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Show Millard County Pioneer Dies Jan. 3 in Denver Mrs Helen Raht James, 86, resident resi-dent of Black Rock for many years died Wednesday, Jan. 3, in Denver, Den-ver, Colo., of causes incident to age. She was in a private hospital at the time. Mrs. James was born in Cincinnati, Cincin-nati, Ohio, February 3, 1864, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Raht, Her father, an early mining engineer, brought his family to the Utah Territory when he came to develop various mining properties in this area.They came to Salt Lake City in the late 1870's and resided there until un-til Mr.Raht could Ma. Jxm find housing that was suitable in Frisco, .Utah. Mrs. James came to Frisco in her early teens after travelling by' railroad to Nephi, and by stagecoach stage-coach to Frisco, where her father was the general superintendent and in charge of the development of the Horn Silver mines. During her stay in Frisco she met Mr. Walter James, who ran a chain of butcher shops in the various mining camps in the Territory. Ter-ritory. They were married in Frisco Fris-co Jan. 14. 1892. Mr. and Mrs.. James then spent some time in the various mining camps in (this area, and later bought property around what is now Black Rock in order to have a source of cattle for their butcher shops. Mrs. James lived most of her married life at Black Rock.For the last few years she had beei living with one of her daughters at Denver, Colo. She was a member of the Ruth Chapter No. 6 of the Order of the Eastern Star, located in Milford and was affiliated with the Congressional Con-gressional Church. Surviving are. three daughters Mrs. Merrill Miller and Ms. Hampton Hamp-ton Buke of Black Rock, and Mrs W. N. McMillen of Denver, Colo.; three grandchildren, Walter J. Miller, Mil-ler, Black Rock, Sophi Ann and Helen McMillen of Denver; a sister Mrs. Clara R. Shindler of Bremerton, Bremer-ton, Wash.; a nephew, Jack Trav-ers, Trav-ers, Craig, Colo.; and a niece, Mrs. Margaret Burbank Scott of Seattle, Wash. Funeral services for Mrs. James were conducted at noon Monday, Jan. 8, at the Evans and Early mortuary in Salt Lake City. Interment Inter-ment was in the Mt. Olivet cemetery ceme-tery in Salt Lake City. |