The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-04-07
A PIONEER IS GONE
Frank NJ. Mansfield Passes Early Sat-
urday Morning After Few Min
utes Illness of Heart Failure.

| uncle FRANK ManSneld, one or the
be st known pioneers in the North
west, died at his home 10 this city a
few minutes after midnight Saturday
morning. as the result of sudden
attack of heart failure.
He was i'll but a few minutes, and
pissed away in the manner that he
had always desired, often having ex-
pressed the wish that when his time
came he might not linger on led of
sickness. Friday he was down town
as usual, and returning home, COM
planned of a slight pain in his side.
However, this soon disappeared and
after a hearty supper he retired for the
night.
Shortly before IL O'Clock he awoke
and again complained of the pain, and
Mrs. Mansfield summoned DR.. Sharp.
Hastily reaching the bedside of the
stricken man, the doctor administered
a stimulant, but the END was near and
in a few moments Francis Marie
Mansfield. the last of a family of nine.
bad passed away, leaving devoted
wife, one sou and hundreds of friends
to mourn his loss.
The time for holding the funeral was
first set for Sunday, but the son. D.
Fl. Mansfield, wEo resides at Cald-
we'll, Idaho, was unable to reach here.
and the funeral hour was changed
to 2 p. m. Monday. A large number
of people attended the funeral. which
was conducted by Pastor Meldrum at
the Christian church. Interment took
place at Weston, where rests the re-
mains of his first wife.
(Francis Marion Mansfield was born
at Galesturg, Illinois, March 13. 1885.
and died in Athena, Oregon, April l,
1911, aged 76 years and 10 days. Ear
ly in life. embued with the pioneer
spirit, be crossed the plains with an
OK team, settling IN Linn county, Ore
gon. OF an adventurous nature, he
was one of the first to enlist his ser
vices against the Indian hordes when
the Rogue River war broke out, and
won high distinction for bravery in
many battles that followed. At the
time of his death he was drawing 8
pension from the government in rec
ognitiou of the valuable services
he rendered. He was one of the first
to mine at Florence, Idaho, and in
1912 controlled pack train which
conveyed merchandise from The Dalles
and Umatilla into the Boise Basin.
In 1866 be was united in marriage tC
Miss Nancy E. PurdY of Linn county.
One SOD. D. H. Mansfield. now res
ident of Caldwell. Ida no, was horn to
them. Mr.. and Mrs. Mansfield came
to Umetilla county in 1878 and in
1874 he settled on the home place west
of town where he lived until few
yeals ago when be retired from farm
ing and moved to town to reside. His
first wife died January 80, 1886. and
be was married t, Mrs. Lizzie White,
who survives him, on September 25,
1887 He was the last of family of 8
children, s brothers and one sister.
The last to precede him to the grave
was B. r. Mansfield, twin brother.
who in his declining years found
welcome home with his brother Frank.
The deceased was devout Christian
gentleman, being member of the
Christian church. He was kind heart
cd, genial and oonsiderate in the per
formance of all obligations demanded
of him as citizen and neiRhbor. lie
lived we'll within the limits pre-
saribed for honorable men. and the
community is better for his having
lived with US.