1 TSffi K EFF1I I TO SAVE HIS LIFE l OPERATION 1 m jes W) Patriarch David McKay, venerable 1 leader in the Mormon church, pioneer, jjM soldier, legislator, and public spirited JH citizen, died this morning at 3:51 oclock at the Dee hospital. Mr. Mc-flH Mc-flH Kay did not recover from the serious effects of the sudden Illness with which he was seized late Thursday night. He "laH, died peacefully in the p-esence of his ?H children, falling into an untroubled sleep at 3:30 a. m. and being pro-jH; pro-jH; nounced dead twenty minutes later. 'H; An operation performed early Fri- day morning, in an effort to bring relief H; from intestinal strangulation, was thought to be successful and hope for H! his recoveiy was held out. At mid- H; night, Friday, however, his condition -H v.-as pronounced as unfavorable and his JM) sons and daughters were summoned to jjHl his bedside and were with him when S; he died. Hj Taken III Thursday. Bj Mr. McKay was stricken with stran- -'Bj gulation of the large intestine while ft at Smithfield, Cache county, Thursday ? evening. He was rushed to Ogden by 2Lj. special train over the O., L. & I rail- f JHik load and taken immediately to the Dee NJICSr hospital where he was operated on by Dr. Joseph R. Morrell early Friday , JJ morning. It was found that the intes- JP tine had .knotted in such a manner d that circulation had been cut off for a JK period of twelve hours or more. The J9j small blood vessels had been seriouslj' flH; injured and it was impossible to start a $Bj circulation of blood again. I Children Present. At the bedside with .Patriarch McKay Mc-Kay when he died were the following children: Apostle David 0. McKay, Thomas E. McKay, William M. McKay, Mrs, J. R. Morrell, Mrs. Thomas B. Farr, Mrs. George R. Hill and Mrs. Joel Ricks. Morgan P. McKay is stationed at Kelly Kel-ly Field, South San Antonio, Texas, being a member of the 134th Aero Squadron. He is the youngest son. Telegrams have been sent him telling of his father's death and it Is expected he will secure a furlough and come home as speedily as possible. Patriarch McKay will be buried from his old home in Huntsville, a request he made before his' death, and It is DAVID McKAY probable that the funeral will be held there on Wednesday, after the body has lain in state at the home of Apostle Apos-tle McKay, 67C Twenty-first street. If the youngest son, Morgan McKay, can secure a furlough, the funeral will await his arrival. The deceased was president of the high priests quorum of the Ogden stake" at the time of his death and had been prominently associated with work for the L. D. S. church since a short time after his arrival in Utah in 1859. He is survived by four sons and four daughters, seven of whom have filled missions for the church and all of whom have at one time or another been teachers in the state and church educational institutions of Utah. His wife died in 1D05. The children who survive are the following: Apostle David O. McKay, Thomas E. McKay, first counsellor of the Ogden Stake presidency and director of the State School for the Deaf and Blind; William M. McKay, instructor at the Weber academy, superintendent of the -' ' ' . i ii i . i - Ogden Stake Sunday schools and president pres-ident of the Ogden Tabernacle choir; Morgan P. McKay, aviator in the United Uni-ted States aviation service, 134th Aero Squadron; Mrs. Jennotte McKay Morrell: Mor-rell: Mrs. Thomas B. Farr, Smithfield, Cache county; Mrs. George R. Hill, Instructor In-structor at the Utah Agricultural college, col-lege, Logan; Mrs. Joel Ricks, Ogden. Born in Scotland. David McKay was born May 3, 1844, at Thurso, Caithness county, Scotland. He moved with his father and mother to America in 1S56. the family having embraced the Mormon faith a few years preIous!y. The young man labored la-bored in the eastern states for some time and Gnally, In 1859, had gathered enough to equip himself for the journey jour-ney across the plains by ox team. He arrived in September of that year with his family. A home was established estab-lished in Ogden at what is now Twenty-eighth street and Lincoln avenue. Early In 1SG0 Mr. McKay was attracted attract-ed by the rich valley through Ogden canyon and moved to Hunlsvillo where he took up land and established his home. He went to Huntsville with his brother Isaac and the two young men started into the farming and stock raising rais-ing business with their small equip, rnent of tools and livestock. In 1S67 David McKay married Jennette Evans The partnership with his brother was dissolved. He then bought more land m Huntsville ward and started stock raising and farming on a more extensive exten-sive scale. An excerpt from the biographical record of the state of Utah gives Mr. McKay s history vividly. It says : He was one of the presidents of the Seventy-fifth Quorum of Seventies ?ooi I member for some years. In 1881 he was called on a mission to his native land and labored in the Glasgow and Dundee conferences for one year. He was then called to preside over the Scottish missions for fourteen months Ho has the reputation of being connected con-nected with the Sunday schools here ISfif6 r h?V?ny other man ln Hunts-Mile Hunts-Mile and holds a medal for twenty-five years of service in that field. In the spring of 1885 he was ordaln'ed a high priest and set apart as bishop of the Lden ward, where he remained a year in i38o Bishop Haniond of the Huntsville Hunts-ville ward was called south to preside over the San Juan district, and David McKay became his successor, a posi- mr,10 occuPIed for twenty years. When the division of politics came in Utah, Bishop McKay cast his lot vritn the Republican partv and had been one of its staunchest supporters and a leader of the party In Ogden valley. val-ley. In the early days he served as Justice of the peace for some years. He was elected by his party to the lower house of the first state legislature legisla-ture and the following term went to the senate, being a prominent figure in the legislative assemblies, and serving with distinction to himself and credit to his constituents. "When only 18 years of age, Mr. McKay Mc-Kay enlisted In the Utah militia, being assigned to the Infantry where he rose to the rank of captain of the Eden and Huntsville companies, and was later commissioned major of the Fifth Battalion Bat-talion under General Chauncev W. West, by the governor of the "territory." Released as Bishop. Mr. McKay was released from the bishopric of the Huntsville ward in 1905 after the death of his wife and at that time was ordnined a Patriarch I In the Latter-Day Saints church. He retired from business in 1905 and deeded deed-ed all his property to his children, saying say-ing that he did not want anything left which would have to be probated after aft-er his death. He had accumulated I property estimated in value at between I ?15,000 and $20,000, farm land and live-, live-, stock being included. Since his retiring retir-ing from active business life, he resid-I resid-I ed on his old farm at Huntsville, work .ing with his sons, and being engaged I : actively in church work, I Mr. McKay had been a county coin missioner for one term and had (always been characterized as a hard , working public-spirited man, one who neglected his own business, almost, for j the progress of the community and the I welfare of his friends. It Is related . of him that when a surveyor came to Huntsville to straighten a lino which was on Mr. McKay's property for a considerable distance, the surveyor jvras told to straighten the lino and sav nothing about it, as he could not think I of charging the county for the ground, j He was well-known throughout the j county and the northern part of the (State and had a host of warm admir-I admir-I ers. on