The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-29
KERSHAW SERVICES
HELD IN A GROVE
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called attention TO the fact that it was
inst siXtv-four years ago Erl lag that
Joseph Smith, the prophet. and ms
brother Hyrum were burlol at Nauvoo,
ILL.,, one day after they were killed.
He praised the steadfast Christianity
of tho Kershaws and eXhortcd the gela-
tives to receive the loss rs 4 gift or
God. as they all died together, rather
than a blow of his rod. Apostle Nc
KAY drew a lesson of unity i'll family
and in death from the calamity, for,
he said, there soon would have been
parting Of family ties whc1 the father
wneh the father went or a mission
to England, and now all the parting,
the waiting and the return were ended
in the uenth of fathe- and mother TO-
gether with their little ones. Charles
R. Savage, chairman of the ell folks
committee, from whose entertainment
at Lagoon. the Kershays were returning
when killed, spoke of the general SCR
row over the accident and eNhorted
the children To have Christian fortltude.
Andrew Jensen, church historian,
read from the Bible showing that it is
in death that we gam life, thus cm-
phasizipg the main thought OF all his
predea aessors. The services closed with
remarks by J. II. Grant. president Of
Davis stake, and benoI'ction.
During the services the choir sung
''Guide Me TO Thee, hymn the
dead girls often sang together, and
Burton sang Mr., Kersbawss fayotlae
hymn, Saved by Grace.
Tvs of Flower Bearers
The services were not ended until
80 clock. The caskets were borne
out in the same order as they were
borne in, but between rows of women
~ H.. ILL Al,.,,-
great punches Of flowers that the cas-
kets would not hold. When the pro
cession and the seven mourning chill
dren and one little grandchild, an iu-
fant in arms, had passed ont the How.
ers were thrown into wagon, which
they filed. and taken TO the cemetery
and placed on the graves.
The procession from the meeting
house to the cemetery was a constant
reminder of the accident that took the
four lives In the cortege were about
calamity would occur watchmep were
stationed at the ID enver G. Rio
Grandc tracks and the Layton cross.
ing Of the Oregon Short Line TO pro
tect the vehicles. A west-bound Rio
Grsnde train. with its whistle shrek
ing cut the procession in two at one
time. 1t happened that every vehicle
in the procession passed over the identi-
cal spot where the Kershaws had
met their death. Both. the Rio Grande
and Oregon Short Line trains were
running rather slowly, residents said,
Friday near Layton and Kaysville.
Long Line Of Vehicles,
The long line Of vebicles-nearly two
miles-wound through the valley TO the
Kaysville cemetery, where the four
bodies were buried side by side-father,
mother and daughters in the order of
their ages. When the mounds were
done they were literally covered and
obscured with flowers, and the mourners
left for their homes.
Eaysville district. Scofeld Kershaw
came there in 1866 from Yorkshire,
England having been a member Of
Capt. Robert T. Neslen IS wagon train.
Mrs. Kershaw. too, was English born,
coming from Worcestershire with her
PARENTS when an infant, and reaching
Utah in 1854. Her parents were in tho
belated hand cart train that suffered
so many misfortunes, She was married
in 1873 to Kershaw, and together they
started TO turn the sand ridge west of
Layton into productive soil, BY .dint
of hard work they had prospered.
Scofcld Kershaw had long cherished
the hope that be would some day be
able to return to his home as mis-
sionary, and he had just voluntarily
announced his purpose 10 60 in the
fall, He had been a president of the
one hundred and thirty sixth seventies
for many years, and was its senior. The
children were spoken of as dutjful and
intelligent, and favorites in both the
Sunday school and the district school.