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thus, probably saving their lives. They arrived in Bluff safely and found Kumen and his family happy and ~omfortable.~ That same year, Lehi was ordained a Seventy of the L.D.S. Church June 23, 1885 by Francis M. Lyman. The certificate was signed by H.S. Eldridge of the Presiding Bishopric. On Feh. 2, 1886, Lehi and Henrietta were blessed with a little girl. She was given the name of Henrietta Lunt Jones, after her mother. That year their fint son, Thomas Willard was haptized on his eighth birthday Dec. 5, 1886. .Also in August of thin year. Lehi was elected Mayor of Cedar City at the age of 3 1. The certificate of election read: "Territory of Utah, T o all who shall see these present Greetings: Know Ye, That whereas, Lehi W. Jones was, on the second day of August AD. 1886, duly elected Mayor in and for Cedar City. Iron County, and he having duly qualified as such, as appears by the proper evidence on file in the Officeof the Secretary of the Territory, Therefore, I, Caleh W. West, Governor of said Territory, do hereby commission him a Mayor and Ex-Ofiicio Justice of the Peace for said City, and authorize and empower him to discharge the duties of said office according to law, and to enjoy the rights and emoluments thereunto legally appertaining for the term prescribed and until his successor shall be elected and qualified to office. In testimony thereof, I have hereto set my hand and raused the Great Seal of said Territory to he affixed. Done at Salt Lake City, this Twenty-Third day of September A.D. 1886, and of the Independence of the United States the One Hundred and Eleventh. Si~ned <:alel, W. West Governor and Arthur L. Thomas, Secretary of Utah T e r r i t ~ r y . " ~ I t is interesting to note that in 1885, May 2, "A grand mass meeting was held in the tal,ernn(-le. Salt Lake City, to protest against the overt acts of Federal officials in the Territory.'' A declaration of grievances and protest to the President and people of the United States. Many. manv were arrested on a charge of unlawful cohabitation, fined and put in the penitentiary. O n Julv 4, 1885 "Considerable excitement was caused in Salt Lake City hy the flag being placed at half mast by the I\Iormons as a token of mourning." O n July 17, 1885 acting on the sug~estionof General Howard, President Cleveland ordered U.S. troops ready for action in case of an outbreak in Salt Lake City on the coming 24th of July.'
'Material from South Elementary Library. ' Jonrs tape recordings. "hid. ' 1.uella Dalton. "History of Iron County Mission". 'As written hy Pearl Higbee Lcnce, a granddaughter, in 1941. "I.udla Dalton, "History of Iron County Mission". ' A s written by Henrietta Jones and told by Lehi M. Jones. 'Certificates obtained from Ann Jones Gardnrr. 'Andrew Jensen, "Church Chrnnology and History".

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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
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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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Description	thus, probably saving their lives. They arrived in Bluff safely and found Kumen and his family happy and ~omfortable.~ That same year, Lehi was ordained a Seventy of the L.D.S. Church June 23, 1885 by Francis M. Lyman. The certificate was signed by H.S. Eldridge of the Presiding Bishopric. On Feh. 2, 1886, Lehi and Henrietta were blessed with a little girl. She was given the name of Henrietta Lunt Jones, after her mother. That year their fint son, Thomas Willard was haptized on his eighth birthday Dec. 5, 1886..Also in August of thin year. Lehi was elected Mayor of Cedar City at the age of 3 1. The certificate of election read: "Territory of Utah, T o all who shall see these present Greetings: Know Ye, That whereas, Lehi W. Jones was, on the second day of August AD. 1886, duly elected Mayor in and for Cedar City. Iron County, and he having duly qualified as such, as appears by the proper evidence on file in the Officeof the Secretary of the Territory, Therefore, I, Caleh W. West, Governor of said Territory, do hereby commission him a Mayor and Ex-Ofiicio Justice of the Peace for said City, and authorize and empower him to discharge the duties of said office according to law, and to enjoy the rights and emoluments thereunto legally appertaining for the term prescribed and until his successor shall be elected and qualified to office. In testimony thereof, I have hereto set my hand and raused the Great Seal of said Territory to he affixed. Done at Salt Lake City, this Twenty-Third day of September A.D. 1886, and of the Independence of the United States the One Hundred and Eleventh. Si~ned <:alel, W. West Governor and Arthur L. Thomas, Secretary of Utah T e r r i t ~ r y. " ~ I t is interesting to note that in 1885, May 2, "A grand mass meeting was held in the tal,ernn(-le. Salt Lake City, to protest against the overt acts of Federal officials in the Territory.' A declaration of grievances and protest to the President and people of the United States. Many. manv were arrested on a charge of unlawful cohabitation, fined and put in the penitentiary. O n Julv 4, 1885 "Considerable excitement was caused in Salt Lake City hy the flag being placed at half mast by the I\Iormons as a token of mourning." O n July 17, 1885 acting on the sug~estionof General Howard, President Cleveland ordered U.S. troops ready for action in case of an outbreak in Salt Lake City on the coming 24th of July.' 'Material from South Elementary Library. ' Jonrs tape recordings. "hid. ' 1.uella Dalton. "History of Iron County Mission". 'As written hy Pearl Higbee Lcnce, a granddaughter, in 1941. "I.udla Dalton, "History of Iron County Mission". ' A s written by Henrietta Jones and told by Lehi M. Jones. 'Certificates obtained from Ann Jones Gardnrr. 'Andrew Jensen, "Church Chrnnology and History". 96
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