Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1903-01-15
obituary..

Oregon. on the night OF January lth
rQna Deceased was born in the towr
NJ Grondhoug, Lolghtrom county, Ire
hand. about the year 1926, and was q
y,.aora old at the time of his death. Felix
Eal2nsou was a man of remarkable
s,s.ser. Being born Of poor parentage
4,,s facilities tor education at that early
a.s.ro1 were verv limited and being LETT
.2w orphan at an early age he simply
enerued the rudiments of the English
rrenaq -, school. Having no one to
,fepend on IN the old country and hav-
ms q sister VINO had previously come
Iqxer 10 New York, he resolved to leave
r.reland and by The utmost eXertlonS he
-x3e enAh ed to procure money TO pay
-3+. eneapest transportation and fare at
scat time possible, which amounted to
s7E and came over to New York in lS43
w};an he was seventeen years o!o.
When he landed in the United Sta e7 he
.,rss without money end friends (eX-
.ont his sister who lived somewhere IN
.1ov YorK inst where he did not know
aud Al tha worldly effects he had were
t;ad rn IN red cotton handkerchief.
rVifh brave heart he set out to hnd
eGe sister and after much inquiry e
eoosi where she lived out for reasons
1,aa. known TO himself and wishing to
sag N ne of the world ne soon left New
-Ie,k au3 wondered South kworElng
wherever I've conld get emp oyment until
rse u,a.ediny the Mexican War when
va fell in with the Uni>ed States forces
.zrG vas for time teamstar and alter
.xarz.s hostlar for an army officer, Colonel
.,j6ereqves. under General Taylor and
Khjfn The rest OF the command was at
fba battle Of Buena Vista, February -,
Ts4-. when Santa Anna laid down his
.Arens. From Mexico he went to Call
.yorf2;a and in the winter of '4S and '49 IN
4ke Great struggle for gold there fell IN
Win Hum Cnrrin and Hugh Fields Ga
mad came with them back to Oregon in
vac fall of 1919 Deceased lived IN
eCylackal1as county, Oregon, engaged IN
farming and stock raising until the
spr.ue Of 1862, when with the great body
u ,hc willamette Valley people came
'Easl of the Cascades and went on to
Florence in Idaho for gold These
mines we're rich but not extensive and
deceased went to Boise City, Idaho, IN
he fall 1862 and located on farm and
stock ranch in nine miles of the place,
where he continued to live a bstchelor
until tie iall Of 1873 when be sold his
.,.aue and went back to Ireland having
been away 80 wears. He visited in the
vicinity of his old home until the spring
Of 1874. He was married to Miss Kate
q ssney and they came over to the
United States and arrived again in
Elackamas county, Oregon, in June.
He and his wife visited there until
of the same year when they
came to the Field Ranch at the mouth |
81 Butter Creek in Umatilla county,
lived with the ola man Morris
-11tM thew located on their place some
t~o years later where they continued to
i've until the time OF his death. He
'Was hid to rest three miles above his
q 1eule iu the cemetery on Little Butter
& reek under the auspices Of the Catholic
church. OF which he was a life long
There is scarcely a man in
Gcrrow county who experienced 80
sg1derfpl a career. This sketch can
ca~y touch on the events OF his most
varied and eventful life and he goes
down 10 the grave respected and mourn
ed az z great coucourse Of friends. He
leaves a widow, Mrs. Kate Johnson and
.g-c sons James L. and Felix \. John
-cn - and Il years old respectively.
ne Johnson family is known far and