Show im presents relic the daughters rs or of the pioneers of tooele thoele haya have been presented with an old colts patent cap and ball aall pistol us used ed in utah during pioneer days b by y little john utley the ile revolver was left to mary riley it a daughter and in turn presented to robert ba M shi shields elds of tooele thoele who has been so ge nerious as to present it to the daughter of the pioneers to add to their present fine collection of relies relics john A bevan gives tho the following account it if mr life little john utley was born in south south carolina february 1st ast 1806 and he came to tooele thoele in 1853 it was waa said that he was an overseer of a southern plantation in his native state his first wife died before coming to tooele thoele leaving him with seven motherless children 5 daughters and 2 sons the daughters were mrs W R tuttle mrs george atkin mrs cyrus tole man mrs mildred maughn and the youngest girl was shot and killed when a child here hem in T ole ej mr mea J a m grey he was by trade and i ii a good workman he was rather small of Ata stature ture weighing probably pounds ile he was waa the snair drummer in our first marshal band making disown his own drum by stretch ing a dog hide over a nail keg he made ade the first home and first home m made shingles in tooele thoele his second wife was delborah Deli orah white who had ad been beed the wife of captain fe fenious nj f ous wright and to whom he had on one a daughter mary ann she then t had three sons to utley namely samuel william and lafayette he died december 1871 and Is buried in the tooele cemetery |