From the Nevada State Journal, Saturday, Dec. 6, 1924
Nevada Pioneer Dies at Gold Hill Home
Joseph Bawden, Veteran Hotel Man, Passes Away at Age of Eighty-Seven
Joseph Bawden, one of the oldest pioneers of Nevada, died at his home at Gold Hill last night. He was 87 years old. Final arrangements have not been made for the funeral, but the body will be laid to rest in Gold Hill cemetery Sunday. Bawden lived in Gold Hill for many years and housed many of the homeless after the big Virginia City fire of 1875 at the Washington house, which he conducted. In the famous snow blockade of 1889 90, when food was brought into Virginia City through the Sutro tunnel Bawden led the railroad workers at the Capital hotel, another establishment which he managed. Joining the Odd Fellows in England when a young man, he transferred to the Carson Valley lodge when he came to the United States. He had been a member of the lodge for 68 years. He was born in Cornwall, England, in 1837. He went to Gold Hill many years ago, where he married and reared a large family. Besides his widow he is survived by three daughters, Mrs. J. Theix and Mrs. H. Vaughan of Carson City and Mr. R. Jeffries of San Francisco, and his sons George of San Francisco and John of Reno and Albert and Thomas of Gold Hill.
Nevada Pioneer Dies at Gold Hill Home
Joseph Bawden, Veteran Hotel Man, Passes Away at Age of Eighty-Seven
Joseph Bawden, one of the oldest pioneers of Nevada, died at his home at Gold Hill last night. He was 87 years old. Final arrangements have not been made for the funeral, but the body will be laid to rest in Gold Hill cemetery Sunday. Bawden lived in Gold Hill for many years and housed many of the homeless after the big Virginia City fire of 1875 at the Washington house, which he conducted. In the famous snow blockade of 1889 90, when food was brought into Virginia City through the Sutro tunnel Bawden led the railroad workers at the Capital hotel, another establishment which he managed. Joining the Odd Fellows in England when a young man, he transferred to the Carson Valley lodge when he came to the United States. He had been a member of the lodge for 68 years. He was born in Cornwall, England, in 1837. He went to Gold Hill many years ago, where he married and reared a large family. Besides his widow he is survived by three daughters, Mrs. J. Theix and Mrs. H. Vaughan of Carson City and Mr. R. Jeffries of San Francisco, and his sons George of San Francisco and John of Reno and Albert and Thomas of Gold Hill.
From the Nevada State Journal, Saturday, Dec. 6, 1924
Nevada Pioneer Dies at Gold Hill Home
Joseph Bawden, Veteran Hotel Man, Passes Away at Age of Eighty-Seven
Joseph Bawden, one of the oldest pioneers of Nevada, died at his home at Gold Hill last night. He was 87 years old. Final arrangements have not been made for the funeral, but the body will be laid to rest in Gold Hill cemetery Sunday. Bawden lived in Gold Hill for many years and housed many of the homeless after the big Virginia City fire of 1875 at the Washington house, which he conducted. In the famous snow blockade of 1889 90, when food was brought into Virginia City through the Sutro tunnel Bawden led the railroad workers at the Capital hotel, another establishment which he managed. Joining the Odd Fellows in England when a young man, he transferred to the Carson Valley lodge when he came to the United States. He had been a member of the lodge for 68 years. He was born in Cornwall, England, in 1837. He went to Gold Hill many years ago, where he married and reared a large family. Besides his widow he is survived by three daughters, Mrs. J. Theix and Mrs. H. Vaughan of Carson City and Mr. R. Jeffries of San Francisco, and his sons George of San Francisco and John of Reno and Albert and Thomas of Gold Hill.
Nevada Pioneer Dies at Gold Hill Home
Joseph Bawden, Veteran Hotel Man, Passes Away at Age of Eighty-Seven
Joseph Bawden, one of the oldest pioneers of Nevada, died at his home at Gold Hill last night. He was 87 years old. Final arrangements have not been made for the funeral, but the body will be laid to rest in Gold Hill cemetery Sunday. Bawden lived in Gold Hill for many years and housed many of the homeless after the big Virginia City fire of 1875 at the Washington house, which he conducted. In the famous snow blockade of 1889 90, when food was brought into Virginia City through the Sutro tunnel Bawden led the railroad workers at the Capital hotel, another establishment which he managed. Joining the Odd Fellows in England when a young man, he transferred to the Carson Valley lodge when he came to the United States. He had been a member of the lodge for 68 years. He was born in Cornwall, England, in 1837. He went to Gold Hill many years ago, where he married and reared a large family. Besides his widow he is survived by three daughters, Mrs. J. Theix and Mrs. H. Vaughan of Carson City and Mr. R. Jeffries of San Francisco, and his sons George of San Francisco and John of Reno and Albert and Thomas of Gold Hill.
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