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Show PIONEER PLI11 0IE5 AT ELGI UTAH George W Durant Carried Mail in Wyoming at Time of Custer Massacre Spe al to The T (bune i -GREENRIVER Uta.h Dec 2 Co one , Geo ge W Durant s dead The news p ead over th s va ey last Sunday n ght ; at 5 o c ock when t was announced t at ! one of E g n s o (Test cit zens ad passed away ' Geo ge "W Du ant was born n S Char es I on 3V ay 24 1840 and d ed at s home n E 0 n Grand county on Decen ber 19 1915 be ng 5 yea s 6 mon s and 26 days o d He served as a nerabe of the Twenty t d o un eer nfant y t o ghout he c v war and was wounded at the ba e of Get ysburg ! and o the end he was a oya GAR member In Nove Tiber 1364 he was mar 1 r ed o M nn e Gus ason and of he r happ un on three sons we e bo n one i v ng in R fle Coo one Rawl ns W o and t e other n E g n I At e e va as o e Mr Du ant went to M ssou and res ded there ntU 188 when he noved o La am e Wyo , and a e n he same sun me e mo ed to Med ctne Bow A a me he was n t e se ce of e go ernment and had many encoun e s w h t e Ind ans of those davs He a ed e TJn ted States ma be wee Med c ne Bow and To t Fe te man and was connected w th the qua e mas er s department At tl at t me t ere was a hea y s pment of mu n t ons and supp es aken f om Med c ne Bo v o Fo t Fet erman Th s was t e ear of t e Custer massac e near tee and of en M Du an ad to pass manj bands of I d ans on those tr ps njak ng I t a e no on fu of ba ds ps but ma y mes f of dange I In 1S79 he no ed to Raw ns wee I he spent he bus est da s of lis fe He I wen no he con ac ng and bu ng bus ness and a so d ed law and fo se era ea s was a p om nent jus e of e pea e of hat c I 189 e no ed o D gin U a w e e e ad eve s n e es ed He va one of e p o nee t o G ee Re a ey and was pos n as e and coun y just e and cou su e or He wa e e eady o end a he p n and to new se e s and a wa s wa very act ve n G and ount po s and ook an a e n e es n e He was one of he o en os m n o G n cou Se e a weeks aQo e cautU a pld wh ch he cou d not shake off but he st fought f om go ng to bed unt 1 the da o h s death Today G eenr ver and E g n are n mourn ng and e e bus ness ouse was cosed for he af e noon, so hat everyone cou d at end the fune a T e Rev M Isethery preached the ser mon bo h at t e house and at the cemetery |