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Jones, Shadrach 1832 - 1883 |
Jones, Shadrach, an Elder who died while filling a foreign mission, was born Nov. 17, 1832, in Breckhockshire, Wales, the son of David Jones and Ann Lawrence, and was baptized by Meshach Williams Jan. 13, 1850. After emigrating to Utah he made his home in Willard City, Box Elder county, where he was very much respected. He was set apart by Apostle Orson Pratt April 10, 1876, for a mission to the Indians, and on April 9, 1883, he was set apart for a mission to Great Britain and arrived in the missionary field on the 28th day of the same month.
He was assigned to the Welsh conference and after his arrival in his field of labor [p.661] displayed considerable energy in seeking to spread a knowledge of the gospel. He took cold, however, through sleeping in a damp bed, was affected with a very bad cough and soreness of the lungs, and after lingering about three weeks (during which time everything was done to relieve him that kindness could suggest), he succumbed to death. He died June 24, 1883, at Swansea, Wales, within two months after his arrival in Great Britain. Elder Jones had always lived a most worthy and exemplary life and had devoted much of his time in later years working in the Logan Temple. He was a member of the 59th quorum of Seventy.
LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson, Vol. 3, pp.660-661 |
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