Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-07-27 | Page 4 | Requiem

REQUIEM 1 J JOSEPH OSEPH UNDERWOOD ELDREDGE SR l a pioneer of 1847 died Thursday morning at hi his i home in this cit city Until his death he was one one of ot the eighteen surviving m members of the companies which came into Utah in the first year ear of its settlement In the span of his own life he was a witness of the growth of the commonwealth from rom its beginning as a sagebrush sagebrush sagebrush sage- sage brush waste Not only was he a witness but buthe I he e was an active participant in a host o of constructive con cone enterprises launched b by those hardy f first settlers in his youth and a a. a virile citizen in his advanced age up to the time illness and infirmity laid their hands upon him m. m His con con- to the development of Utah were t I many and aud valuable c Ho He was a pioneer by inheritance his auces- auces I tork having haing come to America merica with the Pil- Pil grims on the Mayflower He was a member of the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower DeI Descendants De De- I of the thc Sons of the AnH American rican Revolution Revo Revo- lution and a veteran of the Indian wars of 1867 He was a leader for many years in the Republican party in the state an active member mem ber of the L. L D. D S. S church for or which he had performed two iwo missions and nd a m man n of force in civic affairs He lIe had lived Jived a colorful and worthwhile life Born Dorn in Dennis Mass Ma October 10 1843 he was was a lad of four years when he ire came to Utah in the company of A. A 0 O. Smoot with his parents par par- cuts Elnathan and Ruth Buth Baker Eldredge With them he Jui i made his first home in the old fort forti fortin fortin i in what is now Pioneer park The stirring events through which he passed and the full measure of gf service he gave Rave to his hiR fellowmen throughout his lon long and ancl purposeful life compos com com- pos posa a requiem as he lays aside the cares and has he b borne r manfully alf lly so long f F u