| Show PETER FUNERAL athe fanneral services in memory 0 father r W cownover were held at the meeting yesterday afternoon bishop R S gibby of the third ward conducting the exercises choir eans when first the glorious light of troth etc cr was offered by bishop J P H joanon Job non choir sang mid scenes of confusion and creature complaints etc elder L john nuttall addressed the congregation he paid we had thus mei to pay air baat barthly respects to an aged veteran who had performed faith fill services in behalf of the work speaker related instanter iuliis experience and association with the while engaged to aether in military eer vice curiae the early indian of this territory the deceased BroHier nuttall Jut tall baid wag a brave officer and trob friend to the droplet doseph elder proceeded to read the of father cown avers life as contained in yesterdays and closed by baying that bretl pr cownover had gone to hia erive with full faith in glenel of christ and would reap the reward of the faith tul eld daniels made a few remarks and cited the incident of brother Cown military experience abe was a resident of paven pave n when in 1853 colonel cown over came to the relief of the alio were surrounded and harrasser harr assed by indiana of thorn there were aioo while col connovers Cown overs force consisted consi eted only of eider 0 B believed the eulogies paid to the dead opre just and merited speaker had long known and dissociated with the departed ander try in and bad ever him true to IM trust and to hig god lie had ever ben ready to respond to calls made upon him in connection with the earla work of settling the territory Terri toro aal defending the people elder john W turner paid he had known brother cownover since 1849 he wai a true and a brave officer ever realy and willing to risk his own life in defendini the lives end of people he invoked the blessing of god to rest upon lia numerous tp bishop J E booth had been ac qa ecith tha deceased brother aa m auy as twenty one vears and knew that he borne testimony to the dine mission of the prophet joseph president D john was the last speaker he said brother cownover had lived a long and useful life the course pursued by deceased had shown that hp wis mt an avaricio na man but ft man always ready to share with his friends and neighbors he had cot been prompted ly l y motives of personal lain and while labor beit for the interests of the whole and for ania and all the good he had done the lord would reward him in eternity he referred to the missouri eions of the saints and to the selection of men to the prophet from the hands of the mob and to other ini in i of church history in which brother cownover had taken part president john appealed to the children and family of the departed to emulate tho qualities of their de cenoel parent choir aang farawell all earthly honors etc benediction by bichop R S gibby |
