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William Franklin Pace Sr.

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William Franklin Pace Sr.

Birth
Clarke County, Georgia, USA
Death
30 Oct 1876 (aged 70)
New Harmony, Washington County, Utah, USA
Burial
New Harmony, Washington County, Utah, USA GPS-Latitude: 37.4796964, Longitude: -113.3003504
Plot
C-8
Memorial ID
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Died. At New Harmony, October 30, after a lingering illness, of neuralgia in the head, William Pace.

Deceased was born in Clark County, Georgia, July 3d, 1806; his parents emigrated to Tennessee, Rutherford County three years after, he embraced the Gospel in May, 1841: emigrated to Nauvoo in 1841., and suffered with the Saints in their persecutions: was called to be one of Brother Joseph Smith's police in 1843, and was ordained a seventy about the same time; emigrated to Council Bluffs, and furnished a son for the Battalion; afterward came with Brother Brigham Young's camp to the valleys in 1848, and was called on a mission to Provo: afterward moved to Spanish Fork, where he presided as Bishop; was called on a mission to Great Britain, which he honored for two years; was called on the Southern mission in 1862, and has since resided in New Harmony. He lived and died a Latter-day Saint, and was universally respected, and we trust will come forth in the first resurrection.

Deseret News, Vol. 25, Page 656 of the Semi-weekly edition; LDS FHL Microfilm # 026,595
Died. At New Harmony, October 30, after a lingering illness, of neuralgia in the head, William Pace.

Deceased was born in Clark County, Georgia, July 3d, 1806; his parents emigrated to Tennessee, Rutherford County three years after, he embraced the Gospel in May, 1841: emigrated to Nauvoo in 1841., and suffered with the Saints in their persecutions: was called to be one of Brother Joseph Smith's police in 1843, and was ordained a seventy about the same time; emigrated to Council Bluffs, and furnished a son for the Battalion; afterward came with Brother Brigham Young's camp to the valleys in 1848, and was called on a mission to Provo: afterward moved to Spanish Fork, where he presided as Bishop; was called on a mission to Great Britain, which he honored for two years; was called on the Southern mission in 1862, and has since resided in New Harmony. He lived and died a Latter-day Saint, and was universally respected, and we trust will come forth in the first resurrection.

Deseret News, Vol. 25, Page 656 of the Semi-weekly edition; LDS FHL Microfilm # 026,595


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