Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-12-08

The Utah State Journal Ogden
publishes the following sketch OF the
lie OF the late Francis IIoneyman. US
furnished it by a correspondent:
The deceased was one OF he best
known and mo highly respected pio-
his home for many Years. lie was born
IN Leltrim county. Ireland. November
%. 1852. In one .. the parishes OF his
native laud he received a fair edcaution.
AT the age Of fifteen or sixteen Years
be came to the United States. locating
III Eastern New York state. residing
with n sister. While there he sought
and received employment with 4 dyeiug
factory. II soon became apparent that
he was a young man OF worth, and he
was promoted to manage q branch OF
the dyeiuG concern in the city OF New
ork. While in tina; city he became 4
member OF one OF the volunteer fire con-
panlee, and did good work at many fires.
lie spent seven years ID the dyeinG
establishment, and III 1870 sailed FOR
California. by way Of the Nicaragua
route. Reaching there he engaged in
mining, but with little success. ANA
later got a contract for carrying the
mail TO Fort Yuma on horseback, a dis
tance OF over 200 miles. In lsj7 he
again engaged in mining and meeting
with 10 success, went to Vancouver.
Here a general uprising OF Indians was
il progress and he linked himself With
a regiment under Colonel Stevens. and
was in a number OF brushes with the
redskins. In ISIS he returned to Cali
lorna, residing for Il while IL san
Francisco.
When the Civil! war came on he Ell.
listed III Company /, Third Volunteer
Artillery. This regiment never reached
the scene OF hostilitics il the east. but
was ordered by the president TO Utah to
hold warning bands Of Indians il sub.
iugation. Mr.. Iloneyman had been
commissioned a lieutenant, and was in
charge OF a battery under Grr. Conner.
While enroute to Utah Lieutenant
lioneyInan was placed on detached duty
and text at Fort Ruby, Nevadu, with one
hundred men unaer him. Later he was
ordered TO Utah and helped in the
establishment ui Fort Douglass. Later
be was made provost marshal Of Den
yer. He was n participant III the famous
Indian tight on Bear river, in which
Chief Bear Hunter and lie entire hand
were wiped out.
AT the end Of his enlistment he re-
turned to Ruby valley, Nevada. where
he took up d ranch. This place he sold,
and III 1863 Wen to Clover VALLEY, pur-
chasing the ranch owned ever since b.
him. This property, under his guild
ance, soon become one OF the most val
liable in the county, and today stands
as "a monument to his industry.
Francis Iioreyman was "A man Of
great force Of character. once haviug
determined upon a proposition in which
he believed he was right, the whole
world could not move him. He was a
staunch Republican and ably and hon.
eslly served this county during two or
three terms us a county commissioner.
tie was "A generous, kind neighbor. md.
above all a man upon whose character
no stain OF reproach ever rested.
During the last ten years of his life he
had not enjoyed the best Of health. a
long and active career having under
mined his rugged constitution, leaving
him with a heart affection. Within the
last two or three years he had gradually
approached the end. Tups to Utah and
California served to give him n tenn.
pOrary respite, and q few weeks ago he
went to Stockton III a last vain ATTEMPT
to proIong his life earthly.
an 1851 be was married in New York
to Miss Julia McDavid who camc to
California with her husband, and when
he had taken up the land in Ruby,
rejoined him there, where she died in
November, 1867, and where che ia
buried. He WIZ the father OF four
children by this wife. three ~ whom,
Mrs. Mamie Wiseman ui Wells, James
H%oncyman and Mrs. Il. NJ. Steele OF
Clover are stin living. Tho eldest, Mrs.
Maggie Kehoe, died in Cherry Creek "A
number Oi years ago. In 1872 he was
again married, this time leading Mrs.
James Gale OF Glover to the altar. Az
OF these survivors were with him in
Stockton when he closed his cycs Tor
ever upon the scenes Of the earth. Be
sides the above n sister residing in New
York survives him.
several old pioneers III Ogden aud
Salt Lnkc rcmmembor him WELL