| Show GEO GEORGE R G E CI 0 W WOOD 0 C CALLED A L LE AT ALT EIGHT george C woo a pioneer of bountiful ful anil and one tf if the most dis men inen wl w il p 0 ever i lived i in 0 davis county on c econn t of what lie he achieved in n agricultural way nay died of sa sarc acla ina 0 of f ill the e face at his home in S sc th ith bountiful anday mr oa 00 woo tape achieved as much success as t late I 1 pros pres lay ton ron who lead in tile tl re reclaiming claiming of lie ile sand ridge j abut lut in in a some ahat different w mr fr wood also discovered tn principle of raisin raising 0 crops Viqi out water lie ile not only bucce succeeded ded in raising grain but lie avei eveaj produced water melons of large ize and delicious flavor as well q a i other garden tuff muff his agri agricula cult IT ral al operations however were n t restricted to dry alry farming T as sie e drove tunnels hills developing quite ia a the dry 1 t good supply 0 water for on ion purposes when jhan lie he first set jed there the laud land was dry as it is all around his hi place now but through gli the wai r lie he developed he has made an asis in a desert ile he has the larest lar la t gest est vineyard in this county and perhaps in this part of tile the stat which gives the I 1 place a fr appearance especially ally in the s immer time when it is contrasted i ith the in ing 1 country chri i it is dry and parched if deceased was a i son of the late daniel C wood early settler of bountiful and v have been 1 sixty nine years old on oil tile the ath of this coming jul I 1 mr wood avint wj n in in the move south when J 1 aston s army came to utah and oal 86 went to arizona in lot smiths company compan Y to set settle tle the coun country Y ile he served erv d r nearly arly three years and a liala half wil ell was next nest to the congest yo nest n 11 est term je in n the utah state ariso prison n by bhoge tho e sent there during tile the anti antipol polygamy pol amy prosecution pose cution while V in that institution he learned to read music and to play the violin without any professional training and bee became me quite proficient eat J in 1898 he amed fil ed a mission mission in in england and has hais always been an active worker ia ii the various organizations of vic he L D S chuch lie ile is survived survived by his two widows mrs Ad adelaide elpide ridges wood and mrs juliett julie howard wood and the following sons and daughters by his farsi firs wife nellie W stoneman and viorena wood both of salt lake daomi salter wilford C willard Willar dand and lillian wood all of woods cross cros 9 by his second wife george CY CS jr r oscar H john if and joseph H wood all of woods cross twenty three grand children and one great grand e hild child also alao are living ile he also has several bothers funeral services were held wednesday afternoon afternoon in the south bountiful bountiful meeting house and were larff largely 13 attended interment took place in the bountiful cemetery |
