El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-10-15

tackled. He passed away early Wed
nesday morning The remains are
being held at the Peake-HaEe don un-
dertakinE establishment pending fu-
yet been made by the widow.
Mr Mundr was married TO Mrs
Harriet Dickinson in FL Pas0 on No
Tember p, 1903. They have no chill
dren.
Besides his widow and one brother.
I. L Mundy. OF FL Paso. deceased is
survived by several nieces and
nephews. The nieces include AIRS. D
p Stewart and Mrs. g. A. kiukel.
formerly Misses Nellie and Clara
Aundy-
Poor Boy
J. J. Mundy was very poor when @
lad and his greatest ambition was 20
get rich In the generally accepted
term OF riches. he accomplished his
ambition. for he Is reputed 20 have
been one Of the weaithiest men in El
Paso-
farmer and did not accumulate much
Of anything but a hillside farm and q
family. The boys knew only hard
work with little spending money.
The late II. L Capeu. who came
from the same portion OF western Rev
York state as ar. Mundy, used TO say
that J. j. Muudy built more rocr
fences when he was a boy than any
other man in the world They did net
have harhed wire fences II those dal-s
and they enclosed their property by
piling up the rocks that they took OF
their hillside farms in the particular
locality where J. J. Mundy vas born
with his brothers. f. n Mundy, l. J.
Mundy and George Mundy, the de-
ceased did his share OF building r0ck
fences
Came Here IN 1881
He was contented TO remain farm
er. he often said. and stayed on the
cid home farm until he was "A years
OF age. coming TO Kansas IN 1858.
where he farmed h1ntu 1881. when. he
came TO Ell Paso TO manage the butch
er business for his brothers. II. n and
T. /. who had preceded him here
They had been here for several years
and we're IN the butcher business.
They wanted him 10 take charge Of
the shop. while they spent TIE time
killing meat and raising cattle and
sheep. he arrived here on May Is.
1881 HIS brother. George. had also
preceded him. This LETT the parents
alone back in the old New York hone
near Canasarrac a-but soon the
four boys sent for the parents and
they. too. came TO FL Paso- The father
years later. George Iundy, one Of the
brothers. died in 1883, and H. IL died
only Few years ago
Family Pioneered.
n n lfundy and J. l. Hundy came
here IN the fall Of 1887. when El Paso
was n mere village. and lived 10 see
it grow TO become a large city T. L
il stil living here. the last Of the four
pioneer Ell Raso brothers
The four brothers eventually be-
came partners in the business and
erected the first FL Paso Tszy
scraper." the old Mundy building on
South Fl Paso street. where the FL
lauay theater now stands. L was a
three story building and lowered
loftuy above the other buildings along
the thoroughfare- none OF them any
thing but one story adobes- tt at
tracted much attention ~ the time.
The property is still owned by the
Mundys-J. j. and L. L being the own
ers now. ]. N. Lewis ana =. II An
dreas have a 10 year lease on the
property for a theater.
The Mundys had much 10 do with
the growth OF Ell Paso. Fl D. 1fundy
put Mundy Heights addition on the
market and donated Mundy park 90
the city.
Had Helped City to Grow.
J J. Mundy placed Sunset Heights