Show CAPTAIN mccoy GIVEN MILITARY FUNERAL FRIDAY rim l LAST MEXICAN WAR watt VETERAN VL amun LIVING IN UTAH ANSWERS calli OP DEATH AT AGE OF 04 94 friday impressive military funeral services were held hold for ca captain n Malac maclachla Mal achta hla mccoy according to U S records the last surviving mexican war veteran in utah A full sketch of captain mccoys lifo life was given in the july C G 1923 issue of the express at the request of captain mccoy ev every fryy military honor was given tho the veteran of two wars whose father had served in tho tha revolutionary and french and indian wars and was 83 years old when capt mccoy waa was born bishop M M batty ot of glines ward presided many beautiful flowers were in evidence from tho the many friends the choir sang 1 I need thee every hour guide me to thee and nearer to thee the opening prayer was by bishop joseph mckee the speakers were dr harvey C hullinger 98 G A R veteran member of H company sixth I 1 iowa ow cavalry and life member of 0 0 howard post no 1 G A R salt lake city the rev E H 83 years of age also a civil war veteran member of A company pennsylvania volunteer infantry congressman don 13 colton whose subject was the debt tho the nation owes its defenders besides the two civil war veterans there were present hon thos W odonnell and frank P wellman spanish american war veterans and post commander dr homer E rich A B thomas secretary vernal chamber of commerce in charge of at firing squad and escort of honor adair jack milburn don lewis F A powell and herbert boll bell veterans of the world war dr hullinger and rev mr have known the departed since hia his coming to the ashley valley in 1906 dr hullinger promising if he s survived the departed he would see that a it military funeral was given him m as he requested J B eaton a otter r CAPTAIN mcboy 4 e T 1 C 1 A ed the benediction interment was made matlo in the maeser glines cemetery with john N dayla davis dedicating the grave captain mccoy died the might of july 11 at 9 at his home in glines ward he leaves bia his wife and two children by a former marriage walter M mccoy of 0 maeser and mrs biro laura laum conway oc of la junta colo mrs conway was unable to attend the funeral on account of sickness airs mrs pearl vogle of telluride luride colo Is a granddaughter grand daughter at the grave graveside sido a salute was fired by the firing squad over the grave and taps were sounded captain mccoy was a member of company A fifteenth regiment indiana volunteer infantry and was discharged jan 5 1865 and enlisted as a captain sept 28 1861 As a youth of 17 he served 10 months in the mexican war in company C fourteenth infantry under general win winfield held scott |