0RTON. At his home, near Tabor, Iowa, June 25th, 1889, William Read Orton.
Father Orton was born March 19th, 1802, in Rowan county, North Carolina, and was married to Rebecca Huey, December 22d, 1822.
He united with the [LDS] church Feb. 10th, 1835, in Clinton county, Illinois, and received the office of an elder August 26th, 1835, under the hands of Harvey Green; moved to Missouri and passed through all the afflictions and persecutions incident in that place; returned to Illinois and stayed with the [LDS] church until they broke up for the west [Utah].
He was engaged with the Relief Society organized by Brigham Young in I839 for the purpose of moving the poor from Missouri to Illinois, and made two or three trips with his teams in that laudable work.
In 1852 he moved to Provo, Utah, where he united with the Reorganization [RLDS church] in 1864, by baptism, under the hands of George Rush, and was reordained to the office of an elder the same year under the hands of elders Squires and Atwood.
[He] returned to Mills county, Iowa, in 1866, and was known and highly respected by the Saints as a true, faithful, and devoted worker, ever willing to defend the faith in word and deed, true in life, faithful in death.
He was stricken with paralysis, March 8th, 1886, and was helpless until he passed away. He was tenderly cared for by his family, and death was sweet to him in hope of the glory of God.
He was interred in the Tabor Cemetery; funeral services conducted and sermon preached by H. Kemp.
Source: The Saints' Herald - volume 36 (1889), p. 515
[The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints]
Contributor: Observer4wing (47373768)
Father Orton was born March 19th, 1802, in Rowan county, North Carolina, and was married to Rebecca Huey, December 22d, 1822.
He united with the [LDS] church Feb. 10th, 1835, in Clinton county, Illinois, and received the office of an elder August 26th, 1835, under the hands of Harvey Green; moved to Missouri and passed through all the afflictions and persecutions incident in that place; returned to Illinois and stayed with the [LDS] church until they broke up for the west [Utah].
He was engaged with the Relief Society organized by Brigham Young in I839 for the purpose of moving the poor from Missouri to Illinois, and made two or three trips with his teams in that laudable work.
In 1852 he moved to Provo, Utah, where he united with the Reorganization [RLDS church] in 1864, by baptism, under the hands of George Rush, and was reordained to the office of an elder the same year under the hands of elders Squires and Atwood.
[He] returned to Mills county, Iowa, in 1866, and was known and highly respected by the Saints as a true, faithful, and devoted worker, ever willing to defend the faith in word and deed, true in life, faithful in death.
He was stricken with paralysis, March 8th, 1886, and was helpless until he passed away. He was tenderly cared for by his family, and death was sweet to him in hope of the glory of God.
He was interred in the Tabor Cemetery; funeral services conducted and sermon preached by H. Kemp.
Source: The Saints' Herald - volume 36 (1889), p. 515
[The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints]
Contributor: Observer4wing (47373768)
0RTON. At his home, near Tabor, Iowa, June 25th, 1889, William Read Orton.
Father Orton was born March 19th, 1802, in Rowan county, North Carolina, and was married to Rebecca Huey, December 22d, 1822.
He united with the [LDS] church Feb. 10th, 1835, in Clinton county, Illinois, and received the office of an elder August 26th, 1835, under the hands of Harvey Green; moved to Missouri and passed through all the afflictions and persecutions incident in that place; returned to Illinois and stayed with the [LDS] church until they broke up for the west [Utah].
He was engaged with the Relief Society organized by Brigham Young in I839 for the purpose of moving the poor from Missouri to Illinois, and made two or three trips with his teams in that laudable work.
In 1852 he moved to Provo, Utah, where he united with the Reorganization [RLDS church] in 1864, by baptism, under the hands of George Rush, and was reordained to the office of an elder the same year under the hands of elders Squires and Atwood.
[He] returned to Mills county, Iowa, in 1866, and was known and highly respected by the Saints as a true, faithful, and devoted worker, ever willing to defend the faith in word and deed, true in life, faithful in death.
He was stricken with paralysis, March 8th, 1886, and was helpless until he passed away. He was tenderly cared for by his family, and death was sweet to him in hope of the glory of God.
He was interred in the Tabor Cemetery; funeral services conducted and sermon preached by H. Kemp.
Source: The Saints' Herald - volume 36 (1889), p. 515
[The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints]
Contributor: Observer4wing (47373768)
Father Orton was born March 19th, 1802, in Rowan county, North Carolina, and was married to Rebecca Huey, December 22d, 1822.
He united with the [LDS] church Feb. 10th, 1835, in Clinton county, Illinois, and received the office of an elder August 26th, 1835, under the hands of Harvey Green; moved to Missouri and passed through all the afflictions and persecutions incident in that place; returned to Illinois and stayed with the [LDS] church until they broke up for the west [Utah].
He was engaged with the Relief Society organized by Brigham Young in I839 for the purpose of moving the poor from Missouri to Illinois, and made two or three trips with his teams in that laudable work.
In 1852 he moved to Provo, Utah, where he united with the Reorganization [RLDS church] in 1864, by baptism, under the hands of George Rush, and was reordained to the office of an elder the same year under the hands of elders Squires and Atwood.
[He] returned to Mills county, Iowa, in 1866, and was known and highly respected by the Saints as a true, faithful, and devoted worker, ever willing to defend the faith in word and deed, true in life, faithful in death.
He was stricken with paralysis, March 8th, 1886, and was helpless until he passed away. He was tenderly cared for by his family, and death was sweet to him in hope of the glory of God.
He was interred in the Tabor Cemetery; funeral services conducted and sermon preached by H. Kemp.
Source: The Saints' Herald - volume 36 (1889), p. 515
[The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints]
Contributor: Observer4wing (47373768)
Inscription
South side of Monument:
Wm R. Orton
Died June 25, 1889
Aged 87 Ys. 3 Ms. 6 Ds.
North side of Monument:
Rebecca, Wife of W.R, Orton
Died Apr 5, 1893
Aged 86 Ys. 8 Ms. 22 Ds.
West side of Monument:
In Memory of
W.R. & Rebecca
Orton
Father and Mother
Family Members
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