Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-10-07 | Page 3 | One of California Gold Discoverers Dies

ONE OF CALIFORNIA GOLD DISCOVERERS DIES ROCKLAND, Ida., Matthew I K Phelps FifleM, !o years of age, one' H oi the few men to whom the liscbvdry B of gold in California was confided fie H fore it became generally known, and: H one of th( oldest men In Power coun-i H ty. died at the home of hi son; Edward ii Plfield, In this c:t) Monday, of geh- - , ir. pifield v, at boi .i uh in. 830 B it New Haven, Vt. Later h( reniovcJ I VAvJ with his parents to New fork ami still. later in isio, to Xauvpo, in. He H the bodies of Joseph and llyrum Smith B titer they were slain. HHB. Mr Plfleld also enjoyed the dlstlnc-j iRJ lion of being one of the first men whoi idBj discovered gob) m California lie ar- H rived in Utah Su the summer of 1848, HH after driving four yoke Of oxen across i (he pi. ilny. and la 1849 Went to Call- fornla. where he cnguged in mining 1 for a year, then returning to I'tah BH in April, 1852, Bounl .Mr -1-' J field was married o Vlise Almlri son. who died in 1861, and In 1862 be, was married to .Mi Rebecca Hoops-! Mr Plfleld was called in active plO- neer service bj President Brlghami IT'oung and aided in the SCttlemenl of Richmond, i tab ami Paris and Mont'-I pelier. Idaho. He wis of the' firat settlers in Weston, Idaho, and re-j sided there for fort) ears. He pre-1 sided over the high priests' quorum of! nneida stake of the L. D. S. church; until released on account of old nge. BBBBBBBI OO