HILDRETH, Lambert

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• Residence: Idaho
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• Residence: 1930, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California

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Lambert married WHITE, Dolly in 16 Oct in Roswell, New Mexico, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: Bannock
• Residence: Not Stated, Bannock, Idaho
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• Residence: 1910, Jerome, Lincoln, Idaho
• Residence: 1930, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California

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William married BURCHFIELD, Josephine Meldona on 1 Jul 1914 in Soda Springs, Caribou, Idaho, USA. Josephine was born on 7 Dec 1894 in Townsend, Blount, Te; died on 15 Sep 1955 in Soda Springs, Caribou, Idaho, USA; was buried on 17 Sep 1955 in Soda Springs, Caribou, Idaho, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1880, Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, United States
• Residence: 1900, Chama, Rio Arriba, New Mexico
• Residence: 1910, Jerome, Lincoln, Idaho
• Residence: 1920, Soda Springs, Caribou, Idaho
• Residence: 1930, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California

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William Henry Hildreth was born in Watsonville California 2 8 October 1865, the third child of John L. and Angeline Sim ms Hildreth. While still an infant his parents moved to Tex as, and two years later crossed the plains to Pueblo Colora do. Here he grew up and resided nearly forty years. His edu cation was obtained in the public schools of that city, an d at the early age of eleven he earned his first money work ing in the Evening Democrat office at Pueblo. Later he acce pted a position in the office of the Pueblo Chieftain and i t was there that he learned his trade working up from the p osition of "printers devil" to that of foreman. His life si nce then has been one long identified with printers ink. I t was in Leadville that he met Lula Dean Scudder, they wer e married in Leadville 26 of February 1888. The new Mrs. Hi ldreth was the daughter of Benjamin F Scudder and Elizabet h Stephenson Scudder who resided in Rifle Colorado. She i s one of seven children, and the first to marry.


On April 1, 1889, while living at Leadville, the couple wa s blessed with a son whom they called William Scudder Hild reth.

A letter was recieved yesterday from Mr . William
Hildreth, of the Chieftan, who is at Le adville, bringing
the pleasing information that he is th e proud father of
a fine eight pound boy presented on Mon day morn-
ing by his excellent wife. Will says th e boy is a daisy
and sets the "cases" already. The Chief tain force
extends their hearty congratulations t o "Papa, Mama,
and Me."

William was followed by Lambert Dean on the 15 of Decembe r 1890

Mr. W.H. Hildreth, foreman of the Chie ftain news-
room, is rejoicing over the arrival o f a 10 pound
boy, which came to his home Monday mor ning.

Lambert was born at Rifle Colorado. (home of the Scudder's)


AN EXTRA EDITION
Last night Mr. W.H.Hildreth, the fore man of the
Journal, was willing to run a three l ine head in
the middle of a column, break a colo n on a para-
graph, run matter on the outside o f the chase or
do anything anybody wished.
It's a girl, healthy, well develope d lungs and bids
fair to be pretty as its pa. Mothe r doing nicely.

Ruth Hilda Hildreth was born 24 February 1893 at Pueblo Col orado
( City where Will's parents lived) where her daddy was empl oyed at
the offices of the Star Journal. Needless to say her mothe r certainly
welcomed a little girl into the house full of boys. Notic e there was no weight listed on the announcement for Ruth , I remember grandma Dean telling me she was so tiny they u se to carry her around on a pillow.
In 1894 we find the little family in Basalt Colorado wher e W.H. was
the editor and publisher of the Eagle County Examiner. It w as here
that another son was born.

Mr. and Mrs W.H. Hildreth are recievi ng congratulations
from their friends. Someone playe d a joke on Hall-
oween and left a 12 pound boy at thei r house.

