>Hope someone outhere enjoys this old obit of my great Uncle as I did in >finding it >Storm E.See,Seattle WA. >Date: Monday, April 05, 1999 11:40 PM >Subject: Benjamin Franklin See obit > > >> Hermiston Herald-Feb.21,1935 >> Pioneer of Union County called to final Rest >> Another pioneer of the plains was called to his final rest last >> week when Benjamin Franklin See passed away after 89 years >> of sojourn here on this earth.As a youth he braved the long journey >> to the west coast and Oregon,with his parents to help build >> civilization in the Grande Ronde valley in Union county. >> In later years,about 1865 ,Mr..See freighted between Umitilla and >> LaGrande enduring the hardships of the trail. He was a true pioneer >> of this vast western empire. >> Benjamin Franklin See was born in Estill County ,Kentucky >> November 26,1845,and died in Hermiston Oregon,February 14,1935 >> at the age of 89 years ,2 months and 18 days >> He was married in 1865 at Clarinda ,Iowa to Nancy Hammock on >> Their way across the plains to Oregon. They located in LaGrande >> where he lived until his wife died in 1913 .Then he came to >> Hermiston and lived with his daughter Mrs..Perry Arthur ever since. >> He had eight children five of whom survive him. They are Jefferson >> See of Standfield: Francis See and George See of Tacoma WA. >> Albert See of LaGrande and Mrs..Anna Arthur of Hermiston. >> He had 14 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. He was a >> member of the Church of Christ for over 50 years. >> The funeral services were conducted at the Prann's Funeral Parlors >> Sunday afternoon at 2::30 by C.R. Moore ,Minister of the Union Church. >The >>body was shipped to LaGrande where it will be buried in >> the family plot in the Summerland cemetery beside his wife. >> >