THOMAS GLEDHILL PAID TRIBUTE AT FUNERAL THURSDAY
Active Work in Church Recalled by Speakers at Funeral Services.
Funeral services for Thomas Gledhill, a pioneer of Sevier county who died at his home here Tuesday, were held Thursday afternoon in the Sevier stake tabernacle under direction of the Fourth ward bishopric.
Speakers at the services were Joseph Ogden, who came to America from England on the same ship with Mr. Gledhill when they were boys and who later served with him as a missionary and was always associated with him; John Dastrup, who served with him in the Sunday school superintendency at Vermilion, and Jas. M. Peterson of the Sevier stake presidency. All of the speakers stressed his faithfulness in performing church work.
Musical numbers included Mr. Gledhill's favorite song, "O My Father," by a mixed quartet under direction of J. W. Ward. The quartet also sang, "I Know That My Redeemer Lives," Alfred Ward taking the solo part. As solos, Mrs. Jas. M Peterson sang "Not Understood," Mrs. D. N. Oldroyd sang "I'm a Pilgrim," and Mrs. L. A. Poulson sang "Going Home,"
The invocation was by President R. D. Young, and the benediction by August Malmquist. Interment was in the city cemetery. W. A. dedicated the grave.
Thomas Gledhill was born April 17, 1856 in Oldham, Lancashire, England, a son of Edward and Betty Hague Gledhill. When but a child, seven and one half years of age, he worked in the cotton mills. He was 12 years old when he came with his family to America, after having joined the L. D. S. church. The Gledhill family came west from New York city by mule train, Mr. Gledhill being ill throughout the long journey. The family settled at Mt. Pleasant, where on January 8, 1882, Thomas Gledhill married Lilly Belle Ivie. They lived in Mt. Pleasant until after their first son, Dr. Thomas Ray Gledhill was born and soon after they moved to Vermilion the family moved to Richfield in 1918.
Mr. Gledhill was a faithful member of the L. D. S. church. From 1892 to 1894 he served as a missionary in his native land, during which time he had many experiences in caring for the sick in the district where he labored as there were epidemics of smallpox and scarlet fever. In 1895 he became bishop of the Vermilion ward, and upon his release his son, the late John Ivo Gledhill, became bishop for a number of years he worked on the stake Sunday school board and was active in various other church capacities.
As a young man he assisted in carrying mail from Mt. Pleasant to Manti. Later he associated with Peter Gottfredson at Pioche, Nevada, hauling wood and lumber and farming on a small scale. It is of interest to note in his biography that he and Mr. Gottfredson were at one time offered $125 a ton for hay as others in that locality had their hay destroyed by a fire which destroyed considerable property at Pioche. He later engaged in farming at Vermilion and was also the owner and manager of a store there.
Surviving Mr. Gledhill are three sons, Dr. T. R. Gledhill of Richfield, Alden Oscar Gledhill of Salt Lake and Fred Ovi Gledhill of Hollywood, California; two daughters, Mrs. Ida Belle Christensen and Mrs. Ernest A. Nebeker of Richfield; 35 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Published in the Richfield Reaper 1933-12-21
THOMAS GLEDHILL PAID TRIBUTE AT FUNERAL THURSDAY
Active Work in Church Recalled by Speakers at Funeral Services.
Funeral services for Thomas Gledhill, a pioneer of Sevier county who died at his home here Tuesday, were held Thursday afternoon in the Sevier stake tabernacle under direction of the Fourth ward bishopric.
Speakers at the services were Joseph Ogden, who came to America from England on the same ship with Mr. Gledhill when they were boys and who later served with him as a missionary and was always associated with him; John Dastrup, who served with him in the Sunday school superintendency at Vermilion, and Jas. M. Peterson of the Sevier stake presidency. All of the speakers stressed his faithfulness in performing church work.
Musical numbers included Mr. Gledhill's favorite song, "O My Father," by a mixed quartet under direction of J. W. Ward. The quartet also sang, "I Know That My Redeemer Lives," Alfred Ward taking the solo part. As solos, Mrs. Jas. M Peterson sang "Not Understood," Mrs. D. N. Oldroyd sang "I'm a Pilgrim," and Mrs. L. A. Poulson sang "Going Home,"
The invocation was by President R. D. Young, and the benediction by August Malmquist. Interment was in the city cemetery. W. A. dedicated the grave.
Thomas Gledhill was born April 17, 1856 in Oldham, Lancashire, England, a son of Edward and Betty Hague Gledhill. When but a child, seven and one half years of age, he worked in the cotton mills. He was 12 years old when he came with his family to America, after having joined the L. D. S. church. The Gledhill family came west from New York city by mule train, Mr. Gledhill being ill throughout the long journey. The family settled at Mt. Pleasant, where on January 8, 1882, Thomas Gledhill married Lilly Belle Ivie. They lived in Mt. Pleasant until after their first son, Dr. Thomas Ray Gledhill was born and soon after they moved to Vermilion the family moved to Richfield in 1918.
Mr. Gledhill was a faithful member of the L. D. S. church. From 1892 to 1894 he served as a missionary in his native land, during which time he had many experiences in caring for the sick in the district where he labored as there were epidemics of smallpox and scarlet fever. In 1895 he became bishop of the Vermilion ward, and upon his release his son, the late John Ivo Gledhill, became bishop for a number of years he worked on the stake Sunday school board and was active in various other church capacities.
As a young man he assisted in carrying mail from Mt. Pleasant to Manti. Later he associated with Peter Gottfredson at Pioche, Nevada, hauling wood and lumber and farming on a small scale. It is of interest to note in his biography that he and Mr. Gottfredson were at one time offered $125 a ton for hay as others in that locality had their hay destroyed by a fire which destroyed considerable property at Pioche. He later engaged in farming at Vermilion and was also the owner and manager of a store there.
Surviving Mr. Gledhill are three sons, Dr. T. R. Gledhill of Richfield, Alden Oscar Gledhill of Salt Lake and Fred Ovi Gledhill of Hollywood, California; two daughters, Mrs. Ida Belle Christensen and Mrs. Ernest A. Nebeker of Richfield; 35 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Published in the Richfield Reaper 1933-12-21
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