Show DEATH OF AGED PIONEER THROWS GLOOM OVER VALLEY VA UEY communities MOWREY PASSES AWAY AT THE AGE OF NINETY EIGHT LAST AND onby ONLY MEMBER OP OF THAT NOBLE BAND ejk THE MORMON BATTALION barley mowrey mowrer died at the home of his daughter mrs sarah ellon ellen thomas thom tuesday morning at 2 a in mr mo mowrey had been quite quita nick for ome some time father mowrey as every one knew know him was not only one of aln tah countes coun tys substantial citizens but was a very prominent figure through out the state of utah and idaho ho he was one who did an unlimited amount amoun tot of goodin the development of uintah county where he has his resided tor for the past 36 years his friends were count countless leas bis his quiet modest disposition winning an ad bittance mit tance into a still larger circle wherever he went mr mowrey mowrer was born in providence H F 1 I august A 8 IS 1832 24 celebrating his ninety eighth birthday last august he ho Is in survived by seven living children namely mrs sarah ellen thomas 74 vernal harcey mowrey jr 70 years 0 age salt lake city arst olle haneen hansen 64 years of at age Fa pocatello datello idaho harriet ann dingman 62 years san francisco seo ella dru cilia DIng 59 years provo charlea charles barton mowrey 61 years aridell tridell Tr Idell a and his wife martha jane sargent sharp mowrey widow of norman sharp who Is 1 94 years of age aalia 41 grand children 94 great grand children 30 great greal great grand children funeral services will bo be held in the first ward chabol saturday morning at 10 a td SKETCH OP OF THE LIFE OF MOWREY Y harley barley mowrey has ban been a lifelong pioneer and has crossed the continent before the track across the had been made it has hex been fils privilege over ever half halt a century abot ago to gaze upon the rolling waves of two oceans and he be has figured conspicuously in the founding of many new now settlements he has done his part in blazing the trail for civilization after being driven by ruthless ruth leaa mobs from his home in nauvoo he responded to the call of uncle sam for volunteers to serve in the mexican war weir and has carried a musk musket etin in the defense many a weary mile over trackless plains and mountains having spent almost his entire life on the rugged edge of civilization we do not hesitate to say that the state and nation owe him a debt of gratitude 1 1 1 his bis ancestors ancestor it were among the early settlers of america on julifs his fathers side he Is of the old puritan stock on hie his ino mothers thees of welsh extraction his hio great grandfather waa was the individual who purchased the site of the great city ofa of proy idenie R I 1 from the indians indiana mr mowrey made his hits advent into the world at ai ju small town about fifteen allea from providence on the oth of agust 1822 when about 14 years of age he climbed a tree in quest of a squirrel A branch breaking precipitated him to the ground a distance of fifty five feet and be lie wae was left tor for dead by his boy companions however marvelous as it may seem not a bone was broken and he be regained retained in time to meet a small army of neighbors who wore were on their way to hold an inquest over his body to the scene beene of the accident and measured the distance he fell fall on another occasion he was kicked by A vicious horse over his jeff left eye the toe too calk wae was buried la in his flesh and he was thrown by the fierce impact of the horses homes foot loot over a rod away his early life ufa wae was spent in pursuit of the trado trade of stone and brick mason mama when wen seventeen years of age he came in contaut with wull the latter zatter day sainte saints became condart to 4 MOWREY their faith and was baptized in january 1839 A bole was cut in the ice tee for or the purpose of baptizing him soon after this he went to nauvoo his parents did not become converts until yealie after but were finally baptized and wa went ant around cape horn to san francisco in the ship brooklyn during the year of 1846 during his residence at nauvoo most of bis his time was spent working on the nauvoo temple he lived across the street from the residence of the prophet joseph smith was on the most intimate terms with the prophet and his family and was occasionally in their employ on ono one occasion joseph smith and erastus snow exhibited to him the egyptian mummies fes as well as the rolls oc of papyrus and of which a portion of tho pearl of great price ie Is a translation in april 1884 he was called on a mission to new now hampshire his companion on that mission wae was elder david cluff the father of labod about six months as he awaa waa jre released leased soon after the martyrdom of the prophet and ano patriarch upon his return to nauvoo his whole time was spent working on the temple as strenuous efforts were being made for the completion of it when mobs began to gather about the city he assisted in defending and gathering in tho the saints from the outside settlements at this time many were killed and many homes burned he be also Aho assisted stated in building wagons preparing for tho the great OX QS k he was a member of at tho the artillery company the first one to leave nauvoo for the march into the wilds of at western america