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GENEALOGY COLLECTION 



.ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 



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UTAH 



SINCE STATEHOOD 



HISTORICAL AND 
BIOGRAPHICAL 




ILLUSTRATED 



VOLUME II 



CHICAGO-SALT LAKE 

THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 
1919 



1216911 




THOMAS KEARNS 



BIOGRAPHICAL 



THOMAS KEARNS. 



The history of Utah supplies no narrative more romantic tlian the story of the life 
of Thomas Kearns, who achieved that which has been the accomplishment of but few 
men even in the history of the country, the phenomenal rise from comparative obscur- 
ity to the heights of financial success, from the plane of the laborer, with limited oppor- 
tunity tor early education, to the exalted position of United States Senator. 

Thomas Kearns was born on a farm near Woodstock, in Oxford county, Ontario, 
Canada, April 11, 1862. His people were Irish emigrants. His father, Thomas Kearns, 
had settled in Canada, there marrying Margaret Maher and supporting liis family by 
farming. When Thomas was a lad of seven or eight years his parents removed from 
Canada to Nebraska, where the father engaged in farming and stock raising in Holt 
county. Thomas Kearns acquired a common school education but was forced to lay 
aside his textbooks before he was seventeen years of age and provide for his own sup- 
port. He had early become familiar with all the duties and labors incident to farm life, 
as he had assisted in the cultivation and development of the old homestead. 

This was at the time of the gold excitement in the Black Hills and young Kerns 
naturally believed that there would be found opportunities far greater and that the 
field in which he might there exercise his ability promised more results than the 
restricted sphere of farm life. He left his home in Nebraska and struck out for 
the Black Hills. His first work in the new country was in freighting provisions across 
the plains to the mountain camps which had already sprung into existence in the Black 
Hflls. This occupation he followed until the building of railroads did away with the 
business of overland freighting. He also worked for a stock association in the Black 
Hills, weighing cattle, and later he did a little mining, after which he returned home. 

Not long afterward, however, he went to Arizona and at the mining settlement of 
Tombstone he again engaged in mining and also drove a team for one season. Then, in 
the spring of the year 1883, he started for Utah with four companions, driving a team 
across the southern desert. He first sought employment at Tintic, but was unsuccess- 
ful there, so went to Springville, where he entered the employ of the Denver & Rio 
Grande Railroad, which was pushing its trackage from Salt Lake City to Ogden. Mr. 
Kearns worked on a supply train, running from Springville to Salt Lake City, and in 
this way made his "traveling stake," as it was known in those days. He then started 
for Butte, Montana, but at Pocatello, Idaho, turned back and went to Park City, Utah, 
where among the mines in that section he was destined to make his fortune. Unques- 
tionably a man of his character, big of stature and great of strength, he would have 
made his success wherever in this great undeveloped west he might have chosen to 
locate, but fortune smiled upon him the day at Pocatello when he heeded the advice of 
others and turned back to Utah. Opportunity opened the way but only with pluck and 
undaunted energy did he travel the path shown to him. 

Mr. Kearns had made many friends among the miners by reason of his honesty, his 
manliness, generosity and amiability, and this reputation was of much value when he 
sought employment as a miner. He arrived in Park City in June, 1883, and immediately 
entered the employ of the Ontario Mining Company, being one of a shift of men tak- 
ing out the ore. He regarded this merely as a stepping-stone to greater things and all 
of his leisure time at night was devoted to the study of geology, while during the day 
he learned all that he could about the practical operation of mining properties. He 
labored in the Ontario mine eight hours each day and utilized all of the remaining hours 
of daylight for his own prospecting, also using his savings in the same pursuit. His 
first efforts were followed by failure after failure and on many of his prospecting trips 
through the mountains he was without food for days. For many months he worked 
sixteen hours each day, eight in his shift at the Ontario mine and eight in tapping the 

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mountains in search for wealtli. Tlius seven years flew by, in which time his efforts 
were attended by almost constant failure, but he never lost heart. It was during his 
employment with the Ontario Mining Company that he first met his lifelong friend, 
David Keith, who was then foreman of Ontario shaft No. 3 and under whom Jlr. Keams 
worked for some time in the Ontario and Daly mines. 

In December, 1889, Mr. Kearns severed his connection with the Ontario mine and 
siarted work in the Woodside mine. This property was owned by Colonel Edward P. 
Ferry but was being operated on lease by the Willman Brothers. Kearns secured a con- 
tract from the firm for the construction of a tunnel through the Woodside property. 
While engaged in building this tunnel his attention was attracted to the general direc- 
tion of the principal vein of ore. It led toward the adjoining property, undeveloped and 
known as the Mayflower. 

He held consultation with David Keith, with the result that they, in company with 
John Judge, A. B. Emery and W. V. Rice, secured a lease upon the Mayflower property. 
Work was started here February 1, 1890, and in April ore was struck at a depth of two 
hundred feet. This mine gave to the world fully one million six hundred thousand dol- 
liirs. There was a succession of endless troubles, litigation over the property, enjoin- 
ments by the court, difBculty in securing purchase money for the land and countless other 
vicissitudes attendant upon mining and had Mr. Kearns and his contemporaries been men 
of less determination and pugnacity they would undoubtedly have lost. 

With the first shipment of ore from the Mayflower Jlr. Kearns received a payment 
of twenty thousand dollars and it was characteristic of him that he should give his flrst 
thought to his aged parents, then in somewhat straitened crcumstances on the small farm 
in Nebraska. It was typical of the devotion he held for his loved ones throughout his 
life when he immediately provided a competence for his mother and father with this first 
money he received. 

The Mayflower mine as it was developed paid all the expenses of the litigation which 
it brought about and also for four adjoining claims, known as the Silver King group, 
then owned by John Farrish and Cornelius McLaughlin, who had located it, W. H. Dodge 
and Martin McGraw. The Silver King ground was bonded by Messrs. Kearns and Keith, 
together with their partners, in October, 1891, and was purchased by them in 1892. In 
July of the latter year the Silver King Mining Company was organized with David 
Keith, president; Mr. Kearns, vice president; and A. B. Emery, secretary. Over forty- 
six thousand dollars were spent before ore was struck, but within three months' time 
after the strike was made all expenses were paid. The ore yielded from forty to fifty 
per cent lead, from fifty-six to sixty ounces of silver and a by-product of gold. 

The success of this mining property is directly attributable to the genius of Mr. 
Kearns. His experiences as a practical miner and his knowledge of the workingmen's 
condition aided him in doing much to raise their standard and to give them more com- 
fort. When he became a mine owner he voluntarily raised the wages of all the workers, 
through a desire to benefit the hardy men of toil whose lives he had shared in the early 
days. That he was a true friend of the miners is shown by the incident which occurred 
during the financial panic of 1897, when the mining companies of Park City were desir- 
ous of reducing the wages. Mr. Kearns and David Keith were interviewed upon this 
(juestion and they fiatly refused to lower their wage scale, even in the face of the exist- 
ing conditions. That the "laborer is worthy of his hire" was their constant motto and 
by virtue of this they were held in the highest esteem by the workingmen. The labor 
problems which confront the employer of today would have had no excuse in arising had 
all corporations recognized the individual toiler as did Mr. Kearns and his associates. 
It was Thomas Kearns who first foresaw that the territorial limits of tlie Silver 
King mine, which up until its amalgamation into the Silver King Coalition Mines Com- 
pany in 1907 had paid out some ten and three-quarters millions of dollars in dividends, 
to its stockholders, were soon to be reached as its vast ore bodies were practically entirely 
depleted. In spite of the opposition, through timidity of some of his own associates and 
in face of the great financial panic of 1907 that had commenced to sweep across the couni 
try, Kearns resolutely started out and completed the details of getting together and 
securing possession of the vast mining territory surrounding tlie old Silver King, 
forming the present Silver King Coalition Mines Company, of which he was president 
and general manager at the time of his death, with an area comprising a total of some 
two thousand three hundred and fifty acres, not even half of which has yet to this day 
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courage to carry out his convictions in face of almost insurmountable obstacles, that thus 
insured to the stockholders a continuation of the millions of dollars in dividends which 
have been paid out since 1907 up until the present time, and, which from all indications 
will continue for many years to come. 

On the 14th of September, 1890, Mr. Kearns was married to Miss Jennie Judge, whose 
uncle, John Judge, had been one of Mr. Kearns' associates in the Park City mines. Mrs. 
Kearns was born at Port Henry, Essex county. New York, November 30, 1869. Her 
mother, Jane (Pattinson) Judge, was of American birth, while her father, Patrick Judge, 
was a native of Ireland, though he had come to this country when but four years of age. 
He died when his daughter Jennie was only two years old, and when she was a maiden 
of ten summers her mother, who had later become the wife of William Wilson, removed 
to Utah, where her husband was employed in the Park City mines. It was here, in 1887, 
that Jennie Judge met Thomas Kearns and in the Catholic church at Park City their 
marriage was celebrated by Father Fitzgerald and they entered upon a life of full com- 
panionship and unabated happiness which continued until the husband was called by 
death. To them were born four children. Margaret died at two years of age. Edwin 
Judge Kearns, educated in Santa Clara College, California, married Margaret Jenkinson 
of Salt Lake City, and has charge of a Nevada cattle ranch of several thousand acres. 
Thomas F., was also a student of Santa Clara College and recently a lieutenant of avia- 
tion at Mather Field, near Sacramento, California. He was married July 30, 1919, to 
Miss Kathryn Whitney. Helen M., who attended St. Mary of the Woods Academy in 
Indiana, was married September 17, 1919, in Salt Lake City, to Glen Elroy McCarthey ot 
Albany, New York, where they now reside. The family circle was broken by the 
hand of death when, in his home at Salt Lake City, Thomas Kearns passed away 
October 18, 1918. In addition to his immediate family, Mr. Kearns is survived by two 
sisters: Mrs. Frank J. Westcott of Salt Lake City and Mrs. Mary Testman of Grand Is(- 
land, Nebraska; and one brother, J. E. Kearns of Reno, Nevada. 

For many years Mr. Kearns was a distinguished figure in political circles of the 
west. In 1892 he was persuaded to become a member of the city council of Park City 
and in the fall of 1894 was elected a member of the constitutional convention which in 
1895 framed the basic laws of the state of Utah. He was always a republican in poli- 
tics and gave unwavering support to the party and its principles. In 1895 he was a can- 
didate for state senator but was defeated. In June, 1896, he was a delegate to the repubn 
lican national convention which met in St. Louis and was one of the fearless men who 
walked out of the convention after it had declared against bi-metalism. 

In January, 1901, Mr. Kearns was chosen United States senator by the republican 
majority of the Utah legislature. Even though he had been very active in the ranks of 
his party his election was at first regarded doubtful but the magnificent support he 
received and the "landslide" which followed clearly demonstrated the universal popu- 
larity of the man. In the halls of congress Mr. Kearns made an enviable record. He 
had not been there for many months before he had established his worth and ability, as 
shown by the following quotation from a local writer of the time: 

"It is safe to say that the west has never been represented in the United States 
senate by a stronger, more level-headed or influential man than Senator Kearns has 
proved himself to be. During the short period of his official lite in the senate of the 
United States he has by his influence and untiring efforts caused Utah to be recognized 
and honored to a degree that surpasses any new state in the Union. Appointments have 
been secured for citizens of this state which many older and more prominent states 
might well be proud of. Few men in the senate stand closer to President Roosevelt than 
does Senator Kearns, and it is probably owing to this fact that he has been able to wield 
so strong an influence for Utah. The splendid showing which he has already made may 
be taken as a forerunner of what will be accomplished for the good of the state during* 
his term in the senate; and while it is true that he has gained the favor and good will 
of not only the president, but also of many of the most prominent men in the country, 
he has at the same time lost no friends in his own state. Beyond a doubt he today 
stands as close to the hearts of the masses in Utah as any other man in public life. In, 
securing the raising of Fort Douglas to a regimental post and the appropriation of over 
seven hundred aiid forty thousand dollars for improvements. Senator Kearns has rendered 
Salt Lake City a service which can only be measured and appreciated as the years go by." 

The writer of the above prophesied well. Throughout his tenure of office Mr. 
Kearns worked unceasingly for the good of his own state as well as for the nation. His 



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integrity in office was unquestioned and has stood tlie test of time. His voice on the 
floor of the senate and in the committees of which he was a member carried weight, as 
evidenced by the many statutes of his now written into the laws of the land. 

Mr. Kearns traveled extensively over many parts of the world and at one time inters 
viewed the late Pope Leo XIII in the Vatican at Rome and received his blessing. He 
was always a large donor to the Catholic church, in which he held membership, and 
his gift of ten thousand dollars toward the erection of the Cathedral of the Madeleine 
insured the completion of that magnificent church edifice. From 1911, until his death he 
was a member of the board of trustees of the Catholic University of America, succeeding 
Michael Cudahy of Chicago. 

His and Mrs. Kearns' provision for the erection of tlie St. Ann's Orphanage in Salt 
Lake City was one of Utah's most notable charitable works and will for all time remain 
as a monument to them and the spirit in which it was provided. This orphanage, which 
had had a lowly beginning in 1890-91 under Bishop Scanlan, was much in need of a desir- 
able location and building. After Bishop Scanlan secured an option upon the ground for 
the building, Mr. and Mrs. Kearns placed to his account the sum of fifty thousand dollars 
to pay for the site and for the erection of a modern building thereon. The cornerstone of 
the orphanage was laid August 27, 1899, and in the spring of 1901 the building was com- 
pleted and dedicated. Mr. and Mrs. Kearns assisted the orphanage continually. Mrs. 
Kearns participated with her husband in all those acts of generosity and benevolence 
which have brought happiness to so many. Thomas Kearns was especially active in 
lielping destitute miners and their widows. He was unostentatious in his charity, which 
was known on many occasions only to himself and the recipient. He did not find his 
greatest joy in the accumulation of wealth but in dispensing it and was constantly ex- 
tending a helping hand where aid was needed. 

It is also a significant fact that in the matter of investments Mr. Kearns always had 
in mind the welfare of his own state. Had it not been for his interest in Utah, the Salt 
Lake route, then the San Pedro & Salt Lake Railroad, would not have been built. Cali- 
fornia and Utah needed this route and for years Senator W. A. Clark of Mantana had 
talked of financing the venture, but not until Mr. Kearns, David Keith and the late 
Richard C. Kerens of St. Louis combined with him was he able to talce the necessary steps. 
Senator Kearns was a member of the original board of directors of that railroad and con- 
tinued a member of the board until his death. In this and many other local enterprises 
Mr. Kearns invested his wealth and surely no better proof of his fidelity to his own people 
could be found. Among other things Mr. Kearns was a director in the National Bank of 
the Republic of Salt Lake City, also in the First National Bank of Park City. The mag- 
nificent new Kearns building in the business district of Salt Lake City and the beautiful 
residence completed in 1901 at 603 East Soutli Temple are striking examples of the 
man's desire to improve his home city. 

In social life Mr. and Mrs. Kearns have always been leaders. Many organizations of 
the city were benefited by Mr. Kearns' membership, these including the Alta Club, Com- 
mercial Club, Knights of Columbus, Bonneville Club and the Elks, the latter of which he 
was an honorary member. 

In 1901 he became interested in newspaper investments and acquired the Salt Lake 
Tribune from P. H. Lannan; later his friend David Keith bought a half interest in the 
paper, which publication has been one of the most successful in the journalistic field of 
Utah. 

Mr. Kearns had a wide personal acquaintanceship which included most of the big 
mining and financial men of the west, among them Ex-United States Senator W. A. Clark 
of Montana, one of his closest personal friends. This acquaintanceship dated back many 
years and ripened into the warmest kind of a friendship that was evident on many occa- 
sions when Senator Clark visited the west. These two gentlemen were associated in 
many business enterprises. 

In closing tliis brief biography of Thomas Kearns the following quotation from an 
editorial at the time of his death presents in simple form the general estimate of himi 
and his accomplishments: "He was a man of great natural ability and force of character 
and had done much for Salt Lake City and Utah. Now that he has gone to his reward 
he will be sincerely mourned by a large circle of devoted friends and acquaintances 
throughout the country, among them the revered Cardinal Gibbons and otliers who hold 
or have held the highest positions within the gift of the people. They loved and admired 
him for liis sterling wortli as a man among men, one who held stoutly to his own opinions, 



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but always accorded the same right to others. He was large in stature and great in soul. 
He carved out a fortune in the world for himself by indomitable pluck and energy. 
Wealth and political honors came to him comparatively early in life, but they did not 
spoil him or cause him to hold himself aloof from old-time friends upon whom fortune 
never smiled. He loved Salt Lake and was proud of the fact that he had been an impor- 
tant factor in its upbuilding. He was charitable to a marked degree and the orphanage he 
founded will stand as a monument to his memory." 



JOSEPH WILLIAMS. 



Since September, 1907, Joseph Williams has resided in Ogden and is now par- 
tially living retired from active business although he is still a director and the vice- 
president of the Security State Bank of Ogden. At different periods he has been 
closely associated with industrial and commercial activity, being for a long period at 
the head of a general mercantile establishment at Morgan. He was bom in Monmouth- 
shire, Wales, in 1850 and came to Utah with his parents in the fall of 1861, when a 
lad of eleven years. He is a son of Daniel and Eliza Williams, who settled in Morgan 
county, Utah. In the following spring Daniel Williams settled in the town of Morgan, 
where he took up land and established a limekiln, which he operated for several 
3'ears, furnishing lime for the railroad companies when they built their lines through 
tliat section. He hauled his product by oxen to this valley and exchanged the lime for 
other produce. He also conducted a general store at the time the railroad was being 
built, or in 1870. He and his son Joseph opened a produce and general merchandise 
establishment at Morgan, which they conducted in a partnership relation until 1880, 
when they dissolved their business interests, Joseph Williams then becoming sole, 
proprietor of the store, while his father afterward concentrated his attention upon 
ranching, cultivating a tract of land which he and his son Joseph had owned. 

Joseph Williams continued in the mercantile business until 1900, when he incor- 
porated the enterprise and divided his stock with his three sons, while he also retained 
an interest in the business and other shares were held by a Mr. Kingston. The store 
has since been sucessfully conducted but Joseph Williams has sold his share in the 
business, which is now carried on under the name of the J. Williams & Sons Com- 
pany. 

It was in 1875 that Joseph Williams was united in marriage to Miss Eliza McCas- 
land, a daughter of Oliver and Eliza McCasland, who came from Ireland to the new 
world and made their way to Utah in 1873, settling in Morgan. To Mr. and Mrs. 
Williams have been born five children, of whom four are living: Joseph, Daniel Oliver, 
Albert L. and Delia A., while the other child died In infancy. 

In September, 1907, Mr. Williams removed with his family to Ogden, where he 
has since made his home, and he is now one of the directors and also the vice president 
of the Security State Bank of Ogden. His political allegiance is given to the republican 
party and he keeps well informed concerning the vital problems and issues of the 
day. He served for one term as a member of the city council and also for eight years 
as postmaster of Morgan and at all times he has manifested a public-spirited devotion 
to the general good. His aid and influence are ever on the side of progress and 
improvement and his cooperation can at all times be counted upon to further any 
plan or measure for the benefit and upbuilding of the district in which he lives. 



WILLIAM HENRY HARRIS. 



It is a trite saying that there is always room at the top, but few people grasp this 
statement with sufficient understanding to have it serve as a stimulus for individual 
effort, resulting in successful accomplishment. Actuated by a laudable ambition, Wil- 
liam Henry Harris, however, has worked his way steadily upward and is today the 
president and manager of a large and profitable business conducted under the name 
of the Ogden Paint, Oil & Glass Company, his sales establishment being located at 
No. 2440 Washington avenue. 



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Mr. Harris is a native of Salt Lake City. He was born July 18, 1878, a son of 
John and Anna (Maddock) Harris, both of whom are of English birth, although they 
were married in Salt Lake City. The father came to the United States in 1860, cross- 
ing the Atlantic to New York, where he remained for a time engaged in the confec- 
tionery and bakery business. He afterward removed westward to Salt Lake and 
became one of the pioneers in the confectionery business in this city, where for many 
years he has figured as a leading and progressive business man. Both he and his 
wife are yet residents of Salt Lake. 

William H. Harris of this review obtained his education in the schools of Salt Lake, 
completing the high school course by graduation with the class of 1890. He afterward 
pursued a course In the Salt Lake Business College, of which he is also a graduate. 
He entered upon his business career as a representative of financial interests, obtaining 
a position with the Utah Commercial & Savings Bank, with which he served for two 
years as assistant cashier. He then turned his attention to the paint, oil and glass 
business in 1906 and through the intervening years has been an active factor in the 
conduct of the Ogden house. The business was founded thirty-five years ago and is 
now conducted under the name of the Ogden Paint. Oil & Glass Company, Inc., with 
Mr. Harris as president and manager, William R. Wallace, vice president, and William 
.1. Bennett, secretary and treasurer. While the main sales rooms are at No. 2440 
Washington avenue, the company also has a large warehouse at Twenty-third street and 
Wall avenue and a gasoline warehouse at Twentieth street and the Oregon Short Line 
tracks. The company are jobbers of paint, oils and window glass, handling both Amer- 
ican and French plate glass. They sell illuminating, automobile and lubricating oils, han- 
dle painters' supplies, also hand and power seperator oils and are sole agents for the 
Wolverine Lubricants Company. They also sell the genuine Packard oil, the W^olf 
Head oil and others of equal known excellence. For five years Mr. Harris has likewise 
been associated as president of the Ogden Gasoline & Oil Company, Inc. 

In September, 1916, Mr. Harris was united in marriage to Miss Mattie Wattis, 
a daughter of E. 0. Wattis, of a very prominent family of Ogden, and they now have 
one child, Ruth Wattis, who is a year old. 

Mr. Harris is well known in the social circles of the city, being a prominent 
factor in club life in Ogden. He holds membership in the Weber Club, also in the 
Ogden Golf & Country Club and in the Rotary Club and he likewise has membership 
in the Salt Lake City Country Club. He turns to golf as a diversion from business 
cares. He is also a Mason of high rank, having attained the thirty-second degree of the 
Scottish Rite. He is a man of strong personality, successful in business, prominent 
socially and in every relation of life his course has commended him to the confidence 
and high regard of all with whom he has been associated. 



PRESIDENT HEBER J. GRANT. 

The first native son of Utah to become president of the Church of Jesus Christ of 
Latter-day Saints, to which he was chosen, November 23. 1918. 

Denied educational opportunities such as most young men of the present age enjoyl 
President Heber J. Grant is nevertheless a man of broad knowledge: denied financial 
assistance at the outset of his career, he stands today as one of the most prominent 
figures in financial and commercial circles in Utah. There was one thing, however, that 
he was not denied — the religious training which laid the foundation for the splendid 
character which has developed with the passing of the years. His interest in the church 
broadened and deepened until, following the death of the beloved and lamented Presi- 
dent Smith, he was called to the position thus left vacant. The story of his lite has been 
most entertainingly told by three of his close and warm friends. Orson F. Whitney. 
Horace G. Whitney and Richard W. Young. From these articles liberal quotations will 
be made, as no one is better qualified to speak concerning his career and what he has 
accomplished as he has traveled life's journey. 

Born in Salt Lake City, November 22, 1856, he is a son of Jedediah M. and Rachel 
Ridgeway (Ivins) Grant. His father died December 1, 1856. when Heber J. Grant was but 
nine days old. While he was thus deprived of a father's protection, he received the loving 
care and training of a most devoted mother, to whom as the years passed he rendered 




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every filial devotion. In this connection Horace G. Whitney said: "In boyhood days, 
a little circle of boys were greatly given to visiting each other's homes. It is a fine 
memory with all of us to recall how our mothers interested themselves in the compan- 
ions of their sons. I well remember how Heber J. Grant's associates loved 'Aunt Rachel' 
for her angelic disposition and respected Heber J. for his devotion to her. This is the 
strongest impression I retain of our early boyhood association. Another is the old 
school days in the University of Deseret, then conducted by Dr. John R. Park in the 
Council House, which stood on the Deseret News corner. Most of us had but a brief 
scholastic career — life was too exigent in those days to allow much time for the acquire^ 
ment of an education, but Heber J. Grant's associates of eleven, twelve, thirteen and 
fourteen years of age, such as Orson F. Whitney, Richard W. Young, Feramorz Young, 
Heber M. Wells, B. S. Young, Alonzo Young and myself (to name only the closest inti- 
mates) knew what it was to 'plug' day and night to reach their goals. The dominant 
characteristics of Heber J. Grant in those days were ceaseless perseverance and intense 
application to his tasks, and to one task in particular, that of becoming an expert pen- 
man. How well he succeeded is well known to his business associates, and the skill 
he developed in rare penmanship enabled him to earn many a dollar to assist his wid- 
owed mother. The same intensity was applied to other pursuits, even to the favorite 
sport of the day, baseball. He made up his mind to become an expert first baseman and 
the astonishing amount of time he devoted to practicing for that position was the admi- 
ration of all his companions. Later he became one of the famous 'Red Stockings,' which 
vanquished the state champions, the 'Deserets,' and rose to the foremost pinnacle of 
fame in the local sporting world." 

That "The boy is father to the man" is an adage that certainly finds verification 
in the career of President Grant, for the determination, industry and resolute purpose 
which he early displayed have characterized his later career in the conduct of his busi- 
ness affairs as well as of his churchly duties. Horace G. Whitney has said: "My prin- 
cipal connection with him has been in the business world, where he has been as active 
and unwearying a worker as in the religious field. As founder of the Utah Home Fire 
Insurance Company, organizer of the State Bank of Utah, and one of the founders of the 
Consolidated Wagon & Machine Company, three of the state's most successful institu- 
tions today (to say nothing of the other prosperous concerns with which he is con- 
nected) he evinced the keen discernment, the broad judgment and enterprising spirit 
which were always his characteristics. His labors in organizing the first sugar com- 
pany in Utah are well known in the business world. He took a leading part in raising 
the capital for that institution and has always remained one of the most loyal suppor- 
ters. In the conduct of the old Salt Lake Herald when it was the organ of the people's' 
party and when the late Byron Groo and myself were associated with him, he showed 
the same zeal, with the result that that period stands out as probably the only one in 
the checkered career of that publication, when it was in the dividend-paying class. HiS; 
energy extended even to the editorial columns, and (what is not generally known) he 
often furnished the ideas and sometimes the articles themselves which appeared as the 
'leaders' in that journal. 

"From the association of those times, reaching back nearly thirty-five years and 
extending down to the present, I can say unreservedly that the big reason for President 
Grant's success has been his observance of the rule of the square deal and his fair and 
generous treatment of friend and opponent alike. If he has a fault, it is his inordinate 
generosity to those he loves — a trait that alone has kept him from becoming a man of 
wealth. But I never knew a man who cared less for money, and the only times I have 
ever heard him regret that he had so little was when he wished to lead out and set the 
example to others in some of the many charitable enterprises he was called on to pro- 
mote. His name was never lacking in any good cause, and whether it was saving a 
financial institution to preserve the good name of his friends, starting a Liberty Loan 
drive, or keeping some poor widow's roof over her head (a chapter alone might be de- 
voted to that subject), the signature of Heber J. Grant, like the name of Abou Ben Ad- 
hem, 'led all the rest.' " 

Of the home life of President Grant, Brigadier General Richard W. Young has said: 
"Brother Grant has been blessed with an unusually talented and worthy family. His 
wives, Lucy (daughter of Bryant Stringham), Emily (daughter of Daniel H. Wells), 
both of whom are now deceased, and his present wife, Augusta Winters, were and are 
companions of whom any man of intelligence, character and taste might well be proud. 



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His daughters (he had the misfortune to lose both of his sons) and his sons-in-law are 
accomplished and exemplary. His sense of justice is unblurred — yes, even more, his con- 
sideration and charity are exquisite. I sincerely believe that the man or woman does 
not exist whom he has conscientiously wronged. I have often said that you might have 
Heber J. Grant ground up, after the manner of ore at one of our valley sampling mills 
and submit a sample for assay and that it would be impossible for the most expert mi- 
croscopist or analyst there to discover the slightest trace of hypocrisy. President Grant 
has been a notable figure in the financial history of Utah. It is perhaps true, it is my 
belief at least, that his absorbing apostolic and missionary labors alone have prevented 
him from becoming one of the greatest captains of western finance. His ability to grasp 
all of the factors of a problem is quite extraordinary as is his resourcefulness. With 
clearness of vision, almost unique among our own financiers, he clearly foresaw the fu- 
ture of the sugar industry in Utah and was foremost in the effort to put that great enter- 
prise on its feet." 

In relation to his work in the church, one of his biographers has written: "Heber 
J. Grant's religious activities are too well known to need describing. More than any 
of his boyhood companions, he followed serious and religious pursuits, and as a boy he 
was always active in church affairs. His appointment as president of Tooele stake came 
when he was only twenty-three years of age, and he was chosen an apostle under Presi- 
dent John Taylor before he was twenty-six. Since that time he has been an indefatigable 
toiler for his church and has spent many years in the foreign service, opening the mis- 
sion to Japan and presiding over the European mission." 

A very intimate and interesting picture of President Grant has been given in the 
words of Orson F. Whitney, who said: "I have known Heber J. Grant almost as long as 
I have known myself. We were boys together. I could say of him or to him, with the 
utmost propriety: 

"rhou art the friend 

To whom the shadows of far years extend.' 
And a very good friend Brother Grant has been to me. But of that presently. I wish 
to speak of his character and disposition. He has qualities that appeal to me strongly. 
His pure and temperate life, his habits of industry and the princely generosity of his 
nature, have been to me an incentive and an inspiration. It is said of our Saviour: 'He 
went about doing good.' Heber J. Grant has followed that glorious example and proved 
himself a true disciple of the Lord. 

"Gifted with rare financial ability, he has prospered in material things and has long! 
been known as one of Utah's ablest and brightest business men. Acting upon the prin- 
ciple that the true mission of the man of affairs is not so much in getting and keeping,, 
as in sharing and bestowing, he has made it a practice to help deserving individuals 
and worthy causes and is in a position to realize the truth of the proverb: 'It is more 
blessed to give than to receive.' More than one poor widow, with the mortgage lifted 
from her humble home, has reason to bless the name and remember the kindness of 
Heber J. Grant. More than one struggling author, unable through lack of means to 
launch upon the waters of publicity the result of his literary labor, recalls as a sweet 
memory the timely aid rendered by this enthusiastic friend to letters. 

"Brother Grant not only helps to publish books; he is likewise a liberal patron of 
the sellers of books, always to the front with an order for copies of any meritorious pro- 
duction. He likes to distribute them among his friends, for the pleasure he derives in 
thus ministering to the intellectual appetite. It matters not where the book comes from 
— whether issued at home or abroad; it has but to strike his fancy as good and whole- 
some reading and it is certain to meet his approval and receive his patronage. He makes 
it a point to underscore any striking sentiment, with a view to impressing it upon the 
minds of those to whom he sends these delightful gifts. 

"For some time after the beginning of my acquaintance with Heber Grant I did not 
understand him, nor do I think he understood me. Exceedingly sensitive, both of us — 
quick to feel, easily hurt and perhaps over-ready to resent a slight, real or fancied, we 
sometimes misinterpreted each other and spoke and acted accordingly. But the bark 
was always worse than the bite; in fact it never came to a bite at all. I soon found that 
my blunt, outspoken schoolmate was a genial, kind-hearted friend, anxious to help me 
when I needed help and willing to put himself out and add to his own cares in order 
to lessen mine. We were little more than boys at the time; but he was a manly boy, 
the support of his widowed mother, industrious and thrifty, earning a good salary as 
collector or bookkeeper in a local bank. Finding me out of employment, and very 



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wretched on account of it, he not only told me of a place that was open, waiting for an 
applicant, but offered to sit up nights and teach me bookkeeping that I might qualify for 
the situation. Another opening, more congenial, prevented my acceptance of the well- 
meant offer, but I shall never forget the kind motive that prompted it. He has done 
such things repeatedly for various persons. I could name a dozen men, now prominent 
in commercial or professional life, who began their careers virtually as proteges of Heber 
J Grant. 

"A hater of sham and hypocrisy, an uncompromising foe to vice in all its forms, he 
is fearless and unsparing in the denunciation of wrongdoers. But there is another 
side of his nature. While abrupt and severe at times, he is always kind and gentle to 
the aged and ailing and is an affectionate and devoted husband and father. His love 
lor his mother was beautiful, and she was well worthy of his tender filial affection. He 
is quick to respond to appeals for assistance and seldom waits for the appeal to be made 
before supplying the needs of the unfortunate. 

"Brother Grant does not pose as an orator, yet few public speakers are more inci- 
sive or more inspirational. He is great in testimony and when inspired his clear-cut 
sentences have all the swing and flash of a saber stroke. His voice is clear and pene- 
trating; nobody goes to sleep while Heber Grant is talking. He also wields a trenchant 
and ready pen. His favorite time for committing his thoughts to paper is anywhere be- 
tween midnight and daybreak. He is a model of perseverance, a persistent overcomer 
of obstacles, a dynamo of energy, and a gatling gun in execution. 

"As stake president, apostle, mission president and president or director in various 
large business concerns, he has shown himself possessed of marked administrative abil- 
ity. Public-spirited and philanthropic, he manifests the true zeal of the reformer and 
is in his glory when heading or helping forward a movement for the moral uplift and 
regeneration of his fellows. If ever Utah 'goes dry' it will be largely owing to the in- 
domitable will and energetic efforts put forth by this oft-defeated but never discouraged 
champion of prohibition. I regard him as an ideal successor to the good and great man 
who so recently left us, causing a vacancy in the high and holy office of President of the 
Twelve Apostles." 

Since these words were written Utah has ratified the national prohibition amend- 
ment. It is a source of great joy to President Grant, just as is the accomplishment of 
every plan or project that tends to the moral development of the individual or the com- 
munity at large, or the adoption of the high principles for which he has ever stood. 



WILLIAM T. DAVIS 



In banking circles William T. Davis has a wide acquaintance and is regarded 
as a most capable business man. He is the cashier of the State Bank of Brigham City 
and his thorough understanding of the business, his close application and his progressive 
methods have been substantial elements in the continued growth of the bank's busi- 
ness. Mr. Davis was born at Perry, Boxelder county, Utah, February 23, 1878. His 
father, Daniel Davis, was a native of Wales and in early life came to the United States. 
He followed ranching in both Utah and Idaho and his death occurred in this state 
following his return from a mission. He was always very active in the work of the 
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was a member of the Seventy. The 
mother of William T. Davis, Mrs. Mary Ann Davis, died in 1914. 

William T. Davis attended the district schools of Perry and also spent one year 
as a student in the Brigham Young College at Logan and also for three years attended 
the Brigham Young University at Provo. After leaving school he went on a mission 
10 Kentucky and was connected with the office in Chattanooga. Following his return 
he became the democratic candidate for the office of county treasurer of Boxelder 
county but was defeated with the others on the ticket. He made his initial step in 
the banking business in a humble way by entering the Bank of Brigham City con- 
ducted by J. Y. and H. J. Rich. Since that time, however, he has made steady prog- 
ress in banking circles and is today the cashier of the State Bank of Brigham City, 
which is capitalized for forty thousand dollars and has a surplus of equal amount. 
Its capital, surplus and undivided profits amount to ninety-five thousand, four hundred 
and eighty-two dollars and the deposits of the bank amount to seven hundred and twenty- 
nine thousand, seven hundred and sixty-four dollars. The officers of the bank are: 



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M. S. Browning, president; R. L. Fishburn, Jr., vice president; John Watson, vice 
president; W. T. Davis, cashier; and George A. Anderson, assistant cashier. In addi- 
tion to his banking interests Mr. Davis is one of the stockholders and directors of the 
Brigham City Canning Company and he is much interested in fruit growing. He is 
also connected with ranching in Boxelder county and upon his ranch he makes a spe- 
cialty of the raising of Durham cattle. While he finds interest, pleasure and profit 
in fruit raising, ranching and cattle interests, banking is yet his chief activity and 
for many years he has been at the head of the State Bank of Brigham City, which he 
has made a very successful institution, the stock being quoted very high. 

In 1902 Mr. Davis was married to Miss Sarah Harding, and they have the follow- 
ing children: William Leland, fifteen years of age, now in school; Charles, Grant and 
Wilma, also in school; Rachel; and Dorothy. 

The religious faith of the family is that of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- 
day Saints and Mr. Davis has for many years been superintendent of the Sunday 
school and also a member of the Seventy. He belongs to the State Bankers Associa- 
tion and is a member of the Commercial Club of Brigham. In 1916 he was elected 
mayor of the city for a two years' term and gave to Brigham a public-spirited and 
progressive administration, characterized by various reforms and improvements. His 
interest in the general welfare is of a practical character and he shows wisdom in 
utilizing the means at hand in the attainment of high ideals of citizenship. 



CHARLES WILSON NIBLEY. 

Charles Wilson Nibley, a dynamic force in the business development of the west., 
is now president of the Grande Ronde Lumber Company, president of the San Vicents 
Lumber Company, general manager of the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company and one of the 
directors of the Zion Cooperative Mercantile Institution. He is also a leading church- 
man and is the presiding bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 
The story of his life in commercial and industrial circles and the record of his zeal and 
devotion to his church constitute a most interesting history. 

He was born at Hunterfield, a small coal-mining town eight miles south of Edin- 
burgh, Scotland, on the 5th of February, 1849, and is the fourth child and the second 
son of James and Jean (Wilson) Nibley. The father, who was a coal miner, had diffi- 
culty in providing for his family but was ably assisted by his wife, a most energetic, 
frugal and thrifty woman, who never seemed to tire of working and planning to bet- 
ter the conditions of herself and her family. She possessed, too, a deeply religious 
nature and when, in the year 1844, she listened to the teachings of Henry McEwan, an 
elder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who spoke on the village green 
of Hunterfield. she felt a satisfaction in listening to his teachings that she had never 
before experienced. Both James and Jean Nibley within a week were baptized into the 
church and from that time forward they lived in the hope that they might join the main 
body of the Saints in America. Poverty prevented them from carrying out this wish 
until they could save a sufiicient sum to enable them to undertake the journey. It was 
not until 1855 that they left Scotland, crossing the Atlantic and taking up their abode 
in Rhode Island, for their money was not sufficient to carry them further. For five 
years they resided in that state, working in the -woolen mills until they could resume 
their journey to Utah. In the spring of 1860 they started on their westward way and 
reached Florence, Nebraska, which was an outfitting point for Utah immigration. Join- 
ing a company commanded by J. D. Ross as captain, they reached the Salt Lake valley 
on the 3d of September, and they soon afterward established a permanent home at Wells- 
ville. Cache county. 

Charles Wilson Nibley was at that time a lad of eleven years. He soon afterward 
began providing for his own support by herding sheep at Wellsville, and from his in- 
itial step in the business world he has utilized every available opportunity for advance- 
ment. Later he secured a clerkship in the village store and also made good use of his 
limited opportunities for the acquirement of an education, spending two winter seasons 
in study at Wellsville, while for one winter he was a student in Brigham City. He is 
today a well informed man notwithstanding the lack of his early advantages, for In 
the school of experience he has learned many valuable lessons and by reading and study 




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has continually promoted his knowledge. He is recognized as a man of especially sound 
judgment and keen sagacity. 

It was in the year 1866 that Charles W. Nibley removed to Brigham City and en- 
tered upon a clerkship in the store of Morris Rosenbaum, who, recognizing his abil- 
ity and iidelity, afterward admitted him to a partnership. On the 30th of March, 1869, 
he married Rebecca Neibaur in Salt Lake City and in the fall of that year he was sent 
on a short mission to the eastern states and labored principally in Massachusetts and 
New York until his return. Resuming his business connections with renewed activity 
and energy, he secured appointment to the position of general freight and passenger 
agent for the Utah Northern Railroad in 1873 and for four years thereafter made his 
headquarters at Logan. In 1877 he was called to accompany Apostle Joseph F. Smith 
on an European mission and during two years spent in England served as secretary 
thereof. 

With his return to Logan in 1879 Mr. Nibley resumed his business connections and 
for a time he also served as counselor to O. C. Ormsby in the superintendency of the 
Cache stake Sunday schools and ultimately succeeded Elder Ormsby in that position. 
With the organization of the La Grande stake in 1901 he was chosen first counselor 
to President Frank Bramwell and thus continued until he was chosen to succeed Wil- 
liam B. Preston as presiding bishop of the church on the 11th of December, 1907. 

In the meantime, in 1889, Mr. Nibley, with other prominent business men of Utah, 
organized the Oregon Lumber Company of Baker City, Oregon, and thus became a promi- 
nent factor in the lumber trade of that section. In 1890 he became one of the organ- 
izers of the Sumpter Valley Railroad Company and for a number of years he occupied a 
position of leadership in business circles in eastern Oregon. The development of his com- 
mercial interests places him in a conspicuous position as one of the prominent rep- 
resentatives of the lumber and sugar trade of the west. He is a man of marked en- 
terprise, who from the beginning of his career has realized that success depends upon 
the individual, that when one avenue of opportunity seems closed he can carve out other 
paths to reach the desired goal. The proud American title of a "self-made man" has 
rightfully been won by him. Starting out in the business world in a most humble ca- 
pacity, he is now a dominant figure in commercial and industrial circles, nor has he 
ever allowed the attainment of wealth to monopolize his time and energy, for he has 
always rendered a due measure of service to his church and to his community in the 
work of general improvement and advancement. 

On March 30, 1919, the occasion of Bishop Nibley's fiftieth wedding anniversary, a 
local daily paper said in part: The celebration of Bishop and Mrs. Charles Wilson Nib- 
ley's golden wedding and Mrs. Nibley's birthday at the Hotel Utah last night was at- 
tended by a large number of their friends and relatives, who gathered from all parts 
of the state and from Idaho to do honor to the pioneer couple. The ballroom was dec- 
orated with the flags of the allies. In the supper room tables suflicient to accommodate 
a larger number of couples were set. This room was decorated with a profusion of 
palms, ferns, daffodils and American Beauty roses. Canary birds were hung in dif- 
ferent parts of the room. An orchestra played Scotch airs, melodies reminiscent of by- 
gone days, and dance music for those that wished to dance. In the receiving line were 
Bishop and Mrs. Nibley and Mrs. Nibley's bridesmaid, Mrs. Elizabeth Cain Crismon. 



FREDERICK G. WARNICK. 



Frederick G. Warnick, the assistant cashier of the Knight Trust & Savings Bank 
of Provo. was born at Pleasant Grove, Utah, August 30, 1872. His father, the late 
Adolph F. Warnick, was a native of Sweden and came to America in 1870, making his 
way direct to Utah, for he had embraced the religious belief of the Church of Jesus Christ 
of Latter-day Saints and desired to cast his lot with the members who had colonized 
Utah. He originally settled at Pleasant Grove and in the spring of 1880 he removed 
to Deseret, where he continued his residence to the time of his death, which occurred 
January 25, 1905, when he was seventy-two years of age. He was a farmer and stock 
raiser by occupation and won a very substantial measure of success. The attainment of 
prosperity was not the end and aim of his life, however, for he gave much time and 
energy to the work of the church and was bishop's counselor for many years. Prior to 



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his emigration to the new world he labored in his native land for many years as a mis- 
sionary and traveling elder and did everything in his power to advance the cause in 
which he so firmly believed. His entire life was characterized by unfaltering upright- 
ness and honor in every transaction. The mother of Frederick G. Warnick, Mrs. 
Christine (Olson) Warnick, is also a native of Sweden and came to America in 1871, 
making her way direct to Utah to join Mr. Warnick. becoming his wife in the Endow- 
ment House, October 30, 1871. They had a family of six children, five sons and a 
daughter. The mother survives and is now a resident of Deseret. 

Frederick G. Warnick Was the eldest of the six children and was educated in the 
schools of Millard county and in the commercial department of the Brigham Young 
I'niversity, from which he was graduated with the class of 1906. He was also gradu- 
ated from the Rochester Business Institute at Rochester, New York, in 1900. He 
started out to earn his own livelihood when twenty-two years of age and his first 
position was that of manager of a branch store at Hinckley, Utah, owned by W. A. 
Ray, who was proprietor of a number of general merchandise establishments in southern 
Utah. Mr. Warnick continued active in mercantile lines for a year and was then 
called on a mission to the southern states, with mission headquarters at Chattanooga, 
Tennessee. He labored for a year in the West Virginia Conference and was then 
transferred to the East Tennessee Conference, laboring as first assistant to Elder 
James E. Hart. He completed his missionary labors in August, 1898, having served 
altogether for thirty-seven months. 

It was after his return that he entered the commercial department of the Brigham 
Young University and in the fall of 1899 he began teaching in the commercial depart- 
ment of that institution, with which he was thus connected until the spring of 1906. 
He then served as accountant with the William M. Roylance Company of Prove until 
October, 1907, when he resigned his position to become associated with the Knight 
Investment Company and so remained until the fall of 1911, when he was elected 
to the position of secretary and treasurer of the Knight Consolidated Power Company. 
He made an excellent official in that position until the properties were sold to the 
Utah Power & Light Company. On the 1st of March. 1913, the present Knight Trust. 
& Savings Bank was organized, with Mr. Warnick as assistant cashier. In this posi- 
tion he has since continuously served, contributing in large measure to the develop- 
ment and upbuilding of the business of the institution. 

On the 3d of January, 1900. Mr. Warnick was married in the Salt Lake City Tem- 
ple to Miss Clara Black, a native of Kanosh, Millard county, Utah, and a daughter of 
William V. and Victoria (Ayers) Black. They have become the parents of seven 
children: Elva, who was born June 3, 1901, and died September 14, 1902; Leland, who 
was born November 4, 1902; Inez, born March 6. 1905; Paul E., September 22, 
1907; Carl G., February 9, 1910; Don C, November 29, 1911; and Erma, December 26, 
1914. 

The family resides at No. 760 North Third street. East, where Mr. Warnick owns 
a pleasant home. He is a member of the Provo fifth ward, where he served as bishop's 
counselor for five years. He belongs to the Provo Commercial Club and is interested 
in all that has to do with the upbuilding and welfare of his adopted city. Along 
progressive business lines he has put forth earnest effort, contributing to the material 
upbuilding of Provo, and his standing in business circles is very high. 



HON. JESSE KNIGHT. 



There is perhaps no name more closely associated with the history of Provo than 
the name of Jesse Knight; and no life has been more potent in promoting the welfare of 
that city than the active life of its greatest financier. His influence extends all over 
tlie state and into several other states, as well as to Canada. Mr. Knight is known in 
business circles as the president of the Knight Investment Company. The kind, personal 
feeling entertained for him is indicated in the fact that far and wide his friends know 
him as "Uncle" Jesse Knight. He is now approaching the sevent.v-fourth milestone on 
life's journey, having been born September 6. 1845, in Nauvoo. Illinois. His father. Newel 
Knight, was a pioneer settler of Nauvoo, and a son of Joseph Knight, the founder of the 
American branch of the family. 




HON. JESSE KNIGHT 



UTAPI SINCE STATEHOOD 23 

Newel Knight had charge of the first fifty teams to cross the Missouri river at the 
time of the great Mormon exodus, in the fall of 1846. His hope and that of his people was 
that somewhere in the far west they might find a home in which to worship God accord- 
ing to the dictates of their conscience, without interference. They expected to winter on 
the Platte river. Indians, however, reported that the grass was destroyed by fire in the 
direction they meant to go and invited them to go north one hundred and fifty miles to 
winter on the Indian reservation in Nebraska. This they did, but before the winter had 
spent its fury Newel Knight had found a resting place beneath its snow. He died January 
11, 1847, leaving a widow with six small children. One boy was born in the following 
March. 

Newel Knight was a man of forceful character, a devout Mormon and full of integrity. 
Jesse Knight's mother was Lydia Goldthwaite. and at the time of her marriage to Newel 
Knight she was a widow and he a widower with one son, Samuel. Their marriage took 
place November 23, 1835, at the home of Hyrum Smith and was the first marriage per- 
formed by the Prophet Joseph Smith. After the ceremony the sacrament was adminis- 
tered to the little gathering and for the first time water was used in place of wine in 
accordance with a revelation given to the prophet. 

After the death of Newel on the Niobrara prairie, it was impossible for the family to 
continue their journey westward. So in the spring they returned to winterquarters, 
remaining there until 1850, when they made the journey to Salt Lake City. Lydia G. 
Knight was a woman of remarkable moral and intellectual force and exerted a widely 
felt Influence for good and for cultural development throughout the community in which 
she lived. She died in St. George at the age of seventy years. 

As a child Jesse Knight herded cows tor neighbors on the hillsides about Salt Lake 
City. At the age of eleven years he took oxen and hauled winter's wood on shares. Some- 
times bigger boys would offer to help him load his wagon, but he worked very hard in 
order that he would not need assistance. Thus did he manifest early in life his desire 
to be a lifter rather than a leaner. In 1857 with his mother and the rest of the family 
he removed to Provo. Again he herded cows and sheep, gleaned potatoes and wor'Ked on 
their own small farms. His early education was gained principally driving oxen, although 
he attended briefly a neighborhood school which his mother conducted in her own home. 
His youth was a period of earnest toil, in which he faced many hardships and difficulties. 
But it is a well known fact that under the pressure of adversity and the stimulus of 
opposition, the best and strongest in man is brought out and developed. Often as he went 
tc bed at night the picture of his mother working at her loom by the light of a greased 
rag filled his young heart with a burning desire to do something that he might relieve 
her of hardship. 

At sixteen years of age Mr. Knight left the parental roof and took employment with 
Benjamin Roberts, who agreed to pay him thirty dollars per month. Being a strong lad 
with willing heart and ready hand, Jesse soon did the work of a man. His employer 
noted the boy and his diligence and so when he made settlement after six months, 
instead of paying him as originally agreed, he gave him a man's wage of fifty dollars 
per month from the beginning. It was this three hundred dollars which gave him his 
start in life. With the money he purchased a team of oxen and a wagon, while he pur- 
chased another team on credit. Thus he started out and from that time has steadily 
upbuilt his fortune. He has also been instrumental in the upbuilding of the fortunes of 
many others. The justice and generosity of his first employer has remained a pleasant 
incident and a noble example in his life. 

For several years Mr. Knight bought and sold cattle. It is said of him by many in 
Utah county that often he paid widows and poor people more for their calves than they 
asked, sometimes making no profit for his trouble and risk, but as he said, "Never losing 
in the long run for doing good to others." 

At the Endowment House in Salt Lake City, January 18, 1869, Jesse Knight married 
Miss Amanda McEwan, who was born November 13, 1851, where now stands the Alta 
Club, Salt Lake City. In his wife he found a helpmate in very deed. She braved any 
needful hardship with cheerfulness. She prized honor and integrity far above any 
worldly comforts. She made the best of twenty years of life in a lonely spot miles from 
neighbors in order that she and her husband might produce something for themselves 
and others. To her hands came the labor of cooking for family and hired men, the 
making of butter and cheese, which found ready market because of its cleanly perfec- 
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children, although doctors, relatives, or neighbors were far from her. It was 'while 
living on this ranch at Payson that Mr. Knight prospected the hills of Tintic and located 
many valuable claims. His first claim, the Humbug, was so named in derision by 
miners in that locality. He and his boys worked between seasons with pick and shovel 
tor seven years before they found the ore. As soon as the ore was discovered he had an 
offer of one hundred and ten thousands dollars for the property. But notwithstanding 
their years of hard work, neither he nor his wife were tempted to accept, for Mr. Knight's 
faith in the property was unbounded, and while he had no ready cash with which to build 
a road and get ore to market he did have credit. 

Many claims has he developed into paying properties in that locality since then and 
yet his interests are not confined to the wealth of the mine. When enterprises are pro- 
jected that aim to bring good to many people, it is always possible to interest "Uncle 
Jesse." When approached, he invariably asks, "How is it to affect us? What good will 
it do for other people?" It was this idea of helpfulness that led him to buy vast areas 
and build a sugar factory in Canada; it was this idea that prompted the taking over W 
the Woolen Mills of Provo, at a time when the mills were closed down because they were 
unprofitable to the owners; it was this that induced him to make the big ditch for irri- 
gating the Farms of Blue Bench, and it was this which was the incentive for him to 
scatter the light of electric plants in remote corners, that rural communities might enjoy 
its beaming. "Uncle Jesse" likes the pioneering of big projects, the developing of great 
resources. When his Canadian project was in course of development, he loaned a good 
deal of money to various settlers; he had also borrowed large amounts for the develop- 
ment of this same enterprise and at that time was hard pressed to meet his obligations. 
He wrote his boys who were in charge in Canada that he had been called upon to make 
large payments here and that while he had perhaps equal amounts due him on the Cana- 
dian loans he did not feel that it would be right to crowd the farmers for payment. He 
told his sons that it was his firm belief if they did not work a hardship upon those poor 
men struggling to make homes that Providence would open up a way whereby his obliga- 
tions could be met. 

To Mr. and Mrs. Knight have been born six children, five of whom are living. Lydia 
Minerva, the first born, died in Payson at the age of eighteen years. The others are Oscar 
Raymond, a successful business man of Canada and Salt Lake City; Jesse William, of 
Provo, also a man of large affairs and a member of the presidency of Utah stake; Mrs. Inez 
K. Allen, president of Utah Stake Relief Society; Mrs. Jennie Mangum, and Mrs. lona 
Jordan. Mr. Knight's children-in-law, as well as his own children, are interested in his 
enterprises. Mr. Allen is vice-president and cashier of the Knight Trust & Savings bank, 
and Mr. Mangum is secretary and treasurer of the Knight Investment Company. In 1890 
Mr. Knight removed his family to Provo, in order that the children might attend the 
Brigham Young University. He is now vice-president of the Brigram Young University 
board of trustees, and has contributed generously of his means to that institution. 

The religious faith of the family is that of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day 
Saints. Jesse Knight's membership is in the Fifth Ward of Provo. He is a high priest, 
having been ordained twenty-five years ago. He is unfaltering in his loyalty to the 
church. In politics he is a stanch democrat and while it is characteristic of him to be 
loyal to any cause he espouses, he holds principle above mere party success. In 1909 the 
democratic convention, held at Logan, voted by acclamation to place Jesse Knight on the 
ticket for governor of state. So enthusiastic were those assembled that it was long before 
he was even permitted to explain his position. Because he lacked school education and 
because the party had not adopted a prohibition plank, he declined the honor. Later he 
did succeed in getting prohibition in the democratic platform, which was perhaps the big- 
gest step toward our present state law. 

