Aged 56 ys. 6 mo's and 7 da's.
Funeral
The funeral of George W. Anderson took place at Pioneer at 1 o'clock Wednesday, and the attendance was larger than on any former occasion of the kind in the Basin for many years. People were there from nearly all parts of the county. The funeral sermon was preached by C. S. Kingsley. George Anderson was born in Kentucky, March 22, 1830, and was therefore aged 56 years, 6 months and 7 days. When a boy, or young man, he went to California, and thirty-three years ago was engaged in an Indian war in Southern Oregon, and was wounded in the side, the ball was not taken out, and that wound was the cause of his death. When the Indians went on the warpath Anderson went up, alone, from Jacksonville to near the head of a fork of Applegate Creek to warn a party of miners and prospectors of danger. Judge T. S. Hart of this place was one of the party. He was relating the circumstance not long ago in the presence of Anderson, whom he has been intimately acquainted with for many years, and Anderson informed the Judge that he was the man referred to, and then reminiscences were related that would have convinced him that Anderson's statement was correct, even if he had not known him to be a truthful man. George Anderson arrived in Pioneer, this county, early in 1863, with his wife, the first lady arrival in that camp, and the first, or among the first, in Boise Basin. Albert Anderson, son of deceased, now a young man, was the first child born in Pioneer. Mrs. Anderson died in the early days of that camp. Deceased leaves a wife (a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. Carpenter of Garden Valley, and to whom he was married several years ago) besides several small children. Anderson is the last of the early pioneers of Pioneerville, and has been known for many years as the old timer of the Basin with but very few or no exceptions, outside of Joseph Branstetter who was with the Grimes party, the original discoverers of gold in the basin. George Anderson was universally liked by everybody, and especially by all the old timers of this county, many of whom knew him in California and Southern Oregon when a beardless young man. The old timers felt almost as if they had lost a brother. George, as he was familiarly known, was of a jovial, good-natured, companionable disposition, and whenever he would come to this place, or any other town in the Basin, he would very soon draw around him a crowd of old-timers to give him a friendly greeting. One by one the hardy old Pioneers are passing away, and the past few years the relentless old mower has been cutting them down until now the ranks are very thin. "We know not what a day or an hour may bring forth." At times the wound Anderson received thirty-three years ago would annoy him considerably, but aside from that he was a strong healthy man. Only a very short time ago George Anderson presided at the Democratic County Convention at Placerville, in good health and spirits, and after that visited this town, and was as jolly and full of merriment as ever he was. News reached here Thursday that he was in a critical condition, and at half past nine o'clock that night, Hon. Steve Dempsey, of Centerville, arrived here with the sad news that he was dead. Deceased was the first to start in business at Pioneer. He embarked in the merchandising business. [Idaho World, Idaho City, Idaho, Friday, Oct. 1, 1886]
Funeral
The funeral of George W. Anderson took place at Pioneer at 1 o'clock Wednesday, and the attendance was larger than on any former occasion of the kind in the Basin for many years. People were there from nearly all parts of the county. The funeral sermon was preached by C. S. Kingsley. George Anderson was born in Kentucky, March 22, 1830, and was therefore aged 56 years, 6 months and 7 days. When a boy, or young man, he went to California, and thirty-three years ago was engaged in an Indian war in Southern Oregon, and was wounded in the side, the ball was not taken out, and that wound was the cause of his death. When the Indians went on the warpath Anderson went up, alone, from Jacksonville to near the head of a fork of Applegate Creek to warn a party of miners and prospectors of danger. Judge T. S. Hart of this place was one of the party. He was relating the circumstance not long ago in the presence of Anderson, whom he has been intimately acquainted with for many years, and Anderson informed the Judge that he was the man referred to, and then reminiscences were related that would have convinced him that Anderson's statement was correct, even if he had not known him to be a truthful man. George Anderson arrived in Pioneer, this county, early in 1863, with his wife, the first lady arrival in that camp, and the first, or among the first, in Boise Basin. Albert Anderson, son of deceased, now a young man, was the first child born in Pioneer. Mrs. Anderson died in the early days of that camp. Deceased leaves a wife (a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. Carpenter of Garden Valley, and to whom he was married several years ago) besides several small children. Anderson is the last of the early pioneers of Pioneerville, and has been known for many years as the old timer of the Basin with but very few or no exceptions, outside of Joseph Branstetter who was with the Grimes party, the original discoverers of gold in the basin. George Anderson was universally liked by everybody, and especially by all the old timers of this county, many of whom knew him in California and Southern Oregon when a beardless young man. The old timers felt almost as if they had lost a brother. George, as he was familiarly known, was of a jovial, good-natured, companionable disposition, and whenever he would come to this place, or any other town in the Basin, he would very soon draw around him a crowd of old-timers to give him a friendly greeting. One by one the hardy old Pioneers are passing away, and the past few years the relentless old mower has been cutting them down until now the ranks are very thin. "We know not what a day or an hour may bring forth." At times the wound Anderson received thirty-three years ago would annoy him considerably, but aside from that he was a strong healthy man. Only a very short time ago George Anderson presided at the Democratic County Convention at Placerville, in good health and spirits, and after that visited this town, and was as jolly and full of merriment as ever he was. News reached here Thursday that he was in a critical condition, and at half past nine o'clock that night, Hon. Steve Dempsey, of Centerville, arrived here with the sad news that he was dead. Deceased was the first to start in business at Pioneer. He embarked in the merchandising business. [Idaho World, Idaho City, Idaho, Friday, Oct. 1, 1886]
Aged 56 ys. 6 mo's and 7 da's.
