Show LAID TO E funeral of father MANY ARE he a brave biographical sketch read over the remains the fanneral of peter W cownover took place this afternoon at the meet ins house thero was a anrce attendance of friends and acquaintances among them a number who served under col iu the indian war took place during the early set of this valley A cortege of friends escorted tho re mains to the meeting house from the family residence in the third ward the were laid away in an elegant rosewood casket on which is a balyer plate bearing the inscription HOLINESS TO THE LORD FATHER oa the casket at the meeting house were placed a number of floral tributes by friends tha following sketch waa read by elder L john nuttall poter conover was of datcu descent his cams 0 america in the daya of william eter willoa was the sou of peter and bannah connier Con noer ilia mothers maiden arme was hannah combs ue was born near woodford county kentucky sept 19 1807 be remained wor kini on the farm antil 1822 when be left I 1 ir morgan count in this state he carried the ohain in la ing ont jacksonv ille about this time he became acquainted with eveline boldon of county illinois aej un peb 14 chev were married hilst he resided in morgan county the military part of bis existence became more or less developed H waa the captain of a company in the state ml atia and in the black hawk war of he and hid c were enlisted in the service and operated cooperated co with united forces in the suppression of that war captain cownover aid his company ft ere in actual service i i six months and wad with the when the great chief was captured in 1835 ho moved to about aix balow where afterwards wai the cit of nauvoo the MJ dij 13 aeeti ling it in 1838 afar froia missouri tavo ara a ahe settlement of nauvoo ala 17 ablo peter W cownover and mite meni Lers of tle church of jesus of latter day brother cownover had not been long a member of the church before be was chosen to ba one 01 the prophet joaeph smiths bodyguard he was with the Pho phet 60 says shortly alter his arrest nt dixon lee co illinois it will be remembered that the prophet juseph was here anestel illegally by joseph H Keyn of jackson co Mib soun and constable harmon 1 wison ot carthage illinois they arrested the prophet on the from the governor ot OA the baste of illinois ghisu had never been to the governor of the latter and attempted to forcibly carry him across the abate line whilst on the way they were mt m t by peter kownover Low nover and W b outler of mauv oo 00 joseph could not help chedd ing tears io we are told at sight of these mends who had coma io meet him and he fraid to the kidnaps pers I 1 am not goin to ahia time these are my boys they othen rode and werd now with fear shook like an aspen tree and brother cownover being acquainted acquaint ea with him ahlee hat 13 matter with you have you got the ague wilson managed to stammer no bro nuver told tha tellow not to be frightened fur no one intend ed to injury him on the journey near monmouth they stopped at u arni houam chero aba prophet was placed in a room bader euard hero the conspired to anva to monmouth a mob and return in the night baiza the pio phet and take him to bro peter W cownover bad lam down at the corner ut the housa outside and over heard their plans which ha at once l to the and thus h ir designs nie fiust tit bere ind aitiana ot his lile while a body glaid of the prophet joseph in these eary days hd became ac quainter quain ted in nancoo with ianita ti another military wilh whom he was in after ears m iho indian wara in utah this ac ret into a and en ahe morning alter the martyrdom of the prophet juseph and his bro nover aad others went to carthage and assisted in for carain the ot those martyred marty red and in bringing back to ahloo alder john taylor who was heriha hea iha saints moved wast he them to winter Qua nerr chere he was placed la charge of the maitia mii tia while camped here over was called on to moura the death of the wife of ho died boy xoy leavina mother lessten chila ren in the ot lie crossed the alaina in heter J kimballs Kim balls company A few mouisa ater uia arnvel in ahll lake he with othera was called to make a settlement on provo river in laih vilay he dhove the ee ond over provo river and the pio nuis located in a tort in what is now as iho citi was surveyed peter W C the B chain lie ane arst of militia orini zed at the new settlement 01 on july in khefa 1 of the earns ear he was made ul abt and had command of ahn provo bava in the battle chief bialt on beada band on grovu nver aad OL the iier h side of the river in tu J on the yjih ot anly tl e eunous walker viar broke out ind cf was alei d to cuc nei and iad cabrio ci brio all il i ii i 1 tit 11 aj alarm was given that the indiana were about to ma sacra the settlers of pay son word as beut te colonel Coff nover a provo and be called out company of men and rushed to the rescue of the threatened city the warriors then alid and were followed into by colonel cownover and his men aud some killed la october of the same year col cornoyer Coa noyer and his men put doan the gintic tintic war he established the i eonta tica ia baesa wars of being a brava indian fiester and an efficient offic r in provo oa nov 1 1850 bro cownover barned lary vane cairol with which wife be has had 14 children sart survives him at his death in when Johnt cr a on the road to utah peter W cownover had charge of the men who went to carlod piloted by olner B ton to in the carson mission he acda d great thirst cad suffern together with the foai teen others who were with him on this bourney io urney after these stirring times when peace came to the territory bro kownover fettled down and followed fol lowel the rural pursuits of the common people lie was a hard worker bat never accumulated much gordly pocas he was the father of twenty four children and the grandfather and great grandfather of over three hundred childers chil dern more than fifty of his arand childers chil dern are married he left provo for manti to work in the temple feb 12 1892 ant h a health failing him ha continued on to richfield Eich field where be visited his daughter and remain edwith her until the tima of his death he died sept 20 aged eighty five deais and twelve hours he died as he had BO many years lived a firm believer in the divine mission of john smith and the correctness of the gospel ho the services were abill in progress as we went to press |