Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-03
BISHOP PRESTON
GOES TO HIS REST
Veteran Worker in Pioneer Field
Joins the Majority Of His
Generation.
SETTLED IN CACHE VALLEY.
And In Pursuance of His Expressed
Wish His Remains viii BE Buried
In Family Plot al Logan.


William V. Preston a no,,her os Tho
J rh,,,,,,, -. 49,, to- -.
vi "Sou "'"''' 'i''S i"i's" 'Iie uFunt
OF some OF Its most arduous labors
| both In the field OF western pionee,,lus
and NJ hu,ldipv Church ,,,tssto,,
''''-
0' i"st JoiHeu inc great majority oil inc
| men and women OF his generation.
bishop Preston uieo III 8 CLOCK Ycster-
10y , go, ''oo,' ~, Nv '''o gen
e'al ueoiii'E 81 we "o'"e OF ms sotl-lh-
law, Oscar w Moyle in Cottonwood.
| He was conscious to the last. recoC-
nizod and eroka 70 rrepbars 90 b,.
famliy Withih an hour of his death,
! and then fell quietly to his last sleep
Pisbop Preston was in his seveutv-
air,,,,, go. co,,,,,,,. rraa. W.T..
'i5i''H year Noi''''is l'"'' virginia
| When just out OF MS teens, he spent
over half century in the sturdy
| pioneer life which resulted in the pro-
| ducing in Utah of blossominE gardens
In the place of wild desert sage The
| city of Logan. where the remains of
Bishop Preston win find their final
resting place. knows him as one of lis
hardest working pioneers The Liver.
pool mission knows him ms one of It's
first business managers In tba Utah
knnNrf q n
tho early eras, he vas a nron,inent NJ.
hccr The Union Pacific builders
will remember him as one who laid the
grade down Weber canvor In 1895 he
brought company of 500 saints from
route to England. he led from Utah 10
New York. a party of l6 vounp mis-
sionaries.
-
RlSh IN CHCkCH'
In hie maturer voa,e n, increaatpg
1eai Tor IN a Faith which be bad
espoused while still Young man
brought him constantly tnrrea sinF rnc
ognitIon and important duties In it's
ser,,ica Erop, hi.bor NJ oga, IN 1870
he became flrst counselor oF the cache
valley stake nresidencv in 1877 and
nrestdent of the stake I'm 1879 He suc-
ceeded Risbon Edward Hunte,. as pre-
siding bIshon of the church in 1sS4 and
II was in This capacitv that Bishop
| preston vas known ia most of the
youneer generation
T-pon giving no the active duties of
! the bishopric. through failing health
| ana old age Rishop Preston lived
| ouietlv at home. surrounded by mem
| hers Of his family and frequently visit
| ed by many of his friends. Four years
| ago the first serious illness of his life
| resulted from an attack of jaundice
l
vigor of his constitution, and since then
| his life has been quieter than in the
| years when he was known as one of
! the geatest Cache valley pioneers.
,,opr rrrNrss
ShOf'i iii'-N
Bishop rresloll 'asN ni,1yss "'s IT, :
ago he went 10 the Cottonwood home of
his son-in-law to escape the hot wealth
er. While there he enjoyed himself
and seemed especially we'll until week
ago when he suffered a slight chill
This was rapidly followed by a cold
which DIR, Wilcox. who has been the
family physician for years. attempted
to relieve. His condition was such that
1t was impossible however, to do any
thing more than make his final hours
as free from pain as possible, All the
members of his family were summon
ed. and were at the bedside, except
Lee Preston, who is expected this after
noon from Idaho. William b. Preston,
Jr., a son who inherited his fathers
Nigor and enterprise, was drowned on
Bear river almost year ago and Mrs.
l.. Il. Martineau, his Oldest daughter,
Three of the Surviving chi cbildTen wer.
present They We're Mrs. o. w. Moy!e,
Samuel preston ana Mary Preston.
me remains were brought TO the
Preston nome at North ana West Ten
PIE streets last nlght by Undertaker
Joseph william TaylQr' and this morn
ing me nome was visited by many close
FRIENDS ana associates OF the famlly'
VINO onered their sympathy ana CON
dolences.
FUNERAL. WEDNESDAY
An express wish OF Bishop Preston
was that he should be buried In the
family burial plot of the Logan come
terry Logan he always considered as
his home. AS It's first bishop, as "A
member Of the legislature from Cache
during seven sessions as one of the
builders Of the Logan aud Hyde Park
canal, and or the Utah Northern rail-
way, connecting Logan with the out
side world, he felt an endearment for
the locality, which VIII be expressed in
the place of his final interment.
Al ] y, m. wednesday funeral SER
vices Will be held at the assembly hall
under the auspices OF the First Presi-
dency after which the casket VIII he
train The intep,nont ,yii ' nco "r'oti'T"''
gan the following day