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Show HENRY C. WARDLEIGH, pioneer of Weber county, and leader in fraternal work, who died yesterday. MAI ARE MOURNERS FOB H. i WARDLEIGH I : Grand Army Veteran and Noted Fraternal Worker Closes Career. Special to Tho Tribune. OGDEN, Dec. S. The sorrow of a community com-munity for the loss of a ploneor In its upbuilding and a man who had been known and respected here for nearly half a century was manifest by citizens of Ogden today after (lie death early this morning of Henry C. "Wardlclgh, retired business man and former member of the city council. He had attained the advanced ad-vanced ago of 70 years. ' "With nearly all of the relatives present at tho family homo, 2210 Quincy avenuo. tho end came at .'! o'clock this morning. Mr. Wardlclgh had been ill slnco last Friday. On that day ho suffered a brain affection resembling dizziness. Kvon then his condition was not regarded as serious until Sunday afternoon, when he was forced to take to his bed. He passed away twclvo hours later, death being due to hemorrhage of the brain. Born In Lincolnshire, England, on October Oc-tober 31. 1S3, Mr. Wardlclgh was only 3 years of age when he came to the United States with his paronts. Ills childhood was spent In the east, whero ho attended the public schools and aftenvard was graduated from a New York medical Institute. In-stitute. Upon coming west to St. Louis ho attained a degree of physician and surgeon after a post-graduate course In a medical college of tho Missouri city. At the outbreak of the civil war he enlisted with tho army of Camp Douglas, serving three years as a member of Company Com-pany H, Second regiment of California volunteer cavalry. He vns honorably discharged on June 1. 1SCC. Upon his return re-turn from tho war Mr, Wardlolgh taught school In the country districts of Weber county for sovci-al years, later engaging In the music business. Kor twonty-nlno years and up to flvo years ago, when ho retired. Mr. Wardlclgh was ono of tho active ac-tive business men of Ogden. Mr. Wardlolgh was best known to hundreds of Ogden and Utah citizens for his prominence In fraternal affairs. At tho time of his death he was a member of Dlx-Logan post No. :;, G. A- It., having served that organization as its comman-dr comman-dr and was also a past commander of the department of Utah. G. A. It., having served In that capacity during lSSf.. He had attained an enviable record in the service of the Knights of Pythias, having served continuously ns the grand keeper of the records and seals for tho stato organization since 1S92. In the I. O. O. F. he had served as grand master for tho Jurisdiction of Utah. Ho was one of tho first mombers of Ogden lodge No. 2, K. of P., and Ogden lodge No. 5. Odd Fellows. During his earlier residence In Utah Mr. Wurdlelgh wns United States commissioner, commission-er, serving In that capacity for several years, and also commissioner of the supremo su-premo court of tho state. For two and a. half vears ho waa a member of the city council, serving for one term as president of tho body. Tho marriage of Mr. Wardlclgh to Miss Elizabeth C. Whltaker occurred in Box Elder county on August 24. 1SG4. Elevon "children were born to them, and ten of this number, together with the widow, i survive the father and husband. The surviving children are James H., William Wil-liam C, Harold II.. Daisy E., Porter A., Lcroy W.. K. McLaren, Foster W.. Otis It. and Claud K. Wardlclgh, all residing in Ogden. There are also ono brother, J. H. Wardlclgh. residing lu St. Louis, and eighteen grandchildren surviving. Tho funeral arrangements will not be announced null! definite Information has been received concerning the arrival In Ogden of tho "brother, who has liccn notified noti-fied of tho death. |