| Show MYRON A ABBOTT DIES mr air myron A abbott of suther slither land died monday morning after an illness of ten days caused by the bite of a deer fly on the point 0 oi the jaw causing tularemia tular emla popular popularly called here plague myron A abbott was born in wil lard utah seventy years ago he re calved his education in ogden he was the son of myron and josephine alien allen abbott at the age of s eteen the family moved to bunkerville Bun kerville nev there he married mary leavitt in 1881 and in 1886 he moved to annabella sevier county in sevier county he became prominent both in civic and in religious duties he ile served as a county commissioner of that county and for three terms was sheriff in III this period he farmed and ranched as well as attending to his duties he came to delta in 1912 and was at dt all times prominent here he was the organizer of the sutherland dis hrict tor for school purposes pui pul poses and was a supervisor of millard county drain age D strict no 1 3 for several celms he ile alwaes s took an active and lead ing part ip ia politics and was voas a con tive force in his neighborhood in 1919 his wife mary leavitt ab bott died surviving him were the following children of that union stephen perry abbott edward la v rence abbott james howard abbott mrs ward robion william leon abbott george myron abbott lem uel brooks abbott and thomas lay abbott in 1920 mr air abbott marred eliza brown who survives him no chil dren drea were born to that union funeral serviced eg were held at erland wednesday at which the speakers were wm win E bunker royal H barne darne of annabella M M steele and bishop george R jackson so los ins were inere rendered by geo gen an and d bessie brown a step daughter and a duet duct by ha ila losee and don rushton interment was held in the delta cemetery mr air abbott inas las a man wrom we all admired and respected his work in this community will live as a tes ti to his memory |