They named him Fay Edward Hildreth born November 1, 1895

In 1897 the family moved to Eagle with the paper. Here Wil l was
editor and publisher of the Eagle County Examiner.
Mrs. Hildreth loved parties and very hapily gave a fourth b irthday
party for her daughter Ruth

BABY RUTH CELEBRAT ES

It wasn't the fourth of July but R uth Hildreth's fourth
birthday anniversary last Thursday . The little one's
around Eagle had all recieved rea l printed invitations
to attend, and they were all ther e in frills and tucks
and ribbons, looking wise and wond ering. The little
hostess soon had them all feelin g at home, and such
a rollicking, romping time has sel dom been seen in
Eagle. Several of the little one s were heard to say
they wished Ruth would have a birt hday every day.

A JUVENILE GOO D TIME

The little folks of Eagle were al l happy on the after-
noon of Thursday last. Ruth Hild reth celebrated her
fourth birthday by a party, an d the earth had no
sorrows for the little folk. Lit tle Miss Ruth was made
supremely happy by being the rec ipient of many
presents. Supper was served an d most thoroughly
enjoyed. God bless the children!
The following children were pres ent: Charles and
Marie Fulford, Georgie Benis, E dna Wilkson,
Ralph Belding, May and Eugene E nos, Ruth Nogal,
Myron and Inne McCabe, Lenna an d Maggie
McGuire,Roy McDougal,Willie Her man, Minnie
Stien and Fay, Willie and Lambe rt Hildreth.

In 1896-1897 Will was editor and publisher of the Eagle Co unty Examiner.

W.H. Hildreth has bought out th e intrests of his par tners in the Eagle County Examiner at Aspen
Junction and will continue it' s publication. Mr Hildreth
was for several years foreman o f the Pueblo
Chieftain news rooms and has hos ts of friends
here who rejoice to learn of hi s success in the
newspaper business. The advise r extends best
wishes. Hang to it Billy, and yo u'll wear diamonds
yet.

W.H. Hildreth has bought out hi s partner on the
Eagle County Examiner. Billy, a s he is familiarly
known all over the west, is on e of the brainest
writers in the state, weildin g a clever, facile pencil
that treats the subject with a s moothness and ease
that is delightful. He is humoro us but not vulgar,
witty but not rude, sharp and po inted on occasions
without being scurrilous and abu sive. The Examiner
is one of the leading weeklies o f the west.

Will also had the reputatuon of being able to "take a joke"

Under the "found" heading, the N ew Castle News
advertises a lady's garter 8 3/ 4 inches in diameter!
The champion fat women must hav e been along
there. And the news sardonicall y requests the owner
to come forward and "prove" owne rship. They'll
probaly send for Will Hildreth t o umpire the affair.

"The town of Eagle prospered during the late 1890's...The f irst printing office was began by W.H.Hildreth, and althoug h the outfit changed hands many times during the years tha t followed, the town was never without a newspaper." (Colo rado Magazine 1944 p 146)

On August 27, 1904 we find the family back in Basalt.

SCHOOL ELECTION
Monday afternoon was a most exci ting half day
for Basalt. It was school electi on day and the
issues were sharp drawn and clea r out. Some
two or three weeks ago, in fac e of the fact that
our schools are in most excellen t condition, and
that the teachers have given per fect satisfaction,
someone started a report that ou r teachers have
been in our schools long enoug h and that a change
was needed. Other minor matter s were advanced as reasons fo r a change. All these arguments were
so apparently absurb on their fa ce that the people
at once determined to silence th ose who produced
such untenable and foolish reaso nings. The people
felt that fairness and justice t o the schools, to the
patrons and to the teachers dema nded that such
false and pernicious arguments , detrimental alike
to schools and all other institu tions, must be over-
whelmingly defeated at the balle t box. W.H. Hildreth
was designated as the canidate t o uphold the
present condition of our schools , W.W. Frey, our
present mayor and leading dry go ods merchant,
was named as the standard beare r of the opposition.
One hundred and twenty-eight vot es were cast, of
which W.W. Frey recieved 34, an d W.H. Hildreth
recieved 94. Thus in this most b itterly contested
election, the people of Basalt h ave expressed
their entire satisfaction and ap precitation of the
work of our teachers and have de clared unto the
world that faithful public servi ce in our town shall
not go without it's due reward.


