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Show ! JjfPEARSONDIES J ON RAILROAD TRAIN Salt Lake. Nov 17. Happy In tho thought that he was Rgraln to sw her aped father. Mrs. H P. Hampton was at tbr railway station lat evening even-ing at h o'clock to meet the train bringing J W. Pearson of Park City to Salt Lake Although Mr. Pearson died at 3.30 o'clock on the train, a half hour after leaving Park dty. no word had been Pent ahead and Mrs Hampton received a sad shock when told that her father as dead Mrs J. L. Chartrand. another daughter. Tas making preparations to receive Mr Pearson in her home. 359 East Sixth South street, when her sister telephoned the news. Both were grief-stricken last night. Mr Pearson was 79 years of age and although he had been ill for nearly a year, his family physician thought him strong enough to stand the short journey to Salt Lake. He planned to visit his daughter. Mrs Charh anrl, and If he felt well enough. to send for his wife and spend the I winter in this city. Accompanying I him on the train was Dr Edward Le I Compt, a young physician, and Henry H Hughes, one of his old friends Dr 4 Le Compt said that death was due 'q to general debility I Mr Pearson was a resident of Utah I since 1872 and of Park City since i 1S74 He was a prominent Mason in Park City and had many Salt Lake ' friends, both in and out of the or- He was born in Leeds. Yorkshire. England, July 9, 1834. At the age of 14 years he left home and went In a sailing vessel to Now Orleans He remained there two years, then weut I to St, Louis and from fhre to Fort 1 Benton. Mont Going back to Missouri, Mis-souri, he opened a hotel in Brunswick.' Bruns-wick.' Mo Getting the gold fever he sold his hotel and went to California Cali-fornia in 1854 in 181 he pnllftted In the army and served until October Octo-ber 5. 1865. At the time of his dls charge he was given a lieutenant's commission by the governor of California Cal-ifornia and served five years in the regular army. After retiring, he remained re-mained In California until ISf.i, when he went to Nevada to engage in mining min-ing In the spring of 1872 he came to Utah, locating first at Bingham He went to Park City In 1874. whore hp entered the service of the. Ontario Mining company. Mr Pearson has held various offices of-fices in the Masonic order He assisted as-sisted in the formation of Uintah lodge at Park City, having been made a Mason at Shasta. Cal.. fifty-seven years ago He vas junior warden for the first three years, senior warden war-den in 1884 and worshipful master In 1885 He also held offices of tyler, deacon, secretary and treasurer. treas-urer. In the prand lodge he held of ficos of senior steward, standard bearer and Junior grand warden. |