He has continually stood for progress and improvement in community affairs and 
given his earnest support to every plan and measure for the upbuilding of his state and 
the advancement of national interests. Far-seeing, broad-minded and kind in heart, 
this man is an inspiration to others about him. Though advanced in years, he admits no 
lessening of his power to do. At an age when most men are retiring from active business 
life, Mr. Knight projected his famous Tintic Drain Tunnel Company, and has already 
completed one-half mile of the total six miles required to tap the heart of Tintic mining 
district at about a two thousand foot depth. He still is the president of the Knight In- 
vestment Company, Knight Trust & Savings Bank, Springville-Mapleton Sugar Company, 



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Spring Canyon Coal Company, Knight Woolen Mills, Eureka Hill Railroad, Ellison 
Ranching Company, Nevada, Knight Sugar Company in Canada, American-Colombina 
Corporation, South America, and about twenty mining companies. He has kept his hand 
constantly on the helm of business and his eye has been keen to its possibilities, but the 
attainment of financial success has been to him a means for making opportunities for 
others. All along life's journey he has extended a helping hand to those in need of 
assistance. He gives generously to the Red Cross and other charities, and his church and 
its institutions are objects on which he habitually bestows large sums. Most of all, he 
puts many people in position to help themselves. Uncle Jesse believes that money came 
to him to do good with and not to lavish on himself in personal comforts. 

There is perhaps no life that more clearly exemplifies the truth of Emerson's phil- 
osophy that, "The way to win a friend is to be one" than does the life of Jesse Rnight. 
A modern philosopher has said, "Not the good that comes to us, but the good that comes 
to the world through us, is the measure of our success." Judged by this standard the 
life of Jesse Knight has been most successful. 



CALEB M. MARRIOTT. 



High on the roll of the legal profession in Utah appears the name of Caleb M. 
Marriott, of Ogden. His entire life has been passed iff the west and he has ever been 
actuated by the spirit of enterprise and progress which has been the dominant factor 
in the upbuilding of this section of the country. He was bom at Marriottsville, V.^eber 
county, Utah, November 20, 1880, and is the eldest of the eleven children of Mr. and 
Mrs. Moruni S. Marriott, eight of whom are still living. He was educated in the 
schools of his native town, in Weber College and in the Brigham Young College 
at Logan. Later he pursued higher courses of study in Weber College and ulti- 
mately entered the University of Utah in preparation for the bar, there winning 
the LL. B. degree with the class of 1913. In early life his attention had been given 
to sheep raising, farming and to the grocery and commission business in Ogden, 
in which enterprises he was associated with his father. He desired, however, to 
follow a professional rather than a commercial or agricultural career, and having 
prepared for the bar, he entered upon the practice of law and soon won recognition 
as an able lawyer by reason of the ability which he displayed in the presentation of 
his cause before the courts. In 1901, however, he was sent on a mission to Australia, 
where he remained through a part of 1904. Aside from his law studies he has pursued 
a course in voice culture covering three years, giving his attention also to instrumental 
music and to the study of composition and harmony. Ranking with the leading musi- 
cians of this section of the state, he was for ten years connected with the Ogden 
Tabernacle choir. His time and energies at the present time are mostly concentrated 
upon his general law practice. He is well versed in all departments of jurisprudence 
and his ability is manifest in the many favorable verdicts which he has won for his 
clients. He is conscientious in the performance of all professional duties and the 
thoroughness with which he prepares his cases is one of the strong elements in his 
success. About the time when he completed his law course he was made a clerk in the 
juvenile court and this gave him splendid experience, constituting an important 
element in his growing success as a representative of the bar. 

In Evanston, Wyoming, on the 29th of December, 1915, Mr. Marriott was married 
to Miss Delia E. Danielson, who was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, a daughter of N. P. 
Danielson. They have become parents of a daughter, Helen Rosemary, who was born 
May 29, 1918. 

During the war Mr. Marriott was deeply interested in various war activities and 
was especially active in aiding in the questionnaire work. His political endorsement 
has always been given to the republican party and he is a well known club man, having 
membership in the University Club of Ogden and in the Weber Club. His religious 
faith is indicated in his connection with the Ogden Tabernacle. Along strictly pro- 
fessional lines he has membership with the Weber County and the Utah State Bar 
Associations. Along with those qualities essential to success in the practice of law, — 
a keen, logical mind plus the business sense, — he brought to the starting point of his 



26 UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD 

legal career certain rare qualities, including a gift of oratorj- and a strong personality. 
From the beginning he recognized the necessity for thorough preparation and Ms 
presentation of his cause has ever been comprehensive and exact. Thus possessing 
the requisite qualities for success at the bar. Caleb M. Marriott has gained for himself 
an euTlable position as one of Ogden's prominent attorneys at la'sv. 



DAVID KEITH. 



Mere ■words seem inadequate in recording the story of the big men of the ■west. 
Nature has colored her w^orks -srith glorious pigments, but man-made records must essen- 
tially fade ■srith time. Of these men of ■whom we speak ■was David Keith and, lite them, 
a man of vision, but not ■visionary. He was one of that mighty company of intrepid men 
who opened the vaults of this great western treasure-chest. He lived to see the works 
of his comrades and himself develop into achievements unsurpassed, to realize the 
material benefits from the accomplishment, but yet perceiving in it all only the begin- 
ning — the glimpse of what was to be. 

The birth of David Keith occurred at Mabou. Cape Breton. Nova Scotia. May 27. 
1847. He was of Scotch ancestry, his parents being John and Margaret (Xess) Keith, 
who had a family of thirteen children, David being the youngest. Both of the parents 
were bom in Scotland, came to The new world in their youth and were married in Nova 
Scotia. 

David Keith was reared in the rigorous land of his birth, inured to hard work, and 
at the age of fourteen years was left an orphan, facing the necessity of making his own 
living. But. adventurous in spirit, endowed with a wonderful constitution and possessing 
an optimistic view of life, he was undaunted. He secured work in the gold mines of 
Xova Scotia, where he displayed such energy and fidelity in the discharge of his duties 
that he was superintending men and taking mining contracts ere reaching the age of 
twenty. 

Early in the year 1867 he heeded the call from other fields; the home ties in Nova 
Scotia were broken and he sailed from port with California as his destination. His 
vessel carried hinj to the Isthmus •of Panama, which was then a region of miasmas, 
fever and death, but he passed safely through the lethal zone, most of the way on foot, 
and reshipped on the Pacific side for northern California, arriving in San Francisco in 
September. At this time the fame of the neighboring state of Nevada was gro^wing: 
Gold Hill. Virginia City and the Comstock were becoming great mining camps and draw- 
ing hundreds of men from both east and west. Toung Keith heard the vivid reports of 
this coimtry soon after he landed in Frisco and he quickly made up his mind to join the 
rush to Nevada. Passing through Saluia and Sonoma counties, he went by stage to 
Sacramento and thence to Virginia City. For a very short time he was employed in 
the mines of that district and in the spring of 1868. in company with three others, he 
bought a wood ranch at Mill Station in the Washoe valley, where he sawed wood for the 
mines. During the ■winter months of this year he was in charge of a force of Chinese 
coolies engaged in the construction of the Southern Pacific tracks through the Donner 
lake district. In the summer of 1S69. however, he returned to Virginia City, where he 
resumed mining, there continuing until the spring of 1883. He worked during this time 
on the Comstock as a miner, became a pumpman and later foreman of the Caledonia and 
Overman mines. His work during this period was also featured by the sinking of the 
shaft in the famous Forman mine. In addition he worked in a managerial capacity with 
the Mexican mine. 

All of his early life here was spent In a ceaseless struggle with adversity, but this 
only tempered the rugged and resolute, though kindly and gentle, character of the man. 
He made steady progress in the mining business, without acquiring a fortune. Neither 
California nor Nevada gave to him of their riches, but in these slates he won the reputa- 
tion and popularity which in later years, in Utah, led him to fortune. 

His experience in Nevada as a pumpman was largely responsible for Mr. Keith's 
removal to Utah in March. 1883. He came to Park City to install at the Ontario mine 
the great Cornish pumps, used to free the mine from water until the completion of the 
drain tunnel. This bit of construction required the services of a man of much skill and 




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UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD 29 

constructive ability and the fact that shortly afterward Mr. Keith was appointed fore- 
man of the mine, then owned by Senator Clark and California capitalists, is significant of 
the success of his initial work in Utah. Mr. Keith acted as foreman particularly of 
shaft No. 3 for eight years, and during this time he was so fortunate as to form the 
acquaintanceship of Thomas Kearns, who was to be liis life-long friend and business 
associate. In 1888 Mr. Keith became connected with the Woodslde mine, taking charge 
of the underground work. This property was owned by C-olonel Edward P. Ferry but 
was being operated on lease by the Willman Brothers. Thomas Kearns was also employed 
upon the Woodside property, and during the process of tunneling noticed the general 
trend of the principal ore vein, which was toward the adjoining property, undeveloped, 
and known as the Mayflower. 

Mr. Keith held consultation with Mr. Kearns regarding this prophetic situation, with 
the result that they, in company with John Judge, A. B. Emery and W. V. Rice, secured 
a lease upon the Mayflower property. Work was started here on February 1, 1890, and 
in April ore was struck at a depth of two hundred feet. There was a succession of trou- 
bles, litigation over the property and counless other vicissitudes incident to mining, but 
Mr. Keith and his contemporaries were men of strong determination and fighting spirit 
and so won out in the end. 

The Mayflower mine as it was developed paid all the expenses of the litigation which 
it brought about and also for four adjoining claims, known as the Silver King group, 
then owned by John Farrish and Cornelius McLaughlin, who had located it, W. H. 
Dodge and Martin McGraw. The Silver King ground was bonded by Messrs. Keith and 
Kearns, together with their partners, in October, 1891, and was purchased by them in 
1892. In July of the latter year the Silver King Mining Company was organized with 
David Keith, president; Mr. Kearns, vice-president; and A. B. Emery, secretary. Over 
forty-six thousand dollars were spent before ore was struck, but within three months' 
time after the strike was made all expenses were paid. The ore yielded from forty to 
fifty percent lead, from fifty-six to sixty ounces of silver and a by-product of gold. The 
Silver King mine, until its amalgamation into the Silver King Coalition Mines Company 
in 1907, had paid out over ten and a quarter millions of dollars in dividends. 

Much of the success of this property is directly attributable to the ability of Mr. 
Keith. It was as a mining man that he made his great fortune, but he could not have 
developed rich mines, whether as superintendent or as owner, had he not been pecu- 
liarly fitted by temperament and training for this work. Perhaps his success lay for the 
most part in his skill in dealing with employees. He knew how to direct men, how 
to get from them the best they had to give. And that was due to his own fine qualities 
of soul, his gentleness, kindness and generosity, his intimate knowledge of every phase 
of mining, which made it possible for him to be a leader of men. One little incident 
which occurred during the financial panic of 1897 is illustrative of this quality, in his 
partner, Thomas Kearns, as well. The various mining companies of Park City were 
desirous of reducing the wage scale and consulted Messrs. Keith and Kearns in regard 
to it, but they flatly refused to accede to the request, even in the face of discouraging con- 
ditions. The 1919 labor troubles which have confronted the operators of these same 
Silver King mines might not have occurred had these master pilots been at the wheel. 

David Keith made his fortune in this way. Unlike many who grasped the western 
gold, only to let it slip idly through their fingers, he displayed a balance of mind and a 
capacity for business which soon placed him as one of the richest men of Utah. He was 
always a man of affairs, but he did not allow his fortune or affairs to hide from him the 
better things which life held. His interests were those of Utah, of his friends and con- 
temporaries. He gave to his own state whatever advantages his money could supply. 
As one writer expressed it: "Few men, if any, have had more to do with the upbuilding 
of Salt Lake City than David Keith. His successful work in making of a mere pros- 
pect the great mining property known as the Silver King has had so great a bearing, in 
all its ramifications, on the material growth of Salt Lake City and Utah that if this 
work were presented in its many interesting details, it would read like a fanciful dream. 
Much of the tremendous wealth which the Silver King poured into the laps of its own- 
ers has been used by them in making of Salt Lake 'a city beautiful' in every, sense of the 
term. The Silver King has done more for Utah than any half dozen other successful 
properties. The money wrested from the mountains has been kept at home, and the 



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most public-spirited of all those associated with the development of this great property 
is David Keith." 

While thus coming into control of mammoth mining interests, Mr. Keith also extended 
his efforts into other activities. He was associated with James Ivers in the ownership 
of the Summit block and he became sole owner of the Pioneer Roller Mills. The 
Keith Emporium building was one of his properties, also the David Keith block, a ten- 
acre tract known as the Tenth Ward Square containing the old Exposition building and 
the old Herald building. Associated with Thomas Kearns he was the owner of the Salt 
Lake Tribune, of which he was the president. He was president of the First National 
Bank of Park City; vice-president of the National Copper Bank of Salt Lake City; a 
director of the Las Vegas & Tonopah Railroad and of the Los Angeles & Salt Lake Rail- 
road. Mr. Keith was one of the organizers of the Keith-O'Brien Company, one of the 
largest department stores in Utah, but in this corporation he eventually disposed of his 
holdings to David F. Walker. The name of Keith-O'Brien, however, has always been 
retained by the company. 

David Keith was married twice, the children of his first marriage being: Charles 
F.; Margaret A.; Etta K. Eskridge, of Los Angeles; and Lillian K., the wife of Albert C. 
Allen, of San Francisco. On the 12th of June, 1894, Mr. Keith wedded Mary Patrick 
Ferguson, of Park City, Utah, the daughter of General James and Jane (Robinson) 
Ferguson. To this marriage was born one son, David, who married Geneva Savage 
of Salt Lake City, and they have one son, David. Mrs. Mary (Ferguson) Keith was 
born at Salt Lake City, October 23, 1854, attended the common schools and also St. 
Mark's, where she graduated in June, 1875. She afterward taught in that school and at 
Park City and in 1881 returned to Salt Lake, entering the employ of the Rocky Mountain 
Bell Telephone Company. In 1888 she was transferred to Park City as manager for the 
telephone company and there she became the wife of David Keith. Throughout his life 
Mrs. Keith was even more than a wife to David Keith — she was his business partner 
and shared with him all the joys and sorrows which are the common allotment. She 
survived her husband until May 17, 1919, when she passed away in Salt Lake City. 
Socially, Mr. and Mrs. Keith were among the leaders of Salt Lake City and Utah. The 
family circle was broken on April 16, 1918, when David Keith was called by death, but the 
passing of this great builder has even intensified the good works he did and has brought 
before the people in stronger terms the honor of having possessed his citizenship, his 
wonderful personality and magnificent accomplishments. 

The religious faith of David Keith was that of the Presbyterian church. He was a 
member of the constitutional convention which framed the basic laiw of the state, but 
otherwise he never sought nor desired public office. He was a member of the Alta Club of 
Salt Lake, the Bonneville Club, the Elks, the Country Club, the California Club of Los 
Angeles, the Press Club of San Francisco and the Rocky Mountain Club of New York city. 
He was also a member of the Masonic order. 

"He took life pleasantly and everywhere was popular because of the mildness of his 
manners and the goodness of his heart. It would have been a strange man, indeed, 
who could have found anything in David Keith to kindle dislike. His friends were 
everywhere and his enemies nowhere. It is perhaps needless to allude to his charitable- 
ness. It was within the knowledge of all who knew him, even though he was never 
ostentatious in his charities. His friends of the good old days often had reason to con- 
gratulate themselves in evil fortune that David Keith was ever ready to open his purse 
to them. Perhaps the best epitaph which could be written is to say that in all his deal- 
ings he was simple-hearted, affectionate, high-minded and honorable, and that he lived 
according to the golden rule." 



WILLIAM HENRY WATTIS. 

William Henry Wattis is the president and manager of the Utah Construction 
Company of Ogden, a company of railroad contractors that has also extended its ef- 
forts into other lines and is now interested to a large extent in the irrigation and de- 
velopmen', of land in Nevada and Idaho. The importance of the projects with which 
Mr. Wattis has had to do leads to his classification with the representative business 




WILLIAM H. WATTIS 



UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD 33 

men and real builders of the west. He was born in Uintah, Weber county, Utah, August 
15, 1859, a son of the late Edmund Wattis, a California and Utah pioneer who was a 
native of England and came 'to America during the '40s. He crossed the plains with 
one of the first colonies that made the journey to California and he remained upon the 
Pacific coast for about two years. On the return trip he settled in Uintah, Weber 
county, Utah, where he turned his attention to farming and stock raising and there 
resided until the time of his death, which occurred in April, 1891, when he was sixty- 
three years of age. The mother of William Henry Wattis bore the maiden name of 
Mary Jane Corey. She was born in Illinois and was a descendant of an old New Eng- 
land family of Puritan ancestry, related in the maternal line to Jonathan Wright, of 
Brigham. To Edmund and Mary Jane (Corey) Wattis were born seven children, five 
sons and two daughters, of whom two of the sons have passed away. The mother's 
death occurred in 1881, when she was forty-four years of age. The parents had been 
married in Utah in 1853. 

William Henry Wattis was their fourth child. His early life to the age of twenty 
years was spent upon the home farm and he soon became familiar with the best 
methods of tilling the soil and caring for the crops. He attended the public schools of 
Uintah and supplemented the meager revenues derived therefrom by mining in Tooele 
county, Utah, across the mountains from Bingham. There he remained for about a 
year and with his earnings he purchased a couple of teams of horses and took up rail- 
road construction work in connection with the building of the Oregon Short Line. With 
that humble start he has been instrumental in building up a business of mammoth pro- 
portions, now conducted under the name of the Utah Construction Company. In this 
undertaking he is associated with his two brothers. Today their interests constitute 
the largest business of the kind In the west. Through the intervening years they have 
been the builders of many railroads, canals and reservoirs and the promoters of many 
irrigation and other important business projects having to do with the settlement, de- 
velopment and improvement of various western states. They are now largely concerned 
in the promotion of the Big Lost River irrigation project, built under the Carey act. 
This will open up twenty thousand acres of new farm land in Butte county, near Arco, 
Idaho. The company won the approval of the state land board and the state engineer 
of Idaho for the prosecution of the project and the work is now being vigorously car- 
ried forward. In addition to the building work of the Utah Construction Company, 
Mr. Wattis also directs its farming and stock raising activities in Nevada, Utah and 
Idaho. His company holds under deed two hundred and fifty thousand acres of land, 
upon which are pastured over thirty thousand cattle and thirty thousand sheep. Mr. 
Wattis is likewise a director of the Utah National Bank of Ogden; is the president of 
the Union Stockyards Company of Ogden; vice president of the Everfresh Food Com- 
pany of Ogden; a director and member of the executive committee of the Utah-Idaho 
Sugar Company; the vice president and a director of the Lion Coal Company, a Wyo- 
ming corporation also operating mines in Carbon county, Utah; the vice president and 
a director of the Superior Rock Springs Coal Company, also a Utah corporation; a 
director of the Ogden Portland Cement Company; president of the Lake View Mining 
Company; and a director and member of the executive committee of the Utah-Idaho 
Central Railroad Company. Through these various connections are indicated the ex- 
tent and importance of his interests, which place him among those men who have been 
a dynamic force in the development of the state. 

In 1889 Mr. Wattis was married in Ogden 'to Miss Marie D. Stander, a native of 
Utah and a daughter of Henry and Marie Stander, who were pioneer people of the 
state. The father has now passed away, but the mother is still living and resides with 
Mr. and Mrs. Wattis. She is now in the one hundredth year of her age. To Mr. and 
Mrs. Wattis have been born four children, but two of the number passed away. Es- 
tella Hope is now the wife of Captain Donald E. Rivers, a captain in the Eighteenth 
Engineers who has just returned from France after eighteen months' absence with the 
army and by whom she has three children: Donald E., William H. and Dorothy Eliza- 
beth. The younger daughter is Mary Jane, now the wife of Dr. Richard Mark Brown, 
a physician of Ogden, who was in the United States service at Deming, New Mexico, 
and held the rank of first lieutenant. They have one daughter, Mary Patricia Brown. 

Politically Mr. Wattis is a republican and fraternally he is connected with the Ma- 
sons, having attained the thirty-second degree in the Scottish Rite and the Knight 

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Templar in the York Rite. He is also identified with the Benevolent Protective Order 
of Elks. He is now president of the Dee Memorial Hospital of Ogden and was formerly 
president of the Weber Club, serving as its chief executive oiBcer in 1915, 1916 and 
1917. His membership relations likewise extend to the University and Rotary Clubs 
of Ogden and to the Bohemian Club of San Francisco. His is the notable career of a 
self-made man — one who started out in business obscurity but who has advanced steadily 
until he stands in the full sunlight of prosperity. His course should serve as an im- 
petus and an inspiration to others, showing the possibility for the attainment of pros- 
perity through individual effort. Through the steps of an orderly progression his ad- 
vancement has been made. He has closely studied the opportunities which have come 
to him, he has studied the opportunities and the conditions of the west and each for- 
ward step has brought him more nearly to the goal of success. 



C. ALVIN ORME. 



C. Alvin Orme has been closely associated with the material, political, Intellec- 
tual and moral progress of the community in which he makes his home. He is numbered 
among the progressive agriculturists of Tooele county, is filling the office of county 
commissioner and is president of the Tooele stake. He was born October 21, 1869, 
of the marriage of Samuel Washington and Sarah (Cross) Orme. His great-grand- 
father, John Orme, was a native of England. The grandfather, Samuel Orme, was 
born in Coalville, England, May 2, 1802, and married Miss Amy Kerby, of Leicestershire, 
England. The birth of Samuel W. Orme, father of C. Alvin Orme, occurred in Mentor, 
Ohio, July 4, 1832. Soon afterward his parents returned to England on account of 
the serious illness of his grandfather, John Orme. Reared in England, Samuel W. 
Orme there learned the blacksmith's trade and in 1856 he came again to America 
and made his way across the continent to Utah, traveling with Edward Martin's 
"frozen handcart company." He was among the early settlers of Tooele and there 
worked at his trade to some extent but devoted the greater part of his attention to the 
occupation of farming. He married Sarah Cross, who was born in England, March 3, 
1833, and came to Utah in 1857 with Israel Evans' handcart company. Their family num- 
bered eight sons, of whom C. Alvin Orme, of this review, was the sixth in order of birth. 
The others still living are: Samuel W.. of Wilford, Idaho, who is now state senator and a 
prominent stockman and farmer of that district; Joseph, John K. and Silas C, all 
of whom are engaged in agricultural pursuits in Idaho; and Lafayette and Edwin M.. 
of Tooele. 

C. Alvin Orme acquired a common school education and at the age of twenty-six 
years was sent on a mission to Australia, where he labored for three years. Following 
his return to Utah he married Miss Ada Dunn, a daughter of James Dunn, editor of 
the Tooele Transcript. They have become the parents of nine children: Charles A.. 
Golden K., Sarah, Melba, Gean, Elvon W., Mary, James F. and Samuel T. 

On the 2d of April, 1899, Mr. Orme was ordained bishop of Batesville. Tooele 
county and after serving in that oSice for four years was made counselor to Hugh S. 
Gowan, president of the Tooele stake. On the 30th of October, 1908, he was again sent 
to Australia to preside over a mission and returned on the 11th of September. 1911. 
He was then made president of the Tooele stake and has since filled this office in the 
church. 

Mr. Orme has always been active as an agriculturist and is the owner of a ranch at 
Erda, Utah, containing about one thousand acres of land which is devoted to dry 
farming and stock raising. His business affairs have been wisely and carefully con- 
ducted and his sound judgment and indefatigable energy have brought to him a 
very substantial and gratifying measure of success. He has always been active in 
affairs relating to the welfare and progress of the community and has been the earnest 
supporter of the public schools and of all projects that uphold the standards of the 
county. In 1918 he was elected county commissioner on the republican ticket and is 
now filling that office. He also served as county food administrator for Tooele county 
and as a member of the county organization of the Council of Defense. His activities 
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progress of his district, to the uplift of the individual and to the benefit of the commu- 
nity at large. He and his family now occupy an attractive bungalow at No. 188 W 
street, in Tooele, which was erected in 1912. There is no man in the community 
who is spoken of in terms of higher regard than is C. Alvin Orme, who never deviates 
in his conduct from a course which he deems to be right and who throughout his 
entire career has always attempted to follow the Golden Rule, doing unto others as he 
would have them do unto him. 



MORGAN D. WARNER, Jr. 



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Morgan D. Warner, Jr., manager of the Farmers Cooperative Association at 
Spanish Fork, was born June 3, 1888, in the city which is still his home. His father, 
Morgan D. Warner, also a native of Spanish Fork, is a son of William and Ann (David) 
Warner, who took up their abode at Spanish Fork during the period of early pioneer 
development there, about the year 1852. The grandfather was a successful farmer 
and stock raiser and was also a consistent and faithful member of the Church of 
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Both grandparents have passed away. Morgan 
D. Warner is a successful farmer and stock raiser of Utah county and an active church 
member who served on a mission to Wales and otherwise has taken a helpful part in 
advancing the work of the church. The mother bore the maiden name of Mary Hodson 
and was born at Spanish Fork, a daughter of the late Alma Hodson, who became 
one of the early residents of Utah. Mrs. Warner passed away June 15, 1888. 

Morgan D. Warner, Jr., an only child, was educated in the schools of Spanish 
Fork to the age of twelve years, when he started out to earn his own living, being 
employed as a clerk. In 1909 he became connected with the Farmers Cooperative 
Association as a delivery boy and worked his way steadily upward through inter- 
mediate promotions to the position of manager, in which capacity he has served since 
1916, carefully, wisely and systematically directing the interests of the association, 
which employs thirteen people and is one of the largest concerns of the kind in 
southern Utah. The firm carries a complete line of dry goods, groceries, clothing, 
boots and shoes and farm machinery and its sales are quite extensive. 

On the 20th of November, 1913, in Salt Lake Temple, Mr. Warner was married 
to Miss Sarah Erickson, a native of Spanish Fork and a daughter of A. 0. and Ruth 
(Reynolfson) Erickson, who were natives of Iceland, and the former is now deceased. 
Mr. and Mrs. Warner have become parents of four children, Dona, Jarvis D., Eunice 
and Fern. 

The religious faith of the family is that of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- 
day Saints, their membership being in the first ward. In politics Mr. Warner is a 
republican and takes an active interest in the work of the party and the attainment 
of its success. He is identified with the Spanish Fork Building & Loan Association 
and the Spanish Pork Commercial Club. In a word he is keenly interested in every- 
thing that pertains to the welfare and progress of the city in which his entire life 
has been passed and he puts forth earnest and effective effort for its upbuilding 



JOHN TODD RUSHMER. 



John Todd Rushmer, a manufacturing optician of Ogden, selling to the wholesale 
trade and identified wath the directorates of several important corporate interests of 
the city, thus figures prominently in its business circles. He was born in Lawrence, 
Kansas, July 8, 1874. His father, Henry J. Rushmer, was a native of Columbus. Ohio, 
and conducted business for a number of years as a hardware merchant. He afterward 
removed to Kansas, where he became owner of a large farm and was prominently con- 
nected with the agricultural interests of that locality. Later he established a jewelry 
business in Lawrence, Kansas, which he conducted with success to the time of his 
death, which occurred in 1886. The business he founded has been carried on for 
sixty years, being still in existence, and the high standards he instituted at the begin- 



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ning have always been maintained. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Sarah J. 
Frazer, was a native of Vermont and she, too, has passed away. Their family num- 
bered eight children. 

In the public schools of Lawrence. Kansas, John T. Rushmer began his education, 
passing through consecutive grades to the high school. His business training was 
received in the je^velry store of his father, which he entered at the time of his 
father's death, there remaining for ten years. Coming to Ogden, he established his 
present business in 1901. He began the sale of optical goods under his own name 
and later organized the Rushmer Optical Company for the conduct of a wholesale 
business. He is now a manufacturing optician and the output of his establishment 
has a wide sale, owing to the high standards and scientific methods employed in 
manufacture. Jlr. Rushmer is a graduate of the Chicago Ophthalmic College, of the 
class of 1899 and thus received thorough training for the activity which he has taken up 
as a life work. He has also extended his business connections along other lines, 
becoming a director of the Security State Bank, also a director of the Ogden Motor 
Car Company and a director of the Mountain View Cemetery Association. His optical 
business is located at No. 2464 Washington avenue in Ogden, where he is accorded a 
very large patronage. 

By a former marriage, Mr. Rushmer has a son, Lawrence H. He married the 
second time, in 1908, Emma Osborn, of Ogden, and they have become parents of three 
children: Henry Earl, Robert Frazer and Barbara, all in school. 

Mr. Rushmer is a valued member of the Weber Club, the leading organization of 
the kind in Ogden, and he is also a Mason, having taken the degrees of Weber Lodge. 
No. 6, A. F. & A. M., and of Weber Chapter, R. A. M. His religious faith is indicated 
in his membership in the Methodist Episcopal church, to the teachings of which he 
loyally adheres. He enjoys hunting and fishing and is an enthusiastic motorist, taking 
many long trips. Those who meet him in business and social relations find him affable 
and genial. He is always appreciative of the good qualities of others and by reason of 
his attractive personal characteristics and his straightforward business dealings all 
who know him acknowledge that the success which he has won is richly merited. 



ROBERT CAMPBELL GEMMELL. 

Robert Campbell Gemmell, one of the foremost mining engineers of the west, is 
general manager of the Utah Copper Company and since the 1st of August, 1919, has been 
assistant managing director of the Utah Copper Company, the Nevada Consolidated 
Copper Company, the Chino Copper Company and the Ray Consolidated Copper Com- 
pany. Through successive stages of development he has reached the position of leader- 
ship which he occupies in professional circles. 

Mr. Gemmell was born at Port Matilda, Pennsylvania, July 5, 1863, a son of Robert 
Brown and Anna Eliza (Campbell) Gemmell. Actuated ever by a laudible ambition 
to utilize his time to the best advantage and to make his ability, native and acquired, 
of greatest force in the business world, Robert C. Gemmell entered the University of 
Michigan for a course in civil engineering and there won his Bachelor of Science degree 
in 1884, his degree of Civil Engineer in 1895 and his degree of Master of Engineering in 
1913. His professional career has been marked by steady advancement, resulting in 
the mastery of every situation or duty that has come to him. He was engineer on sur- 
veys and construction with the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad from 1884 until 
1890 and through the succeeding six years was active as a civil and mining engineer 
of Utah, Nevada, Idaho and California and was engineer of the De Lamar mines from 
1896 until 1901. In the latter year he was appointed manager of the Mexican Mining 
Syndicate of Mexico and so continued until 1903, when he was made superintendent of 
mines for the Guggenheim Exploration Company in Mexico, occuping that position of 
responsibility until 1905. During the year 1905 he made an examination of mines in 
Spain, Mexico and the United States, and in 1906 he became general superintendent of 
the Utah Copper Company, which position he filled until 1909. He was then advanced to 
the position of assistant general manager and on the 1st of JIay. 1913, was made general 
manager, which position he still occupies. Those who are in the slightest degree familiar 




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UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD 39 

with the history of copper mining can realize the Importance of his present position as 
it includes the general management of the world's greatest copper mine. He is also 
assistant general manager of the Bingham & Garfield Railway Company and a director 
of the Utah Light & Traction Company. His latest advancement came to him with his 
promotion on the 1st of August, 1919, to the position of assistant managing director of 
the Utah Copper Company, the Nevada Consolidated Copper Company, the Chino Copper 
Company and the Ray Consolidated Copper Company. 

On the 17th of October, 1888, Mr. Gemmell was united in marriage to Miss belle 
E. Anderson, of Salt Lake City, where tliey make their home and are well known in 
the best social circles, their residence being at No. 164 East South Temple street. 
Mr. Gemmell gives his political allegiance to the republican party and has served as 
state engineer of Utah for two terms, from 1898 until 1901. He has never sought nor 
desired office, however, outside the strict patli of his profession. In the recent crisis 
which tested the patriotism and loyalty of every citizen Mr. Gemmell proved himself one 
hundred per cent American, being one of tliose men who gave liberally of his time, 
efforts and cooperation to the solution of important public problems. His religious 
faith is that of the Presbyterian church and the nature of his interests is further indi- 
cated in the fact that lie has membership in the American Society of Civil Engineers, 
the American Institute of Mining Engineers and the Mining & Metallurgical Society 
of America. That he is appreciative of the social amenities of life is indicated in his 
connection with the Alta, Bonneville, University, Commercial and Country Clubs of 
Salt Lake, the Bear River Duck Club of Ogden, the Flat Rock Club of Idaho and the 
Sequoyah Country Club of Oakland, California. He is also a member of the Sons of the 
American Revolution, which is indicative of the fact that among his ancestors were 
those who were loyal defenders of the cause of American independence. 

As a citizen of Salt Lake City, he is included among those men whose public spirit 
and enterprise have always been readily enlisted in the support of any movement or 
project involving the city's progress or advancement, and his influence and activities 
along many lines have been of great value. The nature, the breadth and the impor- 
tance of his interests have placed him in a commanding professional position and, more- 
over, he is possessed of those qualities which make for personal popularity among a large 
circle of friends. 



JOHN A. ADAMS. 



, From the age of seventeen years John, A. Adams has been entirely dependent upon 
his own resources and through the period of his connection with business interests has 
made steady progress. Each forward step has brought him a broader outlook and wider 
opportunities and his course has been one of steady advancement, bringing him 
eventually to the vice presidency of the firm of Lewis & Company of Ogden and to 
the position of vice president and treasurer of the McBride Drug Company. 

Mr. Adams was born in Ontario, Canada, November 11, 1869. His father, Gideon 
Adams, was a native of that country and was of Scotch descent although the family 
was early established in Canada. Gideon Adams became a successful merchant of 
Hexton, Canada, and resided throughout his entire life in the Dominion, where he 
passed away in 1871. He married Elizabeth Carson, a native of Canada and a repre- 
sentative of an old Canadian family of Scotch-Irish descent. Her death occurred in 
1897, wlien she had reached the age of sixty-six years. 

John A. Adams was the seventh in order of birth in a family of four sons and 
four daughters. He attended the public schools of Kemptville, Canada, to the age of 
ten years, when he accompanied the family, the father having previously passed away, 
to California. Making their way across the country, they settled at Petaluma, Cali- 
fornia, where John A. Adams continued his studies. Wlien seventeen years of age he 
entered the employ of the Wells Fargo Express Company at Petaluma and the success 
that he has since achieved is attributable entirely to his own efforts. His first posi- 
tion was along clerical lines and he was thus engaged until 1890, when he became 
an express messenger and was thus employed until 1903. In that year he became a 
resident of Colorado, where he had charge of the Cortland mine in Gunnison county for 



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a period of three years. At the end of that time he returned to the express com- 
pany, which he represented at Goldfield, Nevada, for a brief period. He afterward 
removed to Ogden, where he arrived in February, 1905, and througli the interval to 
the present time, covering a period of fourteen years, lie has remained an active factor 
in the business circles of this city. He became associated with the firm of J. S. Lewis 
& Company and upon the incorporation of the business he was elected to the vice 
presidency, which office he has since filled. He has further extended his efforts by 
becoming connected with the McBride Drug Company of Ogden, of which he is also 
the vice president. He displays sound judgment in business affairs and his efforts 
have been most intelligently directed, bringing to him substantial success. 

Mr. Adams is a member of Ogden's leading social organization — the Weber Club — 
and in fraternal circles he is well known as a representative of the Masons, holding 
membership in the lodge, the chapter, the commandery and the Mystic Shrine and is 
also a member of the Masonic Club. He exemplifies in his life the beneficent spirit 
of the craft, being at all times true to its teachings concerning the brotherhood of 
mankind and the obligations thereby imposed. 



GEORGE HENRY BRIMHALL. 

Occupying a position of distinctive precedence in educational circles in the west, 
George Henry Brimhall is now president of the Brigham Young University, of Prove. 
He was born in Salt Lake City, December 9, 1852, and is a son of George Washington 
Brimhall and Rachel Ann Mayer. His father was born November 14, 1814. He became 
a resident of the state during the era of pioneer development in Utah, and was identified 
with its industrial interests as a master mechanic. He was prominent in religious and 
political circles and was called by his fellow townsmen to represent them in the terri- 
torial legislature. The mother, Rachel Ann Mayer, a daughter of George Mayer and 
Ann Yost, was born in Indiana, February 9, 1829. The daughter of pioneers, she her- 
self was a pioneer and did the work incident to those days. 

Her family, consisting of ten children, four sons and six daughters, as a rule, bear 
the impress of her strong will and sturdy character, particularly is this true in relation 
to her eldest son George H., who greatly resembles his mother in physical features and 
mental endowments. He first attended a private school in Ogden, for in those pioneer 
days public schools were unknown. Later he attended the public schools in Salt Lake 
City, Cedar Fort in the Dixie country and in Spanish Fork. Afterward he became a stu- 
dent at Provo, attending the first high school of that city. At a still later date he was 
a student in the Brigham Young Academy, the institution that became the successor of 
the Timpanogos Academy. President Brimhall has often said in public that it was due 
mainly to his mother's determination, in the face of the greatest possible financial odds 
that he was enabled to attend school in Provo. In his school days he was eager to ad- 
vance, eager to obtain knowledge. Many lessons were prepared while he was teaming 
and herding. 

He was one of a group of forty-two young men who established a high school in 
Spanish Fork, known, as the Young Men's Academy. A student of the institution, at first, 
he soon became one of its teachers. -While thus engaged he worked out a system of 
school grading. In educational circles his progress has been continuous. From being 
a superintendent of the Spanish Fork schools, he soon became county superintendent of 
Utah county and later city superintendent of Provo City. It was this latter position he 
was filling when he was called to the faculty of the Brigham Young Academy. During 
his period of service on the faculty, he held the chair of psychology and pedagogy for 
the greater part of the time. At all times during his connection with the institution 
he has held some executive position. By an action of the board of trustees he became 
its chief executive January 3, 1903. Prior to this time he had served as president of 
the Utah State Teachers' Association. 

President Brimhall's professional career falls naturally under three heads: his 
work as a teacher, as an executive and as an educational lecturer. He has always 
been recognized in the profession as one of Utah's foremost teachers; with him it is 
a gift as well as a profession. In all the years of teachers coming and going at the 




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Brigham Young University, no otlier teacher ever attracted so many students to his 
classes as did Professor Brimhall. 

Prior to Professor Brimhall's coming to the presidency of the school, two degrees 
had been conferred upon him, the first the degree of Bachelor of Pedagogy, the second 
the degree of Doctor of Science. It is self evident that he has succeeded as an execu- 
tive, because of his having been called to one executive position after another succes- 
sively. The greatest period of expansion in the Brigham Young University as to build- 
ings, equipment, faculty and students has occurred under his administration. 

As seen from the student's point of view, he has been the subject of many tributes 
in all of the college periodicals for many years. Perhaps no better epitome of them 
all can he found than in the dedication of the 1915 year book, known to the students 
as the "Banyan." 

"To the man who thinks of the needs of his institution; 

"To the man whose acts inspire patrons, teachers and students to do their best for 
the good of the school; 

"To the man who appreciates responsibility and the confidence that others place 
in him; 

"To President George H. Brimhall whose greatness comes partly from the life 
which he has given our B. Y. U., we cheerfully dedicate the 1915 'Banyan.' 

"B. Y. U. Student Body." 

In all probability President Brimhall is most gifted as a public speaker. His 
ability to lay hold of an apt illustration on the instant and drive it home, has been one 
of the elements of his good teaching. He is one of the best known educational lecturers 
in this intermountain country, having lectured at institutes and in educational meet- 
ings and throughout this entire region. 

But the scope of President Brimhall's public addresses reaches far beyond that 
of an educational lecturer. Rarely has any man been as generally sought for on plat- 
form and in pulpit as has President Brimhall. It is safe to say that there is no public 
movement of any general interest that he has not been asked to champion by word of 
mouth. Suffrage, prohibition, civic betterment, public welfare movements of many 
phases have all sought and received such support as his talent affords. 

An idea of his popularity as a speaker may be had when we take into considera- 
tion the fact that on one 4th of July he received twenty-four invitations from twenty- 
four committees of twenty-four different cities and towns to deliver the 4th of July 
oration, and that from thirteen communities came requests for similar service on the 
24th of July. 

There is one variety of discourse in which President Brimhall is past master; it 
is in the short address and short sermon. These addresses have made the chapel ex- 
ercises of the Brigham Young University noted and their author famous. They are al- 
ways short, racy and to the point, filled with apt illustration and telling epigram. 

Dr. Brimhall has served for many years on the general church board of education, 
the church board of examiners, the general board of religion classes and on to general 
board of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association. He is one of the oldest 
members of the Y. M. M. I. A. board. In connection with Dr. Milton H. Hardy he wrote 
the first manual, a series of lessons for the young people all over the church. In a 
period covering thirty-three years there have been comparatively few summers when 
Professor Brimhall has not been engaged in writing lessons for the M. I. manuals, the 
present summer being no exception to the rule. 

But his literary achievements have not been confined to writing lessons; he has 
been a constant contributor to local magazines and has given out many interviews for 
the public press. His composition is not confined to prose. He has written a measur- 
able quantity of creditable verse. His "Old Glory" written on the entry of the United 
States into war set to music by Prof. Clair W. Reid. was sung all over Utah and in 
many of the adjoining states. In addition to being connected with the various church 
boards, before mentioned. President Brimhall has served his church in the capacity 
of a stake superintendent of the Y. M. M. I. Associations of Utah stake, and as a mem- 
ber of the high council of that stake. 

He has always taken great interest in civic affairs. He was a member of the city 
council of Spanish Fork during the period of his residence in that city. He is 
afliliated with the republican party. In 1896 he was a candidate on the repub- 



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lican ticket for the state senate, but a democratic landslide resulted in the defeat of 
all republicans. He has been a speaker in practically every political campaign since 
the days of statehood. 

President Brimhall was married in 1874 to Alsena E. Wilkins. To them were born 
these children: Lucy J., Alsena E., George W., Mark H., Wells L. and Milton H. 
President Brimhall's second marriage, to Flora Robertson occurred in 1885. The 
children born to them are: Dean R., Fay R., Fawn R., Ruth Afton, Paul R., Alta R., 
Golden H., Ario R. He is fond of fishing and hunting. His leisure hours find him 
haunting canyons and streams with his boys and other members of his family who de- 
light in manly outdoor sports. 

George H. Brimhall is a man of rich spiritual and rich intellectual endowments, 
whose gifts have been supported by a life of strenuous work. Whatever his limitations 
may be he never fails to scintillate. Brilliancy is in the essence of all his power. His 
style whether in oral or written discourse is full of originality, and presents many 
surprises in analysis thought and sentence structure. 

President Brimhall possesses personality, a personality that has impressed itself 
upon thousands of students; a personality that has attracted the attention of many 
persons from both east and west because of its force and originality; a personality 
that compels and commands, and rarely fails to grip those with whom he comes in 
contact. 



GEORGE S. ASHTON. 



George S. Ashton. who has for many years been prominently identified with build- 
ing operations in Salt Lake, his native city, as a contractor and as the vice president 
of the Ashton Improvement Company, was born on the 27th of July, 1870. a son of 
Edward and Jane (Treharne) Ashton, both of whom were natives of Wales. They came 
to America in 1852, settling in Salt Lake City, and the father engaged in the shoe- 
making business for a time. He afterward worked for the Utah Central Railroad 
Company as a mechanic, representing that road for thirty years. Previous to that 
time he had been employed at his trade by William Jennings. He was thus closely 
associated with the industrial development of Salt Lake, where he passed away in 
February, 1906, at the advanced age of eighty-three years. He had crossed the plains 
after the primitive manner of travel in the early days, with ox teams and wagons, 
proceeding in that way from the Missouri river to Salt Lake. The mother of George S. 
Ashton passed away in Salt Lake City in 1897. In the family were seven children, 
four sons and three daughters, of whom four are yet living: George S.. of this review; 
and Edward T., Elizabeth and Mrs. Emma Richards, all of Salt Lake. The deceased 
are Jedediah, Brigham and Sarah. 

George S. Ashton was the youngest of the family. He attended the graded schools 
and afterward spent a year in study in the Latter-day Saints' College, after which he 
entered upon the general contracting business and has done much construction work 
in Salt Lake City and in Utah. The firm of Ashton Brothers is one of the best known 
in the contracting business in the state. George S. Ashton is also the vice president 
of the Ashton Improvement Company. He is likewise a director of the Sugar House 
Lumber Company and of the Deseret Building Society. His business interests have 
been of a character that have contributed in large measure to the development and 
upbuilding of the city and state in which he makes his home. 

On the 27th of September, 1893, in Salt Lake. Mr. Ashton was united in marriage 
to Miss Leah Fidkin, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Fidkin, who arrived in Salt 
Lake in 1874. Mr. and Mrs. Ashton are parents of eight children: Mrs. Leah Lloyd, 
who was born in Salt Lake and was here educated, being graduated from the Latter-day 
Saints' College; George W., who was graduated from the Latter-day Saints' College and 
is now pursuing an engineering course in the University of Utah; Lucille, a high school 
graduate, who completed a course in the Kiester College of Dressmaking; Aliene. a 
graduate of the Business College of the Latter-day Saints and now with her father in 
business; Emma, who is a graduate of the public school and is attending the Latter- 



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day Saints College; William, also attending school; Melvin, who is likewise in school; 
and Reed, who completes the family. 

In politics Mr. Ashton's attitude is that of an independent republican. He has 
been a very prominent and zealous member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- 
day Saints and is now serving as first counselor of the fifteenth ward. 



DAVID S. TRACY. 



David S. Tracy is a progressive business man, alert and enterprising, ready for 
any emergency and any opportunity. He has been at various times prominently con- 
nected with irrigation interests, with mining and oil development propositions. At 
the present time he is serving as president of the Ogden & Wyoming Oil Company and 
is also interested in the manufacture of the Sunshine Cleanser. Mr. Tracy was born 
in the Marriott ward of Ogden, May 2, 1852, a son of Moses and Nancy (Alexander) 
Tracy, both of whom were natives of Jefferson county. New York. They became con- 
verts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and in 1850 they arrived in 
Utah. They had started for this state in 1847 but while en route the father's wagon 
broke down and they were forced to remain at Omaha. For three years they continued 
to reside there and then resumed the journey, establishing their home at Ogden, where 
they lived for a time. Later they became residents of Marriott, where Moses Tracy 
took up land, upon which not a furrow had been turned nor an improvement made. 
He at once began to develop a farm but on account of the hostility of the Indians was 
obliged to remove to Bingham's fort. In 1853 he returned to his farm, from which he 
again went in 1857 at the time of the removal south. Later in the same year, however, 
he once more took up his abode upon the farm and there passed away August 25, 
1857. 

David S. Tracy was reared to manhood at Marriott and acquired his education in 
the schools there but his opportunities were somewhat limited as he had a chance to 
attend school for only about three months a year during two or three winter seasons. 
His labors were needed upon the home farm, where he worked until he reached the 
age of nineteen years. He then entered the mines at Little Cottonwood, working in 
the North Star mine for a year, after which he took up his abode at Ogden and entered 
the employ of the Union Pacific Railroad Company as track foreman, a position which 
he capably filled for fourteen years. He then returned to Ogden, where he took up 
carpentering and became a contractor and builder of that city. He also operated a 
sawmill and thus figured prominently in connection with the industrial development of 
northern Utah. On the 28th of February, 1895, he filed on water in Bingham county, 
Idaho, and organized a company known as the American Falls Canal & Power Com- 
pany. They started construction work at once, beginning the building of a canal that 
was sixty feet in width at the bottom and carried five feet of water. This canal was 
sixty miles in length and eight years were required to complete it. It supplies water 
to about forty thousand acres of ground and the work was the first project carried 
through under the Cary law. It was completed at a cost of about nine hundred thou- 
sand dollars and Mr. Tracy remained an active factor in the promotion of the project, 
which was of great value in the district. He afterward went to Carbon county, Utah, 
and filed on coal land, organizing a coal company known as the Crystal Coal Company, 
which was formed under the laws of Wyoming. The promotion and development of this 
project involved the expenditure of about five hundred thousand dollars and the 
capacity has been about one thousand tons per day and will be increased to about fifteen 
hundred. There are on the property two twelve foot veins of a fine grade of coal which 
is unsurpassed in quality by any in the Mountain states. Mr. Tracy still retains his 
interest in the business and he has also been identified with several other mining 
properties. At the present time he is promoting an oil proposition known as the Ogden 
& Wyoming Oil Company, which has fourteen hundred and forty acres of land in the 
oil belt and is yielding as fine a grade of oil as can be found anywhere. Of this com- 
pany Mr. Tracy is the president. Associated with others he is likewise engaged in 
the manufacture of the Sunshine Cleanser, which is being put upon the market under the 
name of the Omaha Cleanser Manufacturing Company. This was organized and incor- 



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porated under the laws of Utah with a capital stock of one hundred thousand dollars, 
fully paid and non-assessable. The cleanser has received the strongest recommendations 
and the business is continually growing, so that the industry has become one of the 
important productive interests of Ogden. 

In 1872 Mr. Tracy was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Marriott, a daugh- 
ter of John and Elizabeth (Stewart) Marriott. They have become the parents of nine 
children, six sons and three daughters, of whom seven are yet living. 

Mr. Tracy is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a 
member of the Quorum of Seventy. The interests and activities of his life have been 
carefully balanced, making his a well rounded character. He is keenly alive to oppor- 
tunities for advancing the public welfare and he cooperates heartily in any plan or 
project for the general good. His life work has been a valuable contribution to mate- 
rial progress in the communities in which he has labored and at the same time his aid 
and influence are ever given to those interests which promote intellectual, social and 
moral welfare. 



BISHOP GEORGE ROMNEY. 



The name of Bishop George Romney is an honored one in Utah and for almost seven 
decades it has been a synonym for progressiveness and successful accomplishment in 
the fields of material, intellectual and moral development. A life that measures up to 
the highest standards of manhood and citizenship has gained Bishop Romney the warm 
regard and friendship of all with whom he has been brought in contact. He was born 
in Dalton, Lancashire, England, August 14, 1831, and is a son of Miles and Elizabeth 
(Gaskell) Romney, who were likewise natives of England, where they became converts 
to the faith of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1837. Miles Romney 
was ordained an elder of the church and served as a local preacher in the Preston con- 
ference, but wishing to cast in his lot with the Saints living in Utah, he sailed from 
Liverpool on the 27th of February, 1841, accompanied by his family. They were pas- 
sengers on the ship Sheffield, which seven weeks later dropped anchor in the harbor of 
New Orleans, and from the Crescent City they proceeded up the Mississippi river by 
boat to Nauvoo, Illinois. While there residing Miles Romney acted as foreman of the 
construction of the Nauvoo Temple, and at the time of the exodus in 1846 he took his 
family to Burlington, Iowa, where the winter months were passed. In the following 
spring they moved to St. Louis, Missouri, and there made preparations for the long trip 
across the plains, starting on that arduous and wearisome journey in March, 1850, with 
ox teams and six wagons. On the 18th of October they reached their destination and 
through the winter the family camped in their wagon boxes on Temple Block, and 
while thus living one daughter was born there. In 1856 Mr. Romney was sent on a mis- 
sion to England, where he remained for two years, and in 1862 he was sent to Dixie 
and had charge of the wood work on the St. George Temple. There he continued to re- 
side until death terminated his labors on the 8th of May, 1877. His wife, Elizabeth 
(Gaskell) Romney, was a native of Lancashire, England, and they had a family of nine 
children. 

This number included Bishop George Romney, whose active identification with the 
church covers eighty years, for he was baptized in his native land in September, 1839. 
He accompanied his parents to America and learned the carpenter's trade while at 
Nauvoo, where he worked on the temple. He continued to engage in carpentering fol- 
lowing the removal of the family to Utah in 1850, spending much time on public works 
of which his father was foreman. In 1854 he became a partner of George Price and 
others in the contracting and building business and the firm erected many of the early 
homes and public buildings of Salt Lake. He succeeded his father as foreman in the 
construction of the wood work on the famous Lion House and Beehive House, when his 
father was called on a mission to England in 1856 and he also acted as foreman on Tari- 
ous other public works, so continuing until 1864. 

In the meantime Bishop Romney had had military experience through appointment 
of Governor Brigham Young as captain in Major Blair's Battalion of the Nauvoo Legion 




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and for several months he was on active duty In the Echo canyon campaign. With the 
approach of Johnston's army Salt Lake City was practically deserted, many of its peo- 
ple removing to Provo, and Mr. Romney took his family with others, there remaining 
until the trouble was over. With his return to the capital he resumed his work on the 
public buildings and in 1864 entered into partnership with W. H. Folsom, with whom 
he was associated in the building of the city hall together with many business blocks 
and residences. He remained in the general contracting business until 1869, when he 
became a partner in the Taylor, Romney, Armstrong Company, his associates in this 
undertaking being George H. Taylor and Thomas Latimer. The newly organized firm 
engaged in the lumber and milling business, becoming the pioneers in that branch of 
industry in Utah. Mr. Romney was made manager of the firm and retained that posi- 
tion until 1903, when he and his son, Orson D., withdrew their interest in the business 
and organized The George Romney Lumber Company, of which Mr. Romney continues 
as the head. An extensive enterprise of this character has been built up and for many 
years the name of George Romney has been a synonym for business progressiveness, 
initiative and forcefulness in the trade circles of Salt Lake City. Various public inter- 
ests have benefited by the cooperation of Bishop Romney, who for a third of a century 
has been a director of the Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution, of which he has 
been vice president for many years. He was also a director and member of the execu- 
tive committee of the Consolidated Wagon & Machine Company and a director of the 
Oregon Lumber Company. He was elected to the vice presidency of the Home Fire In- 
surance Company and in financial circles is known as a director of the Deseret National 
Bank and vice president of the Deseret Savings Bank. With keen prescience he recog- 
nized something of what the future might have in store for the beet sugar industry 
and was one of the first to aid in its development in Utah, thus taking an initial step 
toward the founding of the Utah Sugar Company. During the past decade Bishop Rom- 
ney has supervised the building of the Deseret News Annex, the Hotel Utah and the 
Deseret National bank building as well as lesser structures. During the construction 
of the Hotel Utah he made almost daily inspections of the structure, making his way 
to all parts of the building. While Mr. Romney has traveled life's journey for more 
than eighty-eight years, his mentality remains keen, his vision clear and his discern- 
ment sound. His opinions are of great worth in business circles and in a review of his 
life one is led to the conclusion that old age need not necessarily suggest idleness nor 
want of occupation. There is an old age which grows stronger and brighter mentally 
and morally as the years advance and gives out of its rich stores of wisdom and experi- 
ence for the benefit of others. Such is the record of George Romney. 

Throughout his entire life Mr. Romney has remained a most earnest and enthusi- 
astic worker in the church and while on a mission to England in 1869 he presided over 
the Liverpool and London conferences. In the priesthood he has held the oflSces of a 
Seventy, president of the Quorum of Seventy, high priest, counselor to Bishop Wil- 
liam C. Bassett, and later succeeded him in the bishopric of the twentieth ward in 1888 
and continued as bishop until he was released in August, 1912. At present he is presi- 
dent of the high priests' quorum of Ensign stake. 

