John D. Filson
Burial Details
Obituaries
Eagle Valley Enterprise page 1 - August 26, 1927
AN OLD SETTLER DEAD.
John D. FILSON, one of the early settlers of Eagle county, died at Red Cliff sometime Sunday, Aug. 21. Mr. FILSON lived alone and was found dead in his cabin by a neighbor Sunday t 1:00 o'clock in the afternoon. The remains were cared for by Mortician O. W. MEYER and laid to rest in Evergreen [sic., Greenwood] cemetery in Red Cliff Tuesday of this week.
The deceased had lived in the county for many years, following mining most of his life. For a number of years he had lived on a small ranch on West Lake creek which he took up as a homestead, but a few years ago he abandoned ranch life and returned to the mines on Battle mountain. Little was known here of his early life or of his relatives. The writer had an intimate acquaintance with Mr. FILSON extending over many years and found him to be a man of strict integrity, likable and a good neighbor.
