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Show RESPECTED CITIZEN PASSES AWAY AT GOOD OLD AGE George Burton Whitney passed away at his home here Tuesday night of heart trouble of which he had suffered suf-fered for several years. He had been confined to his bed about three months, the last five days of which he had been unconscious with the exception ex-ception of a few hours before his death. His end was peaceful, no suffering suf-fering being apparent. George B. Whitney w-as born at Troy, N. Y., March 9, 1S46. He was a very delicate child and physicians told his parents the only thing that would save him was to take him to the mountains. So the child was taken to the home , of his grandpar-. ents in the. Green Mountains where he grew up until about 18 years. Mr. Whitney came of Puritan stock, his ancestors coming to America about 17 years after the Mayflower, and while at the home of his grand-' parents the Bible was read and prayers pray-ers said daily. This life implanted religion deeply within the young man which stayed with him until the end. When 18 his grandfather died and the home ties broken. He then became a wanderer and started westward, first to Illinois, then Ohio, then Ken-tuckey. Ken-tuckey. From Kentuckey he went to California, thence to Pioche, Nevada, Nev-ada, in the year IS 71. There was a big fire at Pioche when he arrived which burned a large part of the town, so the young man wandered off to Panacea, a Mormon settlement about twelve miles from Pioche. i Here he secured work from Luke Syphus, whose daughter he afterwards after-wards married. He was considering going on to Texas- at the time but changed his mind and. stayed for some years at Panaca. clerking in a store and teaching school. He joined join-ed the L. D. S. church in Sept. 1S72, and was married in the Endowment House at Salt Lake City, to Lovina Syphus, March 9, 1S72. He taught school for 20 years then moved to St. Thomas. Xev., where he was presiding presid-ing Elder over the branch of the L. I). S. church for five yea's, during t .vo of which he taught school. He bought a farm there but could not stand the hot summers. He moved to St. George in l'.iun and has since resided hre. He fuliilled a mission in the Eastern States, mainly among his own people. Resides Lis wife h" is survived by the following children: George L.. St. Thomas. Nevada; Mrs. John Abbott. Nam pa. Idaho; Mrs. j Lte V. Perkins, Overton. Nev,.da; S. Las Vi eii-. Nevada ; Mrs. Abe Br; vg-ss. Central, i'tah: Mrs. Chaun-oey Chaun-oey Macfarlar.e. Si. George. I'tah ; P.. L. and II. E.. G"otspring. N-val:i : also by 4 f grandchildren and 1 great-grondchildr. n. titii. C. Yh n rtey v;. v.-ry highly respected. II" was a d-voted a lid loving husband and fatl.-r. an honest, hon-est, sincere and upright citizen and a good neighbor. He was w-l read and could talk iri'elliger.tly on mar;y subjects. He baves an honored m:me for bis ri'-sct-nd a nt s to carry on with. Funeial services will b" held in the S'ak- tabernacle at 4 p. rn. today. |