In civic affairs, too, Mr. Romney has maintained the keenest interest and for a long 
period has been one of the active and earnest workers for the republican party in Utah, 
being recognized as a leader in its ranks since its organization in this state. For two 
terms he was a member of the city council of Salt Lake, being first elected in 1882 and 
again in 1895. In 1890 he was sent as a delegate to the Trans-Mississippi congress at 
Houston, Texas, and also to the congress at Cripple Creek in 1891, while in 1902 he -was 
a member of the executive committee of the congress which met in St. Paul, Minne- 
sota. He is a man of liberal culture who has ever been a keen observer and who has 
gained a large store of information in travel. He has visited various sections of the 
American continent, traveling in California and Mexico, has also seen the Hawaiian 
Islands, England, Scotland, Ireland, Italy, France, Scandinavia, Holland and Germany. 
He takes a deep interest in the events of the world and keeps thoroughly informed on 
all the vital problems and questions of the age. He is a remarkably well preserved 
man, retaining his faculties unimpaired, and his position in the public regard is indi- 
cated in the fact that he has been termed the "grand old man of Salt Lake." He is a 
familiar figure on the streets of the city, where for almost seventy years he has made 
his home, and his career has made the name of Romney an honored one in this country. 

Bishop Romney was married three times and became the father of thirty-five chil- 
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dren, of whom twenty survive and they represent an unusual contribution from one family 
to the state's best class of citizens. 

The first wife was Jane Jamison and their marriage occurred in St. Louis, Missouri, 
in 1850. Twelve children were born as follows: Barbara, who was born in a wagon 
box on what is now the Temple block in Salt Lake City, where the family lived dur- 
ing the winter of 1850-51. She married Hinman D. Polsom and resides in Salt Lake. 
Elizabeth A. is the widow of Fred C. Anderson and resides in Los Angeles. Jane A. 
died unmarried. Sarah also died unmarried. Georgiana is the wife of Charles J. Brain 
of Salt Lake. Evelyn is Mrs. Harry Winn of Idaho Falls, Idaho. Clara is Mrs. Joseph 
T. Thorup of Salt Lake. Ella is Mrs. Joseph V. Brain of Salt Lake. Grace died young. 
William S. is treasurer of Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution at Salt Lake. George 
E. is engaged in the real estate business in Salt Lake. Marion died young. 

The second marriage of Bishop Romney was to Vilate Ellen Douglas, who bore him 
twelve children as follows: Heber J. who is vice president of the George Romney 
Lumber Company at Salt Lake; Orson D., manager of George Romney Lumber Company; 
Miles A. who is a department manager of the Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution at 
Salt Lake. Ellen Vilate, wife of Nephi Y. Schofield of Salt Lake. George D. who died 
when an infant. Mary, wife of George J. Ross of Salt Lake. Albert who was con- 
nected with the Taylor, Romney Armstrong Company and died in Salt Lake. Isa- 
bella who married Joseph Swensen and died in Salt Lake. Rosella who married 
George E. Maycock and died in Salt Lake. Royal R. residing in Seattle, Washington. 
Josephine, who died in infancy. Ethel who died young. 

Bishop Romney was married (third) to Margaret A. Thomas and the eleven chil- 
dren born to them were: George, Jr. who has been a member of he state board of equal- 
ization but now United States district census enumerator and resides at Smithfield, 
Utah. Joseph, Ambrose, Clarence, Charles and Margaret C, all of whom died young. 
Katharine, wife of Charles B. Stewart of Salt Lake. Walter who is in real estate busi- 
ness in Salt Lake. Raymond T. who is connected with the Zion's Cooperative Mercan- 
tile Institution at Salt Lake. Reuben a manufacturers' agent in Salt Lake. Ardelle 
who is wife of Richard S. Ballantyne of Salt Lake. 



DAVID ECCLES. 



Among the names that stand out most prominently on the pages of Utah's history 
is that of David Eccles. His contributions to the development of not only this state but 
of this part of the country was most extensive and valuable. Ever alert to opportunities 
that pointed to success, he followed the most constructive methods in the conduct of 
his business affairs, and though he started out in life in a most humble capacity, he came 
to be a dynamic force in shaping the industrial, commercial and financial development 
of this section of the country. He was constantly seeking a broader scope tor his in- 
dustry and his energy — ^his dominant qualities, and the lumber trade of the west, the 
development of the sugar manufacturing interests, railroad building and many other 
lines of activity profited by his cooperation and benefited by his direction. 

David Eccles was a native of Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. He was born May 12, 
1849, of the marriage of William and Sarah (Hutchinson) Eccles. The family is of 
English lineage. The father was a son of William and Margaret (Miller) Eccles, of 
Carlisle, England. The former died in his native country, while the latter came to 
America in 1843 and passed away at Nauvoo, Illinois. William Eccles, father of David 
Eccles, was born at Old Kilpatrick, Dumbartonshire, Scotland, April 6, 1825, and came 
to Utah with the Thomas E. Ricks Company on the 4th of October, 1863. In 1865 he 
established his home at Eden, Weber county. He was a wood turner and an active 
churchman, becoming a patriarch in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 
He died at Ogden, Utah, December 4, 1903. The mother of David Eccles bore the maiden 
name of Sarah Hutchinson and was a daughter of William and Mary (Speers) Hutchin- 
son. She was born in County Donegal, Ireland, March 17, 1820, and died at Ogden. 
Utah, June 11, 1907. 

David Eccles was about fourteen years of age when he came to the new world with 
his parents. His education was chiefly acquired in the hard school of experience. 




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although he had the opportunity ot attending school to a limited extent in his native 
country, being a pupil there for about six months. He supplemented his education after 
he had reached manhood and obtained a start in the business world by taking up some 
special studies under the direction of Professor L. F. Monch, of Ogden. This was after 
he had formed a partnership with H. E. Gibson and W. T. VanNoy in 1873. 

When his parents decided to try their fortune in America the entire family crossed 
the Atlantic on the Sunnishure under the direction of a Mormon elder of the name of 
David M. Stuart. They made their way to Florence. Nebraska, and from that point 
David Eccles, then a lad of fourteen years, walked a distance of about one thousand miles 
to Utah with a party of Mormon pioneers. His father, handicapped by blindness, was 
unable to work at his trade of wood turning save by the sense of touch and therefore the 
responsibility of supporting the family largely devolved upon the son David, who would 
make trips into the adjacent mountains and select wood suitable for his father's work. 
When this had been converted into kitchen utensils and other articles, DavM would then 
take the finished product into the surrounding country, where he received in exchange 
meat, molasses and other food products, which he brought home for the family's con- 
sumption, carrying the load upon his back. 

It was not from choice but from necessity that Mr. Eccles went to Oregon in 1867, 
for he had to assist in the support of the family. He started with the others 
over the Oregon trail to Oregon City from the Salt Lake valley, thinking to 
find better opportunities further west. The older people drove a light wagon, such 
as was used in those days, and David Eccles walked all the way. It was at this time, 
although he was but a boy in years, that he noted the vast timber resources of the state, 
and though more than twenty years passed ere he was able to utilize these resources, 
he awaited his opportunity, which came in 1889. 

In August, 1869, Mr. Eccles returned to Ogden with the family and remained at home 
about a year. He then went to Almy, Wyoming, where he worked in the coal mines and 
also freighted in the South pass, in the Wyoming country. He was twenty years of age 
when he began chopping logs for a sawmill in the mountains not far from Ogden, and 
in this way saved the money that enabled him to purchase a yoke of oxen. 

In 1872, he took a contract to furnish logs for Bishop David James' sawmill, which 
was located on the Monte Christy, on the Divide between Utah and Wyoming, and he 
was thus employed for about a year. In 1873 David Eccles, H. E. Gibson and W. T. 
VanNoy purchased a sawmill and formed a partnership, the firm becoming Gibson, 
Eccles & VanNoy. They not only engaged in the manufacture of lumber but also opened 
a retail lumberyard at Ogden, where they also installed and operated a small planing 
mill. Again prosperity attended the efforts of Mr. Eccles, and after a few years he was 
able to purchase the interests of his partners in the business, of which he thus became 
sole owner. 

In 1881 he went to Scofield, Utah, one hundred and eighty miles southeast of Salt 
Lake, where he operated four sawmills for several years, after which he, with a few 
picked associates, established a small mill in eastern Oregon in 1889. No obstacle in his 
path deterred him, for he recognized that all such could be overcome by determined and 
honorable effort. When, on account of climatic and other conditions, his own work could 
not be pushed to advantage, he sought and found employment elsewhere. Prior to his 
going into the lumber and logging business, he worked in the coal mines in Wyoming, 
and on another occasion, while waiting for the logging season to open, he drove two ox 
teams hitched to loaded freight wagons from Salt Lake City to Pioche. Nevada, a distance 
of three hundred and fifty miles. Stormy weather and bad roads were encountered but 
with remarkable courage and endurance, he met the intense hardships of the trip. The 
strength of character which he early displayed constituted the basis of his later marvelous 
developments, until he stood as one of the foremost figures in the business circles of the 
west. 

His start in eastern Oregon in 1889 constituted the open wedge for more extensive 
operations, developed with the building of other and larger mills in different parts of the 
state by the firm of which he was a member, and their operation gained Mr. Eccles tne 
reputation of being one of the most successful lumbermen of the northwest. His activities 
kept abreast with the development of the lumber trade and the improvements made in 
connection therewith and each forward step in his career brought him to a broader 
outlook and wider opportunities, which he eagerly utilized. It was in connection with 



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the growth of his lumber interests that he built the Sumpter Valley Railway between 
Baker City and Prairie City in eastern Oregon, while between Hood river and Mount 
Hood in western Oregon he constructed the line known as the Mount Hood Railroad. 

Mammoth as his operations became in connection with the lumber industry, Mr. 
Eccles did not confine his attention alone to that line. His efforts continually broadened 
in scope and in 1886, while he was yet struggling through the humbler years of his 
career, he became one of the original incorporators of the Home Fire Insurance Company 
of Utah, which has become one of the most important corporations of this character in 
the entire west. He entered still another field in 1898 in the organization of the Ogden 
Sugar Company. He saw the chance for the development of a new enterprise along that 
line and established a factory at Ogden, Utah, and still another at La Grande, Oregon, the 
latter being conducted under the name of the Oregon Sugar Company. Still the business 
grew and developed with the building of a third factory at Logan, Utah, In 1901, under 
the name of the Logan Sugar Company. On July 5, 1902, the Ogden, the Logan and the 
La Grande, (Oregon) Sugar Companies became the Amalgamated Sugar Company, with 
Mr. Eccles as its president. In 1911 he moved the La Grande, Oregon, factory to Burley. 
Idaho, where it is at present located, and has met with greater success. It was the first 
sugar factory in the southern Idaho district. On January 9, 1915, all of the aforemen- 
tioned were merged into the Amalgamated Sugar Company, which owns nine sugar 
factories, and has control of two others. 

Throughout his business career he seemed to lose sight of no point of value in the 
conduct of any of the enterprises with which he was associated. He had a wonderful 
mind for detail, while at the same time giving to every important phase of the business 
its relative prominence. It would be almost impossible to mention every enterprise with 
which he was connected and which benefited by his cooperation and keen business 
sagacity. He organized and financed many interests, including the Utah Construction 
Company, which became a monumental success in a field where other similar companies 
had failed. 

He, together with Mr. McCune, built the Utah & Pacific Railroad in southern (Itah, 
which consisted of about eighty miles of road at that time and ran from Milford, Utah, 
into the state of Nevada. This they sold to the Oregon Short Line while it was still 
under construction, the latter finally disposing of it to the Los Angeles & Salt Lake 
Railroad, being now a part of the main line from Salt Lake to Los Angeles. 

Mr. Eccles entered into active connection with three coal mining companies, was a 
stockholder and oflicer of two street car companies also of several land and stock com- 
panies, a condensed milk company, two implement companies and many others of minor 
importance until at the time of his death he was identified with fifty-six industrial 
corporations and twenty banking institutions. The measure of his influence in the com- 
mercial, industrial and financial development of the west can scarcely be over estimated. 
He was president and director of sixteen of these industrial corporations and director 
in twenty others, and among the banking institutions he held the presidency of seven 
and was a director of four others. In 1900 the present street railroad system of Ogden 
was found to be in a badly depleted condition, and largely for the benefit of the city's 
welfare Mr. Eccles purchased the business, immediately reorganized the car service and 
made improvements that added to the efficiency of the system, bringing it up to a 
standard which would be a credit to a city of much larger size. He also became sponsor 
for the Logan (Utah) Rapid Transit System and was the president of that company. 
The people of the town were extremely anxious for a street railway system and sought 
the cooperation of Mr. Eccles from time to time. Finally he told a committee of the 
leading citizens that if they would raise fifty per cent of the amount of money that 
would be necessary, he would contribute the balance for the prosecution of the project. 
The people of Logan and Cache county raised about seventy thousand dollars and Mr. 
Eccles furnished an equal amount, which enabled the company to build the street railway 
line. Prior to his death Mr. Eccles had planned to make the Ogden and Logan organiza- 
tions the basis of an extensive rapid transit system for northern Utah, and these plans 
have since his demise been carried out to a great extent by his estate under the direction 
of his sons. The Ogden Rapid Transit Company, now the Utah-Idaho Central Railroad 
Company, is a six million dollar organization and had in operation in 1919 about one 
hundred and seventy-one miles of line, about twenty-five miles of track being in city and 
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the entire west and a more detailed account of his connections will perhaps give a more 
definite idea of the extent and scope of his business. It is therefore meet to say that he 
was president and a member of the board of directors of the Amalgamated Sugar Com- 
pany, the Lewiston Sugar Company, the Sumpter Valley Railway Company (Oregon), the 
Utah Construction Company, the Oregon Lumber Company (Oregon), the Vineyard Land 
ft Livestock Company (Nevada), the Promontory-Curlew Land Company, the First Na- 
tional Bank of Ogden, the Ogden Savings Bank, the Lion Coal Company (Wyoming), the 
Wyoming Coal Company (Wyoming), the Ogden Rapid Transit Company, the Logan 
Rapid Transit Company and the Eccles Lumber Company. Some of the more important 
corporations with which he was identified as a director are the Utah-Idaho Sugar Com- 
pany, the Deseret National Bank of Salt Lake City, the Deseret Savings Bank of Salt 
Lake City, and the Mount Hood Railroad Company of Oregon, The Knight Sugar Company 
of Alberta, also the Austin Brothers Association, which he financed and is a half million 
dollar corporation, dealing in sheep and cattle. 

On the 27th of December 1875, Mr. Eccles was married to Bertha Marie Jensen, a 
daughter of Christen and Maren (Andersen) Jensen. The father was born in Aaby, 
Denmark. September 25, 1818, and passed away at Huntsville, Utah, May 7, 1875, while 
the mother whose birth occurred at Panerup, Aarhus Ampt, Denmark, April 8, 1825, 
died there in 1858. Christen Jensen came with his family to Utah with the Leonard G. 
Rice company, arriving on the 5th of October, 1867. Mrs. Bertha Marie Eccles was born 
at Panerup, Aarhus Ampt, Denmark, January 30, 1857, and by her marriage became the 
mother of twelve children, as follows: David Christen, who was born November 29, 
1877, and wedded Julia Wright on the 8th of February, 1905; LeRoy, whose birth occurred 
November 20, 1879, and who married Myrtle Banks on the 9th of February, 1905; Vida, 
who was born July 9, 1882, and became the wife of Thomas Ray Savage; Royal, whose 
natal day was December 9, 1885; Bertha Olivia, who was born January 22, 1887, and 
gave her hand in marriage to William Arthur Wright; Joseph Merrill, born August 22. 
1889; Lila, born November 26, 1891; Laura, whose natal day was May 9, 1894; Flora, 
born May 9, 1894; William Jack, whose birth occurred August 8, 1895; Annie Vivian, 
born April 18, 1897; and Homer Gordon, born April 18, 1901. 

On the 2d of January, 1885, at Logan, Utah, Mr. Eccles married Ellen Stoddard, 
daughter of John K. and Emma (Eckersley) Stoddard, who were pioneers of 1856. Mrs. 
Ellen Eccles was born January 28, 1867, and became the mother of the following children: 
Marriner S., whose birth occurred September 9, 1890; Marie, born November 2, 1892; 
Spencer, born July 20, 1894; Jesse, whose natal day was May 12, 1896; Emma, born March 
6, 1898; George, born April 9, 1900; Norah, born July 18, 1902; Ellen, born June 23, 
1905; and Willard, born February 22, 1909. 

The death of the husband and father occurred in Salt Lake City, Utah, December 5, 
1912, and his remains were taken back to Ogden for interment, for throughout all the 
intervening years he had continued to make Ogden his place of residence. Notable as 
were his business characteristics and his achievements, there were other marked qualities 
that made David Eccles a man whom to know was to esteem and honor. In fact he had 
great capacity for friendship and true worth could always win his regard. A con- 
temporary writer has said of him: "While he prospered, those who worked with him 
and for him prospered too. His loyalty to them was unlimited and he was delighted in 
seeing them share the benefits of his various enterprises. To this end he encouraged and 
helped them to become his business associates. No man can say that David Eccles was 
enriched at the expense of those who were identified with him." He was a man of most 
generous spirit, constantly extending a helping hand to others, yet his benevolences were 
done according to the mandate not to let the left hand know what the right hand doeth. 
Many times his gifts were known only to himself and the recipients. He was a lover of 
history and poetry, particularly conversant with the history of Scotland and of America, 
and among the poets Robert Burns was his favorite. His political endorsement was given 
to the republican party, and while he had no desire to figure in political circles as a 
candidate for office, he nevertheless was active in that connection in Ogden for four 
years, serving for two years as a member of the city council and for two years as mayor 
of the city, being elected to the latter office in 1887. It was during his incumbency that 
the present city hall was built and Mr. Eccles devoted much time and conscientious 
attention to its construction. He was a most generous contributor to all worthy 
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Christ of Latter-day Saints. When it authorized its million dollar bond issue Mr. 
Bccles and L. S. Hill were the trustees and negotiated the loan, Mr. Eccles himself 
carrying one hundred thousand dollars of the issue. While a man of exceptionally 
brilliant intellect, he also possessed marked social qualities that endeared 
him to all with whom he came in contact. He possessed a remarkably retentive memory 
combined with a mental grasp of affairs and notable foresight, while his judgment in 
business matters was well nigh infallible. To these qualities he added an almost infinite 
capacity for work. When death called him the story of his life was made the subject 
of comment in the leading papers of the entire country. Traveling on foot across the 
arid plains of the west in 1863, he had in the course of his life come to rank with the 
multimillionaires, and yet the attainment of wealth was but one end to be accomplished 
with him. His path was never strewn with the wreck of other men's fortunes. He 
followed constructive methods which resulted in the upbuilding of the district in which 
his labors were put forth, and the efforts of scarcely another man have contributed so 
largely to the development and improvement of Utah and of the west. In the midst of 
all this he found time for those higher and more ennobling influences of life which come 
in the study of literature, the enjoyment of art or in the consecration of effort to the 
work of promoting intellectual and moral progress. While men had the greatest 
admiration for David Eccles, manufacturer and capitalist, they had the highest respect 
and love for David Eccles, the man. 



PARLEY LYCURGUS WILLIAMS. 

Parley Lycurgus Williams, for forty-eight years a member of the bar of Salt Lake 
City, largely specializing in his practice in railroad and corporation law and gaining 
distinction by the wise use of the talents with which nature endowed him, came to 
the west from Perry county, Illinois, where his birth occurred April 7, 1842, his parents 
being Samuel and Andromache (Moore) Williams. He acquired a common school 
education in his native state, afterward became a student in Duquoin Academy and 
for two years attended McKendree College at Lebanon, Illinois. When twenty-five 
years of age he sought the opportunities of the growing west by removal to Wyoming 
and following through preliminary study was admitted to the bar of that state in 
the year in which he took up his abode within its borders. In 1871 he was admitted 
to practice at the bar of Utah and in that year became a resident of Salt Lake City. 
He had previously been district attorney of Wyoming for one term and had obtained 
his initial experience in professional labor there. In 1886 he was called upon to serve 
as territorial superintendent of schools and after one year in that office he became 
commissioner of schools when that office was created by act of congress, and filled 
that office for one year. He has continued in active practice and has ever won for 
himself very favorable criticism for the systematic methods which he has followed. 
He has displayed notable concentration and application and his retentive memory has 
often excited the surprise of his professional colleagues. He stands particularly high 
in the discussion of involved legal problems before the court. He throws himself 
easily and naturally into the argument, displaying a self-possession and a deliberation 
which indicate no straining after effect. On the contrary there is a precision and 
clearness in his statements, an astuteness and strength in his arguments which speak 
a mind trained in the severest school of investigation and to which the closest rea- 
soning has become habitual and easy. Largely specializing upon railroad and corpo- 
ration law, he has acted as general attorney for the Oregon Short Line Railroad 
Company, general attorney for Utah for the Southern Pacific and Union Pacific Rail- 
way Companies and also for the Utah Light and Railway Company. On May 10, 1919, 
the fiftieth anniversary of the completion of the Union Pacific Railroad was observed 
in appropriate manner and Mr. Williams was selected by the president of that com- 
pany, E. E. Calvin, to speak on behalf of the company, which he did. 

Mr. Williams has always given his political allegiance to the democratic party, 
which he has supported since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. He was 
a member of the council of the last Utah territorial legislature. He belongs to the 
Masonic fraternity and was thrice grand master of the Grand Lodge. He is a promi 




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nent figure in club circles of Salt Lake, belonging to the Alta, University and Coun- 
try Clubs. 

In 1876 Mr. Williams was married to Katharine Sharp, who passed away in 1901. 
The record of his family of four sons and a daughter is one of which Mr. Williams 
has every reason to be proud. Parley L. Williams, Jr., the eldest of the family, was 
born in Salt Lake in 1878 and was graduated from the Rensselaer (N. Y.) Polytechnic 
School in 1900 with the degree of Mining Engineer, since which time he has devoted 
his attention to the profession. He offered himself for service in the war but being 
in charge of an iron mine near New York city, he was continued there, the country 
so greatly needing the development of its mines of that character. 

Samuel Williams was born in Salt Lake City, March 22, 1886. He was educated 
in the district schools of this city, at Belmont School for Boys' of Belmont, Cali- 
fornia, at the Phillips Exeter Academy of Exeter, New Hampshire, and in Cornell 
University, from which he was graduated with the class of 1910, winning the degree 
of Mechanical Engineer. He entered the first officers training camp at the Presidio, 
in San Francisco, May 15, 1917. After pursuing the course in field artillery for two 
months he was rejected at the final physical examination on account of a heart murmur. 
He had been an oarsman on the crew while at Cornell and had a touch of what is 
called "athletic heart." On his return from the Presidio, seriously disappointed at 
being rejected, he was examined by surgeons here who considered his heart defect 
as insignificant. He was anxious to get into the army in some department, and in 
August, 1917, joined the volunteer American ambulance force then operating in Prance 
with the French army. He left for France during September, 1917, paying his own 
passage, providing his own equipment and all expenses incident to the trip. He ar- 
rived in France in October, 1917, and in a few days after his arrival the American 
ambulance force was taken over by General Pershing and at that time all men who 
had entered that service were given permission to enlist in the regular army in any 
branch of service they might select, provided they passed all the required examina- 
tions. Considering the Signal Corps as a more important one and more interesting, he 
enlisted in the aviation section of that corps. He passed all the physical and mental 
examinations without difl5culty, it being considered that there was nothing the matter 
with his heart in France. He was trained in the various branches of the air service 
at different places in France until August, 1918, having been commissioned a second 
lieutenant in May of that year. His first assignment was to the Eighty-sixth Squadron. 
Later he was transferred to the Fourth Observation Group, consisting of three Amer- 
ican squadrons and one French squadron. Later he was assigned to the First Pursuit 
Group as radio officer. He was at the front in the St. Mihiel and Argonne sectors from 
August until late in October, when he was ordered to Tours for special duty. After 
a few days there he was ordered to some place he did not name near the Swiss border 
to look after some radio repair work and remained there until the armistice was 
signed. He arrived in New York on his return, January 3. 1919. He was mustered 
out in January, 1919, at New York. 

Paul Williams, born December 30, 1887, in Salt Lake, was educated in the public 
schools of that city; the Lowell school of Salt Lake; the Belmont Military Academy 
of California, 1902-04; Phillips Exeter Academy of New Hampshire, 1904-06, and 
Cornell University, 1906-10, graduating with the degree of A. B. He also attended 
the Columbia Law School, 1910-12, and was graduated with the degree of LL. B. He 
was admitted to the bar of the supreme court of Utah In August, 1912, and to the 
United States district court of Utah in 1913. He was assistant attorney in the law 
department of the Oregftn Short Line Railroad Company until he entered upon the 
general practice of law in Salt Lake. He is now associated with his father in the 
law firm of Williams & Williams. Early in 1916 he joined the State National Guard 
and in June of that year was mobilized with the guard and went to the Mexican 
border, where he remained until November of that year, when he was mustered out. 
On our entry into the World war he applied for admission into the first officers train- 
ing camp at the Presidio and reported there at the opening of school the 15th of 
May, 1917. On his arrival he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Field 
Artillery branch of the service, which he had chosen. He concluded the three months' 
course in that school in August, 1917, when he was commissioned a first lieutenant. 
He was then ordered to Camp Lewis about the end of August. On reporting there the 



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cantonment buildings were incomplete and it was found men would not be assembled 
there for about a month later. He, with other young officers, was then sent to Camp 
Doniphan, Oklahoma, where he remained during September and October, 1917, tem- 
porarily assigned to and assisting in the training of a Kansas National Guard regi- 
ment of field artillery. About the 1st of November, 1917, he was transferred to Camp 
Kearney and temporarily assigned to assist in the training of the One Hundred and 
Forty-fifth (Utah Regiment) Field Artillery. About January 1, 1918, he was selected 
by Brigadier General Lyon, then commanding the Sixty-fifth Brigade of Field Artillery, 
as a member of his staff. He remained with him until he was promoted to a major 
generalship and Colonel Young promoted to Brigadier General, the latter having suc- 
ceeded General Lyon in the command of the brigade. He remained on the staff, going 
with General Young to France in August, 1918. About the 1st of November he was 
promoted to a captaincy and was assigned to the Headquarters Company of the One 
Hundred and Forty-fiffh Regiment but detailed for and continued to act upon the 
staff of General Y'oung. He arrived in New York on Christmas day and was ordered 
to the Presidio at San Francisco, where he was mustered out of the service on Janu- 
ary 18, 1919. 

Hugh Williams, born in 1889, spent a year In Cornell University and in 1915 was 
graduated from the Utah Agricultural College at Logan. In August, 1918, he was 
drafted and sent to Camp Fremont, California, and assigned to Company B, Twenty- 
fourth Machine Gun Battalion. In October, 1918, he was sent first to a camp on Long 
Island, en route to France, and on the 2d of November was put on a transport and 
two days later ordered back to shore and to Camp Lee at Petersburg, Virginia. He 
was mustered out at Fort Logan, Colorado, February 19, 1919. 

The daughter, Kate, educated at Bryn Mawr, was active in Red Cross and war 
work. She is secretary of the Charity Organization Society of Salt Lake and prominent 
in the city's best social circles. 



MAURICE KING PARSONS. 



There are but few, if any, men in the intermountain country who are better known 
in the live stock business than Maurice King Parsons of Salt Lake City. Mr. Parsons' 
identification with this section of the west covers a period of nearly fifty years and 
during by far the greater portion of this time he has been prominently connected with 
the cattle industry. 

A New Englander by birth and a western man by adoption, Maurice K. Parsons 
was born June 24, 1S47, in Worthington, Massachusetts, a son of Maurice and his sec- 
ond wife, Sibrina (King) Parsons. On both the paternal and maternal sides of his 
ancestry Maurice K. Parsons descends from old colonial families, whose records date 
back to the early history of New England. Maurice Parsons, the father of Maurice K., 
was twice married. His first wife was a Miss Clark, who bore him nine children, 
named Edward C, Theopholis, Samuel, Cyrus, Frank, E. Howard, Mary, Lucy and 
Nancy, of whom only two are living. E. Howard is a resident of Pasadena. California, 
and Nancy is the widow of N. M. Cleveland of Worthington, Ohio. For his second wife, 
Maurice Parsons married Sibrina King, who bore him two sons, Maurice K. and Arthur 
L. The latter is a resident of Los Angeles. California. In 1868 Maurice Parsons re- 
moved to Iowa, where he purchased a farm and there resided until he and his wife 
were called to their final rest. 

Maurice K. Parsons was reared in Massachusetts, where he spent the first sixteen 
years of his life, during which time he attended the public schools. Up to this time 
young Parson had no definite future career planned, but, believing the west offered 
better advantages for a young man. he concluded to go to Ohio, in which state he 
lived for several years. There he was employed at different kinds of work. For awhile 
he worked on a farm in Franklin county. While living in Ohio, Mr. Parsons also 
continued his ed'ication by attending school at Worthington and later at Otterbein 
University, Westerville, that state. His parents having removed to Iowa during this 
time, Mr. Parsons decided to pay them a visit, so, giving up his position, he went to 
that state. He remained in Iowa until 1872, during which time he worked on his 




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father's farm, also taught school for two terms in Scott and Clinton counties, Iowa. 
In the latter year he decided to seek his fortune in the growing west and came to 
Utah. Here he became connected with the Indian service as head farmer for the 
Indians, instructing the red men how to cultivate their lands and raise crops. In this 
work he was under the general direction of Major Critchlow. After a time he resigned 
and opened a trading post on the Uinta reservation and for two years handled the 
government contract to supply the Indians with beef. At length he sold his interests 
along that line and purchased a ranch in Boxelder county, Utah, acquiring this prop- 
erty in 1875. This constituted the nucleus of his- start in the cattle raising enterprises 
in which he has met with a well merited success. 

Mr. Parsons disposed of his first ranch in 1875 and removed to Salt Lake, where 
he entered the postofBce as registry clerk, serving under Postmasters J. M. Moore 
and J. T. Lynch. In 1878 he entered the United States Land OflBce under General 
M. M. Bain as receiver and Major J. B. Neil, a Civil war officer, as registrar. Mr. 
Parsons continued in this capacity for five years, after which he again went into the 
stock business. In 1893, in company with Abram Hanauer, he bought from Eccles & 
Remington a large ranch in Mesa county, Colorado. This was the beginning of a 
business association with Mr. Hanauer which continued until the latter's death in 
1911. Subsequent purchases of ranch property by Mr. Parsons included the Keystone 
Ranch in Rio Blanco county, Colorado, and still later a substantial interest in the 
property of the Hillside Land & Cattle Company. The latter company was incorporated 
by Mr. Parsons, Mr. Hanauer and J. Y. Rich, with Mr. Parsons as president. Recently 
Mr. Parsons has disposed of his holdings in the Hillside Land & Cattle Company. 

His business career has been marked by steady advancement until his interests 
have become very extensive and include various branches of the live stock industry. 
He was one of the organizers and president since organization of the Utah-Idaho 
Live Stock Loan Company of Salt Lake. The growth of this company has been re- 
markably rapid and substantial, and it has already taken a prominent position among 
the ably-managed financial concerns of the city. Mr. Parsons is, in addition, president 
of the Utah-Colorado Cattle & Improvement Company while he also holds a similar 
position with the Keystone Land & Cattle Company. He is a director of Walker Brothers 
Bankers, and has been a member of the board of directors of the Columbia Trust Com- 
pany since its organization. He is the founder and directing head of the M. K. Parsons 
& Company, with offices in the Kearns building. This company carries on a general live 
stock business, buying, selling and raising sheep and cattle and is outside of the 
other companies referred to in connection with Mr. Parsons. He was one of the 
original members of the National Live Stock Association and has been second vice 
president ever since its organization. 

There is no man in Utah better informed concerning cattle raising conditions in the 
intermountain country. He has concentrated his efforts in this line of business and 
through years of study and keen observation he has acquired a familiarity with it that 
is not surpassed by any of his contemporaries. With his mind centered upon the 
development of these interests Mr. Parsons is known for his constructive and conserva- 
tive ideas and his preference for the more permanent, if less speculative, line of 
endeavor. 

In 1873, in Ohio, Mr. Parsons was married to Miss Harriet M. Rose, a daughter of 
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Rose of Granville, that state. Mrs. Parsons' death in 1907 at 
Salt Lake City left two sons and a daughter: Edward C, born at Terrace, Utah, gradu- 
ated from the Salt Lake high school and since entering on his business career has 
been identified with the stock business, besides being connected with his father in 
a number of projects of this character; is also vice president of the Salt Lake Union 
Stockyards and has taken an active part in the work of making Salt Lake the im- 
portant live stock market that it has grown to be. He married Miss Sarah McChrys- 
tal, of a prominent Salt Lake family. Arthur Rose Parsons, the older son, was born 
in Salt Lake City, Utah, and received his preparatory schooling in Salt Lake, after 
which he entered Lehigh University, where he took a course in mining and metallurgy, 
which profession he later followed. His death occurred at Las Vegas, Nevada, in March. 
1915. He had for some time been superintendent of the Deseret Power & Mill Company 
and was highly regarded as a most competent man in his profession. His death left a 
widow, who previous to her marriage was Miss Laura Shier, and two sons, Edward S. 



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and William King. Elsie, the daughter of Maurice K. Parsons, was born in Salt Lake 
City and graduated from the Salt Lake high school. She is now the wife of Walter R. 
Andrew of Salt Lake and has a son and daughter, Harriet and Maurice King. Mr. 
Andrew is connected with the M. K. Parsons & Company and is well known in the 
live stock business. 

For his second wife Mr. Parsons was married January 18, 1916, to Miss Nellie 
Pearsall of Salt Lake City. They are members of the Presbyterian Church and people 
of the highest worth, occupying a high position in the best social circles of Salt Lake 
City. Mr. Parsons belongs to the Masonic fraternity and in his political connections 
is a stanch republican, especially supporting that party when national questions and 
issues are involved. He was a member of the first liberal city council of Salt Lake, 
serving under Mayor J. M. Scott, and was a member of the last territorial legislature, 
having been elected on the liberal party ticket. He has for a number of years been an 
interested member of the Salt Lake City Commercial Club; since 188S has been a 
member of the Alta Club and also has membership in the Bonneville and Country Clubs. 

Recognizing the call of opportunity in the west, he responded thereto and in the 
intermountain country found a field of labor which has brought him prominently to the 
front in business connections, while the most envious cannot grudge him his success 
so honorably has it been won and so worthily used. Mr. Parsons is a remarkably 
well preserved man, both mentally and physically, and gives close personal supervision 
to his varied and extensive business interests, with the ability to grasp details that 
would do credit to one many years his junior. His record should serve to encourage 
and stimulate others, indicating as it does what may be accomplished through individual 
effort intelligently directed. 



SAMUEL AMBLER. 



Samuel Ambler, of Ogden, is conducting business in the manufacture of what is 
known as the Ambler Family Remedies and in this connection has become well known. 
He is a native son of England and came to Ogden in the year 1894. Three years after 
crossing the Atlantic he began the manufacture of the Ambler Remedies and Extracts 
and through the intervening period of twenty-two years has continued in this busi- 
ness. He supplies the trade himself, covering an extensive territory in Utah, and also 
sells to some extent in Idaho. The business has steadily grown to large proportions 
and has brought to him a gratifying measure of success. 

In 1892 Mr. Ambler was united in marriage to Miss Emily K. Atkinson and to their 
marriage has been born a son, Harold, whose birth occurred in England twenty-six 
years ago. They also have a daughter, Ellie, who was born in Ogden and is now the 
wife of H. B. Stratton, of this city. The son Harold, responding to the call of the 
colors, enlisted in Cavalry Troop K on the 19th of April, 1917, and sailed for France 
on the 15th of August, 1918, as a member of the One Hundred and Forty-fifth Field 
Artillery. He returned to the United States in January, 1919, and was mustered out 
on the 24th of that month. 

The Ambler family are identified with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day 
Saints, while in politics Mr. Ambler maintains an independent course, voting according 
to the dictates of his judgment with little regard for party ties. He has never had 
occasion to regret his determination to come to the new world, for he has here found 
the opportunities which he sought and in their utilization has made for himself a 
creditable name and place in business circles. 



DANIEL COOLEY. 



Daniel Cooley is now living retired upon the old Rydalch homestead near Grants- 
ville. His entire life has been devoted to agricultural pursuits and by reason of the 
thoroughness of his work and his careful direction of his business affairs he has gained 
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labor. Mr. Cooley was born at Grantsville, January 10, 1860, a son of John William 
and Nancy Joan (Hunt) Cooley. His father wBs born November 29, 1811, in New 
Haven, Oswego county, New York, and was a representative of one of the old American 
families of English lineage. The mother was born in Gibson county, Tennessee, August 
1, 1842, and was the third wife of John William Cooley. 

Daniel Cooley acquired a common school education and was reared to farm life, 
early becoming familiar with the best methods of tilling the soil and caring for the 
crops. As he reached man's estate he began farming on his own account and has 
always engaged in the cultivation of the fields, meeting with gratifying success as 
the years have gone on. He has also devoted much time to cattle raising. He has 
one hundred acres in the home farm, which is situated about a mile northwest of 
Grantsville, and of this tract forty acres is under irrigation. He also owns a ranch of 
three hundred and eighty acres in Skull valley, Tooele county, in partnership with 
his brother-in-law, Richard Rydalch. Upon his place there are large elm trees and the 
farm is altogether a very attractive one. Mr. Cooley has plenty of artesian water upon 
the home place and in 1904 he built a pleasant and commodious residence. The elm 
trees upon his place, which are almost the only elms in Tooele county, were set out 
by his father-in-law. Mr. Rydalch is a stockholder in the Peoples Trading Company 
and a director of the Bank of Grantsville. 

In 1887 Mr. Cooley was united in marriage to Miss Mary Alice Rydalch, whose 
father, William C. Rydalch, was one of the pioneer residents of this section of the 
state. Her mother was in her maidenhood Jane Mitten and the parents emigrated from 
England to America, casting in their lot with the early settlers of Utah. William C. 
Rydalch became one of the men of prominence in Tooele county, serving as probate 
judge of the county, as justice of the peace at Grantsville and also as city councilor. 
Mr. and Mrs. Cooley became the parents of two children: Alice, who is the wife of 
Robert Cook, living at Grantsville, and the mother of one child, Mary; and Virgie Jane, 
who is attending high school. 

Mr. Cooley has always been deeply interested in the question of irrigation and 
for years has been a member of the board of directors of the North Willow Irrigation 
Company. The name of Cooley has long been associated with the development and 
upbuilding of Grantsville and of Tooele county and the work instituted by the father 
has been carried on by Daniel Cooley, who for a considerable period was classed with 
the representative farmers and stockmen of his section of the state. Now he is living 
retired but in all matters of citizenship he takes a keen interest and gives his earnest 
support and allegiance to various plans and measures for the general good. 



OLIVER M. RUNYAN. 



Oliver M. Runyan, conducting an extensive business in Ogden as a dealer in hides 
and wool, was born in Clark county, Indiana, November 17, 1865, and has been a resident 
of the west for twenty-nine years, living in Ogden since 1892. His father, James C. 
Runyan, was born in Canton, Ohio, devoted his life to merchandising and passed away 
on the 11th of September, 1900. The mother, who bore the maiden name of Harriet 
Elizabeth Coons, died in January of the same year in which the death of her husband 
occurred. She was born in Clark county, Indiana, and both were highly esteemed 
residents of the community in which they made their home. 

Oliver M. Runyan began his education in the district schools of his native county 
and afterward attended Hanover College at Hanover, Indiana, from which he was grad- 
uated with the class of 1888. He afterward devoted a year to teaching school and then 
went to Chicago, where he became connected with the firm of D. H. McDaniel & Com- 
pany, engaged in the hide and wool business. He remained in the office of that firm 
for two years, during which time he acquainted himself with the trade, and afterward 
took charge of a branch house for the firm at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where he remained 
for two years. On the expiration of that period he returned to Chicago and again 
spent six months in the office. He next went to Laramie, Wyoming, where he was 
engaged in the hide business for the same company for a period of two years, and in 
1892 he removed to Ogden, still representing the same company in this city. He re- 

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mained with that house in Ogden for thirteen years, or until 1905, when the firm closed 
out the business liere and Mr. Runyan then established business on his own account 
as a dealer in hides, wool, pelts an'" tallow. He is the sole proprietor and has built up 
a business of substantial proportion: his carefully directed interests bringing to him a 
gratifying measure of success. He likewise has various other business interests and 
whatever he undertakes he carries forward to successful completion. 

On the 4th of September, 1895, Mr. Runyan was married to Miss Lettie May Buck- 
miller, of Ogden, a sister of Leroy Buckmiller, mentioned elsewhere in this work. They 
have three children: Lophelia, twenty-two years of age, who was educated in the Ogden 
high school and In the Sacred Heart Academy; Oliver Myron, seventeen years of age, 
who is a member of the senior class of the Ogden high school; and Mildred Elizabeth, 
fourteen years of age, also in school. The elder daughter attended a finishing school 
at Godfrey, Illinois. 

In club circles Mr. Runyan is well known, having membership in the Weber, Rotary 
and the Ogden Golf & County Clubs. He has always been interested in and the owner 
of various driving and race horses and he has greatly enjoyed hunting, turning to 
this for recreation. He is a man of charitable spirit, giving generously where aid is 
needed, both to individuals and to organized benevolent projects. His personal qualities, 
his business integrity and his loyalty in citizenship are qualities which have gained for 
him many friends. 



PRESIDENT JOSEPH FIELDING SMITH. 

President Joseph Fielding Smith, for many years the leader of his people, a man 
whose greatness was found in his keen sense of duty, his devotion to high principles 
and his charitable spirit, came to his prominence in connection with the secular and 
religious upbuilding of Utah through the natural development that spells character, re- 
sulting from a true recognition of life's values and of duty well performed. He was 
born at Far West, Missouri, November 13, 1838, a nephew and namesake of Joseph 
Smith, the Prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His father, 
Hyrum Smith, was the Patriarch of the church, and owing to the many attacks made 
upon Mormonism in Missouri and Illinois, was at the time of his son's birth a prisoner 
in the hands of the Missourians. The family afterward removed to Nauvoo, Illinois, 
and the father suffered martyrdom at Carthage, Illinois, for his faith. The widowed 
mother in 1846 traveled with the band of Latter-day Saints who left Illinois, and, 
crossing the Mississippi on a flatboat towed by a skiff, she then started on the long 
journey across the arid plains to Utah — the Mecca of the people of her faith. Her little 
son accompanied her and acted as herd-boy and teamster, driving a yoke of oxen from 
the Missouri river to the Salt Lake valley. In every possible way he assisted the family 
on the long journey and had not quite reached his tenth year when their travels were 
over. Utah at that time had not even been organized as a territory, so that Joseph F. 
Smith was a witness of the entire development of the state and the family shared in the 
hardships and privations of pioneer life. Holding closely to the faith of his fathers 
throughout his entire life, he remained a most zealous follower of the church and was 
continually advanced in its councils. In early manhood he served as a colonizer and 
missionary and was afterward legislator, apostle and president of the church, remain- 
ing for seventeen years of his life as its chief representative. 

In his early years President Smith was in humble circumstances, but he possessed 
splendid business and executive ability as well as religious zeal and energy. He saw 
and recognized his opportunities and in early manhood lived a life of economy and in- 
tense industry. Prosperity attended his efforts in his later years because of the splendid 
business principles which he ever followed. He would at no time incur indebtedness and 
he frequently admonished his people to "Get out of debt and keep out," setting them a 
splendid example in this connection. One of his biographers, writing of him after his 
death said: "Those who criticized him for what they deemed a too active participation 
in commercial affairs, and thought that as a religious leader he should have been en- 
grossed in spiritual things, to the exclusion of the temporal, overlooked the fact that 
from the Mormon point of view the spiritual includes the temporal. The Latter-day 




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Saints never could have accomplished their great work of redeeming a desert, building 
cities, bringing the poor from foreign lands, colonizing waste places and planting civil- 
ization in the midst of savagery, had not their religion been a religion of temporalities 
— of emigration, agriculture, manufacture and commerce, as well as of tabernacles, 
chapels, schools and missions. Deserts are not redeemed by prayer alone. States are 
not founded by singing hymns, preacliing sermons or performing ordinances. President 
Smith held that the Gospel was intended to save men in this life as well as in the life 
to come, and that a religion which does not better one's condition here cannot be de- 
pended upon to improve it hereafter." Gifted with the power of oratory, he was always 
a most impressive speaker and his zeal often carried him to the heights of eloquence. 

During his leadership of the church President Smith inaugurated many important 
public works. Some of the leading structures which were erected under his direction 
were the Hotel Utah, the Latter-day Saints Hospital, the Bishop's building and the new 
Church Offices, all at Salt Lake City. In Canada and Hawaii the work on temples of the 
church was begun and in various states, as well as in Great Britain, Scandinavia and 
some of the Pacific Islands valuable realty was acquired, mostly for mission purposes. 
Nor was President Smith ever forgetful of the great leaders who preceded him and in 
■Vermont he caused the erection of a splendid monument to Joseph Smith on the site 
of the Prophet's birthplace, while a similar monument was erected to the memory of 
Hyrum Smith on the burial lot in the Salt Lake City cemetery. He was always greatly 
interested in the industrial development of Utah and was active in the establishment 
and promotion of various business enterprises which have been of great value and 
profit in the development of the west. He became president or a director of various 
large business concerns and ultimately gained that prosperity which is the direct and 
merited reward of close application, of indefatigable industry and keen business sagacity. 

All who knew President Smith bore testimony to his kindness and his courtesy, 
particularly to children and the aged. He believed that each had their rights, which 
should be respected. He felt that adults should recognize and observe the rights of 
children just as much as children have regard and veneration for the aged. It has been 
said that on more than one occasion the council felt a little impatient because President 
Smith did not arrive promptly at a meeting, but when he would come in a few moments 
late they learned that he had been detained by someone whose story of woe he felt that 
he should listen to and give needed aid and encouragement. Those who came into close 
and intimate relations with President Smith are best qualified to speak of his character 
and in this connection Elder Orson F. Whitney has said: "President Smith's dominant 
trait was his unfaltering and unflagging devotion to duty. A man more diligent, more 
industrious, more zealous in the practice of the principles he professed, it would be im- 
possible to find. True to his convictions, fearless and outspoken in their defense, he was 
absolutely untiring in his labors for the promotion of the Master's cause. He did not 
court martyrdom, but neither would he have shrunk from it had it been a choice between 
death and dishonor. He was an example of moral rectitude, of clean conduct, of right- 
eous living; and this without doubt constitutes his chief title to greatness. Honest, 
brave, determined, conscientious in all his relations with God and with his fellowmen — 
these and kindred qualities, which his illustrious lineage and his exalted station, gave 
him a prestige all but unrivalled in the annals of the church over which he presided. 
Throughout his entire career he stood a stalwart among the noblest in the land, a man 
of unblemished integrity, a rock against which the billows of temptation beat and 
dashed in vain. 

"Second only to his loyalty and devotion to the work of God was his warm and ten- 
der love for his family — his wives, his children, and after them his kindred in general. 
No man could have been more attached to the members of his household, more regardful 
of their welfare, more solicitous for their safety, more zealous of any influence that 
threatened their peace and prosperity, their happiness in time or in eternity. And how 
richly was he recompensed! In all that numerous flock of sons and daughters, his chil- 
dren and his children's children, not one 'black sheep' is to be found, not one wanderer 
from the fold of the Good Shepherd. This reflection must have been to him, even in 
hours of sorrow and dejection, an unfailing source of comfort and consolation. Every- 
one who knew Joseph F. Smith recognized him as a spiritual giant, a man of mighty 
faith and religious power. No slight upon his religion or his people ever passed un- 
noticed by him — or unresented, unless for principle's sake he was patient and held his 



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peace. Never was he silent through fear of consequences to himself. Exceedingly sen- 
sitive and easily hurt, he was apt to express himself intensely, and could be stern and 
severe in reprimand. But none knew better than he that 'reproving betimes with sharp- 
ness, when moved by the Holy Ghost,' is only half the duty of a servant of God when 
rebuking error or wrong-doing. None knew better how to 'show forth afterwards an in- 
crease of love' toward the one reproved, lest enmity should spring from humiliation. 

"All Utah mourned his departure, and in other parts of the Intermountain region 
Mormons and Gentiles alike paid tributes of respect to his memory. The governor of 
Utah and the mayor of Salt Lake City, both non-Mormons, requested by public proclama- 
tion a general suspension of business during the hour set for the burial. Owing to the 
influenza scourge and the danger attendant upon indoor gatherings, no service was held 
except at the grave, to whith the casket containing the remains, starting from the Bee- 
Hive House precisely at noon of November 22d, was followed by probably the longest 
funeral cortege that has ever moved through the streets of Utah's capital. At the tomb 
brief addresses were made by high church ofHcials, beautiful and appropriate music 
was rendered, and the body of a good and great man was laid in the bosom of Mother 
Earth to await the Morning of the Resurrection." 

President Smith died November 19, 1918. 



JOSEPH ROBINSON WALKER. 

The name Walker for more than sixty years has had a continuous identification 
with the business and financial life of Utah and no family name has during that period 
constantly occupied a more prominent position in the various channels of progress and 
development or contributed more largely to the upbuilding of both city and state. 

This family was among the pioneers to come to the territory now comprised 
within the state of Utah and consisted of the brave little mother and her four sons — 
Samuel S., Joseph R., David F., and Matthew H., ranging in age from seven to sixteen 
years. These four boys were destined to become history-making citizens of the territory, 
honored, talented and possessing the varied qualities of men who accomplish great 
things. There was not a failure in the family and perhaps this fact may be better 
appreciated and understood if a glance is taken of their sturdy English ancestry and 
the spirit in the face of hardship which gave them their priceless heritage. 

The family line of the Walker is traced back as far as the year 1700. Matthew 
Walker, the father, was a resident of Yeadon, Yorkshire, England, and as an innkeeper 
and dealer in cloths had been very successful, so that at the age of thirty-six practically 
retired from business. Unfortunate investments later swept away his fortune so that 
his attention was attracted to America, where he planned to take his family and start 
anew. His wife was Mercy Long, also a native of Yorkshire, and to them were born 
the four sons named above and three daughters, Emma, Mercy and one other who 
died young. Milwaukee. Wisconsin, was the destination of the family in America, when 
the mother and her six children preceded the father to Liverpool by about six weeks and 
sailed on the vessel "Hartley" for New Orleans. After landing at the latter port the 
journey was resumed up the Mississippi river to St. Louis, where they were joined by 
the husband and father a few weeks later, who immediately opened up a small busi- 
ness. 

Brighter opportunities and the irresistible lure of the new country had brought 
them to America but instead of finding here the good fortune for which they had 
hoped, prayed and of which they dreamed, the next year they met with the direst of 
tragedies, when the father and two daughters were fatally stricken during the cholera 
scourge of 1851. The situation which then confronted the mother and her four sons 
may well be imagined; it was one approaching utter desperation and which would 
have daunted even braver hearts. The boys secured positions in fancy goods and notion 
stores, Joseph R. going into one on Broadway in St. Louis. In this manner the sons 
managed to support themselves and their mother as well as accumulate a small capital. 
All four of the boys early exhibited the talents of born merchants and in the few 
months of apprenticeship which they served in St. Louis they learned many things 
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Nixon, a prominent merchant of St. Louis and later known as the "father of Utah 
merchants." 

At this time the broad areas beyond the continental divide were attracting attention, 
especially the gold excitement in California, and too, land thought to be arid waste was 
blossoming under the care of the settlers, communities were growing, business of all 
kinds was being established, so it was only natural that Mercy Walker and her sons 
should consider seriously the advisability of emigrating to the new country. In April, 
1852. their decision was made. 

They disposed of most of their household goods, purchased a stout wagon and some 
oxen and then joined a wagon-train which was beginning the journey across the 
plains. This long trip proved to be one of great hardship, superinduced in large 
measure by the fact that they lost most of their cattle en route and were forced to trade 
the remainder to the Indians, in exchange for ponies and other equipment with which 
to continue the journey. The wagon train halted at Green river, Wyoming, and the 
Walkers proceeded alone, arriving in Salt Lake City on September 22, 1852. Their wagon 
was drawn into the settlement by what was then known as a "spike team," consisting 
of one steer, one heifer and an Indian pony, rather a motley equipage, but one which 
they traded for an adobe house and a small plot of ground, where they lived for a time. 
Afterward they moved from this site, which was in the third ward, into the seventh 
ward, and leased a small log house where years later the magnificent Walker resi- 
dences were to be located. The intrepid mother lived long enough to see her sons well 
started on life's journey, then passed away in Salt Lake City in December, 1863. 

Until 1856, Joseph R. Walker and his brothers worked during the winter in hauling 
wood from the mountains. Meanwhile, however, the Indians had begun to attack the 
settlements and were killing a great many people, and among the volunteers who 
enlisted to help protect the inhabitants of the farming regions near Salt Lake was 
Joseph R. Walker. When the excitement has apparently subsided, thirteen men — Mr. 
Walker among the number — were detailed to drive a herd of cattle into Salt Lake 
City, a distance of eighty miles. The first night out they took proper precautions against 
surprise at night by Indians, and the result proved their wisdom. The stockade was 
attacked during the night by the Indians, who made several furious assaults in an 
effort to stampede the cattle and horses. The toe was beaten off, however, with a loss 
of five or six of their number, and without having damaged the stockade, but two horses 
and twenty cattle were shot and one of the men in the detail was wounded. 

To hearken back a little, Joseph R. Walker, was born August 29, 1836, at Yeadon, 
a small place near Leeds, Yorkshire, England, the second son of his parents Matthew 
and Mercy (Long) Walker. He received a good practical education for a boy before 
leaving his native land and early gave promise of being of great assistance to his 
father in mercantile lines. The trading instincts of Joseph R. Walker prompted him 
early in his career in Utah to obtain a mule team, a wagon, and a stock of dry goods 
and notions, all on credit, and to begin business on his own account. His early train- 
ing then proved of value to him, and this, combined with unusual talent and address, 
made him successful from the start. The entire outfit was paid for in the first few 
months, and from that time forward his progress was rapid. In 1856 Mr. Walker started 
for California, and in 1857 settled in Carson valley as clerk for a trader, and later built 
a store at Gold canyon, in a placer-mining camp named Johnstown, near the afterwards 
famous Comstock lode. Here he found occupation and profit in a large trade and the 
exchange of goods to miners for gold dust. 

