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Show Taps Sounded . for Joseph JosephBurkholder I IBurkholder Burkholder , , Oldest Citizci Citizen * Civil Civilai Civilal \\ai ai \\al al \ " \ \ al Veteran , , ReSIdent ReSIdentHele ResidentHere ResidentHeio Hele Here Since 1878 . , , Dies at atAge atAge atAge Age of 93 1 . IeaisJoseph leais Ieais ea1 S Joseph Burkholder 93 a veteran veteranof veteranof of the Civil war and one of the vers very veryearliest versearliest earliest settlers of Grand county countypassed countypassed countypassed passed away a\lav a lav avav \ at the local hospital hospitalTuesday hospitalTuesday hospitalTuesday Tuesday evening even.lng evenlng . following fOllov.ing fOlloving . a II . several severalweeks severalweeks severalweeks weeks Illness Death resulted from fromgangrene fromgangrene fromgangrene gangrene which affected his left leftfoot leftfoot leftfoot leftfootA foot footA A desperate attempt to tosave < -save save - ave the theaged theaged theaged aged citizens cItizen slife life \ was as made Satur Saturday Saturday Saturday day amputatedMr when his toot foot was amputated amputatedMr Mr Burkholder submitted to the theopelatlon theoperation theopeiation opelatlon operation bravely and for a day or ortO ortoo ortwo t\\O t O too \ appeared to be withstanding the theordeal theordeal theordeal ordeal and overcoming spread of ofthe ofthe ofthe Mondayhis the llX > poison ison Hov How However . ever ion en Monday his condition took tooh . a turn for the thewor theworse theworse wor worse e and he grew gradually v.eak veak weak v.eaker weaker . weakcr er death coming commg Tuesday evenmgNes eveningNews evening evenmg eveningNews JosephBurkholder News Ne\\s Ne s \ \ of the death of Joseph generationhad Burkholder who for a generation generationhad generationhad had been one of tho the most revered reveredcitizens reveredcitizens reveredcitizens citizens of the county and who v.as vas was v.asgenerally wasgenerally . wasgenerally generally con-idered con idered conoldered considered - the grand grandold grandold grandold old man came as a blow to his hishundreds hishundreds hishundreds hundreds of friends fnends throughout thIs thIspart thispart thispart part of the stateFuneral stateFuneral state Funeral services semces were held Wed Wednesday Wednesday nesday afternoon from the L D S Schapel Schapel Schapel chapel and were presided over by byBishop byBishop Bishop byBishop W R McConkie McConkle There was wasa wasa wasa a large attendance of sorrowing sorrowingfriends sorrowingfriends sorrowingfriends friends and many floral offerings offermgs A Alarge Alarge Alarge large American Amencan flag fiag covered the thecasket thecasket thecasket casket symbolizing symbol1zmg his hlS service to tohIs tohis tohis hIs country during the great war war75 75 years agoThe agoThe ago The opening number was a duet duetI duetSweet duetSweet duetSweet I Sweet Hour of Prayer by Mrs MrsC Mrs0 1 1C C J Meador and Mrs Boyd Jorgen Jorgensen Jorgensen I Isen sen Followed by prayer by P F M MShafer MShafer MShafer Shafer A duet That Silver Sliver haired hairedDaddy hairedDaddy hairedDaddy Daddy of Mine Mme waa was sung byIrs by \Irs Irs Mrs IrsMeador MrsMeador ' \ MrsMeador Meador and her father Wilmer WilmerBronson WilmerBronson WllmerBronson Bronson H W Balsley Ba.lsley . w \ was as the thefirst thefirst thefirst first speaker and told of the aged agedman agedman agedmans man s honorable and upright life lifeThe lifeThe lifeThe The Bpeaker speaker read the honorable honorabledlScharge honorabledischarge honorabledischarge dlScharge discharge Issued to Mr Burkholder Burkholderat at tha the th close of the Chil Clul Civil war m in m1865 1865 1865A A solo Face to Face was wasrendered wasrendered wasrendered rendered by Lucian Tangren Bis- Bis Bishop Bishop Bis Bishop - hop McConkie stated that he spoke spokeat spokeat spokeat at Mr Burkholder s funeral with a afeel1ng afeeling afeeling feel1ng feeling of humility humi11ty and reverence reverenceHe reverencelie reverenceHe He lie paid a warm tribute to the life lifeo lifeoe lifeon o oe the departed veteran A man of ofunquestioned ofunquestioned ofunquestioned unquestioned integrity Integnty he never neverfa1led neverfailed neverfailed fa1led failed respecthis to keep his rus word and respect respecthis respecthis his