Show obituary dip wednesday july 1896 hsiao Is iao burton aged 69 59 years ton months and ton days one more pioneer has cros crossed sod the groat great divide in ia the person of isaac barton who reached his last camping place at 6 57 yesterday evening and by his death ashley valley looses ono one of its oldest and roost most prominent citizens all of his hi family except one daughter was wan with hita him at his hia demise the cause causa of death was waa biopsy which bich had been troubling and gradually growing on him for several years until last thursday ho was taken to his hia bed and had been quietly dropping out of life over ever since but his hie strong constitution and wonderful vitality sustained life until last evening and although he suffered buffered considerably was quiet and calm at all 1111 aimes the only hope for temporary relief for him lay in an operation which was waa performed by tho the doctors last friday night but with only partial success ile he was wa strong and conscious through it all and had arose and was sitting up at time of death out of a family of fifteen children thir thirteen toon of them and a loving wife are left behind to mourn his hie loss two of the boys having passed massod away within the past year he was born at aliance Al ianco ohio sept 1836 and is of quaker parentage lie he left home to battlo battle with life for himself at tho the ngo age of 17 and fur a time was waa fireman on the illinois central railroad lie he crossed the ha plains in 1857 in company with johnsons joho sons army and located in wyoming on green river about 80 30 miles inist s above where green river biver city now stands and in connection with our town townsman sinan wm win ashton operated a terry ferry boat there for several years whilo while there he was married to clara bartlett ond and shortly afterwards moved to coalville Coal Co alville villo and has lived in salt lako lake bear lake soda springs springe cache valley aud and gentile volley valley idaho he was the first settlor to locate in gentile valloy valley and at his request tho the name was waa changed from burton valley to gentile volley valley ho he was among the he first settlers in uintah county and located on green river at the mouth of brush creek november 27 1877 for six years he be served as aa aprobato judge of this county and two terms as aa county selectman and forthe for the last six years has haa kept tho the post office at ashley tho the funeral will b be 0 held to tomorrow M morrow orrow nt at the hall in millward mill ward at 2 |