Show OBITUARY F frauds valentine goodman was born at Dedford shii e england february 2 1814 and passed away at the home of of ills his wife in has east vernal juno june 22 1915 age 71 years four months and twenty one days at time of death disease was the direct cause of death and although lie he hail had been failing the past year he was wa only sick ten days in the passing of mr goodman aln anh county looses one of its very alist settlers soldier indian fighter explorer trapper and a pioneer of sterling sterlin qualities strictly honorable and honest in all ills his dealings between man and man his experiences per perien lences ces on the frontier I 1 fill a book and make mighty interesting reading mi ali goodman came to america tit ht the age of fifteen and when only seventeen tile the war wac broke out and he enlisted in tho the infantry of now new jorey jory jery ey which was later changed to cavalry being a messenger and carrying many important dispatches he served ills country faithfully through the war and received an honorable discharge after the war closed ho he made a trip back to his old home in england he returned c d to america in bags and joined the party of major powell sent out by the govern ment to explore the green and colorado rivers they stat stait ted at green river city wyo and their troubles soon be pan in the ladore canyon northeast of vernal they encountered rapids and cataracts that no boat could run the boats were disabled and mr Gl lost his entirely together with his bedding ant and clothing and when he reached lie ito junction of the Du duchesne chegne iiii white rivers the reen he quit the party ani and corked his way back to green gilliver allver city for a number of nears eara afterwards he followed thi life of a trapper in colorado wyoming idaho montana and washington and told many tales of the trouble with the indians ili hi those days during the indian outbreaks outbreak i on oil the plains in lie ho volunteered mite ered services eq and served under general ouster custer lie ile had been sent back with dispatches patches IN to at the time of the massacre magg acre known as custers Ou last stand occurred in june 1976 1 ile he was married at green iziver city and a few years afterwards settled down in browns park across the line in ili colorado and engaged in tile the sheep business he moved to tn the ashley valley about eighteen years ago and bought the t h 0 fai faini m now owned by david narron karren where his wife died in ili 1903 ile he was again married two years ago to mrs Toll lve ili his family consisted ot 0 three girls and four boys mra john bennion Benn lon mrs ed evans ahvan mis mic clarence evans john roger alfred and joseph all of whom hom were present at the funeral except john and al |