Funeral
The funeral of George W. Anderson took place at Pioneer at 1 o'clock Wednesday, and the attendance was larger than on any former occasion of the kind in the Basin for many years. People were there from nearly all parts of the county. The funeral sermon was preached by C. S. Kingsley. George Anderson was born in Kentucky, March 22, 1830, and was therefore aged 56 years, 6 months and 7 days. When a boy, or young man, he went to California, and thirty-three years ago was engaged in an Indian war in Southern Oregon, and was wounded in the side, the ball was not taken out, and that wound was the cause of his death. When the Indians went on the warpath Anderson went up, alone, from Jacksonville to near the head of a fork of Applegate Creek to warn a party of miners and prospectors of danger. Judge T. S. Hart of this place was one of the party. He was relating the circumstance not long ago in the presence of Anderson, whom he has been intimately acquainted with for many years, and Anderson informed the Judge that he was the man referred to, and then reminiscences were related that would have convinced him that Anderson's statement was correct, even if he had not known him to be a truthful man. George Anderson arrived in Pioneer, this county, early in 1863, with his wife, the first lady arrival in that camp, and the first, or among the first, in Boise Basin. Albert Anderson, son of deceased, now a young man, was the first child born in Pioneer. Mrs. Anderson died in the early days of that camp. Deceased leaves a wife (a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. Carpenter of Garden Valley, and to whom he was married several years ago) besides several small children. Anderson is the last of the early pioneers of Pioneerville, and has been known for many years as the old timer of the Basin with but very few or no exceptions, outside of Joseph Branstetter who was with the Grimes party, the original discoverers of gold in the basin. George Anderson was universally liked by everybody, and especially by all the old timers of this county, many of whom knew him in California and Southern Oregon when a beardless young man. The old timers felt almost as if they had lost a brother. George, as he was familiarly known, was of a jovial, good-natured, companionable disposition, and whenever he would come to this place, or any other town in the Basin, he would very soon draw around him a crowd of old-timers to give him a friendly greeting. One by one the hardy old Pioneers are passing away, and the past few years the relentless old mower has been cutting them down until now the ranks are very thin. "We know not what a day or an hour may bring forth." At times the wound Anderson received thirty-three years ago would annoy him considerably, but aside from that he was a strong healthy man. Only a very short time ago George Anderson presided at the Democratic County Convention at Placerville, in good health and spirits, and after that visited this town, and was as jolly and full of merriment as ever he was. News reached here Thursday that he was in a critical condition, and at half past nine o'clock that night, Hon. Steve Dempsey, of Centerville, arrived here with the sad news that he was dead. Deceased was the first to start in business at Pioneer. He embarked in the merchandising business. [Idaho World, Idaho City, Idaho, Friday, Oct. 1, 1886]
Funeral
The funeral of George W. Anderson took place at Pioneer at 1 o'clock Wednesday, and the attendance was larger than on any former occasion of the kind in the Basin for many years. People were there from nearly all parts of the county. The funeral sermon was preached by C. S. Kingsley. George Anderson was born in Kentucky, March 22, 1830, and was therefore aged 56 years, 6 months and 7 days. When a boy, or young man, he went to California, and thirty-three years ago was engaged in an Indian war in Southern Oregon, and was wounded in the side, the ball was not taken out, and that wound was the cause of his death. When the Indians went on the warpath Anderson went up, alone, from Jacksonville to near the head of a fork of Applegate Creek to warn a party of miners and prospectors of danger. Judge T. S. Hart of this place was one of the party. He was relating the circumstance not long ago in the presence of Anderson, whom he has been intimately acquainted with for many years, and Anderson informed the Judge that he was the man referred to, and then reminiscences were related that would have convinced him that Anderson's statement was correct, even if he had not known him to be a truthful man. George Anderson arrived in Pioneer, this county, early in 1863, with his wife, the first lady arrival in that camp, and the first, or among the first, in Boise Basin. Albert Anderson, son of deceased, now a young man, was the first child born in Pioneer. Mrs. Anderson died in the early days of that camp. Deceased leaves a wife (a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. Carpenter of Garden Valley, and to whom he was married several years ago) besides several small children. Anderson is the last of the early pioneers of Pioneerville, and has been known for many years as the old timer of the Basin with but very few or no exceptions, outside of Joseph Branstetter who was with the Grimes party, the original discoverers of gold in the basin. George Anderson was universally liked by everybody, and especially by all the old timers of this county, many of whom knew him in California and Southern Oregon when a beardless young man. The old timers felt almost as if they had lost a brother. George, as he was familiarly known, was of a jovial, good-natured, companionable disposition, and whenever he would come to this place, or any other town in the Basin, he would very soon draw around him a crowd of old-timers to give him a friendly greeting. One by one the hardy old Pioneers are passing away, and the past few years the relentless old mower has been cutting them down until now the ranks are very thin. "We know not what a day or an hour may bring forth." At times the wound Anderson received thirty-three years ago would annoy him considerably, but aside from that he was a strong healthy man. Only a very short time ago George Anderson presided at the Democratic County Convention at Placerville, in good health and spirits, and after that visited this town, and was as jolly and full of merriment as ever he was. News reached here Thursday that he was in a critical condition, and at half past nine o'clock that night, Hon. Steve Dempsey, of Centerville, arrived here with the sad news that he was dead. Deceased was the first to start in business at Pioneer. He embarked in the merchandising business. [Idaho World, Idaho City, Idaho, Friday, Oct. 1, 1886]
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