Show PETER ANDERSON FUNERAL SERVICES on friday february 18 funeral services services were held at st george utah over the remains of peter anderson widely known in all the settlements of southern utah as one of didies pioneers on the memorial services were also held at at toquerville anderson has the distine giorl of having owned and oppe rated the first telephone lione line in dixie he was one of the first to install a complete water system for culinary culi nery water the well known anderson orchard at his home called echo farm is the largest privately owned orchard in dixie the deceased was bom in falster denmark feb 18 1840 due to the death of his parents he was compelled to leave home while only a boy he followed the sea for many years seeing most of the world he came to utah in 1863 locating in manti aland where he married anna Jarge jorgenson tisoN he moved to salina later and was in the blackhawk war in 1866 1966 he lived at gunnison nephi and payson successively ces before moving to dixie in 1868 he located at first at belleview but in 1884 established the present echo farm perhaps better known as andersons Ander sens ranch where he be resided until an accident led to his death jan ath he slipped from a load of straw and the wagon wheel ran over his ankle dislocating it the shock was too much for his vitality and he died at st george feb the surviving children are jas E anderson of cedar city mrs H L of toquerville B F anderson of echo farm mrs laura of st george albert anderson of echo farm mrs J A hougaard of manti and miss aliss anna anderson who is teaching in utah bounty |