Show BISHOP STEWARTS FUNERAL the funeral services over the remains remal mal no of the late bishop isaae isaac M stewart of draper were held march lath in the meeting house of that town the building was crowded to excess a large number of people being unable to obtain admittance the deceased being held in universal respect many of his arlenda from this city as well as surrounding settlements were present the speakers on this occasion were bishop joseph 8 rawlins of south cottonwood Cotto awood bishop J E booth of f provo elder henry day of draper elder marion brady of union elder richard ballantyne of ogden elder C H wilcken of of salt lake elder W C allen alien of draper and elder joseph E taylor first counselor to in the presidency of the salt lake stake the re marks 0 f these brethren were eulogistic of the deceased instructive regarding the destiny of the righteous dead and comforting to th the bereaved family in a previous article relating to bishop stewart we were unable to present it biographical data to any extent but since its publication we e have learned further details in relation to the career of the respected dead bishop isaac M stewart son of blakly Stewart who fought under washington in the revolutionary war was born at chesterfield burlington ling county new jersey migrated in 1837 to indiana and the following year removed to peru la salle alle co ill which was then merely an U unimportant village and where he helped to make the first brick ever manufactured in that section of country he also dug the first well at that place in 1889 he removed to adams county where he married mathilda J downs and birst heard the fullness of the gospel preached he was baptized feb 13 1842 two y years ears later in the spring of 1844 he be removed to hancock county and joined a branch of the church located on bear creek about eighteen miles southeast of nauvoo and eight miles east of warsaw he visited carthage jail jall the morning after the murler of the prophets joseph and hyrum had bad taken place at the time of the house burning in the southern part of hancock county in the fall of 1845 elder stewart brewart piloted sheriff backenstos Backen stoa 1 posse to the highland settlement which put a stop to the he left illinois at the time of of the general exodus in 1846 and after traveling three bu hundred adred miles with the camp of israel JI 1 located temporarily on Mus quito creek about five miles from kanes kaneo ville now council BI bluffs afta where he remained until the spring of 1862 1852 when he removed with his family to the salt lake valley crossing the plains as captain captai in of the ninth conr con pany of that seasons season immigration and arriving in salt lake city in september thu the same fall he be located at draper salt lake county where he be resided until the time of his 1419 death other facts of me hi career have appeared in a previous article |