Show SMITH PARKERS PARKER'S DEATH REMOVES USEfUL CITIZEN Smith Parker pioneer Importer of blooded stock was hurled burled In Mt It Oh vet et ct cemetery today Funeral services vere h held ld at the tho ODonnell O'Donnell funeral chapel hap 1 Mr Ir porker Parker was born In Douglas DO Mass March 10 1849 When a youth ho he migrated with Ith his parents to Illinois II and Iowa and antI a few years r el later when still a n bo boy crossed crossd the cont continent continent con- con t to California with his parents by 11 tho 0 ox team route Striking out for Parker went to Nevada anti and following a three years years years' residence there came carn to Utah He lie was wall married to 10 Miss lIlIs Ellen Curtis of Spring Spring- Ille October 14 1 14 ISi He UG became In Interested In- In In blooded cattle cattie and In liST 1885 Imported a car of holstein cattle that cost him O a n head heart As a n resident nt of Pluto Piute county ho became famous for hl fine cattle and horses In honor of tho the work ho was doing In Improving tho the strain of stock tock In the tho state tate the tho legislature appointed him a director of tho the Deseret Agriculture and Manufacturing society at that time associated as as- with the tho state tat fair In lii 1895 Mr Parker moved to Salt I Lake l-ake locating lIns on a tract of or land lanel on Seventh I East st between Thirteenth and fourteenth South streets Here he conducted conducted con con- ducted n a business for a number of years and afterward was engaged In Inthe inthe the tho feed an and produce business Mr Ir I Parker was a Il Republican and In addition addition addition addi addi- tion to being active In municipal affairs was wn territorial delegate to the fifty fourth congress lie Ho was also a delegate dole dele l gate to to tho the territorial convention In 1894 1891 During his residence In Pluto county count he donated a n chool and employed em em- em- em teachers at his own expense In the th hope that he might Improve falling failing health Mr 11 Parker went nt to Los Angeles a couple of months ago FallIng Failing FallIng Fall Fall- Ing to Improve he hl returned to hi his home homo In Salt 81 Lake L. a couple of weeks ago h his widow the decedent Is III ur stir h hy by three sons eons and anti six daughters Thc They are Ralph Frank Smith Jr and Miss 1188 Minerva Parker arker Mr Mrs Ir IrV W. W F F. Hess BUill Mrs rs Fred I Christensen Mrs Roy and Mrs Irs W. W T T. H hess all of Holbrook Idaho Mrs Edward Vest of Greenwich Pluto Piute count county Two brothers and three sisters are arc living They are J. J M. M Parker of Burns urns Or Frank Parker of ot Cat Cal Mr Mrs Ir Jerr Jerry Tyl Tyler r of Milford Cal Cat Mrs Irs M M. I. I J J. J Sheldon of Pacific Grove Cal and Mrs High Dakin Dakin Da- Da kin of Palo Alto AHo Cal |