Son of Ute Perkins and Sarah (Sally) Gant
(HEAD STONE HAS BORN IN WHITE COUNTY TENNESSEE )
Husband of Dicey Ray and Hannah Goul
DESERT NEWS
Salt Lake City, Utah
Wednesday, 15 December 1886, Page 16
PERKINS – Died 16th November, 1886, in St. George, Washington County, Utah, William G. Perkins. He was the son of Ute Perkins and Sarah Gant Perkins; was born in South Carolina, January 11th 1801; His father moved to Tennessee in 1805, and William G. Perkins lived there until 1829. He married Dicy Ray the 22d of February, 1818, by whom he had a son and a daughter. He moved to Hancock County, Illinois, in 1829 and in 1838 was baptized by Joel H. Johnson, and was ordained a Teacher. He was ordained a High Priest under the hands of Hyrum Smith in 1843, and set apart under the hands of Presidents Brigham Young and H.C. Kimball to act as Bishop in Macedona. He took a mission with Andrew Perkins to the southern part of Illinois in 1843, and in 1846 received his endowments, started west with his family, remained at Council Bluffs two years, in 1848 came to Salt Lake City, and was made Bishop on the Seventh Ward. May, 1853, he married Hannah Gold, and in 1861 was called on a mission to St. George; on the 23rd of March, 1862, he was set apart as Counselor to William Fawcett, President of the High Priests’ Quorum of the St. George Stake, and acted in that capacity over 24 years, or until his death. He was ordained a Patriarch under the hands of Presidents Brigham Young and G.A. Smith, Apostles Erastus Snow and Brigham Young, Jun., and Joseph W. Young, President of the Southern Mission Stake of Zion, on the 27th of March, 1870.
The funeral services were held in the Tabernacle at St. George, on the 17th of November, 1886, at 2 p.m. Wm. Fawcett, President of the High Priests’ Quorum of the St. George Stake, spoke, and also the Presidency of the Stake, Bishop David H. Cannon and High Counselor Charles Smith. A large number of attendants and vehicles escorted him to the grave.
Contributor: Richard Worthy (47466687) • [email protected]
(HEAD STONE HAS BORN IN WHITE COUNTY TENNESSEE )
Husband of Dicey Ray and Hannah Goul
DESERT NEWS
Salt Lake City, Utah
Wednesday, 15 December 1886, Page 16
PERKINS – Died 16th November, 1886, in St. George, Washington County, Utah, William G. Perkins. He was the son of Ute Perkins and Sarah Gant Perkins; was born in South Carolina, January 11th 1801; His father moved to Tennessee in 1805, and William G. Perkins lived there until 1829. He married Dicy Ray the 22d of February, 1818, by whom he had a son and a daughter. He moved to Hancock County, Illinois, in 1829 and in 1838 was baptized by Joel H. Johnson, and was ordained a Teacher. He was ordained a High Priest under the hands of Hyrum Smith in 1843, and set apart under the hands of Presidents Brigham Young and H.C. Kimball to act as Bishop in Macedona. He took a mission with Andrew Perkins to the southern part of Illinois in 1843, and in 1846 received his endowments, started west with his family, remained at Council Bluffs two years, in 1848 came to Salt Lake City, and was made Bishop on the Seventh Ward. May, 1853, he married Hannah Gold, and in 1861 was called on a mission to St. George; on the 23rd of March, 1862, he was set apart as Counselor to William Fawcett, President of the High Priests’ Quorum of the St. George Stake, and acted in that capacity over 24 years, or until his death. He was ordained a Patriarch under the hands of Presidents Brigham Young and G.A. Smith, Apostles Erastus Snow and Brigham Young, Jun., and Joseph W. Young, President of the Southern Mission Stake of Zion, on the 27th of March, 1870.
The funeral services were held in the Tabernacle at St. George, on the 17th of November, 1886, at 2 p.m. Wm. Fawcett, President of the High Priests’ Quorum of the St. George Stake, spoke, and also the Presidency of the Stake, Bishop David H. Cannon and High Counselor Charles Smith. A large number of attendants and vehicles escorted him to the grave.
