Show samuel H nelson of eureka died wednesday in the death of samuel 11 II nelson on wednesday afternoon of this week cureka lost one of her pioneer miners and prospectors mr net el son sons s path resulted from paral sli and he was III for but two days be ing unconscious for the entire time mr nelson was unusually acied notwithstanding his advanced age of 79 years and on oil tuesday ahei ba h did not make his appearance in ahn th early morning as was his custom neighbors forced an entrance to his home hoine and found him in his bed in an unconscious condition lie ile was given every attention possible but death came on wednesday samuel II 11 nelson was born in in I 1 diana his parents moving to that state from Nen kentucky tucky he ile served with an indiana regiment during a part of the great civil war and was a member of the G A R coming to utah he engaged in mining in the pig cottonwood district near salt lake and in 1879 he took up his residence in eureka this camp has been his home ever since that year and during the thirty seea selen bears he followed mining and prospecting be mg 9 the owner of a number of claims at the time of his death one of these claims clairis is located on the town site and air mr nelson nelsons s partner in this ftc aund is john P leary As far as known mr nelson leaves no relatives es impressive funeral services were conducted at the M E church this afternoon rev mcdonald presiding interment took place in the city cemetery under the direction of la der taker A N wallace |