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Show fit 102 he's alert and happy PAROWAN - William Ephriam Ellsworth celebrated his bir- mm. MWHW thday on the 16 of Jun. Mr. Ellsworth is 102 years old. He - .. "i i ' f,L 1 M .:-, C . .. .U '' mmX t Zammmm 4-fclulk ' - resides in the Iron County Rest Home in Parowan and is alert and happy. He sings songs and never misses a word, and enjoys his life very much. Born in Harrisburg, Utah on June 16, 1872, Mr. Ellsworth remembers having Brigham Young at his mother's place for dinner, and a meeting with Butch Cassidy and Kid Curry while on the trail in Wyoming. He was also well acquainted with several famous Indian Chiefs. He spent many years of his life working as a cowhand and rancher, and won many prizes riding in Rodeos, including a beautiful silver bridle and a pair of silver spurs. He was married at the age of 50 to Nellie Bar-sness, Bar-sness, a nurse from the East, who came west with a group of eighteen other women to homestead. They were married in 1924. Nellie passed away at the age of 96. They spent much of their married life in Salt Lake and Marysvale. 7 WILLIAM E. ELLSWORTH |