The families next move was to Chama New Mexico. It was her e that John Franklin was born.

Surly the editor may be excuse d or even condoned,
for cutting up a few verbal shin es this week, for on
last Tuesday December 27, 1898 t here appeared
at his home a delicate bit of hu manity----the fifth
shaft in his quiver------ whos e tiny clutching fingers
have twined around the editora l heart and--- but we
will ring off before we get to o poetic. It is a boy
weighing 12 1/2 pounds, and Dr . Wood officiated
in his accustomed pleasing style . Mrs. H. is getting
along finely.

But it seems that tragedy was to strike while in Chama.

William H Hildreth came in fro m Chama, New
Mexico, and will spend a few day s visiting friends.
Mr. Hildreth lost his entire new spaper outfit in
the recent fire at Chama.

W.H. Hildreth of Chama N.M. form erly of Pueblo,
is at the Southern Hotel on hi s way to Denver
where he is going to purchas e a new printing
outfit to take the place of th e one he lost in the
recent fire at Chama. Mr Hildret h's family are still
at Chama, and he will resume th e publication of
his paper upon his return.

When Will got back to Chama with his new press there were c ongratulations for his first edition.

The Chama Tribune made it's fir st appearence
since the fire last week. It i s as bright as the new
dollars it is rustling for.
Pagosa Springs Times

The Chama Tribune made it's fi rst appearence
at this office since the grea t fire. W.H. Hildreth
the propriator is a hustler an d will no doubt make
the paper a success.
Pagosa Springs News

The Chama Tribune has resume d publication
under the managememt of W.H. H ildreth who
founded the paper about a yea r ago. Last year
the fire that wiped Chama out , temporairly
silenced the Tribune. Chama i s very much alive
again and so is the Tribune, w hich ably advocates
statehood for New Mexico.
Durango Herald

The Daily Press has recieve d a copy of the
Chama Tribune, New Mexico, a n elegant and
well edited paper published b y W.H. Hildreth
formerly of this city. The Tri bune is filled with
bright and newsy articals, an d the people of
Chama are to be congratulate d on having such
an enterprising journal re-est ablished in that
city. Among many other of th e Tribune's articles
of information, we glean the f act that is is
published on Coyote Avenue. W e therefore
have no hesitancy in predictin g that the Tribune
will be a "Howling success"
Cripple Creek D aily Press

Along with tragedy it seems there is always a bit of sunshi ne, Lula Dean's grandfather had passed away, but he also ha d remembered her in his will.


The family must really have had a special place in their he art for Basalt though, because in August of 1904 we see Wil l back as the
editor and publisher of the Basalt Journal. In the book Bas alt,
Colorado Midland Town (p 331) we find some editorals from t he
Basalt Journal. On Jan. 23 1906 "It has fallen to the lot o f the writer to travel up and down this broad commonwealt h to a considerable extent, both in search of business an d pleasure, and with-out an attempt to flatter the good peo ple of this section it can be truthfully said that no tow n of equal size has yet been found that equals our own litt le city."
On April 29 1908 (p330) "Editor Hildreth of the Basalt Jour nal has purchased the Eagle County Blade at Red Cliff and h as yet not found a successor for the Journal.
However we also have a record of him moving from Basalt t o Idaho in 1910.
On comming to Idaho the family first settled at Jerome, Lin coln County where Will remained on year as foreman of the N orth Side News. Following that he came to Soda Springs (191 0)

THANK YOU BILLY

We are pleased to note that W. H. H ildreth, who has
been foreman of the North Side New s the past year
has branched out in business for hi mself. He has
bought the Soda Springs Cheiftain f rom Joe DeWitt
and took charge this week. "Billy " is an old time news-
paper man from Colorado and is an o ld friend of the
editor of the Sun. He is a newspape r man from the
ground up, and it is a safe predict ion that he will give
the people of Soda Springs a good p aper, and the
Sun wishes him the best of luck i n the undertaking.
Hagerman Valley Sun