obligations He v . was as never neverknon neverknown neverknown kno\\n kno n known \ to " violate "lolate lolate a law or do any anything anything anything thing that was not actuated by byhonesty byhonesty honesty honestyand byhonesty and good citizenship the thespeaker thespeaker thespeaker speaker saidA saidA said A duet Sometime We Well 11 I1 Under Understand Understand Understand stand " w \ WBS as rendered by Mrs MrsMeador MrsMeador MrsMeador Meador and Mrs Jorgensen after afterwhIch afterwhich afterwhich whIch the benediction was offered offeredby offeredby offeredby by Lloyd Somerv Somerville le Mrs Lucian LucianTangren LucianTangren LucianTangren Tangren was accompanist tor for the themusical themusical themusical musical numbersAt numbersAt numbers numbersAt At the cemetery the choir sang sangGod sangGod sangGod God Be With You and the grave graveVas graveseas gravewas \Vas Vas seas \ dedicated by Bishop McConkleJoseph McConkieJoseph McConkie McConkle McConkieJoseph Joseph Burkholder . was v.as vas boin boln born at atNew atNew atNew New Dairy Dalty Westmoreland county countyPennsylvania countyPennsylvania countyPennsylvania Pennsylvania October 2 1844 In In1850 1850 his family left Penns31vama Pennsylvania Pennsylvaniator Penns31vamafor Pennsylvaniafor for the v . western estem frontier travelmgby travelingby travelmg traveling by railroad as far west as Cincm I i , nati natl Ohio that being bemg the most mostwesterlY mostwesterly mostwesterly westerlY point on the railroad rallroad at that thattime thattime thattime time At Cincinnati Cmclnnatl the family took tooka a boat down the Ohio and up the theMississIPPI theMississippi theMississippi MississIPPI rivers to Warsaw Illi Ills Illinois Illsnols 111nois ! nois nols At Warsaw both Mr Burk Burkholder Burkholder Burkholders holder s father and mother died of ofcholera ofcholera ofcholera cholera leaving leavmg eight children five fiveboys fiveboys fiveboys boys and three girls gals Young Joseph Josephwent Josephwent Josephwent went to live l1ve with a farmer Andrew AndrewMoore AndrewMoore AndrewMoore Moore with v . whom horn he made his hishome hishome hishome home until 1859 when he set out to tomake tomake tomake make a II . living foi hlmselfIn himselfIn himself hlmself himselfIn In 1861 at the age of 16 Mr MrBurkholder MrBurkholder MrBurkholder Burkholder enlisted enl1sted with the union unionary unionary unionary ary ary ' at Hamilton Illinois Dlinols joinmg joining joinmgCaptain joiningCaptain joiningCaptain Captain L . Isaac aac < N Van Hoesen Hoesenscompany s scompany scompany company of 10th Missouri Mtssourl Infantry InfantryDuring infantryDuring InfantryDuring During the war he sel seived served ved in m Gen General General General eral Grant Grants s army seeing service servicem servicein servicein m in such battles as Vicksburg and andChattanooga andChattanooga andChattanooga Chattanooga . On August 31 1864 1864at 1864at 1864at at St Louis Mo he received his hishonorable hishonorable hishonorable honorable discharge from the allny army allnyand armyand aimyand and shortly afterward set out for forthe forthe forthe the ss \ west \ est He joined a freight out- out outfit outfit out outfit - fit as a bullwhacker bullsvhacker the train trainconslstmg trainconsisting trainconsisting conslstmg consisting of 52 \ wagons agons loaded11th loaded \11th 11th with 11thtv withtao \ withtwo tv tao . 0 complete feold bold gold refining mllls mills mlllsMr millsMr nullsMr Mr Burholder was assigned to todrive todrive todrive drive a . wagon v.agon vagon pulled puIled by eight yoke yokeof yokeof yokeof toI I of oxen hauling a boiler weighing weighing8000 8000 poundsWhile poundsWhile pounds poundsWhile While crossing the plains the thecompany thecompany thecompany company had a few skirmishes sUrmishes with withIndians withIndians withIndians Indians but no white men were werekilled werekilled .1lled 1lled killed . The crossings of the Platte PlatteContinued PlatteContinued PlatteContinued ( ( Continued on last page paie ! ) I Y , v'd'i vdi ' ' L + l lJ J ' r rpr pr 4 4J1 , J1/ J1 J1v / : v JOSEPH URKHOLDER BURKHOLDER B | I - Joseph BurkholderCOntuiued Burkholder BurkholderVirginia _ first page ) ( continued COntuiued from were ac- ac accamplished accomplished - - rivers and Yello\\stone Yello stone Yellowstone \ to tomen danger