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Show BLACK HAWK VETERAN DIES FROM INJURIES Oscar Middleton Mower, 84, Black Hawk Indian war veteran and a prominent L. D. S. church and civic worker of this city, died Tuesday morning, at the home of a son, William M. Mower, 717 North Main street of an internal hemorrhage resulting from a fractured frac-tured 'hip suffered in a fall, last Thursday. Mr. Mower was born in Ogden, April 25, 1852, a son of Henry and Lucretia Hupper Mower. He came to Springville with his parents in 1858, at the time of the invasion of Johnson's army and had lived here since. In 1866, at the age of fourteen years, he served as a member of the Home Guard during the Black Hawk Indian war. He' has served as Springvillc city constable, two years. He was a member of the Springvillc school board 10 years, during which time the Lincoln, Jefferson and Grant school buildings were constructed. He has always been active in church work. He served as an officer offi-cer or teacher in the Sunday school 43 years. When the M. I. A. was first organized in Springville, he worked in the organization 12 years, being first a counselor and later president. For many years , he was a home missionary. In 1889-90 he served in the southern states mission' laboring in the Mississippi conference. When Springville was divided into four wards he was sustained counselor coun-selor to Bishop George R. Hill of the Third ward, which position he held 23 years. Mr. Mower worked in the Salt Lake temple 11 years. During this time he acted as proxy for over 3000 of his dead relatives and friends. - He married Elizabeth Beardall, February 22, 1875 in the Endowment house, Salt Lake City. She died July 13, 1917. Surviving are two daughters and a son, Mrs. Ella M. Cragun, Pleasant Grove; Mrs. Mabel M. Kindred, and Mr. Mower, Springville; Spring-ville; 14 grandchildren; 19 great grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Eliza M. Singleton, Springville; a brother, Andrew Mower, Ashton, Idaho. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 1 p. m. in the Third ward Chapel. Friends may call at the A. Y. Wheeler mortuary until Saturday, when the body will be taken to the home of Mrs. Kindred on North Main street. Burial will be in the Evergreen cemetery. |