Deseret Evening News | 1906-11-10 | Page 10 | D. C. Butterfield Crosses Divide

n D C BUTTERfiELD GROSSES CROSSES DIVIDE Pioneer Pathfinder of utah California Cal California and Nevada Passes Away WAS AN EARLY PROSPECTOR to In ht Kit 1171 lac He lq HII In the lids l llIe lIe ness naly Cumin Coining Herc Don DOli C pioneer or cr or of Utah California und and Nevada died of oC pneumonia lit at EI Ely Nov Wed Wednes Wednesday ls day No NOV 9 8 Mr was wall born In IllinoIs Aug ug 13 12 1812 and came to Utah when I a ho afterward going to California with hIs father In 1853 1852 where he lived for tur n long time lie WM was one ot of the Iho earlY 1 In the California gold acids I and the great Comstock lode lole loden In n Nevada Mr Ir later went I Ito to UIko Iko Ne Nov and was elected county 1 of r Elko county In 1567 Fur a 11 long lanK time ho he and his wire who lied In I 1501 OI kept a hotel In I known its 18 the It I IwaR waR erns on tile the route of oC the trio IIno amid travelers were always glad to n enjoy the tho rest Icat and of oC hl his place lace m TO ro UTAH Ito Ho came hack hael to 10 Utah III 1871 and In the tho on Second South and II nil Mau where the Iho Cenyon hotel now stands but bul did not nuke II a succors s and about two years later ater moved to New York CIty where he me lived for twenty years Ito returned to Utah again on Dec i 1 1002 03 where ho he remained until Oct 24 4 1 1900 06 when he went to Nevada to return to mining Ol 01 I Ito Ho was ewer ter ready to 10 extend n a help hello helloIng Ing ng hand to those In need neI always to his hIli friends and most generous HI He hlll had high bight anus loCI lofty ambition nil energy These anal characteristics prompt d him him to make maleo its hIs recent journey to Jo Nevada but disease over overtook took ook him before he reached his lIes des Iris Ills death has hll caused grief 10 o his hl many friends lie Ho leaves tWO Ister Mrs MIS Julia Julin A ot of 36 null Main street treet and bars M Mlles mid eau brother Mr l 1 L I Butts ot of 1012 10 12 south l and one OM halt Mr rr lIem Henry V nd many other relatives mo most t of thorn live 10 In BODY COMING I The Tho hotly Is expected to to tonight tor night train Iy In whIch case IulO the tho will Lt be held Sunday after noon but us yet el no oats have been made