The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-06
NOTED MAN l|[|
At ADVAAC[I|
Rhanaldo Mowrey n
Final Summons \,
Sugar.
WAS FIRST DIsCOvERn|
OF GOLD IN cam
Church Cared Nothing i,
When He Lost h
Property.

AT tho home Of Jos.pb 9 !.
Sugar, Saturday morning ~. A.
rey, one of the argonau,s =
coast died from old aga a,a ~
billy, and his body win NV b.
IN kaysville today alonrsN.
his mother, who died nIr.,
Came West in ls4s
Rhanaldo Mowrey was ~.
FOUR sons who arrived n ne ~
June, lof5, on the shin D, D.
mad lett New York eleven
with 20 Mormon enIsrt tsaa1
Francisco. The history 20
become 4 part OF the va
cihc coast. Tho notoriors
was the moving spirit h,., Sa1
Iey; & the father OF the maa ~
died. was the owner and 49,
the ship Brooklyn, and b,s so
member OF his family With ~
Discoveries Of Gol1
The four brothers, orsip a.,
Rhanaldo and Harley RS, s'7
Utah, were the first dssOs INV
in California, regardless :, q
story that Marshall found 4
ter's mill Rhanaldo Hovrsl
ably the first white man n
California, This was in
when he and his brothsrs
with the Indians for aoid
ono OF their trips up ths ~
Rhanaldo MoWTey found rol1 :
and for nearly TWO yeans ~ NJ,
coyery by Marshall he ord S'
mined the placers of the riTe,
Born in Rhode Iala,,
Rhanaldo Mowrey was "a
at the time OF his death a.
In Rhode Island There was -
inent member OF the Horr-os
Utah that did not know hIr
or the Mowreys In San Fr,,
always open to the mIss.osans
way TO and from the Sandv;.'
and many of them, includ;rg n
hIeinrch, were succored By a
family and were provided 1.n
their Western journey ana =
wagons and harness on tse.r'
Utah.
Died q Poor Man
1t was too much OF q Riyis<
tho worlds goods, and Ehssi.
rey died a poor man, after h17|
the wealth Of the Pacific arJ
fortunes OF many of the !e.dIrr
OF Utah. Il
Mother Was Eighy.n
Nineteen years ago his noa
Kaysville at the ripe ego d {
For years sho had enjoyed 4 :;
come from San Francisco PIC
as regularly as the money e
Kaysyillo she paid her ulhI,r
church. When she died, aad
authorities knew that, beczuu
lease on the properties, tie G
to the church had ceased, tts1
@ corporals guard at her funs[
she had paid thousands q
the church.
Bishop Too Busy.
At that time even the 10
ward. who had benefited hy L
and her religious devotion \
mon church, was too busy h Z
side over the final services & /
and faithful woman. Ruth VI
rey. and the body WAS lat g
only the relatives and oss
family In attendance.
Left Eight ohildrn
Rhanaldo Mowrey was u
eight children. He left sx
and two sons. The daugftt5
]. G. Bywnter, Mrs. Thon.I
gets, both OF Salt Lake, y
Jones OF Portland. Or: Nh
Hyslop OF Ogden, Utah; Mn
In of Hilo. Hawaii. and MS
sythe OF Portland. There o!
George and Ernest MowrJ,
men. and both residing in sa{
Made Glorious ShuSI
The death lof Mr.. Mowrcy.
duo to advanced age. is reg
cause of the glorious strlEz
forth for the development q
and Utah. and because OF tGs
port he gave his church. p
his younger days. and the ih
church. when he needed hslb
his relief. even though @
amounted to thousands OF
was one Of the relief force g
lake party, which wae su
Sierras. and the entire par!
on the Mowrey lot In san ~
were there fed ard 5rouFot
Mr.. Mowery has been
year. but lately was Ia
condition OF health, The ses
Francisco disaster had a
on him, as he was one OF "
that town and since the ea
has been rapidly falling
Funeral services Will %
O'Clock Sunday from Joss7h
establishment, and the
shipped to Kaysville ard -
held in the ward meeting 81
$50 The body will be ous7
Of his mother and his Wlie
Dr BroadbsUfB