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Show Robert Bodily , Pioneer PioneerUintahn PioneerUmt Umtahn Uintahn hn of Bt St StGeorge StGeorge George Reaches 97ST 97 978T 8T BT ST OEORGE-The OEORGE The OEOROE-The OEOROE GEORGE - - Th total year years * oC of oCliving ofliving ofliving living for tor the three oldest cltJzens citizens citizensof cltJzensoC citizensof oC of 8t Bt St CKorge Oiorge George ! adds up to alm06t almost alm06tthree almostthree almoetthree three full centurle centuries * as Robert Bodl Bodi Bodly Bodily Bodily ly ] y Black Hawk war veteran galn gain galned gained gained ed his hh ninety nlnl"ty nlnlty " ; seventh ol"venth olventh " mlle'ltone mlleltone milestone mlle'ltoneBunday milestoneSunday milestoneSunday ' Bunday Sunday The other two are Charles CharlesW CharlesW CharleW * W Seegmlller Set\mHler Set mHler Seegmiller ' ! \ , who was 98 January January2 2 and Jane Janl ' Thompson Bleak who whowa'l whowas whowas wa'l wal was ' 95 on December 1 I 1940Born IMO 1940 1940Born IMOBorn Born In Qxfordihire Oxfordshlre Oxfordshire England EnglandMarch EnglandMarch EnglandMarch March 9 1144 1844 Mr Bodily BodUy WILS was wa two twoyeRr'l twoyears twoyears yeRr'l yeRrl years ' old when his parents par"nts parnts ! " moved movedto movedto movedto to Cape of ot Good Hope In South SouthAfrica SouthAfrica SouthAfrica Africa They 111ey became converts of ofthe ofthe ofthe the LDS church In 1858 185 coming to toAmerica toAmerica toAmerica America and to Utah In 1860 1880 I CO Fouryears Four Fouryears Fouryears years later Robert Iiobert Itobert drov drove an oxteam ox oxteam oxteam team back acroas across the th plain plains * lor for lormore formore tormore more emigrant emigrants * and brought 11Danish 11 11Danish 11Danish Danish convert converts * to Utah wa1klngI wa1klngmo walkingmo walking wa1klng imo I mo t of the way that his hi * passenger pas.sengers passengers pas.sengersmight passengersmight . * Imight might rlde ride rideReveling rld I IReveling \ Reveling In the warm DlxJe Dixie Dlxl sunshine sun- sun sun8hlne un- un unhine - 8hlne shine hine Mr Bodily recalls hAppily hAppilyhis happilyhis ha-ppllyhi ha ppllyhi - his * many experiences In pioneering pioneeringwhich pioneeringwhich pioneeringwhich which included helping to settle the theUlntah theUintah th thUlntah Ulntah Uintah basin country He was neary nearly near- near nearly - , ] ly y 80 < o when aukting S81sUng assisting In killing kUling asteer a asteer 1steer steer he was wa accidentally shot shotthrough shotthrough ahotthrough through one lung but aurvlved 8urvived survived the themishap themishap th thml mishap ml hap to have only a . regret thatUr that thattI that0r Ur tI , . , .slug slug snug . IUK failed CaJlert failekl to amputate ampu.ta.te amputa.te . . a . atroublesome a.troublesome atroublesome . trouble.some troublesome . mole on hlB his hi * back backwhich backwhich b ckwhich which It missed mla ed by le65 lees le s than a half halfinch halfinch hallInch hallInchH inchHe inchlie inch He lie H married Harriet Ann Roberts RobertsIn RobertIn * In the Salt Lake Endowment Endowmenthouse Endowmenthoue , houqe house * in 1COO 1869 1889 and eight of their 12children 12 12children 13children children are living I1Vlng Mrs BodUy Bodily BodUydIed Bodilydied Bodilydied dIed In 1B23 1923 In Vernal In 1925 1925he 1925he 1B25he he came cam * to St Bt George for Cor a milder mUd mild mUder milder er climate and May 22 1020 1929 mar marrit'd marrled married rit'd ritd rled ' Amand Amanda J Palmer with whomhe whom whomhe whomhe he has hlLJ ! pen6 spent the la lajt last . t 10 yaan years work work- workIng working working - - ing In the St Bt Oeorge George temple J : . railing Falllng Falling health permitted ( ( f no nospeclal nospecial nospecial speclal special celebration for ( or this &i i IU at & nlver6Rry nivernary niver nlver 6Rry nary - - |