In August, 1858, Mr. Walker returned to Utah. General Albert Sidney Johnston 
had established a camp of United States troops at Camp Floyd, about fifty miles from 
Salt Lake, and Mr. Walker, repairing to that point, served as a clerk with the army 
long enough to find out what the situation was. and then with his three brothers, 
opened a store at Camp Floyd with a general supply of dry goods, groceries, cigars and 
tobacco, and such other articles as could be sold to the soldiers, all bought in Salt 
Lake on credit, at sixty per cent, advance on first cost and thirty cents more per pound 
added for freight. The first year the brothers made a profit of twenty thousands dollars. 
Meanwhile, in Salt Lake, in 1859, the Walker brothers had opened a large general store 
and bank, and this business was the beginning of the largest mercantile and financial 
institutions in the intermountain country, the Walker Brothers Dry Goods Company, and 
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The original place of business in Salt Lake was opened In a building known as 
"Daft's Old Store," on the west side of South Main street. Later the property almost 
opposite on the east side of the street was bought, where the business was conducted 
until it was removed to the northwest corner of Main and Second South. A building 
was erected upon the new site, the front part of the structure on Main street being 
utilized for the dry goods department and the rear accommodating the grocery section, 
also a small banking business, which had been inaugurated, principally in favor of the 
trade and to further the selling of goods. But the banking business grew at a startling 
speed, owing to the immense popularity and thorough reliability of the owners, and 
finally they were led to establish the Union National Bank, which was a very successful 
venture but was later merged with the Walker Brothers Bank. 

In 1891 Joseph R. Walker, with his brothers, erected at the southwest corner of 
Main and Third South streets the home of the Walker Brothers Dry Goods Company, 
now one of the largest and most exclusive of the department stores in Utah and still 
under the management of the Walker family. This with the handsome new skyscraper 
known as the Wa'ker Bank building on the northeast corner of Main and Second South 
streets are two great institutions, leaders in their respective fields, which have arisen 
from the energy, foresight and ability of the Walker brothers. 

Illustrative of the difficulties Utah merchants labored under in the early times, 
it is stated that, when in 1S64 Mr. Walker went to New York City and bought a stock 
of goods worth two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, he had to pay fifteen to 
twenty cents a pound for freight and found that it was impossible to get insurance on 
the stock while it was in transit, and when the goods were unloaded in Utah, they had 
cost him three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Mr. Walker was always a mer- 
chant and banker but was later largely interested in real estate in Utah and California 
and in mining enterprises in both states. The first stamp mill in Utah was built by th« 
Walker brothers in the Ophir district. 

Joseph R. Walker was the "father" of Butte, Montana, as in that great mining 
district he was a pioneer. The town of Walkerville, was named for him and it was in 
his employ that Marcus Daly went to Butte. Mr. Daly had been superintendent of the 
mine at Ophir for Mr. Walker, who took him to the Butte camp to superintend prop- 
erties there. 

In addition to being the leading spirit In the immense Walker Brothers Dry Goods 
Company, Joseph R. Walker was a member of Walker Brothers. Bankers, and president 
of the Alice Gold & Silver Mining Company, at Walkerville, Montana, and extensively 
Interested in mines and other enterprises in various sections of the west. While he 
derived great pleasure from the management of large interests, he was a lover of home 
and family. He contributed liberally to worthy objects and promoted all measures 
calculated to advance the welfare of the community in which he lived. He was a strong, 
genial, capable man, untiring in labor, alert to opportunity, a man of ideas and always 
sound in counsel. He was not a politician, but a business man, but took the lively 
interest in public affairs which every American citizen must feel. He died in the early 
evening of January 6, 1901. His death left four sons and a daughter, Joseph R. Jr., 
Charles A., Bert. Ray and Mrs. M. J. Cheesman. His wife, formerly Mary A. Carson, 
died some years before. Two years after the death of Mr. Walker, the heirs sold their 
interest in Walker Brothers Bank, and acquired control of Walker Brothers Dry 
Goods Company. 

The "Tribune" at the time of Joseph R. Walker's death, said of him editorially in 
part: "Joseph R. Walker has been one of the directing forces in Utah for quite forty 
years. He was one of the strong pioneers and in following the line of what he believed 
to be duty, he could not be turned aside; neither the prospect of financial ruin nor 
of imminent personal danger, for a moment made him recoil. When he believed that 
there was a power here which threatened his independence as a man. and was becom- 
ing a menace to the state, he did not hesitate a moment, but sturdily, fairly, honestly 
and bravely opposed it. It was not a passing crisis of a few days, but a long drawn 
out fight for years, and he never wavered, never for an hour left friend or foe in doubt 
as to his position. What he did too was without malice; if one hand was drawn back 
to strike, the other was stretched out to save. In that way he held the respect of his 
enemies even as he held the love of his friends. In the business life of Utah for forty 
years, up to four or five years ago when his health failed him, he was a very strong 



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factor. As the head of the bank and business of Walker Brothers; as the president of 
extensive mining companies in Utah and Montana, he exerted a controlling influence, 
not only in the business of which he was directly interested but in the business of the 
state. On subjects of national concernment, especially financial subjects, he was 
magnificently equipped intellectually, and could give the reasons for his belief in terms 
as clear as ever a judge used in delivering an opinion. 

"He was the most approachable of men; one of the most hospitable of men under 
his own roof, and every appeal to his charity found him lending an eager, willing ear. 
The love of his family for him was a kind of worship, and the grief that will follow him 
to the grave will be pitiable to see. 

"Of all the strong men who have helped to build up and give character to this city 
and state, we can think of no one who has borne his burden more gently and bravely; 
no one has followed the exact line of duty with less variation. The Utah of today bears 
the impress which J. R. Walker stamped upon it; the character of the state is higher 
than it would have been had he never walked these streets." 



WARREN WARD SHUMAN. 



Warren Ward Shuman, proprietor of the largest garage and repair shop in Tre- 
monton, is one of the enterprising young men who have located in the town and who 
are making valuable contribution to its reputation as "the livest town in Utah." Mr. 
Shuman is a son of John Shuman, a member of a family of Dutch lineage that settled 
in Pennsylvania in the early days of America's colonization. In early life John 
Shuman left the east and started westward, taking up his abode in Nebraska as one of 
the early settlers of that state. It was there that his son Warren was born in 1887. 
The education of the son was acquired in the public schools of Nebraska and Utah, 
and in 1903 ill health caused him to seek a location farther west. He therefore made 
his way to Tremonton and became one of the early residents of the place. He took up 
the business of an automobile mechanic and is today the owner of the largest garage 
and repair shop in Tremonton. It is located on Main street and is the best equipped 
establishment of the kind in the state north of Ogden. His place is thoroughly 
equipped with the most modern machinery and a recfent addition to his equipment 
has been a motor generator for charging batteries, which is the largest generator in the 
city. Besides doing all kinds of automobile repair work Mr. Shuman is the agent of the 
Vesta storage battery for northern Utah and he carries a large line of the best makes 
of tires and automobile accessories. He handles the Goodrich, the Silvertown, the 
Goodrich fibre and the Savage tires and of the last mentioned is sole agent in northern 
Utah. He employs a force of expert mechanics and all of his work is guaranteed. The 
people of the community say that his guarantee is as good as a bond. 

Mr. Shuman was married to Miss Ellen Thomas, a daughter of David Thomas, a 
well known citizen of Malad, Idaho, and to them has been born a son, Earl Warren, 
whose birth occurred in February, 1907. Mr. and Mrs. Shuman are well known in 
Tremonton, where they have many friends, their social position being equal to that 
of the creditable name and place which he has won for himself in business circles. 



C. EUGENE FLETCHER. 



C. Eugene Fletcher is the manager of the Fletcher & Thomas Clothing Company, 
conducting a thoroughly up-to-date establishment, known as the Fletcher & Thomas Com- 
pany, at No, 68 West Center street, in Prove. Mr. Fletcher is a native son of the city 
in which he makes his home, his birth having here occurred August 8, 1877, his parents 
being C. E. and Elizabeth (Miller) Fletcher, representatives of pioneer families of 
Salt Lake. The father was born in Salt Lake, and was reared and educated in Salt 
Lake and came to Provo during the '60s, where he has since resided. For many years 
he conducted business as a contractor and builder and won substantial success but is 
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and in early life was very active in its work, holding several executive offices in the 
church and also serving on a mission to the northwestern states. He married Elizabeth 
Miller, who was born in Provo, a daughter of the late C. D. and Alice (Higgenbotham) 
Miller, who became residents of Provo during the period of its early settlement. Mrs. 
Fletcher passed away February 15, 1918. at the age of sixty-two years. In their family 
were eleven children, nine of whom are yet living. 

C. Eugene Fletcher, the second in order of birth in the family, pursued his early 
education in the public schools of Provo and he also spent one term as a student in 
the Brigham Young University. When eighteen years of age he started out to earn 
his own livelihood and his first employment was that of clerk in mercantile lines. He 
had previously worked with his father upon the home farm and he devoted six years 
to clerking in Provo, at the end of which time he entered business on his own account 
as a dealer in clothing and men's furnishings. In 1914 the business was incorporated 
under the name of the Fletcher & Thomas Company, with A. N. Thomas as the presi" 
dent, C. E. Fletcher as the vice president, C. Eugene Fletcher, secretary and manager 
and J. A. Bird, treasurer. Mr. Thomas has been associated with Mr. Fletcher from 
the beginning. Theirs is the only exclusive store of the kind in Provo and the leading 
establishment of its class in southern Utah. The store is thoroughly modern in its 
equipment and the firm carries an extensive line of standard goods. Their business 
has reached gratifying proportions and their progressive methods ensure a continuance 
of a substantial trade. 

On the 4th of June, 1902, Mr. Fletcher was married in Salt Lake Temple to Miss 
Sarah Estella Thomas, who was born in Provo, a daughter of R. H. and Sarah E. 
(Cluff) Thomas, both representatives of old and prominent Provo families. Mr. and 
Mrs. Fletcher have five children: Melba, Marie, Hazel, Ethel and Charles Thomas, all 
born in Provo. 

The religious faith of the family is. that of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day 
Saints, their membership being in the first ward. Mr. Fletcher is president of the 
Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association and has taken an active and leading 
part in religious work. He filled a mission in the eastern states from 1S99 until 1901, 
with conference headquarters at Brooklyn, New York, and has served as secretary and 
counselor. During the period of the war Mr. Fletcher took a helpful interest in pro- 
moting war activities and he served as a member of the Syrian Relief committee and 
on two Liberty loan drives. In politics he is a democrat and he belongs to the Provo 
Commercial Club. He resides at No. 24 East First street. South, where he owns a 
pleasant home. His success is attributable entirely to his own labors, for he started 
out in life without capital and has steadily worked his way upward. 



JUDGE -WILLIAM MURDOCK McCARTY. 

Honored and respected by all. there is no name that is enrolled higher on the 
judicial records of the state of Utah than that of William Murdock McCarty, who 
for sixteen years served upon the supreme court bench. His colleagues characterized 
him as an ideal jurist by reason of his close conformity to the highest ethics of the 
profession and his comprehensive knowledge of the law. Judge McCarty was born 
at Alpine. Utah. May 15, 1859, a son of James Hardwick and Lydia Margaret (Cragun) 
McCarty. The father, a native of Kentucky, removed to Indiana in boyhood and was 
reared to manhood in the Hoosier state. Leaving the Mississippi valley in 1854, he 
removed to Utah, where he was united in marriage to Miss Lydia Margaret Cragun, 
who was born in Nauvoo, Illinois, and had come to this state in 1852. 

Spending his youthful days under the parental roof, the future jurist attended the 
Brigham Young Academy in 1881 and 1882, after mastering the branches of learning 
taught in the public schools. He was afterward employed in driving a freighting team 
between points in Utah and the mines of Nevada, carrying products of the farm to the 
miners at Pioche. Bristol and other places. At night, as the members of the wagon 
train camped out along the way by the side of the old road in the Escalante desert, 
Mr. McCarty would pore over a law book while the other freighters would play cards 
or in some other way provide entertainment for the evening. It was in this way that he 




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gained his Initial knowledge of the law and, actuated by a laudable ambition, he contin- 
ued his studies until he could pass the required examination which secured him admis- 
sion to the bar of the district court at Beaver, Utah, on the 17th of September, 1887. He 
was admitted to practice in the supreme court of the state in 1890 and later in the United 
States district and supreme courts. He first opened a law office in Beaver, Utah, wliere 
for a period he was in partnership with O. A. Murdock, under the firm name of McCarty 
& Murdock. He was afterward appointed assistant United States district attorney for 
the territory of Utah and continuously filled that position save for a brief period 
until Utah was admitted to the Union in 1896. In the meantime he served for two 
terms, from 1892 until 1896, as county attorney of Sevier county. In 1894 he entered 
into partnership relations with Samuel R. Thurman, under the firm style of Thurman & 
McCarty, and they thus engaged in practice until the following year, when Mr. Mc- 
Carty was elected judge of the sixth judicial district of Utah and by reason of his very 
capable service on the bench was reelected to the office in 1900. His service on the 
district bench recommended him for higher judicial honors and in 1902 he was 
elected justice of the supreme court of Utah for a term of six years and reelected in 
1908 for a similar period. A third election came to him in 1914. During his service 
upon the supreme court bench he twice acted as chief justice for a period of two years 
and would for a third time have assumed the duties of that position in 1919 had deatli 
not claimed him. In 1914 it was written of him in Men of Affairs in Utah: "As chief 
justice of the supreme court of Utah, William M. McCarty holds a position which is pe- 
culiarly exacting and which makes peculiarly trying demands upon him. The judicial 
mind must not be swayed by personal opinion and the law is the only foundation upon 
which opinions of the supreme court can be based. Justice McCarty on the bench divorces 
himself from every personal tie and thinks only as a judge, without fear or favor. 
Off the bench he displays another side of a remarkable personality. Amiable, a de- 
lightful conversationalist, possessing wit that sparkles and philosophy that sobers. 
Chief Justice McCarty has thousands of friends who admire him and cherish his 
good esteem." 

In 1893 Judge McCarty was united in marriage to Miss Lovina L. Murray and to 
them were born the following named: Murray W. and Ray S., who at the time of 
their father's death were in the service of their country, the former an officer in 
France with a bombing squadron and the latter a member of one of the gun crews of 
the United States transport Great Northern; Frank E. H.; and Mrs. Margaret M. Magor. 

Judge McCarty was a valued member of Salt Lake Lodge, No. 85, B. P. O. E., 
also of the Knights of Pythias and the Loyal Order of Moose. It is worthy of note 
that after Judge McCarty's election to the supreme court bench he became the asso- 
ciate of S. R. Thurman and E. E. Corfman, who were his colleagues in the supreme 
court and with whom he had formerly engaged in law practice in territorial days, 
having been the associate of Judge Thurman at Beaver and of Judge Corfman at 
Provo. The death of Judge McCarty occurred on the 19th of December, 1918. He 
was a man of fine personal appearance and his broad brow, his keen eye, his firm 
but mobile mouth were indicative of the strong spirit within. His political allegiance 
was always given to the republican party and he never faltered in his support of any 
cause which he espoused. His mind was always open to conviction and he closely 
studied every question which came to him for settlement as a judge or as a citizen. 
Elected a justice of the supreme court for the third term, he would have continued 
in the office for eighteen years had death spared him to complete the term to which 
he was last elected. However, Utah benefited by his wise decisions for sixteen years 
and his epitaph, as written by his colleagues of the supreme court, is that "he was a 
man of stern integrity, of most excellent morals and led a clean and blameless life." 
In a memorial prepared by a committee appointed for the purpose, it was said: 

"Judge McCarty was what is commonly called a self-made man. Much of his 
learning was acquired at the hearth and in the cabin. As a law student he had few 
books, but those he read diligently. He was a good advocate at the bar and an able 
and conscientious judge on the bench. He was learned in the law, but he was not, 
nor did he pretend to be, a classic or a logician of the law, nor had he, nor did he 
claim to have, a mind richly stored with legal lore and technical knowledge, as com- 
pared with more I'enowned jurists of the country. His mind, however, was well stored 
with fundamentals of the law and with much general and practical knowledge, coupled 



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with strong Intuitions whicli at times outranked liis power of expression. He reached 
jost and correct conclusions from complicated facts and intricate questions of law 
with at times a seeming inaptness to give the hest reasons for them, or to concretely 
state the propositions involved, even to his own satisfaction. His judicial opinions are 
put in plain language and with certainty as to what was intended and decided. 

"In reviewing a record he was influenced more by what he regarded the inherent 
justice of the cause than by the niceties and technicalities of the law, but not in dis- 
regard of its fundamentals, nor by substituting for them what he thought the law 
ought to be. He had proper respect for legislative authority, but was ever vigilant to 
ward off encroachments upon the constitution or upon the courts. 

"In his discharge of his duties he was faithful and impartial. Neither politics 
nor religion, nor rank or wealth of litigants, but only the facts and the law of the 
cause, influenced him in reaching a result. Friend and foe alike received at his hands 
the same consideration. He was of most positive character, firm and independent, 
fearless in his convictions, strong in his likes and dislikes, yet ever willing to redress 
a wrong and to enforce right. 

"There was not anything diplomatic or politic about him. He was plain and out- 
spoken and usually called things by their right name. Fawn and flattery were foreign 
to his nature. His whole life was modest and simple and free from ostentation. He 
was of stern integrity, of most excellent morals and lived a clean and blameless life. 
He was domestic in his habits, affectionate and devoted to his family, and cheer- 
fully made whatever sacrifices were necessary for their comfort and welfare. Un- 
demonstrative and reserved of manner, yet he was most warm-hearted and a genial 
and an interesting companion, full of anecdote and reminiscences. As a citizen he 
was public-spirited, of undoubted loyalty and ready and willing to aid any cause he 
thought just. 

"No time was wasted by him in doubts and fears as to the future. All that he 
saw and understood taught him to trust a high power for what he did not see or 
understand. To him death was a natural event. He met it in firmness and with 
confidence that a proper performance of duties of this life is the best preparation for 
the life that follows." 



FRANK KNOX. 



For nearly thirty years Frank Knox occupied a foremost position in the business 
and financial circles of Salt Lake and during that period there were few if any men 
whose life records were so inseparably interwoven with the history of banking in the 
city and state. The activities and influence of Mr. Knox, however, were not confined 
to the state of Utah but were felt throughout the intermountain country and represented 
a most substantial contribution to the commercial development and progress of the dis- 
trict. 

Frank Knox was descended from English and Scotch ancestry, and both of his 
grandfathers in the maternal and paternal lines saw service in the Revolutionary war 
and the War of 1812 and won distinction for bravery and gallantry. Mr. Knox of this 
review was born on a farm near Washington. Iowa, March 25, 1857, a son of William 
and Elizabeth (Sliort) Knox. He acquired his early education in the district schools 
and later for two years attended the Washington Academy in his native town. At the 
age of sixteen he entered the employ of the First National Bank in Washington as a 
messenger and a few years later, in 1878, was promoted to the position of bookkeeper. 
The alertiless and capability of the young man attracted the attention of John Bry- 
son, of Chicago, who was a director of the Iowa bank and who had large lumber hold- 
ings in Kansas. He offered Mr. Knox the superintendency of his lumber interests there 
with a handsome salary attached. Mr. Knox accepted and later purchased an interest 
in the business, which he held until 1882, when the firm sold their Kansas yards. Mr. 
Knox was then offered the position of assistant cashier in the First National Bank of 
Washington, Iowa, and after serving for a brief period in that capacity was appointed 
cashier. In 1885 he resigned to go to Osborne, Kansas, to organize the First National 
Bank of that place, becoming its manager and cashier, in which dual capacity he served 




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until 1889, when he sold his interest in the business and removed to Salt Lalte City. 
While at Osborne he became one of the organizers of the National Bank of Commerce 
at Kansas City and also assisted in organizing two state banks in Kansas, of which he 
became president and chief owner. In May, 1890, he organized the National Bank of 
the Republic of Salt Lake City and remained its president until his death. This insti- 
tution largely through his keen foresight and remarkable banking ability became one 
of the most powerful financial institutions of the west and was closely Identified with 
the growth and prosperity of some of Utah's leading commercial enterprises by reason 
of the financial support given thereto. The bank carries the largest deposits of any 
national bank in Utah. Mr. Knox was soon accorded rank among the leading bankers 
and financiers of America, being known for his safe conservatism as well as his pro- 
gressiveness. His death caused deep sorrow among the bankers and many business 
men who recognized his force and judgment and the influence which he had exerted in 
promoting the business development of his section. He was a member of the execu- 
tive council of the American Bankers Association and was vice president for Utah at 
the time of his demise, while for two years he served as the president of the Utah 
Bankers Association. He was the resident vice president of the American Surety Com- 
pany of New York and when the federal building was erected Mr. Knox was made dis- 
bursing agent by the secretary of the United States treasury and the bank was desig- 
nated as a government depository. Mr. Knox was also closely connected with consid- 
erable mining development in Utah and Nevada and was a director of the Pittsburgh 
Silver Peak Mining Company. He was also the owner of a large ranch at Moapa, Ne- 
vada, but his health caused him to practically abandon active work nearly a year prior 
to his death and he spent several months in California in a vain endeavor to regain 
his strength. In politics Mr. Knox was a republican but never held political office, al- 
though in 1903 he was his party's candidate for mayor of Salt Lake City. 

At Red Oak, Iowa, in 1882, Mr. Knox was married to Miss Julia May Granby, a 
daughter of George Granby, of Morris. Illinois. They became the parents of two sons 
and a daughter: De Witt, who is mentioned elsewhere in this work; Frances M., of 
Salt Lake; and George G., who is assistant cashier of the National Bank of the Republic 
at Salt Lake. The last named was appointed to the second officers' training school at 
the Presidio in California and was graduated with a first lieutenant's commission. Soon 
thereafter he went overseas, where he won a captaincy and served with the Sixty-sixth 
Field Artillery Brigade. Captain Knox saw fifteen months of overseas service and partic- 
ipated in four of the major engagements with the American forces, namely: the Cham- 
pagne-Marne defense of Chateau Thierry fame, the Aisne-Marne offensive, St. Mihiel and 
the Meuse-Argonne. 

Mr. Knox passed away at Salt Lake City, September 25, 1915, and is survived by 
a widow and three children. He was a member of the Alta, Country and Commercial 
Clubs but was essentially a home man, devoted to the welfare of his family. The Salt 
Lake Herald-Republican in an editorial at the time of his death said: 

"Salt Lake loses by the death of Frank Knox, an aggressive financier, whose 
acquisitive talents were not used solely for his own benefit. The community owes 
much to him and not a few of its leading citizens are mourning the passing of a friend 
who proved a friend indeed. His financial ability and his money, too, were at the serv- 
ice of the deserving, whether the enterprise was for individual profit or for the com- 
munity welfare. Many of Salt Lake's most successful business men date a useful career 
from the day the president of the National Bank of the Republic gave substantial evi- 
dence of his confidence in them by encouraging their initial enterprises with financial 
support. He was the familiar counselor and supporter of the young men whose ambi- 
tions for a commercial career were circumscribed by lack of funds. Their honesty and 
energy were sufficient collateral security for assistance from Frank Knox when he 
knew their plans. He loaned money on personality and he was wont to remark that he 
found it good banking. Mr. Knox's life story for a quarter of a century is the history 
of Salt Lake's progress during the unfolding years. Banking was his business and to 
banking he was exclusively faithful, but as his means grew he used them for the 
industrial advancement of the city and state as well as his private profit. He was one 
of those to whom promoters of commercial enterprises went for advice and for help as 
the adventurer in any field seeks an expert for counsel. He so successfully tempered 
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pioneer that his estimate ot the probable success of an undertaking left little to be 
said. No city can hope for industrial greatness without citizens of the perceptions and 
the broad optimism that characterized Mr. Knox. Salt Lake has had many such, but 
to few need it give more credit for its advancement than this capable financier, who so 
long efliciently managed the operations of the National Bank of the Republic, and 
there are not many it could so illy spare." 



EMIL P. BRATZ. 



Emil F. Bratz, handling investments and real estate, with offices in the Eccles 
building in Ogden, was born upon a farm about thirty miles north of Milwaukee, Wis- 
consin, a son of Michael and Wilhelmina (Becker) Bratz, who became early residents 
of Wisconsin, establishing their home in that state upon their arrival in the new world 
from Germany. They left their native country in order to escape its military domina- 
tion. The father did not wish to serve in the army and consequently sought the free- 
dom and opportunities of the new world. He made his way to Wisconsin, where he 
settled upon a farm in the midst of a forest. He felled the trees, prepared the land 
for cultivation and in the course of time was gathering good crops; in fact he developed 
a splendid place from the wilderness and remained one of the progressive agriculturists 
of the region for many years. Both he and his wife have now passed away. 

Emil F. Bratz, who was one of a family of six children, pursued his education In 
the district schools near his father's home while spending his youthful days upon the 
home farm and later he had the benefit of instruction in the Northvi'estern University 
at Watertown, Wisconsin. He left that institution in 1878 to enter upon his business 
career in connection with George P. Dangers at St. Cloud, Wisconsin. They opened 
a general mercantile store there, successfully conducting the business from 1S81 until 
1889 and also owning and operating a large grain elevator. Their trade steadily in- 
creased and their business became one of the profitable commercial interests of that 
district, but eventually Emil F. Bratz severed his connection with the locality in order 
to become a resident of the west. In the spring of 1S90 he arrived in Ogden, where 
he established a real estate, insurance and loan agency, and through the intervening 
years has conducted a large and profitable business of this character, save that a few 
years ago he closed out the insurance department. He now gives his attention, how- 
ever, to real estate, loans and investments and is accorded a large clientage. He is 
also a director of the Hurst Realty & Mercantile Company of Ogden and holds the 
oflice of secretary and treasurer in that organization. 

On the 6th of July, 1898, Mr. Bratz was married to Miss Emma Klessig, of Wis- 
consin. He belongs to the Weber Club, also to the Ogden Golf and County Club and 
gleans much of his recreation from the game of golf. He is quiet and unassuming 
in manner but a man of high standing in business who has made many friends during 
the period of his residence in Ogden. His sterling worth commends him to the con- 
fidence and the high regard of all with whom he has been associated. He is recognized 
as a man of thorough reliability in his chosen field and while he does not seek to 
figure prominently in public affairs he nevertheless manifests a marked devotion to 
the public good and his cooperation can at all times be counted upon to further in- 
terests that are of value to the city and to the commonwealth. 



CLARENCE J. NEILSON, M. D. 

A progressive spirit characterizes the professional career of Dr. Clarence J. Neilson, 
one of the best known among the younger physicians and surgeons of Salt Lake City 
and until recently a first lieutenant in the Medical Corps of the United States Army, 
stationed at Port Oglethorpe, Georgia. Dr. Neilson was born at Mount Pleasant, Utah, 
July 23, 1882, a son of Samuel J. and Caroline (Christenson) Neilson, who came to 
the new world from Denmark in early life and established their home at Mount Pleas- 
ant, Utah, where the father turned his attention to mercantile pursuits. Subsequently 



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he engaged in sheep raising and still later became a well known factor in financial 
circles as the organizer of the Mount Pleasant Commercial & Savings Bank, of which 
he was president at the time of his death, which occurred in 1893, when he was but 
forty-four years of age. The mother survives and is now a resident of Salt Lake City. 
Their family numbered five children: Victor, a railroad engineer living at Magna, 
Utah; Peter, an attorney at law practicing his profession in Minneapolis, Minnesota; 
Mrs. Samuel Cloverdale, of Salt Lake City; Clarence J., of this review; and Christian, 
who has passed away. 

The boyhood and youth of Dr. Neilson was largely devoted to the acquirement of 
a public school education in Mount Pleasant and the pursuit of a further course of 
study in Wasatch Academy, from which he was graduated with the class of 1902. He 
then entered the University of Minnesota, where he pursued a literary course, winning 
the Bachelor of Arts' degree in 1906. With broad literary learning to serve as a founda- 
tion upon which to rear the superstructure of professional knowledge, he then entered 
the Cooper Medical College of San Francisco, California, where he continued his studies 
for two years, at the end of which time he matriculated in the Jefferson Medical Col- 
lege of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was there graduated in 1911 and won an in- 
terneship in the Methodist Episcopal Hospital of Philadelphia. In the fall of 1912 
he returned to Utah and opened an office in Salt Lake City, since which time he has 
built up a very successful practice. In September, 1918, he was commissioned a first 
lieutenant on the Medical Staff of the United States Army and was assigned to Fort 
Oglethorpe, Georgia, where he remained until mustered out of service on the 20th of 
December, 1918, following the signing of the armistice. He then returned to resume 
his medical practice in Salt Lake, where he has specialized in surgery. He is thor- 
oughly conversant with anatomy and the component parts of the human body, the 
onslaughts made upon it by disease or left to it as an inheritance from ancestors. 
He is cool and calm in times of excitement and emergency and his surgical work has 
gained high rank. He has been a member of the county medical health department 
for the past three years and is now acting as county physician of Salt Lake county. 
He practices in all of the hospitals and is physician and surgeon for the Bamberger 
Electric Railway and assistant surgeon of the Cudahy Packing Company of Salt Lake. 

On the 5th of July, 1912, Dr. Neilson was married to Miss Pauline E. Downs, of 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Downs, of Williamsport, 
that state. In his fraternal relations the Doctor is a Mason, proving a worthy exemplar 
of the teachings and purposes of tlie craft. Along strictly professional lines his mem- 
bership is with the Salt Lake County and Utah State Medical Societies. He is thor- 
oughly conversant with the latest scientific researches and discoveries of the profession 
and keeps abreast with the best thinking men of the age regarding all medical and 
surgical matters. 



DANIEL H. ADAMS. 



Daniel H. Adams, principal of the Central Junior high school at Ogden and well 
known as a factor in the educational circles of Utah, was born in Chester, Vermont, 
March 17, 1860, a son of Ira H. and Marcella (Adams) Adams, who prior to their 
marriage were distantly related. The father was a native of Vermont and a descendant 
of one of the old families of the Green Mountain state of English origin. The first 
ancestors of the family in the new world came to America in the early part of the 
seventeenth century and from the same ancestry were descended John Adams and 
John Quincy Adams, both presidents of the United States. Ira H. Adams was a farmer 
by occupation and also engaged in the wholesale produce business in Chester, Vermont, 
where he resided throughout his entire life. There he passed away in 1902 at the 
age of seventy-seven years. His widow, who was also a native of the Green Mountain 
state, survived him for about a decade, passing away in 1912 at the age of seventy- 
nine. They had a family of six sons. 

Daniel H. Adams of this review, the youngest of the family, attended the public 
schools of Chester, Vermont, passing through consecutive grades to the high school, 
from which he was graduated with the class of 1882. He afterward became a student 



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In a Vermont military academy and was graduated therefrom with a captain's com- 
mission in 18S6, his commission being given through the governor, Levy K. Fuller, 
who signed the papers conferring upon him the title. After leaving the academy he 
spent several terms in educational work in Chester, Windsor county, Vermont, and 
then removed to Alma, Michigan, where he was principal of the high school for three 
years. On leaving the middle west he came to Ogden, arriving in the summer of 1890. 
In the fall of that year he entered the schools of Ogden and has since been continuously 
connected with the educational system of the city. He has been throughout the entire 
period a teacher in the Ogden high school and has contributed much to the splendid 
reputation of this institution as a factor in the educational development of the state. 
He holds to the highest standards in his professional work and keeps in touch with 
the most advanced methods of instruction. 

On the 19th of August, 1902, Professor Adams was married in Lawrence, Kansas, 
to Miss Ellen M. Zimmerman, a native of the Sunflower state and a daughter of Rev. 
W. H. and Mrs. Zimmerman, both now deceased. Her father had charge of the Meth- 
odist diocese of Kansas for many years and was a well known representative of the 
clergy of that denomination. To Mr. and Mrs. Adams have been born two children: 
Katherine M., born in Ogden in 1904; and Daniel H., Jr., in 1905. 

Professor Adams is a republican in his political views and during the period of 
the recent European war he did a great deal in connection with the Boys' Working 
Reserve in the sale of Thrift and War Savings Stamps and in other ways. He is a 
member of Weber Lodge, No. 6, A. F. & A. M., and is a faithful follower of the craft. 
He likewise belongs to the Weber Club and the family are members of the First Metho- 
dist church. Their aid and influence are ever given on the side of progress and im- 
provement and Professor Adams and his family have made valuable contribution to 
the cultural development of the district in which they live. 



ANTHON HENRIK LUND. 



Anthon Henrik Lund, first counselor to President Heber J. Grant of the Church of 
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was born at Aalborg. Denmark, May 15, 1844, being 
the son of Henrik and Anna Christina (Anderson) Lund. When he was four years of 
age the mother passed away and, the father then serving his country in the war be- 
tween Denmark and Schleswig-Holstein, the small Anthon was left in the care of his 
grandmother. She immediately placed him in school to begin his education, a career 
which was not interrupted by the father's return from the battlefields in 1851. At the 
tender age of seven years young Anthon was advanced to the so-called "city schools," 
wherein he gained the first place with its attendant honors five years later. During 
the same year in which this latter success came to him he also was baptized into the 
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Several years previous to his baptism 
one of his uncles had Joined the church and later his grandmother, too, embraced the 
new teachings, with the result that Anthon, youngster though he was, read and be- 
came vitally interested in the doctrines of the Mormon church. From this time until 
the present his labors have been in the interests of his church, and his devotion and 
loyalty to his belief have burned as a steady flame. 

At the age of thirteen Anthon H. Lund was called to labor In the Aalborg confer- 
ence, his duties in this connection being the teaching of English to the emigrating 
Saints, to distribute tracts and to assist the elders in various ways. Then in 1862 came 
the first great event of his life — the voyage to American shores. His sailing vessel 
entered New York harbor on May 28th of that year. Accompanied by his grandmother, 
who had zealously watched over him throughout his youthful years, he traveled by 
rail and overland to Salt Lake City, arriving here September 23d in the Bishop C. A., 
Madsen independent company. After a short time here he went into the Sanpete coun-t 
try, the grandmother joining her son at Cedar City. 

On a farm near Fairview, Anthon Lund was first employed during a period of 
three months and then moved to Mount Pleasant, where he found an occupation more 
suited to his taste and education. John Barton, a citizen of Mount Pleasant, offered 
him a home in return tor the tutoring of the Barton children, a bargain which was 




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quickly and gratefully accepted. In 1864 his vocation assumed a different turn and he 
became a teamster, bringing emigrants from the Missouri river to Utah. During the 
winter months of this year he taught school again and in the following summer season 
he clerked in a store. 

In the autumn of the year 1865 Anthon H. Lund, with a number of other young 
men, responded to a call from President Brigham Young to come to Salt Lake City and 
study telegraphy under the veteran operator, John Clowes. The first Deseret telegraph 
line was then being finished and in 1866 he returned to Mount Pleasant as a full-fledged 
operator to take charge of the station at that place. For three years he filled this posi- 
tion and in addition conducted a photograph gallery. In 1868 he became secretary of 
the local cooperative association and also was chosen a member of the first city coun- 
cil of Mount Pleasant. 

Two years later, to be exact on May 2, 1870, occurred his marriage to Sarah Ann 
Peterson, the daughter of Bishop Canute Peterson, of Ephraim, Utah, to which town 
he then moved from Mount Pleasant. The next year he was sent on a mission to his 
native land, Denmark, accompanying his father-in-law, who was sent to preside over 
the ai^airs of the church in Scandinavia. Anthon Lund, then but twenty-six years of 
age, was placed in charge of the business department of the Copenhagen office of the 
Scandinavian mission and remained thusly for a year and a half, when he returned to 
the United States and his beloved Utah. 

After another winter of teaching he was made the head clerk of the Ephraim store, 
a position which he filled so acceptably that he was soon advanced to the place of supers 
intendent, which he held for ten years. Then, in 1883, he was sent upon another mis- 
sion to European fields, succeeding Christian D. Fjelsted as president of the Scandi- 
navian mission. Previous to this mission he had been high counselor and clerk of the 
Sanpete stake of Zion and also superintendent of the Ephraim Sunday schools. 

President Lund remained abroad until November, 1885, and then returned to Utah, 
where he was met by a most agreeable honor. Anticipating his early return from across 
the Atlantic, the people had elected him a member of the territorial legislature. He 
served notably in the session of 1886 and in 1888 was again returned to the house. His 
v/ork in these bodies was important and valuable and among other legislative measures 
that he introduced were the bills to establish the Industrial School and the AgriculturaJ 
College. 

In the year 1888 Anthon H. Lund was made vice president of Manti Temple, assist- 
ing President Daniel H. Wells, and at the death of the president, in March, 1891, he was 
chosen as president. His call to the apostleship came in October, 1889. 

From 1893 until 1896 he presided over the European mission and in 1897 he visited 
the orient in company with F. F. Hintze, for the purpose of reorganizing the Turkish 
mission and selecting a spot for a colony in Palestine. In June, 1898, he returned to 
Utah. At the close of the year 1899 he was appointed to the position of church his- 
torian, to which he succeeded at the demise of Franklin D. Richards, also succeeding 
him as president of the State Genealogical Society. President Lund had been acting as 
superintendent of religion classes, in which capacity he remained until January, 1919. 
He is also one of the original members of the General Church Board of Education. 

On October 17, 1901, Anthon H. Lund became one of the first presidents of the 
church, by virtue of his appointment on that date as second counselor to President 
Joseph F. Smith. In this capacity he served faithfully until his appointment as first 
counselor to the president of the church at the death of John R. Winder. 

In addition to his valuable life's work with the church of his adoption, President 
Lund has engaged in other activities which have won for him the added respect of 
members of his own faith and of those of other beliefs. Among the various director- 
ates and positions of executive responsibility to which he has been chosen are those 
of regent of the State University; president of the board of trustees of the Latter-day 
Saints University; president of the board of trustees of the Snow Academy; director 
of the Zion Cooperative Mercantile Institution; director of the Utah State National 
Bank; vice president of the Zion's Savings Bank & Trust Company; and president of 
the Amalgamated Sugar Company. 

A disciplinarian in many ways, courageous, an indefatigable worker and possessed 
of the wisdom of the ages. President Lund has yet been inspired in his great work 
by motives of charity, generosity and sympathy for his fellows. Not only in his offi- 



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clal and religious life have these qualities been predominant, but in his home life he 
has created a circle of love and loyalty of the highest type. Married to his chosen lifei- 
mate early in his career, he has had the ennobling influence of her presence through 
the many years of labor which have been his. Surely no greater fortune could mam 
possess. Mrs. Lund, previous to their marriage on May 2, 1870, was Miss Sarah Ann 
Peterson, born January 4, 1853, a daughter of Bishop Canute and Sarah Ann (Nelson) 
Peterson, who were Utah pioneers, coming here in 1849. President Lund has reared a 
family of whom any parent could feel proud. His children are: Anthony C, a well- 
known musician of Salt Lake and leader of the Tabernacle choir; Henry C, who is a 
prominent member of the Salt Lake bar and is mentioned elsewhere in this work; Saraih 
A., who died in infancy; Herbert Z., a successful physician of Salt Lake, who is men- 
tioned elsewhere in this work; Canute, who died at the age of twelve years; Othniel, 
a resident of Ephraim, Utah; A. William, who is historian for the Mormon church; 
George Cannon, who was color sergeant with the One Hundred and Forty-fifth Field 
Artillery and served in France while his command was abroad; and Eva, who resides 
v/ith her parents. 

The lite of President Lund may well serve as a type of the men who have given 
their lives to the development of the west, pioneering through the days of doubt and 
hardship, facing disappointments with a smile, exercising great judgment in building 
up the institutions of the country and ever promoting the interests of tlie religious 
faith of their choice. It is the record of such lives as that of Anthon H. Lund which 
makes the history of Utah the romantic and interesting story it is, and as one of the 
leaders both in the work of the church and of the state marks him as one of the remarlfl- 
able men of Utah. 



MATTHEW H. WALKER. 



Among the first pioneers to come to the territory now comprised within the state 
of Utah was the Walker family, consisting of the brave little mother and her four sons — 
Matthew H., Samuel S., Joseph R. and David F. — the sons ranging in age from seven 
to sixteen years. These four boys were destined to become history-making citizens of 
the territory, honored, talented and possessing the varied qualities of men who accom- 
plish great things. There was not a failure in the family and perhaps this fact may 
be better appreciated and understood if a glance is taken of their sturdy English ances- 
try and the spirit in the face of hardship wliich gave them their priceless heritage. 

The family line of the Walkers is traced back as far as the year 1700. Matthew 
Walker, the father, was a resident of Yeadon, Yorkshire, England. He was a wool mer- 
chant until unfortunate railroad investments reduced him financially and he became an 
innkeeper. His wife was Mercy Long Walker, also a native of Yorkshire, and to them 
were born the four sons named above and three daughters, Emma, Mercy and one other 
who died young. Matthew Walker learned of the Mormon faith in England and, like 
hundreds of others, prepared to make the long journey to America. The mother and her 
six children preceded him to Liverpool by about six weeks and sailed on the vessel 
"Hartley" for New Orleans. After landing at the latter port the journey was resumed 
up the Mississippi river to St. Louis, where they were joined by the husband and father 
a few weeks later, who immediately opened up a small business. 

Brighter opportunities and the irresistible lure of the new country had brought 
them to America, but instead of finding here the good fortune for which they had hoped, 
prayed and of which they dreamed, the next year they met with the direst of tragedies, 
when the father and two daughters were fatally stricken during the cholera scourge 
of 1851. The situation which then confronted the mother and her four sons may well 
be imagined; it was one approaching utter desperation and which would have daunted 
even braver hearts. The boys secured positions as peddlers of fancy notions and in 
this way managed to keep themselves and their mother away from actual want. All 
four of the boys early exhibited the talents of born merchants and in the few months 
of apprenticeship which they served in St. Louis they learned many things pertinent 
to business life and at the same time came into the notice of William Nixon, a promi- 
nent merchant of St. Louis and later known as the "father of Utah merchants." 




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UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD 93 

At this time tlie broad areas beyond the continental divide were attracting atten- 
tion, the mountains were yielding up their mineral wealth, land thought to be arid waste 
was blossoming under the care of the settlers, communities were growing, business of 
all kinds was being established, so it was only natural that Mercy Walker and her sons 
should consider seriously the advisability of emigrating to the new country. In April,' 
1852, their decision was made. 

They disposed of most of their household goods, purchased a stout wagon and some 
oxen and then joined a wagon-train which was beginning the journey across the plains. 
This long trip proved to be one of great hardship, superinduced in large measure by the 
fact that they lost most of their cattle en route and were forced to trade the remain- 
der to the Indians, in exchange for ponies and other equipment with which to continue 
the journey. The wagon train halted at Green River, Wyoming, and the Walkers pro- 
ceeded alone, arriving at Salt Lake City on September 22, 1852. Their wagon was drawn 
into the settlement by what was then known as a "spike team," consisting of one steer, 
one heifer and an Indian pony, rather a motley equipage, but one which they traded 
for an adobe house and a small plot of ground, where they lived for a time. Afterward 
they moved from this site, which was in the third ward, into the seventh ward, and 
leased a small log house where years later the magnificent Walker residences were to 
be located. 

Until 1856 Matthew H. Walker and his brothers worked during the winter hauling 
wood from the mountains. In this manner the family began life in Salt Lake City and 
during the period of little over a half century grew to the position of one of the most 
influential, respected and wealthy families of the whole west. The intrepid mother lived 
long enough to see her sons well started on life's journey, then passed away in Salt Lake 
City in December, 1863. 

Joseph R. and David F. Walker found employment with their St. Louis friend, Wil- 
liam Nixon, whom "Rob" Walker accompanied to Carson Valley, while David (known as 
Fred) remained behind and like his brother "Sharp," already a farmer, engaged in agri- 
culture. Matthew H. attended the common schools. 

To hearken back a little bit, Matthew H. Walker was born at Leadon, Yorkshire, 
England, January 16, 1845, and was tlie youngest of the Walker sons. The first seven 
years of his life were spent in his native country, after which he accompanied his mother 
to America and to Utah, as described in the above, and continued his schooling here until 
1860. 

In the year 1859 there was started the mercantile business which was to make the 
Walker brothers famous. This was about one year after the establishment of Camp 
Floyd by General Johnston. The coming of the government troops had caused the re- 
turn of the colonies previously sent out from Salt Lake City and among those who then 
came home -were William Nixon and Joseph R. Walker. The latter continued in busi- 
ness with Nixon at Salt Lake and his brother David also returned to Nixon's employ, 
taking charge of a sutlership at Camp Floyd. Such was the situation when the opportu- 
nity came to establish the firm. A representative of Loud, Hosmer & Company, whole- 
sale merchants of San Francisco, who supplied Nixon with goods, offered to let the 
Walker brothers have a stock on credit, amounting to fifteen thousand dollars in value 
approximately. The offer was quickly accepted and a store was built at Camp Floyd. 
The brothers soon acquired a very respectable fortune for the day and when the time 
came for the departure of the troops, entailing the loss of their best customers, they 
also found opportunity to obtain vast stores of government goods at reasonable prices. 
This purchased, they carted their stock and belongings and came to Salt Lake City. 

Business was opened in a building known as "Daft's Old Store" dn the west side of 
Main street. Later the property on the east side of the street was bought, where the 
Walker Bank is now located. A building was erected upon the new site the front part 
of the structure being utilized for the mercantile business and the rear accommodating 
a small banking business, which had just been inaugurated, principally in favor of the 
trade and to further the selling of goods. But the banking business grew at a startling 
speed, owing to the immense popularity of the owners, and finally they were led to 
establish the Union National Bank, which was a very successful venture, but was 
later merged with the Walker Brothers Bank. 

In 1891 Matthew H. Walker, with his brothers, erected at the southwest corner 
of Main and Third South streets the home of the Walker Brothers Dry Goods Company. 



94 UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD 

now one of the largest and most exclusive of the department stores in Utah and still 
under the management of the Walker family. This with the handsome new skyscraper 
known as the Walker Bank building on the northeast corner of Main and Second South 
streets are two great institutions, leaders in their respective fields, which have arisen from 
the energy, foresight and ability of Matthew H. Walker and his brothers. 

After the death of J. R. Walker, which occurred January 6, 1901, Matthew H. 
Walker gradually withdrew from the dry goods business and turned his attention 
more to the banking, in which profession he was widely and well known throughout 
the country. He purchased the interests of his brother and in 1903 became the 
president of the institution, which place he held until his death in the year 1916. 
Further details concerning the Walker Brothers Bank itself may be found in the 
banking chapter in Volume I. 

During his life Matthew H. Walker was twice married. His first wife, whom 
he married in 1865, was Elizabeth Carson, and to this union were born two children — 
a daughter who died at fourteen years and John Henry, now vice president of the 
the Walker Brothers Bank. Mrs. Walker died in 1896. Mr. Walker was married again 
to Angelena Andrews Hague, who became the mother of a daughter, Francese Glenn 
Walker. Mrs. Walker was born in London, England, and came to Salt Lake City when 
but a young girl. She survives her husband and maintains her residence in both Salt 
Lake City and Boston, at the same time carrying on with commendable ability the works 
begun by Mr. Walker. Both she and Matthew H. Walker were lovers of things artistic 
and in their home could be found many examples of the finest of French painting as 
well as one of the most complete private libraries in the west. 

Politically, Matthew H. Walker never sought public office but always considered 
himself affiliated with the republican party. The only position which might be called 
political which he held was that of a member of the school board from 1898 until 1902. 

He liked outdoor life and those sports played in the open air and was one of the 
early players of tennis in the city. In club life he was one of the well known men, In 
fact has been spoken of as the factor of club life in Salt Lake. His social qualities made 
for personal popularity and he was ever a welcome figure in club meetings, being a 
prominent member of the Alta, Commercial and Country Clubs. In social and fraternal 
matters he took a great interest, was a Mason of high standing, advancing through the 
various degrees of the order and imbued at all times with the beneficent spirit that 
underlies the craft. 

Moreover, in matters of citizenship he stood for those things which are most worth 
while. He was never content to choose the second best and he looked beyond the ex- 
igencies of the moment to the possibilities and opportunities of the future. He gave 
hearty and generous aid and cooperation to all movements that were calculated to up- 
build city and state, and his sound judgment also became a potent factor in shaping 
public policy along many lines. He was a director of the Utah Power & Light Company, 
the Independent Coke Company and was interested in many other large corporations. 

As a business man he was broad, courageous and successful, not of the ultra conser- 
vative type, neither was he impulsive but willing to take a chance. When he considered 
his course or position the right one he was firm, determined and would fight to hold 
it. His business judgment was of the best and his foresight was many times borne out 
by subsequent results in a manner that gave him the reputation of being one of the 
most farseeing men of his time. He was one of the largest holders of real estate 
in Salt Lake and the heaviest holder of M. H. Walker Realty Company, owners of the 
Walker Bank building. The old Walker Opera House, now the Atlas block, which twice 
burned, the last time in 1903, was another of his contributions to the growth of the city. 

Matthew H. Walker was a representatfve of a family which won fame, fortune and 
lasting honor. Of the four brothers, all made a long, successful record. Matthew H. 
was the best known in Salt Lake City, for here he always made his residence, while 
the other brothers found interest in other states. Matthew H. Walker belonged to Utah 
and in the history of the commonwealth, from the earliest days of the territory down 
through the period of great development during statehood no name was more dominant, 
more significant or more influential than his. His death occurred July 29, 1916, and was 
the occasion of deep and widespread regret by reason of the important place which he 
made for himself as a man who for many years had been in the forefront of everything 
which made for the advancement of the city. 



UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD 95 

The Salt Lake Tribune at the time of Mr. Walker's death said editorially: 

"Wherever progressive civilization exists men of Matthew H. Walker's type are 
held in highest esteem. It is the greatest honor of such men that they take their part 
year after year in doing the world's work well. They have won leadership by being ser- 
vants of the common good. 

"Civilization imposes a heavy task upon its leaders, and the task has become 
constantly heavier in these later years. Once having put the hand to the plow it is 
difficult ever after to cease from labor. Death comes in kindly fashion breathing rest 
and reward, to those who have nobly and unfailingly fulfilled their task, no matter how 
heavy the burden. 

"Matthew Walker was one of the pioneers of our western civilization which has 
grown into a great structure. The beginning and the fulfillment appear to be typified 
by the two bank buildings that confront each other on Main street — the one built in 
1865 and the other, the magnificent skyscraper, completed only a few years ago. Our 
civilization has grown and offers vast opportunities and much comfort and happiness 
to the present generation, because such men as Matthew Walker were willing to utilize 
their last drop of energy and the ultimate spark of intellect to do their duty. And yet Mr. 
Walker was not one of those who could find no interest in his life's work. He preserved 
an open mind and a generous, kindly heart, frequently and especially in his later years, 
he had been able to make extended trips, and some of these took him to Europe. Being 
devoted to art, he became a collector of pictures, and in his home are some of the finest 
examples of modern painting. 

"The leisure which he enjoyed in his later years was made possible by the loyalty 
of the able men with whom he had surrounded himself. That leisure, however, did not 
prompt him to retire from business and he remained in the harness to the last. He was 
one of the most loyal of men, and this won for him the loyalty of others. Moreover, 
he was filled with loving kindness in spite of his somewhat cold and reserved exterior. 
In a business way he was the embodiment of the calculating commercial mind, but 
every public undertaking found his purse open and overflowing. Old cronies will testify 
to his friendship which expressed itself in liberal and continued donations. And, 
among those who were in his service but who were not his intimates, were many pen- 
sioners who enjoyed his bounty. 

"The outdoor life appealed to him with a fascination which often is an obsession 
with the office man. He was acustomed to go on long fishing and hunting trips each 
year, roughing it with an enjoyment which the outdoor man could never know. 

"Two ambitions were at the center of his life. He was eager to leave behind him a 
building which should be a credit to the Walker brothers and to the growing metropolis, 
and he wished to organize the private bank into a public concern which should make it a 
permanent financial institution. In his later years he saw both ambitions realized. 

"In his public and private life he earned the respect of his neighbors and the public 
generally. His charities, while unostentatious, were many and generous. He was by 
no means what might be termed a church man, but he was a devoted member of the 
Episcopal Church and was one of the trustees of St. Mark's hospital. 

'From this brief and inadequate sketch of a truly good man, it will be apparent 
why Mr. Walker occupied such a large place in the life of Salt Lake and why he is so 
universally mourned." 



JOHN R. ANDERSON, M. D. 

Dr. John R. Anderson, engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery at Sprlng- 
ville, was born in Fairview, Sanpete county. Utah, March 11, 1879, a son of John 
Anderson a native of Scotland who came to America in 1854 with his parents, Archi- 
bald and Agnes (Adams) Anderson. The grandparents first settled at Salt Lake and 
when the move south was made they became residents of Spanish Fork and were 
among the first settlers of Fairview at the time the fort was built. The grandfather 
was a coal miner in Scotland. While there residing he heard the teachings of the 
Mormon elders became a follower of that teaching and in order to be with people 
of the faith made his way to Utah. In this state he followed farming and stock raising, 



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as did his son, John Anderson, who spent the greater part of his life in Utah and 
passed away on the 31st of June, 1901, at the age of fifty-nine years. He was a very 
devout man and for a long period served as superintendent of Sunday schools In the 
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His political endorsement was given to 
the republican party and for several terms he was a member of the city council and 
also city marshal of Fairview. The mother, who in her maidenhood was Helena Rees, 
was a native of Wales and came to America with her parents, Thomas and Margaret 
Rees, in 1856. The death of Mrs. Anderson occurred in August, 1913, when she had 
reached the age of fifty-nine years. She had a family of ten children, two sons and 
eight daughters, of whom six are yet living. 

Dr. John R. Anderson was the eighth in the family and was educated at Fair- 
view and also in the Brigham Young University, completing the high school course 
in that institution in 1900. His early life was spent upon a farm and he became 
familiar with every phase of ranching. He continued to assist his father in the work 
of the fields and the care of the stock until he was called on a mission in 1907. He 
served for almost three years in Germany and Switzerland and for thirteen months 
of the period was president of the Dresden, Saxony, branch. In his labors he was 
quite successful. Prior to going abroad he taught school for three winters at Fairview 
and upon his return again took up the profession of teaching, which he followed for 
a year. He later spent one year in the Utah University and then entered the College of 
Physicians & Surgeons at Baltimore. Maryland, winning his degree of M. D. as a member 
of the class of 1915. Following the completion of his course, he became associated with 
Dr. R. S. Olson at Afton, Wyoming, in the Latter-day Saints Hospital. Later he located 
at Ephraim, Utah, where he practiced for a year, and also spent a similar period at 
Fairview. He has since continuously engaged in practice at Springville, where he is 
now located, and is enjoying notable success. He belongs to the American Medical 
Association, the Utah State Medical Society, the Utah County Medical Society and at 
one time was secretary of the Sanpete County Medical Society before taking up his 
abode in Springville. Through the proceedings of these organizations he keeps in 
touch with the trend of modern professional thought, research and investigation. 

On the 18th of December, 1901, Dr. Anderson was married in Manti Temple at 
Manti. Utah, to Miss Millie Sorenson, a native of Fairview and a daughter of Hans 
and Vilate (Hanson) Sorenson, who became residents of Utah during the early period 
of its colonization. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have become parents of five children: 
Vesta, who was born March 22, 1903; Jay, born July 24, 1909; Rees, born February 
24, 1911; Don, born June 10, 1915; and Beth, born February 1, 1919. 

