| Show J w- w JOSEPH S PH H HARPOLE DIES 1 AT RIPE OLD OLD AGE AGE Joseph Harpole died last Sat morning in m Grand county lI Ho Ito was born In Ohio on ou Nov 1 1801 1601 and ladled Jacked but one day of ot re reaching the ago of years He Ho was one oner of the tle pioneers and was widely known and beloved by ranchers ranch ranch- ors ers farmers And md miners minors Ho lIe came camo to to Utah when I it was a wilderness wild Ho lIo spout spent his boyhood in Ohio and Ind later Inter lived a years ears in Missouri and Col- Col I Mr Harpole saw twenty five presidents presidents 1 dents elected to officiate over the peo peo- pl plc r of th the United States lI He first saw t the light of day during George Georgo Washington's Wash Wash- ington's first term of office C Cand and hO ho ha cast st hi his first vote voto for James Janes Monroe Monroe- bolero tho the grand parents of many many of the tho present pf generation were born He lIe was too old to become a a. soldier and servo for the Union in tho the Civil war w If there thero id is an older citizen than l was Joseph in tho the entire state the he I fact is unknown for n no one ouo was ever ear located by his fronds friends or relatives who approached him longevity in He lIe was wasa wasI I a n. farmer and contractor though most of his life was devoted devot d t to tilling the I soil He ne boro th the tho distinction of being I tho most agod aged person iu ill Gr Grand nd county I for tho the past pnat twenty his rugged rug Wg- god gad l health and physical were were the tho wonder of all I I Carbon County News |
