| Show leslie A ashton pioneer vernal merchant dies tuesday at coast of pneumonia attack word was received here early tues bues day morning ol 01 the death of leslie aeton aston pioneer of ashley valley which at san Ber Berr cardino ardino california at 6 ft a m mr ashton had gone one to california to spend the inter in hopes of building up 11 health and for a time ume he be had been much imp improved his son 14 lowe e of duchesne had accompanied him there and had a week with his father returning but a few days before the sudden news of his death lowe and clare of 01 roosevelt left monday night when word vord was received of the illness of it their father but were unable tr tn reach his bedside L before fore he passed away the body will be brought to vernal where here funeral services sill be hed mr ashton starting as a e of the first merchants to in ashley valley has built up a rt business in the uintah basin at the present time having stores and service stations in connect toi I alth ith his sons som rae clare and lowe to in vernal roosevelt and duchesne he first operated a store in the rea rear r of the building a here her e the ashle coop co op block now stands and set up the first binder to be used in ashley valley he lie later moved into the bunth E g now occupied by bv th vernal express and later moved into the more commodious buil building din at present occupied by ashton brothers compan he lie was as very active in civic affairs and as mayor of lot vernal tw for two terms term and councilman for sev several terms co butine tri a great deal to the constructive tive building of our prosperous inland city his father ashton a native of alabama 1 came to utah in 1862 with ith an independent company and married ejen elizabeth croxford february 6 of Plew pleasant sant grove daughter daigh ter of W iliam Cr croxford and ellen loader of Oxford shire england they came to vernal in 1849 and were among the first to homestead land in this valley mr ashton and a company of men came out from utah county la in 1878 for the pur purpose porse of looking over the country the net next year they moved here when athey they approached the valley there was only one house to be seen with sith the exception of the few isolated within the fort and that was owned by C C bartlett in th south part of town the ashorn home which was built near the present home of stanley ashton was the next home to I 1 built in the valley these homes were preceded by the old pard doddi I 1 cabin ta in the north part of the on ashley creely before coming to vernal ashton father of the deceased ran mn ferry terry at oreen river wyo 1858 59 carried U 8 mall mail as express after coining to vernal i helping to found this town was tax assessor school h trustee studied lav law and aa as the first lawyer in vernal secretary ashley coop co op tore store for twenty years and died october 15 1909 1900 at vernal leslie ashton was bom february 37 1869 at pleasant grove he was married in vernal october 13 1889 1989 to ei a alien allen lie ile is survived by three ons eons clarence of roosevelt low lowe of duchesne ard rae of vernal hid his mother mrs nellie ashton of los angeles calif now mer 81 years of age two brothers stanley J I 1 1 alfr fat 11 vir mrs grace croce hillman of salt wt lake city mr mrs S 8 at bro bron n of LOB leis angeles calif am ethel smith los angeles mrs hirs hazel robison also of los an reles he lie 1 is the grandfather n of three children he has his been sick the past five icar erd ard has been pending spending the vinter months in california calif orria |
