the late bishop dabid S bishop david da ids S ccok departed this M life at the family ree res dene dence in mauth weber early on the morning of may ah 6 h 1890 atar a brief illaci ill ns monia beins being the chec cute uffe of his d ah the obsequies obEe over the body boly were ft ore held on tu day may eth after n appropriate prayer at the home of the wanly family by elder georg W aar I ir kinn kins the thi containing the 4 L m mains ains were cointe conveyed convey id to the rn meeting house where wor wom hw held th the pull pall bearers were hia his seven en e david andrew jamer tho nag as JoFe hinry ard george the house was as filled to overflowing overflow arg and scores of others had to remain on the outside of the building for tor lak lack of room to oto ill ahm m the assembly ast embly was as by elders joseph joeeph hall bishop V 1 barton joceph joeeph murdo murdock k ires john johnw W ile heu and W it mith smith tile he many ex celent qualities of he dee deco deemed aed aped were dwelt delt upon at leing length th words of sympathy and comfort viere ere spoken to the widow and family of the deceased and they were commended to the protection of him who aho alone can effectually damage their grief the benediction as delivered by elder thomas F rouche after which tle remains were consigned to the tile tomb david 8 cook was the son of D david avid cook and margaret Marx aret simpson lie ile was born jan january us ry 19 1829 at Kin cardine incardine scotland So he lie was hap sized into the church of jeans joan chrit of latter tatter day saints january 1 3 IMS by will william ism mcmaster ister was ordA iDol no I 1 a teacher in 1847 and labored among the p ople in in that capacity until january januari aari uari 12 1848 in ill the march following he tie enteen ente ed on hia his ministry an a traveling elder and continued his labors as such until the spring of 1850 when ben he be was released leas e d and in ln company with his brother william cook and a corn company of 0 mormons cormons over whom he lie presided pl r during their jurney he tie started for utah after eight weeks of ocean life he lie landed at new orleana orleans the following earing nghe ho commenced his journey to salt like take city cit reaching there september 27 1851 there he lie went ent to work quarrying rock for tha the foundation of the temple on SP 21 24 1852 be he was married to janet hunter daughter of robert and ann hunter he ile was am a member of the quorum of seventies in june 1851 1836 ho he was wa ordained a high priest by father King kingston bion and was appointed as one of bichop Kings tons coun Fellors he waa was subsequently ai pointed counsellor to bishop rica mond cook on june 5 1862 he tie was appointed councellor coun Fellor to wm won firth firth and arid on june 9 be was elect elected president of the south weber ward in june 1877 be he was set apart by ap site istle franklin D richards as bishop of the th ward la ia which office he be con continued tinne I 1 until be was removed by the hand of 0 death in civil offices dav day of S cook serve berred 1 I as ag jestice jl stice of the tile peace for eight years and in august 1889 be was elected a member of the county court of f DAVIS county thus it will be ceen seen that his life has been one of ae ivirty and usefulness he lie was a tru citizen a faithful husband a kind father a true friend and find an anest honest man the tile noblest work of 0 god ho ile was the father of eighteen abil children thirteen of whom are still lvios flying dew i t please copy