Show PIONEER OF THREE COUNTIES CALLED J R porter pioneer or of 1847 and one of first sawmill builders in utah died friday aug 2nd and J it porter county attorney of morgan county it pioneer pio neero of f 1847 and a pioneer settler of salt lake DAV davis IS and morgan counties passed away on friday deceased settled in morgan co county anty in 1801 1861 where he has re rd sided since he was bishop of porterville for twenty years he built the first water power Eill rift in city creek canyon cast of salt lake also aso t the fi e first sawmills in morgan county his father brothers and himself built the first road around the horse shoe bend bead which leads from weber and davis counties into morgan county which was one of the most difficult roads i in a utah to build deceased was about seventy years old funeral services over the remains of joseph rich porter who died aug ta ast 1st 1 st very suddenly of heart failure while on his way to his home from morgan were held in the porterville 1 meeting 0 house bouse sunday all aug ta fth and the remains were ln interred te in th the porterville cemetery the speakers were pros pres D heiner thomas rich joseph durrant L H dunant dun ant at and john seaman of ogdon ogden resolutions of respect adopted by the high priests Qu quorum orlim of which deceased was a member were read by james tucker and resolutions adopted by the morgan county officers of which he was a member being at the time of li s death county attorney were read jrichard byj by lichard pry fry coun conn ty clerk the musical numbers rendered were excellent the services were be beun begun 0 o un wi with th a quartette by the port porter er brothers and several solos were rendered dered very ably by joseph an derson of morgan and james taggart of Cu Co alville the he arn offerings were many an and d b e u I 1 the funeral fineral was one of the largest ever held beld in porterville |