Show JUDGE BEAN IS DEAD A Pioneer of 4t Known Throughout Through-out the State 0 NOTED INDIAN FIGHTER HELPED TO FOUND PROVO AND OTHER TOWNS Died of Acute Neuralgia at His Home at RichfieldCame to Salt Lake Valley in 1847 and Was an Active Figure In the Early History of the State Special to The Herald Richfield Utah Dec 9George Washington Bean nearly 67 years old died at 3 oclock this morning He was a pioneer of Richfield and Sevier county coun-ty was among the first citizens of this place in influence and ability and was widely known all over Utah His death was caused by acute neuralgia border i JUDGE G W BEAN From a Photograph Taken in 1870 ing on softening of the brain He suf fered excruciating agony Tuesday night but his last hours were easy Not long before the end he clasped the hand of W J Bean his son using his right arm the only one he had and muttered mut-tered I wonder wholl be next The funeral is set for 1 oclock Saturday Sat-urday Judge George w Bean was corn mAdams m-Adams county Ills April 1 1831 He arrived in Salt Lake valley Oct 4 1817 He was with the company following that commanded by Brigham Young composed of 100 wagons under Captain J M Grant 50 under Willard Snow and 10 under John Vance William W Casper had gone from II inois to California with the Mormon battalion and had left his family at home George W Bean then only 16 years old escorted Caspers family to Salt Lake and reached there two weeks after Caspers return from California He helped settle Provo in April 1849 Just before the opening of the Ute Indian In-dian war of 184950 he lost his left arm in artillery practice and at the same time sustained injuries aboirt the head which have caused him much suffering ever since and which may have led to his decease He served the government and settlers set-tlers as Indian interpreter and aided in making treaties with the red men He also helped to locate the Uintah reservation res-ervation and to remove the Utes thither In 1S66 Judge Bean went to Millard county living in Fillmore and Meadow one year and returning thence to Provo He was probate judge of Utah county eight years while in office entering en-tering the city of Santaquin He was sent to Sevier county in 1873 settling first at Prattville a now deserted village vil-lage four miles east of Richfield He was Sevier countys probate judge from 187G to 1SS2 Among others of his official offi-cial acts he entered the city of Richfield Rich-field and there is not a city deed that does not bear his signature Judge Bean served as register several terms In the Latterday Saints church he was a high priest and at one time was first counsellor to the stake president In times of trouble with Indians he was repeatedly at the front of the fight either for the government or for his church In 1854 he married Elizabeth B daughter of Jacob Baum at Salt Lake City Three years later he wedded Emily daughter of John Haws at Provo The same year 1857 at the same place he was united to Mary W daughter of William Wall There were 30 children born Five of them are dead |