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Show Ox-Team Pioneer Answers Final Call Hundreds of warm and intimate friends gathered at the Gunnison Valley high school building last Saturday Sat-urday afterjioon, to pay the last sad respects to one of Gunnison valley's oldest and respected citizens, Joseph Bardsley. Solemn and impressive services were said for the aged veteran vet-eran who died nt his home in Centcrfield Cen-tcrfield Wednesday of last week, following an illness of a week. Mr. Bardsley, who was 8G years of age, was stricken with blindness some four years ago and due to the long confinement to his room, cmplica-tions cmplica-tions set in, which resulted in h;s death. At the funeral services Bishop Chas. E. Embley of the Hamilton ward, was in charge and Austin Kearns and John Larson, life-long friends, were the principal speakers. The Hamilton ward quartet gave a number of appropirate selections and Mrs. Emily Knighton sang a solo. The services were simple, but were marked mark-ed with sorrow and sadness. A bank of beautiful floral offerings from relatives and friends, gave evidence of the respect held for the one who had answered the call. Joseph Bardsley, son of Samuel and Marv Bardsley, was born at Oldham, Old-ham, England, October 10. 1841. When but 17 years of age he became a member of the Mormon church, of which, his mother had already be-Icome be-Icome affiliated. As a boy he worked work-ed in woolen mills and became an ex-, ex-, pert in this profession. In 18G2 he set sail for America and underwent ' the long and dreary trip across the plains, being outfitted at Council I Bluffs, Iowa. Writh him across the ; plains he carried supplies for the St. ' George temple. In the early days Mr. t Bardsley was active in the Black I Hawk Indian wars, winning praise 1 and valor for his braveness. In lat-i lat-i er years he was pensioned for his J services in the early Indian wars. When Mr. Bardsley came to this I section "How Wallow" was the only j settlement in the valley and was really the first of Gunnison, though ; the town was built on higher lands. I In 1887 Mr. Bardsley moved to Cen-terfield Cen-terfield and had since resided there. In 1872 Mr. Bardsley was marrned to Alice M. Duffin and nine children blessed the union. Two daughters, Millie Carlson and May Beck, and a son, William Bardsley, preceded him in death. Besides the widowed mother, six sons are left to mourn the death. They are Joseph, John, Ernest, Leo, Roy and Jesse. Mr. Bardsley was buried at the family plot in the Centcrfield cemetery. |