Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia : a compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . e was filled with integrity,spent his time in teaching and exhort-ing the Saints to faithfulness in thegospel, and as long as he had strengthto use his voice he bore powerful tes-timonies to the truth of the great Lat- 548 LATTER-DAY SAINT ter-day Work. The immediate cause ofhis death was dyspepsia, with whichhe was afflicted for six months priorto his demise. At the time of hisdeath he was 6S years, 5 months and 7days old. CLARK. J


Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia : a compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . e was filled with integrity,spent his time in teaching and exhort-ing the Saints to faithfulness in thegospel, and as long as he had strengthto use his voice he bore powerful tes-timonies to the truth of the great Lat- 548 LATTER-DAY SAINT ter-day Work. The immediate cause ofhis death was dyspepsia, with whichhe was afflicted for six months priorto his demise. At the time of hisdeath he was 6S years, 5 months and 7days old. CLARK. John William, a Patri-arch in the Tooele Stake of Zion, is theson of Thomas Henry Clark and Char-lotte Gaily, and was born Jan. 12, 1826,at Bishops Frome, Herefordshire, Eng-land. In 1S40 he was baptized by hisfather, Thos. Henry Clark, and con-firmed a member of the Church byApostle Wilford Woodruff. Togetherwith his fathers family he emigratedto Utah in 1841, arriving at Nauvoo,111., July 8th of that year. He at oncebegai^ working on the Nauvoo Houseand lived a few miles from Nauvoo,until driven away by the mob in then located temporarily at Winter. Quarters and remained on the frontierstill 1852. In the meantime he mar-ried Ann Micklewright, and in July,1852, he started on the journey acrossthe plains; arrived at Salt Lake CityOct. 10, 1852. He settled at Grants-ville, Tooele county, Utah, the sameyear and has resided there ever Grantsville he assisted in buildingthe fort as a means of protectionagainst the Indians, and was otherwiseactive in the upbuilding of the settle-ment. He also participated in theEcho canyon war in 1857-58. has always been active in Churchwork, having labored as a Ward teach-er. Bishops counselor and member of the High Council in Tooele Stake. Hewas ordained a Patriarch in L899 byApostle Francis M. Lyman. DE ST. JEOR, Francis, Bishop ofClover, Tooele county, Utah, from 1882to 1901, is the son of Francis John DeSt. Jeor and Ma


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