| Show james A green pioneer Tin passed away 0 i lureka s pioneer residents are dropping from the ranks and tho ng out process A aich has been going on for years leaves but few of 0 the old timers of the camp this week it Is necessary to chronicle the death of james A green who pho passed away at tb th ig ot of 7 years being one of the very vey earliest set tiers of eureka his death took place on saturday mr green was born in quincy III in 1845 and came to this state in 1852 he ile first resided at santa quin and eluned of the lid i ships incident to pioneer I 1 te fe in utah being a veteran of the indian wars which put the early settlers to so much trouble mr green s application for pen slon on account of service in these wars was held up when it A as found that his name did not appear on the rolls which in those days were not kept in a very careful fashion at the present time legislation which will no doubt bring relief to other indian fighters who have been un able to establish their pension claims to the satisfaction of the government officials at washington is being put through congress by senator heed reed on coming to mr green located several mining claims some of which afterwards became very valuable but at the he time ore developments came along to enhance its value the ground had passed to other hands james A green led a very useful and active life it has been but a short time since failing health forced him to give up his regular employ ment the illness which caused his death was of a few weeks duration and he bravely made preparations tor for the end which he knew to be near deceased Is survived by tour four daughters mrs A D beaton with whom he had made his home sinca since the death of his wife a few years ago mrs rodney runnells mrs joseph wightman all ot of eureka and mrs james wilson of mohr land utah eleven grandchildren also survive mr green funeral services tor for mr green were conducted at the L D S church on monday af afternoon bishop finch being in charge prayer was offered by E W red mond and the speakers were joseph W lee and A J whitehead the closing prayer being by president E U F birch musical numbers were by an enlarged choir burial took place at the city cemetery under the direction of undertaker G A franke the pall bearers were angus mcdonnell samuel E ware joseph W lee D J sullivan wll wil liam okey and D mcelroy the last mentioned being f from rom salt lake |
