The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-23
DR.. M|LL|RON KILLED IN
DAUGHTER PRESENCE
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| (Oontlnueo FROM Paqe FIVe.)
out-of-town members of the family,
who have been notified by telegraph.
Start Up Canyon.
DR.. Milliron and his daughter left
| their home at 377 South Seventh East
| street at about 2 o'clock yesterday
afternoon for ride up the canyon.
| The daughter at first demurred that
| she could not go, as she had some mu-
| sic lessons she desired to finish, but
noting the expression of regret which
| overspread her fathers ordinarily
| cheerful .cOuntenance, she signified her
willingness to accompany him. 1t was
| shortly after 3 o'clock when they
| reached the point near where the trag-
| edy occurred.
her father had been holding the shot
| gun across his knees, it being a habit
| with him to take the weapon along 10
| shoot at a rabbit or such other game
which might chance to cross his path
AS they neared huntington Miss Millir0n
! exclaimed to her father that she be-
lieved she had heard a whistle, and
passed the reins to him. At this DR..
MillirOn placed the gun between his
| knees the barrels pointing upward.
| Suddenly. from around sharp curve.
| a locomotive came in sight. The horse
plunged and reared and overturned the
| carriage.
1t was not until nearly o'clock that
| Miss Milliron was sufficiently able 10
proceed to her home. Arriving there.
she bore up bravely, and all during
/ last night acted little heroine IN
cheering and comforting her mother,
who. like the daughter and other MEM
bers of the family, are Frustrated and
theaTtbrOken over the calamity
Besides his widow and daughter,
( Louise, DIT. MillirOn is survived by three
other daughters, Mrs. Andrew j. Jen-
/ kins 373 South Seventh East street.
/ Mrs Herbert Stanton of San Francisco,
and Miss Madeline Milliron of New York
city.
Writes Own History.
DR.. Joseph Miliron was born in SicOta
valley, Ohio, on October II, 1914. Per-
| haps no better history of his early life
could be given than that written by DR..
MillirOn himself a few years ago in
connection with his personal, military
and civic history, Is compiled for and
/ by the Soldiers and Sailors Historical
and Benevolent society of Washington,
| d. c., of which he was an bonored mem
Der. In his autobiography DR.. Milliron
said:
81 started business on a small CAPT
tai Like untold millions, l was born
| into surroundings that spelled poverty.
Mother died before l arrived at age
nabling me to remember her face and
suffering, and the other source of my
| existence went into the war with
| Mexico leaving three small boys and
bound out to farmers except myself. l
was the runt an invalid. My first am
| bition was to be a house carpenter, and
| apprenticed myself to a mechanic to
1 learn the trade. ] was receiving school
ing, kit of tools. etc. In two or three
months / had so far mastered the trade
/ that ] refused to be dictated to by the
| boss boy. about my age. This brought
on a scrap. l did him up good and
proper, secured possession of my spare
| shirt and pants and struck the trail,
without waiting for my time or pay.
! Next / concluded / was cut out for
/ a farmers boy. hence I worked on
/ farm during the spring, summer and
/ fall l attended school three months,
more or less. winters, walking two
miles to pay school, and / worked morn
| ings and evenings for board. Ny youth
! full mind was fed by some very, very
good things. but my surroundings were
bad; when forbidden going and coming
as 1 pleased 1 went anyway.
Joins Union Army.
On July (, 1861, Joseph Milliron en-
| listed in the Union army, with COM
pany X, Twenty-fourth regiment, lndi-
ana volunteer infantry. Colonel AlVla
P. HoVey, commanding. He served
three years and upon receiving an hon
| orable discharge, Te-enlisted for one
! year at Lafayette. Ind, on May rs, 1868,
as a sergeant in company A. one hun
dred Thirty-fifth Indiana volunteer in
| fantry He again Te-enlisted on No
vember IS. 1864 and at the expiration
| of his third term was honorably dis
charged.
! After the war he attended summer
| school at the TippecanOe battle-ground,
land college at Indiana university at
/ bloomington Ind, and later was gradu-
! ated from the Chicago Medical college
in 1863 On September IA, 1868, Mr..
/ Milliron was married TO Christina r.
/ Daub. one child now Mrs. Jenkins of
II this city being the fruit of this union.
I Mrs Milliron died soon after and on
II October 4. 1877. he was married at
II Carmi county, Illinois, to Laura Hearn'
who now survives him. He came to salt
Lake in 1890 and has lived here since
| DR.. Milliron was member of George
r Maxwell post No. 3, of the depart
ment of Utah, G.. A. r. He was surgeon
of the post and also medical examiner
for the department. He was also a
member in high standing in Wasatch
lodge No. l. A. +. * A. NJ. in the In .
dependent Order of odd Fellows and the
Knights of Pythiss. He vas United
States pension examiner under Prest-
dent Benjamin Harrison.
The news of his terrible death yester-
day spread quickly throughout the city
and hundreds of messages of sympa =
thv and coincidence We're received at the
MilIiron home during the night.
Son Commits Suicide.
Five years ago grim tragedy for the
first time swept over the Milliron home.
on January 3. 1905, Royal H. Milliron.
only son of the veteran who met his
death yesterday, committed suicide I'M
der startling circumstances at Provo.
About IL o'clock on that day w. d. Rob-
| erts, Jr., proprietor of the Hotel Rob-
| erts at Provo, received a telephone
message from DR. Milliron of this city,
stating he had received a letter from
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