Show parsed aug AM under date of marth march 21 fit the itter den bridge and ams published at Ile hebden toden bridge england records the death 7 of I 1 mr air george benley bentley tr ta ither father cf of mrs crossley Y and gran of al mrs irs james gale gat e of this ci oft ati M follo follows we at the latter end of last week there baj all 1 lu I i beirod in the quiet graveyard aveyard er of st johns in in the church the remains of george bentley being the oldest inhabitant in in the vaclev is tha apology polo y if any ia is needed for to r the tb e publication of the following few particulars concer concerning fling i him ile lien was as one of the mot most genial of men and possessed a wonderfully clear and well stored memory the compiler of this obituary baa has spent many pleasant plea ant hours in bis his company and listened with intense interest t when speaking of the good old times in which baliv heined ed deceased was a veritable se of the valley in which be bad had resided for so man many y years it would i teem from the particulars supplied that the deceased came to live at crags cragg hall farm when he was a few yeara years of age a at t this place he lie bended for 6 years and left ii 22 year ago and at the tim time is of his death he lie resided in cottage at cuddy coed and had attained the age ot of 87 years mr air bentley was one of the farat sanday sc hool scholars when the school sch 1 was started in in an old malt kiln which a stood tood on the site of ibe the present church sunday school he ile was the list last survivor who ma m t the archbishop of cork york and dr coulthurst Coull Coul hirst thirst the then vicar 0 of I 1 Il halifax alifar at mytholmroyd to escort them to crag cragg when the church was consecrated when f peaking speaking of the valley as he used to know it he tie was wont to remark that a squirrel could hop bop from tree to tree all the way from to crags cragg hall wae was regarded as one of the most beautiful spots in the locality when it was WIN oia owned nod by the late mr air christopher rawson of llope hall nall I 1 halifax lall fax I 1 ahe he hall was in charge of deceased corome time and he lie wag was gamekeeper game keet er on moor deceased had thirteen children was grandfather to fifty four and great grandfather to sixty one making a total of eighty seven of whom are still living |