The religious faith of the family is that of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day 
Saints, their membership being in the second ward. Dr. Anderson deserves much 
credit for what he has accomplished. It was by means of his savings that he was 
enabled to meet the expenses of a college course and while pursuing his medical studies 
he assisted Dr. W. S. Gardner in the preparation of a work on gynecology. He has 
always been a close and discriminating student of the science of medicine and is deeply 
interested in everything that tends to bring to man the key to the complex mystery 
which we call life. 



HON. SAMUEL R. THURMAN. 

Hon. Samuel R. Thurman, justice of the supreme court of Utah and recognized 
as one of the ablest members who have sat upon the bench of that court of last resort 
in the state, makes his home in Salt Lake City, where he has resided since 1906. 
He is a native of Kentucky, his birth having occurred in Larue county, that state. 
on the 6th of May, 1S50. His parents were William T. and Mary Margaret (Brown) 
Thurman, The father died during the infancy of his son. His ancestors in the paternal 
line were preachers, farmers and lawyers, while in the maternal line he is descended 
from John Yates, captain in the American Army of the Revolution, 

Judge Thurman came to Utah in 1870. In the meantime he had pursued his 
early education in the public schools of his native state, becoming a student in the 
high school of Locust Grove, Kentucky, and afterward in Sonora Academy. For a 




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short time following the arrival of the family in the west he attended Deseret Uni- 
versity, now the University of Utah, and for a brief period was a student in the Brig- 
ham Young Academy. He took up the profession of teaching, which he followed for 
eight years in the public schools of this state, principally at Lehi, and during that 
period he devoted his leisure hours to the study of law. For further preparation for 
the profession he entered the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann 
Arbor and was graduated therefrom with the class of 1880. With his return to Utah 
he entered upon active practice at the bar. He had previously been admitted to the 
bar before the supreme court of Utah in 1878 and later was admitted to the United 
States district court of Utah. He commenced active practice in Provo in partner- 
ship with David Evans under the firm style of Thurman & Evans, which association 
was maintained until 1886, when Mr. Thurman became a partner of the Hon. George 
Sutherland under the firm name of Thurman & Sutherland. They were afterward 
Joined by Hon. William H. King, the firm name of Thurman, Sutherland & King 
being then adopted. That relation was maintained until 1890. Judge Thurman as 
a missionary of the Mormon church then spent two years in England, and in 1892 
returned to Provo, where the firm of Thurman & Sutherland was continued until 
1893, when he entered into a partnership relation with General Edgar A. Wedgwood, 
the firm of Thurman & Wedgwood being thus formed. In 1897 Senator Joseph L. 
Rawlins and J. H. Hurd joined the firm under the style of Rawlins, Thurman, Hurd & 
Wedgwood, and offices were maintained in both Salt Lake City and Provo. In 1898 
General Wedgwood withdrew to go to the Philippines, but upon his return in 1902 
he again became associated with Mr. Thurman under the firm name of Thurman & 
Wedgwood. For a brief time he was in partnership with Jacob Evans and W. E. 
Rydalch previous to his removal to Salt Lake City in 1906. He was then joined by 
his former partner, General Wedgwood, and A. B. Irvine, at which time the name 
of Thurman, Wedgwood & Irvine was adopted. In their practice they specialized to 
some extent in water rights and irrigation law and they were regarded as high authority 
upon questions relating to that branch of jurisprudence. Judge Thurman also became 
chief assistant of the legal department of the Denver & Rio Grande Railway, thus 
continuing from 1893 until 1912. 

Whatever else may be said of the legal fraternity, it cannot be denied that members 
of the bar have been more prominent actors in public affairs than any other class of the- 
community. This is but the natural result of causes which are manifest and require 
no explanation. The ability and training which qualify one to practice law also quali- 
fies him in many respects for duties which lie outside the strict path of his profession 
and which touch the general interests of society. It was but natural that Judge Thur- 
man's fellow townsmen, recognizing his ability as a member of the bar, should call upon 
him to serve as one of the lawmakers of the state. He was elected to the Utah legisla- 
ture for five consecutive terms, from 1882 until 1890, and in 1893 he received the presi- 
dential appointment to the office of assistant United States attorney for the territory of 
Utah, which position he filled until 1896. In the meantime, or in 1895, his fellow towns- 
men had made him a member of the constitutional convention, which framed the present 
organic law of the state, and in 1888 he had been the democratic candidate for con- 
gress from the territory of Utah. He has always been a most prominent factor in 
shaping political activity in the state and has served as chairman of the democratic 
state central committee, filling the office from 1912 until 1916. He has likewise filled 
local offices, having been mayor of Lehi when less than twenty-eight years of age, 
county recorder and county attorney of Utah county and city attorney of Lehi, 
American Fork, Pleasant Grove, Provo, Springville, Spanish Fork and Payson. 
In March, 1917, he was appointed a justice of the supreme court of Utah by Governor 
Simon Bamberger and in November, 1918, at the end of the term of office to which he 
had been appointed to fill out a vacancy, he was elected to the supreme court bench for a 
period of ten years. Judge Thurman is the first member of the dominant church of Utah 
to sit on the supreme bench since Utah became a state and was appointed by the first 
governor, not a Mormon, since statehood. 

On the 4th of May, 1872, Judge Thurman was married to Miss Isabel Karren 
and their children are Richard B., William T., Samuel D., Victor E., Allen G., Mrs. 
Mabel Davis, Mrs. Margaret Irvine and Mrs. Lydia Reed. The Judge is one of the most 
widely known men of Utah, possessing a keen sense of humor combined with his marked 



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intellectual force. He has personal magnetism, displays a keen insight into human nature 
and the motives of human conduct and his analysis of men and situations constitutes one 
of the strong elements of his fitness for leadership. As a lawyer he is sound, clear-minded 
and well trained. The limitations which are imposed by the constitution on federal 
questions are well understood by him. With the long line of decisions, from Marshall 
down, by which the constitution has been expounded he is familiar, as are all thoroughly 
skilled lawyers. He is at home in all departments of the law, from the minutiae in 
practice to the greater topics wherein is involved the consideration of the ethics and 
the philosophy of jurisprudence and the higher concerns of public policy. Nor is he 
learned in the law alone,' for he has studied long and carefully the subjects that 
are to the statesman and the man of affairs of the greatest import — the questions of 
political economy and sociology — and on all such has kept abreast with the best 
thinking men of the age. 



GEORGE T. ODELL. 



Prominent among the business men of Salt Lake is George T. Odell, who for years 
has been closely identified with the history of the city as a representative of some of 
its most important business interests, while his residence in the state covers fifty-eig'ht 
years. He is a man of keen discrimination and sound judgment and his executive abil- 
ity and excellent management have brought to the concern with which he is connected 
a large degree of success. He is now the president of the Consolidated Wagon & Ma- 
chine Company, which has attained a foremost position in this line of business, being 
today the largest retail implement house in the world. Mr. Odell was one of the foun- 
ders of this company and was for years its general manager until becoming its presi- 
dent March 18, 1919, succeeding Joseph F. Smith. The growth and prosperity of the 
company are due in large measure to the efforts of Mr. Odell, who has in his manage- 
ment inaugurated a safe and conservative yet progressive policy which commends it- 
self to the judgment of all and has secured to the corporation a patronage which makes 
its volume of trade one of great magnitude. The history of Mr. Odell is the story of 
orderly progression from a humble place in business circles to a position of leadership 
among the business men of the state. 

Born in London, England, on the 4th of December, 1848, George T. Odell is a son 
of George and Ann (Newman) Odell, who in 1861 left their native country and sailed 
for the new world. The voyage from Liverpool to New York required thirty days and 
was made in "The Underwriter." The family proceeded westward and from winterquar- 
ters at the Missouri river, they made the journey by ox team to Utah. The father was 
a printer and publisher and on reaching Utah settled in Ogden. where he took up the 
occupation of farming. Later in association with Charles W. Penrose, he was interested 
In the printing of the "Ogden Junction," Mr. Penrose being the editor and Thomas 
George Odell the printer. It was amid the pioneer surroundings of farm life in the 
'60s that George T. Odell was reared, his time largely being devoted to the work of the 
fields. He afterward became a reporter on the "Ogden Junction" and in 1869 secured 
a position as brakeman with the Southern Pacific Railway Company. After about a 
year he was advanced to the position of conductor and thus continued until 1878. In 
that year he turned his attention to the produce and shipping business, with which he 
was associated for two years, when he removed to BuUionville, Nevada, to take charge 
of the mercantile interests of the BuUionville Smelting Company. In the winter sea- 
son of 1882-3, however, Mr. Odell returned to Salt Lake City, where he took up his per- 
manent abode and joined Joshua F. and Heber J. Grant in the establishment of an Im- 
plement and vehicle business in 1883. This constituted the nucleus of the present cor- 
poration, of which Mr. Odell is the general manager. Various changes in name and part- 
nership relations have occurred since that time. The business was first conducted under 
the name of Grant. Odell & Company as a co-partnership concern and later was incor- 
porated under the style of the Grant-Odell Company. Subsequently the name of the 
Cooperative Wagbn & Machine Company, Inc., was assumed and on the 13th of Febru- 
ary, 1902, this was changed to the Consolidated Wagon & Machine Company, which 
organization grew out of a merger of the Cooperative Wagon & Machine Company and 




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the Consolidated Implement Company. Of the new organization Mr. Odell became a di- 
rector and the general manager. The business of the new concern has steadily devel- 
oped until it has reached mammotli proportions, being now the largest retail establish- 
ment of the kind in the world. Its sales include agricultural implements, machinery 
and vehicles, which are distributed through fifty-five stores, operated by employes of 
the parent concern throughout Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and Nevada. The business de- 
velopment of the house is attributable in no small degree to the untiring efforts, the 
keen sagacity and sound business judgment of Mr. Odell, who in control of the busi- 
ness has ever held to the highest commercial standards, so that the commercial rating 
of the company is the highest attainable. 

In various other business deals the cooperation of George T. Odell has been sought 
and has contributed to the successful development of various important industrial and 
commercial concerns of the west. He is the president and one of the directors of the 
Utah Asphalt Company; also of the Utah Hydro Carbon Company; is a trustee of the 
Beeman Cashin Mercantile Company; president and a director of the Utah Karns Tun- 
neling & Machine Company; a director of the American Fuel Company; the vice presi- 
dent and one of the directors of the Columbia Trust Company; a director of H. J. Grant 
& Company; president and director of the Richlands Irrigation Company; vice presi- 
dent and director of the Wright Mercantile Company of Idaho Falls, Idaho; and presi- 
dent and director of the Odell-Wright Investment Company. The extent and impor- 
tance of his interests have made him well known in eastern business circles and few 
men have contributed in larger or more substantial measure to the commercial devel- 
opment and upbuilding of the west. 

On the 11th of May. 1871, at Ogden, Utah, Mr. Odell was married to Miss Florence 
Caroline Grant and they have become parents of five children, Thomas George, Joshua 
Frederick, Florence Louise, Adelaide Eugene and Ethel Marie. That Mr. Odell is appre- 
ciative of the social amenities of life is indicated in his membership in various clubs 
and in the Masonic fraternity as well. In the last named his association is with Wa- 
satch Lodge. No. 1, P. & A. M., and he has become a Knight Templar and member of 
the Mystic Shrine. He has also attained the thirty-second degree in the Scottish Rite. 
In club circles he is known as a representative of the Alta and Rotary Clubs of Salt 
Lake City and also of the Commercial Club, of which he has been a most prominent 
member and a dominant figure. He is vice president and one of the directors of the 
board of governors and a charter member of the Commercial Club. He is likewise a 
director of the Home Benefit Building Society, is a trustee of the Agricultural College 
at Logan, and entering most heartily into all war activities, became state director for 
the National War Savings in Utah and a member of the Utah State Council of Defense. 
Of Mr. Odell's work in connection with the sale of War Savings Stamps in Utah, a local 
publication said in part: "Not enough has been said in praise of the efforts of Georg^ 
T. Odell as state director of the W. S. S. All over the land the campaign in behalf of 
the W. S. S. proved to be one of the most difficult of undertakings. Why this should 
be is almost inexplicable in view of the inducements offered by the government to float 
this form of loan. It was an investment almost without equal In the long history of war 
loans. The selling of W S. S.. as it transpired, was a big task everywhere. Nowhere 
was it performed more worthily or more successfully than in Utah under the direction 
of Mr. Odell and his associate, James W. Collins. Although one of the busiest men in 
the state as general manager of the Consolidated Wagon & Machine Company, Mr. Odell 
willingly augmented his labors to serve the government in its hours of crisis. He made 
many trips into the state to organize the work and to use his great influence to pro- 
mote the sales. It was his marvelous energy and tenacity which brought such notable re- 
sults despite the many difficulties. We are justifled in assuming that it is this character 
of persistency in the pursuit of an object once set as a goal which has brought Mr. 
Odell such success as a business man. Doubtless it had something to do with his selec- 
tion as state director of the W. S. S. campaign. It is the distinction of Mr. Odell thab, 
coming to this country a poor lad from England, he has worked his way up from the 
humble position of a freight conductor to the general managership of the largest retail 
farm implement company in the world, The Consolidated Wagon & Machine Company. 
For twenty years Mr. Odell has been at the head of this flourishing concern. Its growth 
has been due in large measure to him. It is a worthy monument to one of the ablest 
business men of the state. In recent months Mr. Odell has created for himself another 



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monument — his achievements as director of the W. S. S. activities in Utah. His fellow 
citizens will long remember the great, patriotic work he has done." 

Mr. Odell is a strong man — strong in his ability to plan and perform, strong in his 
honor and his good name. His long and honorable connection with the line of mer- 
chandise handled by his house has given him a most extensive acquaintance in eastern 
business circles, where, in certain cases, he has known personally and done business 
with three generations manufacturing the same line of implements or machinery. The 
subjective and objective forces of life are in him well balanced, making him cognizant 
of his own capabilities and powers, while at the same time he thoroughly understands 
his opportunities and his obligations. To make his native talent subserve the demands 
which conditions of society impose at the present time is the purpose of his life and 
by reason of the mature judgment which characterizes his efforts he stands today as a 
splendid representative of the prominent merchant and capitalist whose business is but 
one phase of life and does not exclude his active participation in and support of the other 
vital interests which go to make up human existence. 



HALSEY C. MAKCHANT. 



Halsey C. Marchant, general manager for the Superior Rock Springs Coal Com- 
pany and a valued citizen of Ogden. was born at Richmond, Indiana. August 19, ISSO. 
His father, Fred W. Marchant. also a native of Indiana, was descended from one of 
the old families early established on the isle of Nantucket and of English origin. The 
first of the name in America was Joseph Marchant who came to the new world in 
1638. While he made the voyage from England to the United States, the ancestral 
line is traced still farther back to France. Representatives of the family participated 
in the Revolutionary war when the colonies opposed the oppression of the mother 
country and the family was also represented in the War of 1812. The grandfather, 
Joseph Marchant, served with an Indiana regiment in the Union army during the 
Civil war. 

For many years Fred W. Marchant was a resident of Indiana, where he was actively 
and prominently engaged in the insurance business at Richmond. In 1909 he removed 
to Utah, settling in Ogden, where he now resides. He has retired from active business 
and is enjoying in well earned rest the fruits of his former toil. He wedded Mary I. 
Jones, who was born in Richmond, Indiana, and belongs to one of the old families of 
that state, of English lineage. By her marriage she became the mother of three sons: 
Harry H., Halsey C. and Ray M. 

In the public schools of his native city Halsey C. Marchant began his education, 
passing through consecutive grades to the high school, while later he entered Purdue 
University, from which he was graduated in 1905 on the completion of a course in 
civil engineering. After leaving school be became connected with Delaware, Lackawanna 
& Western Railroad, in the mining department, and occupied the position of assistant 
engineer until January 1, 1906, when he resigned and removed to Cheyenne. Wyoming. 
There he became assistant engineer on survey work for the Union Pacific Railroad 
and so served until January, 1908, when he left the railroad and entered the employ 
of the Wyoming Coal Company as its mining engineer. He was with that corporation 
for nine years, or until the 22d of March, 1917, when he resigned and became general 
manager for the Superior Rock Springs Coal Company, which he now represents. His 
thorough collegiate training and his broad experience well qualify him for the respon- 
sible duties of this position. He is making an excellent record in this connection and 
is regarded as one of the prominent mining engineers of the west. 

On the 28th of October, 1908, Mr. Marchant was married to Miss Sara B. La Fon- 
taine, a native of Nebraska and a daughter of the late Captain Robert La Fontaine, 
who became one of the pioneer settlers of Nebraska and who was a Civil war veteran. 
To Mr. and Mrs. Marchant have been born two children: Robert La Fontaine, whose 
birth occurred in Cheyenne, Wyoming, November 1, 1910; and Mary Virginia, born in 
Ogden, Utah, June 22, 1912. 

The religious faith of the family is that of the Presbyterian church and in social 
connections Mr. Marchant has membership with the Weber Club and with the Uni- 



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versity Club of Ogden. His political allegiance is given to the republican party and 
his interest in matters of public concern is deep and sincere. He took a prominent 
and active part on various committees having to do with war work and was a most 
earnest and faithful champion of every measure which he believed would promote the 
interests of the government in its relations with the allied armies and support the 
American troops at the front. His business career has been marked by steady advance- 
ment due to his own efforts and capability, and today he occupies an enviable and 
responsible position in connection with the development of the coal fields of the state. 



JOHN G. WHEATLEY. 



John G. Wheatley, county clerk of Boxelder county and a resident of Brigham, 
was born in Honeyville, Utah, June 28, 1879. His father, Thomas Wheatley, a native 
of England, came to America with his parents Thomas and Catherine (Varley) Wheat- 
ley, who made their way to Utah in 1859. They first settled at Bountiful and subse- 
quently removed to Carson City, Nevada, where the grandfather of Mr. Wheatley of 
this review followed mining for about fourteen years. On the expiration of that period 
he returned to Utah and settled at Honeyville, where he resided throughout his re- 
maining days, and the grandmother of Mr. Wheatley has also passed away. The father, 
Thomas Wheatley, Jr., was educated in the schools of Carson City, Nevada, and in 
Utah took up the profession of teaching but later also turned his attention to farming 
and divided his time between teaching and agricultural pursuits for about four years. 
He has since concentrated his efforts and attention upon farming and stock raising, in 
which he is now extensively and profitably engaged. He is also a director of the 
Farmers Cache Union, a director of the Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Tremonton 
and Bear river valley and a director of the State Bank of Brigham City and other- 
wise interested in business affairs. He is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ 
of Latter-day Saints and has been bishop of Honeyville ward for the past twenty years. 
In the work of the church he has ever taken an active interest and in 1893-4 he served 
on a mission to England and was president of the Sheffield Conference. The cause 
of public education has also found in him a stalwart champion and he has served as 
a member of the board of education of Boxelder county. His political endorsement 
is given to the republican party and he is keenly interested in all that promotes the 
political principles in which he believes or advances the civic standards of his com- 
munity. He wedded Mary Ellen Gibbs, a native of Brigham and a daughter of John 
and Mary (Langdon) Gibbs, who were natives of England and became pioneer settlers 
of Boxelder county, where they took up their abode in the early '50s. The maternal 
grandfather of Mr. Wheatley there followed farming and he, too, was active in the 
work of the church. Both he and his wife have passed away. Their daughter, who 
became Mrs. Wheatley, had a family of nine children, four sons and five daughters, of 
whom John G. is the eldest child. Five of the family are now living, but the mother 
passed away in 1914 at the age of fifty-four. 

John G. Wheatley obtained his education in the district schools and in the Agricul- 
tural College at Logan, in which he spent two years. When twenty-one years of age 
he was called to serve on a mission and on the 3d of March, 1900, went to Notting- 
ham, England, where he was on duty for two years, acting for a part of that time as 
clerk of the conference. At present he is active in class and Sunday school work. 

After returning from England Mr. Wheatley engaged in general merchandising 
at Honeyville for two years and then turned his attention to farming, which occupa- 
tion he has since successfully followed. In the fall of 1916 he was elected to the office 
of county clerk and made so creditable a record in the position that he was re-elected 
in 1918. His political allegiance has always been given to the republican party and 
he gives to it unfaltering support. He has membership in the Boxelder Commercial 
Club and he was a member of the local board of war activities in Boxelder county. 

On the 1st of March, 1900, in Salt Lake Temple, Mr. Wheatley was married to 
Miss Rosa M. Boothe, a native of Brigham and a daughter of Louis M. Boothe, a pioneer 
settler of the state, who is now living at the age of eighty-six years. Her mother 
bore the maiden name of Elizabeth Hunsaker. To Mr. and Mrs. Wheatley have been 



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born two children, Othella and May, aged respectively fourteen and twelve years. The 
family reside at No. 32 Second street. West, and are widely and favorably known in 
Brigham. Deeply interested in all that pertains to the public welfare. Mr. Wheatley has 
been a progressive citizen, cooperating heartily in all that has to do with the material, 
intellectual, social, political and moral development of his community. 



FREDERICK JOHN KIESEL. 

Up to the very hour of his death, which occurred April 22, 1919, Frederick John 
Kiesel remained an active factor in the world's work, although he had passed the seventy- 
seventh milestone on life's journey. He was a dynamic force in the development and up- 
building of Utah and the northwest, contributing to its commercial, industrial and 
agricultural advancement and to its political stability. No man, single handed, was more 
identified with the building up of the state of Utah, and particularly the city of Ogden, 
than he. Continuous devotion to duty, combined with ready recognition and utilization 
of opportunity, constituted the potent force in his life and Ogden has every reason to be 
proud to claim this honored citizen of Utah as her own. 

Born in Wurtemberg, Germany, May 19, 1841, Frederick John Kiesel was a son of 
Frederick and Louisa (Buhrer) Kiesel, who were also natives of Wurtemberg. The son 
obtained his education in Ludwigsburg, Germany, where he attended the Latin school. 
He was but sixteen years of age when, in 1857, he crossed the Atlantic to New York City 
and was there employed in engraving through 1857-1858. The year 1859 witnessed his 
removal to Memphis. Tennessee, where for two years he occupied a position as clerk in 
the postoffice. In 1861 he enlisted in the Tennessee Guards, becoming a member of the 
Fourth Tennessee Regiment, with which he served for two years. 

Mr. Kiesel's identification with Utah dated from 1863, at which time he made his 
way westward to Salt Lake City and accepted a clerkship in the store of Gilbert & Sons, 
by whom he was employed until some time in 1864. He then embarked in merchandis- 
ing on his own account at Manti, Utah, continuing business there until 1865, when he 
removed to Wellsville, Utah, where he was again connected with mercantile interests 
until 1866. In the latter year he came to Ogden, where he remained until 1867. and from 
that year until 1869 he spent his time in Montpelier and Paris, Idaho. In the latter year 
he established a wholesale and retail business in Ogden and there operated until 1871, 
when he opened a mining store at Ophir, Utah, continuing at that place for a year. In 
1871 he also became identified with commercial interests at Bingham Canyon, Utah, where 
he continued until 1872. He afterward traveled in Europe for six months, and in 1873 
he engaged in the freighting and forwarding business in the small town of Corinne, 
Utah, and before the advent of the railroad handled most of the big bull trains passing 
heavy freight into Montana. His experiences there in transporting merchandise of vari- 
ous kinds were most interesting and upon many occasions accompanied by great peril. 
'While engaged in the freighting business at the above mentioned place, he also trans- 
ported all United States Government troons over a period of several years and made the 
intimate acquaintance of most of the principal army officers of that time. With the 
advent of the building of the Oregon Short Line Railroad he continued to furnish supplies 
for the large undertaking and engaged in that line of business throughout the building of 
the railroad into Montana. 

His initial step in connection with the banking business was made at Red Rock. 
Montana, in 1879, and he there continued through a part of 1880. In the latter year, 
liowever, he made his way eastward to Toledo. Ohio, where he engaged in the wholesale 
grocery business, but on the death of his partner he returned to Ogden, where he re- 
entered commercial circles by again becoming owner of the wholesale grocery house. 
He was at the head of the enterprise until 1913. or for a period of thirty-two years. 
Retiring from active mercantile interests, he devoted his attention to personal business 
affairs throughout the remainder of his life. Something of the scope, extent and impor- 
tance of his business connections is shown in the fact that he was the president of The 
Fred J. Kiesel Company: president of the Security State Bank, of Ogden; president of 
the Ogden Trust & Development Company: vice president of the Ogden Packing & Pro- 
vision Company; vice president of the L. J. Leishman Company; a director of the Natural 




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Mineral Water Company, of Idaho; president of tlie K. S. & D. Fruit Land and Cattle 
Company of Arcadia, Oregon; a director of Walker Brothers Bank, Salt Lake City; vice 
president of the Tremonton State Bank; and vice president of the Mutual Creamery Com- 
pany of Salt Lake City. He was the builder of the Colonel Hudson building, the Forest 
Service building and several other structures of Ogden, and also, through his efforts, the 
Alhambra theatre was erected, while he and his wife gave the site for the present high 
school building at Twenty-fifth street and Monroe avenue. 

A lover of animals, Mr. Kiesel established the Arcadia Ranch & Live Stock Company 
at Ontario, Oregon, famous for its blooded stock, and six years prior to his death he pre- 
sented a valuable stallion to Admiral Togo of Japan, during the admiral's visit in Amer- 
ica, having the horse delivered to the admiral's country place near Tokio, Japan, and 
sending it thither on the Great Northern in charge of a Japanese. It was characteristic 
of Mr. Kiesel that he carried forward to successful completion whatever he undertook. 
Obstacles and difficulties in his path seemed but to serve as an impetus for renewed ef- 
fort on his part and unflagging energy enabled him to quickly utilize every advantage 
that came his way. 

On the 22d of April, 1873, while in Germany, Mr. Kiesel was married to Miss Julia 
Schanzenbach, a daughter of Christopher Schanzenbach, of Germany, and they became 
parents of a son and daughter, Frederick W. and Wilhelmine, the latter now the wife 
of W. H. Shearman. The religious faith of the family is that of the Lutheran church, 
and Mr. Kiesel in politics always maintained an independent course. He stood high in 
Masonic circles, being a Knight Templar and a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite, 
and also crossed the sands of the desert with the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He was 
a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Weber Club and the Rotary 
Club of Ogden, the Alta Club and the Commercial Club of Salt Lake City. While he did 
not hold strictly to party lines in politics, his fellow townsmen, recognizing his devo- 
tion to the best interests of his community and the commonwealth, called him to public 
oflSce. In 1889, on the first successful liberal ticket in Utah, he was elected mayor of 
Ogden, and served for two years, giving to the interests of the city the same thorough 
and circumspect care that always marked the conduct of his business affairs. He was 
also a member of the senate for two years and was sent as a delegate to the constitutional 
convention which framed the organic law of Utah. He was active in movements that 
tended toward the betterment of the state, such as the Trans-Mississippi Congress and the 
National Irrigation Congress, and through his efforts the most important and successful 
convention of the National Irrigation Congress was held in Ogden. He was a promoter 
of the carnival held here in 1890, when many of the attractions of the Mardi Gras of New 
Orleans were brought here. Of the Golden Spike Jubilee he was an earnest advocate. 
He came to the New World more than sixty years ago and found on this side of 
the Atlantic the opportunities and the advantages which he sought. The chance for 
business development in the west brought him to Utah and with the passing years he 
constantly broadened his Interests and his activities. With many phases of business life 
he became prominently and helpfully identified and in all business relations he most 
readily discriminated between the essential and the nonessential. Possessing character 
and ability that inspired confidence in others, the recognition of his extraordinary judg- 
ment and foresight carried him into most important relations. 

The Salt Lake Herald of April 23, 1919, said: "A great useful life came to an end 
when Fred J. Kiesel died. He was a tower of strength to his community, a dynamic 
force in the business world of western America and one of the pillars of the state of 
Utah. Coming out into the great west when but a mere youth, he shared in the trials and 
rude experiences of pioneer life, established himself in business and while shaping the 
destinies of hundreds of others who depended upon his clear vision, unerring judgment 
and fine benevolence, he carved for himself a name high upon the rock of success. Fred 
Kiesel was a gentleman of the old school, generous to a fault, sympathetic to distress, 
chivalrous to all women, broad-minded in every sense of the word and public-spirited to 
the last degree. The advancement and prosperity of Ogden and of Weber county are In 
a large measure due to his far-seeing leadership and his untiring energy; and many of 
the movements for building up Salt Lake City and other portions of the state received the 
hearty support and encouragement of both his rare business talent and his liberal purse. 
He was a wise counsellor, an able and sagacious legislator, a loyal citizen and an ex- 
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devotion as to challenge the admiration of all who entered the hospitable portals of his 
fine old residence, and many hearts will ache to sense the overwhelming fact that his 
genial presence is no longer there." 

The memory of such a life, however, remains as a Messed benediction to all and 
as an inspiration for the upholding of the highest Ideals of citizenship. 



CHARLES WILLIAM PENROSE. 

It is imperative that mention be made of Charles William Penrose in the history 
of Utah, else the record will be incomplete, for he has taken a most prominent part in 
shaping public thought and opinion in the state and thereby guiding the history of the 
commonwealth. He is today known as the "grand old man" of journalism in Utah, 
and he has been eminent as a churchman, being the second counselor to President 
Heber J. Grant of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was born at 
Camberv.'ell, London, England, February 4, 1832, and has therefore passed the eighty- 
seventh milestone on life's journey. He is the scion of an old Cornish family who held 
large interests in English tin mines. In his youthful days Mr. Penrose displayed great 
brilliancy in his classes and it was freely predicted by his tutors that he would attain 
the success in life which has been his in every way. He early learned of Mormonism 
and was enamored with the theories of the teachings. He joined the church May 14, 
1850, and was the only one of his father's family that ever espoused the cause of this 
church. In January, 1851, he was ordained as an elder and sent by the London con- 
ference to Maldon, in Essex, to preach the gospel and carry the teachings of the church 
to the people of that locality. Early in March, without funds, he started on this jour^ 
ney, endured incredible hardships, sleeping out during the cold winter nights with the 
ground as his bed. In addition he encountered great opposition to his work, but not- 
withstanding this he raised branches of the church in Maldon, Danbury, Chelmsford, 
Colchester and other places. For seven years he labored in the poor agricultural dis- 
tricts and during this period he married Lucetta Stratford of Maldon, sister of the late 
Bishop Edwin S. Stratford of Ogden, Utah, on the 21st of January, 1855. Mr. Penrose 
was next called to preside over the London conference and later was placed in charge 
of the Cheltenham pastorate, consisting of Cheltenham. Monmouthshire, Worcester- 
shire and Herefordshire conferences. Subsequently he was assigned to the Birming- 
ham pastorate and at this time he also wrote articles on theological subjects for the 
Millennial Star, a publication at Liverpool. 

In the year 1861 Mr. Penrose crossed the sea on the sailing vessel Underwriter, 
assisting in the charge of six hundred and twenty passengers, living with them in the 
steerage during the thirty days passage from Liverpool to New York and helping to 
care for them on the subsequent journey through the states to the Missouri river. He 
crossed the plains with his wife, his family and his wife's relatives, driving his own 
ox team, and was eleven weeks on the way. Arrived in Utah he settled at Farmingtoa, 
where he went to work in the fields, climbing the mountains for firewood and doing 
other kinds of hard physical labor, for which he was not particularly fitted. In the 
winters he taught school, and making considerable headway, he soon acquired a small 
home. In the autumn of 1864, at the solicitation of Ezra T. Benson, one of the twelve 
apostles, he moved to Logan in Cache valley, where he again labored and taught 
school. He had scarcely secured a bit of ground and a log cabin when he was called 
upon for a mission to England. He now held the office of a Seventy, having been 
ordained one of the presidents of the fifty-sixth quorum during his residence at Farm- 
iiigton. 

In company with some forty other missionaries in charge of Elder William B. Pres- 
ton, he started in May, 1865, upon his second journey across the plains, this time with 
mule teams, but walking most of the way. Notwithstanding the fact that the hostile 
Indians were everywhere and people were murdered both behind and in front of the lit- 
tle band, they got through in safety and sailed from New York for Liverpool. In his 
native land Mr. Penrose labored with much success among the Lancashire colliers. On 
the 1st of February, 1866, he was sent to preside over the Essex conference, which he 
had built up several years before. In the following June he was made president of the 
London conference. He traveled all over the British Isles and also visited Paris dur- 




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irig the great Exposition. During the last two years of his mission he labored as edi- 
torial writer on the Millennial Star at Liverpool and otherwise assisted the president 
nf the mission, Franklin D. Richards, in and out of the Liverpool office. At the close of 
(he emigration season of 1868 he was honorably released and sailed for home, proceeding 
by boat to New York, thence by rail to Point of Rocks and thence by stage to Salt Laka 
City, having been absent three and a half years. 

At Logan, where he took up his residence, Mr. Penrose began work in mercantile 
pursuits with William H. Shearman, the firm doing a large business until the great co- 
operative movement was started, when their entire stock was turned over to the new 
Zion Cooperative Mercantile Institution. On the 1st of May, 1869, Mr. Penrose became 
secretary and treasurer of the Logan cooperative concern and was also the bookkeeper 
for the store. He was likewise home missionary, a member of the high council and took; 
an active part in all church movements in the Cache stake. 

In January, 1870. Mr. Penrose removed to Ogden and began his extended career as 
a journalist. The Ogden Junction had just been started and by invitation of President 
Franklin D. Richards, one of the founders and the editor, he took sub-editorial charge 
of the paper, which was then a semi-weekly. After a year of this service he was made 
editor-in-chief and later was also made business manager. In September, 1872, he started 
the daily Junction, and during much of the time was editor, local reporter, business 
manager and traveling agent all in one. The Junction became a sheet of widespread 
notoriety through the pungent and snappy character of tlie Penrose editorials, a reputa- 
tion won only by the overwork of the editor. 

Having acquired American citizenship, Mr. Penrose was elected to the Ogden city 
council, and from February 13, 1871, served for tour terms, or eight years. Whenever 
there were two parties in the field, his name was found on both tickets. In the church 
he advanced to the grade of high priest and at the organization of the Weber stake of 
Zion was made a member of the high council, likewise acting as home missionary. ITe 
was also a live worker in all political movements. He sat as a member from Weber 
county in the constitutional convention of 1872, helping to frame not only the constitu- 
tion of the state of Deseret, but the memorial to congress asking for admission into the 
Union. The same year he represented his county in the democratic territorial conven- 
tion, composed of both Mormons and Gentiles, and nominated for his wing of the party 
George Q. Cannon as a delegate to congress. He was secretary of the people's county 
central committee, and in August, 1874, he was elected to the legislature and while 
serving in that capacity wrote all the editorial and legislative reports for the Ogden 
Junction. 

During the following year, because of overwork, Mr. Penrose resigned the business 
management of the paper, but continued as editor and did all the literary work, local 
and telegraph work included, for both the daily and semi-weekly issues, at the same 
time continuing actively in church and municipal affairs. 

In 1877, at the. request of President Brigham Young, Mr. Penrose removed to Salt 
Lake City and became connected with the Deseret News, then under the general and 
editorial management of George Q. Cannon and Brigham Young, Jr. The Junction, 
feeling his loss greatly, offered to give him the entire Ogden paper if he would remain, 
but the opportunity offered at Salt Lake was greater. Upon the organization of the 
Deseret News Company at the first meeting of the board of directors on the 3d of 
September, 1S80, Mr. Penrose was made editor-in-chief. 

In the previous year he had been chosen to represent Salt Lake county in the 
state legislature, being specially elected to fill the vacancy of member-elect Albert P. 
Rockwood. Among the many bills introduced by him during the session that followed 
was one to take away all political disabilities from women. He fought for this bill 
strongly and it passed both houses, but was vetoed by the governor. Mr. Penrose was 
reelected to serve in the legislature of 1882 and was also a member of the constitutional 
convention of that year. All during this time he was likewise performing editorial 
work upon the Deseret News. In August, 1884, lie became one of the presidency of the 
Salt Lake Stake of Zion. He was chosen at the stake conference held on the 2d of 
that month to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Elder David O. Calder, first coun- 
selor to President Angus M. Cannon. Joseph E. Taylor now became first counselor and 
Mr. Penrose succeeded him as second counselor in the stake presidency. He was 
already acting as home missionary, traveling and preaching in many places. 
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In the fall of 1883, In order to recuperate overtaxed energies, Mr. Penrose took a 
trip over the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad in company with C. R. Savage, the photogi- 
rapher, proceeding first to Denver, thence south through Colorado, New Mexico, Ari- 
zona and on through California, returning to Utah over the Central Pacific route. 

In the fall of 1884, Mr. Penrose delivered Sunday evening lectures in the Twelfth 
Ward assembly hall on "Blood Atonement," the Mountain Meadows massacre and other 
themes, refuting common stories in relation to the same and answering objections and 
charges against the faith and practice of the Latter-day Saints. His continued defense 
of the Mormon cause, politically and religiously, by press discussions, public speeches 
and private interviews with strangers, caused him to be singled out when the Edmunds 
law began to be enforced as a conspicuous figure and target by the anti-Mormon cru- 
saders. In January, 1885, he was sent on a brief mission to the States. During his 
absence his legal wife and family down to an eight-year-old boy were compelled to go 
before a grand jury. The wife refused to testify, but the evidence desired was extorted 
from the children. While in the States the father was appointed on a mission to Eng- 
land. He bade farewell by letter to his family and crossed to his native land. He was 
appointed by President Daniel H. Wells, then at the head of the European mission, to 
preside over the London conference and to assist editorially upon the Millenial Star 
Mr. Penrose greatly revived the work in London, wrote for the metropolitan press, 
help to ship emigrants from Liverpool and attended conferences all over England with 
President Wells, also in Scotland and Wales. In addition he visited Ireland and 
preached in the open at Belfast to three thousand people. Great disturbance ensued 
and much discussion in the papers. He went to Dublin, to the Isle of Man and to the 
lake district of England and accompanied President Wells on his continental tour 
through Denmark. Sweden, Norway, Germany and Switzerland and preached in Copen- 
hagen, Christiania, Stockholm, Berlin and Berne, returning to England by way of 
Paris. While abroad he corresponded with the Deseret News over the nom de plume 
of "Exile." 

In the summer of 1887 Mr. Penrose returned to Utah and resumed the editorship 
of the Deseret News, having been released from mission work by cable message from 
President John Taylor. At this time he spent two winters in Washington, D. C, and 
other eastern cities, and in company with Franklin S. Richards visited President Cleve- 
land and all members of congress in the interest of the Mormons and Utah statehood. 
He also wrote articles for the eastern press. 

In Utah he took an active part as leader of the people's party in its closing con- 
tests with the liberals. He wrote the history of the Ogden and Salt Lake City cam- 
paigns in 1889-90. As a witness in the proceedings in November of the former year 
before Judge Anderson, when Mormon aliens were denied citizenship on account of 
religious faith, he was imprisoned for a week in the Utah penitentiary for refusing to 
answer the question: "How many wives have you?" The question was irrelevant to 
the subject and testimony of the examination in chief, so the witness objected to 
answering it but the court ruled that it should be answered and on principle Mr. Pen- 
rose refused to comply and was committed to the custody of the marshal until he 
obeyed. After the case was closed he could be held no longer, so was judicially dis- 
charged from custody without replying. 

After the disbandment of the people's party in 1891, Mr. Penrose joined the demo- 
cratic party and in 18'92 attended the democratic national convention in Chicago. In the 
autumn of the same year he left the Deseret News and became assistant editor of the 
Salt Lake Herald. Subsequently he was editor-in-chief of that paper, but left in 1895 and 
became assistant to church historian F. D. Richards. During this period he wrote 
many magazine articles and published a series of tracts, one entitled "Mormon Doc- 
trine," another called, "Rays of Living Light," also a pamphlet on "Priesthood and 
Presidency," the former on the first principles of the gospel and the latter in refutation 
of reorganite claims. These, with numerous other pamphlets, have been widely circu- 
lated. Mr. Penrose was professor of theology in Brigham Young Academy at Provo, 
and lectured there occasionally for two and a half years. At the opening of 1899 he was 
called by President Lorenzo Snow to take his former position as editor of the Deseret 
News, associated with Horace G. Whitney as business manager. Under their joint la- 
bors the success of the paper has been phenomenal. He was ordained one of the twelve 
apostles in June. 1904. He still labored as editor of the News, until called to the presl- 



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dency of the European mission in October, 1907, a position which he held until June, 
1910, visiting all the European countries and being absent three and a half years. Mr. 
Penrose was chosen second counselor to President Joseph F. Smith on the 2d of Decem- 
ber, 1911, and now has been called to sustain the same relationship to President Heber 
J. Grant. 

Mr. Penrose has had three wives and twenty-eight children, sixty-five grandchildren 
and forty-one great-grandchildren, many of whom have married into the best Utah fam- 
ilies. He has been in active church work longer than any living man today. In con- 
nection with his journalistic record, a contemporary biographer has said of him: "Per- 
haps the achievements of President Penrose as a churchman, his eminent gilts as an 
advisor and administrator in the ecclesiastic field, have somewhat withdrawn attention 
from the fact that tor many years he was foremost among the editors of the state. 
Journalism, in fact, was his life work and he became a salient figure in western journal- 
ism as long ago as the old Ogden Junction which the pioneers fondly remember. When 
Judge Goodwin was editor of The Tribune he found a worthy and brilliant opponent in 
Editor Penrose of The Deseret News. Their spirited debates enlivened the realm of 
journalism and kept readers on the qui vlve for the bright sallies and trenchant blows 
of the two redoubtable champions. The friends and admirers of President Penrose have 
been glad to see him grow old, not merely with grace and distinction, but with sustained 
intellectual power. Only in the last campaign one of the ablest arguments against the 
mining tax amendment to the constitution was the product of his pen. We are 
delighted to be able to pay this tribute to the 'grand old man' of Utah journalism. His 
years have brought him the profound esteem of his whole state, not merely of his own 
people, but of all who respect ability and admire loftiness of purpose and character." 



LEO W. PACK. 



Leo W. Pack, manager for W. F. Jensen, manufacturer of and wholesale dealer 
in candy at Ogden, was born at Woods Cross, Davis county, Utah, November 8, 1882. 
His father, Walker X. Pack, was a native of Salt Lake City. He followed the occupa- 
tion of farming and also engaged in contracting and building. He is still active in 
business at Woods Cross and has, moreover, been very prominent in the work of the 
church, serving as bishop's counselor in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day 
Saints and otherwise taking an active and helpful part in promoting the progress 
and upbuilding of the cause in which he firmly believes. He is loyal to any interest 
which he espouses and in business his record has been one of activity and enterprise, 
bringing to him a substantial measure of success. The mother bore the maiden name 
of Bertha Zahler and is a native of Bern, Switzerland. She, too, survives. In tbeir 
family were eight children, four sons and four daughters. 

Ijeo W. Pack attended the public schools of Woods Cross until he had passed 
through consecutive grades to the high school. During the period of his boyhood and 
youth he worked with his father upon the home farm and early became familiar with 
all of the duties and experiences that fall to the lot of the farmbred boy. He remained 
on the old homestead until he reached the age of nineteen years and then went upon a 
mission which occupied his time between 1902 and 1905. He labored largely in Chicago, 
St. Paul and Minneapolis and after three years returned to his home at Woods Cross 
and devoted the two succeeding years to the occupation of farming. In 1907 he went 
to Idaho, where he carried on general agricultural pursuits until 1911, and he was 
afterward deputy sheriff of Blackfoot, Idaho, continuing in the office there for two 
years. On leaving Idaho he made his way to Salt Lake and was connected with the 
Oregon Short Line Railway as foreman in the yards until 1915. He afterward spent 
a year In work with the International Correspondence Schools and since then has 
been connected with the W. F. Jensen Company, wholesale dealers, manufacturers and 
jobbers of candy at Ogden. He occupies the responsible position of manager and in 
this connection is contributing in substantial measure to the success of the business. 
The plant of the W. F. Jensen Candy Company Is located at No. 2205 Washington 
avenue and the trade is a growing and prosperous one. They are establishing two 



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factories for the manufacture of candy and the business is under the management of 
Mr. Pack, wlio has done splendid work in this connection. 

On the 16th of November. 1904, Mr. Pack was married to Miss Bessie Christensen, 
a native of Chicago and a daughter of Martin Christensen. They have become the 
parents of four children: Alice M., thirteen years of age; Edith M.; John C; and 
Philip W. 

Fraternally Mr. Pack is connected with the Loyal Order of Moose and turns to 
hunting for diversion from the active affairs of life. He is a representative of one 
of the oldest families of the state, his grandfather, John Pack, having come across 
the plains, arriving in Utah on the 24th of July, 1847. The journey was made with 
ox teams and he experienced all of the hardships and privations of travel according 
to that method and also the difficulties of pioneer life. Since that time the name of 
Pack has been associated with the development and upbuilding of the state along ma- 
terial lines and in the advancement of its moral interests and the name has ever been 
a synonym for reliability and enterprise. Leo W. Pack is a representative of the 
third generation of the family in Utah, where their work has been most conducive 
to public progress and improvement. 



HON. JOSEPH LAFAYETTE RAWLINS. 

Hon. Joseph Lafayette Rawlins, one of the democratic leaders of Utah, a man who 
has left his impress upon the history of state and nation, who has taken active part 
in shaping the constitution of the commonwealth and directing public thought and 
action concerning the treatment of Utah in congress, was born at Mill Creek, Utah, 
March 28. 1850, a son of Joseph S. and Mary Rawlins, who were natives of Ilinois 
and of Tennessee respectively. Their family numbered three children, of whom 
Joseph L. was the only son. He was but two years of age when his parents with their 
family, together with other families, settled at Draper, then called Willow Creek, and 
upon the home farm in that locality Joseph L. Rawlins was reared to manhood. 
Through the winter months he was a student in the village school and in the summer 
seasons worked upon the home farm. On attaining the age of eighteen years he was 
enrolled as a student in the University of Deseret, then located in the old Council House 
at Salt Lake City, and by reason of his ability he was soon afterward engaged as in- 
structor in mathematics. For the expenses of his more advanced education he had 
to depend upon his own resources. The frugality which he practiced enabled him in 
July, 1871, to enter the sophomore class of the Indiana University at Bloomington, 
Indiana, where he pursued a classical course until his exhausted exchequer forced him 
to discontinue his studies. 

Through the succeeding two years Mr. Rawlins was professor of Greek and Latin 
in the University of Deseret and during that period he devoted the hours which are 
usually termed leisure to the study of law in the office of Williams, Young & Sheeks, 
thus gratifying a long cherished ambition to become a member of the bar. In 1874 he 
was admitted to practice in the third district court and in 1875 was admitted to the 
bar of the supreme court of the territory. He then entered upon the regular practice 
of law and won his first court case, for the able handling of which he was much com- 
mended. He formed a partnership with Ben Sheeks and entered upon a successful 
professional career. Although advancement at the bar is proverbially slow, no dreary 
novitiate awaited him, for the recognition of his ability on the part of the public soon 
gained for him a large and distinctively representative clientage. In the latter part 
of 1878 he was admitted to the bar of the United States supreme court, before which 
he also won his first case, representing the appellant in the case of Stringfellow, Jen- 
nings et al against the heirs of Joseph Cain, involving the ownership of the Eagle 
Emporium corner. 

It is a recognized fact that lawyers have been more prominent figures in public 
life than any other class of citizens. The reason of this Is evident, for the preparation 
which qualifies one for the practice of law also prepares him in large measure for an 
understanding of difficult political situations and the solution of important public 
problems. In 1S82 Mr. Rawlins was chosen a member of the fourth constitutional 




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convention of Utah, which was held in April of that year, and in which he recom- 
mended a clause prohibiting Polygamy, but the question did not come before the 
convention at that time. Two years later Mr. Rawlins became a leading figure in the 
political circles of the state through his organization of the Young Men's Democratic 
Club of Utah, of which he was chosen the president. Grover Cleveland's first victory 
as presidential candidate constituted the inspiration for the organization of the club, 
the object of which was to rally the young men of the territory, who, in the beginning 
of the anti-polygamy fight and the question of Mormon disfranchisement, would not 
join the anti-Mormon liberal party or the pro-Mormon people's party. Accordingly 
on Jackson day — the 8th of January, 1885, — in the Salt Lake Theatre, Mr. Rawlins 
delivered a sensational address, which rallied the democratic element, resulting in an 
organization. During that year the party began the publication of the Salt Lake 
Democrat and placed a county and district ticket in the field but met defeat at the 
hands of the people's party and the new movement soon afterward died out. 

Mr. Rawlins continued in the practice of law, figuring prominently in the anti- 
Mormon crusade. In the fall of the year the contest between the Mormons and the 
Gentiles became very bitter. The Gentile democrats, banished Mormons from the 
party but Mr. Rawlins, though anti-Mormon in principle, thought the course unfair and 
with others expressed his disapproval. The result was the organization of the Demo- 
cratic Party of the Territory of Utah, also called the Sage Brush Democracy, but this 
new party also existed for but a brief period. In 1892 Mr. Rawlins was one of a 
committee who went to Washington to support the Utah legislative petition for home 
rule. In October of that year he was named as a candidate of the democrats for 
delegate to congress, making the race against Prank J. Cannon, republican, and 
Clarence E. Allen, liberal. The campaign was hotly contested, ending in a joint 
debate between Mr. Rawlins and Mr. Cannon in the Salt Lake Theatre on the 7th 
of November and giving to Mr. Rawlins a plurality on the succeeding day of twenty- 
eight hundred and eleven. He took his seat in the house in August, 1893, and was 
also a member through the extra session of the fifty-third congress. He made his ■ 
maiden speech in congress on the 12th of August on behalf of the silver question. 
As soon as practical he drafted and presented a bill for Utah's admission to the Union, 
known as house resolution 352 and introduced on the 6th of September, 1893. It was 
reported back with an amendment from the committee on territories on November 2 
and made the special order for the Sth of December, on which date it was called up, 
but owing to the filibustering tactics of republican members, who at first opposed the 
measure, its consideration was postponed for four days. After a two days' debate 
upon the question the bill passed the house December 13, 1893, Mr. Rawlins speaking 
on the question on the fifth day, when he made his noted reply to Representative Morse 
of Massachusetts, who had denounced the people of Utah as "murderers, polygamists, 
thieves, etc." It has been said that Mr. Rawlins' reply "buried Morse under an 
avalanche of irony and caustic sarcasm." Having passed the house and senate, the 
bill won the signature of President Cleveland on the 16th of July, 1894. Under a law 
known as the enabling act the constitutional convention met at Salt Lake City and 
framed the constitution under which Utah was admitted to the Union January 4, 1896. 

Mr. Rawlins' work in the national halls of legislation was of a most important 
character. He introduced various measures which were passed, including: 

1. House resolution 34, providing for the return to the Mormon church of personal 
property seized under operation of the Edwards-Tucker act in 1888-90. 

2. House resolution 3135, granting to the University of Utah a site off the public 
domain. 

3. House resolution 4448, for relief of persons who had filed a declaration of 
intention to enter desert lands. 

4. House resolution 4449, fixing the limit of indebtedness of Salt Lake City. 

5. House resolution 4511, relating to the Uinta and Uncompahgre Indian reserva- 
tions. 

6. House resolution 6194, relating to the survey and entry of coal lands. 

Mr. Rawlins' course received the endorsement of the democrats of Utah in a 
renomination at the convention held in Salt Lake City, December 15, 1894, on which 
occasion he was nominated by acclamation but met defeat in the republican landslide 
that was brought about by changed conditions in the state. In 1896 he was made a 



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delegate to the democratic national convention held in Chicago, where he made a 
speech seconding the nomination of Richard P. Bland for president. He was one of 
the committee on platform and resolutions and the author of the tariff plank iu that 
convention. 

In the winter of 1S96-7 Mr. Rawlins became a candidate for United States senator 
to succeed Arthur Brown and was elected on the fifty-third ballot for a term of six 
years, taking his seat in the upper house of congress on the 4th of March, 1897. He 
served during an extra spring session, in which the tariff question was considered, 
after which came the Spanish-American war and the recognition of Cuba. In the 
debates upon the question he took a prominent part. He was also a member of the 
senate committee on the Philippines and the committee on Indian affairs. As a member 
of the committee on public buildings and grounds he introduced a bill appropriating 
five hundred thousand dollars for a federal building in Salt Lake City and two hundred 
thousand dollars for one at Ogden, both measures becoming laws. He was likewise 
a member of the committee on claims and In 1898 introduced a bill which became a 
law, returning the money illegally collected as a tax on scrip of the Zion Cooperative 
Mercantile Institution and other cooperative institutions. He was also active in 
framing the Alaskan legislation of 1898. He retired from congress on the 4th of 
March, 1903, and resumed his law practice at Salt Lake City. His professional relation 
with his first partner. Mr. Sheeks, was discontinued in 1889 and in 1891 he had entered 
into partnership with E. B. Critchlow. Later he became a member of the firm of 
Rawlins, Thurman, Wedgewood & Hurd, thus continuing until 1903, after which he 
practiced alone until 1907. when he was joined by his son, Athol, and his son-in-law, 
W. W. Ray, in a partnership under the firm style of Rawlins, Ray & Rawlins. 

It was on the Sth of December, 1876, that Mr. Rawlins was married to Miss Julia 
E. Davis and they have become parents of two sons and three daughters. Active and 
prominent in his profession and deeply concerned in matters of public moment. Mr. 
Rawlins also finds time for the social interests of life and is a member of the Alta 
and Country Clubs. The record of few men in public life has extended over a longer 
period and none has been more faultless in honor, fearless in conduct or stainless in 
reputation than that of Joseph Lafayette Rawlins. 



LEWIS WARREN SHURTLEFF. 

