ANOTHER VETERAN GOKE sudden death D e a th of benjamin F pendle j ion n in st uc orare e one by one they are embarking on the silent river the pioneers who have helped to build up tho the settlements in these secluded and then desolate valleys the veteran whose demise we have thomad occasion to announce to dayis benj ton an old time settler of this territory throughout whose length and breadth he was well known and respected he lie responded to the supreme summons from above on last friday wo we take the following f ol lowing biographical items from the S L berrid helas lie was born in new york in 1818 and when twenty three or twenty four lour hearing of illinois which was just then opening up he started forthal for that state he ile settled in a town named peru on the ilia illinois river nd helped build up that place from there he lie went to Pike County and there joined the church of jesus alir christ is t of lat ter day saints a faithful member of which he lie continued up the time of his sudden demise I from rom pike pik a county y ho he went to hancock county following g the blacksmithing trade he ile was with the morcom mormons Mor mons when driven from that county and he accompanied compa nied them as they were gradually forced westward and reached council bluffs in 1846 lie remained at the last named place until 1848 when ho lie came to bait salt lake city one year after the arrival of the pioneers rs heat he at once took up his abode bd in the ninth ward and helped to build up this city in 1856 he be accompanied the party that went to salmon river and established fort lembi returning returning in to salt lake he rema remained inel for a i few years and then was called to go south to build u up a settlement at st george abig which had not then been located he assisted in breaking the first soil in that section and has been a constant resident there ever since rendering valuable assistance in building up that now prosperous locality mr pendleton was a most useful man among pione pioneer cri his iris father frederick pendleton was a pioneer of new york and helped to cut away the timber from that now leading state in the union ilia is sons benj and A J there became used to pioneer life knew its requirements gire quire ments and were prepared for tho t a emergencies incident to pioneer life benj was a first class blacksmith in early days when it was next to impossible to import tools he be manufactured farming faiming implements and they were used all through the territory he ithe made flour mills sawmills a iv in ills molasses mills the first cotton jenny made in dixie and not a few of the original mills are yet running and bear the marks of the handiwork of benj F V pendleton the only y amusements he cared for were hunting and fishing and it was while enjoying e doting one of these that he be met wilt with his unexpected death