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Show QUARTETTE FOUGHT INDIANS 1853 FOUR FORM GROUPQF UTAH VETERANS k v , ; "I"' ff ; T) w , , t i , , , i ' ' 5 , ' .. :.S S, 1 r A . Pioneers Will Attend Annual An-nual Reunion at Spanish Span-ish Fork. THE RCt'otupanyinj picture ij that of a group of tour men, all residents resi-dents of Spanish Fork, who are the only looal survivor of tha Walker war, for their services in which . up:,5!ni they are now pensioners upon i the l'nittd States covernmont j The Walker war w;, a eonipjirativelv ' ao.-al urtsmg whi- h oninMte.l at : priccvnie in 1;,3 from the killing of ; an lniiau bv a white mnn at that plaep, and lasted about ona vear during which , tu:.e n.any Ir.diaus and fifteen whiU-s i lot their lives. J Jfc ?e men, trho?e names are Oenrcft A. Hi.-ks, JnLes WiIpv Thumn?, W. 'Franklin Tae. nud Ji'we I'evton Holt, ; were a-noinr the fir-t settlers on the . Jrnr.nh fork river. Utinnj the talker ; war thev were members of a eoaipanv of aiout U'O younjj men, Jed bv iVter Conover of r'rovo. who went out as , vt.'. ir.teers ftaT-unst v hirf WaJk.'r's band 1 aiid who rein.'iint. under urins until the upri.'int; v.as quelled and peace oiu-e ; more restored. George A. Hicks. (toor:o A. Hieks is $4 years of ace, a E'tt.vrt of Canada, wHoe f a rents en-.iraf 1 to Nauvoo in ISO, eroMng I the piauis to ftah in 1S02, a distance ! ol ir.ore than kvu miie by ox team. Thrv lo.-a'.eti on the Spanish Fork river "bcrton-.s. where lie still liTes, a 1 h;t and hearty old nan, a great reader 1 axd a rr.an of wondtrrful memory, cor- i - enr.ij the hi:orv of the trvir.g- times, i thro;ivrh whi'-h he hn rarel He ani h:s estimable wife, who is aho a pioneer, pio-neer, have forty nrand--hildren and twenty. fo-ir creat rajid children at ires-ect ires-ect living. James V. Thomas. James W. Thomas, who ia now past 51 years of ae, was bom in Alabama i and came aerofn the plains tn 1S-17 with the Jeded iah M. (Irant rompany, cum-li cum-li z tn tj Kork ic 15 if, at which fdace he has since continuously resided. He has always bet:n an active worker for his church and community and is a remarkably we il -preserved man, both mentally and physically. II" has many descendants who live In Spanish fork. W. Franklin Pace. W. Franklin Pace is now in hla 80th year. He is a native of Tennessee and 'accompanied his parents to Js'auvoo, where thffr lived when Joseph and Hy-rum Hy-rum Smith were killed. Trier etarted west in 1S4S, arriving in Salt LAke City :n the fall of that vear, and coming to t Sr:nish Fork in 1S50. For many years he acted as Indian apent and interpre- ter. leing thoroughly familiar with the Iniian language, ilr. Pace haa a remarkable re-markable memory and a pleasing per-! per-! sonality. To hear him recount some of i the strangn or amusing incidents of frontier life is an experience long to be j remembered. i Jesse Payton Holt. Jesse Payton Holt ia 82 years of age and a native of Tennessee. He came To Utah in 1850 with his parents, and accompanied ac-companied them in 18d2 to Spanish Fork, where he has since resided. Mr. Holt has always been a very active man and has given f reelv of his time and energv whenever callod upon to do 60 for the public good. He has many; descendants living, but his wife passed a.way several yeara ago. ; Reunion of Veterans. j This gTOup forms a very unique quar- j tette and It would probably be hard : to find four men in any community who so perfectly typify the. hardy pioneer class so rapidly dpfappearing. They will be given the place of honor hon-or at "the twentr-socond annual picnic and reunion of Indian war veterans of j fitah and Wasatch counties, to he held in Spanish Fork from August 1" to 20, inclusive. |