| Show 4 lot t J reading 11 hoin left irit to right beginning at toll toil of I 1 iati i lii 1 V ill afis sit illy I 1 iw mrs mis h S 1 11 mrs mis bell mrs mis looese elder mis s lit ile t 11 oll tin lirt ila Ilni nood mis S addle Il leble mis III liza lia 31 tinson mrs mis andi ew allinson lottle Sl aurith allen alien neille dalton mrs mn jolin johl Westi cinnic applegate ellinda mm allinson on mis S knight emilia nellson annie ingui Ini Ui livi mrs mis J 1 1 jensen mia 11 A chaffin luella I munson second hot milry linn box mrs mis mclain beb webb elbell i lellin 31 moie Ival minnie athillie 31 Moett ozetta rt whittaker adna flet vion lillie beebe cilie ll mrs mis albert la dally lula riu Ila lri rhet rachel Pul bulliner liner FAH eha anderson ajdei on mis ices chige 1 I 1 II 11 lei oak mine Ivil bire jullet illel fettic minnie le ai ehara iid knusli 10 light fri r 1 i id li it clr i nil third itou kland linclon blanche bather Pa ther r c And andiron cron wila ann chaffin sallo sadle wiley alc norn pall dall sarah alora cal dalton sill hainet ith dalton i all Chill i in fill mis ii sarah i jaines liunas liun cs iliin an derson derbon mrs mis ks Hather ille deniis mrs mis peter Ailder soll illa Sill itil bety alses dalton clara lait abit lock julia jolla dalton ann wiley mrs lucy beebe rhoda liidi ll willies illus i heimy smith dot fulfiller i biographies of plute pioneers this centennial year commemorating mem orating the advent of the pioneers in utah wo we pay tribute to our living pioneers those stalwart characters who like th the 0 pioneers of 1847 have lio e borne the hardships and trials of helping pioneers plon cers and settle this land that we might enjoy the comforts of our present day tion may we continue to live right and thus show our gratitude for the heritage they have given us to those who have hae passed on and to the living pioneers we dedicate this issue of the news our living pioneers are all those who were born here or nil migrated grated to utah on or before 1865 mrs joanna henry mrs joanna henry marys vales iles oldest living settler was born february 21 18 ca at salem utah county a daughter of dr william T dennis she moved to marysvale Marys vale with her family in december 1872 at the age of seven antl anil has been a resident of this community since that time she married george thomas henry of north wales british isles on december 17 1884 mr henry a chemical engineer came to the united states in 1872 lie he died january 26 1924 mrs henry remembers tile the time when there was but onu oni family living in the present site bite of marysvale Marys vale and bullion city had a population of some 1500 persons site she recalls that her father and husband located part of the deer trail mine and that they along with others organ laed the mt alt baldy mining district mrs henry an ardent lover of flowers is very active for her 82 years joseph D bertelsen joseph D bertelson bertelsen age 89 80 was born in salt lake city on oil october 7 1857 a son of and rus and hannah dods bertelsen ner telsen when lie ho was three lie ic moved wit with ills his family to Fount fountain itin green later coming coining to alonzoe SI onroe where his father was in ili tho the grist business As a young oung man lie ho freighted between and nevada ile he later engaged in ill sheep raising in antimony Return returning iii to monroe lie ho alt went into tho the blacksmith business and in 1898 lie he was married man led to emily mccarty they cama cabil to marysvale Marys vale about 3 30 9 years ago hers here they the operated arte d a 8 tore store and hotel mrs airs bertelsen served as oue one ot of the th countes coun tys first superintendents she died in 1919 air bertelsen recalls early pioneer days in utah and tells 0 of f living in ili the fort during the clack black hawk war As a small boy lie he drilled with a wooden gun gull along with the other men and well remembers when the treaty was signed with the indians and tile alie white people mr air bertelsen marshales Mars Marys vales oldest resident Is very ery active and still enjoys the best of health james 31 Boli bolitho thoo james M bolitho Bolit lio was born august 31 1853 1859 at galena illinois 1 a son of james and mary anna bolitho Bolit lio ile he grew up on a stock farm near iowa P falls ails iowa at the age of 21 lie he went to seek his fortune in ili boone iowa lov a where lie became engineer on the chicago northwestern railroad he married mary K lewis on september 1 1880 at Tam lampion iowa in 1889 they cams came to utah where lie ho was employed by the denver dener rio grande west ern railroad on oil the tha main line from grand junction Colo colorado radu to green river from there ho he was transferred to this line net was engineer on oil the train which laid the steel tor for the line into marys vale ale mr Do bolitho litho known as just plain jim by his many friends w atis as it a prominent cattle rancher in ili ani ami vernal veni il having developed de eloped several ranches there ile he owned a hardware hard waie store in richfield and was president of the board of directors tor for the richfield creamery at tho the ago age of 24 lie he was a member of the city council for boone iowa and the youngest member of tile the brothers Brothe Bro brotherhoods therb grand lo 10 lodge