Grave of Simeon Priestley & Family

Mount Zion Methodist Chapel, Ogden

In Affectionate Remembrance of SIMEON PRIESTLEY WHO DIED IN THE ADJOINING CHAPEL HOUSE MARCH 26TH 1892 AGED 75 YEARS.     FOR OVER 40 YEARS HE WAS CHAPEL KEEPER AND SEXTON AT MOUNT ZION.     AS TEACHER, CLASS LEADER, SICK VISITOR AND SOCIETY STEWARD FOR 20 YEARS, HE FAITHFULLY SERVED THE LORD.     BY HIS QUAINT SAYINGS, STRIKING ORIGINALITY, STERLING PIETY & UNWAVERING ZEAL HE ENDEARED HIMSELF TO ALL WHO KNEW HIM.     "LORD, NOW LETTEST THOU THY SERVANT DEPART IN PEACE – FOR MINE EYES HAVE SEEN THY SALVATION."     ALSO IN LOVING MEMORY OF HIS WIFE HANNAH WHO DIED JUNE 23RD 1882 AGED 69 YEARS.     SHE HATH DONE WHAT SHE COULD