| Show death claims jos hardy P pi i valley came to ashley valley in 1878 first to come over northern rote provid ed poor with food during hard winter the funeral of joseph hardy pioneer of ashley valley who passed away monday night will be held today thursday at 2 p im in the first ward chapel mr hardy was born april 8 3 IM 1843 at council bluffs iowa lowa while his parents joseph hardy and lucy branden hardy were on their journey across the plains to settle in salt lake valley his ills father was a member of the mormon Bat battaglion Batta tallion lUon and a nathe of the state of maine mr me hardy spent spen hia his boyhood days in salt lake caden and et st charles idaho he its was married october 3 ina 1869 in the salt lake en endowment dowmen t house to lydia 11 11 davis he ile was a very successful cattleman in the hear bear lake country and in 1877 started by way of wyoming for the uintah basin expecting to arrive in the early fall brining bring jig his livestock and other chattels he was delayed near pear oreen green river on an account of bockness and was forced to spend a very severe win whiter there in the spring of 1878 his herds were unable to igind the journey to ashley and t ft a trip was further delayed unu anu they were in better shape from the spring teed feed he ile was finally able to cross over the uintah range and arrived in ashley valley the first settler to coma in by this route he ile homesteaded in the maeser section of the valley the fellow ing inc winter known to the hard winter of 73 the generous family ve T trost of their provi provisions sons w stan lr iett settler lers and killed many head of thir th ir lr cutt e to provide food tor for ther neighbors delore the winter ars us over their food ran out and mr hardy made a trip to green river wyoming over snow twenty feet deep in places to obtain additional provisions the deceased Is survived by his five da daughters daigh lighters and four eon sons mrs cora com Temple templeton tom sunbeam colorado colondo joseph it of new york nathan nathu 0 charla charles A of vernal albert A of manila utah mrs ruby dodds and mrs iau cook of vernal mrs haldah westover of Rard randlett lett and mrs marle taft of montana 1 and there su ten teri aunt deb johnson of vernal lida may lachapelle of salt lake city and adeline of nil fillmore |
