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Show LAST RITES SAID FOR JOHN DUTTON Aged and Useful Citizen of Cedar City' Passes On At Ripe Old Age of Eighty-Six. Funeral services for Mr. John Dut-ton, Dut-ton, who died in this city at an enrly' hour April 2nd, were held in the tnber-' I JOHN DUTTON naclu last Sundny at 8 p. m, There was a large attendance of tho friends nnd adqunintanccs of tho deceased,1 who was in his 8Gth year when the grim reaper claimed him. Tho speakers speak-ers at the funeral wero E. J. Palmer, Henry Leigh, nnd Jos. II. Armstrong. Bro. John Chatterley also contributed some sentiments in the form of a paper pa-per which was read, tho author's voice being too poor for personnl express-1 ion. The choir was present nnd furnished fur-nished the music. i The deceased lived to a ripo old age and has been gradually failing for a year or more past. He lived an active, ac-tive, industrious and useful life nnd was ono of the old land marks in tho 'history of the municipality. Until his health became too feeble to permit, ho1 was one of tho most efficient coal mino operators locally. Of late years he has devoted him self more to clerical cler-ical work and has served a number of years as precinct justice of tho pence and ns registrar of vital statistics. Ho is survived by four sons nnd daughters. His wife nnd other children child-ren havo proceeded him to tho other side of tho veil. Tho survivors aro: Thomas Dutton, Mrs. O. P. Frctwcll and Mrs. F. B. Adams of tin's place, and Hyrum Dutton of Idaho. i BIOGRAPHICAL. John Coben Dutton wns born Oct. 12, 183-1, in Englnnd. He received a common school educntion and nlso learned tho trade of coal miner. He wns married to Margery Cooper at Stoko Upon Trent Protestant Church Aug. C, 1851, by tho Rev. Wm. Duck. They emigrated to America in 18G5, leaving Liverpool May 18 and arriving in New York June 14, but oh " j i i nccount of the presence of smallpox on shipboard woro not permited to ,H land until tho 17th. They stnyed in Williamsburg until the following Do- cember, when they moved to St. Nicholas, Skuykill county, Penn., fl whero he worked in tho anthracite coal mines until December, 1875. Then fl they left or Salt Lnko City on tho 21st of December. From Salt Lako fM they moved to Mt. Pleasant, San Pete county and remained thcro until in March, 1870, when they statted for Cedar City, arriving hero March 19, ' of that year, and resided hero until H their demise, doing their shnro of tho ,H pioneer work in a new country. M All tho sons and daughters of the iH deceased wore present for tho funeral. IH vi -Ma |