| Show SUMMONS J H SIAN PIONEER OF 1851 I 1 A long ia life 11 of usefulness useful neis was end and londay evening at asis fen en J II 11 oldest ben zen and a utah pioneer of 1857 fused rd way away at his home here ila an fn 93 years old and death resulted ibm M general g engral debility brought on by u extreme age mr vr came to utah fit at the e of 26 20 when this state numbered a few hundred people his ills life as devoted to pioneering and hie his jieh th closer close a career that was won ind tely connected with the settlement nd development of utah and arizo a he lie braved countless dangers nd a went through yeara years of privation nd a hardships in order to aid in the of towns in the then wilder ess the story of his life is a chap r from the history of the early tat at mr led an active and golous life until two or three bears ears go when his health commenced to cecline for some time past post he had een confined to his bed funeral services were held yaster ay from the ward meeting house S nd the largo large attendance attested the in which the aged gentleman r tta ras as held by the community C L C hris christensen and J P larsen were it he e speakers and both delivered jac 1 lowing eulogies on the life and rec it ird rd of mr the choir A e mg three selections and sirs mrs mary lordon sang 1 I know that my re a a eemer lives the invocation was by 0 D A johnson and the rl ra ene didion n by bert allred 03 11 bom born john hyrum was to aw one ane 21 1831 in harden county ken acly rnear ellzabeth elizabeth Towy theon 11 f aquilla rd and wife when young man he went to texas where ot ie e worked at his trade of carpenter a n 1857 1957 he met some mormon elders a texas and became interested in heir religion he returned with them UK independence missouri and on one une 14 1857 he was baptized into er he church in the latter part of 18 une a company of mormons started su or utah and he joined them theta he W nd another oung man walked ahead k if the caravan and arrived in salt t ake ke city on september 9 1857 they id no money bat but went to townsends atel of el proprietor kindly gave hem em lodging until they could find rork rk salt lake was a struggling logo then it had one general store nd sugar sold at per hundred offee it at per pound and nd tea test at t 5 pet pound mr ur spent several years t and near salt lake working as a ir penter and making himself useful n i the building of homes he and a it panion bill jackson built the arst tit threshing machine used in utah antil antil then all grain bad had been res hed by primitive methods mr also built a sawmill in eber eter canyon which he operated for we e time an interesting part of mr life was spent az ao 40 fighting ina ana outlaws as a member of captain etain otto smiths company about bout 8 one evening in the year dar 1862 governor brigham young 0 of the territory of utah rede received ived a ese esig age tire from abraham ur lincoln coln president resident of the united stales stites pres prea ant lincoln suggested to governor young oung that a company of men be retailed in silt lake to serve on the padris particularly st indians and white outlaws or death raider ei i they were called by 8 of the following night a company pan V of over men had been organized under captain smith and ana vas was ready to march J H standi rd was numbered cumbered among them the conr g journey to the plains was im meda toly commenced when the aws waa vms circulated that captain was comine ie to clean out the outlawry cut lawry that had been common he the plains fr for a number of years death raiders dispersed md there after did not operate in that region the company remal remained ned in service ervice a 11 considerable period of time fighting indiana indians end and restoring braer uie the plains country which bad had been turmoil for some time doe due to condition on by the civil war mr stand 1 efird was a private in cap tain 11 smith smiths company and was J 11 bloats oldest citizen who died 0 o aday at AL e of 93 years ak v ot of the list roem mern hArs to die only one or two veterans of the alon are still living following his hi services as a soldier mr returned to salt lake take end on february 22 ho he married affsa farny fam argyle of bountiful in the salt lake temple they were culled called on by president brigham young to pioneer in many new places in utah and arizona mr end and mrs Stan diArd first went ment to arizona in 1873 and returned to utah in 1874 sp erding the year at einab kanab and pan duitch where mr worked as a carpenter in 1878 they again went vent to anzona end and engaged in fanning farming of at taylor arizona in 1834 1894 the family returned to utah and mr worked on the manti mantl and st george temple temples he lie had previously worked on the salt lake like temple the family first came to moab in n pending spending two jears ears here and in 1889 they gain went to taylor arizona where they spent three icara cars in 1892 they moved froam for to alpine arizona where they made their home until 1907 in the L latter year they came to moab and have reside resided here since mr ts Is survived sur rived by is aged widow and nine children who are john Stand standard fird mesa anz ariz george stand fird fruita joseph fruita benjamin stand rd alpine ariz mrs myrtle johnson moab mrs ellza eliza jeppson alpine ariz jake collbran cola colo 1 alhambra calif and nd william E tAndi fird moab |
