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Show v Death of Pioneer Albert Stoddard of Minersville, Answers Last ('all. 84 Years of Age; Resided here 57 Years The NEWS is in receipt of word from Minersville, of the death in that place, last Saturday of Albert Stoddard, one of the real pioneers of this valley and who resided here for almost three score years, coming irom San Bernardino, Bernard-ino, California in 1859. Mr. Stoddard, who was eighty-four years of age, was the father of Mrs. Anthony Blackburn, Mrs. E, H. Bingham, Helen, Eva and Albert P. Stoddard, all of Minersville, Miners-ville, and Mrs. Essie Brantingof Salt 'Lake City. I Deceased was also an uncle of Nat Stoddard, superintendent of the Delta Land a:;d Water Company reservoir, near Minersville. Albert Stoddard came to this valley when there were no roads, nothing but trails made by Indians and when the settlers had to fight Indians ai well aB to encounter the difficulties of a new and unbroken country. He wal well respected by all who knew him aud his death is a source of regret and a loss to the county. The Interment Inter-ment took place at Minersville, Sunday. Sun-day. In its next issue the NEWS will publish in full the life-history of Mr, Stoddard, one of the most interesting narratives imaginable, prepared expressly for the NEWS by Wil. T. Morris, our correspondent at (fl I LD0TS0N RSVILLE, UTAH i STRIBUTORS FOR J ' iii |