| Show jWILLIAM WILLIAM B DOUG DOUGALL D 0 ALL I PICTURESQUE PICTURES UE UTAH CHARACTER IS DEAD Pioneer of the Telegraph to Be Laid at Rest Today Sketch of interesting Career Given by Josiah Rogerson His Veteran Associate William B the pioneer of the telegraph In lit Utah is dead The funeral will be held this afternoon at atS atI S I from the residence 49 North State street There will m be no public function Friends will assemble in front of at the residence and attend the remains to the grave In the city cem cern cemetery cemetery It so happens that there is in this city at this time a man who knew Mr Dougall Dougan well wen who was engaged in the same business with him who took les lee lessons lessons sons in telegraphy from him This man manis manIs manIs is Josiah Rogerson now an of the Western Vestern Union office in this city Mr Rogerson came across the plains in 1856 with Martins arUns handcart com corn company company pany Last year Mr Ir Rogerson wrote for The Herald a concise history of ot the progress of that company compan across the wastes its hardships appalling losses of life attendant miseries and final happy edin eliding of ot their tribulations in Zion Mr Ir Rogerson now writes a 0 sketch of the th life of Elder Edor Dougall Rogerson learned the art of ot telegraphy telegraphy telegraphy raphy in He learned it with the crudest means His first set of Instruments consisted of a spindle of ofa ofa a 8 chair so 50 arranged on top of a box that it would make a sound Dougall gave Rogerson some measure of in instruction instruction Instruction Afterwards Rogerson be became became became came prominent as a manager of of offices offices flees on the line Une Parowan and Beaver City Cit being among them Sy Rogerson today is handling his hundred and two hundred messages a aday ada aday day da in the tle Western Vestern Union office He is 18 nearing the ear old mark but buthe buthe buthe he has not yet et reached it In view of the fact tact that these th two t o were veterans in first telegraph service a rem reminiscent remIniscent remIniscent review by Mr Ir Rogerson of Mr lr life is not amiss Here is what Mr fr Roberson has hat to say sayIn sa saIn sayIn In Bygone Days William Bernard Dougall died Sun Sunday Sunda Sunday day da night at 10 p m In his residence in this city elt immediately north of the Bee Hive house in Eagle Kagle Gate or 49 North State street aged 65 years ears eleven eleen months and eight days From Jensens Jen Record and Whitneys History of Utah it is learned that he was born May 3 1843 1813 In Liverpool Lancashire England of Scottish parents parent who in the early Os were members of the Mormon church As early as 55 is 5 or 64 54 the mother with her two sons eons Hugh and William came to Salt Lake but soon afterward settled in Springville Utah county count liv Hy living HyIng living ing there until 1866 when it appears the mother moved moed with her youngest son William B to Salt Lake Before leaving England William had been bent to study in the schools there had acquired the foundation of his practical education a good hand handwriting handwriting handwriting writing and the first rules of arithmetic which in after years after atter at attending attending attending tending the best schools in this city up to 1866 he be added to built upon and acquired such sueh a proficiency that he was known as one among amont the best In our Rocky mountain region It is recalled that in the th early carly he drove a team from Salt Lake to Los Angeles Angelee as one of ot George freighting teamsters teamster who an annually annually made the trip every winter for merchandise over 1600 miles Pioneer Telegraph Line LineIn In Jn the spring of 1866 1816 President Brig Brigham Brigham Brigham ham Young determined to have a tele telegraph telegraph telegraph graph line in Utah sent sen the cash necessary necessary sary Mry with the emigration teams tooms for the wire instruments and insulators which were freighted by the that season sea on from Omaha and reached this city tit the following September and Octo October October ber be Consistent with the character of I I I t President Brigham Young Toting in the fall tall of 1861 1801 he ordered a 8 selection to be made of one young man from every prominent town and settlement in the territory reputed for tor his scholastic at attainments to come to Salt Lake as a 0 member of a telegraphic school to be taught that winter by John Clowes the then manager of ot the Western Union Telegraph office which had been here since 61 William B Dougall Morris Wilkinson George Tribe S A Kenner W Yo A C Bryan and a more were selected and made up the class and here liere commences the he practical and useful life of th the deceased Now in his year he studied the art for six months and af afterward afterward afterward labored and distinguished him himself himself self leI during the balance ol o 0 his life lite as asa asa asa a practical telegrapher manager and superintendent for over oer thirty years cars carsIn In the summer and fall of 1866 the Deseret telegraph line Une was built and finished from Salt Lake to Logan in Cache valley valle and tp t St George in Washington county Utah and the bays that had attended Clowes Clovos school s hool the winter Inter before were distributed and made managers of the various offices north and south William Wllliam B Dougall being left in charge of ot the office at Parowan Iron county count Taking charge of the Parowan of office office fice flee about the middle of December 1866 he h remained there until President Young in May lIa 1867 came on his way to St George and released him from the mission for a 0 time and he went wenton on a 0 t vacation to St George At Head of Telegraphs Returning to Salt Lake in June about the of July Jul he succeeded Mr Ir Wilkinson as manager of telegraphs in President Youngs office which he held hold for the next ten years ears in this city A M I ll being superintendent until The best part and for tor years of ot the life lite was spent I In this city cSt as 8 telegraph operator man manager manager manager ager and superintendent and in this vocation and labor he has been known for more mort than anything else ranking among the best anywhere as a solid careful operator and not lacking tacking in skill or speed Before commencing his telegraphic career he was enrolled In Ina Ina a 8 company of cavalry and did service under General By Pace in the Black BlackHawk BlackHawk BlackHawk Hawk war in Sanpete for tor several months President Youngs Marrying one of President Brigham Youngs daughters Miss Maria Young in 1868 he soon after built him his first home at 40 49 North West est Temple where he lived for over thirty years While telegraph tel ph operator from 1561 until 77 ji under the superintendence ncy of or dusto and efficiency and from his be bc and efficiency and for his be becoming beCOming becoming coming superintendent of ot the line Une until it was sold to the Western Union com corn company compan pony pan in 1899 his care and economy was proverbial This sudden release from the harness of responsibility re and care he had been under so ao many man years seemed to produce a change in his health and manner and the death of or his elder brother Hugh at a Springville Utah while the former was in Los Angeles and almost Immediate Immediately ly I following the sudden death of his oldest and beloved son Wilby while he was again in southern California was too much for his declining strength and coupled with the ailment of which he died his end was only a matter of time He was a sincere member of the Mor Mormon Mormon mon faith steadfast st to its Ito principles and purpose is the reputation accord accorded ed him by b his intimate and lifelong as associates associates associates punctual to all his duties and faultless and accurate in his financial l responsibilities He Ho leaves his relict one son and two daughters |