HILDRETH IS AN OP TIMIST
The local editor had the pleasure o n Tuesday to
meet, for the first time, since hi s sojourn in Grace,
the pleasant editor of the Soda Sp rings Chieftain,
Mr Hildreth. All printers are brot hers, you know, and
it afforded the Progress editor mu ch pleasure in
meeting Brother Hildreth ath the t hriving town of
Soda, on Tuesday, and found him t o be a very
genial fellow, and a newspaper ma n of experience.
We want to congratulate the Soda p eople in having
a man of Mr Hildreth's stamp in th eir community.
being in optimist of the choices t order, and a man
any community could be proud of. W e believe in
strewing flowers before people ar e dead, and
saying good things about someone w hile they are
alive. Mr Hildreth, we repeat, i s deserving of the
best treatment Soda Springs peopl e can give him.

He had a very modern plant in every way and this is where h is children found their life long mates. All of them came w ith him but Fay who stayed in Pueblo with his aunt Ruby Cul lins in order to finish his education. We do find him bac k with his family in 1911 however, as he attended a specia l scout party. I remember Ruth telling about Grandma (remem ber she was from Missouri) and how she was frightened to b e so close to the "Mormons". In her experience, gossips ha d made them to be very bad people, even spouting "horns an d tails" , so it must have been a worry for her to take he r young family into such an enviroment, especially when he r next door neighbors were Mormons. She did get aquainted h owever and seemed to thrive in the community. February 6, 1 912 was a dark day. Lambert Dean, the 21 year old son had b een suffering with mastoiditis and passed away. He was th e first to be buried in the family plot.
June 25 1914 was a happier day, Ruth Hilda married Frank Li ston, from Bancroft Then onJuly 1 1914 William Scudder Hi ldreth married Josephine Burchfield. All of a sudden onl y Fay and Frank were left at home.
When the war came along in 1917 both Fay and Frank wanted t o do their part, on April 25 1917 (age 21) Fay left with th e first boys called from Soda Springs. Fay was sent to Ne w Mexico where he helped build housing for the troops. Fran k left in 1918 and was sent right to France. While there h e was one of the boys that were gassed. He came home and co ntinued to live a full life, but it had effected the muscle s in his neck, and he could never turn his head again prope rly. After the war Fay married Emma Beus on December 15, 19 19.
Frank never married. Fay took the profession of carpenter , he worked on the Soda Springs court house, the high schoo l, at Utah Power and others. After their first child was bo rn they moved to Burlingame California. Ruth and her husban d Frank had also moved to California. Lula Dean, after visi ting Ruth fell in love with the "Golden State", and in 192 1 Will sold his intrest in the newspaper and moved to Lon g Beach where he did job printing for several years. Bill a nd Josie, and Frank went also, so the whole family was in C alifornia. However in May of 1931 he returned, with Bill, t o Soda Springs and started the Soda Springs Sun. On Februar y 16, 1932 Will passed away suddenly of a heart attack. H e was going about his work as usual and was on his way to t he post office about 3:30 when he was stricken with a hear t attack (from which he had been a suffer for the past thre e weeks) He fell in the street and was taken to the Rexal l Drug store where Dr. Kackley came and pronounced him dead . There was no lingering and no protracted period of suffer ing. He left as he probaly have wished to have gone, in th e midst of the day's tasks, without warning, and in a momen t, as the call from beyond came to him. Mr Hildreth is a ch arter member of the Caribou Lodge A.F.&A.M. No. 84. He dimi tted from the lodge at Avondale Colorado 82. Also a membe r of the Oasis Lodge no. 447 O.O.F. of Long Beach Californi a. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon from th e Presbyterian church at 2:00 under the auspices of the Mas onic Lodge. (age 66 years)
"He sees when their footsteps falter
When their hearts grow weak and fa int.
He marks when their strength is fa iling,
Though there be no word of complai nt.
He bids them rest for a season,
For the pathway has grown too stee p,
And folded away in green pastures
He giveth His loved ones sleep."==

