Show J U H PHILLIPS PHILIPS PASSES ON james H phillips familiar figure 0 of frontier days and pioneer of three states passed away at the home of 0 his daughter mrs emily aled friday morning dec esth 1924 at he was a pioneer in the true meaning of the term born in wales nov 14 1839 ot of welsh parentage came to this country in childhood and settled with his parents in brigham city utah where he grew to manhood at the age of 0 twenty tour four he was married to miss elizabeth and settled in malad idaho during jhb time he lived in idaho he was in charge of the freight outfit ot of the late B C white he took the first lire fire engine into the city ot of dutte butte he freighted from corinne utah to butte bannack and virginia city when they were the glory ot of the frontier I 1 in n 1884 he came to lima and followed mining railroading and finally settled down to farming which occupation he followed until he retired several years ago his wife having died in 1914 he made his home with his daughter mrs emily gleed of this city un until til his death at the age of eighty three years he had been in ill health tor for some time but lingered along until an attack of pneumonia bade him answer the last roll call a the funeral services were held sunday dec ath at 2 in the lima theater building revs drevs griffin brewer r and packet conducting the service according to the faith of the mormon church ot of which he was a member the pall bearers were chas truax henry fitter joe lewis john west sr ben pierson smith mcknight ail all old time pioneer friends surviving the pioneer are throe three daughters mrs airs emily gleed of lima mrs jack dowell of deti dell and mrs an anna whiting of missoula two brothers maroni phillips of brigham city utah and william phillips of weston idaho ten grand children he is gone another name is stricken from fram the ever lessening rill roll of our old ola settlers it must be so these tender ender human ties cannot be severed severe without a pang yet in such a death there is no cause tor for grief his life work was done and in answering the last call he was only entering into that reward promised to the final faithful faith fui lima montana news |