Show I UINTAH BASIN I PiO PIONEER NEER DEAD O Fohn olan F. F Babcock Basin Resident I Twenty ut Yc Year Dies Dies' Sudden Suddenly ly 11 of Pneumonia at l Iton I Myton Correspondence The community was greatly shocked at the news of or the death of John F. F Babcock Monday night Mr 11 Babcock had been si sick k about ten d days ys but most of that time was about doing light jobs about his farm on the South 7 1 Myton ton bench I Friends advised him hint to quit his work worl and nd go to bed but early last week J lie he evidently did not realize the seriousness seriousness seriousness seri seri- of oC his condition Saturday lIe ho came tp town and those who saw him realized that he was in a moro mora serious erIous condition than he me would ads ad- ad s J It He was taken to the homo home of or his son Lionel where he was given I every attention In its his ls weakened cne condition he was an easy casy victim for tor pneumonia which sot set in in Sunday and his death occurred at midnight on Monday Mr Babcock was one of oC the pioneers pioneers pio plo of or this district coming to Vernal from Leadville at the opening opening open open- ing of the reservation in 1905 Soon after he moved to Myton lyton and was one of oC the first homesteaders on the ther r South Myton bench Ho He was always an active worker in the Pleasant Valley Walley Canal having held various official positions therein since Ince Its Us inception Of late years he r has bas been farming and nee ee raising inI InI in Partnership with his son Lionel I Mr Babcock was born at West rest h 9 Gardner Maine Sept 1860 I Educated at Boston Doston mass ho chose the tho west for his home while still a aYoung ayoung i 1 young man During the Alaskan I gold Jold rush he operated a large hot hotel l j Seattle Wash where he lie married marred Meeting with financial reverses there I lie he came carao to Colorado and Utah and has lias been an honored citizen clUzen of this s v community for about 20 years He lie r I leaves es a wife iCe and daughter who are arc areat ared d at present In California and one son Lionel manager of tho the Upalco Flour Flout tills mills The suddenness of or his death did JJ I not allow the wife ana daughter to to attend the funeral which was held from Irom the Myton Presbyterian at 2 p p. p m. m Wednesday J |