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HON. ZENO H. GURLEY.
MR. SPEAKER—Your committee, appointed to draft resolutions commemorative of the life, character and public service of Honorable Zeno H. Gurley beg leave to submit the following:
Reverend Zeno H. Gurley was born at Laharp, Hancock County, Illinois, February 24, 1842. He was for many years a leading minister in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and from 1874 to 1885 one of the twelve apostles of that body.
He served in the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth sessions and Twenty-sixth extra session of the General Assembly, which position he filled with credit to himself and his constituency. He also served the state as Deputy Warden of the penitentiary at Anamosa. Always maintained a moral character above reproach, and was a man of much more than ordinary ability, especially as a public speaker.
He died at his home in Canton, Missouri, November 22, 1912.
Whereas, The long and honorable career of this honorable citizen should command our respect and goad us on to nobler achievements in this life; therefore be it
Resolved, By the House of Representatives of the Thirty-fifth General Assembly that a transcript of this memorial be furnished to the family of the deceased and a copy thereof be spread on the Journal of the House.
M. F. THOMPSON,
D. C. STEELSMITH,
JOHN L. BROWN,
Committee.
Adopted March 20, 1913.