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William married SCUDDER, Lula Dean on 26 Feb 1888 in Leadville, Lake, Colorado, USA. Lula (daughter of SCUDDER, Benjamin Franklin and STEPHENSON, Elizabeth Franklin) was born on 21 Jun 1869 in Maryville, Maryville, Missouri, USA; died on 10 Jun 1961 in Long Beach, Los Angles, California, USA; was buried on 14 Jun 1961 in Soda Springs, Caribou, Idaho, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1880, Leadville, Lake, Colorado, United States
• Residence: 1900, Chama, Rio Arriba, New Mexico
• Residence: 1910, Jerome, Lincoln, Idaho
• Residence: 1930, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California

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Lula Dean Scudder was born 21 of June 1869 at Maryville Mis souri, a daughter of Benjamin Franklin and Elizabeth Frankl in Stephenson Scudder. The family moved to Colorado Spring s Colorado in 1876, they lived there for 2 years then move d to Leadville where they stayed until 1886. From there th e family moved to Antlers where Benjamin took up a homestea d. Dean, as she was called, came from good stock, the Scudd er's of Pensylvania and New York did then and still hav e a reputation of wealth and community service. One of th e things that I noticed about grandma was her love of parti es and good dishes and fine manners. Mother (Emma) said tha t many years with a large family and moving so often thing s were very tight financially, however Grandma could stretc h a pot of beans and a meal as no one else she had ever see n. It must have been very difficult for her, following gran dad around the west, they moved so many times. It is a trib ute that her family stayed so close around her. In 1921 sh e and Bill moved to California, she loved living in Long Be ach, then in 1927 they moved back to Soda Springs where W.H . and their son W.S. started the Soda Springs Sun. They est ablished this paper in the Fryar building. Grandad passed a way in 1932 and Grandma chose to live in Long Beach. Fran k was unmarried and Ruth was there with her husband Frank L iston. I don't know when my mother and dad moved there bu t I was born in Long Beach in 1934. Those were depression y ears and very difficult to get through, the family pulled t ogether. I remember Grandma, Ruth (seperated from Frank) li ving at 729 E Locust. This was a spacious upstairs apartmen t which they furnished beautifully. Frank operated the Stan dard Printers and Ruth was a bookeeper at Buffin's (a larg e department store) As it was an upstairs apartment it go t a lot of sunshine and was always bright and beautifully k ept up. On the dining room wall was a plate rack where gran dma displayed all her handpainted china she had won at car d parties over the years. When I was young she sewed all m y dolls new dresses one year for Christmas, and when I stay ed with her, because mother was working, she would feed m e tea and cheese sandwichs which were tosted and rolled wit h the crusts cut off. She taught me how to play gin rummy a nd kept a supply of coloring books handy. Of course as youn g as I was I found it boreing most of the time, and didn' t realize my good fortune. I can't remember when Frank wa s in the hospital, but Grandma broke her hip at that time . Ruth told her that she would have to get up and walk to b e able to climb the steep stairs into the apartment, and ge t up and down, so she could go see Frank. So she did! Sh e and Ruth and Aunt Ella came to Soda Springs in May of 196 1, Grandma wanted to see the cemetary and make sure that ev ery thing was in order. (Grandad, Frank, Will, and Lamber t were there) I remember that she kept complaining the sh e was having trouble walking around the cemetary that day , could not figure out what the problem was, when we got ba ck to Faye and West Evans where they were staying, we foun d that we had put her shoes on the wrong feet. The three we nt home to Long Beach and 3 weeks later she passed away qui etly of "incidence of old age".

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• Residence: 1880, Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, United States

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PIONEER OF '49 GONE

Death of John L. Hildreth yesterda y afternoon.

A Hero of the ear ly days

His life was full of adventure, as with all pioneers---Thre e seperate fortunes were acquired---His memory will be reve red by all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance.

