Vernal Express | 1931-09-17 | Page 1 | Oldest Surviving Pioneer of 1847 Passes Away; Visited Vernal in 1930

oldest surviving pioneer of 1847 passes away visited vernal in 1930 tuesday death closed the livid career ol 01 john R young of bland ing the oldest of 0 the surviving pioneer pioneers of 1317 1347 john R young wu was 94 years of age a being bom in kirtland ohio april 30 1837 the son of lorenzo dow and perets goodell young I 1 he ile wax wm aldays active in civic and church attain affairs having filled to tso mia slona to avail and one to england lie ile has helped to pioneer many to ns ris in utah among them bland blend it g shee athe e he has since nu ma a home he ile la is survived by twelve children grand children ISO gat reat grand children nd and treat great great grand grind children many people of ashley valle valley 7 re member mr air young he ile Is a brother of george E youna of gush or and E 3 young sr formerly of vernal one year ago he visited in venial vernal for several weeks and nd delivered addesse add esse esses in leveral several araj in the asley he ile vu was a gifted sp speaker ealter and hia his keen memory ot of early happening happenings in the church made his tallu talks very interesting ilia IM WM was a wonderful life full of hardships and experiences he ile pub bushed a book a few wars ago called memories of 0 john IL young in which he tells vividly of experiences tn in early utah history M was kanom by many and lored by who knew him