Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-10
MATERNAL ANCESTORS OF THE
PROPHET JOSEPH SMITH.

,1, =, 4io Icy III regiment and cnb{
inanding, Company 1, Fourth arti Hpni-
In the field to May /, 1852. on ST. a ~
Gen. George FL. Thomas untfl wn,,naa %
at battle of Stone river, Dec Al rsne
absent at Concord. N. H, to Noi 49,
1853, and on duty az secretar.,, =. Y,
treasurer u. S. Soldiers home. Dist MY
OF Columbia, to Nov. 20. 1867 Baf,Ma.
mission to delay Joining regiment er,
court martial duty at Washington ana ~,
commanding Camp Castor, Cal ~ ~
May Ia, 1869. and on duty in wa, AZ ~
partiment from June IL, 1869. in adf1,tinn
thereto engaged In inspection OF mn ~.
tional GENE teries from Jan. 16, 1s7, =,
date OF death. > 70
Died Cwhile on special duty ia SAN,
Fe New Mexico, and rettrn) Oct -
1876, on the cars at Brunswick. Mia.
souri,. s''s-s
One OF his most intimate friend.
writes: = ieHas
1t was impossible for any one ~
know col Mack, without admiring hin,
he. was 50 perfectly unseIfsh. ami sunh
consistent Christian in every nnsi
ton in life, and such Il true ana loya,
soldier to his country that he swillinSi,s
gave up everything to advance Tie H.,
terest OF the service he loved so dearly
He was a great lover OF nature, and an
of his leisure time for Years hn VA a.,
| ba,
was peculiarly fitted for the care of ,hn
national cemeteries, Which he took i'm. z
Wearied pains to render beautiful Ia
was always very proud OF his natve
state, and glad to proclaim, himself :,
native of New Hampshire. Hc3was CON
firnied as g member OF the lIpiScopal
church in Germantown, Penn, in 1S5T
and his whole life was fun OF rood
deedsdoing liindnesses without number
never. letting his left hand know what
his right was doing. His good exam
pie was felt by every one. Among Ms
soldiers he was beloved and respected
and. his own Immediate family and
friends were devoted to him He was
buried from the Church of the t,pi- s
phanyof which he was Il member and
sleeps In the Congressional cemetery nj
Washington, D. c.
Thus shines good name even in a
wicked world.
Taking it all in all, the material an
scestors OF our venerated prophet, JOS
eph Smith, both in the direct line
through which he descended. and the
collateral branches, We're people one
may not resist being proud of. They
We're not inferior people. They were
not of the lower classes of society;
or among those who followed mean or
petty employments They were among
the robust, stalwart, brave, pioneer
people who faced 'thc Hangers and
9hardships of the wilderness and over
adjustment Of civilization in the New
World. They We're all patriots ana n
gave their full share OF officers and
soldiers to every war in which our
country has been engaged from the s
American Revolution to the war be-
tween the states
Simple their lives, yet theirs the race
When Liberty sent forth her cry,
Who crowded Bunkers heights Of red
BY Hope through years we're led,
And witnessed Yorktown's sun "
Set on nations banner spread,
A nations freedom won.'' ii
And what is true of the maternal an
cestry OF our prophet is equally true
of his paternal ancestry. And what is
true OF the prophets ancestry both pa
ternal and maternal is we'll nigh
equally true of nearly all the early
families that Joined the Church, in the
United States, In Canada and England
and doubt not but of other countries.
also. There is small nead-nol need at. 4
all in fact--when the Church is.at tackled
on the ground that her early converts
We're of the lower strata OF society, and
Of those who followed petty and mean
mployments-there is no need of fall
ing back upon Paul's apology for
some of his converts at Corinth rs II
means of defense or, apology for the 5
early converts of Mormnnism. II is
doubtless true that the early Chris
tan converts at Co1inth needed tho
apology which Paul made for them
since that great apostle volunteers il
- not many wise men after the flesh
not many mighty, not many noble are
c:tlled"--but the foolish" the weak"
the .dispised," and the base things OF
the world" in that particular branch
had been chosen. But it is not 50
in the case OF the early families who
accepted the gospel IN this last dispen-
sation. And when it is charged that
they We're among the abjectly poor, tho
dispiscd, the base, the degraded, the
proper answer Is an emphatic denial
of the charge, and an equally emphatic
affirmation of their being of the nobl-
iity Of the earth, the benefactors of their
race, the pioneers Oh civilization, maxi
ing the wilderness fields, and the desert
gardens, nation builders, they wor-
Shipping God by service to man and
satherland-rhen whose lives had been
hid with God IN Christ. but sent 10
earth in their day and time, that they
might receive the truth, eXalt It, make
it honorable, and establish 1t In the
earth.
Elder Roberts. secured copy of the
history of the town OF Gilsuni, while
on his recent visit to the east and has
deposited it in the Church Historians
office. 1t doubtless will prove a verta-
BILE mine Of genealogical information
since ia of its quarto pages are de-
voted to genealogies, In which APP
pears many family names Of the early
settlers of Utah.