| Show PETER ANDERSON DIES peter anderson of oak city pass ed away april ath at the home of his son J lee andeeson Ande owr json from illness in flent to advanced years i ter anderson was born dec 10 1847 at Svend denmark he emigrated with his parent parents seris Jeris an ali derson and anna peterson leaving copenhagen dec 22 1853 arriving at new orleans feb 16 1854 and arriving in salt lake oct 4 1854 brigham young sent them to rill more as they needed a wagon maker and jens was w as a wheelwright by trade he ile made the trip to fillmore with bp dp bartholomew bartholemew he ile built a frame house east ol 01 fillmore under the hill in the old tort fort rhe fhe father jens died oct 18 1855 leaving the moth er with peter christian and joseph S a babe three weeks old they were the first and only scandinavian family in the county and unable to speak the english language bp dp lewis brunson the lovells levells Car tings and others were very kind to the young widow in 57 she marled john lovell five children were born to them they moved to des eret being some of the first settlers there after several dams had gone out and deseret was abandoned the family moved to oak city where they have since lived peter as a boy helped build old tot lot deseret and stood guard with nicholas paul and others tor for two yea s in 1870 he was elected sec see detary and manager of the co op stole e april 14 1872 he married martha lovell in the endowment house salt lake city their survia ing children are edwin J lee alice jacobson agnes lyman do de allah jacobson george and J limer llmer oct 9 1882 he married annie anale ly man their surviving children are ely nielson lucy walker lidon don T ellis and athelyn bennett both wives died several years ago dec 1 I 1880 he was ordained bish op which position he held until may 1907 he ile was ordained patriarch dec 27 1914 funeral services were held in oak city monday april 11 at 2 p in in charge of bishop willis E dutson the speakers were alonzo robison of fillmore willis G E robison and john beeve of hinckley john styler of oasis samuel western of deser et I 1 edmond lovell of ririe idaho edward leo lyman of delta open ing prayer by james S blake bene diction by joshua finlinson bp rodney B ashby of leamington leavington Lea ded seated the grave thus passes another old timer from the ranks of the early pioneers of millard county his ills iffe was iden titled with our early history ills hands and others wrought our start |
