Josiah Henry Perry

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Birth: Apr. 5, 1818 Lewis Essex County New York, USA

Death: Sep. 1, 1891 Huntsville Weber County Utah, USA

Last Tuesday the good people of our burg were called to mourn the loss of one of our citizens, Josiah L. Perry. He passed from this mortal earth into the presence of his maker from the effects of a cancer in his right eye. He left an aged wife and several children, besides numerous friends and relations to mourn his departure. A large concourse of people followed the remains to their last resting place. Deceased was seventy three years of age, was a staunch and faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter Day Saints, having passed through all the trials and tribulations of the church since the days of Nauvoo.-Ogden Standard Examiner 6 September 1891

Today the funeral of Josiah H. Perry took place. He died at his residence on the first day of September, after an illness of weeks. The deceased was born in Lewis, Essex County, New York, on the 5th of April, 1818, and was the eldest son of Stephen and Rhoby Edwards Perry; he embraced the Gospel on the 5th of July, 1832. On the 19th of September, 1841, he was ordained to the office of a Priest, and as such performed a mission to the State of Vermont. After filling this mission he came with his father's family to Nauvoo. Here he took an active part in the building of the Temple. At one time when he and several others were working to procure money for the Temple, a spring of water from which they got drinking water was poisoned by evil men, and fourteen of the company died from the effects, but he and some others recovered. On another occasion he fell from a scaffold eighteen feet, when he received an injury to his ankles from which he never fully recovered. In 1844 on the first of April he was ordained a Seventy, having previously been ordained an Elder. He immediately departed for Michigan where he labored as a messenger of the gospel. While here the prophet Joseph Smith was killed and he was called home. In 1845 he married his present wife and became the father of nine children, eight daughters and one son. He emigrated to Salt Lake Valley in 1850 and settled in Weber County. In various places of this county he took an active part in the work of the Gospel, and was always engaged in the ministry of the Priesthood for which he had great reverence. Deceased leaves a wife, seven children, twenty-seven grandchildren, and a host of friends. P.C Geertson, Secretary, Huntsville, Utah, Sept. 3, 1891. --Deseret News Sept 19, 1891. Current Events.

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Parents:

• Stephen Perry (1794 - 1886)
• Rhoby Edwards Perry (1794 - 1865)

Spouse:

*Lucinda Eliza Cole Perry (1821 - 1905)*

Children:

*Phebe Roxey Perry Cutler (1848 - 1911)*

• Adelaide Almina Perry (1851 - 1863)*
• Sally Maria Perry Griffin (1853 - 1930)*
• Lucinda Rosetta Perry Morgan (1855 - 1912)*
• Lucetta Lovina Perry (1855 - 1876)*
• Survina Vashti Perry Garner (1860 - 1930)

Burial: Huntsville Cemetery Huntsville Weber County Utah, USA

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Last Tuesday the good people of our burg were called to mourn the loss of one of our citizens, Josiah L. Perry. He passed from this mortal earth into the presence of his maker from the effects of a cancer in his right eye. He left an aged wife and several children, besides numerous friends and relations to mourn his departure. A large concourse of people followed the remains to their last resting place. Deceased was seventy three years of age, was a staunch and faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter Day Saints, having passed through all the trials and tribulations of the church since the days of Nauvoo.-Ogden Standard Examiner 6 September 1891

Today the funeral of Josiah H. Perry took place. He died at his residence on the first day of September, after an illness of weeks. The deceased was born in Lewis, Essex County, New York, on the 5th of April, 1818, and was the eldest son of Stephen and Rhoby Edwards Perry; he embraced the Gospel on the 5th of July, 1832. On the 19th of September, 1841, he was ordained to the office of a Priest, and as such performed a mission to the State of Vermont. After filling this mission he came with his father's family to Nauvoo. Here he took an active part in the building of the Temple. At one time when he and several others were working to procure money for the Temple, a spring of water from which they got drinking water was poisoned by evil men, and fourteen of the company died from the effects, but he and some others recovered. On another occasion he fell from a scaffold eighteen feet, when he received an injury to his ankles from which he never fully recovered. In 1844 on the first of April he was ordained a Seventy, having previously been ordained an Elder. He immediately departed for Michigan where he labored as a messenger of the gospel. While here the prophet Joseph Smith was killed and he was called home. In 1845 he married his present wife and became the father of nine children, eight daughters and one son. He emigrated to Salt Lake Valley in 1850 and settled in Weber County. In various places of this county he took an active part in the work of the Gospel, and was always engaged in the ministry of the Priesthood for which he had great reverence. Deceased leaves a wife, seven children, twenty-seven grandchildren, and a host of friends. P.C Geertson, Secretary, Huntsville, Utah, Sept. 3, 1891. --Deseret News Sept 19, 1891. Current Events.

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