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Show Charles W . Graha.m Graham GrahamCelebrates GrahamCelebrates . Celebrates 82nd 82ndBirthday 82ndBirthday Birthday at Maeser MaeserA A resident of Vernal tor ror for 45 years yearsOharles yearsCharles yearsCharles Oharles Charles W West t Graham celebrated celebratedh18 celebratedhis celebratedhis h18 his eighty-second eighty second ighty-seCofld ighty seCofld - birthday Wed Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday nesday at the home of some old oldfriends oldfriends oldfriends friends in Maeser Mr and Mrs Mrsstephen MrsStephen MrsStephen stephen W AshbyHe AshbyHe Ashby AshbyHe He was born In Monroouth Monmouth War Wa-c Wa c WarreD Wacren Warren - reD ren county 111 nl Ill on January 15 151839 1859 a son of Porgua Forgus and Eliza Ellis Elizabeth Ellisbeth Ellzabeth beth Baldwin Baldwtn Graham Orahani ploneerh plone.rb plonerb pioneers . In Inwestern inwestern Inwestern western 1111nol8Mr illinoIsMr Illinois 1111nol8 IllinoisMr Mr Graham who never nevl'r nevlr ! ' married marriedcan marriedcan marriedcan can recall experiences of oC service serviceto serviceto serviceto to others He ha-s ha s has - saved savfd three per persons persons persons sons from death Still QUU active acUvt " he hewalks hewalks hewalks walks two miles mUes to to town loan n several severaltimes severaltimes severaltimes times weekly and attributes attrlbute'l attrlbutel ' hLs his hLslongevity hislongevity hislongevity longevity to observing t the hl ' simple simplerules simplerules simplerules rules of health and II.s IIs 1 Is . being out outof outof outof of doors so muchLeaving muchLeaving much muchLeaving Leaving Illinois Dlinol when 30 years year , > of ofage ofage ofage age he lie homesteaded in.estern In \\.estern .estern western westernKansas \ . westernKansas .esternKanslLll KanslLll Kansas but due to blizzards blizzard ' ! and andcyclones andcyclones andcyclones cyclones he raised only one crop of ofgrain Ofgrain ofgrain grain in the nine nlnl ! ' years spent qpent cpent thereComing there thert thereComing ' Coming to Utah in 1896 tie he st't stt set st'ttied settied settied ' tied in Ashley valley where he ht ' l I 111 as 111since assince . assince ' since resided He bought boiirht n a ' > smallfarm l11all iiiall l11allfarm iiiallfarm farm In Ollnes Glines Olinea ward \oard oard 1oard 1 \ Here HNt ! he 11 Its Itsed llved " ed with a widowed sister sistt ' ! Mrs Jl Jcs Jcsale Jisjsle . , .sic sic ale . Drullard Druilard until untU her death D r ring rIng rIng ing the early elU'ly elUly ' part of thl Ihk this ! > centllr century centuryhe centuryhe ) he was WIUi among the men 1 \o o 1o \ who 110 open opened opened opened ed up the lhe famous cnrm carts cnrcx 1 I 1drutemines ' \drutemines drutemines \ , drute drate drutemines dratemines mines In eastern eaatem Utah Hi III 1k also al.o alo . did didmuch didmuch much prospecting for ; gol-1 gol 1 1011 gold - ji J1 ri the tue theJesse tueJesse tlieJesse Jesse Ewing canyon on C ( ' reeii rt'en rten re-en re en - rher risUntil rl\ rl rh ris rler \ erUnUl er erUntil Until UnUl recently he also aLo aL < ; o hauled hauledmUk hauledmilk hauledmilk mUk milk for Calders Calder Ii creamery CHamt"ry CHamtry " andwas and was a3 known among the patrons as as"Ponest as'Ponast as"Ponest asPonest "Ponest Ponest 'Ponast Ponast ' " ChancyA Charley Chancy CharleyA A member of the LD8 LOS LDS church churchsince churchsince worker since ChurChlsince 1897 he has been oct'n octn bten ' a ChurChl templeworker templeworker temple templeworker workerHe He has blLll only one iminedlate immedlatt immediate ' rt'la rtla i-cIa i cIa rt'laUt icIathe ' relaUve - U\t U t the \ ! living Uving a slater sister Mrs Phebe I IMangrum IMangrurn Mangrum Mangrurn of St at Louis MoI Mo I |