to nee seek an asylum bl beyond the reach of mob violence and ad religions religious Ip intolerance tolerance the company crossed the mississippi river on the ice fee february 9 1846 1946 and camped on sugar creek ten setles distant without tents in fifteen inches of snow and subsisted for several weeks upon meal made from parched corn and dried pumpkins the hardships endured by this company were so severe that many refused to endure them any longer and returned left tho the church and gave up the struggle of the orist original nal fifty only fifteen members of the company reached the missouri luver at council bluffs here they put up tons of bay for mr durpee the indian agents receiving supplied supplies in payment while at the bluffs the company was overtaken by colonel alien allen A united states officer with al d requisition for men to serve in the mexican war mr mowrey volunteered ered and was mustered into the famous merman battalion july ile 11 1846 to serve for one year the battalion gathered at fort leavenworth kan about nine families of continued on pago page 10 DEATH 1 ov AGED PIONEER continued fron paco pago 1 joined III it with ith tho the battal ion and arid accompanied them on tb march among these were norman sharp ind win mr sharp became a luber of tit tin the liatta battalion llon it wait th ohp purple pur poe of theno families to go to rull fornin and arid wo there how ilow r on re athing the tit arkansas kit iti IT pt alic tit coill ding officer decided it would lie for the to it ross t lie mountain mountains with w ith th tro olito ito ho he mont them to Ili col where thoro there waa was even ut at that arly farly date a settlement of white whites four moin bars of tho the hut tallon mr air mowrey atheni were under hig rine girls to litkel theno families to pueblo id overtake and join the company of a fe N at on tho th march to pueblo norman sharp uria shot and after ward die I 1 the tile had boon lor 1 stoel nt ill runaldo and tile d till fall hanio fo po the tile battalion arvi liron bellin gom ion ton days fie nothing lie donn dono but remain thor ther flow nver detail under cap cat noon soon returned from ali 1 I with it great 1 many lck pick kheir orders 1 were to d to lu luitzo itlo told winter there thue thus tho the of tills sketch was r re turned to Ilu eblo where thie this do ined until spring sas ho fie bunted deer leer and burfal almost all nil over the base of pike pikes e polk during that winter the tito march for california under captain brown wae was resumed tho next spring choir route leading them northward to what hott ie Is now tho the state of wyoming finding tho the trail of tho the pioneers under brightly Lm young and follo followed wei it dut but tho the hardship hardships of tho tile march aro are tho tile distressing 1111 experience peri pori ence through which they passed could not surpass the power of love tor for our nations fatal day july 4 1887 mr howroy and martha 9 sargent shark were united in lit marriage marr laKO at independency co rock by sidor dimock D the time of tho tile enlisted sold lern lerm expired july 16 so they were hon oi 01 ably by captain drown brown thoy they reached salt lake valley july 27 1847 juet just three dayi otter after the pioneers it la Is needless to relate tha tho incident den to that early settlement of salt laico lake valley our hero participated in all of them tho the next event of importance happened in 1850 18 when he was call od ad with hie his famely to go with a company of apostle C C rich and amaca lyman to california the of that tedious journ journey eyO aro are aleo also well known upon their arrival at san francisco they joined mr Alow reys parents and resided in that city two years after leaving his father he moved to san bernadino bernadine cal where they spent five years or until recalled on ac count of tho the advent of johnsons John gons army into utah his ills mother accompanied rom panted thorn them to utah and finally died at Kays ville at tho the timo time of the move outa south they spent one winter at beaver deaver city after which they lived ad at Cent centerville erville davis county until the autumn of 1864 when the family waa was called to accompany apostle I 1 C C rich to settle in bear lako inko valley idaho tho the made their home at what la is now paris parts when thoy they returned from ballf california they brought a combined i reaper and mower with them iti iti was the very first mower moer ever brought to utah it cost ln in san francisco and the freight on it from thoro there to utah was 40 and upon going to idaho chev took he be machine with thorn them so mr air movrey alo enjoys the distinction of being the introduce Intro ducor r of the very first harvesting machino into both the states of utah and idaho when dear bear lake stake wais organized ho he aras t made a member of the tira first high I 1 council of dear bear lake stake a post 1 tion lie held until the family moved to vernal in coming to this valley this early makes them old bottlers settlers and almost pioneers here herec at the organization of the uintah slake stake of zion in 1887 ha he was wad again made a high counselor which position hp he held until honorably ro ra 4 leased because of his advanced age in tit 1904 |