Show JOHN H SEELY mm FAMOUS SHEEP GROWER DEAD ilia his herd of sheep was t know the world over while on in an outing nt at fish lake john 11 seely owner of tile lie largest herds of sheep in ill tile the world and alio al io one of the largest herds or of registered shorthorns shor thorns died suddenly saturday mr seely suffered a stroke of apoplexy and passed away within an hour with him his wife his bis younger son and two daughters the body was taken to mount pleasant for burial mr seely was born in san bernardino calif april 29 during the black hawk war lie was one of the minute men of captain fred olsons elsons Ni company and after the indian troubles were over ho he concentrated tim ted his attention more and more largely upon the raising of sheep and livestock until at tho the time of his death his position was one of world leadership iio ho sold a rambouillet ram tor for one 0 of the largest prices ever paid at auction mr neelys parents were justice wellington and clarissa jane wilcox seely who were among the early residents of salt lake having como come to utah in they bent ent to san bernardino calif as pioneers of but called back afterward to utah in and were sent to mount pleasant among settlers sett lors who established that city and community A common school education was followed by the rigorous training of the campaigning against the indians after which mr seely concentrated his bis attention upon the raising of sheep and livestock his rambouillet sheep are known as french mer inos and the developing and breeding ol of this high grade stock won him distinction in the live stock world he sent his agents to europe covering all the districts of france and germany where rambouillet sheep and shorthorn cattle are raised he owned exclusive grazing grounds in several counties together with a large farm in addition to rambouillet sheep and shorthorn cattle he specialized in handling french draft and horses ho he was vas a member of the rambouillet sheep breeders bleeders Bre eders association of marysville marksville Marys ville 0 and served as its president and vice president he was also vice president and one of the directors of the utah Wool growers association and a heavy stockholder in the mount pleasant mill company his wife and the following children survive him mrs 0 E me mc gaen mrs albert merrill mrs louie miner J leo seely leonard J seely mrs robert vern winters dies blics ley and oliver mr seely served as mayar mayor of mount pleasant and at one time was city marshal when that city was young ile he was a member of the state senate of utah for two terms a director of the utah state fair board 1 for sixteen years and supervisor of tafe th e live stock at the utah state fair for a number of years ephraim enterprise ter prise neu nes s comes from salt lake city that a resolution of condolence with the family of john II I 11 I seely stockman was adopted by the board of directors of the utah state fair association and spread on the minutes it was also decided that as many of the directors as could do so would would attend the funeral I 1 nir mr seely was tor for many years a member of tho the state fair directorate mrs ira D travis and mrs R E B L collier of the board were appointed a committee to provide a suitable floral tribute from the board senator reed smoot and former governor william illiam Nl spry went to mt it pleasant to attend the funeral |