Apostle
Brigham Young, In which position he
labored ardently for six years. He was
a man of integrity and industry, res
pected by all who knew him.
AS colonizer, as a builder Of roads
and canals, he has left his mark on
every hand, and in the true sense of the
word. Elder Scott was a worker and
made Of the good metal II takes to con-
stltute a sturdy pioneer. To his God
and to his family he was true TO every
covenant and tie, and leaves a large
and well respected family to mourn his
loss, and not only they, but the entire
colony VIII miss him; and his sudden
death was blow and a shock TO us
all, as 1t will no doubt be TO his aged
mother and family, who still reside In
Provo.