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Sunday, March 27, 2011
Joseph Thorson Obituary
HEART ATTACK CLAIMS WORKER ON CITY PROJECT
Joseph Thorson, 68, 557 E. 4th S. of Provo City, died Tuesday while at work, apparently of a heart attack. Born May 28, 1886, in Richfield. The son of Lars and Karen Iverson Thorson, he received his education in the Richfield Schools and first worked for the Johnston Hotel there.
Mr. Thorson was married to Sarah May Curtis on April 7, 1915, in Salt Lake City, and they were later sealed in the Salt Lake Temple. Following their marriage, the Thorsons made their home in Salt Lake City where Mr. Thorson was employed with the Inland Crystal Salt Company.
In 1921 they moved to Provo, where he worked as a farmer and also for the U.P.M. Company during the construction of the Geneva Steel Plant. For the past 10 years he had been employed by Provo City.
Mr. Thorson was a member of the L.D.S. Church and a member of the Provo Municipal Employees Association.
Mr. Thorson is survived by his wife, Provo; four sons and seven daughters. Joseph Thorson, Kaysville; Ralph and Grant Thorson, Ogden; Robert Thorson, Provo; Mrs. Armond (Myrna) Brooksby, Eugene Ore; Mrs. Lorus (Patra) Walker, Midvale; Mrs. Norman (Nona) Baker, Mrs. Carl (Myrtle) Lassen; Plainsfield N.J.; Mrs. Jack (Joyce) Morgan, Los Angeles, Calif; Mrs. Vard (Iona) Roper, and Gail Thorson Provo; 18 grandchildren; and two sisters, Mrs. Annie Drongesen, Selma, Calif; and Mrs. Mary Sencer, Hollywood, Calif.
Funeral services will be conducted Saturday in the Berg Drawing Room Chapel. Officiating will be Newell A. Johnson, Bishop of the Provo Seventh Ward.
Friends may call at the mortuary Friday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. And Saturday prior to the services.
Burial will be in the Provo City Cemetery.
Joseph Thorson, 68, 557 E. 4th S. of Provo City, died Tuesday while at work, apparently of a heart attack. Born May 28, 1886, in Richfield. The son of Lars and Karen Iverson Thorson, he received his education in the Richfield Schools and first worked for the Johnston Hotel there.
Mr. Thorson was married to Sarah May Curtis on April 7, 1915, in Salt Lake City, and they were later sealed in the Salt Lake Temple. Following their marriage, the Thorsons made their home in Salt Lake City where Mr. Thorson was employed with the Inland Crystal Salt Company.
In 1921 they moved to Provo, where he worked as a farmer and also for the U.P.M. Company during the construction of the Geneva Steel Plant. For the past 10 years he had been employed by Provo City.
Mr. Thorson was a member of the L.D.S. Church and a member of the Provo Municipal Employees Association.
Mr. Thorson is survived by his wife, Provo; four sons and seven daughters. Joseph Thorson, Kaysville; Ralph and Grant Thorson, Ogden; Robert Thorson, Provo; Mrs. Armond (Myrna) Brooksby, Eugene Ore; Mrs. Lorus (Patra) Walker, Midvale; Mrs. Norman (Nona) Baker, Mrs. Carl (Myrtle) Lassen; Plainsfield N.J.; Mrs. Jack (Joyce) Morgan, Los Angeles, Calif; Mrs. Vard (Iona) Roper, and Gail Thorson Provo; 18 grandchildren; and two sisters, Mrs. Annie Drongesen, Selma, Calif; and Mrs. Mary Sencer, Hollywood, Calif.
Funeral services will be conducted Saturday in the Berg Drawing Room Chapel. Officiating will be Newell A. Johnson, Bishop of the Provo Seventh Ward.
Friends may call at the mortuary Friday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. And Saturday prior to the services.
Burial will be in the Provo City Cemetery.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
The Last Wagon Train - John Holman pioneer company
John G. Holman Company (1868)
Narrative:
Holman's ox train of 62 wagons left the rail terminus at Benton, Wyoming, on September 1 with 628 emigrants. Benton was located 11 miles east of present-day Rawlins, Wyoming. This end-of-track town was in existence for only three months, but during its brief history more than 100 people were reported to have died there in gunfights. The company was delayed in Benton when a woman in their company was arrested on a trumped-up charge and they had to wait for her trial. U.S. soldiers had to protect the company when an enraged mob from the railroad town marched on the wagon company. The mob had been angered by false rumors to the effect that the Mormons were intent on taking a woman to Utah against her will.
Most of those who traveled to Utah in Holman's company crossed the Atlantic aboard the ship Emerald Isle. Many in this company were Danes and Swedes who suffered much sickness while crossing the ocean and after landing in New York. Also traveling with the company were 8 independent wagons with about 40 passengers. After getting off the train and being loaded into the Church wagons, this company traveled in a northwesterly direction from Benton through Whiskey Gap and northward from there until they reached the Sweetwater River and the old emigrant road on September 8. As did many other companies in the 1860s, after coming through Echo Canyon they traveled to Silver Creek and then down Parley's Canyon into the valley. They arrived in Salt Lake on September 25. Twenty-two people died between Benton and Salt Lake.
Narrative:
Holman's ox train of 62 wagons left the rail terminus at Benton, Wyoming, on September 1 with 628 emigrants. Benton was located 11 miles east of present-day Rawlins, Wyoming. This end-of-track town was in existence for only three months, but during its brief history more than 100 people were reported to have died there in gunfights. The company was delayed in Benton when a woman in their company was arrested on a trumped-up charge and they had to wait for her trial. U.S. soldiers had to protect the company when an enraged mob from the railroad town marched on the wagon company. The mob had been angered by false rumors to the effect that the Mormons were intent on taking a woman to Utah against her will.
Most of those who traveled to Utah in Holman's company crossed the Atlantic aboard the ship Emerald Isle. Many in this company were Danes and Swedes who suffered much sickness while crossing the ocean and after landing in New York. Also traveling with the company were 8 independent wagons with about 40 passengers. After getting off the train and being loaded into the Church wagons, this company traveled in a northwesterly direction from Benton through Whiskey Gap and northward from there until they reached the Sweetwater River and the old emigrant road on September 8. As did many other companies in the 1860s, after coming through Echo Canyon they traveled to Silver Creek and then down Parley's Canyon into the valley. They arrived in Salt Lake on September 25. Twenty-two people died between Benton and Salt Lake.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
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