Edwin Pace

Dad asked me last week if I had much information on Edwin Pace, who was referenced in the preceding post.  I really didn't, so I did a small amount of research on him.  Edwin Marshall (Leonard's father) was the son of Elijah Marshall and Phoebe Priscilla Pace.  Phoebe's father was Edwin C. Pace.  A search on the web led me to his obituary in the Davis County Clipper, a newspaper in Bountiful, UT.  Below is the transcribed text (with a couple footnotes I added):

Davis County Clipper

Bountiful, Utah

Friday, February 16, 1917

Vol. 26, Page 1

PATRIARCH PACE IS CALLED BY DEATH

Had Resided in Bountiful Since a Year after First Settler Located There - Member City Council

                Patriarch Edwin Pace, a pioneer resident of Bountiful, passed away peacefully at his home here Tuesday, Feb. 13, 1917, at the ripe old age of 85.  Brother Pace had been confined to his bed only one month and up to that time had enjoyed very good health.

                Elder Pace came to Utah in 1848 after having endured all the hardships of pioneer life.  He endured the severe trials incidental to the winters of 1846 and 1847 in P[on]caw village[1], about 200 miles from Winter Quarters.  After opening this valley with Lorenzo Snow's company, he moved to Sessions Settlement, now Bountiful, in September of 1848, which has been his home ever since.  His records show that his first home was a willow hut of one room, built around with grass and sod.  Into this he moved with his mother, a small brother and a sister the first winter after his arrival[2].

                Since his coming here with an team as a boy of seventeen his life has been filled with the interests and duties connected with the upbuilding of this state.  He held many places of trust during that period.  He was a member of the first town board of Bountiful and served many years in the bishopric of South Bountiful ward.  Brother Pace had the privilege of listening to Joseph Smith's memorable address to the Nauvoo legion.  He was preceded in death by two wives, and seven children, and is survived by fifteen children, 123 grandchildren, and 136 great-grandchildren.  As a citizen his life has been ideal, as a father and a friend it has been tender and provident.

                The children are, Mrs. P.P. Willey, Bountiful; Mrs. Wilden Call, Grays Lake; Wm. E. Pace, Preston; C.E. Pace, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Rosabell Pette and Mrs. Dan Hatch, Oxford; Alonzo Pace, Palisade, Nev.; G.V. Pace, Bountiful; Mrs. B.F. Louder, Burley; Mrs. F.B. Smedley, Edwin Pace, Mrs. B.C. Holbrook, Mrs. Harry Muir and Mrs. Ira C. Holbrook, Bountiful.

                Funeral services will be held at the South Bountiful meeting house, Sunday, Feb. 18. 1 p.m.

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[1] Ponca, Nebraska?

[2] His father, Elisha Pace (b. 1804), died 1 Oct 1845 at the age of 41 in Nauvoo, Illinois and was buried there.

Findagrave.com has a memorial page for him, too, which includes some photos.