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Show BUSINESS MAN ENDS' CAREER. 'H BjBBJ ErastusU. Whitehead Succumbs to r"BBBfl Brief Illness. BBJ . PH Inthe death of Erastus Goddard bBBbI Whitehead, whioh ooeurred at his B home in St. George at seven o'clook B on tbe morning of the third, ' one of BB tbe successful buBluess men of south BBB eru Utah passed away, at aa untimely BBBJ age, being only a little more than 'A PH years old. BBB Deceased was the youngest living son of the late Adolphus R. and B Mary G. Whitehead, and was born' Bf NoYember 2V, 1872, lu Washington, H Washington county, Utah,. VH He bad only tbe advaatcige of r PlBBJ oommou school education, but he ' fH bad energy and taot for business, H and early beeame known in buslnew 'BBBrJ affairs. Upon the death of his father, V'H which ocearred a number of, years -,V , BBB ago, be beeame manager ef tbe buetA'L ;dd BBH 1 his direction, and ranks as ono of the ral ' foremost business establishments of m )H ' tbe county. Ho also orcoted for v BBB himself and family a neat home, BBbI whioh la handsomely furnished, and 'BBB ; stands as a moraento of his energy ,JH ' aud sagacity. BBfl He was married to Mica Josephine jH Nlxou, wbo with six chtldreu, sur- .BVBJ vivos him, besides bis aged motbor, 'btttJ 1 brothers, and sisters, and a boat of iaH friends. VBB Deceased bas boeu in anything but BBI robust health for somo years, and for H sevoral months resided in Salt Lako jH City In hopes that tbo ohango would H tieuoflt him. It did not appear to do ftBBJ him any good, and he returned to ' BBB his business career in St. Goorgb. BBB Although unwell he persisted in his H business up to n fow days of tho timo , t 'VH of his death, and vory fow, oxoopt hiu SH family nud intimate friouds, realized t 'T! that biB condition was so sorious. I PH Tbo sympathy of tho community I PP goes out to tbo widow and ohlldreu, ' PPfl the youngest of Whom Is only threo B weeks old, and to tho ngod mother V who is a second timo called upon to PBJ bury hor youugoBt living sou. TsaPB |