PRIEST, Josiah
May 3d, 1890 Mariposa Gazette
Death of Josiah Priest
Josiah Priest, a native of the state of Maine, and aged about fifty-three years, died at his home on Bear Trap, near Colorado [Road], in this county, Monday morning, April 28th. The deceased was a well known and respected citizen of Mariposa County, and came here from his native state in the year 1860 and settled near Colorado, where he has continuously resided ever since, and followed the occupation of a miner. He had for the past year been a severe sufferer from that fatal disease, dropsy, which finally caused his death, on Tuesday April 28th, he was buried near his home. The funeral was largely attended by old friends and acquaintances of Sherlock's, Colorado and Mariposa. A wife and six children are left to mourn the irreparable loss of a kind and devoted husband and father.
Submitted by W. Disbro, transcribed by Alma Stone
May 3d, 1890 Mariposa Gazette
Death of Josiah Priest
Josiah Priest, a native of the state of Maine, and aged about fifty-three years, died at his home on Bear Trap, near Colorado [Road], in this county, Monday morning, April 28th. The deceased was a well known and respected citizen of Mariposa County, and came here from his native state in the year 1860 and settled near Colorado, where he has continuously resided ever since, and followed the occupation of a miner. He had for the past year been a severe sufferer from that fatal disease, dropsy, which finally caused his death, on Tuesday April 28th, he was buried near his home. The funeral was largely attended by old friends and acquaintances of Sherlock's, Colorado and Mariposa. A wife and six children are left to mourn the irreparable loss of a kind and devoted husband and father.
Submitted by W. Disbro, transcribed by Alma Stone
PRIEST, Josiah
May 3d, 1890 Mariposa Gazette
Death of Josiah Priest
Josiah Priest, a native of the state of Maine, and aged about fifty-three years, died at his home on Bear Trap, near Colorado [Road], in this county, Monday morning, April 28th. The deceased was a well known and respected citizen of Mariposa County, and came here from his native state in the year 1860 and settled near Colorado, where he has continuously resided ever since, and followed the occupation of a miner. He had for the past year been a severe sufferer from that fatal disease, dropsy, which finally caused his death, on Tuesday April 28th, he was buried near his home. The funeral was largely attended by old friends and acquaintances of Sherlock's, Colorado and Mariposa. A wife and six children are left to mourn the irreparable loss of a kind and devoted husband and father.
Submitted by W. Disbro, transcribed by Alma Stone
May 3d, 1890 Mariposa Gazette
Death of Josiah Priest
Josiah Priest, a native of the state of Maine, and aged about fifty-three years, died at his home on Bear Trap, near Colorado [Road], in this county, Monday morning, April 28th. The deceased was a well known and respected citizen of Mariposa County, and came here from his native state in the year 1860 and settled near Colorado, where he has continuously resided ever since, and followed the occupation of a miner. He had for the past year been a severe sufferer from that fatal disease, dropsy, which finally caused his death, on Tuesday April 28th, he was buried near his home. The funeral was largely attended by old friends and acquaintances of Sherlock's, Colorado and Mariposa. A wife and six children are left to mourn the irreparable loss of a kind and devoted husband and father.
Submitted by W. Disbro, transcribed by Alma Stone
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