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Show otttoe ot B1shop he oont~nued to r•slde 111, OY•rton, qd at lnternla T1a1te4 hts chU.drt!!n th n located. in enda, lTtah, Oregon, 'Idaho and Old Mexico. In the yea r 19112 ~t the organization ot the tfoapa St,ake be was ohosen end orda illed s.s Partr1arch in the ohureh, H~ held t his · Office untU hi• d.M\h whioh ooourtt4 July l.S, 1914 1n Delta , 'Utah,. while spend!ng the sUJl!ler :w1 th hh chilllren llfho were liT1ng there. 1'.n hill lUe lie was toro•d to meet moey trying dittloultl'.ee, such as raising 8.lld prQv1dlng tor· a lairge tamily wbU.• m.o'f'ing about place to pl ace. Eeoh tUt~ he moved to bring blto oul:tlva ... tiaa new land and to f'aoe the dit:r1oult1es taoed by the pion.el'• in bringing lnto u&e the waste 18h48. And. in the midst ot the JnOst trytag Pl! r1od, that just ttet he bad J!\OVQd into Nneda, he was to~oe4 to serve a term ot ,1.x rnontha bl the Utah pentten ... , tla17 e.11d to pay a heavy tine for po.l.y$8my. But in. nll his life he ne'\l'e;r intimated t h.at be n •e:ir• ll'•tte4 the coul"se he ,hod taken, tr he had desired he could h~Te, epttat an • asier lite Q1 s'\aying in one pl.aeo, 'but b.e chose 'to be obedient to tboee whose authority be was under •nd to do hb share in eonti'onting the herdel;lips of the people. Re. was thoroughly converted to the ohurch of Jesus ClU-ist awl t-•otet ll\loh ot hls t iae .in the $1.udy or its principles. He 1188 deToted. to the 111embera o!' the church and loved to help thoae who w•r• wayward and wea ever ready to give them councel end 4"JtOOlU't!lgement. At the 'Um• ot his death he had 26 children, "' grnnct ohlldNn ana 10 great grand ah1l.4ren. -o- |