John L. Hildreth, familiarly known as "uncle John" i s dead, having departed this life a few minutes after 4 o'c lock yerterday afternoon at his residence, 726 Water Street.
About three months ago Mrs. Hildreth died and since th at time Uncle John has declined, but continued at his wor k until last Monday and then took to his bed. He retained c onsciousness all the while and half an hour before got up w hile the bed was made. He had suffered from attack of the g rip for a year but his death was greatly accelerated by th e loss of his faithful helpmeet and the partner of his life 's joys and sorrows.
Five children are living, namely W.H., D.L., J.P. an d Miss Ruby Hildreth and Mrs. Worship Clough.
The funeral will take place from the Central Christia n Church at 10 a.m. tomorrow, being in charge of the Masoni c fraternity, of which Uncle John was and old and esteeme d member, being for 20 years a member of Lodge No. 17.

A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY

Intresting facts about a long and e ventful life.

Uncle John was known to almost everybody in Pueblo an d his death will cause universal regret. He was a fine look ing man physically, of great courage and strength and his i nnate honesty of purpose and sterling integrity made of

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rest for about sixteen hours. One family in the party name d Oatman were not satisfied withthis arrangement and they p ushed on alone expecting to rest and join another party tho ught to be ahead. They evidently reached their new friend s but the Hildreth party the next day came across evidence s of a horrible atrocity. The whole party had been butchere d and their wagons were still burning. This was what is kno wn in history as the Mountain Medow Massacre, in which o f 25 people only one child escaped. He was a little boy wh o had been thrown over a cliff with the expectation that de ath would be instantaneous, but he lived to tell the horrib le story of Mormon butchery, and not indian, as the murdere rs would have had believed. The night before the massacre t he Indian guide of the Hildreth party escaped.
Mr. Hildreth, Sr., and his two sons, then strapping yo ung men, went to mining and made good sized fortunes. The t wo boys turned their attention to the cattle business and b ought a ranch on the San joaquin river, twelve miles fro m Fresno. One brother died and John continued the business . In 1858 John returned to Missouri and married Miss Angeli ne Simms, and the couple went back to california. They live d a number of years and went into Texas. After living a yea r in San Antonio, Mr. Hildreth bought 5,000 head of cattl e and started for California again. They came through Puebl o and at Canon City a member of the family was taken sick . The party camped and the invalid was brought to Pueblo fo r treatment. Since that time the home of the family has bee n in Pueblo.
Uncle John bought a ranch on Turkey Creek from Charle y Hobson for $5,ooo and settled down. The herd of cattle we re later on driven down the Big Sandy, which is about wher e the Missouri Pacific enters Kansas. Misfortune after misf ortune then began to overtake the family. Mr. Hildreth rent ed his Turkey Creek farm and the tenant went into the shee p raising business. This cas a cattle country in those days

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dialects and was more at home in camp than anywhere else. W hen in California the first time he bought two five year ol d indian bouy, one a Digger and the other a Navajo, for a s teer and a butcher knife. The youngersters were raised to m anhood, but the Navajo died in California. The Digger was b rought to Pueblo and was a dependent of Uncle John until ab out four years ago. He was known as "Major Cluff" and delig hted to bedeck himself with a plug hat and fasten metals, b eer chips and brass buttons on his chest. Major, however, w as subject to epileptic fits and one morning was found dea d in his bed.
An incident in Uncle John's life that will intrest Pue blo people occured soon after he first reached here. A cin namon bear walked into his camp just north of the present c ourt house, being the first seen as he climed over the hil l on which the Thatcher residence is situated. Uncle John a nd one of his men lariated the animal, held it securly fro m each side with their ropes and after the people of the to wn had had a chance to see the fun they killed it.
Uncle John amassed three seperate fortunes in his life , being worth $250,000
in his young days, but died comparatively poor, having onl y the house in which he lived.
During the life of Brigham Young, the prophet and Uncl e John were personal friends and at the Turkey Creek ranc h the great Mormon was twice a guest.


