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Show George Shoell I Reaches 90th I Milestone Sunday One of Utah's pioneers who walked across the plains with ox-drawn ox-drawn wagons celebrated his ninetieth nine-tieth anniversary in London Sunday. Sun-day. He is George Andrew Shoell, who came to Utah in 1867 and settled .near Pleasant Grove. "We had to stay pretty close to the fort which was built to shield us from the savagery of the Indians," he relates of his early life in Utah County. - The growiryears of his life Mr. Shoell spent as a cowboy, farmer and rancher. He tells of his experiences ex-periences as a cow-hand when he participated in huge cattle drives from Utah to Wyoming. During his life as a cowboy, Mr. Shoell traveled in 36 states, he said. He was born March 5, 1960, in Gloustershire, England and came to America at the age of six with his parents. He was married twice but both of his wives have since died. Mr. Shoell attributes his long life to a clean life and strict ad-herance ad-herance to the Word of Wisdom. I don't go prowling around nights anymore," he stated. He has four sons and one daughter, daugh-ter, Ber, Clarence, George, and Clem, of Orem and Mrs. Violet Ray Brown, Grandview. He also has 21 grandchildren and 29 greatgrandchildren. |
