Son of John Bourne (Abt 1797-????)
and Sarah Beeching (1806-1875)
Married Jane Day. Sealed Oct 9 1861 in the Endowment House.

Millard County Progress, Fillmore, Utah
7/7/1911

JOHN BOURNE DEAD

John Bourne, an old time resident of Fillmore passed away at his home in Wells, Nevada, last Wednesday, the 28th, from an attack of kidney and stomach trouble, he leaves a large family to mourn his loss, eight children, six daughters and two sons, Mrs. Eliza McNiel, of Salt Lake City, Utah; Mrs. Emily Mitten of Boise, Idaho; Mrs. Emma Nichols of Fillmore, Utah; Mrs. Sarah Carl of Burnt Fork, Wyoming; Mrs. Jane Nichols of Fillmore, Utah; Mrs. Mattie Pavlock of Jarbridge; John Bourne of Snake Valley, Utah and David Bourne, the discoverer of Jarbridge. Twenty nine grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren also survive him. He was a kind and indulgent father and made many trips to Utah and Idaho to visit his daughters, his presence in their homes always being occasion for family reunions and merry making. A peculiar incident in relation to his passing refers to an old clock that had for many years been his faithful companion during the vigils of his hours at home. For years and years that clock had tolled off the minutes and the hours, never stopping, and so attached had he become to it that he looked upon it as part of his being. The day prior to his death, while lying there musing over the events of his life, he chanced to look at this clock and remarked "I guess the old clock will run as long as I do, it is still working away and I am about ready to quit". Nothing more was thought of the matter until after his death. He had died at 3:40 p.m. and shortly after, someone noticed the old clock, standing a few feet from his bedside. It had stopped, it hands denoting the exact hour of 3:40. No one's hand had touched the time piece, nor been near it and why it should have stopped just at that time is beyond the ability of the human mind to fathom.