Show DEATH OF ELDER JOHN vait vair COTT AN EXEMPLARY MAN GO seto neto THE laner lanea SIDE elder john joha van cott one of the members of the council of the first seven President sot the seventies breathed hla hig last at his resi residence dince a short dista distance uce nce south of this city yesterday morning february at owing to his hla having been feeble for some time pait past the event wab was not unlooked unlocked for it would be difficult to find a more exemplary or conscientious man than brother van cott he was aa a good man in the broad sense not negatively so BO but as aa a producer of the good fruits of a well spent life ho he way was one of those whose character and motives appeared so far beyond reproach that we doubt if they have ever been the subject even of suspicion deceased wab was vi as born september aub 1814 in canaan columbia co new fow york ile he embraced the gw gor pel in the administration of the late elder parley he was one of the pioneers Plon eera of utah first arriving in this valley od ord sap bip 1817 in 1852 he went on a mission to Eur Europ orend euid euld eHid after reaching england was waa seno beno to scandinavia and presided geover over the scandinavian mission nearly four years doing an excellent returning home he remained about three years when he was waa agaid called to the same tame iob fob in europe remaining abroad several years more bif his name being still held in great respect by thore those saints in scandinavia who reel reek his bis ministry at homa horos and abroad wherever brother van cot nc journ ed he was regarded with esteem and regard his vry very v gry ry presence anch snot and appearance inspiring of that xia nature |