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Show VALUABLE CITIZEN . OF SANPETE DIES Andrew Madsen, Si , Was Among the First Settlers of Mt Pleasant ASSISTED COMMUNITY Helped Build Foit and Stores and Bought First Modern Machinerj pe. J to The Tribune. MT PLC b VNT teo 11 Funeril services for ndre v Mactaei s one of Mo nt Pleasant s first settlers h died at an early hour Mondaj mornins; ere held jestorday afternoon fron the orth ward chapel A bea til 1 floral d splay was made with the man tokens received n kindly remen brance from fr ends com ng trom ar ous places and the organizations he was connected w th Mr Madsen was operated on about three months ago and it was tho gh that he nas veil on his va to io co err hen pneumonia set n In the death of Vndrew Madsen the community loses one of ts n ost enter pniin" citizens, as he was always close ly identified with matters or pubho service. He was born m ''wennenge O herrd Denmark March 3 1S33 In JSo4 Mor men ellers visited his father s home and on December 4 18o4 he was bap tized by Elder James Hansen Soon after preparations vere beg n for the oyage across the Atlant c, and on "November '3 ISoo, he and his brothers Peter and Neils w th their two sisters Crathe and Bena left their home and tarted for Copenhagen where they joined a party of Mormon em grants consisting of 50S soul' with Knnte Peterson as president They boarded a sailing vessel on "November and set ail for America. fter a wearj and tiresome voyage, of eleven , weeks and three days they landed in New ork A few days later they started for St. Louis arriving there t March 1 IS06 Ox team Journey Preparations were at once begun for a tr j across the plains to Utah They reached Winter Quarters (now Law rence Kan ) early in June and on Tune "6 they w th a party of lmmi grants, led by President Peterson started with ox teams on the journey to bait Lake After arriving in bait Lake City Mr Mad en moved to Br g ham City where he made his home tor a short t me Early in the spring of ISoS, at the time of what was known as the great move south he left his home at Br gham City and loeated in l-.phraim There, on December '6 18oS he was married to Mlfs Johannah Mad en Wedergreen Anderson. About the middle o February 18o9 he m company with his four brothers Mads Peter Christ an and Neih) to "ether w th George Frandsen, Pasmus J-anLen Ne Is "Sedergreen Anderson W Anderson Sidney Allred Peter Monon Chr st an Jensen L Martin Hasmussen, Janes Larsen br els Johansen I Alma Allred, Peter Jo hansen James Meilmg, Uriel Chr sten sen 'soren Jacobsen James Allred and Uma Zebr skie moved north from Ephraim and p tched camp just across the Sanp tch river and on March 20 IS 9 moved the camp east about three miles and settled what is now known as Mount Pleasant Large stone walls were built around two Tbloeks which was known as a fort to protect them irom the Indians In 1869 the Mount Pleasant Z C M I one of the first stores opened n Mount Pleasant was organized and Mr Ma Isen was one of the p tnc pal A1 NDREW MVDbEN, SU, pioneer resident of Bit Pleasant who has pissed away W s M KreCTrar Mass, inetors ne w s superintendent lor many r L ter he be u on ne te 1 th tl I nion Me a t le o pan wh h was reorgan zed n 1 s now tho Mai en Mer ant e con lunv of S oheld of nh h ho was pre dent Ho was a lire to of the Mount Pleas ant Conuuorc al a d Sav ngs bank lie bn It the Mo n Pleasant? Opera 1 o ie He serve 1 t entv two jeari as a mem ber of the c tj council of Mo nt Pleas ant and was treasurer of the c ty tho firt two ears He bro ght nto Sanpete countv the fir t threshing mach ne tho first o v mg mach n self b n ler hav baler and purchased the first p ano sh pped nto the tj He was ver act e in open ing up the first coal n ines ea t of Mount Pleasant In 19(W when the c tizens of Mo nt Pleasant were preparing to celebrate the fift eth ann versary of the settle ment of the citv Mr Madsen organ ized the Pioneer Histor cal assoc at on and was elected pres dent an ofuco which he held up to h s death Writes History It was through h s untiring efforts that a beautiful monument was erected here in honor of the pioneers In the last four years he spent a great deal of time n prepar ng a his tory of his life the early days in Utah and matters pertain ng to the Mormon church whicl he had juit oon pleted in August of th s j ear Th s book has not yet been pnbl shed but those who have glanced over the work pronounce it very nteresting H s recent amb tionB have been to have the large brick building on Main street owned by A. Madsen & Co remodeled and rearranged into a modern hotel which he at many t meB stated that the city was much in need of He had lust received the plans from an architect He is survived by four children and seven grandchildren The children are ndrew C Madsen and Mis II Ida Madsen of Mount Pleasant Anthon Madsen and i(D 51 Madsen of Sco-field, Sco-field, Utah |