Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1912-12-26 | Page 6 | Pioneer of 1847 Called to Reward

PIONEER OF 1847 CALlED TO REWARD George Matson Formerly in n Household of Joseph Smith Passes A Away way Special Sped a 1 to The Republican Herald Provo Dec Doc 25 Another Another of the pioneers pioneers pio PLO of ot 18 1817 Geor George e Brinton Matson Malson late ot of died Christmas at 7 j o'clock at tho the residence of or his youngest son Guymond nt at Provo Pro Pro- brief brier Illness lie came cumo cameto vo 0 0 after a a. very 01 to Utah with his mother In October I 1817 1847 and ancl was one of or a 3 company of or I explorers under tinder the leadership of or Parley Par Par- Icy ley P. P Pratt who passed through Utah coun county county and southern Utah going Koine as ns asfar asfar far south at St. St George Georg-c. They passed through Utah county in the autumn of or IS 1840 and on Christmas day 1850 1860 ho assisted In raising tho the first liberty polo at Parowan In 1856 he went with the tho relief relict teams teama as far as Fort lort Bridger to assist the belated hand-cart hand company Ho was born In Conter Dola on October 26 6 1827 thus reaching the venerable ago of or 85 years cars His Ills mother Joined the tho Mormon church and ad moved to Nauvoo Zau in his early bo boyhood hood where he be was W at one time a n. member of ot the household of or Jseph J-eph Smith ho be and his family in hn having always lived lI as devoted Mormons In his youth ho learned the tho trade trado of ofa ofa a brick mason and his trowel tio rang upon man many of or the thc first buildings of or Salt Lake Lako and anti 1 upon many of tho the early buildings s of lIle II In later years farming has occupied most of his time A few to ow years ears n ago o Mr Matson visited his old home and relatives relatives relatives rela rela- tives In Delaware and Pennsylvania Pennsyl having made mado In all three trips In acquiring acquiring ac ac- ac quiring genealogical Information of ot the tho ancestors of himself and his wife Tho The latter died last September r