| Show MEXICAN WAR VETERAN DIES AT CLIFTON IDAHO Special Correspondence l c cC CLIFTON C LIFTON lila Ida Feb h 3 ln luI known In the thc early earl history of ot Utah an os 18 Major Monroe because of ot the tho part urt he ho played In Iii the local military elides circles of ef Weber oher county diet died dl at this I plate place Jan Jati 31 1 lie He was VHs Wil horn born six Ix miles I west Iel of o Richmond In Chesterfield coun coon county I ty Iy Vii 1 Nov 0 16 1825 Ills right Iun name was Mai at loll Ion Monroe lie lio h being heln a aon aon L Lson son on of William Augustine Martin and his Charlotte Ho lie In iii II tho the summer of lIt 1816 at mit thud tho city of ot Richmond us as 11 a 1 mounted In II tho the regular U 8 H army Orl and ld served lole about aboul two to years rears In tho the war Wil with wih Mexico Ills Hil embarked nt at II Baltimore and ami landed In Brazos Tex to 10 Monterey Montere Mexico anti and later ho was transferred tc te the Infantry and per performed leI formed ormed a I march of ot about 60 miles to Under Gen Cell Scott ho he participated In tho the decisive campaign which culminated with wih the tho battles bAtles at ul Cerro Cerr Gordo and tind Int In the capture of oC the City of at Mexico exl After ACter the tho close chose of ot the tho war he ho was WM mustered out lot nt itt a Jefferson barracks Mo MaJ Monroe onro related d as an Incident In his hula life ICo I 1 I I MARION M I that during one ono of at tho battles a I voIce from romu the unseen world worM told him billet to drop droll to tho the ground grund He lie quickly obeyed anti and ald antinone none nono too soon as I a bullet bulet burned his lOft left shoulder er and cut s through 1 blanket on his hI buck This saved save his liH hl t life as I while In II an erect position tho I same bullet would have passed through saro hl his body hulet That divine guidance that thai had protected him In the war by Iy which tho the west was won von and placed under the Stars Stare and Stripes led l d him westward In II 1851 UI where he lue might help to 10 protect and build up u time the land he had helped to win WhO winOn In Inal On Omu al his hla hi way to California ho was In Induced Induced Induced to remain In Utah where his hi services as a millwright were ivero sought sough I after Ho lie became converted to stud ll In 1853 met and Ind married Busenbark DI at al North Ogden A it number nf ot the early mills were vero built buit under inder his h direction notably Taylors mill mi south of ot Ogden and un Wheelers mill mil In n I Ogden canyon canon At tho the Utah was wan Wi about to ha bo MaJ Mon MOO Monroes Monroes invaded by b Johnstons army roes moos knowledge of ot military tactics served good purpose e In the tha drills dris anti and andas antias as an al aid old to Chauncey W West In iii II the tho Echo canyon campaign also In heading a 1 company com pan of ot cavalry sent through brought Cache Cacho valley vole to t Soda Sola Springs anti and as mis asfar IS far til east cast us its 11 to reconnoiter and an guard against an nn entry of o the army through that direction When the Salmon river colony colen was ls In danger from tram hostile hostilo hosto Indians IndiAna a I squad of at cavalry was sent to their relief and placed In charge of at MaJ Monroe While too to late to prevent bloodshed further hostilities veto elo checked the tho dead dean and Ind wounded were cared for Cor and un the tho colony given a safo soCo escort to Utah I Those who served ened under Win huh spoke highly of ot MaJ Monroe us as tS an 11 officer and anda a man mali His Ris strong strona muscular body anti and Sine fine physique his courage and kindly WILYS ways Ino made mo him ovary over inch a I soldier Ills estimable wife ulfo before mentioned Ils bore boro him a I largo large family of ot whom three survive Rho Aho sons eons and four daughters daughter died in 1885 aged ned 47 In tho hi early erlY six sixties sixties ties eL ho he to Cacho Cache valley vale and settled In Providence and In 1877 he ho re removed removed moved to II Clifton Ida where whelo ho hu resided until his death Jan 31 lAOS IPOS In iii II 1885 ho 10 married maried Josephine Jensen at al Clifton eIght children resulting from tho the union nIx six sons eons and Ind two daughters nil of at whom survive him bum except ono otto son ni For or many years nt at Clifton ht he h engaged In the tho Sunday Sundo school work and nd was sas wal ex cx In his regularity and punctuality i In An II later Inter life he ho was a n sufferer ns as a n culmination of an un received In lii transporting heavy hav cannon In tho Mexican cnn can war Wil and all was WAI by the tho gov At hue tho ago of at 71 71 when tho the war wor with vIthu Spain began ho he offered oreNd bin hil services 1 to his country hut hilt as nH fl younger mon men were plentiful ho 10 wets was WI not called upon UllOn again 1111 to 13 In war 11 Tho ho services were welo held at tho the litton Cllfton nt at lt 12 in iii 1 Feb 2 The people of if the tho ward Ih their I friendly rl sympathy toward tho the family hY by turning out filling tho the house lime Tho hl peake w wiro ro Elders Joseph n II 1 wn v ln B Dudley and op K I O 0 Farmer In the tho order named lump At lt tho thio the thit tu grave wan WH I eI ed et by bv meer Adalbert Henderson |
