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Show jPIONEER OF OGDEN i DIES IN CALIFORNIA James Burch Succumbs in Los Angeles While on a "Visit to His Son. j .Spe-tal to The 'i'ri'mno. j OODKX, Fob. 17. Death claime.l a Miuneer of tiiis state when .taines Burch, :or whom litircli creek district was Jianied, passed away at the home of his inn, dames K. Lurch, in Los Angeles, Oil., several days ago. Mr. Lurch was I spending the winter at the homo of his j son. lie died of apoplexy. He had ; been n continuous resident of Ogden : since IMS. Lorn in Hamilton county, Ohio. December De-cember l' 1S.M5. Mr. Burch came to , Utah with Ids parents in C aptain Snow's J company, arriving here when he was LI 1 years of ace. His father and mother ! and the ot her members of the family i lived iu one of the first houses built in Weber county. It was located near Twenty-ninth street and Pacific avenue. ave-nue. For many years Mr. Burch held responsible positions in the Mormon church orSTUiizat-ion of Weber stake. The wife died in this city December 31, 101.1, and the father is survived by ; ten sons and daughters. Funeral serv-i serv-i ices will not be arranged until after the j arrival of the body from California, which will be Sunday. |