Contributor: Richard Worthy (47466687) • [email protected]
Son of Ute Perkins and Sarah (Sally) Gant
(HEAD STONE HAS BORN IN WHITE COUNTY TENNESSEE )
Husband of Dicey Ray and Hannah Goul
DESERT NEWS
Salt Lake City, Utah
Wednesday, 15 December 1886, Page 16
PERKINS – Died 16th November, 1886, in St. George, Washington County, Utah, William G. Perkins. He was the son of Ute Perkins and Sarah Gant Perkins; was born in South Carolina, January 11th 1801; His father moved to Tennessee in 1805, and William G. Perkins lived there until 1829. He married Dicy Ray the 22d of February, 1818, by whom he had a son and a daughter. He moved to Hancock County, Illinois, in 1829 and in 1838 was baptized by Joel H. Johnson, and was ordained a Teacher. He was ordained a High Priest under the hands of Hyrum Smith in 1843, and set apart under the hands of Presidents Brigham Young and H.C. Kimball to act as Bishop in Macedona. He took a mission with Andrew Perkins to the southern part of Illinois in 1843, and in 1846 received his endowments, started west with his family, remained at Council Bluffs two years, in 1848 came to Salt Lake City, and was made Bishop on the Seventh Ward. May, 1853, he married Hannah Gold, and in 1861 was called on a mission to St. George; on the 23rd of March, 1862, he was set apart as Counselor to William Fawcett, President of the High Priests’ Quorum of the St. George Stake, and acted in that capacity over 24 years, or until his death. He was ordained a Patriarch under the hands of Presidents Brigham Young and G.A. Smith, Apostles Erastus Snow and Brigham Young, Jun., and Joseph W. Young, President of the Southern Mission Stake of Zion, on the 27th of March, 1870.
The funeral services were held in the Tabernacle at St. George, on the 17th of November, 1886, at 2 p.m. Wm. Fawcett, President of the High Priests’ Quorum of the St. George Stake, spoke, and also the Presidency of the Stake, Bishop David H. Cannon and High Counselor Charles Smith. A large number of attendants and vehicles escorted him to the grave.
Contributor: Richard Worthy (47466687) • [email protected]
(HEAD STONE HAS BORN IN WHITE COUNTY TENNESSEE )
Husband of Dicey Ray and Hannah Goul
DESERT NEWS
Salt Lake City, Utah
Wednesday, 15 December 1886, Page 16
PERKINS – Died 16th November, 1886, in St. George, Washington County, Utah, William G. Perkins. He was the son of Ute Perkins and Sarah Gant Perkins; was born in South Carolina, January 11th 1801; His father moved to Tennessee in 1805, and William G. Perkins lived there until 1829. He married Dicy Ray the 22d of February, 1818, by whom he had a son and a daughter. He moved to Hancock County, Illinois, in 1829 and in 1838 was baptized by Joel H. Johnson, and was ordained a Teacher. He was ordained a High Priest under the hands of Hyrum Smith in 1843, and set apart under the hands of Presidents Brigham Young and H.C. Kimball to act as Bishop in Macedona. He took a mission with Andrew Perkins to the southern part of Illinois in 1843, and in 1846 received his endowments, started west with his family, remained at Council Bluffs two years, in 1848 came to Salt Lake City, and was made Bishop on the Seventh Ward. May, 1853, he married Hannah Gold, and in 1861 was called on a mission to St. George; on the 23rd of March, 1862, he was set apart as Counselor to William Fawcett, President of the High Priests’ Quorum of the St. George Stake, and acted in that capacity over 24 years, or until his death. He was ordained a Patriarch under the hands of Presidents Brigham Young and G.A. Smith, Apostles Erastus Snow and Brigham Young, Jun., and Joseph W. Young, President of the Southern Mission Stake of Zion, on the 27th of March, 1870.
The funeral services were held in the Tabernacle at St. George, on the 17th of November, 1886, at 2 p.m. Wm. Fawcett, President of the High Priests’ Quorum of the St. George Stake, spoke, and also the Presidency of the Stake, Bishop David H. Cannon and High Counselor Charles Smith. A large number of attendants and vehicles escorted him to the grave.
Contributor: Richard Worthy (47466687) • [email protected]
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