A modern philosopher has said: "Not the good that comes to us, but the good 
that comes to the world through us, is the measure of our success." Judged by this 
standard, the life of Lewis W. Shurtleff has been a most extraordinarily successful one, 
for there are few whose lives have been such a blessing to their fellowmen. His motive 
principle, found in his religious belief, has dominated him at every point in his career, 
causing him to use every opportunity to the best possible advantage — in the utilization 
of the natural resources of his adopted state, in the work of general progress and im- 
provement and most of all in those labors of love which have their root in the teach- 
ings of Him who came not to be ministered unto but to minister. For thirty-six years 
Lewis Warren Shurtleff has been the president of Weber stake, guiding his people with 
far-reaching wisdom, at once a stimulus and an example for the development of their 
better natures. He first of all learned obedience and this brought him the power to 
lead and to command. His parents, Luman Andrus and Eunice B. (Gaylord) Shurtleff, 
were among those who fled from the oppressions and persecutions of Missouri to Nauvoo. 
The story of his youthful days is told in "One Third of a Century of Service" as follows: 
"When Charles F. Middleton received the rites of baptism under the hands of Joseph 
the prophet, a frail lad sat on the sands and watched, unwitting that this boy should be 
his right-hand man and stanchest friend in the vales of the Wasatch! Lewis knew 
the mainstays of the church as they came and went, and he was a playmate of the 
prophet's son. He often scampered through Nauvoo mansion, sat under the prophet's 
voice, and, with a boy's penetration, eyed the honest lagos who began to revive the 
seisms of Missouri. He saw the shifting scenes and the masks fall. ... He was pres- 
ent at that session in the grove when the face of Apostle Young shone with resemblance 
and attestation. ... In the ranks of the exodus that ensued was the family of Luman 




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A. Shurtlefl, but like so many others he had to pause in Council Bluffs to retrieve his 
fortune." They established a little home four miles south of Council Bluffs, in a tiny 
hamlet called Springville, and there the parents and children toiled in order to earn 
enough for them to continue their journey to Utah — to them the promised land. They 
began raising corn and manufacturing charcoal — the latter burned from the timbers 
of a forest nearby and sold at four and a half cents a bushel. Lewis W. Shurtleff made 
a pit of logs as high as a barn and the family continued in the sale of corn and char- 
coal, the former bringing ten cents per bushel and the latter four and a half cents. 
It was a slow process acquiring money at that rate, but fate intervened in the way 
of the discovery of gold in California, wliich brought thousands of gold seekers across 
the country, many outfitting at Council Bluffs for their western journey. The price of 
corn rose from ten cents to four dollars, while the price of coal advanced from four 
to fifteen, the cause for this great advance in prices being on account of the great emi- 
gration to the gold fields in California. By the spring of 1851 the Shurtleffs were ready 
(.0 resume their journey, and Lewis W. Shurtleff walked the entire distance, driving 
the four yoke of cows and oxen. While the trip was a long and wearisome one, they 
escaped all Indian depredations and perils that came to many settlers and arrived in 
safety at Salt Lake on the 23d of September, 1851. Not long afterward the family 
removed to Weber county, where they took up their abode in Harrisville, and at the 
time when Indian outbreaks threatened they took refuge at Bingham's Fort. It was 
there one day that the advice of Uncle Green Taylor was sought as to who would fill 
a vacancy in the service of the Salmon River mission, up among the Bannock and 
Blackfeet Indians. Such a mission required a man of courage, determination and judg- 
ment. Mr. Taylor curtly replied, "There's the fellow," and his questioners saw "a 
lanky male, shod with spurs and gloved with gauntlets, a bow-whip in hand." 

Mr. Shurtleff at once made preparations for the journey and his companion of the 
trail, Than Leavitt, bore evidence of his supreme coolness and valor as he eluded the 
scalpers of Sublitz cut-off. After reaching the mission he wedded Louisa C. Smith on 
January 4, 1858, and this was the first marriage of purely Caucassian people that was 
ever solemnized in Idaho. "The life of this outpost was full of thrills and dangers, 
often fatal," writes the biographer from whom we have already quoted. "The redskin, 
known of old for his skulking thefts, was still incautious about the means by which 
he obtained his spoils, and many a rightful defense was grimly ended by the tomahawk 
and scalping knife." Lewis W. Shurtleff recognized every phase of the situation which 
confronted him, and not only did he meet the conditions, but he often spoke with 
frank emphasis to the Indians on the truths involved in his mission, for he understood 
Ihe language used by the red men of the district. "Still, this mission was not of many' 
words. Deeds appeal more to these aborigines, whose idol is valor. . . . One morn- 
ing, in the roundup, several of the thousand cattle that grazed nearby were found miss- 
ing. At once Lew Shurtleff and his comrade saddled their ponies, strapped on two 
bowsers and a sliding rifle, and with two navy pistols pouched in a belt of cartridges, 
lit off for the northwest. They rode a hundred miles before they saw smoke rising from 
the clusters, into which they plunged, coming to an abrupt halt. The Shoshones issued 
from their teepees and gazed. Tell them, said the comrade, that they have stolen crit- 
ter beef. This was interpreted by Lew, but before the accusation was half stated, the 
Indians began to shake their heads slowly. Not satisfied, the invaders looked about and 
were soon confronted by a sight that belied the actions of the Shoshones. There was 
the beef still bound to the pony, for it was an inhumane habit of the natives to leave 
these burdens on the horse until they were needed. Promptly Lew stepped up to the 
load, sliced the thongs with his jack-knife and announced his intent to take the pony in 
reprisal. Before the. Indians knew it. the couple and the ransom had vanished in a clat-s 
ter of hoofs. How it ever was that they were not overtaken and scalped alive, the pres- 
ent survivor is unable to tell. In the fore part of 1858 the mission fort was besieged an 
entire month by whooping warriors, as if from all Idaho, who watched in vain for an 
accessible breach. It might have fared ill with the inmates, had not two escaped and 
borne the tidings to the distant frontier, whence relief was sent with all dispatch. As 
it was, six hundred head of cattle had been seized, four missionaries were killed and 
two of them were scalped." 

With the return of Mr. and Mrs. Shurtleff to Ogden, they found that the people 
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joined them, hut when all trouble had been settled they returned to Ogden, where they 
established their home "and toiled in contented union until the wife passed away." 

President Shurtleff crossed the plains four times and on one of these trips, made 
in 1863, he returned with a large train of emigrants, while his own wagon brought church 
freight, composed almost entirely of nails. In 1867 he left Utah on a mission to Great 
Britain, driving a mule team to Julesburg, Nebraska, then the western terminus of the 
Union Pacific Railroad. There were ten mules hitched to one of these wagons and the 
art of driving was one which required great skill. While in England, President Shurt- 
leff presided over the Nottingham and London conferences and then accepted the invi- 
tation of President Albert Carrington of the European missions to visit all European 
conferences and tour the continent. It was a most pleasurable trip and to a man of 
Mr. Shurtleff's keen powers of observation and retentive memory it meant a most liberal 
education. 

With his return to his native country Mr. Shurtleff, in recognition of his splendid 
labors in Great Britain, was made bishop of Plain City and when his work there was 
over he was elevated to the presidency of Weber stake, assuming the duties of the 
office on the 21st of January, 1883. Thirty-six years have since come and gone — years 
fraught with manifold duties most capably and nobly discharged. Associated with him 
in the office as counselors were Nils C. Flygare and Charles F. Middleton, it being the 
latter whose baptism he witnessed as he sat on the sands at Nauvoo. When Mr. Fly- 
gare passed away he was succeeded by John Watson and under the labors of the three 
the work 6f Weber stake has been carried steadily and successfully forward. 

It would be to give but a one-sided and partial view of President Shurtleff to men- 
tion only his work in connection with the church, splendid and resultant as it has been.; 
He has done many other things which have had far-reaching effect and importance not 
only in connection with the history of the state, but of the nation as well. One of the 
secular offices to which he was called was that of county commissioner and he was also 
made a member of the constitutional convention and in the territorial legislature served 
as a councilor. During the '80s he was twice elected to the position of probate judge, 
and in 1910 he was appointed postmaster of Ogden, occupying the position for four 
years. He has ever been a close student of all the great problems having to do with 
the development of the country and has long been an outstanding figure in the National| 
Irrigation Congress and in the Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress. In the vital and 
complex problems which have come before these organizations his sound judgment, his 
keen discrimination and his penetrating wisdom have been most valuable forces. Other 
national conventions he has attended as a delegate, contributing out of his wisdom and 
experience for the benefit of others. 

On the 10th of April, 1872, President Shurtleff remarried, wedding Emily M. Wain- 
right, who departed this life in 1916. He has ever manifested the keenest reverence for 
womanhood as exemplified by the brave pioneer mothers of Utah and one of his marked 
characteristics has been his love of children — a love that has found manifestation in 
his frequent gifts of flowers to the little ones. President Shurtleff has now passed the 
eighty-fourth milestone on life's journey. In his youth frail of body, his physician 
issued the pronunciamento that he would not live to pass his twentieth year, but nature 
is kindly to those who abuse not her laws and the life of Lewis Warren Shurtleff has 
been lived according to the laws of nature, which are the laws of God. A wonderful 
face is that of President Shurtleff, who has passed through fiery trials unscathed, who 
has met every difficulty and hardship with determined courage, who has never lost the 
opportunity to do a good deed or speak an encouraging word, who has never measured 
the world by the inch rule of self but by the highest standards and principles. Service 
has been his watchword and love is his benediction. 



EDWARD H. HOLT. 



Edward H. Holt, secretary-treasurer of the Brigham Young University of Prove, 
was born at South Jordan, Salt Lake county, Utah, June 1, 1872, his parents being 
Matthew and Ann (Harrison) Holt, who were natives of Dorsetshire, England. The 
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farming and became a man of affairs in connection with the business development 
of the state. He was also prominent in church activities. Both parents died in 1901, 
within a few months of each other. 

After mastering the branches of learning taught in the district schools Edward 
H. Holt continued his education in the Brigham Young Academy, now the Brigham 
Young University, and was graduated with the class of 1895. He made his initial 
step in the business world as an employe in the State Bank under Heber J. Grant, who 
is now the head of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. For a year he 
remained in that connection and then again became identified with school interests, 
doing work as a tutor in order to enable him to continue his studies. In 1897 he be- 
came secretary to the faculty of the Brigham Young University and is now the sec- 
retary-treasurer of the board of trustees, having been called to this position in 1910 
and serving in the office continuously since with marked capability. He has been at 
the head of the business department of the university since 1916 and is splendidly 
qualified for the conduct of the interests entrusted to his care. Throughout his entire 
life he has worked earnestly, consistently and resultantly for the advancement of 
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, of which he is now a high priest, and 
since 1901 he has served as clerk of the Utah stake. 

In 1895 Mr. Holt was married to Miss Edith Holdaway, a daughter of John M. 
Holdaway, who has been a resident of Provo from early times. Mr. and Mrs. Holt 
are now parents of six children; Jeanie M., the wife of R. N. Cooper, of Provo, who is 
the secretary of the Provo Commercial Club; Florence, a student of Brigham Young 
University; Reed, who is attending the Brigham Young University; Atton, a daughter, 
who is in school; Paul, also in school; and Grant, who completes the family. 

Mr. Holt is a member of the Utah State Teachers Association. He has given his 
best efforts to the management of the business affairs of the university and is re- 
garded as a splendid executive, an indefatigable worker, a man of marked enthusiasm, 
who loves his work in the school and is producing splendid results for the institution. 
He is a man of broad and liberal culture, affable, yet dignified in manner, and is 
highly esteemed by a legion of friends. 



CHRISTEN C. WANGSGAARD. 

Christen C. Wangsgaard is now a retired raneher living at Huntsville. For many 
years he was closely associated with farming interests of his section of the state and 
is still the owner of considerable valuable land, which is being further cultivated and 
improved by his sons. Mr. Wangsgaard was born in Snedsted. Denmark, April 26, 
1851, his parents being Christen and Kierstene (Petersen) Wangsgaard, who were 
also natives of Denmark. The former was a son of another Christen Wangsgaard and 
the mother was a daughter of Peter Skriver and Kierstene Krabe. The birth of Chris- 
ten Wangsgaard, the father of the subject of this review, occurred February 4, 1820 
and he had reached the age of sixty-two years when he passed away June 12, 1882 
His wife, who was born May 24, 1824, died on the 13th of July, 1910. 

Christen C. Wangsgaard, of this review, came to Utah with his father in 1866 
when a youth of fifteen years, and settled at Huntsville, where they engaged in farm 
ing and stock raising. He had acquired his education in schools conducted under the 
auspices of the Lutheran church in Denmark and after coming to Utah he acquired 
such knowledge as he could from the reading of books and papers and also learned 
many valuable lessons in the school of experience. He has become a well informed 
man of good business ability and executive force and as the years have passed has 
accumulated considerable property, at the same time carefully rearing and educating 
his three sons, who are now operating his ranches. He has added to his landed pos- 
sessions as the years have passed and now has excellent property holdings. He has 
also been the president of the Huntsville Irrigation Association for several years and 
in this connection has greatly furthered the interests of the farmers of the district. 
As the years passed his financial resources increased and he added to his holdings, 
becoming the owner of good ranch property. 

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Anna C. Anderson, a 'daughter of Gustave and Maria (Hokenson) Anderson. Mrs. 
Wangsgaard was born in Sweden, September 2, 1858. Her father, who was born April 
7, 1823, passed away June 11, 1901, and her mother was born January 16, 1836. Both 
were natives of Sweden and became residents of Huntsville, Mr. Anderson arriving 
in 1S68 and Mrs. Anderson in 1869. To Mr. and Mrs. Wangsgaard have been born 
eight children. Mary C, who was born August 15, 1877, is now the wife of C. F. 
Schade, of Ogden. Anna Louise, born February 29, 1880, married C. H. Skidmore, of 
Logan, Utah. Christen W., who was born December 22, 1881, was run over by a train 
in Kansas on the 28th of March, 1919, at which time he was holding a high position 
with the railroad company in that state. Gustave E. was born March 6, 1884, and 
died August 9. 1915. David O. was born December 16, 1886. Louis B. was born October 
26, 1SS8. Emil Ernest was born March 3, 1891. Ruby Edna, whose birth occurred 
on the 25th of November, 1895, died October 19, 1918. 

The religious faith of the family is that of the Church of Jesus Christ of Liatter-day 
Saints, in which Mr. Wangsgaard is serving as an elder. His political support is given 
the republican party and from 1907 to 1909 he was city councilman, while from 1901 
to 1918 he filled the office of health officer, and also register of vital statistics from 
1895 to 1919. He has ever been a stanch advocate of the cause of education and from 
1894 to 1900 served as school trustee, doing everything in his power to advance the 
standards of the schools in his section. From the age of fifteen years Mr. Wangs- 
gaard has resided in Utah and thus for more than half a century has been a witness 
of the growth and development of this section of the state and has borne his part in 
the work of general progress and improvement, being classed with the substantial and 
representative citizens of Huntsville. 



LAWRENCE GREENE. 



Lawrence Greene, president and manager of the Utah Fire Clay Company and thus 
connected with one of the substantial productive industries of Salt Lake City, was born 
in Ottawa, Canada, January 25, 1865, a son of Robert Young and Mary Jane (Monk) 
Greene, who were natives of Ireland and of Canada respectively. The mother was the 
daughter of a British officer. The father crossed the Atlantic to the Dominion as a 
young man and came to Canada to manage the estate of his uncle. General Lloyd, in 
the province of Ontario. Later he took up the occupation of farming in that country, he 
and his wife remaining residents of Canada until called to the home beyond. They had 
a family of seven children, four of whom are yet living: Arthur, now a resident of 
Salmon, Idaho: Wentworth and Harold, who still make their home in Ottawa, Canada; 
and Lawrence. 

The last named had the advantages of training in the Collegiate Institute of Ottawa 
and following his graduation left home to try his fortune in the western section of the 
United States. He went first to Clayton, Idaho, and located on the Salmon river, where 
he engaged in mining and smelting, becoming an employe of the Clayton Mining & 
Smelting Company. His capability and fidelity in this connection are indicated in the 
fact that he remained with the company for twenty years and was advanced from a 
minor position to that of general manager. While in that employ he compiled a set of 
books which is a model of neatness and accuracy and so systematic that one can turn to 
any date and find the exact output per ton and the value of the assay to the smallest 
detail. Mr. Greene still has these records in his possession. While with the Clayton 
Mining & Smelting Company he also engaged in merchandising at Clayton, conducting 
a profitable business In that connection. On the 22d of December, 1902, he severed all 
business ties, removing to Salt Lake City, where he invested in the Utah Fire Clay 
Company, of which he was elected president and manager in 1905. He has since re- 
mained the chief executive officer, concentrating his energies and attention upon the 
administrative direction of the business and upon constructive development. The Utah 
Fire Clay Company is a corporation capitalized at one million dollars, manufacturing all 
kinds of ornamental and plain clay products, including pipe, brick and terra cotta orna- 
ments. In the Salt Lake plant they employ one hundred and thirteen yard men. They 
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people, and they make shipments to all parts of the United States, Canada and Mexico. 
Mr. Greene is most efficiently directing this business and he has also extended his con- 
nection to other companies, being now a director of the McCornick & Company Bank 
of Salt Lake, a director of the Columbia Trust Company of Salt Lake, in both of which 
he is a member of the executive and loan committees; president of Bonnevilleon-the- 
Hill, a suburb in the best residential section of Salt Lake; president of the Columbus- 
Rexall Company; a director of the Utah Light & Traction Company; managing director 
of the Clayton Mining & Smelting Company of Clayton, Idaho; president of the Finance 
Company of Salt Lake; president of the Utah ParafBne Oil & Wax Company; a director 
of the Utah Steel Corporation; a director of the Utah Associated Industries; and con- 
nected with many other important business projects, which not only constitute a source 
of substantial income to stockholders but which also feature as important elements of 
public commercial and industrial grogress. 

On the 22d of August, 1890, Mr. Greene was married to Miss Katherine Colvin, of 
Challis, Idaho, and they have become parents of four children. Godfrey C, who was 
born in Clayton, Idaho, June 1, 1891, was educated in the schools of that state and of 
Canada. He is now married and resides in Hayden, Arizona, where he is foreman of 
the flotation process plant of the Ray Consolidated Company. Claudia Lloyd, born in 
Clayton, Idaho, August 17, 1894, attended the schools of Salt Lake City and is continu- 
ing her education in the Leland Stanford University. Robert Harold, born in Clayton, 
Idaho, August 23, 1897, supplemented his public school training in Salt Lake City by 
study in Yale University. During the great world war he was in the marine aviation 
service, stationed at Miami, Florida, where he was honorably discharged, the armistice 
being signed before he had opportunity to go to France. He is now with the National 
City Company in its office in Chicago, Illinois. Lawrence, born July 19, 1906, is attend- 
ing the Lafayette school of Salt Lake City. 

Mr. Greene is very fond of outdoor life and athletic sports and is a baseball enthus- 
iast. He is a director of the Salt Lake Baseball Club of the Pacific Coast League. He. 
belongs to the Commercial and Alta Clubs of Salt Lake, being ex-president of the latter, 
and he gives his political allegiance to the republican party. He served as colonel on 
the stafi: of Governor Spry during the latter's second term. His interest is that of a citi- 
zen, however, and not of an office seeker, as he has always preferred to give his thought 
and attention to business affairs, and the earnest purpose which he has displayed since 
making his initial step in the business world has proven a safe foundation upon which 
to build success, for he has continuously advanced until he now occupies a prominent and 
enviable position in industrial circles of his adopted city. 



ANDREW J. WILKINSON. 



Andrew J. Wilkinson, filling the position of car inspector with the Union Pacific 
Railroad Company at Ogden, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, September 29, 1863, a 
son of Alexander and Margaret (Brown) Wilkinson, who came to the United States 
in 1874 and established their home at Ogden. The father was a carpenter by trade 
and worked along that line for two years in Ogden, after which he entered the employ 
of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, with which he was connected from 1876 
until 1909, following carpentering while in the employ of the railroad company. He 
died in 1911. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 
and a high priest. The mother survived him for a number of years and passed away 
in 1915. 

Andrew J. Wilkinson was reared to adult age in Ogden, having been a youth of 
ten years when he crossed the Atlantic from Scotland, where he had previously pursued 
his education. Starting out in the business world, he was employed as a car cleaner 
by the Southern Pacific and later went into the shops as car repairer and car inspector. 
In the latter position he is still serving and his capability and faithfulness in this 
connection are indicated in the length of his service. 

In 1887 Mr. Wilkinson Was married to Miss Alice Nixon, a daughter of Thomas 
S. and Lucy Nixon and a native of Brigham, Utah. They have become the parents 
of nine children: Andrew. Margaret, William, Lula, Lyle E., Ray, Lavern, Leona and 

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Jeannette. Mr. and Mrs. Wilkinson have given three of their sons to the service of 
the country in the late World war. William enlisted in the Three Hundred and 
Sixteenth Engineers, in the Ninety-first Division and sailed for France in November, 
1917, being in actual service on the front until the armistice was signed. He was 
acorded high honors, receiving citations as well as a medal for bravery. Lyle E. en- 
listed in 1918 in the One Hundred and Forty-fifth Utah Field Artillery as a member 
of Battery B and sailed for France in May of that year, being also overseas when 
the armistice was signed. Ray joined the Students Army Training Corps at Logan, 
where he was stationed in the training school until after the close of the war. Wil- 
liam also filled a mission to the eastern states in 1914, while Lyle filled a mission to 
the southern states from 1917 until released the following year. 

The family have always adhered to the faith of the Church of Jesus Christ of 
Latter-day Saints and Mr. Wilkinson is a member of the Seventy. Practically his 
entire life has been spent in Ogden, where he has made his home from the age of 
ten years, and those who know him entertain for him warm regard, for his has been 
an active, useful and upright life. 



COLONEL JOSEPH J. DAYNES, Jb. 

The name of Colonel Joseph J. Daynes, Jr., is well known in commercial and musi- 
cal circles of Salt Lake, for he is one of the organizers of the business conducted under 
the name of the Daynes-Beebe Music Company, proprietors of one of the largest music 
houses west of Chicago. Mr. Daynes is a man of recognized business ability, of unas- 
sailable integrity and of the most progressive spirit. He was born in Salt Lake City. 
November 7, 1873, a son of Joseph J. and Mary J. (Sharp) Daynes, who were natives of 
England and Salt Lake City respectively. The father came to America in early life, the 
grandparents being among the pioneer residents of Utah. Joseph J. Daynes and Mary J. 
Sharp were married in Salt Lake and the former then gave his attention to musical in- 
terests. He was the organist for the Mormon Tabernacle for thirty years and has done 
much to develop musical taste in this city. He is now living retired and the mother of 
Colonel Daynes of this review also survives. In their family were seven children, of 
whom the following are still living: Colonel Daynes, H. S. and R. E. Daynes, Mrs. N. C. 
Christensen and Mrs. Charles W. Baldwin. 

During his youthful days, Colonel Daynes, whose name introduces this record, at- 
tended the public and high schools of this city and graduated at the age of eighteen. 
He afterward entered the University of Utah and also attended the Salt Lake Business 
College. His inclinations were along a commercial line and in the year 1893 he became 
associated with his father in the music business, since which time he has been constantly 
engaged in the same. Their business grew from a small beginning until today the com- 
pany handles everything obtainable in musical merchandise, including pianos, player 
pianos, phonographs, sheet music and all kinds of musical mechanical instruments. In 
the year 1909 the corporate name was changed to the Daynes-Beebe Music Company, 
Mr. Daynes becoming president and general manager. The company and its predeces- 
sors have been in continuous business since the year 1860, being the oldest music house 
in the west. The trade today reaches over seven hundred thousand dollars per annum 
and covers a territory embracing Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Arizona and Colorado. 
Colonel Daynes' long experience in the business thoroughly qualifies him to speak with 
authority upon the value of musical instruments and his reliability constitutes an ele- 
ment of worth in advising advantageous purchases. Aside from his interest in the music 
trade. Colonel Daynes is a director of the Deseret National Bank, the president of the 
Ebert Home Furnishing Company, and a director of a number of minor business con- 
cerns. In all these things his cooperation is of great value, for he is a man of keen 
business sagacity and discernment. 

On the 18th of December, 1895, at Salt Lake, Mr. Daynes was married to Miss Win- 
nifred B. Woodruff, a daughter of Wilford Woodruff, president of the Church of Jesus 
Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Emma (Smith) Woodruff. Colonel and Mrs. Daynes 
have become parents of seven children. Joseph D., born in Salt Lake in 1898, is a gradu- 
ate of the high school of this city and is now on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ 




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of Latter-day Saints. Sharp W., born In Salt Lake, February 13, 1903, is attending high 
school. Blanche Virginia, born in Salt Lake, December 9, 1905, Helen Clare, born in 
Salt Lake in 1907, Byron Woodruff, in 1908, Wilford Woodruff, in 1910, and Paul Wood- 
ruff in 1915, are all now in school with the exception of the youngest. 

In his political views Colonel Daynes has always been a republican and he served 
as a member of the staff of Governor Spry for four years and also on the staff of Gov- 
ernor Cutler for four years. His religious faith and that of his family is in accord with 
the teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and he has always 
taken an active part in church affairs. In 1899 he was called on a mission for the church 
to Great Britain. His wife accompanied him and they spent a little over two years in 
the city of Birmingham, England. During their residence there he became president of 
the Birmingham conference, presiding over it the last nine months of his stay in that 
land. 

His interests in community affairs is indicated by his membership in the Salt Lake 
Commercial Club, and his hearty cooperation is given to all its well defined plans and 
projects for the upbuilding of the city. He gives his support to all interests of public 
benefit and moment, and the course of life which he has ever pursued commends him to 
the confidence and unqualified regard of those who know him. 



JAMES C. ELLSWORTH. 



James C. Ellsworth, cashier of the Payson Exchange Savings Bank at Payson, 
Utah, was born at Luna, New Mexico, May 26, 1885, and was the youngest of a family 
of seven children, three sons and four daughters, of whom six are yet living. The 
parents were James H. and Eliza (McCleve) Ellsworth, the former a native of the 
state of New York and the latter of Ireland. The father was born in Oswego, New 
York, and was a representative of one of the old families of the Empire state, of 
English lineage. He was reared and educated, however, in Utah, having come to this 
state with his parents, David and Diana (Livingston) Ellsworth, who cast in their 
lot with the pioneers of Utah of 1856. They originally settled in Payson. The grand- 
father served in the Black Hawk war. The father was a gunsmith and wheelwright 
by trade and throughout his business career devoted his attention to activity of that 
character. He was prominent in the work of the church and served on a mission 
to the Gila valley of Arizona and also among the Indians. He died March 31, 1912, 
at the age of seventy-eight years, passing away at Safford, Arizona. In politics he 
was a stalwart republican but never sought or desired office. The mother, a native 
of Belfast, Ireland, came. to America in the early '50s, making her way direct to Utah. 
She traveled in company with her father, who died while crossing the plains and was 
buried near Council Bluffs, Iowa. They came as converts to the Church of Jesus 
Christ of Latter-day Saints and Eliza McCleve was married in the Salt Lake Endow- 
ment House. She. too, passed away at Safford. Arizona, her death occurring August 
31, 1913, when she was sixty-five years of age. 

James C. Ellsworth of this review pursued his education in the public schools of 
Safford, Arizona, and in the Gila Academy of Thatcher, Arizona, from which he was 
graduated with the class of 1904. When his textbooks were put aside he became 
assistant manager and bookkeeper with the Gila Valley Milling Company, with which 
he remained until 1908. He was then called on a mission to Australia and was re- 
leased from the mission in July, 1910, having served for two full years. With his 
return to the United States he became identified with the Gila Valley Bank & Trust 
Company as bookkeeper and assistant manager and on the 25th of January, 1917, he 
left that institution and came to Payson. where he took up the work of cashier in the 
Payson Exchange Savings Bank. He has since served in this capacity and he is one 
of the stockholders in the bank, having purchased stock from the original owners. This 
bank was established in 1890 and since Mr. Ellsworth has become active in the man- 
agement its business has more than doubled in volume. The bank is a member of 
the Federal Reserve System. Mr. Ellsworth aside from his banking interests is a 
director of the Western Live Stock Loan Company, a Utah corporation. 

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Miss Julia Claridge, a daughter of Samuel and Rebecca (Hughes) Claridge, residents 
of Thatcher, Arizona, and a sister of Mrs. A. N. McCune. Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth 
have four children: James Claridge, who was born April 8. 1908: Elmo Hughes, born 
September 9. 1911; Spencer David, December 8, 1912; and Samuel George, June 19, 1914. 
During the war and to the present time Mr. Ellsworth has been an associate mem- 
ber of the Council of Defense in Utah county and has taken an Important part in 
furthering the Liberty loan drives and the work of the Red Cross. His military record 
covers five years' service as a member of Company A of the Arizona National Guard, 
with the rank of second lieutenant. His political allegiance is given to the republican 
party, and in religion he has adhered to the faith in which he was reared, belonging 
to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Payson, his membership being 
in the first ward. He is also a member of the Payson Commercial Club and is keenly 
interested in everything that has to do with the welfare and progress of his city. 



HARRY A. WHITE, D. C. 



The system of chiropractic has come rapidly into popular favor in recent years. 
Health problems have been kept continually before the public through the press as 
scientific research and discovery has been carried forward and the use of drugs and 
remedial agencies is becoming more and more a thing of the past, so that medical 
practitioners in many cases do not resort to the use or internal remedies. Thoroughly 
conversant with the most advanced scientific methods of chiropractic. Dr. White in 
the few years of his connection with the profession in Salt Lake City has won a sub- 
stantial success. He was born in King City, Missouri, May 13, 1884, a son of James 
Henry and Hannah (Smorthet) White, the former a native of Wisconsin, while the 
latter was born in England. The parents went to Nebraska during the childhood days 
of their son Harry and he was there educated in the public schools of Wahoo. After 
liis textbooks were put aside he made his initial step in the business world in connec- 
tion with railroad interests. He was thus employed for fourteen years, acting as 
telegraph operator. At length he took a course of study in the American College of 
Mechano-Therapy at Chicago, Illinois, and following his graduation practiced at Ogden 
for two years. He next entered the National School of Chiropractic at Chicago, from 
which he was graduated in the fall of 1917, and in 191S pursued a post graduate course 
in the Palmer School at Davenport, Iowa. Locating in Salt Lake City, he has since 
practiced his profession with good success and he is a member of the Salt Lake County 
Chiropractic Association. 

On the 12th of December, 1912, Dr. White was united in marriage to Miss Edna 
A. Blair, of Ogden, and they are widely and favorably known in Salt Lake, where 
their circle of friends is constantly increasing as the circle of their acquaintance 
broadens. Fraternally Dr. White is a Mason and exemplifies in his life the beneficent 
spirit of the craft. 



WILLIAM A. BUDGE. 



William A. Budge, teller with the Security State Bank of Ogden and a prominent 
factor in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving as bishop of the 
Ogden seventh ward, was born in Weber county in 1885. His parents were Thomas 
and Frances May (Williams) Budge, the former a native of Glasgow, Scotland, while 
the latter was born in Pleasant View, Weber county, Utah. The father came to Utah 
in 1861 with his parents, he being a son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Budge, who were 
likewise natives of the land of hills and heather. The grandfather, Thomas Budge, was 
a shoemaker by trade and followed that pursuit for several years. He afterward 
removed to Idaho, where he engaged in farming. He was active in the development of 
the church and the extension of its influence and for some time served as Sunday 
school teacher. His son, Thomas Budge, father of William A. Budge, was with the 
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a busy and useful life but is now living retired, passing his days quietly upon a small 
ranch at Pleasant View, where he is most comfortably situated. He has been bishop's 
counselor for several years. 

William A. Budge acquired his early education in the schools of Pleasant View 
and afterward attended the Weber Academy for a period of four years, being gradu- 
ated from that institution with the class of 1907. Like his father, he then entered 
the employ of the Consolidated Wagon & Machine Company, with which corporation 
he was connected for a year. In September, 1908, however, he was sent on a mission 
to Turkey and the Holy land and while in the far east traveled quite extensively 
through that section, visiting Cairo, Egypt, also Palestine, Jerusalem and Greece and 
likewise visiting Scotland, the land of his forefathers, before his return to America. Irf 
May, 1911, he again reached Ogden and in the year 1912 took up the profession of 
school teaching, which he followed successfully for five and a half years in the Central 
Junior high school, imparting readily and clearly to others the knowledge that he 
had acquired. He proved a most capable educator and his labors gave impetus to 
the school system of the city. In 1917 he obtained the position of bookkeeper in the 
Security State Bank and on the first of June, 1919, was appointed teller. He is also 
an earnest church worker, having in 1916 been appointed bishop in the Ogden seventh 
ward, entering upon the duties of the office on the 1st of January following. 

Bishop Budge was married in 1911 to Miss Georgena Jennie Farr, a daughter of 
Asael and Georgena Julia (Drake) Farr. Mr. and Mrs. Budge now have a daughter, 
Athleen Farr. The family occupies an enviable social position, the hospitality of 
Ogden's best homes being cordially extended to them. 



ALFRED M. NELSON. 



Alfred M. Nelson is the president of the Board of Education of Tooele county 
and assistant postmaster of the city of Tooele. He has been throughout his entire 
life closely associated with the development and upbuilding of the region in which he 
still makes his home and has been particularly active in the promotion of its educa- 
tional interests. He was born in Tooele county June 12, 1879, a son of Swen and 
Fredericka (Jorranson) Nelson, who were natives of Sweden. They came to America 
in 1864 and in the same year made the long journey across the hot stretches of sand 
and through the mountain passes to Utah. The father followed the occupations of 
farming and butchering and thus provided for the support of his family, which num- 
bered ten children, namely: Matilda, Anna, Amelia, Philip, Oscar, David, Alfred M., 
Oliver, Edna and Ada. 

Alfred M. Nelson acquired his education in the Latter-day Saints' College at Salt 
Lake City and also pursued a normal and commercial course at the Utah University. 
Much of his life has been devoted to the profession of teaching and he has displayed 
marked ability in this connection. He had charge of the commercial department of 
the Weber Academy at Ogden for four years. Later he went upon a mission for the 
Mormon church to Sweden spending two years abroad, and following his return to 
his native land he was elected county superintendent of schools in 1906. Such was 
his personal popularity and the recognition of his ability that his name was placed 
on both tickets as candidate for the office. After serving for one year he resigned to 
accept the position of principal of the Tooele high school and continued to act in that 
capacity from 1907 until 1914. He has ever proved a most able educator. Imparting 
readily and clearly to others the knowledge that he has acquired, and at all times 
he has held to the highest standards in educational work. At length, however, he 
resigned his position as high school principal to accept the office of assistant postmaster 
at Tooele, under James Gowans. 

At different times Mr. Nelson has served in other positions of public honor and 
trust. He was city recorder from 1910 until 1916 and his duties were discharged 
with marked fidelity and capability. He was always most systematic in the perform- 
ance of every task related to the office. In 1916 he was elected a member of the school 
board and is now the efficient president of the County Board of Education. He was 
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and in fact is called the founder of that school. He was also one of the leaders in 
organizing and building the Tooele City Library, of which he is the managing head. 
In the work of the church he is also actively interested. He is serving as stake 
superintendent of Sunday schools and as conductor of the church choir. He is a lover 
of music and nature endowed him with considerable talent in that direction. He is 
now the leader of the Tooele Military Band and also of the Tooele Orchestra, in which 
he plays the violin. He also is an instructor in violin music and he is keenly interested 
in all that has to do with the musical development of the community in which he 
makes his home. 



CHARLES E. LOOSE. 



Charles E. Loose is the vice president of the Provo Commercial & Savings Bank 
and is also extensively connected with mining interests as manager of the Grand 
Central Mining Company, while with various other mining propositions he is like- 
wise identified. The wild life of the cowboy and of the miner of the west at an early 
day is a familiar story to Mr. Loose and while his environment had something to do 
with shaping his life, it has not touched his deeper nature, which makes ready re- 
sponse to a call for assistance or aid. He learned to value the artificialities of life 
at their true worth and he also learned that a man's word should be as good as his 
bond. Such has ever been the rating of Mr. Loose's word. 

A native of Illinois, Charles E. Loose was born in the city of Quincy, September 
19, 1853, a son of Robert and Jane (Tenney) Loose. The father was born in the west 
end of London, England, and as a youth came to the United States. He established 
his home In Quincy, Illinois, and in early manhood took up the profession of teach- 
ing. Later he engaged in the drug business and at the time of his demise was pro- 
prietor of a drug store in Texas. His wife was born in the state of New York and 
passed away in 1904. She became a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- 
day Saints and removed with her son, Charles E., to Utah when the latter was a young 
child. They drove ox teams from Quincy. their old home, across the plains and over 
the mountains until they reached their destination. 

Charles E. Loose was one of three children and attended school at Payson, Utah, 
but when thirteen years of age started out to earn his own living. Since that time 
he has been dependent entirely upon his own resources and has justly won the proud 
American title of a self-made man. As a boy he went to California and his first job 
was on a ranch at twenty dollars per month. He soon drifted into the mining fields, 
however, and from that on became active in prospecting and mining in California 
and Nevada. In the latter state he worked at Eureka in the smelters and subsequently 
prospected in Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico and parts of old Mexico. In 18S5 he 
returned to Utah and has since been one of the prominent mine owners afad operators 
of this state. Gradually he worked his way upward, improving every opportunity 
that came within his reach, and by industry and economy was enabled to make in- 
vestment in mining property. As the years passed and he prospered his invest- 
ments became more and more extensive and he is today a well known figure in 
mining circles, being now one of the heavy stockholders and manager of the Grand 
Central Mining Company, of which J. T. Farrer is the president. Mr. Loose also owns 
large interests in and is a director or manager of a dozen other big mining proposi- 
tions. He has likewise extended his efforts into banking circles, becoming the vice 
president of the Provo Commercial & Savings Bank, of which Hon. Reed Smoot is 
the president and J. T. Farrer, cashier. This bank is capitalized for one hundred 
thousand dollars, has a surplus of fifty thousand dollars, undivided profits of about 
three thousand dollars, individual deposits of five hundred and eighty thousand dollars 
and savings of about three hundred thousand dollars. The bank has enjoyed a profit- 
able existence, its progressiveness being tempered by a safe conservatism that has won 
for it excellent support. 

In 1887 Mr. Loose was united in marriage to Miss Jane Patten, of Payson, Utah, a 
daughter of George Patten. The children of this marriage are: Erma, the wife of 
Preston G. Peterson, who is the secretary-treasurer of the Grand Central Mining Com- 







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pany of Provo; Fay, the wife of Dr. W. T. Stiehl; Edwin, wlio died at the age of 
twenty-one years; Warren Dean, who served with the One Hundred and Forty-fifth 
Utah Regiment of United States Infantry, which made so splendid a record, and since 
heing honorably discharged has been connected with his father in the offices of the 
mining company; and Clarence, who is attending the Brigham Young University. 

Mr. Loose turns to farming and stock raising as a diversion from other business 
cares. He is associated with Reed Smoot in various business concerns as a director and 
stockholder, in all of which he displays sound judgment and unfailing enterprise. His 
keen sagacity has enabled him to place his investments most wisely, and his progres- 
siveness and unflagging industry have been the basic principles of his growing success. 
His political allegiance is always given to the republican party and his opinions carry 
weight in its councils. He has always been an ardent admirer of Theodore Roosevelt 
and was an elector from Utah at the time that Roosevelt was chosen president of the 
United States. He served as a delegate to the national convention in Chicago in 1912 
and his opinions upon any public question are openly and frankly expressed. No one 
need ever question him the second time as to his position or his opinion. Men have 
learned to know that what he says he will do. He has little of the polish which comes 
from the training of the colleges and universities yet there is no man In Provo who is 
more honored and respected by all or who occupies a more enviable position in financial 
circles, not alone by reason of the success he has achieved, but also owing to the straight- 
forward business policy which he has ever followed. 



RUFUS FORD. 



Rufus Ford, of Ogden, conducting business under the name of the Ogden Transfer 
& Storage Company, in which he has developed interests of considerable extent and 
importance, bringing to him a substantial reward for his labors, comes to the west 
from Virginia, his birth having occurred in Alexandria, that state, on the 17th of 
September, 1861. His father, George Ford, was born in England, followed merchan- 
dising throughout his active business life and passed away ut the age of sixty-five 
years. The mother, Mrs. Mary (Coagan) Ford, a native of England, has also passed 
away, at the age of seventy-three years. 

Rufus Ford was educated in the schools of Wisconsin, near Janesville. his parents 
having removed to that state during his early boyhood days. Later the family home 
was established near Logan, Iowa, and when eighteen years of age Rufus Ford went 
to Nebraska, where he engaged in farm work at a wage of eighteen dollars per month. 
He was thus employed until he had attained his majority. At that time he went to 
Idaho and also to Helena, Montana, making the journey to the west before railroads 
had penetrated into that section of the country. He first came to Utah in 1883 and 
afterward took up his abode in Cheyenne, Wyoming, where he was employed by the 
railroad as receiving clerk in the freight house and as baggage agent in 1888. He 
was also at Laramie, Wyoming, for a time. At a later period he returned to the home 
farm in Nebraska and put it in excellent condition, bringing the fields under a high 
state of cultivation. When this was accomplished Mr. Ford went to Cheyenne, Wyo- 
ming, and was employed in railroad work there for four years, being connected with 
the baggage department. He next came to Ogden, Utah, for the benefit of his health, 
which had become impaired through over-work. At that time Charles Hollingsworth 
was baggage agent at Ogden and when he left Mr. Ford took charge of the baggage 
station at Ogden and capably filled the position for some time. He established his 
present business in 1889, or thirty years ago, under the name of the Ogden Transfer 
& Storage Company. The slogan of the firm is: "We move anything with two ends." 
Their business has now assumed extensive proportions and they have their offices at 
Nos. 2340 to 2346 Grant avenue, where they also have large storage warehouses. Their 
equipment includes likewise big barns and large moving vans; in fact Mr. Ford has 
everything that is necessary for the conduct of a storage and transfer business of ex- 
tensive proportions. He is the owner of two warehouses and is accorded a most liberal 
patronage by reason of his straightforward dealings, his close application to business 
and his unremitting energy. 



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On the 2d of February, 1890, Mr. Ford was married to Miss Bertha Rath, of Denver, 
and to them have been born tive children: Edgar Allen, now a member of the navy; 
Amelia, the wife of Henry Hall, living at North Ogden; Cecilia, the wife of C. L. 
Hawley; Florence, who is in school; and Damon, a lad of eleven years. 

Mr. Ford is a home man, spending his leisure hours at his own fireside. He 
belongs, however, to the Knights of Pythias and when opportunity permits he enjoys 
hunting. His attention, however, is chiefly given to his business affairs and his ener- 
getic life and intelligently directed effort are manifest in the success which has come 
to him. 



CHARLES L. FARR. 



Charles L. Farr, a member of the Ogden bar and former county attorney of Weber 
county, was born January 10, 18S3, in the city which is still his home. His father. 
Lorenzo Farr, was also a native of Ogden. His grandfather. Lorin Farr, came from 
Vermont to Utah in 1850 and was among the pioneers of the state who laid broad 
and deep the foundation upon which has been built Utah's present progress and pros 
perity. A sketch of his life is given at length on another page of this work. 

Having mastered the branches of learning taught in the district schools, Charles 
L. Farr attended the Detroit College of Law, from which he was graduated with the 
class of 1912. In the meantime he studied in the east, was admitted to the bar in 
Michigan and for three years engaged in practice in Detroit. In 1915, however, he re- 
turned to Ogden, where he has since been actively connected with the profession, and 
in a calling where advancement depends entirely upon individual merit and ability he 
has won for himself a place in the foremost ranks. In 1917 he was elected county 
attorney of Weber county on the democratic ticket and proved a most capable official 
in that position. He has taken an active and helpful part in local and state politics 
and was one of the prominent factors in making Utah a prohibition state. It was 
the opposition of the liquor element that prevented his reelection to the office of county 
attorney, but it is characteristic of Mr. Farr that he stands loyally by his honest 
convictions at whatever cost to himself. 

In 1911 Mr. Farr was united in marriage to Miss Nina Prateau and they occupy 
an enviable position in the social circles of the city. Mr. Farr is a director of the 
Lake View Mining Company. He belongs to the Ogden Bar Association and enjoys 
the fullest respect of his contemporaries and colleagues in the profession. He belongs 
to the University Club and in his younger days was greatly interested in music. He 
possesses a fine barytone voice and did much concert work throughout the United 
States. He is a splendid type of American manhood and citizenship and his activities 
have ever been of a character that has made the name of Farr an honored one in Utah 
from the period of early colonization to the present. 



JOHN F. BENNETT. 



Prominent among the energetic, successful and farsighted business men of Salt 
liUke City is John F. Bennett, a leading figure in commercial, financial and industrial 
circles. In fact there are various corporate interests which have found in his energy 
and enterprise the stimulus of development and activity. Mr. Bennett was born in 
England, July 11, 1865, but was only three years of age when his parents left that couni 
try and crossed the Atlantic to the new world, emigrating to Utah in the fall of 1868., 
The trip across the plains was a long and arduous one. the father walking the entire dis- 
tance from Omaha to Salt Lake City, while John F. Bennett also covered a part of the 
distance on foot. 

Reared in Utah, John F. Bennett was a pupil in the school at Social Hall until he 
reached the age of fourteen years. His first task was that of carrying charcoal for the 
blacksmiths who were sharpening tools for use in the work on the Temple. Prompted 
by a laudable ambition, however, he has constantly advanced and each forward step has' 




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brought him a broader outlook and wider opportunities. At length he has come into 
positions demanding marked executive ability and Is now concentrating his efforts and 
attention upon administrative direction of most important business interests. Among 
the many directorates of which he is a member are the following. He is the president 
of the Bennett Glass & Paint Company, the vice president of the Ogden Paint, Oil & 
Glass Company, and the vice president of the Farmers & Merchants Bank of Prove 
and the Sugar Banking Company of Salt Lake. He is likewise second vice president 
and chairman of the executive committee of Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution, 
a director of Zion's Savings Bank and the Utah State National Bank and of the latter 
two is a member of the executive committee. He was one of the organizers and for 
thirty years has been a director of Zion's Benefit Building Society. He is also a director 
of the Utah Savings & Trust Company, of the Home Fire Insurance Company, the Salt 
Air Beach and Salt Air Railroad Company and the Utah Oil Refining Company. Hei 
is a man of determined purpose, carrying forward to successful completion whatever he 
undertakes, for he has always recognized the fact that when one avenue of opportunity 
has seemed closed he can carve out other paths whereby he can reach the desired goal. 
He has found correct solution for many difficult and involved business problems and his 
career constitutes an example of industry and enterprise that may well serve as a 
stimulus to the efforts of others. 

In November, 1897, Mr. Bennett was united in marriage to Miss Rose Wallace, a 
daughter of Henry Wallace, a Utah pioneer, and to them have been born the following 
children: Wallace F., Harold H., Elizabeth, Mary and Richard. 

Mr. Bennett is a very prominent churchman, working particularly in the depart- 
ments for the young in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is general, 
treasurer for the church Sunday schools and one of the executive board. He is regarded| 
as a broad-minded and public-spirited citizen and he is one of the charter members of 
the Salt Lake Commercial Club, of which he has served on the governing board. Any 
project for the city's development or for the advancement of its material, social, intel- 
lectual and moral interests receives his endorsement. 



MRS. MARGARET STUBBS. 



The great World war has brought enfranchisement to the women of Europe, but 
it did not take any such heroic measures to bring to the citizens of Utah the under- 
standing that woman should have the right to a voice in the government and to prove 
her capability in public office. Among the women of Utah who are now ably serving 
in positions of public honor and trust is Mrs. Margaret Stubbs, who is filling the 
position of city treasurer at Provo. She was born in Goshen, Utah, August 22, 1876, 
a daughter of John and Emma (Richards) Morgan, both of whom were natives of 
Wales. It was in the early '50s that John Morgan arrived in Utah, coming to the 
new wiorld as a convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. After 
reaching his destination he followed farming and stock raising and became a leading 
and influential citizen of the section of the state in which he established his home. 
He met with success in his business affairs and at the same time was a most active 
and earnest worker in the church, serving as a member of the Quorum of Seventy 
and also serving on a mission to Wales. He died in 1898 at the age of sixty years. 
His political support had always been given to the democratic party, of which he 
served as a stanch champion. It was in Kansas City, Missouri, that John Morgan 
wedded Emma Richards and she accompanied him to Utah. They had a family of 
nine children, two sons and seven daughters. The mother passed away about 1889 at 
the age of fifty-four years. 

Their daughter Margaret, after attending the public schools, continued her educa- 
tion in the Brigham Young University of Provo. Her girlhood days were spent under 
the parental roof and on the 17th of May, 1899, she gave her hand in marriage to the 
late Thomas P. Stubbs, a native of Provo and a son of Peter and Ann (Wride) Stubbs, 
who belonged to one of the old and well known pioneer families of Provo. During 
his active business career Thomas P. Stubbs devoted his attention to clerical lines and 
passed away on the 28th of October, 1908, when he had reached the age of but thirty- 



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five years. He left two children: Mabel, who was born in Provo, April 30, 1902; and 
Thomas M., born March 12, 1904. 

It was after the death of Mr. Stubbs that his wife entered the business world. 
Her first position was secured in 1913, when she took up clerical work in the office 
of the county recorder, there remaining for two years. She was elected to the office 
of city treasurer and prior to her election filled out a six months' unexpired term of 
Mrs. Lizzie B. Meldrum, who was then county treasurer. Mrs. Stubbs is proving most 
capable in her present position, the duties of which are being discharged carefully, 
promptly, systematically and capably. 

Mrs. Stubbs belongs to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of the 
first ward and her political allegiance is given to the democratic party. She is widely 
and favorably known in Provo, having resided in this section of the state for many 
years, and she occupies an enviable position in social circles, having many warm 
friends throughout Utah county. 



GEORGE T.. JUDD. 



George T. Judd, president of the Judd-Brower Automobile Company of Salt Lake 
City, was born at Henefer, Summit County, Utah, April 30. 1874, a son of George and 
Jane (Paskett) Judd, who were natives of England but established their home in Utah 
in pioneer times after having made the overland trip with a train of ox teams, which 
slowly wended its way across the plains and over the mountains until Utah was 
reached. After arriving at Salt Lake the father engaged in freighting between Salt 
Lake and Council Bluff, Iowa, and in that connection crossed and recrossed the plains 
many times. He later gave up that occupation, which in the early days was a most 
hazardous one, and located on a farm on the Weber river. He is still living at the 
advanced age of seventy-eight years and the mother of George T. Judd has reached 
the age of seventy six years. Their family numbered nine children: Mrs. Emily 
A. Toone, living at Metropolis. Nevada: Mrs. Ada Wilde, of Cumberland. Wyoming; 
George T.: Mrs. Annie Harris, deceased; Mrs. Charlotte Jones, of Henefer, Utah; 
Mrs. Fannie Richards, of Henefer; Mrs. Belle Edson. of Ogden, Utah; Mrs. Lillian West, 
late of Morgan, Utah, now deceased; and Herschel, whose home is at Henefer. 

George T. Judd, after attending the public schools of Henefer and the high school 
at Coalville, Utah, entered the Brigham Young University at Provo. from which 
he was graduated in 1897. He later spent three years as a missionary in New Zealand 
for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and after his return he taught 
school at Coalville, Utah, for a year and for two years was principal of the schools 
at Levan, while an equal period was spent in the same way at Provo. Mr. Judd then 
became deputy assessor of Utah County and filled the office for a term. He was sub- 
sequently made deputy sheriff of Utah County, serving in that capacity one term, 
after whicli he was elected sheriff and occupied the position two terms, receiving the 
highest number of votes of any candidate ever elected in that county on any ticket. 
With the expiration of his term he was called to service in the strike troubles at 
the Bingham copper mines and was on duty there for six months. He then became 
assistant state auditor under Lincoln G. Kelly, examiner of public accounts for the 
office. In March, 1917, Mr. Judd organized the Judd-Brower Auto Company of Salt 
Lake and has since built up a very extensive business, handling the Liberty Six cars 
and also the Olympian cars, and for these he has had a very large sale. 

Mr. Judd was married September 22, 1897, to Miss Maggie Lewis, of Provo, Utah, 
a daughter of William J. and Jane Lewis, who were pioneer people of that place. 
Mr. and Mrs. Judd have six children. Marguerite, born in Provo in July, 1898, is a 
graduate of the Granite high school of Salt Lake. George E., born in Coalville, March 
10, 1901, was graduated from the Granite high school and is now a junior in the 
University of Utah. Melba, born in Levan, Utah, August 29, 1903, is a Granite high 
school pupil. Grace, born in Provo in April, 1905, is attending Salt Lake high school. 
Amy born in Provo in 1907 and Grant born in Provo, August 13, 1912, are in the 
graded school. 

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of the Auto Dealers Association and also of the Automobile Club. His official record 
and his business career have alike been characterized by steady progress and the 
faithful performance of duty and the course which he has pursued has gained for 
him the respect and confidence of all with whom he has been associated. 



LORIN WILLIAM PRESTON. 



Though not yet thirty-five years of age Lorin William Preston is the manager 
of the most important general merchandise establishment in the City of Garland. 
He is also mayor of the city and one of its most progressive residents, holding to 
high standards in all matters of citizenship. He was born in Weston, Idaho, in 1884, 
a son of William and Anne (Clarke) Preston, who were natives of England. Having 
been converted to the faith of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, they 
made their way to America and settled in Weston, Idaho, which was largely a Mormon 
community. 

There Lorin W. Preston was born and reared and he supplemented his education 
by study in the Utah Agricultural College at Logan. In 1905 he was called by the 
church to go on a mission to England and upon his return to his native land he located 
at Garland. In 1909 he became manager of the Garland Mercantile Company and is 
still conducting the business. He is thus in control of the leading general merchandise 
establishment of the town and has built up a large trade for the firm through his 
enterprising and progressive methods. A large and carefully selected line of goods is 
carried and Mr. Preston holds to the highest standards in the personnel of the house, 
In the goods purchased and in the treatment accorded patrons. 

In 1909 Mr. Preston was married to Miss Mary Barnard, a daughter of Hyrum 
Barnard, of Brigliam, Utah, who crossed the plains in an early day as a member of 
the Mormon Battalion. 

Mr. Preston is a consistent churchman and has filled all of the offices in the 
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to that of high priest. He was for nine 
years ward clerk and is now the president of the Second Quorum and is also an elder 
in the church. His activity in the church is only equaled by his devotion to his business 
and his town. For some years Mr. Preston was a member of the Garland City Council 
and in 1918 became its mayor, an office which he is still filling to the satisfaction 
of people of all political parties. There is no public enterprise of worth that does not 
receive his support and cooperation. His labors in the line of war activities have 
been tremendous. He has been an untiring worker in support of the Liberty Loan' 
drives, of the Red Cross and of all movements which have tended to advance the 
interests of the country in her efforts to promote worldwide democracy. As a member 
of the City Council and as mayor of Garland he has stood back of all improvements 
that have been made, including the waterworks system, electric lighting and street 
paving and in fact every movement which has had for its object the benefit of Garland, 
the advancement of its civic standards and the promotion of its best interests. 



FRANK W. MATTHEWS. 



Frank W. Matthews is a well known commercial artist of Ogden, engaged in illustra- 
tion work, card writing and other forms of commercial art. He established his present 
business in the fall of 1914 and has the only independent business of the kind in 
Ogden. The excellence of his work insures him a liberal patronage which is constantly 
growing. 

