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- RESID: B.C.
OCCUP: miner
RELIG: Methodist
BIOGRAPHY: -Jesse still in Mersea Twsp. in 1901 but went out west to Rossland, BC (1901, 1911 census) and was never heard from again.Never married.left Ontario for Rossland BC in 1901.crossed border to B.C., Canada from USA on 8 Apr. 1910; appeared in Hyder are in 1921.________________________
Source: Hyder Weekly Herald, Hyder, Alaska, Saturday, 7 Sep 1929, page 1
Local Man Lost On Unuk: Jess Setterington Was Well Known in Stewart and Hazelton: That Jess SETTERINGTON has joined the long list of victims claimed by the turbulent waters of the Unuk river, is the word brought back by Harry Reid, who has just returned from that section by way of Ketchikan. Reid and Setterington both spent the winter in the Unuk country, the latter haveing a trapping concession on the Canadian side, issued to him last fall by magistrate J.P. Scarlett. They did not camp together, but Harry had promised to join Jess on the 15th of April. Arriving at the latter?s camp about the 13th, he did not find Jess, and after waiting for two weeks he made a careful search with no results, then went to Ketchikan and reported the matter.
Saw Tracks on Gravel Bar: The authorities there sent in a poling boat and a party, and searched both banks of the river from its mouth to the Canadian boundary line. Tracks, believed to be Setterington?s, led down to the river on a gravel bar, but did not appear on the bar on the opposite side of the river, and it is believed that Setterington tried to ford there, wa swept off his feet, and drowned. Aside from these tracks, the most careful search afforded no trace whatever of the man.
Little is known here as to Setterington?s antecedents. He was an inveterate prospector and explorer, and spent most of his time in the hills, keeping very much to himself when in town. He had been in the Portland Canal district since 1921 and prior to that date had put in considerable time around Hazelton.
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1874 - 1929 (54 years)