1 OF OGDEN DEAD H H Hancock Was Vet Vet- Veteran Veteran eran Railway Man and Bandsman Funeral services tor for Horatio H Hancock will bo ho held Wednesday We at al 1 l o'clock In the Twelfth ward under the direction of Bishop David J Wile Wilson on The body may maybe be viewed at the family residence TI Twenty sixth street Tuesday afternoon and evening and Wed Wed- Wednesday Wednesday until time for the sen Ices Interment will be In the city cemetery under the direction of LindquIst undertakers Mr Hancock died Sunday night aged 82 J ears cars Mr lr Hancock a pensioned rail rail- railway railway rail railway way was wi the conductor on the first Utah Central train to travel between Ogden and Snit Salt Lake and he also was one of the pIoneer bandsmen of Utah PIONEER 01 OF 1883 1608 Mr Hancock was born In Put san Put san England Eng and Sep Sep- Sep September 29 21 1843 1841 and came to thIs country In June 1863 with a company of o eight Mormons mem mem- members member members ber bers of a brass bra s bAnd b nd They came cameto cameto cameto to Ogden In October of ot 1863 and Mr Hancock had lived here evet evel since He was a 8 member of the tho first Ogden band ever organized In Og- Og Og den of which the eight musicIans with whom he cam here formed the nucleus Mr Hancock was wag energetic In Inthe inthe Inthe the building of ot railroad and tele- tele telegraph telegraph tele telegraph graph lines In and about Utah n a ahalt half haft century ago He made a trip to Fort Benton In 1868 for tor a company of ot Immigrants and went as ae far tar north as Montana In the early arly day days In the tho Interest or of the Union Telegraph corn com ran pan INS IN'S IN S P EMPLOY E Entering the employ of the Southern after leaving the Utah Central railroad Mr Hancock worked with that com com- company company company pany for 14 years yare He left the com company pany fOr tor a short time re- re returning returning re returning turning agal again later and contin contin- continued c continued to work ork for tor the Southern Pa- Pa Pacific Pacific Pa Pacific until 1914 when he was as pen pensioned pen pen- pensIoned Mooed He was as an active mem mem- member member member ber of ot the L L D S church be- be beIng being be being i ing a high priest at the time lime of ofhie his hie death Surviving Mr Hancock are his widow Mrs Lucy Gibbons Hancock Han Han- Hancock Han cock cock four tour children Mrs W S Jones and Joseph J Hancock of Ogden Dr Heber C Hancock of Portchester N Y former Utah AgrIcultural college athlete and John G Hancock of Imlay Imla Nev Se enteen grandchildren and two grandchildren great grandchildren also survive WROTE Mr Hancock compiled complied a short record of or his life lite and from this record Is taken some excerpts as a follows We Wo We arrived ed In Salt Lake City October 3 1363 1863 being nearly four months on the wa way One mile mUe out of Salt Lake we e formed In procession the brass band first and the Saints next and marched into the tho city and encamped on the tho Seventh nard ard v ard square After Atter havIng lunch the tho th band serenaded President Brigham Young at the Lion house My first work in Ogden 1 was as asto to help Brother Goodale to sink eink sinka sinka a well bell ell for which I 1 received ed a n small mall calf In pay which I lost Jost In I one of the big 1 wind Ind storms which nt at that lime time we used to get here but 1 we e ery Seldom get now herel I Next year year ear I went to Logan and for tor Thomas Thmas Hl hicks Ricks ks haul haul- hauling tug IllS freight and tithing wheat to Salt bait Lake Lale CIt Ctt That winter Iwas I Iwas was as hauling 1 wood over the Lo- Lo Logan Lo Logon gon gan river her and the Ice broke and my boots filled HIed with wa er and I Imy Imy my feet froze very badly Next ext spring I 1 hired out to the Western Union to help build aline a aline line from the head of ot Echo can can- canyon canyon can canyon yon to South Pass Pus City I 1 had to have hate my head shaved for tor the Indians were ere on the war path and If they saw any ot of t us with tong long longhair longhair hair they would scalp us After helping build a s telegraph line from Virginia City Montana Mr Ir Hancock tells In hi his record record- The next spring I worked for Chauncey W West Vest bishop of ot Og- Og Ogden Ogden Og Ogden den Worked In the tannery where they tanned the leather to tomake tomake tomake make shoes as ae wo we had to make our 0 own onn n shoes here then out of cow hide bide RAILROAD WORK The The next spring I went to work for tor the Utah Central which Is now the Oregon Short Line to Salt Lake Lae and I coupled the first engine to the first car cor on that lino IIno and worked on the construction construction construction tion train and took the first train Iraln Into Salt Lake Lale City Concerning the brass braes band with which he ho came to Utah the plo pio pioneer neer wrote The Tho brass braes b band nd that I came with from Cardiff South Wales Wale was organized In Cardiff before we came camo to Utah It was called the Welsh band and the tho members were George Parkman conductor conductor conductor tor he played the baritone Richard Tooter Tooer first tint flat B cor- cor cornet Cornet cor cornet net William Pugh second flat B-flat B cornet cornot Arthur Pugh third flat B-flat B cornet William B Gibbons first tenor Thomas Thomas Thomae second tenor Horatio H Hancock tuba or E flat bass William E ans drummer also Dan Fowler cor- cor cornet cornet cor cornet net After we came cam to Ogden we reorganized and It was called the Ogden City band and the new members were William J Han Han- Hancock Hancock Hancock cock Thomas Emmett senior Richard Douglas Ralph Douglas Charles Baker Hyrum Byrum Wright Ephriam Nye Nyc and James Burrup color bearer