Mr. Matthews is a native of Salt Lake City, having been born in the Sixteenth 
ward on the 5th of September, 1887. He is a son of Thomas W. Matthews, also a 
native of Salt Lake City, his father having been Thomas Matthews, one of the pioneers 
of Salt Lake, who conducted an extensive business as a stock raiser, raising horses 
for the government and also selling to others. He likewise conducted a freighting 
business from the Missouri river to various points in the west prior to the building 



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of the railroad. He was a native of Swansea, Wales, and came to America with his 
father, when but a young lad. Joseph Matthews was a stonemason and architect and was 
the first to follow that profession in Utah. Thomas W. Matthews, the father of Frank 
W. Matthews, was reared and educated in Salt Lake City and followed commercial and 
professional pursuits. He filled the office of deputy United States marshal and various 
other public positions, the duties of which he discharged with marked promptness 
and fidelity. He married Annie Gray, a native of Salt Lake City and a daughter of 
John Gray, one of the pioneers of Utah, who for many years was employed in the shoe 
manufacturing department of the Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution at Salt 
Lake. He was a very devout member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day 
Saints and active in its councils. He died in 1S90 at the very venerable age of eighty- 
nine years. His daughter, Mrs. Matthews, is still living and with her husband makes 
her home in California. They have four children, of whom Frank W. is the eldest, 
the second being Maude, the wife of J. D. Tinsmans, a resident of Canton, Ohio. 
Thomas G., the third member of the family, is living in Salt Lake, and Lester J., the 
youngest, is the mustering sergeant at Camp Lewis, Washington. 

Frank W. Matthews was educated in the schools of his native city and in the 
Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and in the Art Institute of Chicago, where he developed 
the talent with which nature has endowed him. He applied himself unremittingly 
to his studies and on completing his course in Chicago he entered upon his present 
business in Salt Lake, thoroughly trained for the work which he had undertaken. He 
conducted a successful business in the capital city for a year and then removed to 
Ogden, where he has since made his home, and through the intervening period has 
built up an excellent business as a commercial artist, doing card writing, illustrating 
and all forms of commercial art. 

In August, 1911, at Farmington, Utah, Mr. Matthews was married to Miss Irene 
E. Ellison, a native of Evansville, Indiana, and a daughter of William H. and Mary E. 
( Teague) Ellison, representatives of an old and prominent Indiana family. Mr. and 
Mrs. Matthews have become parents of a son, Franklin W. Jr., who was born in Chicago, 
Illinois, in 1912. They reside at No. 2648 Van Buren avenue, in Ogden, where Mr. 
Matthews owns his home. Mrs. Matthews is a representative of an old Georgia family. 
Her father was a native of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a soldier in the Confederate 
army and died in 1915. 

In politics Mr. Matthews maintains an independent course. Fraternally he is 
connected with the Loyal Order of Moose and is now holding the position of vice 
chairman in the South Moose. He belongs to the University Club and his strongly 
marked characteristics are such as make for personal popularity among his many 
friends. 



JUDGE VALENTINE GIDEON. 

Judge Valentine Gideon, elected a member of the supreme court of the state of 
Utah in November, 1918, was born in Iron county, Missouri, on the 11th of January. 
1859, and is the son of Calvin and Artemesia (Matkin) Gideon. He was the third son of 
a family of seven children. In the year 1870 his father died. 

Spending his youthful days under the parental roof. Judge Gideon attended the 
public schools of his native state during the winter months and worked upon his home 
farm during the summer, as was customary at that time in that rural community, and in 
this way mastered the branches of learning taught in such schools. Later he en- 
tered Carleton College at Farmington, Missouri, from which institution he received 
the degree of Bachelor of Science with the class of 18S6. For the two years following he 
taught in and was principal of the public schools of Bonne Terre, Missouri, and then 
attended the St. Louis Law School in 1888-89. In the latter year he removed to Utah, 
settling at Ogden. He continued his law reading and in 1890 was admitted to practice 
at the bar of the state. Subsequently, in 1898, he was admitted to the federal courts 
of Utah. He was engaged in the general practice of law at Ogden from the date of his 
admission until appointed to the supreme bench. He served as city attorney of Og- 
den from January, 1912, until 1916 and assisted in establishing the commission form of 




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government in that city. The zeal with which he devoted his energies to his profes- 
sion, the careful regard evinced for the interests of his clients, secured for him a large 
and constantly growing legal business and made him very successful in its conduct. 
During his entire career as a practicing lawyer it was the settled policy of Judge 
Gideon to use his best efforts upon all occasions to avoid litigation and this secured for 
him the merited general reputation of having adjusted more law suits, disputes and 
controversies outside of court and amicably than does the average lawyer. His keen 
sense of the equities and justice in every disputed or contested situation in the affairs 
of men that came to him in the practice of his profession naturally led him into this 
particular line of work and in consequence he became better known as a lawyer whose 
chief aim was to obtain justice than one famed for his oratorical or other attainments. 
The experiences which he thus obtained in his particular line of work as a lawyer emi- 
nently qualified him for and as a matter of fact led to his selection by the governor of 
the state for appointment to the bench of the highest court of the state. This occurred 
in 1917, and at the regular election in November, 1918, he was chosen by popular 
suffrage as a member of that high tribunal for a term of eight years. 

On the 24th of July, 1889, Judge Gideon was married to Elizabeth Lang, a member 
of the same class in college with him. Their only child, a son, Reinhart Lang Gideon, 
born at Parmington, Missouri, October 17, 1890, is an attorney of Hartford, Connecticut. 
He graduated from Amherst College in 1912 and from the Harvard Law School with the 
class of 1915. He was a volunteer member of the Utah National Guard prior to the 
entrance of the United States into the great world war and later became a member of 
the One Hundred and Forty-fifth Field Artillery. At the date of the signing of the 
armistice he was stationed at Camp McClellan, Alabama, with the rank of second lieu- 
tenant of field artillery. 

Judge Gideon's political allegiance has always been given to the democratic party, 
and aside from the offices which he has filled along the strict line of his profession he 
was a member of the Ogden school board from 1897 until 1900. He belongs to the Ma- 
sonic fraternity and exemplifies in his life the beneficent spirit of the craft. His ideals 
are high and that he is a man of scholarly attainments is shadowed forth between the 
lines of this review. 



DAVID F. STEELE. 



David F. Steele, a grocer at Ogden, has been a resident of this city for twenty- 
nine years. He came direct to Utah when he made his way across the plains in 1890. 
then a young man of twenty years. He was born in Madison County, Iowa, October 
19, 1870, a son of James and Jane (Gibb) Steele. The father was a native of Ireland 
and came to America in young manhood, arriving in the new world in the early '40s. 
He first settled at Biggsville, Illinois, where he followed agricultural pursuits for many 
years and was quite successful. He afterward removed to Iowa and during the gold 
excitement in California was one of the '49ers who crossed the plains with ox teams. 
On his return to the middle west he made his way to Illinois but was living in 
Madison County, Iowa, at the time of his death. His wife was born in Illinois and 
was a representative of one of the old pioneer families of that state, of Scotch descent. 
Her last days were passed in Ogden, Utah. 

In a family of eleven children, five sons and six daughters, David F. Steele was 
the eldest son and sixth child. His education was acquired in the public schools 
of Iowa and his early life to the age of twenty years was spent upon the home farm, 
so that he early became familiar with all of the duties and labors that fall to the lot 
of the agriculturist. He worked in the fields during the summer months and pursued 
his education during the winter seasons. The opportunities of the West, however, 
attracted him and when he had passed two decades he came to Ogden. During the 
first five years of his residence here he was employed by the Ogden Electric Light 
Company as a fireman and then turned his attention to the grocery business in con- 
nection with S. A. Blair and T. B. Evans at No. 2341 Washington Avenue. This 
partnership relation was maintained for about six years, at the end of "which time 
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on under the firm style of the T. B. Evans Company, with Mr. Steele as the president. 
For the past five years the business has been conducted by Mr. Steele and his partner. 
James M. Carlsen. They have a well appointed store at No. 350 Twenty-fifth Street. 
carrying an attractive line of staple and fancy groceries. The neat and tasteful arrange- 
ment of the store, the reliable business methods of the proprietors and the enterprise 
which characterizes the conduct of their interests have been the salient elements in 
bringing to them the success which is now theirs. 

In Ogden, Mr. Steele was united in. marriage to Miss Martha A. Hadfield, a native 
of England, and they have become parents of three children, Virgie, Francis H. and 
James E. Francis H. is now on a mission in Oregon and the youngest son is a pupil in 
the Utah Academy. 

Mr. Steele gives his political allegiance to the republican party. He belongs to 
the Weber Club and is a well known figure in the social as well as the business circles 
of Ogden. He is prominent in the work of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day 
Saints and was the first counselor to Bishop W. 0. Ridges of the Ninth Ward. He has 
always taken a helpful interest in church work and in 1906 started on a foreign 
mission that covered two years in Australia, being very successful in his labors. When 
Mr. Steele arrived in Utah he had but 5 cents in money. His financial condition made 
it imperative that he obtain immediate employment and under the stimulus of necessity 
he put forth a most earnest effort to make good in the position which he gained. 
As the years passed his laudable ambition prompted him to carefully save his earnings 
until the sum was sufficient to permit him to engage in business on his own account. 
Since then he has been numbered among Ogden's progressive merchants, being one 
of the leading factors in the grocery trade of the city. 



WILLIAM BOWKER PRESTON. 

William Bowker Preston, who became the first bishop of Logan and the presiding 
bishop in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, passed away August 2, 1908. 
He was a man of the widest influence in public affairs in Utah — affairs that touched 
the material, political and moral history of the state. His advice and counsel were 
always a directing influence in Utah from the time that he became a resident thereof, 
and his high position in public life is indicated in the fact that he has been termed "the 
Brigham Young of Cache county." 

Mr. Preston was born on the 24tli of November, 1830, in Franklin county, Virginia. 
The Preston family, of Scotch origin, traces a complete and extremely numerous 
ancestry down through nine hundred years. In 1900 William B. Preston of this review 
published a handsome volume entitled the Preston Genealogy, tracing the history of 
the family from about 1040 A. D. in England, Scotland and Ireland, in the New Eng- 
land states and in Virginia to the present time. In 1902 he published a small supple- 
mentary pamphlet dealing with the same subject. 

Bishop Preston was well born, and his early training developed in him qualities 
which were of great worth in later years. He spent the first nineteen years of his life 
upon his father's farm and became familiar with all of the work incident to the develop- 
ment of the place and the care of the stock. It is said that if the boy stood in need of 
an ax-handle his father pointed him to the hickory growth and to the work bench 
and told him to make one; if he needed to know the dimensions of a tract of land, he 
was given a chain or a rope and told to survey it; if he needed a pair of shoes he was 
sent to the shoe shop to make them and thus he learned to develop his talents and to 
use his time wisely and well. A contemporary biographer has said: "All the details 
of farm work, its simple, homely duties and its economic problems, were alike familiar 
to him. It was a discipline in sturdy independence as well as a schooling in economy 
and thrift. It was just the training he could make use of in after years." His edu- 
cational opportunities between the ages of six and eighteen years were limited to 
attendance at the district schools during the winter, and later he spent an entire year in 
school under a teacher from the north. Nor was his religious training neglected, for 
on each Sunday morning he would walk with his father and brothers to the Methodist 




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church, a mile distant from home, and throughout his entire life he remained a regu- 
lar attendant at church services on Sunday. When nearing man's estate he left home 
and became a salesman in a store and afterward a bookkeeper. He spent two years 
in a mercantile establishment in Lynchburg, Virginia, forty-five miles from his home, 
being employed by John T. Davis, his kinsman. His desire to see something of the 
world led him in 1852 to a determination to go to California, and perfecting his plans, 
he sailed from New York in August of that year, landing at Aspinwall. He crossed the 
Isthmus of Panama on a donkey and then proceeded by steamer to San Francisco. In 
New York city he had deposited money in a bank, which he had forwarded to San 
Francisco. On presenting himself at the bank to receive payment he was told that he 
must be identified. He faced the situation of knowing no one nearer than Virginia, 
three thousand miles away. Seriously considering this matter while walking the 
streets, the thought occurred to him that when counting out his money in the New 
York bank he had called for a slip of paper, and writing his name upon it, had asked 
the clerk to pin It to his letter of notification to his correspondent in San Francisco. 
Mr. Preston then returned to the bank in the latter city, wrote his name upon a slip 
of paper and asked that a search be made for the slip which he had originaly written 
in New York. The signatures were compared and thus his identification was estab- 
lished. Moreover, It illustrated the practical business sagacity of Mr. Preston even 
at that early age. 

Mr. Preston spent the succeeding winter in San Francisco and, recognizing the 
fact that many of the miners who made considerable money in the summer seemed to 
have nothing to spend in the winter, he determined to turn his attention to agricultural 
rather than to mining pursuits. Removing to Yolo county, twenty-five miles west of 
Sacramento, he there settled on a farm of three hundred and twenty acres, which he 
stocked with cattle, hogs and poultry, and during the next tour years his attention was 
given to the further development and improvement of that place. His nearest neigh- 
bors were a family of Mormons, and his investigation Into their religious belief led 
to his becoming a convert to the faith. Moreover, he married the only daughter of 
the family, Harriet Ann Thatcher, and in February, 1857, he was baptized into the 
church and entered upon a life of religious activity, which brought him into a high 
position in church circles and made his life of the greatest benefit to his fellowmen. 
Soon after his baptism he was ordained an elder and sent to preach the gospel in the 
northern part of California in May, 1857. His work there, however, covered but a brief 
period, for the United States army under General Albert Sidney Johnston was advancing 
on Utah, and the authorities at Salt Lake had called in all the people to the shelter of 
the Rocky mountains. Therefore Elder Preston traveled to Salt Lake City, where he 
arrived on New Year's day of 1858. The Thatcher family also made the trip, and on 
the 24th day of February, 1858, William B. Preston and Harriet Ann Thatcher were 
married. One who recognized Bishop Preston's marked ability and prominence said 
of his wife that "she was well adapted by nature, training and experience to be the 
wife of such a man." They became residents of Utah at a very momentous period in 
its history, and on the day of their marriage Colonel Thomas L. Kane arrived by way 
of California to commence negotiations that finally brought about a mutual under- 
standing by which the army of Johnston was permitted to enter the territory. The 
people of Utah, however, were not fully satisfied with the treaty that had been made 
between the army and the followers of the church and an order came for all residents 
of northern Utah to move southward. In execution of this command William B. Pres- 
ton made his way to Payson, seventy miles south of Salt Lake City, and while there he 
was called upon tor a somewhat hazardous mission as a member of a company of 
twenty-three young men who were sent by President Young to Platte Bridge to bring on 
the goods and merchandise which had been cached there. After his return during the 
summer of 1858 Bishop Preston built a house in Payson, making the adobes and shin- 
gles with his own hands. His adaptability in this respect was the result of his early 
efficient training. In consequence of the Utah war the people of the state were short 
of clothing and merchandise, and Mr. Preston, in company with his brothers-in-law, 
Joseph W. and Aaron B. Thatcher, went to California in the winter of 1858-9 and 
brought in two wagonloads of goods for his father-in-law. As he could not obtain suffi- 
cient land for his business needs at Payson he and his brothers-in-law, John B. and 
Aaron D. Thatcher, accompanied by Mr. Preston's wife, left Payson in August. 1859. 



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and journeyed into Cache valley, coming eventually to the present site of Logan. 
There they found several families in camp with a few wagons, preparing to build, but 
no house had then been erected. Mr. Preston and his brothers-in-law drove north across 
the Logan river, and the former, with his usual decision of character, said: "This is 
good enough for me." The men therefore pitched their tents, took off their wagon 
beds and became the founders of the city of Logan. They worked day and night to 
build their houses and establish their homes and when in November, 1859, Orson Hyde 
and Ezra T. Benson came into Cache valley to organize the settlements, which had been 
located under the direction of Peter Maughan, it was necessary to select a bishop for 
Logan. In reply to the question of the church authorities concerning a suitable man 
for bishop of Logan, Peter Maughan said: "There is a young man living in that house 
v.ho seems to be a very enterprising go-ahead man, who, I think, will make a good 
bishop. He and the Thatcher boys have done the most in the shape of building and 
improving during the time they have been here. They have worked day and night." 
Accordingly Mr. Preston was chosen and entered upon his new duties with the greatest 
zeal and earnestness. During the winter of 1859 a schoolhouse was built at Logan that 
was also used for a meeting house, at which time there were but seventeen families in 
the town. Bishop Preston also made the plans for laying out and digging the Logan 
and Hyde Park canal, and in the spring of 1860, while there was yet two feet of snow 
on the ground, he, with the aid of Surveyor Jesse W. Fox, laid out the city of Logan. 
Bishop Preston himself carrying one end of the chain. The year 1860 brought many 
new settlers into the district, and Bishop Preston's time was largely spent in appor- 
tioning the land and selecting homes for the newcomers. The labors of Bishop Preston 
were of a most varied and important nature. It was also deemed a necessity to organ- 
ize a militia company which was required to be always ready to defend themselves aiid 
property from the Indians. Brigham Young, however, gave strict orders to give the 
natives no cause of offense and not to kill the game nor take the flsh which the Indians 
claimed as theirs, but to buy what was needed. Their treatment of the Indians in 
Utah proved a satisfactory method of handling them, but about the middle of June, 
1861, a large number of Indians came from Oregon and stated their intention of driving 
the whites from the Cache valley. They encamped on what is now known as the 
Brigham Young College lands, but they found the settlers well guarded and their 
herds and flocks carefully protected and after some weeks they withdrew, finding no 
place for attack. In spite of the vigilance of the settlers, however, the Indians took 
away many of their horses. 

In November, 1862, Mr. Preston was chosen to represent Cache county in the lower 
house of the Utah legislature and he spent the winters of 1862-3 and 1863-4 in Salt 
Lake, where he had the benefit of association with some of the eminent statesmen and 
master minds of Utah. In the spring of 1863, when President Young called for five 
hundred ox teams to go to the Missouri river to bring the poor across the plains. Bishop 
Preston was appointed captain of the fifty teams, constituting the quota of the Cache 
valley, and his duties in this connection occupied him the greater part of the year. In 
1864 he made another trip to Missouri to aid the emigrants, being appointed to take 
charge of the teams from Cache, Boxelder and Weber counties. With his return he 
was again elected to the legislature and served through the winters of 1863, 1864 and 
1S65. 

In the latter year Mr. Preston was chosen one of forty-six called for missions to 
Europe and had charge of the company of missionaries as far as New York. On 
reaching the eastern metropolis he decided to go to Virginia to visit his parents, whom 
he had not seen for thirteen years and from whom he had heard nothing during the 
Civil war. His visit over, he proceeded to England, arriving at Liverpool on the 23d 
of August, 1865. He was appointed to preside over the Newcastle and Durham confer- 
ences and in January, 1866, was appointed to the business department of the Liverpool 
office, having charge of the correspondence and general business of the European mis- 
sion, including that of the emigration. While abroad he visited the Paris Exposition 
in August, 1867. His mission of three and a half years concluded, he left Liverpool on 
July 14, 1868, reaching Salt Lake in September, accompanied by a colony of six hun- 
dred and fifty converts to the faith. 

With his return Mr. Preston became one of the contractors in the building of the 
Union Pacific Railroad and afterward resumed his labors as bishop of Logan. At the 



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next election he was once more chosen to represent his district in the general assembly 
o£ Utah and on the 7th of March. 1870. he was elected mayor of Logan and filled the 
office for twelve years, or until March, 1882, giving to the city a businesslike and pro- 
gressive administration, in which he brought about various needed reforms and im- 
provements. It was soon after his return from Europe that he was appointed a trustee 
and one of the directors of the Brigham Young College at Logan, and later he became 
chairman of its executive committee. With the development of the state he was called 
upon to undertake another important work. Cache county at that time was regarded 
as the "granary of Utah" because of her large production of farm products, and she 
also raised a large amount of stock. A lack of railroad communication, however, made 
it difficult for her to send her supplies to the market and in August, 1871, it was 
decided to build the needed sixty miles of road. A local company was formed for the 
purpose and Mr. Preston was chosen vice president and superintendent of construction, 
devoting the greater part of his time during the succeeding three years to the building 
of the Utah Northern Railway, which was completed in May, 1874. 

On the 21st of May, 1877, the Cache stake of Zion was reorganized and William B. 
Preston was made first counselor to the president, Moses Thatcher, his brother-in-law, 
wiiom he succeeded in 1879 as the president when Mr. Thatcher was called to be an 
apostle. Mr. Preston continued to act as president of the Cache stake of Zion until 
April 6, 18S4, when he was chosen at the general conference to be the presiding bishop 
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In this connection a contemporary 
biographer has written: 

"He had now reached the point where he should commence the work for which he 
was sent into the world. All the experiences of his early life had been but a prepara- 
tion for this. His boyhood on the farm; his discipline in the keeping of accounts and 
in merchandising; his travels to, and his mingling with the men of all nations in 
California; his schooling in agriculture and stock raising; his crossing and recrossing 
of the desert on the west, and of the plains on the east; his dealings with the Indians; 
his work of legislation; his labors as a minister of the Gospel abroad, and in behalf of 
higher education at home; his experience in the construction of roads and canals and 
railways — all these were but stepping stones to and a preparation for this new call- 
ing. The testimony of his close friend and associate, Wilford Woodruff, the late 
president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints may here be given. On 
the ninetieth anniversary of his birthday President Woodruff called about him at his 
home all the general authorities of the church for an evening of social enjoyment; 
and at the close of the evening, sitting at the center-table in his parlor, he wrote for 
each of his guests in turn on a small card a sentiment or some expression of his good 
will. To Bishop William B. Preston he presented a card bearing this inscription: 
'The fullness of the bishopric was awaiting thee in Zion while thou wert on the way 
to California though thou knew it not. Thou wilt be numbered in that quorum in the 
morning of the resurrection. Great will be thy reward. — Wilford Woodruff.' " 

Bishop Preston's keen practical mind early saw the possibilities of irrigation and 
it was he who first recommended the taking out of the first canals from the Snake 
river in the Rexburg district of Idaho. He was one of the first, if not the first, to urge 
dry farming, basing his theory on the growth of wild wheat in the primitive soil. Time 
has proved the correctness of his judgment in the results that have been achieved. He 
was a member of the constitutional convention which met March 4, 1895, to form a con- 
stitution upon which the state was admitted to the Union. 

Bishop Preston was the father of nine children, but the first born, Alfred Norman, 
died at birth. There were four children born of his marriage to Harriet Ann Thatcher. 
Of these Alley was born at Logan, March 2, 1863, and on the 29th of December, 1881. 
became the wife of Lyman R. Martineau. She died September 15. 1907. William 
Bowker, the third of the family, who was born August 25, 1864, and died August 2, 
1907, was married April 30, 1885. to Katharine D. Pyper. May. who was born May 30, 
1869, was married January 17, 1895, to Oscar Wood Moyle, a leading attorney of Salt 
I/ake City. By his second marriage Mr. Preston had five children: Lee. born May 16, 
1873, who wedded Amy D. Davidson on the 13th of March, 1895; Stephen, who was 
born May 28, 1876, and died in April, 1878; Nephi, who was born June 14, 1879, and 
died in infancy; Samuel A., born October 11. 1881; and Mary A., born March 7, 1885. 

Mrs. Harriet Ann (Thatcher) Preston, widow of Bishop Preston, survives her 



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husband and yet makes her home in Salt Lake City. She traces her ancestry back 
to John Rowland, who came to America as one of the passengers on the Mayflower. 
In the death of Bishop Preston, Utah lost one of the most honored and prominent 
of her pioneer settlers — one whose capability constantly broadened and expanded, his 
powers being utilized for the tangible expression of the high ideals which governed hie 
life. 



THOMAS BENJAMIN EVANS 

A life of great activity, usefulness and worth was ended when in 1919 Thomas Beur 
jamin Evans passed away. He had for many years been a prominent figure in commer- 
cial circles in Ogden and was a leading churchman, serving at the time of his demise 
as president of the Ogden stake of Zion. He was born at Trecynon, Aberdare. Glamor- 
ganshire, South Wales, February 3, 1859, a son of Thomas and Mary (Benjamin) Evans, 
who were natives of the same place. He was the second in order of birth in a family ol 
four children, as follows: Ann, now Mrs. Arthur Price; Thomas B., of this review; Da- 
vid W. ; and Samuel, who passed away in Ogden when twenty-seven years of age. 

At the age of nineteen years Thomas B. Evans came to America, his uppermost 
thought at that time being to make a home for his parents where they could live com- 
fortably and could worship God according to their beliefs. He had been here only a 
short time when he was joined by his father, mother and two younger brothers in the 
land of Zion, which had ever been his aim and ambition. 

It was in 1878 that Thomas B. Evans came to America, arriving on the shores of 
the new world on the 25th of May, and on the 11th of June of the same year he reached 
Ogden. He was educated in the church and public schools of his native city and began 
to earn his own livelihood when a lad of but thirteen years. He was employed in the 
offices of the Great Western Railroad at Dare Junction, Wales, and continued his work 
in that lield of labor until he came to the United States. After reaching Ogden he be- 
came a section hand on the Utah & Northern Railroad and tor a time was located at 
Battle Creek, Utah, where he remained for nine months. It was there that he met Miss 
Ruth Blair, at whose home he lived on his arrival here. After a short acquaintance he 
asked her to be his wife but proposed that they do not marry until after he had brougTit 
his parents to this state. This was done and his wife became an active factor in his 
life, helping and advising him in every way. Theirs was truly an ideal union and they 
reared a fine family of nine children. 

Mr. Evans was made fireman on the Utah & Northern Railroad and while thus em- 
ployed learned the methods of operating an engine and eventually was advanced to the 
position of engineer, so serving for three years, also having charge of the roundhouse 
at Ogden. On the expiration of that period he resigned and became connected with 
the furniture business with the firm of E. A. Stradford & Sons Company, there continu- 
ing for a year. He was then called upon to perform a mission for the Church of Jesus 
Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving in Scotland, England and Wales, and while abroad 
he filled the position of president of the Welsh conference. He also served for three 
months in Scotland and three months in the Liverpool office, the remainder of his time, 
however, being spent in his native country. He left the United States in November, 
1890, and returned in October, 1892, reaching Utah on the 31st of the month, after a 
most successful sojourn in the British Isles. He then entered the employ of the firm of 
I. L. Clark & Sons as a bookkeeper, continuing there for six months, after which he be- 
came connected with the Oregon Lumber Company, which he represented in Viento and 
Chemawa, Oregon. After a period of six months, however, he had to return to Utah on 
account of the illness of his wife and he reentered the employ of the I. L. Clark & Sons 
Company, with which he remained for a year. On the expiration of that period he em- 
barked in business on his own account, establishing a grocery store in connection with 
Ills brother-in-law, S. A. Blair, under the firm style of S. A. Blair & Company. In that 
business he continued for several years in a partnership relation and then purchased 
the interest of Mr. Blair and changed the name of the firm to T. B. Evans & Company. 
This firm continued successfully in the business until December 15, 1917, at which time 
Mr. Evans sold his interest to others. His commercial career had been marked by steady 




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progress. He was thoroughly reliable and his energy and determination enabled him 
to overcome all difficulties and obstacles in his path. His name became a synonym for 
commercial integrity and and as the years went by he won a very handsome competence. 

On the 26th of March, 1881. Mr. Evans was married in the Salt Lake Endowment 
House to Miss Ruth Blair, a native of London, Middlesex county, England, and a daugh- 
ter of the late Isaac and Ruth (Sudrie) Blair, , who arrived in Utah in 1868. To Mr. and 
Mrs. Evans were born nine children, seven sons and two daughters: Reuben T., Joseph 
E., Isaac Blair, Mary Elizabeth, Lawrence H., Samuel Harold, Arthur Dale, Leland 
Moroni and Ruth. 

During the period of the war Mr. Evans served as a member of the food adminis- 
tration board for Weber county and he put forth every possible effort to uphold the 
interests of the government and aid in accomplishing its purposes. He came to America 
a poor boy, having only a dollar upon his arrival in Ogden, and that his was a most 
active, useful and well spent life was indicated in his subsequent comfortable financial 
position. For years he was a prominent figure in commercial circles and his honof- 
able dealings and close application brought to him a measure of prosperity which en- 
abled him to spend his last days in the enjoyment of a well-earned rest. In politics he 
was a stalwart republican, doing everything in his power to promote the growth of 
the party and insure its success along legitimate lines. He was at one time a member 
of the State Industrial School Board, serving under Governor Cutler's administration. 
He belonged to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and after coming to 
America was made Sunday school superintendent of the third ward, serving from 1882 
to 1883, after which he removed to the fourth ward, where he again became Sunday 
school superintendent, serving from 1884 until he went on his mission for the church 
in 1890. After his return he was made a member of the stake Sunday school board, 
serving under Stake Superintendent Richard A. Ballantyne, who was the promoter of 
the Sunday school system of this church in this part of Utah. Mr. Evans was later 
promoted to serve as second assistant and at the death of Mr. Ballantyne he was elected 
superintendent of the Weber stake Sunday school, which position he held until the di- 
vision of the Weber stake, which occurred August 21, 1908. He was then made presi- 
dent of the Ogden stake of Zion, growing out of the older stake, which position he filled 
to the time of his demise. He was untiring in his efforts to promote the work of the 
church in all of its branches and his labors were far-reaching and resultant. Deatli 
called him on the 4th of April, 1919, but though he has passed from among those who 
v.'ere his associates and close friends in life, his memory will for many years remain as 
an inspiration to those who knew him. 



A. G. AMUNDSON. 



A. G. Amundson is a prosperous merchant of Stockton who owes his success to 
his close application, his earnest study of the trade and the market and his fair 
dealing and reasonable prices. He has the leading store in Stockton and his progressive- 
ness sets the standard for mercantile activities in this part of Tooele county. He was 
born in Salt Lake City in 1882, a son of Andrew and Elizabeth (Glover) Amundson, the 
former a native of Christiania, Norway, while the latter was born in Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania. The father came to Utah in 1859, while the mother arrived in this 
state in 1863. He was a contractor and builder, devoting his life to industrial activity 
of that character throughout his entire business career. 

Spending his youthful days under the parental roof, A. G. Amundson passed through 
consecutive grades in the public schools until graduated from the high school and later 
he was for three years a student in the Brigham Young Academy at Provo and also 
spent two years in the Agricultural College at Logan, pursuing a course in architecture 
and drafting. In 1900 he removed to La Grande. Oregon, where his father did an 
extensive business as a contractor and builder, erecting many of the best buildings of 
that city. Mr, Amundson of this review was associated with him as architect and made 
many of the plans for these buildings. He remained a factor in the business life 
of that city for five years and in 1905 removed to Clifton, Idaho, where he carried 
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disposed of his store at Clifton, Idaho, and removed to Stockton, -Bhere he now lives. 
Here he purchased the mercantile business of J. W. Lawrence in 1917 and is today 
owner of the leading store of the city. He has been a wise and careful buyer, closely 
watching the market, taking advantage of low prices and giving to his patrons the 
beneiit of his purchases. He carries a large and carefully selected line of goods, and 
his earnest effort to please his patrons has been one of the dominant features in his 
success. His sales amount to about forty thousand dollars annually. In addition to his 
store he owns a ranch of one hundred acres in Idaho. 

In 1903 Mr. Amundson was united in marriage to Miss Violet Gidney, a daughter 
of George Gidney and a native of Brigham City. Her father was engaged in mer- 
chandising in Brigham City and later removed to Mercur, then a prosperous mining 
town, where his death occurred. When Mrs. Amundson was a little maiden of twelve 
years her mother married again and Mrs. Amundson went to live with Mrs. J. W. 
Lawrence, who had no children of her own, and when Mr. Lawrence died his widow 
had Mr. Amundson come from Idaho to buy her out, as her husband was the pioneer 
merchant of Stockton. To Mr. and Mrs. Amundson were born four children, Cleone, 
Florence, Ruth and Lawrence T. 

Mr. Amundson was with the government from 1904 to 1905 at the Fort Hall 
Indian reservation of Idaho, where he acted as superintendent of construction of 
buildings which were then being erected there. He has been an elder in the Mormon 
church and a very active church worker in every locality in which he has resided. 
He is just completing a new brick bungalow at Stockton and will have one of the 
pleasant and attractive homes of the city. He is a lover of good books and possesses 
a large private library, with the contents of which he is very familiar. His broad 
reading and study have made him a well informed man and association With him 
means expansion and elevation. 



HON. JOSEPH E. FRICK. 



Hon. Joseph E. Frick, justice of the supreme court of Utah, was born in Tiffin, Ohio. 
August 6, 1848, a son of Michael and Mary (Kuen) Frick, who were natives of the Rhine 
province of Germany but came to America in early life, establishing their home in Ohio. 
Subsequently they removed to Iowa, settling in Iowa county, where the father took up 
the occupation of farming, in which he continued to the time of his death. 

During the period of his early youth Judge Frick was a pupil in the district schools 
of Iowa county through the winter months, while the summer seasons were devoted to 
various kinds of work for which a boy is fitted. He contributed to the support of the 
family and was largely engaged in farm duties until he reached the age of eighteen. 
He then turned his attention to mechanical pursuits and became an expert along that 
line. He was employed in that way for eight years, but upon the advice of Judge Kin- 
ney, of Toledo, Tama county, Iowa, he decided to enter upon the study of law and in 
that city began reading in preparation for a career at tlie bar. He thoroughly mastered 
the principles of jurisprudence and was admitted to practice in 1879, entering upon the 
active duties of the profession in 1880 in Toledo, Iowa. The same year he removed to 
Fremont, Nebraska, where he won substantial success, continuing his work in the courts 
of that district until July 8, 1897, when he removed to Salt Lake City. Here he again 
opened an office and remained in active private practice until 1906, when on October 1st 
of that year he was appointed to the supreme bench and in November following was 
elected for the regular term of six years. In 1912 he was reelected for another six year 
term, following which he was appointed by Governor Simon Bamberger to fill the vacancy 
in that body caused by the death of Judge William M. McCarty. Judge Frick has ren- 
dered many decisions of deep interest, based upon a thorough knowledge of the law as 
applied to the points in litigation. He has passed upon many important cases and in all 
of his professional career has shown himself to be possessed of a rare combination of 
talent, learning, tact, patience and industry. The successful lawyer and the competent 
judge must be a man of well balanced intellect, thoroughly familiar with the law and 
practice, of comprehensive general information, possessed of an analytical mind and a 
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prejudices and his peculiarities of disposition in tlie dignity, impartiality and equity 
of the office to which life, property, right and liberty must look for protection. Pos- 
sessing these qualities, Judge Friclf justly merits the high honor which was conferred 
upon him by his elevation to the court of last resort in Utah. While a resident of Dodge 
county, Nebraska, he was elected county attorney and served for three years. He also 
served as insanity commissioner of Dodge county for fourteen years. In Utah he has 
been a member of the board of corrections for two years and is now an ex-officio member 
of the board of pardons. 

On the 24th of December, 1872, Judge Frick was married in Iowa county, Iowa, to 
Ittiss Katherine L. Kunz and they have two children living. Fred O., who was born in 
Iowa in 1879, was educated in Nebraska and is now chief clerk of the Continental Life 
Insurance Company of Salt Lake City. He is married and has one child, Gladys. Etta 
L., who was born in Fremont, Nebraska, in J.888, resides with her parents in Salt Lake 
City. 

Judge Frick is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of 
Pythias, the Kiwanis Club of Utah and the Commercial Club of Salt Lake City and along 
strictly professional lines has connection with the Utah State Bar Association. Though 
his life has been one rather of modest reserve than of ambitious self-seeking, he has 
shown himself a peer of the ablest representatives of the judiciary of Utah and his men- 
tal talents led to his selection for the important position which he now fills. 



HENRY C. JAMES, Jr. 



Henry C. James, Jr., who since 1911 has been connected with the automobile trade 
of Ogden and is now with the Cheeseman Automobile Company, handling the Buick. 
Dodge and Peerless cars, was born in Salt Lake City, November 14, 1885. His parents, 
Henry C. and Clara (Home) James, are still living. The father has for a long period 
been engaged in the plumbing business in Salt Lake, where he is widely and favorably 
known. 

Henry C. James, Jr., after acquiring his education in the public schools of his 
native city, started out in the business world as an employe of the Oregon Short Line 
Railroad Company, being connected with the purchasing department for three years. 
He then went to San Francisco, where he was employed in the same capacity by the 
Southern Pacific Railroad Company for a period of a year and a half. He next turned 
his attention to the automobile trade, selling motor cars in Logan, and in 1911 he 
removed from that city to Ogden, where he has since been known in connection with 
motor sales. He was president and manager of the Jam,es Automobile Company until 
they disposed of their business to the Binford Kimball Motor Company and has since 
been identified with the Cheeseman Automobile Company of Ogden, having its plant 
at No 2566 Washington avenue. This company handles the Buick, Dodge and Peerless 
cars and Mr. James is regarded as a very successful automobile salesman. 

In 1913 Mr. James was married to Miss Anna Murphy, of Carmel, California, a 
daughter of Michael Murphy, and they have one child, Ralph, who is four years of 
age. Mr. James belongs to the Weber Club and also has membership with- the United 
Commercial Travelers. He is a man of fine appearance, aggressive and enterprising 
in business, and has won many friends through social and trade relations. 



EMMETT L. CHIPMAN. 



Emmett L. Chipman, assistant cashier of the State Bank of Lehi, was born at 
American Fork, November 12, 1886, a son of James Chipman, mentioned elsewhere 
in this work in connection with the sketch of Stephen L. Chipman. He acquired a 
public school education at American Fork, afterward attended the Latter-day Saints' 
high school and then entered the Brigham Young University at Provo. He was thus 
liberally educated and qualified for life's practical and responsible duties. He entered 
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Fork and remained in that connection for five years. At the end of that period he 
entered the State Bank of Lelii, of wliich he has since been a representative, filling 
the position of assistant cashier at the present time. 

At Provo, in 1910, Mr. Chipman was married to Miss Ida Taylor, who was born in 
Lehi, a daughter of James W. and Julia (Smith) Taylor. They are members of the 
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of Lehi, Second ward. Mr. Chipman is a 
republican in politics but not an office seeker, preferring to concentrate his efforts and 
attention upon his business affairs. During the war he was active in furthering the 
interests of the Liberty loan drives and was treasurer of the Lehi branch of the Red 
Cross. The student of history need not carry his investigations far into the annals 
of Utah county before he learns of the close connection of the Chipman family with 
its development and progress along all beneficial lines and Emmett L. Chipman is 
upholding the family reputation in this connection. 



ASAEL FARR. 



The student of history cannot carry his investigations far into the annals of 
Ogden and of the state without learning of the close connection of the Farr family 
with events whicli have left their impress upon the upbuilding and development of the 
commonwealth. Asael Farr, now living in Ogden, was born in 1866 in the city which 
is still his home, his parents being Loren and Olive Ann (Jones) Farr, the former 
a native of Vermont, while the latter was born in Connecticut. It was in the year 
1847 that Loren Farr became a resident of Utah, making his way across the plains with 
the earliest colonizers of this state. He located at Salt Lake, where he resided until 
1848, and tlien came to Ogden, where he remained to the time of his death. He was 
a well known, prominent and successful business man, connected with many interests 
which contributed to the upbuilding and development of the district in which he 
lived. He followed farming and also built the first grist mill at Ogden and likewise 
the first woolen mill. The value of his services to the city and district cannot be 
overestimated as he took the initial step in many important interests which have been 
of immense value to Utah. 

It will thus be seen that Asael Farr is a representative of a prominent and well 
known family and his life work has fully sustained the well earned family reputation. 
In the fall of 1909 he established a coal yard at Ogden and has since handled about 
eighth thousand tons of coal annually, being one of the leading coal dealers of his 
part of the state. He was also engaged in the ice business for several years and at 
one time was connected with ffce farming interests of Utah. 

In 18S7 Mr. Farr was married to Miss Georgina Julia Drake, a daughter of Mr. 
and Mrs. George Drake, and they have become the parents of six children: Jennie, 
now the wife of William A. Budge, of Ogden, mentioned elsewhere in this work; and 
Lawrence, Ellen, Asael, Dexter and Verne. Of the sons, Lawrence, Asael and Dexter 
were all in the service of their country during the European war and patriotism and 
public spirit have ever been numbered among the marked characteristics of those who 
bear the name Farr. The religious faith of the family is that of the Church of Jesus 
Christ of Latter-day Saints and Asael Farr has been first counselor to the bishop for 
twelve years. His political endorsement is given to the democratic party. 



WALTER SCOTT WEILER. 



Walter Scott Weiler, a self-made man, who has reached a creditable position as 
a mining stock broker of Salt Lake City, where he was born on the 18th of June, 1879, 
is a son of Elijah Malin and Emily P. (Crismon) Weiler. The father is a native of 
Chester county, Pennsylvania, while the mother was born when her parents were 
crossing the plains with the first company of Mormons that made their way to Utah 
in 1847. Jacob Weiler, the paternal grandfather, also came to Utah with the first 
company, while Elijah Malin Weiler, the father of Walter Scott Weiler, was a member 



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of the second company. He became a railroad contractor, carrying on the business for 
some time, while later he engaged in mining on an extensive scale in connection 
with George Crismon. He is still living at the advanced age of eighty years, his 
birth having occurred In April, 1839, but his wife passed away in Salt Lake City In 
1915. In their family were the following children, two of whom are deceased, these being: 
Charles Raymond, who died in San Francisco in 1918; and Mrs. Annie L. Sheets, who 
passed away in Salt Lake City. Those still living are: E. M. Weiler, Jr.; Dr. George 
L. Weiler, Katheryn, now Mrs. Elias A. Smith; Agnes Pearl, now Mrs. Harry S. Ridge- 
way; and Walter Scott, who was the fifth in order of birth. All are yet residents 
of Salt Lake City. 

The boyhood days of W. Scott Weiler were largely devoted to the acquirement of 
a public school education in Salt Lake and to further study in a business college, 
from which he was graduated in 1902. He then went upon a mission to Germany for the 
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and spent two and a half years In that 
country. Upon his return to his native land he was employed along various lines until 
1907, when he entered the real estate business. In which he continued actively until 
1912. He then entered the stock brokerage business on his own account and has 
continued successfully in that field. He is a director of the Wasatch Realty Company, 
also of the Liberty Investment Company and of the Deseret Building Society. He Is like- 
wise connected with the Mining Exchange and is a member of the Commercial Club. 
His business interests are of an important character and his enterprise has constituted 
the foundation upon which he has built his growing success. 

In Salt Lake on the 25th of September, 1907, Mr. Weiler was married to Miss 
Claire Pratt Eldredge, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. Nathan Eldredge and a grand- 
daughter of Parley P. Pratt, a very prominent and influential resident of Utah in the 
early days. They have one child, Phylis L., who was born in Salt Lake in 1908 and is 
attending the public schools. 

Mr. and Mrs. Weiler are well known in the city, where they have spent their entire 
lives. They are representatives of early pioneer families and the spirit of progress 
which dominated the early residents of the state has been manifest in the career of 
Mr. Weiler, who has made good use of his time, talents and opportunities and as the 
years have passed has gained a very substantial position in connection with the 
handling of mining stock. He has thoroughly familiarized himself with the value of all 
such paper and is thus enabled to assist his clients in making judicious and profitable 
investments. 



JOHN C. GRAHAM. 



John C. Graham, one of the leading and influential business men of Provo, well 
known as the proprietor of the interests conducted under the name of the New Century 
Printing Company and also as a partner in the Graham-Jones Undertaking Company, 
was born in Salt Lake City, October 7, 1866. His father, John C. Graham, now deceased, 
was a native of England and came to America about 1861, making his way direct to 
Salt Lake, where he resided until 1S75. when he and his family removed to Provo, where 
he remained to the time of his death, which occurred in 1906, when he had reached 
the age of sixty years. He was the owner and publisher of the Daily Inquirer, one of 
the early newspapers that was republican in politics. This paper he conducted to the 
time of his death. He was a stanch republican, doing whatever he could for the 
advancement of the party, and his influence was a potent force in promoting its success. 
He ever stood loyally for any project that promised to bring improvement or benefit. 
He was likewise very active in church matters and in 1891 served on a mission to 
England. The mother, Elizabeth (Morris) Graham, was a native of England, in which 
country they were married. She came to the new world with her husband and passed 
away at Provo in 1902 at the age of sixty-three years. Of the seven children born to 
them three survive: Lily, the wife of C. W. Barnes, a resident of Salt Lake; John C, 
of this review; and Arthur B., who also makes his home in Salt Lake. 

John C. Graham was educated in the public schools of Salt Lake to the age of 
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support. From that early age he has been dependent upon his own resources, so that 
whatever success he has achieved or enjoyed is attributable entirely to his persistent 
labor, his carefully directed activities and his sound judgment. He learned the printer's 
trade, which he followed as a journeyman until 1S93, being employed in leading printing 
and newspaper establishments at various points on the Pacific coast. In 1893 he took 
up his abode in Provo, where he has since remained, and during the intervening period 
of twenty-six years has reached a prominent position in business circles of this part of 
the state. He first published the Inquirer under a lease. In 1902 he organized the 
New Century Printing Company, which today is the oldest of the kind in southern 
Utah outside of Salt Lake and is the largest plant in this section of the state. It is 
thoroughly equipped with the latest and most modern machinery found in a printing 
office, including linotype machines, and he employs on an average of nine people, while 
in the busy season his force often numbers fourteen. He has kept in touch with every 
improvement made in printing processes and turns out most excellent work. He is also 
a stockholder in the Knight Savings & Trust Company, is the owner of the business 
conducted under the name of the Provo Linotyping Company and is a partner in the 
Graham-Jones Undertaking Company. Thus he is constantly extending and broadening 
his interests and his activities have ever been of a character which have contributed 
to the upbuilding and development of his adopted city. 

On the 2Sth of December, 1898, Mr. Graham was married in Provo, Utah, to Miss 
Annie A. Strong, a native of the city and a daughter of John N. and Maria (Nelson) 
Strong, representatives of old and prominent pioneer families of Provo. Mr. and Mrs. 
Graham have two children. John A., born December 15, 1S99, is a member of Company 
H of the Students' Army Training Corps. Marian, born March 30, 1904, is with her 
parents. 

During the war Mr. Graham took a very active interest in support of all war 
measures that tended to advance the interests of the country in the prosecution of the 
war and in America's relations with her allies. His political endorsement is given 
to the republican party but he has never sought or desired office. He belongs to the 
Commercial Club and is interested in everything that has to do with the . welfare, 
upbuilding and progress of the city in which he makes his home. His success is 
attributable entirely to his own efforts and his record should serve to inspire and en- 
courage others, showing what may be accomplished through persistency of purpose and 
unfaltering determination. Those who know him, and he has many friends, acknowledge 
his worth, his resourcefulness and adaptability as well as his integrity in all business 
affairs. 



EDWARD O. HOWARD. 



Edward 0. Howard, vice president of Walker Brothers Bankers and president of 
the Utah Bankers Association, is one of the best known men in the banking circles in 
the intermountain country. He has been a resident of Salt Lake City for nearly thirty 
years, during wliich time he has been continually identified with the city's financial in- 
terests, and has long since been regarded as one of the very able men afnong the leading 
bankers of this section of the west. 

Mr. Howard was born in Owasco, New York, a son of Oscar and Cornelia A. How- 
ard, both of whom came from well known families in that portion of the east. His 
education was acquired in the public and high schools of Skaneateles, New York, and 
with a business rather than a professional career appealing to him, he came west, locat- 
ing in Salt Lake City in 1890. Here he soon entered the field at banking, securing a 
position of trust which constituted the starting point of a career that has brought him 
to an enviable position in the field where his activities have been centered. He has 
never dissipated his energies over a broad field but has concentrated his efforts and at- 
tention upon the banking business with the result that he has made valuable contribu- 
tion to the growth and stability of Walker Brothers Bankers, whose assets of more 
than eleven millions of dollars place theirs among the foremost financial institutions in 
the intermountain country. Thoroughness has ever been one of Mr. Howard's pro- 
nounced characteristics. He mastered every detail of the banking business, with which 




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his various positions had to do, and has also heen a close student of problems of finance, 
so that he is able to speak with a considerable measure of authority upon the vital 
questions of the day relating to business and financial interests. 

Not long after his arrival in Utah, Mr. Howard was married to Mrs. Annie Payne 
Austin, of Kansas City, Missouri, and they have a daughter, Margery M. Captain James 
B. Austin, Mrs. Howard's son by a former marriage, who was but nine years of age 
when his mother became Mrs. Howard, was killed in the Argonne Forest, October 9, 1918. 
He was a captain of the Thirty-eighth Infantry, Third Division, and was decorated by 
the Belgian government and the Distinguished Service Cross of our own country for 
heroic action in battle. 

Mr. Howard belongs to the Alta Club, the Bonneville Club, the University Club, the 
Country Club, the Salt Lake Rotary Club and also to the Salt Lake City Commercial 
Club. He is deeply interested in the plans of the last named organization for the up- 
building of the city, for the extension of its trade relations and for the establishment 
and maintenance of high civic standards. In fact he is a most energetic worker in all 
matters pertaining to the betterment of social, political, material and moral conditions 
in Salt Lake City and the state. In the recent crisis which tested the patriotism and 
loyalty of every citizen, Mr. Howard proved himself one hundred per cent American, and 
his work with the Red Cross has brought him distinction. He served as chairman of 
the executive committee of the American Red Cross. He has always voted with the 
republican party and many tangible evidences of his public spirit are found in his 
generous, active and effective support of measures for the public good. Mr. How- 
ard's residence on East South Temple street is one of the attractive homes of Salt Lake, 
and with his family he is well known in the best social circles of the city. 



HON. NATHAN J. HARRIS. 



Hon. Nathan J. Harris, attorney at law of Ogden with a large practice, was born 
in Harrisville, Utah, March 29, 1864. His father, Martin Harris, was a native of 
Pennsylvania, .and becoming a pioneer resident of Utah, settled in the town of Harris- 
ville, which was named in his hohor. He devoted his life to agricultural pur- 
suits and was very prominent in the work of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day 
Saints, doing everything in his power to promote its power and insure the extension 
of its infiuence. He served as the first superintendent of the Sunday school in his 
district and was ever a most generous contributor to all church work. He was like- 
wise a very prominent factor in road building in his district and in support of all 
plans and measures calculated to advance the general welfare. He died in 1888, while 
the mother of Nathan J. Harris, who bore the maiden name of Louisa S. Sargent and 
was a native of England, survived until 1915. 

Nathan J. Harris began his education in the district schools and afterward con- 
tinued his studies in the Central school, the private school of L. F. Moench and in the 
University of Deseret, from which he was graduated with the class of 1886. He after- 
ward entered the University of Michigan for the study of law and won his LL. B. 
degree upon graduation with the class of 1894. He was then admitted to practice at 
the Michigan State Bar upon examination before the supreme court in 1894 and in 
the same year he successfully passed the required examination before the supreme 
court of Utah and has since engaged in practice in Ogden. He is the senior partner 
in the firm of Harris & Jenson, with offices in the Colonel Hudson building. He has 
served both as county attorney and as district attorney, and for six years as district 
Judge of the second judicial district, making a most creditable record in office. He has 
ever seemed to realize the importance of the profession to which he has devoted his 
energies and the fact that justice and the higher attributes of mercy he often holds 
in his hands. His reputation as a lawyer has been won through earnest, honest labor 
and his standing at the bar is the merited tribute to his ability. The firm of which 
he is a member are attorneys for the Security Savings Bank and for other important 
business interests of Ogden. Mr. Harris is also interested in dry farming and 
has a section and a half of land in Boxelder county which ia, being carefully cultivated 
under his direction. 



170 UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD 

Mr. Harris was married on the 10th of June, 1887, to Miss Emma E. Oakason. 
of Salt Lake, Utah, and they have become parents of nine children. Mr. Harris has al- 
ways been a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and has been 
untiring in his work in its behalf. He is a member of the high council of the Ogden 
stake and has been sent on missions. Along strictly professional lines he has member- 
ship with the Weber County Bar Association and the Utah State Bar Association. His 
political endorsement is given to the republican party, which finds in him an earnest 
and active champion. He has several times been called upon to represent his district 
in the state legislature, in which he has served on the judiciary and other important 
committees. He has given the most earnest and thoughtful consideration to the vital 
questions coming up for settlement before the general assembly and in every relation 
of life he has recognized the duties and obligations of citizenship as well as its 
privileges. His entire life has been passed in Utah and the spirit of progress and enter- 
prise which has been the dominant factor in the development and upbuilding of the 
state has been manifest also in his career. 



HON. JOSEPH R. MURDOCH. 

The name of Hon. Joseph R. Murdock, of Heber City, is synonymous with the de- 
velopment of irrigation interests in the west. He has contributed to public prog- 
ress along various lines and in no field have his labors been more far-reaching and 
resultant than in behalf of the reclamation of the arid lands through the conservation 
and distribution of the water supply of this section of the country. Mr. Murdock'a 
efforts in this connection alone entitle him to rank not only with the captains of in- 
dustry but with the benefactors of the race. The story of his lite is an interesting one — 
the record of earnest endeavor crowned with successful achievement. 

Mr. Murdock was born in Salt Lake City, August 11, 1858, his parents being N. C. 
and Sarah M. (Barney) Murdock. The former was born at Hamilton, Madison county, 
New York, May 12, 1833, and traced his ancestry back to the highlands of Scotland, 
whence came the great-great-grandfather of Joseph R. Murdock. Crossing the Atlantic 
to America, he settled in Connecticut, where his son William and the latter's son 
Joseph, who was the grandfather of Joseph R. Murdock, were born. Joseph Murdock 
married Sally Stacy, a native of New Salem, Massachusetts, and a daughter of Nymphas 
Stacy, who was a captain of the Revolutionary war. The grandparents of Joseph R. 
Murdock became converted to the faith of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day 
Saints and in 1840 traveled by wagon to Kirtland, Ohio, whence after a short time 
they removed to Nauvoo, Illinois, where they arrived in the year of 1841. There the 
family remained until the exodus to Utah in 1846. but in the meantime Joseph Mur- 
dock had passed away in 1844. The family, consisting of the mother of Nymphas Cori- 
don Murdock and Joseph Stacy Murdock, arrived in Winterquarters, where Council 
Bluffs now stands, and there remained until the following spring, when they started 
for the Salt Lake valley with a train of five or six hundred wagons. Their fifty was 
under command of Captain Ira Eldredge and theirs was the second division to arrive 
and that under command of Brigham Young preceded them with a train of one hun- 
dred and fifty picked men. The party arrived in Salt Lake, September 22, 1847, and 
settled at the fort with the other immigrants. Joseph Stacy Murdock soon married and 
the care of the mother devolved upon N. C. Murdock. The grandmother passed away 
in Salt Lake in 1866. 

