Show AXTON AXION N Pioneer Who Died T Ti day Was Father of Cof Cl C of Chaplains at Ca Cap Capi i Funeral services for tor John A 81 father rather of Colone Colonel John T. T A chief of chaplains of ot the tile U States army at Washington I 1 Iwho Iwho who died Tuesday evening at family residence Seventh nue will vm be held Saturday a anoon noon at 2 o'clock at the Colonel Axton Is expected to toi a Saturday morning O Mayor C. C Clarence Nesle Captain J. J L. L Blakeney chai chaT of Fort Douglas will be the pr pal speakers The body m maj viewed at the residence p evi l the funeral Interment wUl the city cemetery g 11 Mr Axton a native Of ot W came to the United States will parents when 11 ye years rs old oid j crossed the plains with Car Edward Bunkers Bunker's handcart ft JI pany here with his m me meIn mein In October r 1856 His moth mother t a five days after they Lake His father died at I Lara Lra ra Wyo while en route with h Waif f fIly fly lly to Utah M He worked as a freighter De be Utah and the supply bases a athe athe the Mississippi river rivel for Brig Young He served with theft Pacific railroad for many years year was present when the golder was driven connecting the ea fA railroad with that of ot the west Surviving are his widow Ha B. B Axton his son Colonel Axle Washington D. D C C. and a daug Mrs A. A A. A Butler of Nev There are fourteen gr children and fourteen grea great gr children fW fU |