dge ha served two terms as councilman for well rich field and was a member of the first utah state legislature in 1890 IS 9 6 in addition to this mr air Bolit BOllt lio IIO is a charter member of 0 the sevier county pair fair board and has done much towards the development of better cattle in marysvale Mary Marys avale vale the latter years of 0 his ute ilfe A have boon been spent at marysvale Marys yale vale where lie has hag engaged in ili mining until the last two years during which lie has been unable to get about without the aid of crutches aside from froin this mr has it a very keen mind and la is still very alert editors note although mr bolitho come to utah until 1889 we are including him in our list of living pioneers because lie ho was a member of the first state legislature and it is toll felt that lie he played such an lim lm part in pioneering our state alice II 11 richards williams I 1 was born in new smith wales groat great britian Brit lan on april 6 1860 and on oil may 22 1864 we v e sot set sail for the united states after reaching new york we planned on going wes ind and male ing a home in ettli our family was wag composed evi 1 posed of lather iii and aid ur 1 ther olier ai I myself my aly grandfather and some of ills his children had corae collie to utah with one of the liand handcart cart companies I 1 cant remember many instances on the voyage a as I 1 very old ell but I 1 can call remember or of our ship catching fire file and women and children screaming A woman held a candle too close to it a curtain and the curtain burned but the fire was soon put out without being tou too serious another instance happened just ten days before we reachel reached new york the captain of tile the ship darned all of us that WO we were vere going to hit an ic eburg and even though we were warned edt it knocked us all oft off our feet when we ne hit the Ic fe eburg children were crying and it made my illy mother terribly ill the ice fee burg towered way above our ship and the men worked steadily tiling billing our water to keep keel the ship hip from slaking sinking we landed in new york about july 7 1864 wo we were six weeks on daze four 44 U q f tills rills picture ns as taken about 1800 1890 cash store ilisie the blary lavah hotel now stands pioneer biographies continued from page 1 on oil the ocean every ship with Alor mormon nion passengers was met by captains of ox 0 team trains that brought them on oil west to utah wo were boio in ili new york about ter itys getting loaded and ready leady to tart there was a train of incle wanis that came caino ahead of tile the ox 0 acain train and my father was nas appointed pointed jip to bring the machines with the mule team trains my aly father was in 11 silt 9 allt lake three weeks before we ve got there although wo we to see sea him there ai WO we found a train with a threshing machine and wagons that had leeis eeik burned by the indians and ill di the men killed hilled but we later earned tint that it was vas a train that eft now new Y boik ork after alie th etrain train hat my father was vas with one of the few things that I 1 em demember ember about new york was lie herds of wild pigs there vere so many of them and their asks were vero so long and they cooked so vicious illious il cious they would nap at people when they at empted emited to drive arlye them thein out ot of heir way kadi each ox team was composed of bout out GOO passengers nearly all were divided as so of 11 the healthy and responsible ien ibers of the family would iivo ave to work for their illon such as driving or acting a 9 guides etc the captain of our ain was brother warren and ur teamsters name was brother anthony straiton St Uton ralton brother strat n was very kind and consider P with all of us we reached nit lit lake october 30 having ameled since the middle ot or july As my father had relatives in farmington we decided to live there for a while we moved t ere immediately and remained theio ill ere until may AIRY 1869 1 I was baptized into the church tile the latter part of april before we left in may wy afy father was called at this tilleo to beaver dam am to help build a fort our family lad had hy by this time increased to four ell calill iren two brothers being born in farmington when we reach ed beaver dam there lad been a flood and washed everything away so we went to the muddy we just traveled from place to place to find a to settle each cacti time being driven out by the indians it was haq at tills this time that nevada became a state and we found ourselves in ili panaca all mormon families then made a rush for utah our family settled in panguitch Pan gultch utah in ili 1872 A new brother had been born in nevada all of my memories of my childhood is of the suffering and hardships we all went most of these being caused by the indians I 1 was married young boung and havo hao spent most lost of my life since then liere in marsale I 1 ani am the mother of nine children six of whom are still living lining As my husband nathaniel williams passed away thirty four years ago I 1 live lio alono alone in my own home ionic since I 1 was deprived of the alie pleasures of read lead ing and ami writing I 1 spend my time and making pretty quilts As told to a granddaughter giand daughter mrs eulala E ll clansen ansen |
