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4 n d friends are often weeping for their friends who passed away and in their p v e s are sleeping 'ti1 the Resurrection Day. Why should we mourn because we leave these scenes of toil and pain. 0,happy change. . the faithful go, Celestial joys to gain. And soon we all shall follow to realms of endless day And taste the joyous glories of a Resurrection Day. . . . . Thomas Jones also recorded in his book that he left for Parowan April 27, 1852 and returned to Salt Lake City Aug. 22, 1852. There are figures recorded on '4pril 26, 1852 showing that he received $3.80 from a person named Alexander Wright, and that he had dealt with a man named Thomas Howels, in regard to 13 1 ibs. of flour. This, undoubtedly, was in preparation for his trip to Southern Utah. Possibly, he went in company with Howels. As Thomas Jones had worked as a miner he was probably interested in the iron and coal mining, which had progressed near the present site of Cedar City, andinvestigated this operation while there. O n his way to southern Utah, he passed through the townsite of Palmyra, which was surveyed on the Spanish Fork River in July of that same year."The first house was huilt on the Palmyra townsite in August. This was a beautiful setting for a settlement and Thomas was impressed with the locat'ion. After Sage Treharne's arrival in Salt Lake City Oct. 1852, it took only 16 days for her and Thomas to renew their aquaintance. They were married Oct. 28, 1852. Thomas was 25 years old and Sage was 19. Later they were sealed in the Endowment House, May 20, 1855. They stayed in Salt Lake City for a time with the idea of making their home there on the quarter lot Thomas purchased. They erected a primitive adobe house at the corner of the present South Temple Street and Sixth Street, West. This pioneer building stood on the original site until comparatively a few years ago.'' Sage and Thomas had barely become used to married life when a call came from Brigham Young for masons and other workmen to go from Salt Lake City to work on the State House being built in Fillmore. Governor Young instructed the people of Fillmore to hegin this building early in 1852, hecause the decision had been made to make Fillmore the capital of the Utah Territory. By fall of 1852, the foundation was completed, hut because of the work that these farm people needed to do on their farms before winter set in, they couldn't continue without help. When the workers left from Salt Lake City to journey to Fillmore, Thomas was undoubtedly among them, because it is recorded that he assisted in laying the stone and worked there for some time."
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| Title | Lehi Willard Jones: Biography |
| Creator | Jones, York F., 1925-; Jones, Evelyn K. |
| Subject | Jones, Lehi Willard, 1854-1947; Cedar City (Utah) -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- History; Mormon Church -- Utah |
| Description | Life of Lehi Willard Jones, centering in Cedar City, Utah, 1854-1947, and history of much of the development of Southern Utah |
| Source | Lehi Willard Jones |
| Date Digital | 2008-01 |
| Date Original | 1972 |
| Type | Image; Still image |
| Format | image/pdf |
| Digitization Specs | JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner. |
| Contributing Institution | Digitized by: Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah |
| Publisher | Woodruff Printing Company |
| Language | eng |
| Genre | Biography |
| Website | http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/lehiwillardjones.html |
| Rights Management | Digital image c2008 Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. All rights reserved. |
| CONTENTdm file name | 1334.cpd |
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