circa 1909 Obit - Henry Pierpont, Chieftain, Pueblo, Colorado http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/pueblo/obits/pierponthnry1909.txt Transcribed by Carol Snow-Barnes from a newspaper article pasted in a scrapbook. Donated November 2004. A scan of the original clipping was also donated. See http://www.usgwarchives.net/co/pueblo/obits/pierponthnry1909.gif Carol is a Great Great Great Granddaughter of Henry Pierpont. Original clipping is undated but would have been published between August 1909 and March 1910. ========================================================== Pueblo Chieftain Oldest Registered Voter in the State Passes Away. Henry Pierpont, aged 97 years and said to be the oldest registered voter in the state, died at 10 o'clock yesterday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. A. L. Harris, 714 east Abriendo avenue. Mr. Pierpont is survived by fifty-five descendants and was the father of thirteen children, six of whom are now living and are residents of Pueblo. One of his descendants is a great-great-grandchild, who lives in Seattle. Physically Mr. Pierpont was a remarkable man. He was hale and hearty until four weeks ago, when he fell and dislocated one of his hips. His extreme age was against him and he never recovered from the effects of the accident. Mr. Pierpont never needed glasses and until almost the day of his death he was able to read newspaper print without artificial aid. He had also never lost a tooth. Until five years ago Mr. Pierpont followed his usual occupation that of the transfer business. On election days he was a familiar figure, as he was proud of the fact that he was Pueblo's oldest voter and never lost an opportunity to cast his ballot. Mr. Pierpont was born in Baltimore, Md., March 21, 1812. When an infant of 14 months he was taken by his parents to Zanesville, Ohio, where he grew to manhood. He was married there to Miss Catherine Mosher, Aug. 13, 1837. His wife died May 4, 1897, in Pueblo. In 1853 Mr. Pierpont moved to Missouri, where he remained during the greater part of the Civil war. He served in company D, Second Missouri state militia, as he was then past the active service age. In 1863 he went to Wyandotte, Kas., where he lived for many years, and in 1881 came to Pueblo. In this city twenty-two years ago, Mr. and Mrs, Pierpont celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. Since the death of his wife, Mr. Pierpont had made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Harris. He is survived by the following six sons and daughters, all of who reside in Pueblo: N. B. Pierpont, H. W. Pierpont, Mrs. H. P. Lull, Mrs. H. Shepler, Mrs. S. C. Young and Mrs. A. L. Harris. His other descendants are twenty grandchildren, twenty- eight great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. The funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon from the residence of Mrs. Harris, 714 east Abriendo avenue and will be under the auspices of the G.A.R., which is the only order to which Mr. Pierpont belonged. Rev. Milton Fish, pastor of the Mesa Baptist church, will conduct the services. Interment will be in the G.A.R. plot at the North Side cemetery. ================================================================= All files are contributed for use by the USGenWeb Archives Project (http://www.usgwarchives.net/). USGenWeb Archives Project NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the internet, data may be used by non-commercial researchers, as long as the source and contributor name remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format for profit, nor for presentation in any form by any other organization or individual without the express written permission from the author.