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Show The Lale Bishep Dawd S.'C'ook. ishp Davia fc. Cook departed t this life at the f-mily- residence in :. SouUi Weber earli on the morning of May 3, IsM, after a Trier ill-j ill-j new, pneumonia King the caue of j hi death. Tho obsequies over the j body were held on Tuesdai,Maj. j 6h After jiraicr at the home or j the family by Elder George W, larkins, the casket containing the i remains Were convey ed to themeet- !W i ng home, wheroservices n ere held. The jail ecarer were hfi seven V5ns David, Andrew, Jamt, Thomas, JoMfhj Henrj-, and ln-orge. The house wax filled to overflowing, overflow-ing, and scores liad to remain ou the outside of the building for lack J roui lnide to accommodate i thenf. tljmililr,mi addressed bv t Wen Jotcph Hall, llishop V. Bar-mo, Bar-mo, Joseph Murdock, rresldent JohnW. Hess Jnd W-R. Smith, cneraani excellent qualities of the ue-eaaed u ere delt.upjn at length Vord of sympathj- and comfort were spoken to the widow and tamlly of the deceased and tbey E were commended to the protection of Him who alone crfu effectually assuage their grief. r-?"uo tiediction was delivered bj B tldi r Thus. G. Rouche, after wliich i the reaiiiiu were eouiigned to the David S. Cook was the son oi K David Cook aud Jlirgaret Simpaon. H He wa liorn January 19, l&ja, at H Kincnrdlnr, Perthshire, Scotland. mm He was baptized into the Church ot j Jesus Chn-t of Letter day Saints, January 3, 1S, by William A- McJIaster; was ordained a TeaeJier H in 1S47 aud liboreJ among the people in that cajacity until Jau-B Jau-B uary 12, 1S4S. In the March follow-K follow-K ing he entered on his minUtry as B a traveling Jlider, iud continued K his laborsas sucli until the spring of K 1S), w hen he v as released, and in B voxiauv with his brother. William K t-OJk aud a company cf "Mor-IK "Mor-IK S?11' ?Tir 'om lie nreided dur-IK dur-IK vt'. inHJi he'started'for IB lirrSiAIierd8lit wi-eks of ocean IS roUownauJ M Ivcw Orleans. he If thJS Lf ljak "tr. reaching Bf P F'eaiber 57, 1KI Tuert M iheTol"1 KZrk l-hij roSfSr W T. ""n of the renli.le. ,Dn C Krnt.h0 Ii?,nr- -He was a mem- B in r. "" T11' Quom orScvenUes. K hi i"nrVL,ISj8 ho was ordained a i ,i f h lrit' by Fathcr Kington, ?a " appoi uted a3 one or Blsliop m Jvingston's counselors. He was SbLjquiPuJr ninU-d counselor to -BUhjp Richmond Cook. K On June5,lb5J,hewasappolnted J Counselor to Wni, Firth, and on B June 9. 1S70, he was elected Prcsi- dent of the feouth Weber Ward. I u Ml June, 1S77, he was set apart by S Apostle Franklin D. Richards as Bishop of the ward, iu which otTice j he continued until lis was removed j by the hand of death. m In civil offlces Ir. Cook tcrved W as Justice of the peace fjr eight 1 years, and jn August, 1SSS, ho was C elected a member of the -county. court of Davis Counti. 1 Thus it wiU be seen that Jiis life has been one of activity and ueful- ??" 1Iewasatruecltiren, a faith-' faith-' ?f huabaJ. a kind father, a true " ,!"J aw honest tnan Ihe re51 work of 0. He was the fttherof elitceu children, thirteen "'-'marettlllliTiui. |