Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-09-27
OBITUARY,
HENRY II. HARRIS.

The funeral OF the late Henry H.
Harris at the Sugar ward meeting
house at 2 p. m. Sunday the llth INST
was largely attended, the house being
filed to Overlooking. Bishop Atwood
presided over the services when
throughout were sweetly solemn ana
the spirit Of consolation ana peace
seemed 10 peryade the entire Assem-,
bly,. The singing was beautiful anu
the floral designs were elegant The au-
dresses were of a comforting and IN
strucuve nature. and the benedicuon
in perfect harmony Herewith. The
speakers on the occasion were Elders
Thos G, Martell, David L. Davis VII
liam N. Williams, VIM. White, samuel
W. Richards aud James Lewis, each
and all Of whom paid deserved tribute
to the faithfumess and the sterling IN
tegrity Of the deceased. When the pro-
cession reached the cemetery and the
carriages formed sufficiently close 70
the grave, the pail bearers, lead by Eli
der David l.. Davis, lowered the NOR
tai remains into the tomb, and the
prayer for the dedication Of the grave
was offered by Elder T, G. MartelL
Henry II. Harris was born "a years ago
in the little village of Talog near the
town of Carmarthen, South Wales He
was the only son of we'll to do miller
of said place and had three sisters.
When about 20 years Of age he assert
ed his conviction that the Latter-day
Saints were the only people who pos
sessed the true Gospel, and that he
intended 70 cast his lot with them,
which assertion was very dlspleasing to
his father This mother had previously
departed this life) who declared that
If he Joined the desplsed Mormons he
would thereby deprive himself Of Dis
share Of his fathers property. Not
wlthsanding all that Henry II, re-
NAMED true TO his conviction and be-
came "A member OF the Church OF Jesus
Christ Of Latter-day Saints, where
his faithfuncss and integrity endeafed
him 10 all his associates In the spring
OF 1854, when Elder Martel, the then
president OF the Carmarthen conference
was honorably released TO go to Utah,
Elder Harris and many other Saints
OF said conference accompanied him,
They sailed from Swansea to Newport,
thence per railroad to Liverpool. Early
in the month Of February they in COM
pany with several hundreds Of Welsh
and a considerable number OF English
Saints set sail on board the sailing ship
Golconda for New Orleans, and from
thence TO ST. Louis, thence up the river
via Kansas City to the camping ground
at Westport. After the hosts of emf
grants were properly organized into
companies and received their supplies
each company under its respective cap
tain commenced the long Journey over
the plains with OK teams.
The name OF the CAPTAIN
Of the company IN which Harris drove
an oxteam was Job Smith, and T. G.
Martell was captain OF the guard, Har-
rls and Martell being very Intimate
friends, and both being unmarried had
bunked together and both has eaten at
the same table with the family of one
Daniel James from the time they left
Carmarthen. Therefore they concluded
TO continue in said family, and each
drive his respective oxteam, but both
to sleep in the same wagon. On the ar
rival Of the company at Salt Lake City,
I'm the fall of the same year, Harris
and Martell accepted a kind invitation
to visit the family of Elder Jeremy in
the Sixteenth ward where they made
their abode for quite n while. The first
engagement made by Harris In Utah,
was To do some work for Elder Samuel
Richards which proved satisfactory 10
both parties. subsequently he entered
a homestead on the east bench situate
in what Is now the Sugar ward. In the
year 1856. Elder Harris was called and
set apart for mission 10 his native
country where he labored faithfully
with good success till the time he was
honorably released. In marriage he
was very fortunate his spouse was
Miss Mary Rees a very amiable and in
telligent young lady, who proved TO
him, in every sense OF the word a most
excellent Wife, by whom he had II
children. After making valuable i'm
prOvements on the homestead, they
built thereon lovely home where they
for many years enjoyed a happy and
prosperous life, Notwithstanding they
experienced the grief Of burylng six OF
their loved ones. Henry II. Harris pos
sessed many excellent traits OF charac-
ter. He was q man OF sterling integ-
rity--hls faith in God and In the great
latter-day work was unbounded. He
was one Of the kiudest Of men, full Of
good desires and ever ready TO aid the
distressed. In the last year Of his exist
ence he suffered much from cancer in
his arm which eliminated in his death.
I'm spite OF every attention that loving
hearts and hands could hestow.
on Friday the 18th OF September, 1902
he without pain, peacefully departed
leaving a loving wife. three sons. FIVE
daughters together with a goodly NUM-
Der OF grandchildren aud a host OF
fetnoa- 10 mourn, hiS dannrftirp