Show OBITUARY i due dua to misunderstandings misunderstand inga the in formation concerning concern ng S T r prominent Para gonan man whose death was chronicled in these hese columns three weeks ago did not reach us until too late for us to 0 o publish it last week so we give A t in this issue editor simon thornton whose death and burial was reported two weeks ago was born in the old tort fort at paragonah Para gonah sept 21 1 1857 he was the son ot of john and betsey baker To pioneers of 1847 they wee also members of the faist company of p pioneers onders to settle iron co arriving in parowan carowan Pa rowan jan 13 1851 ahey hey later moved to paragonah Para gonah chere most of the family have resided ever since his early life was spent in wrest n from doai the soil a living subject 0 all the trials and hardships ot of that time with but very little chance tor for education early in life he became identified with the parowan carowan coop cattle As with real estate holdings in n bear valley and at the expiration ct cf that companas comp anys charter he his father and other brothers became owners ot of that companas comp anys holdings he was also identified with the od parowan carowan coop co op store and tor for years was a member ot of the board ot of directors he was also a member of 0 the board ot of directors of 0 the paragonah Para gonah coop co aop op store and was manager ot of that bat institution at the time ot of the 1 x ot of its corporate exist once ance ile he held many other offices of 0 trust of a civic nature he was a faithful member ot of the church and ivas as tor for years president of the para anah branch ot of the aldeis chorum which had its headquarters in par owan ile he married alice Hobl an fn n the it george temple feb 7 1878 and tom rom this union the following child on ca were born alice elizabeth betsy belay jane st 31 lyon iron thornton Thorn toil mercy josephine zohn john colemon joseph leonard mar liar garet ella and ina laurette lie he married marrie d mary alary lu lucanda einda robin ron sister cf ills his first wife also in ire st gorge george tempi june 12 1881 nd to them one cald mary diary jane v ys g born ile he Is sur survived lived by his two widows widow 3 nd lur children betsy jane board an and joseph leonard of 0 Oara ionah gonah wary mary jane paxton ot of minche and ina laurette middleton ot of cedar city also fourteen alrand children and one greab great grand child three brothers john baker cco ceabe ige albert and josept riley and one susanna adams robinson PT |