Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-02-16
Death Of Mr.. Sarjent.


are the first settlers of Puget Sound
passing away. As each year goes by
the ranks are thinned, until only
here and there remains one WHO eau
speak from personal knowledge OF
those times which, from the common
privations borne, have united the
Survivors IN AL indissoluable bond OF
sympathy. 1t seems to be st.
uuence Of the onward march OF
flosress that these primitive land
marks shall be hewn down while the
dividing line is being drawn between
the Old and the New. Man, have al
ready gone: a few remain III tue prime
of HE, and still fewer vino have
crossed the meridian, whose souls
can respond to the grief Of the fam
lily who by the death OF Asher Sar.
lent, mourn for the loss of the study
oak which mas withstood the storms
Of 50 many seasons, and the COM
partnership of one who has been i'll
separately connected with SO many
Important acts OF their lives. These
few extend Il measure sympathy OF to
the affected relatives seldom felt
under ordinary circumstances.
Mr.. Sarjent died at the resi-
dence of his daughter, in this place,
last Saturday, of paralysis, at the
mature age of - years ) months and
q days. He was native Of Mary
land, but removed to Ohio when a
child, where he remained till he ar
rived at manhood's estate. He then
removed to Indiana, and came to
Puget Sound, then Oregon Territory,
in 1850, accompanied by his sons,
Z. n. and A. W. Sarjent. In 1852
he returned to the East and brought
out the remainder of the family,
his wife, one son and two daughters,
with whom he crossed the Plains at
the head of a train of twenty-five
families. These were met east of
the mountains by his son Nelson,
and safely piloted through the
Matches Pass, the first immigrants
brought directly to the Sound. In
this train were Rev. Chas. Byles,
Messrs. James Biles, James Long
mire, &. B. Baker and brother, Ty-
rus Hines, Vim. Downey, the Wool
cry brothers, and several others,
with their families, some Of whom
remain and the others have passed
over tie Silent River of Death.
Soon after his arrival, Mr.. Sarjent
took up claim on Mound Prairie,
the present homestead, where lie has
ever since pursued the business of
farmer and lately of miller, except q
few months while absent on the fam
GUS Queen Charlotte gold mining
enterprise, about quarter of q Gen.
fury ago, when the party were taken
captive by the Indians and kept sew.
eral months in servitude.
Mr.. Sarjent was a good citizen, a
kind neighbor, a devoted husband,
q faithful friend. He had few if
any enemies. was liberal in his juds-
ment of others, and steadfast in
support of the principles he believed
to be founded upon the immutable
laws o; exact justice to oil men.
While rejecting the othodox creeds,
he died happy in belief of an i'm
mortality as broad as were his ideas
'of Supreme Wisdom. He leaves a
wife, of nearly his own age. with
whom he has lived SO years, and who
is nearly helpless from the same
dread cause of his death. His sons
and daughter Mrs. Kellett), and
sympathiz:ng friends, performed the
sad rites of spulture over bis re-
mains last Tuesday, after which he
was laid to rest in the Odd Fellows
Cemetery.