MASONIC NOTICE

A special commeration of Pueblo lodge No. 17, A.F. an d A.M., will be held at their hall in the Hobson block, San ta Fe Avenue at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning, February 20, fo r the purpose of attending the funeral of our deseased memb er, John L. Holdreth. A fratenal request to attend is hereb y extended to members of Nos. 31 95 and all sojourning Maso ns in the city
C.W. Ke ssler, W.M.

Obituary
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Brief biography
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John married SIMMS, Angeline on 23 Dec 1858 in Hannibal, Missouri, USA. Angeline (daughter of SIMMS, Henry and SIMS, Susan Jane) was born on 30 Jul 1837 in Paris, Missouri, USA; died on 9 Nov 1893 in Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• _UID: CF9A37BEFE5C394785D5C20205E23BBF37B3
• Residence: 1850, District 59, Monroe, Missouri
• Residence: 1850, District 59, Monroe, Missouri
• Residence: 1860, San Juan, Monterey, California
• Residence: 1880, Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, United States

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OBITUARY

MRS. ANGELINE HILDRETH

The news of the death of Mrs. Angeline, the wife of Jo hn Hildreth, at 5:10 p.m. yesterday, was most surprising t o a large number of their friends. It was known by many tha t she had been delicate and failing health for some time pa st, but none, not even members of the family, had suspecte d a fatal termination of her disease at this time. The imme diate cause of her death was congestion of the liver, wit h which she was attacked only last Saturday. Mrs. Hildret h was born at Paris Mo., 56 years ago, amd was married to J ohn Hildreth, who survives her, at Hanibal. in the same sta te, while still a young woman. With her husband she travele d through various parts of the west and they lived for man y years in California. They came to Pueblo in 1869 and sinc e that time this has been her home. She had been the mothe r of eleven children and five are living to mourn the los s of a kind and devoted mother, whose pleasure was in seein g her children happy and contented. The children living ar e Mrs. Worship Clough, Del, Peck. William H, and Ruby.
The funeral will be held Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at th e family residence 726 Water street and the interment wil l be in the Masonic quarter of the city cemetary. For a gre at many years the deceased was an exemplary member of the C hristian church and the funeral services will be conducte d by Rev. John C. Hay, pastor of the Central Church. Mrs Hi ldreth has had an extended circle of friends in Pueblo fo r more than twenty years and she has always been highly est eemed as a good woman, wife and mother.


LAID T O REST

The funersl was attended by a large number of family a nd friends. About the casket were several beautiful flora l pieces. A large pillw with the word "mother" artificall y worked in it was from the family.(more floral tributes) W hen the ceremonies had been concluded at the house the foll owing friends bore the casket to the funeral car: George H . Hobson, Judge J.F. Smith, W. Callaway, Nathan Morris, H.O . Morris and Benjamin Mattice and they are taken to the cit y cemetary for burial. The procession was quite a long one , there being about 25 carriages and other vehicles. The us ual ceremonies were preformed there and the remains consign ed to a final resting place.

Obituary
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Other Events:

• _UID: 487D21F8794D4841A5A835DF0FBE40FF9A9B
• Residence: 1880, Leadville, Lake, Colorado, United States

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Benjamin married STEPHENSON, Elizabeth Franklin on 16 Jul 1863 in White Cloud, Nocaway, Missouri, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of STEPHENSON, Jesse and BLACKBURN, Alsey) was born on 30 Sep 1846 in Crabapple, Garrand, Kentucky, USA; died on 3 Sep 1925 in Rifle, Garfield, Colorado, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• AFN: 28ST-47
• _UID: F9D31F08170A654EA36B9390C0ADA883905A
• Residence: 1880, Leadville, Lake, Colorado, United States
• Residence: 1900, Rifle, Garfield, Colorado
• Residence: 1910, West Rifle, Garfield, Colorado
• Residence: 1920, South Rifle, Garfield, Colorado

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