Show UTAH UT PIONEER OF 1847 1 TREK I DIES IN S. S L. L L LJoseph I IJ J Joseph seph Underwood Eldredge Sr Succumbs After Long lII Illness ess Joseph Underwood d' d Eldr Eldredge dge Sr 90 one of ot the 18 surviving L L. D. D S. S pi pioneers of or 1847 and andl descendant of a along along along long line of frontiersmen died Thursday Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day morning at al his home horne 60 East i First North street He had been in failing health for several months Mr Eldredge came to U Utah h with his parents when 4 years old in September Sep 1847 The trek The trek was made across t the e plains soon after atter Brigham Young and his company had established established established Salt Lake Cit City He was born O October 10 1843 in Dennis Mass I F Four ur years Inter biter the family y crossed Pennsylvania by way o of the theE E Eric ie canal and at Pittsburgh boarded a boat and sailed down down- the Ohio to the the junction of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers then sailing to Winter Win Win- ter Quarters i Crosses Plains There they joined the A. A O. O Smoot company for tor the trip across the plains Arriving ing in Salt Lake City they settled at th the old fort at what wha Is now Pioneer park Mr Eldredge's forebears were wet traced back to the Mayflower three of his ancestors William Brewster Stephen Hopkins and William White coming to America with the tile Pile Pil grims He was a member believed to be bethe bethe bethe the only one in Utah o of the Massachusetts Massachusetts Massa Massa- Society of Mayflower Descendants Descendants De De- and of the Sons of the American Revolution Mr Eldredge was a veteran of the Indian wars of 1867 For many years he was a political and civic leader He was an L L. D. D S S. S church temple worker and served d two missions Honor Guest at Fete In 1931 1031 Mr Eldredge was ws a guest or ohonor honor at the three-day three celebration of Pioneer day in Salt Lake City He was the father of or the late Jos Joseph Jo Jo- s seph ph U. U Eldredge Jr publisher o othe of the Ogden Standard Surviving are his widow Mrs Vianna Pratt Eldredge a brother Joshua Eldredge of Randolph four daughters Mrs Ruth Meakin of Los Angeles Angeles- Mrs Vera Daugherty Of o Chicago Mrs Della Delia of Salt Sal Lake City and Lulabelle Eldredge o of Salt Lake City 12 grandchildren and 16 great Funeral arrangements arc are pending J PASSES ASSES fA AWAY WAY I q r I 4 4 S 'S 2 t Ii Joseph U. U Eldredge e |