Show GEORGE JEORGE CRISMON PATHFINDER AND PIONEER DIES AT ADVANCED AGE George Georg Crismon a pioneer not only of Utah but as well of southern California died yesterday forenoon at his hi home in Sugar tugar ugar House ward at 1140 Death was vas due to a se so severe severe sovere vere cold paralysis came at 2 yesterday morning and the decline was rapid He was 75 years old The rho life lire ot of George Crismon was full of He was as the thee son jr of Charles and Mary Hill Crismon rand and was born in Scott county count Illinois in 1833 18 He came to Salt Lake with his parents in 1841 1511 and with his father erected the first flour mill In City creek canyon From Salt Lake he went to San Bernardino Cal al in where he married Miss Mary Tanner In As was the case In Utah Mr Crismon again built the first grist millin mill in south southern ern era California He H e returned to Salt Lake City in 1858 1853 and lad had resided I here since that time Perhaps no man In all the west was wasI I more thoroughly familiar with the trill tr n between and Los Angeles A score of times lie he passed pas ed over the pony trail trait with his Ills cavalcade or unfettered with tramping animals When the Salt Lake Route was built Mr notes were found to be invaluable to the en engineers engineers engineers for they showed the location of every watering place In the terrible des desert desen crt ert en and contained much other essential information At the time of the building of the Union Pacific Mr 11 Crismon and his part partner partner ner tier Mr Weller Weiler had bad a large contract on that line and they built practically all of the th Oregon Short Line Besides being a pioneer of Utah he had inter interests Interests ests eats in Arizona and in 1860 he was pres present present present ent when the town of Denver was founded v Mr Crismon was five times collector for or Salt Lake county count He was heavily engaged In mining enterprises and was at one time one of f the owners of the he and afterwards of the Mammoth He was wali a wealthy man At the time of his death he was pres ident of Granite stake Mr GranIte leaves a large family of t I 7 s i r H I George Crismon children and alid grandchildren His Ills children are Mrs D S Spencer Mrs George GeorgeW Georgev W v Thatcher jr Sidney Charles Cris Crismon Crismon mon loon Frank W V Crismon Arthur Owen Crismon Herbert F Crismon Leo F 1 Crismon Kenneth A Crismon Beatrice Thomas Alice Crismon Cris mon and Mrs Mr Ir Joshua I Selley Siley The announcement of ot the funeral will be made later |