| Show PION E HI TO R C pinney was character in development of southern utah richard charles pinne pinney y one of the handcart pioneers and outstanding characters in the early development of sevier piute diute garfield and iron counties died february 14 in the memorial Aler norial hospital at logan at the time of his death he was eighty three years of age and the oldest living pioneer in in cache valley having 3 entered cache valley as a boy he was employed there in feeding church cattle during the winter of 1858 and 1859 prior to moving to southern utah for fifty five years lie he was a typical frontiersman he served in the black hawk indian war in which lie received a scalp wound which left a scar he carried until his death he was one of the first mail carriers between salt lake city and sou thein utah prior to the extension of the railroad 4 he nv was a a pioneer in the sawmill industry oi of so southern it ern utah and assisted in various aai enterprises coincident to the development of this section his greatest characteristic was honesty honest and many were the positions of trust both chuich chinch and civic which I 1 lie held richard charles pinney was born bom in london in 1846 he came to the united states with his parents parent and ad two sisters who had joined the L 1 D S chuich in 1852 ci the plains with the handcart company lin in 1855 his father and one sister tied died from cholera ue intile making the 1 journey across tile the plains and while the immigrant train of necessity etsity moved on oil he assisted his mother in burying them in a grave rave which he and his ili mother lined line d with cedar boughs and banked with rocks and mud plaster he witnessed the grasshopper war in salt lake valley at and frequently when relating pioneer incidents ieca le called fled for his listeners list eneis how low the seagulls came froy from 11 cicat salt lake and devoured the insects richard charles pinney was mar lied to susan Doniz domgaard aard smith and an A I 1 to this union bom boin eleven ch child ild nen i en of whom the following survive archie pinney of log lopati ii mrs joseph I 1 goulding colliding of panguitch robert pin ney of joseph and geo S pinney of i richfield together with eighteen i grandchildren and thirty two g gibat et grandc grandchildren hildien his wife parsed av away ay thirteen deais 3 ago 0 and two years later lie he moved from Henr henryville Henry vilie to smithfield going to logan a year later where lie he has since worked walked in the temple doing vicarious for 1200 1100 souls |
