Show DEATH OF 09 JUDGE KLIAS BLIA SMITH ANOTHER of those chietta chieftains ins who aided in the establishment of civilization in the the great american desert has gone hence to meet and mingle with his compeers com peers who preceded him for seven or eight days prior to saturday last judge ellas elias smith bad been confined to his room almost entirely on that day he re marked to some of his family that he be did not think he be would would be with them on the morrow at on sunday morning he roused up and in a distinct voice which was heard up upstairs asked ked his bis son jesse jease who was watching with him what time it was within five minutes he was dead judge smith as he be was universally designated no matter in what connect tion his name might be mentioned filled the important position of a pioneer jurist in the new community which has grown to be the great commonwealth of utah a place of marked and essential prominence and responsibility he occupied that tion so long that he be seemed to have be come a fixture a pillar in ia fact in the civil superstructure he became pro bate judge of ef salt lake county la in 1852 sad aad retained the position until mar 18 1884 a period of thirty two vears his G court exercised both civil and criminal jurisdiction until 1874 when the act of congress known as the poland law greatly reduced the authority of probate courts here during the period in which he had bad exercised general judicial powers he be stamped his bis strong individuality upon the judicial system and precedents of the colony in a manner calculated to produce enduring effects judge elias smith was the son of asabel who was a brother of josephl joseph the first patriarch of the church an and father of the martyrs joseph aar and hyrum he was therefore first cousin to the seer Hi hisa mothers smothers maiden name was betsy Sh ellenger said to be of dutch descent he a was born september in royalton Boy alton windsor county vermont not far from tIthe the birthplace of his illustrious cousin and he was therefore aged ueary nearly eighty four eur years y inh when 0 only gd five v e ye years are 0 old id his fa father th ears i removed 6 d to the wilderness afterwards called stockholm in st lawrence county new york where here he was reared with the scantiest opportunities for obtaining inga an education tion he worked on his bis fathers farm until he became of age about which time he became aromi nent in the community and was elected to office he had mana managed ed to qualify himself as a school tea teacher teachie chir and in his bis early manhood taught several terms he was baptized aug by his cousin hyrum at stockholm and on the following morning received the priesthood being ordained to the office of an elder in may 1836 he with his fathers family camu gathered to kirtland where he taught taug 1 t school in 1837 1887 8 he was one of the seven captains who led a company of about six hundred saints from kirtland to missouri and was a staunch advocate and ana defender of the right during the terrible trials and tragic scenes which comprise so large a portion of the history of the saints in that state he drew tile the famous covenant by which the breth brethren in ear west agreed to stand by each other and the worthy poor among the saints in removing from from the state being secretary of the meet ing at which that compact was adopted he was afterwards made one of the committee appointed tc carry it into effect he was one of the last to leave far ear west and was present when the conference was held there april 26 1839 at which the corner stone of a temple was laid and wilford woodruff and george A smith were ordained to the apostleship immediately after this he went to commerce ills and for some T time was engaged with his bis colleagues I 1 as of the committee in charge of tre the gram removal oval of the saints from missouri in completing that tha work after it had been finished he be settled at nashville iowa on the opposite side vhf of the river nver from nauvoo at which place he was made a high councillor and nd soon after was ordained a bishop we ve have not abe date of his bis appointment to the bishopric but it was in or about the year 1841 and it is believed his ordination to that calling antedates that of any other living bishop in ia the church conmay 10 1843 he be removed from nashville to nauvoo and took charge of the printing office from which were issued the times and seasons and the abe nauvoo neighbor he retained this position as a also 0 t that at of postmaster r to which bic he a was appointed jan 11 un until eeb e 1816 when ben the evacuation ti of nauvoo began he remained ed unmarried a until august when he became united to lucy brown a native of england after the evacuation of nauvoo be sojourned sojourn ed in iowa 0 O where here he buried his father and mother 0 ater t until 1851 in which year he came cam t to utah he leaves two wives five sons and seven daughters and had buried three sons zoo and one daughter making him a family of sixteen children for many months prior to his last fatal attack of illness he had been an invalid but his mind had bad preserved its natural powers and activity to a remarkable degree until the very moment of his death he was afflicted with a disease of the kidneys the funeral f will be held in ia the assembly hall at 11 am next wednesday he was business manager of the news while dr richards Elc hards was editor a and n in 1859 assumed the editorial ch chair airl which he occupied until the autumn of 1863 he filled many positions both civil and eccles and was rated as a man of wide intelligence sound integrity and of a high order of statesmanship |