The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-01

'Checsnau beard him ard went TO ihe
Rroom 10 ascert;GU the c5nsc. lie com
plalncd Of feeling ILL., and his wife left
Inc room 10 procure some stimulant or
|JesIo-ailNe for him. Just as Sic did
so he asked 80 DO [ look rcculiarlf
These were bis last words.
When Mrs. Chee5man returned, she
. .iouud her husband lying face down
ward on TIC floor aTd life extinct. The
members of the family were called aud
DIS. ". i, Stewart and i. :. Bascom
summoned. but when they arrived their
ga was not required. The physicians
declared that death which had evident
~ been instantaneous, was caused by
heart disease.
Surviving the deceased are the
widow. Mrs. Chcesman; the mother.
Mrs Morton Cheesman. who resides i'm
New Jersey; daughter. Mrs. Robert
eampbell of Ft. Dupont Del: and taree
Sons living IN Salt Lake, Morton. 81
walker, is, aud William. il. j. H..
walker Is brother inlaw.
At Business Monday.
On Monday MIR. Chccsman attended
20 his business duties rs usual. An
|dsy he was in his Office in the Mcrca1l.
lile building. To j. L. Walker. his
pfolDer-ln-law. he once complained of
a sng9t trouble IN his chest, He ar.
iised home at the usual hour and re.
aisloed sisd there during the evening. re-
lH,ng al a. m. rs stated
40 arrangements have vet been
MADE nat! Tor the funeral Tho out,of-town
occurrence.
Or, May IS. 1857. VI. J. Chccsman
VA MAS born ~ Marysyale. Cal. his father.
Morton Cheesman, being one of the
pioneers OF the Golden state and ono of
US wealthy citizens His carly wears
Mcrc spent IN hls native state and If
~~as III 1871 that hc came to salt Lake
NY, where he lived until his death
nc was hrst enga ged in the hardware
business with the firm of George NJ,
Scott g. Co. 49,
MI was on September -. 1854, that
mr, Nheesnan embarked on thc sea Of
n ualIlmony, has chosen partner for life
Epelng Mary 4. Walker, daughter of
fooseph X. Walker. ST., Of this CITY. Tho
Tp,IeD,pnS "a WIS performed at the hotel
Ji I'll, Monte, Montcrcv, Cal The year
l9YIlloI.lng Ia he Was made ca ashier Of the
o,u Inloh National bank which subse-
susn''E became the Walker Bros ron.
I'm or The present day in this posi-.
1lon ne continued until 1909. when the
Iduaeph X Walker estate sold on; IT'S
ttn.srest and he resigned. From this
tlme until BIS death Mr.. Walker wa {
treasurer and director OF Walker Bros.
NY goods company.
In Public Lie.
M. oheesman 5 first appearance in
ppl'l1c LIE was as a member of thc cifv
Soen.cli at the lime the city and county
4 puildlng was erected Then he bccar,o
member of the board oi cdncaiinn
and held thai Office al the limo ~ M
aeath, lie WAS hcavy owner or real,
W interests in Salt Lake and vas W..
puted to be worth $j00.0oN. =:
All meetings OF the ciiv to,nho..
feheduled for this week have hoo,
abandoned because of tho death NJ
sommlttee meetings will hc held g.,
INC same reason. Mr.. Cheosn,anIi :, !.
eecath makes the third IN The msrohet
mp of The board within wear The
fIst was Joseph Oberndorfcr. aud tber
''p,9wed Judge II. p. Henderson.
N qs cheesman was Of n quiet. lov
fge disposition and spent most Of hi,
ID Sme IN the family circle. In businos,
sas ~ vas man of the highest integrity
sS " puiolicslife he was honored ane
I ,ne successor to Mr.. Chccsman viii
msped by \. e. Giuuquc. the otho,
wsrpapp Of the board from lhe sccon5