camplished complished with great greatmen After four months monthson on men the and trail oxen the outfit arrivedat arrivedatVirginia arrived , , at atVirginia Virginia City MontanaMr MontanaMr Montana Montanaout worked in the gold goldfields goldfields Mr Burholder BurhoIder Gulch and Virginiatook Virginia Virginiacity fields at Alder the tile thestage tileCity took 1872 when he heBetween city until whenUtah Utahhe stage and came to tothe Utah Between Betweenthe Betweenstage worked workedas 1872 and 1878 he the years through throughout throughout and prospected as a miner ! out Nevada and utah utahAfter UtahAfter UtahL After an unsuccessful prospectingtrip prospectingtrip prospecting prospectingUCV'AUA the thesummer thesummer river in Devil trip to the Dll'ty Dllty Dirty ' summer of 1878 he and partners partnersdecided partnersdecided decided to come . _ _ , to _ the Grand dLiver dLivercountry river riverCOW1try - awedGindLiver - UCV'AU\A UCV'AU UCVAU A ' & ' \ w comeawedGin awedGin Little LittleGrnd [ country COW1try TheyGrind They arrived in m inLa Gr\nd Gr nd Grind ' \ vallcy valley ( Moab ) in the fall of 1878 They dId not rpmal1l ramarn very verylong verylong however but the next spring springMr springMr long the thenext thenext Burkholder came back For Mr in the theLa theLa next few years he pros.pected prospected . Sal mountains during the sum- sum summer summer sum summer - La . mer and worked at Frisco rrisco Utah and andRico andRico andRico Rico Colorado in thel1lters the winters \\l1lters l1lters \ In Inthe Inthe Inthe to tothe tothe tothe the spring ot of 1881 he returned mountains to remam remain remampermanently remainpermanently remainpermanently the La Sal engaging In mining mn1ng mn1ngprospecting miningprospecting ! permanently " ' - * - " He TJa settled settledon settledon t.ttl-Hpf1 t.ttlHpf1 t.ttl tttl Hpf1 t.ttlHpf1y t.ttlHpf1V . - prospecting . and ranching _ - - y V y yw w ranch on Wllson Wilson mesa where wherehe wherehe wherehe he on a made his home tor for some 40 40years 40years 40years 40yearsIn I years yearsIn In 1881 Mr Burkholder joined a aposse aposse aposse posse of white settlersho settlers ttho \\ho ho tic \ ho went wentfrom wentfrom wentfrom of renegate renegate rene- rene renegate - from Moab to run a band ' gate Ute Indians out of the La Sal Salmountains Salmountains Salmountains mountains aftel after their slaying of oft oftwo oftwo Wilson Wilsonbrothers Wilsonbrothers Wllsonbrothers WllsonbrothersAbout t two o Moab young men the brothers brothersAbout About 20 years ago Mr Burkhol Burbhol Burbholder Burkholder . der rctiied rethed retired from his ranching oper oper- - operatlOns operations operations - . to toMoab toMoab toMoab ations atlOns on Wllson Wilson mesa and came Moab to make his home He builta bUllta bUllt built a home here and spent his de- de dechning declining de declining - clining chning years in m comfort For Forseveral Forseveral Forseveral several ) iears years ears past he has resIded resIded"ith residedwith residedwith "ith ith with " Mr and Mrs George Burck Burckand Burckand Burckand and family fanuly to whom he was gleat great gleatly greatly gleafcly ly attached Mr Burkholder never nevermarried nevermarried nevermarried married and the " , whereabouts hereabouts of ofany ofany ofany any surviving surV1vmg relatives is unknown unknow unknownAlthough l lAlthough Although approaching the age of of94 94 Mr Burholder BurhoIder was in rugged ruggedhealth ruggedhealth ruggedhealth health until a few " vieeks "eeks eeks weeks ago He Hev Hev Hevas v as looking forward eagerly to a atrip atrip atrip trip to Gettysburg Pennsylvania Pennsylvanianext Pennsylvanianext Pennsylvanianext next June as the special guest of ofthe ofthe ofthe the city of Philadelphia where a areW1ion areunion areunion reW1ion reunion of Civil war veterans is to tobe tobe tobe be held It is a matter of deep re- re regret regret re regret - gret to his lus fnends friends that he did not notlive notlive notlive live to enjoy this trip back to his hisnative hisnative hisnative native stateMr state stateMr Mr Burkholder was one of the thevery thevery thevery very few surviving ' veterans of the theCiVIl theCivil theCivil CiVIl war in Utah So far as is isknown isknown isknown known only four veterans are now nowIlV1ng nowliving nowliving IlV1ng living in the state |