It was in 1854 that Nymphas C. Murdock was united in marriage to Sarah M. Bar- 
ney, a daughter of Royal and Sarah (Esterbrook) Barney. They had four children: 
Nymphas C, Jr., who died at the age of nine years; Sarah M., who died at the age of 
seven years; Betsy E., who died at the age of four years; and Joseph R. In 1864 N. C. 
Murdock removed to Charleston, Wasatch county, Utah, and in 1867 he served on a 
mission to the eastern states covering eleven months. He participated in the trou- 
bles that caused Johnston's army to visit Utah and also defended the interests of the 
colonists in the early Indian troubles, serving with the minute-men. He took a promi- 
nent part in the upbuilding of Charleston and Wasatch county and was one of the or- 




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UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD 173 

ganlzers of the Cooperative Store. He also made contribution to the fund to build the 
railroad station and in various other ways prompted public progress and Improvement 
in his town and county. In politics he was a democrat and for twenty-five years was 
postmaster of Charleston, while for fifteen years he served as school trustee. He was 
also a delegate to the first convention to form the state constitution. In the work of 
the church he always remained active and was made the first bishop of Charleston, 
serving for thirty years. His death occurred in 1917. 

Joseph R. Murdock was reared to young manhood upon his father's farm and was 
educated in the schools of Charleston, supplemented by study in the Brigham Young 
Academy, now the Brigham Young University. In 1872 he became associated with 
his father in farming and stock raising and carried on the business extensively. They 
also established the first creamery in Charleston, and further exending the scope of 
their activities, they opened a general merchandise store in 1875. Their trade steadily 
grew and developed and the business was incorporated in 1890, at which time Joseph 
R. Murdock was elected the manager of the enterprise. In the year 1905, in connec- 
tion with President W. H. Smart, he organized the Heber Mercantile Company, and 
was made president, which position he still fills. The business is located at Heber ana 
the annual sales amount to about two hundred thousand dollars. Mr. Murdock has al- 
ways continued his interest in farming and stock raising, especially in the handling 
of sheep. If interrogated as to the nature of his business he will tell you that he is a 
farmer and stock raiser, and he and his sons and his sons-in-law have become leaders 
in this field in the west. They are operating in both Utah and Wyoming and their fiocks 
are now most extensive. The business ability of Mr. Murdock, however, has brought 
him prominently forward in other connections. There is no man more widely or favor- 
ably known as a representative of the irrigation interests of the west. He has done 
more beyond a doubt to further irrigation than any other one man in the state of Utah 
or perhaps in the west. He organized the Provo Reservoir Company, of which he is 
the president. This project now supplies water to ten thousand acres of land and has 
sufficient water for ten thousand acres additional. The project was developed at a cost 
of a million dollars. Mr. Murdock also organized the Utah Lake Irrigation project, 
which waters ten thousand acres and has water for ten thousand acres additional. This 
was also developed at a cost of a million dollars. The main office of the company is 
in the Knight building at Provo. Mr. Murdock is also the president of the Bank of 
Heber City, which does a business amounting to a half million dollars annually, and 
he is the president of the Sugar Centrifugal Discharging Company of Salt Lake City, 
manufacturers of sugar machinery and employing about thirty men. 

In 1878 Mr. Murdock was married to Miss Margaret Wright, a daughter of William 
and Jemima (Dands) Wright. They became parents of eleven children. Mina M., the 
eldest. Is now Mrs. David A. Broadbent, of Heber. Her husband is superintendent of 
the Wasatch county schools and is interested in sheep and cattle raising. They haye 
ten living children: J. Grant, Vida, Naomi, Leah, Margaret, Dee, Mary, Mima, Emer and 
Harvey, while a daughter Clara died when but three weeks old. M. Josephine is the 
wife of Sylvester Broadbent who is engaged in the sheep industry in connection with 
his father-in-law and resides at Heber. Mr. and Mrs. Broadbent have the following 
children: Verl, Ben, Joseph R., Elaine, Cloyd, Reed, Thomas, Cora and Royal J. is 
secretary and treasurer of the irrigation companies promoted by his father. He mar- 
ried Zina A. Chipman, of American Fork, and they have three children, Zina, Stephen 
R. and Maurine, who are with their parents at Provo. Nymphas W., a farmer and 
sheep and cattleman of Fruitland, Duchesne county, Utah, married Emma Hicken, and 
their children are Fay, Joseph, Fern, John and Nymphas C. Sarah E. is the wife of 
L. C. Henroid, of Provo, who is manager for the Metropolitan Life Insurance branch 
at that place, and their children are Maxine and Margaret. Emer W. Murdock mar- 
ried Tarza Henrie. His children are Mildred, Deen and Emer. Emer W. Murdock Is 
the cashier of the Bank of Heber and is interested with his father in the sheep indus- 
try of Wyoming. Chloe M. is the wife of Irvin H. Jacob, of Provo, chief engineer of 
the Provo reservoir and the Utah lake irrigation projects. He, too, is interested in 
farming and sheep raising in Utah. To Mr. and Mrs. Jacob have been born two chil- 
dren, Joseph I. and Don. Cora, the next member of the family, has recently returned 
from a missionary tour in the central states. Nellie and Erma are at home. Roy J. 
and Nymphas W. were both sent on missionary tours to the northwest, and Joseph R. 



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Murdock spent two years on a mission worli in Michigan. He was also counselor while 
living at Charleston to the president of the Wasatch stake, William H. Smart. 

In 1903 Mr. Murdock removed with his family to Heber and was there in 1905 
called to the presidency of the Wasatch stake, which he has since filled. In politics 
Mr. Murdock is a democrat and is a stanch supporter of President Wilson and his league 
of nations policy. He served for three terms as county commissioner of Wasatch county 
and was a member of the constitutional convention. He was also a member of the 
lower house of the Utah legislature during the first and second sessions of the general 
assembly and in the fall of 1900 he was elected state senator. During that session he 
was the father of the dairy bill, which was enacted into a law, and he served on many 
important committees. He gave most earnest and thoughtful consideration to all the 
vital questions which came up for settlement during his legislative career and left the 
impress of his individuality and ability upon the assembly enactments. He still owns 
and maintains his home in Heber and also because of his business relations there has 
a home in Provo, he and his family dividing their time between the two cities. Mrs. 
Murdock has reared a family of whom she may well be proud. The children have been 
most carefully trained and most of them are well married and rearing families of their 
own. The life record of Joseph R. Murdock is indeed a creditable one. He was reared 
as a farm boy at a time and place where educational advantages were meager but in 
the school of experience he has learned many valuable lessons. From each activity of 
his life he has gleaned broad knowledge, which he has put to excellent use. He has 
looked ahead, seeing beyond the exigencies of the moment to the opportunities of the 
future, and has labored tor general development and improvement as well as the up- 
building of his own fortune. His life has been actuated by high purposes and earnest 
endeavor, productive of splendid results, and among Utah's most useful and honored 
citizens Joseph R. Murdock is named. 



E. MANUEL TYSON. 



E. Manuel Tyson, postmaster of Brigham, was born in Rich county, Utah, May 
8, 1874. His father, William Tyson, a native of the north of England, was a mason 
by trade and became a contractor for brick and stone work. In 1S66 he crossed the 
plains, walking the entire distance, and settled at Salt Lake City, after which he 
removed to the northern part of the state, where he remained until death ended his 
labors in 1881. He was active in church affairs and was also prominent as a contractor. 
He built a number of canals and was a leading and representative business man of the 
section in which he lived. The mother, who bore the maiden name of Sarah Caldwell, 
is a native of Liverpool, England, and is now residing at Evanston, Wyoming, with 
a daughter. She has been an active business woman and continued to engage in cattle 
buying very successfully after the death of her husband. She too has been prominent 
in church work and has been stake president of the Woman's Relief Society. 

E. Manuel Tyson pursued his education in the public schools of Randolph to the 
age of seventeen years. From the age of twelve years he had attended school only 
during the winter seasons, while the summer months were devoted to farm work, 
and thus from an early age he has depended upon his own resources. When his text- 
books were put aside he turned his attention to the cattle and live stock business in 
Rich county but eventually gave this up on account of his wife's health. He then took 
up his abode in Brigham and for two years was in charge of the Studebaker Brothers 
Company. On the expiration of that period he organized the Intermountain Nursery 
Company, conducting the business for eight years, but there seemed to be little money in 
the fruit trade and he left that line of activity. In February, 1916, he was appointed 
by President Wilson to the office of postmaster of Brigham and is still serving in that 
capacity. He discharges the duties of the position most capably, systematically and 
promptly and his course has won high endorsement. He is also a director of the 
Security Savings Bank and is president of the Cash Feed & Fruit Company. 

In 1901 Mr. Tyson was united in marriage to Miss May Spencer, a daughter of 0. J. 
Spencer, one of the pioneer settlers of Rich county. They have two children: Gladys 
R., twelve years of age; and William E.. aged nine years. 



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Mr. Tyson went to New York city In 1897, spending two years in the east as a 
missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and returning in 1900. 
That he is keenly interested in the welfare and progress of his section of the state 
is shown by his active and effective work as president of the Boxelder Commercial 
Club. Mr. Tyson is described as a big, genial man with many friends and of most 
broad humanitarian spirit. Perhaps his chief delight is in the care and help which 
he renders to the sick and unfortunate. He is certainly following the example of 
Him wlio came not to he ministered unto but to minister to others. In this he also 
follows the course of his mother, who is widely known by traveling men and others 
for her kindness to them when they are ill or in trouble. Mr. Tyson is continually 
extending a helping hand where aid is needed and there are many who have reason to 
bless him for his kindly assistance, his helpfulness and his words of good cheer. 



FRED T. FLINDERS. 



Fred T. Flinders, well known in insurance circles in Ogden, is a native son of 
Utah, his birth having occurred at Hooper on the 26th of February, 1882. His parents 
were William S. and Comfort E. (Godfrey) Flinders, the former a native of Derby, 
England, and the latter of Salt Lake City, her father having been Richard Godfrey, one 
of the pioneers who crossed the plains with the "hand-cart brigade." 

It was in the year 1861 that William S. Flinders came to the United States, making 
his way to Boston and thence direct across the plains with an ox team and wagon. 
He shared in all of the hardships and privations of travel according to that method 
and at that period. After reaching this state he took up his abode upon a farm near 
Hooper and throughout his active life has been identified with agricultural pursuits. 
He still makes his home at Hooper and is among the most highly respected residents 
of that section. He has throughout all the years been active in church work and for 
a quarter of a century was superintendent of the Sunday school. 

In the district schools of Hooper, Fred T. Flinders pursued his preliminary educa- 
tion, which he supplemented by study in the Weber Academy and in the Later-day 
Saints' College of Salt Lake, which he attended for a year. He was afterward sent 
upon a mission in 1900 and spent three years in the work of the church, continuing 
his missionary labors in New Zealand until 1903. He then returned to his native 
land and came to Ogden in 1905. Through the intervening period he has given his 
attention to the insurance business, handling life insurance. He is state manager 
for the Guaranteed Fund Life Insurance Company, also the Business Men's Accident 
Insurance Company of Kansas City. He has a number of agents under his direction 
and maintains pleasant offices in the Commercial National Bank building of Ogden. 
His clientage is now extensive. He has been very successful because he is a hard worker 
and he is now writing a Tiigh class of men for life, healtli and accident insurance. 

Mr. Flinders was married in 1906 to Miss Hilda Brown, a daughter of N. L. 
Brown, of Tennessee, and they have three children. Roy, Mary and Darius, aged 
respectively eleven, nine and eight years. All are in school. Such in brief is the life 
history of Mr. Flinders and those who know him well know that his career at all times 
has been such as will bear the closest investigation and scrutiny because his actions 
have been straightforward, his principles high and his conduct at all times manly and 
sincere. 



CHARLES D. LIVINGSTON, D. D. S. 

Dentistry is unique among the professions in that it requires ability of a three- 
fold character. One must not only possess comprehensive knowledge of the scientific 
principles of the profession but must also have marked mechanical skill and integrity, 
together with that sound judgment which enables the individual to successfully manage 
the financial side of his affairs. Well qualified in all these particulars is Dr. Charles 
D. Livingston, now an able practicing dentist of Spanish Fork. He was born in North 



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Carolina, May 16, 1873, a son of Joseph and Harriet (Featherstone) Livingston, who 
were also natives of the Old North state. The father was an attorney by profession 
and was well known in political circles as a supporter of the democratic party. 
He was equally earnest as a champion of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which 
he long held membership. He died in 1892 and was long survived by his wife, who 
passed away in 1906. They had a family of six children, of whom five are yet living. 

After mastering the branches of learning taught in the public schools of his native 
state Charles D. Livingston continued his education in the University of North Carolina 
at Chapel Hill and qualified for professional activity as a student in the Southern 
Dental College of Atlanta, Georgia, from which he was graduated with the class of 
1897, winning the D. D. S. degree. He then entered upon active practice in his native 
state, where he remained for three years and then sought the opportunities of the grow- 
ing west, making his way to Denver, where he remained six years. On the expiration of 
that period he opened an office in Pueblo, Colorado, and afterward practiced at Trinidad. 
In 1914 he came to Utah, settling at Spanish Fork, where he has since made his home. 
He has well equipped offices in one of the new business blocks of the city and is 
enjoying an extensive practice. 

In June, 1903. Dr. Livingston was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Dowdle, a 
native of Idaho, and they are well known socially in the city in which they make 
their home. Dr. Livingston belongs to the Spanish Fork Commercial Club and is 
interested in all that has to do with the progress and upbuilding of the city. He turns 
to motoring and fishing for recreation. Along professional lines he is connected with 
the Utah County and the Utah State Dental Societies and was at one time president 
of the former. He is thoroughly ethical in his practice and keeps in touch with the 
latest researches and scientific discoveries concerning the care of the teeth. He is a 
man of fine personal appearance, of pleasant and genial manner, and his sterling 
qualities make for popularity among all who know him. 



SEYMOUR B. YOUNG, M. D. 



The life span of Dr. Seymour B. Young has already covered eighty-two years and 
his record is one of intense activity and usefulness not only in the practice of medicine 
but as a most earnest and untiring worker in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day 
Saints. The family name is inseparably interwoven with the history of Utah and with 
the high moral purposes of the early pioneer settlers, for he is a nephew of Brigham 
Young, former head of the church and the leader of the Saints who made the long pil- 
grimage across the plains to the new Zion. 

Dr. Young was born in Kirtland, Lake county, Ohio, October 3, 1837, a son of Joseph 
and Jane A. (Bicknell) Young, the former a native of Hopkinton, Massachusetts, while 
the latter was born in Geneseo, New York. It was in the y^ar 1832 that the parents 
removed to Ohio, where they became members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- 
day Saints. Subsequently they became residents of Nauvoo, Illinois, and thence moved 
to Winterquarters, now Florence, Nebraska, where the pioneers to Utah outfitted for 
their long journey across the plains. The parents of Dr. Young remained at Florence 
for three years and then followed the pioneers to the new Zion, reaching Salt Lake City 
in 1850. The father became a most prominent and earnest worker of the church in the 
new capital city and continued very active in church work to the time of his death, 
which occurred in 1881, when he had reached the age of over eighty-four years. He was 
senior president of all quorums of seventies of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day 
Saints and in 1844 was a missionary to the eastern states and in 1870 filled a mission 
to Great Britain. The mother, Jane Adeline Bicknell, who became the wife of Joseph 
Young in 1834 at Kirtland, Ohio, was a daughter of Calvin and Chloe (Seymour) Bick- 
nell, who were residents of Geneseo, New York, where they passed away. Mrs. Young 
was born August 14, 1814, and by her marriage became the mother of twelve children, 
eight of whom are still living. The record is as follows: Jane Adeline, the deceased 
wife of Charles B. Robins; Joseph, who died in 1858; Dr. Seymour B., of this review; 
Judge Le Grand Young, a sketch of whom appears on another page of this work and who 
married Grace Hardie, a pioneer handcart girl of 1856, coming with the first company; 




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UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD 179 

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John Calvin and Mary Lucretia, both deceased; Vilate; J. A.; Chloe, the widow of Dr. 
Francis Denton Benedict; Rhoda, the widow of Thomas J. Mcintosh; Henrietta, resid- 
ing in Seattle, Washington; and Brigham B., who married Alisa Muzzacatta. The 
mother of the above named children passed away in Tacoma, Washington, in 1913, at 
the notable old age of ninety-eight years and six months. 

Dr. Young is the eldest of the surviving sons of the family. He attended the church 
schools and the Deseret University soon after the organization of that institution. De- 
termining upon the practice of medicine as a life work, he entered the University of 
New York and was there graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1874. He 
located for practice in Salt Lake and is today the oldest practicing physician and sur- 
geon of the city. He still remains active in his chosen calling, coming to an honored 
old age by reason of a life that has been of great benefit to his fellowmen. He started 
in his profession with such well known colleagues and contemporaries as Dr. W. F. 
Anderson, Dr. Hamilton, Dr. Williamson, Dr. Heber John Richards, Drs. J. M. and Den- 
ton Benedict and others who have all passed to the great beyond. Dr. Young has at 
various times taken post-graduate work, continuing his studies to within the last decade, 
and thus has at all times kept in close touch with the trend of modern professional 
thought and practice. He long ago held membership with the Salt Lake City and County 
Medical Societies, with the Utah State Medical Society and still holds membership with 
the American Medical Association. He was one of the founders and organizers of the 
State Medical Society of Utah and had the honor of serving as president. He was also 
city physician of Salt Lake from 1875 until 1886 and did splendid work in that con- 
nection. 

On the 14th of April, 1867, Dr. Young was married to Miss Elizabeth Ann Riter, a 
sister of W. W. Riter, of the well known pioneer family of that name that was estab- 
lished in Salt Lake in 1847. Dr. Young is the father of eleven living children. Sey- 
mour B., Jr., born in Salt Lake City in January, 1870, is married, has five children 
and makes his home in this city. He is known in business circles as a member of the 
firm of Muir & Young, real estate dealers. Elizabeth, born in Salt Lake City, has be- 
come the mother of eleven children as the wife of Melvin D. Wells, the youngest son of 
General Daniel H. Wells. Florence Pearl was born in Salt Lake City, where she still 
makes her home with her parents. Ada Lucille is the wife of Willard Arnold, of Salt 
Lake City, and they have six children. Elma was born and reared in Salt Lake City, 
where she still makes her home. Professor Levi Edgar Young, born in Salt Lake City, 
was educated in the University of Utah and in Harvard University and is now professor 
of history in the former institution. He married Miss Valeria Brinton, a graduate of 
the University of Utah, and they reside in Salt Lake City and are the parents of three 
children. Bernice is the wife of Orson F. Rogers, is living in Salt Lake City and has 
three children. Josephine Irene is also a resident of the capital city. Clifford Earl, born 
in Salt Lake City, is -cashier of the People's State Bank at American Fork. He mar- 
ried Miss Edith Grant and they have three children. Hortense Clair, also born in Salt 
Lake City, was educated in the high schools and normal school, graduated from the Uni- 
versity of Utah and is now teacher of French and English in the Latter-day Saints Uni- 
versity of Salt Lake City. In April, 1884, Dr. Young wedded Abbie C. Wells and their 
surviving daughter is Mrs. Nana Wells Clark, who was born in Liverpool, England, was 
graduated from the Salt Lake City high school and the Economic high school of Wash- 
ington, D. C, and now resides with her mother in Salt Lake City, giving her attention 
to the teaching of economics in the public schools. 

Dr. Young has always been active in the work of the church and is senior presi- 
dent of the first council of seventies and is the president of all the seventies of the 
church. In 1857 he went as a missionary to Great Britain and again in 1870. He has 
been called upon for public service in other connections outside the church, being city 
health officer for a number of years, while in 1862, when President Lincoln telegraphed 
to President Young to furnish a battalion of men to enlist for service in the federal 
army to protect the mail and telegraph lines west of the Missouri river, Dr. Young 
answered his country's call, became a corporal in the Lot Smith company and remained 
in service until March, 1863, when he was honorably discharged. In the winter of 1863-4 
he saw service against the Digger Utes in Tooele county and Cedar Mountains and in 
1866 was in the expedition to Sanpete and Sevier counties in the Black Hawk war of 
Utah. He is a member of John Quincy Knowlton Post, G. A. R., and is junior vice com- 



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mander of the Department of Utah. His activities have ever been of a character that 
have contributed to public progress and improvement, that have upheld high ideals of 
citizenship and have promoted the legal and moral status of the community in which 
he lives. He Is a representative of one of the oldest and most honored pioneer families 
of the state and his record reflects credit and honor upon an untarnished family name. 
He has now traveled life's journey for eighty-two years — years rich in good deeds and 
fraught with high purposes. To him have come the blest accompaniments of age — honor, 
a numerous family and troops of friends. 



EMIL JOHN RADDATZ. 



The history of any state is practically nothing more than a record of the lives of 
those men who have had to do with its building up and development, and in Utah, 
where the development of mineral resources has been such a great factor in the state's 
progress, there are few, if any, men living today who have taken a more prominent part in 
that important industry than Emil John Raddatz, president of the Tintic Standard Min- 
ing Company, one of the most capable mining engineers in the entire west and foremost 
in mining and financial circles in the intermountain country. 

Mr. Raddatz was born in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany, October 5, 1857, a son of 
Otto C. and Wilhelmina C. (Lange) Raddatz, who in the year 1869 left Germany and 
came to America, settling in Wentzville. Missouri, where the father engaged in farming 
to the time of his death, which occurred in 1872. His wife passed away in 1870. In 
their family were six children: Otto, Gustave, Emil, Max, Oscar and Ernest. 

Emil J. Raddatz was but twelve years of age at the time of the arrival of the family 
in the new world and was a youth of fifteen when left an orphan by the death of his 
father, his mother having passed away two years before. He began his education in the 
schools of his native town and afterward continued his studies in the graded schools 
of Wentzville, Missouri, while later he was a pupil in a night school. He was employed 
in a retail grocery business until 1879, when he came west, first locating at Silver Cliff, 
Colorado, where he turned his attention to mining, and subsequently he was identified 
with mining interests in San Juan county, Colorado, where he continued until 1883. 

He then went to Mexico, where he was engaged in mining for two years. Returning 
to the States in 1884, he was connected with mining interests in the Red Mountain dis- 
trict of Ouray county, Colorado, where he remained until 1887, when he came to Utah, 
settling at Stockton. In that district he took charge of the Calumet, Muscatine and Sil^ 
ver King mines for two different companies and continued to operate those properties 
for several years. He next became connected with the Honerine Mining Company in 
the same district, and the association is still maintained, his position in late years being 
that of an adviser. Desirous of engaging in business on his own account, he organized 
the Tintic Standard Mining Company and began operating in the Tintic district. Since 
that time the history of this great property is inseparably a part of the history of Mr. 
Raddatz, who has remained its executive head, directing every important move in con- 
nection with its work and achieving a success that is conspicuous in Utah's mining his- 
tory. Mr. Raddatz is not only the leading stockholder of the Tintic Standard, but is 
president, treasurer and general manager. 

A recent article in the financial columns of a Salt Lake daily referred to the Tintic 
property as follows: "A number of years ago, E. J. Raddatz, now president of the Tintic 
Standard, undertook the development of a piece of ground in what was at that time the 
far northeastern end of the Tintic district. No mines had ever been developed in this 
territory and the wise people of Tintic rather derided the proposition. Mr. Raddatz, 
however, placed his faith largely in his knowledge of the geological conditions that sur- 
rounded him and went ahead with his development work. Covering a period of possibly 
ten years, work was carried on entirely by assessments. Nineteen of these were levied 
before the results he anticipated were realized and when this realization came it proved 
stupendous. Today the Tintic Standard mine represents possibly the biggest developed 
property in the Tintic district. The development of this mine has meant hard work and 
faith unbounded in a project which has taken years to prove a theory correct. Today 




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Mr. Raddatz is considerably more than a millionaire and he is entitled to every cent 
of it. . . ." 

The business interests of Mr. Raddatz are varied and extensive, and among others 
with which he is connected are the South Standard Mining Company, of which he is presi- 
dent and treasurer; managing director of the Eurelia Standard Consolidated Mining Com- 
pany; president and treasurer of the Goshen Valley Railroad Company; president and 
treasurer of the Anthracite Fuel Company; president of the Victoria Gold Mining Com- 
pany and the North Beck Mining Company. He is a director of the Polar Star and the 
Honerine Companies, and in these various connections his efforts have contributed in not- 
able measure to success. He is a member of the board of directors of Walker Brothers 
Bankers and was one of the organizers of the Motor Mercantile Company of Salt Lake 
and vice president and director since its organization. 

Mr. Raddatz was married on the 4th of June, 1890, to Miss Emma Guth. of St. Louis, 
Missouri, a daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Guth, representing a well known and 
prominent family of that city. Mr. and Mrs. Raddatz are parents of five children. Pearl, 
who was born at Stockton, Utah, is a graduate of the University of Utah. Flora, born 
in Stockton, is also a graduate of the University of Utah. Eunice, born in Stockton, 
Utah, is a university student. Harold, born in Salt Lake in 1904, is attending high school. 
Luoille, born in Salt Lake, is a pupil in the Wasatch school of Salt Lake. 

Mr. Raddatz gives his political allegiance to the republican party, which he has 
supported since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. In no sense is he a 
politician, yet he is interested in party success. He served as mayor of Stockton, Utah, 
and in 1906 was a member of the state legislature of Utah representing Tooele county. 
He is well known in club and fraternal circles, holding membership in the Alta Club, in 
the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and in the Masonic fraternity, in which he has 
attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite. Thrown upon his own resources 
at an early age, he has since depended entirely upon his own labors and persistency of 
purpose and strong character have enabled him to overcome all the difficulties and 
obstacles in his path and work his way upward continuously to success. Along the steps 
of an orderly progression he has reached the enviable place which he now occupies in 
business and financial circles and his labors have constituted an element of large worth in 
the commercial and industrial development of the state. 



JOSEPH R. MORRELL, M. D. 

Dr. Joseph R. Morrell, actively and successfully engaged in the practice of medicine 
and surgery at Ogden, was well qualified for professional duties by thorough training 
in Rush Medical College of Chicago, to which city he went after having received a 
liberal education along literary lines in his native state of Utah. He was born in 
Logan on the 7th of December, 1879, a son of the late Joseph Morrell and a grandson 
of Thomas Morrell, a native of England, who was the founder of the American branch 
of the family, coming from London with his wife and children in the year 1865. He 
had been a button manufacturer in London and after reaching Utah he followed agri- 
cultural pursuits. He passed away during the early '80s, when about seventy years of 
age. While in England he had become a convert to the Mormon faith and was a very 
devout church member, taking an active and helpful part in various branches of the 
church work and serving as church counselor. His son, Joseph Morrell, was also born 
in England and came to America in 1865 with his father. He made his way direct to 
Logan, where he resided throughout his entire life. He was one of the early merchants 
of that place and was very successful in the conduct of his business. He, too, was 
an active churchman and was president of the Cache stake for about ten years. He 
also served from 1881 until 1883 as a missionary in the southern states. He was like- 
wise prominent in connection with political matters and in 1892 served as a member 
of the state senate. In politics he was a stanch democrat, taking a very active and 
helpful part in supporting the platform of the party. He died in Logan in 1906 at 
the age of fifty years. The mother, Margaret (Rowland) Morrell, was a native of 
Salt Lake and a daughter of Job and Mary P' (Parry) Rowland, pioneer people of 



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Salt Lake. Mrs. Morrell is still living in Logan and by her marriage she became the 
mother of three sons and four daughters. 

Dr. Morrell. the eldest of this family, began his education in the schools of Logan 
and afterward entered the Agricultural College of Utah, in which he pursued the literary 
course. Deciding upon the practice of medicine as a lite work, he entered Rush Medical 
College of Chicago in 1900 and was graduated with the class of 1904, at which time 
the M. D. degree was conferred upon him. He spent eighteen months as an interne 
in the Cook County Hospital, gaining the broad and valuable experience which hospital 
practice brings. He then returned to Utah, settling in Ogden, where he has since con- 
tinued in active practice. In 1910 and 1911 he took post graduate work in Vienna. 
He has remained in the general practice of medicine and by reading and study has 
constantly promoted his knowledge and advanced his efficiency, being today recognized 
as one of the able members of the profession in the state. 

At Logan, Utah, on the 19th of June, 1897, Dr. Morrell was married to Miss Jean- 
nette McKay, a native of Huntsville, Utah, and a daughter of the late David and 
Jeannette (Evans) McKay, who represented old families of the state. The children 
of this marriage are: Rowland, born August 26, 1909; Jeannette, April 21, 1911; 
David, July 8, 1912; and Catherine, August 23, 1917. All were born in Ogden. 

The religious faith of the family is that of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- 
day Saints, in the work of which Dr. Morrell takes an active and helpful part. His 
political allegiance is given to the democratic party and while never an office seeker, 
he served as chairman of the medical advisory board of the first district and later 
as chairman of the local board in war work. He belongs to the Odgen Medical Society, 
the Utah Medical Society and the American Medical Association and at present Is 
delegate from his state to the national organization. He holds to high professional 
Ideals and his practice has long been of an extensive and important character, indi- 
cating his high standing in connection with the calling which he has chosen as a 
life work. 



ROBERT HADDERICK SIDDOWAY. 

Robert Hadderick Siddoway. devoting his attention to the protection of public in- 
terests as state fish and game commissioner, with offices in Salt Lake, is a native son 
of Utah, his birth having occurred in Logan in 18C9. His father. John Siddoway, was 
born in Durham county, England, in 1840 and came to the United States in 1860 with 
his widowed mother and an elder brother, Robert Siddoway. He pushed a handcart 
across the plains from Florence, Nebraska, to Salt Lake City. He was a carpenter and 
pattern maker for the Utah Central Railroad and its successors up to about within 
four years of his death. He was married in 1867 and passed away in Salt Lake in 
1903, while the mother of Robert H. Siddoway died in Salt Lake in 1901. 

Robert H. Siddoway was but a little child when his parents removed from Logan 
to Salt Lake, where he attended the public schools, passing through consecutive grades 
to his graduation from the high school. In 1885, after the usual period of drifting 
about such as comes into the life of most young men, he entered the machine shops 
of the Utah Central Railroad in Salt Lake and was there employed for six years, be- 
coming a journeyman machinist. In 1891 he turned his attention to merchandising 
in connection with his two brothers, John and William Siddo^'ay, and was active along 
that line for six years, closing out the business in 1897. He next entered the office 
of the county clerk at Salt Lake, In Salt Lake county, in a clerical capacity and re- 
mained there until 1900. He afterward spent two years on a mission for the church, 
going to Colorado, and in 1902 returned to Salt Lake and was bookkeeper for a year 
for a coal company of Salt Lake. He next entered the employ of the Bamberger Coal 
Company and was advanced from the position of bookkeeper to that of manager in 
two years, representing the Simon Bamberger mining interests in Utah for four years. 
He afterward became treasurer and general manager of the Kaysville Brick Company, 
a Bamberger interest, with which he was associated for eight years, and on the 7th 
of March, 1917, he was appointed state fish and game commissioner of Utah and has 
since occupied this position. He owns a controlling interest in the Sainsbury-Siddoway 



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Photo Company and several other smaller business enterprises. He is a man of sound 
business Judgment, of unfaltering enterprise and keen sagacity and is popular with 
all classes. 

On the 5th of March, 1890, in Logan, Utah, Mr. Siddoway was married to Miss 
Frances Masters, a daughter of Joseph and Frances (Hallett) Masters, the former a 
native of South Wales. The children of this marriage are: William Joseph, who was 
born January 19, 1891, and married Georgetta Hickman; Maurice, who is a sergeant 
with the One Hundred and Forty-fifth Utah Light Artillery and is now in France; 
Robert Le Roy, who was born February 4, 1893, and went into the war in November 
1917, as a first lieutenant of the Twelfth United States Infantry, after which he was 
promoted to the rank of captain in July, 1918, and was stationed at Camp Kearney 
with the Eighty-first Regulars as military instructor; Raymond, who was born in 1894 
and married Ethel Hutchinson; Heber John, born in 1905; Clarence, in 1908; and Laura 
Frances, Myrl Esther and Mary Afton. The two soldier sons are also married. 

Mr. Siddoway is a supporter of the democratic party and his religious faith is 
that of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is a member of the High 
Council of Liberty stake and takes an active part in all branches of the church work. 



DANIEL WELLS ELLIS. 



Definite purpose and laudable ambition have been dominant characteristics in the 
business career of Daniel Wells Ellis, now the president and manager of the D. W. 
Ellis Abstract Company of Ogden. He was born September 24, 1859, at Glens Falls, 
New York, a son of Zabina and Katherine (Van Tassel) Ellis, who were also natives 
of the Empire state. The father was a representative of one of the old families of 
New York of English and Welsh lineage, founded in America at an early day. Prior 
to the Civil war Zabina Ellis was publisher of the Glens Falls Press and in fact con- 
tinued in active connection with the journalistic profession for many years. At the 
outbreak of the Civil war, however, he and four of his brothers enlisted in the Union 
army and he served throughout the period of hostilities between the north and the 
south. At the close of the war he became disbursing clerk in the auditor's office of 
the postoffice department and continued in that position to the time of his death, which 
occurred in 1889, when he had reached the venerable age of seventy-seven years. His 
Wife was a representative of one of the old families of New York of Dutch lineage, 
being a direct descendant of Katrina Van Tassel, who figured in Washington Irving's 
"Legend of Sleepy Hollow." The death of Mrs. Ellis occurred in 1900, when she had 
reached the age of eighty-three years. 

Daniel Wells Ellis was the youngest son in a family of ten children, six sons and 
four daughters. After attending the high school at Washington, D. C, to which city 
the family removed by reason of the father's official service there, he continued his 
education in a business college in the capital and when twenty-one years of age he 
started out to earn his own livelihood. He was first employed in the engineering de- 
partment of the Union Pacific Railroad and while thus engaged was located at Pocatello, 
Idaho. From an apprenticeship he worked his way steadily upward, becoming a civil 
engineer, and for fifteen years he successfully followed that profession. In 1884 he 
became a resident of Ogden and in 1900 was called upon to serve as county recorder, to 
which office he was reelected for three successive terms, so that his incumbency covered 
a period of six years. It was his work in that connection that constituted the initial 
step toward his entrance into the abstract business, in which he is now engaged, and 
he is today the dean of the abstract fraternity in Ogden. 

On the 17th of March, 1886, Mr. Ellis w^s married at Ogden to Miss Ansta A. 
Gamble, a native of this city and a daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Cook) Gamble, 
the former now deceased. During the period of the great World war Mr. Ellis was a 
member of the War Savings Stamp committee. His political allegiance is given to 
the republican party and he was formerly quite active as a worker in its ranks. Fra- 
ternally he is connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Woodmen 
of the World and he also has membership in the Weber Club. His interest aside 
from his business centers in his home, he and his wife having a pleasant residence 



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at No. 547 Twenty-fourth street, which he owns. He is a self-made man and his pro- 
gressive spirit, his determination and energy have been the salient elements in bringing 
him from a humble position in the business world to a place of affluence, for he is now 
active in control of an extensive and profitable abstract business in his adopted city. 



EDWARD ISRAEL RICH. M. D. • 

Dr. Edward Israel Rich, devoting his life to the practice of medicine and surgery at 
Ogden, was born in Paris, Idaho, April 9, 1868, a son of Apostle Charles C. Rich, who 
was a native of Kentucky, a major general in the Nauvoo Legion, a close personal friend 
of the Prophet Joseph Smith, and one of the pioneer emigrants to Utah in 1847. The 
mother of Dr. Rich bore the maiden name of Mary Ann Phelps, daughter of Morris and 
Laura Clark Phelps, of Illinois, and she was also a pioneer to Utah in 1847. 

Dr. Rich's father died when the boy was but fourteen years of age, but his noble and 
sainted mother, "Aunt Mary," lived to the ripe age of eighty-two years and was the 
strong factor for good in shaping the education and destiny of her youngest son Edward. 
Her other living children are: WiUiam L., Amasa M. and Dr. Ezra C. Rich, Mrs. F. A. 
Pomeroy and Mrs H. S. Woolley. 

Edward I. Rich obtained his education in the public schools of Idaho and later 
attended the University of Utah for two years, and for two years following taught school 
in Idaho. He thus gained broad literary knowledge to serve as the foundation upon 
which to build the superstructure of his professional learning. Having determined upon 
the practice of medicine as a life work, he went to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he 
entered the Jefferson Medical College for three years, from which he graduated with 
the degree of Doctor of Medicine as a member of the class of 1893. He then returned to 
his old home in Paris, Idaho, for a brief visit with his mother, and a few months later, 
April 9, 1894, married Miss Almira Cozzens, of Montpelier, Idaho, daughter of John and 
Emily Merrill Cozzens, and located in Ogden, Utah, where he took up the general prac- 
tice of medicine, in which be has since continued and the intervening years have been 
marked by great activity along professional lines. He has here remained for twenty-six 
years and has steadily advanced in his chosen profession until his position in the medical 
profession in Ogden is one of leadership. He belongs to the Weber County Medical 
Society, the Utah State Medical Society and the American Medical Association and 
through his connection with these societies keeps in touch with the latest ideas, methods 
and scientific researches of the profession. He has acted as president of the Weber County 
Medical Society and has been honored with the vice presidency of the Utah State Medical 
Society 

To Dr. and Mrs. Rich have been born seven children, five daughters and two sons, 
al) living and well: Oertel, twenty-three years of age, is the wife of First Lieutenant 
George Oscar Russell, late of the United States Army but now a professor in the Uni- 
versity of Utah; Cleone, twenty-two years of age, is the wife of Royal Bccles, of Ogden; 
Junior Edward is now on a mission for the church in North Carolina and is nineteen 
years of age. Avon, a young lady of sixteen, is a graduate of the Ogden high school; 
Thair C, fifteen years of age, is also a high school pupil; and Myrene, twelve, and Mary, 
nine, are pupils in the public schools of Ogden. Mrs. Rich and daughters are talented 
musicians and have contributed much to public entertainment. Dr. Rich and his family 
hold membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he being a high 
priest 

Aside from his profession. Dr. Rich has become closely identified with various busi- 
ness interests and as a result of his wise investments and sound business judgment is 
today one of the prosperous citizens of Ogden and northern Utah. He is a director of the 
Ellison Milling Company, of Alberta, Canada, one of the largest enterprises of its kind 
operating in the west, and also a director of the Ellison Ranching Company of Nevada, 
which has extensive cattle and land interests. He is likewise a heavy real estate owner, 
and among his holdings are several large apartment houses, including the Avon apart- 
ments, named in honor of his daughter. He has, moreover, a very extensive practice in 
medicine, having his oflSces in the First National Bank building of Ogden. 

The cause of public education has found in him a stalwart champion and he is now 




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serving as a member of the board of education of Ogden, with which he has been identi- 
fied for three years, doing everything in his power to promote the interests of the schools. 
Politically he is a republican. He stands for honesty, efficiency and economy in public 
affairs. He is a member of the Weber Club. The interests of his life are broad and 
varied, indicating him to be a deep thinker and one who displays recognition of all duties 
and obligations, as well as the opportunities of citizenship. A man of commanding ap- 
pearance and gracious manner, he stands high in the regard of all who know him, just as 
he does In professional ranks. 



PETER H. OLSEN. 



Nature seemes to have intended that in the evening of life man should enjoy a 
period of rest. In youth he is full of vigor and hope and with added years comes 
mature judgment to guide industry and enterprise. If the individual wisely uses his 
time through this period he becomes possessed of a competence that will enable him to 
rest from labor in the evening of his days. Such has been the record of Peter H. 
Olsen, who now makes his home at No. 2242 Moffitt avenue, in Ogden. He was born in 
Copenhagen, Denmark, August 14, 1838, a son of Henry and Anna Christina (Larsen) 
Olsen. After spending the period of his minority in his native country Peter H. 
Olsen came to the new world and on the 7th of October, 1866, arrived in Utah. He 
took up his abode at Brigham and in 1867 and 1868 was associated with a partner 
in the ownership and conduct of a butcher shop. In 1869 they removed to the Ogden 
valley, settling at the Huntsville fort. Mr. Olsen then purchased land which he at once 
began to develop and improve, bringing the tract under a high state of cultivation. 
He carried on general farming for many years and annually harvested good crops as a 
reward of the care and labor which he bestowed upon the fields. In 1911 he sold his 
farm property and removed to Ogden, where he has since lived retired, enjoying a well 
earned rest. 

On the 20th of October, 1866, Mr. Olsen was married to Miss Densene Simonsen, a 
daughter of Simon and Anna C. (Christensen) Simonsen, who were natives of Denmark. 
It was in the year of her marriage that Mrs. Olsen came to Utah, and she has become 
the mother of twelve children, eight of whom are still living. There are also thirty- 
two grandchildren. In 1916 Mr. and Mrs. Olsen celebrated their golden wedding, a 
most enjoyable occasion to all who were present. 

Mr. Olsen has been foremost in supporting all public improvements and projects 
calculated to benefit the district in which he lives. He has been active in the building 
of irrigation ditches and he also worked on the Union Pacific Railroad when the line 
was being extended to Promontory, where it joined the line that was being built from 
the west, thus forming a transcontinental road. Mr. Olsen had also been an earnest 
supporter of schools and churches and in fact his aid and influence are ever given on the 
side of progress and improvement and his cooperation can at all times be counted upon 
to further any plan or project for the public good. 



ANDREW WILSON. 



Andrew Wilson, well known as a fruit grower of Ogden, following the most pro- 
gressive and scientific methods in the care of his orchards, was born in Scotland in 
1859 but was very young when brought to the new world by his parents. He came 
to Utah with his mother and four brothers in 1869, being a son of Benjamin and Mary 
(Bell) Wilson. The father and one of his sons had come to Utah in 1867 and after 
preparing a home for the other members of the family they were joined by the mother 
and her other children. 

Owing to pioneer conditions of that day Andrew Wilson had but limited educational 
opportunities but through broad experience, through reading and observation has con- 
stantly promoted his knowledge and is regarded as one of the intelligent business men 
of his district. His father secured land which he converted into a good property, rala- 



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ing thereon considerable fruit, and Andrew Wilson during the days of his boyhood and 
youth assisted his father and worked with him in the care of the orchards. He assisted 
in the arduous task of clearing the ground of sagebrush and the trees which covered it 
and replaced the natural timber growth with fruit trees, which were then brought into 
splendid bearing. In all of his business affairs Andrew Wilson has displayed sound 
judgment as well as enterprise and he is justly accounted one of the leading horticul- 
turists of the section of the state in which he makes his home. 

In 1885 Mr. Wilson was united in marriage to Miss Mary Ann Chase, a daughter 
of Ellsha Wells and Harriet (Barker) Chase, who were natives of New York. Mr. 
and Mrs. Wilson have become the parents of seven children, the eldest being Benjamin 
Andrew. Mary, the second in order of birth, is now Mrs. Erick Isaacson, of Ogden. 
Alberta has passed away. Ernest S. entered the United States army and was at Camp 
Douglas in clerical work. For five years he was an employe in the Commercial Bank 
of Ogden. James Roy is deceased. Elsie Jean is now the wife of Robert Grant 
Blakeley, who was also in the service during the European war; and Margaret is at 
home. 

Mr. Wilson is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and 
was on a mission to England. He left Ogden on the 8th of January, 1913, and went 
from Birmingham, England, to Edinburgh, Scotland, where he arrived on the fifty- 
fitth anniversary of his birth, thus returning to his native land. He labored for twenty- 
six months in England and returned to Ogden on the 7th of March, 1915. While abroad 
he covered most of the large cities in Europe and also has visited most of the im- 
portant cities in the United States. He returned sooner than was intended on account 
of the outbreak of the war. His son, Benjamin Andrew, went on a mission to England 
and Scotland in 1910 and spent twenty-six months abroad, returning in 1912. Mr. 
Wilson was a Sunday school teacher for five years, also an elder in the church and 
has done active work in promoting the gospel. His political belief is that of the re^ 
publican party but the honors and emoluments of oflice have had no attraction for 
him as he has always preferred to concentrate his energies and attention upon other 
interests. In a business way he has met with substantial success, his wisely directed 
efforts proving very resultant in the development of his orchards. 



JOHN C. HOWARD. 



John C. Howard, a dynamic force in business circles, has left the Impress of his 
individuality and ability in large measure upon the history of Utah. He stands today as 
one of the most prominent figures in the commercial circles of the state — a dominating 
factor in connection with the oil refining business and the pioneer in this field in Utah. 
From a small beginning he has developed interests of mammoth proportions, constituting 
one of the most important of the productive industries of the state. To those who have 
appreciation of victories won in the pursuits of peace — won through close application, 
through indefatigable energy and a ready recognition and utilization of opportunities, the 
life story of John C. Howard cannot fail to be of inspirational value. 

Mr. Howard was born in Randolph county, Utah, November 6, 1879, a son of William 
and Leonora J. (Perkins) Howard, The mother was born in Bountiful, Utah, November, 
1856, daughter of John and Elizabeth Perkins, pioneers of Utah, who came to this state 
in 1848. William Howard, the father of John C. Howard, was born January 13, 1847, in 
Belfast, Ireland, a son of William and Elizabeth (Anderson) Howard, who were also 
pioneers of Utah crossing the plains with their family and reaching Salt Lake City in 
September, 1853. The Howard family settled at Salt Lake, while the Perkins family were 
the founders of Bountiful, Utah, and were active among the early developers of the gold 
fields of Nevada and California. William Howard was among the colonizers of Bear Lake 
county, Utah, where he built a sawmill, manufacturing much of the lumber from which 
the early homes and buildings of that locality were erected. Later he colonized Castle 
Valley, Utah. He was a man of power and influence along many lines, possessing marked 
administrative and executive ability and also exercising wide Influence in democratic 
circles yet honored and respected by people of all political parties. He died in Huntington, 
Utah, in 1912, having for four years survived the mother of John C. Howard, who passed 




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away in Salt Lake City in 1908. They were the parents of five children, three ot whom, 
are yet living, John C. having been the fourth in order of birth. He is a brother of 
W. A. Howard, of Salt Lake, and of Miss Lillian Howard, of Midvale, Utah. 

In early boyhood John C. Howard's schooling was limited, owing to pioneer conditions 
of Uinta County and Castle Valley, Emery county, where the family then made their home. 
Between the ages of ten and twelve years he lived at Huntington, Utah. He afterward 
assisted his father in the sawmill in Crandel canyon, but subsequently came to Salt Lake 
and applied for a position as cash boy with the manager of the Walker Brothers Dry 
Goods Company. His bright freckled face and. easy manner caused him to be immedi- 
ately accepted. He displayed a very studious nature even at that early age and his 
associates in the store tell of his having a dictionary in one hand, studying the hard 
words and phrases, and a dust brush in the other while dusting off the ready-to-wear 
clothes which were a part of the store's stock in trade. As an illustration of his energy 
and ambition at the age when most boys would have been glad to escape the drudgery of 
school work, he was so anxious to secure an education that he took advantage of every 
opportunity to acquire learning. Circumstances obliged him to work for a living and 
consequently he was deprived of higher educational opportunities. However, through the 
kindness of his boss, Charles F. Adams of the clothing department of Walker Brothers 
Dry Goods Company, young Howard attended high school during his noon hour and took 
two years in the English course. It was evident that he never neglected duty, however, 
lor he remained with Walker Brothers for nine years and rose from the humble position 
.of cash boy to that of stock and clothing salesman and floor manager, serving in the last 
named position when but twenty years of age. Another source of valuable literary 
training in his latter teens was his membership in the James A. Garfield Lyceum, that 
was conducted in the basement of the Congregational Church and presided over by Pastor 
Brown. Young Howard took great interest in the work of this organization and feels 
indebted to it not only for educational results, but for a number ot very pleasant acquaint- 
ances that have ever since been maintained. 

On leaving Walker Brothers Mr. Howard was delegated by the church to go on a 
mission to Switzerland for two and a half years and afterward traveled through that 
country, Germany, France, Italy and England. On his return he entered business on 
his own account and so continued for six months, after which he sold out to become 
provision salesman in Utah for Armour & Company of Chicago. Demonstrating his 
ability in that direction, he was promoted to the position of special salesman tor Oregon, 
Idaho, Utah and northern California and successfully continued to serve in that 
capacity until 1906, when he resigned his place with Armour & Company and entered 
the merchandise brokerage business. Within two years he built up a business of mam- 
moth proportions, his annual sales reaching four hundred thousand dollars. In 1908 he 
became manager for the Lubra Oils Company and so served until 1910. While thus 
engaged he recognized the need for an oil refinery in Utah, and from this point forward 
he has proceeded by leaps and bounds, his career being a notable record of successful 
achievement. 

Mr. Howard, leasing a quarter of an acre on an alkali flat near a railroad, put upo.u 
it several second-hand oil tanks and a little building equipped with second-hand machin- 
ery and thus started his oil refinery, purchasing about seven barrels of crude oil per day 
and turning out a little residuum oil. Fire, however, soon destroyed the building, leav- 
ing him with only the tanks and machinery. With characteristic energy he erected other 
buildings, however, and began the production of kerosene, gasoline and lubricating oil. 
This was in 1908, in which year his sales amounted to twenty thousand dollars and his 
territory covered only a few miles. Something of the marvelous development of the 
business is indicated in the fact that in 1918 his sales reached three million dollars and 
covered territory that includes not only all of America but extends as far as Japan. The 
business has been developed and organized under the name of the Utah Oil Refining 
Company, representing an investment of one million six hundred thousand dollars, and 
from the beginning Mr. Howard has been general manager and president since 1911. A 
big "U" has been adopted as its trademark, a symbol now familiar to hundreds of thou- 
sands of oil consumers. The present plant is situated on the northern outskirts of Salt 
Lake City, along the main line of the Oregon Short Line Railroad. It covers many acres 
and includes immense tanks and brick buildings, constituting one of the best equipped 
and most solidly constructed refineries in the country. The New West Magazine said of 
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this industry: "Its output per month includes nine hundred and fifty thousand gallons 
ol' gasoline, two hundred thousand gallons of kerosene, sixty-five thousand gallons of 
automobile oils, one hundred and fifty tons of parafiin wax and one thousand barrels of 
grease. Construction- work now under way will give it even greater scope. Its still 
capacity will soon be seventy-five thousand gallons of crude oil per day, while its 
storage capacity is mounting into millions of gallons. One tank alone holds one million 
five hundred thousand gallons, another one million, while there are a score or more of 
lesser capacity. Yet another way to measure the huge creation of John C. Howard's 
courage, ability and foresight is to consider the present market of the concern. The 
Utah Oil Refining Company now supplies practically all the gasoline and kerosene used 
in Utah and southern Idaho, fifty per cent of the lubricating oils used in Utah, and a 
quantity of wax that sells throughout the east, in California and as far away as South 
America and the Orient. The company produces more than two hundred different kinds 
and grades of petroleum, for all of which it finds a ready market. As may well be 
imagined, so vast an enterprise has an intensely interesting human side. Endless anec- 
dotes can be told of John C. Howard's manner of getting by diflSculties. of finding his way 
to success when the cards seemed stacked and the game absolutely hopeless. Again, the 
human side shows in the attitude taken toward the employes of the company. To pay 
them the highest wages, to make their work as agreeable as possible, and to give them 
little extra perquisites that will win their loyalty and best effort is the firm policy of 
the Utah Oil Refining Company. The employes of the plant now number about two hun- 
dred and fifty. The common laborers among them are paid ten per cent more than in 
any other industry and the skilled workmen are remunerated on a proportionately high 
scale. A wage increase of approximately ten per cent and aggregating thirty-one thou- 
sand dollars a year was put into effect August 15. Special privileges, found in few other 
establishments, are accorded the men. Bach one is provided with a locker for keeping 
iiis street clothes during the day and work clothes at night. Near the locker room are 
hot and cold showers, and the company furnishes soap and a towel daily for each employe 
A room has been fitted up with heavy English oak tables and chairs for the men to eat 
their lunch, and as a finishing touch the company furnishes each one with two cups of 
hot cocoa, coffee or tea free of charge every day. Ample provision is made also for the 
care of the sick. As a result of this kind of treatment the relations between the company 
and its employes are of the most cordial character. Such is the heart of the industry 
that has been built up in Utah by Utah brains and largely by Utah capital. That it is 
the heart is said advisedly, for it is by no means the entire organism. There are 
branches and subsidiary activities of great importance and of quite equal interest. Among 
these, for instance, are the reconnaissances being made by the Utah Oil Refining Com- 
pany into prospective oil fields of Utah to determine the possible development. These 
investigations are being made by experts under the direction of W. R. Calvert, a leading 
authority on oil. Geological work costing thousands of dollars is being done in minute 
detail, locating favorable oil territory in various parts of the state. Investigations have 
been made in Washington, Uinta, Carbon, Sanpete, Sevier, Juab and Emery counties and 
are still in progress. The prime purpose of the Utah Oil Refining Company in conduct- 
ing investigations of this character is to aid in the development of the oil fields of its own 
state. The company is now adding hundreds of thousands of dollars to the wealth of 
the state through its manufacturing activities, and its officers hope to do as much by 
purchasing the crude oil largely from Utah wells. With the aim of making the com- 
pany's plant grow as rapidly as possible it has been Mr. Howard's policy and that of 
his associate officials to put all the money the refinery made, plus a great deal more, 
back into it for purposes of expansion. New construction is going on all the time, new 
markets are constantly being developed, and in every way the refinery is being pushed 
to a maximum capacity. And yet the stockholders of the Utah Oil Refining Company 
have made money. They have made it through the quickness with which Mr. Howard 
has grasped opportunities in other fields. For example, his attention was called to certain 
conditions exisiting in the oil industry in California. He found that through a lack of 
proper financial backing and effective shipping methods, a great opportunity for market- 
ing naphtha in the east was being neglected. He gathered together some Utah capital, 
employing to a large extent the resources of the Utah Oil Refining Company, went boldly 
into the California field, gave the refineries there the help they needed and soon trainload 
after trainload of naphtha was streaming toward the east. 



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"Again, in Wyoming, Mr. Howard commercialized the gas fields near Byron. The 
wells located at that point had a potential production of about two hundred million 
cubic feet per day, but had no market. Being closely connected with the owners of the 
property, he was anxious to create a market for the gas, and accordingly approached the 
Butte-Superior. Senator Clark and American Zinc interests with the idea of inducing one 
of the three to put in a zinc smelter near the wells on the Burlington Railway. But 
after he failed In accomplishing this, he learned that the natural gas had about one-half 
gallon of gasoline to one thousand cubic feet, and that after the gasoline was taken 
out, the gas would produce a carbon which could be used as the base for inks or in the 
manufacture of automobile tires. He immediately employed experts in Pittsburgh and 
Philadelphia to visit these fields and make careful tests on the practicability of establish- 
ing a gasoline and carbon plant. All of the experts reported favorably and then Mr. 
Howard Induced the Columbian Carbon Company to go into the field. This concern 
put in a pipe line, a gasoline plant and a large carbon plant which consists in all of 
over sixty small buildings, representing an expenditure of nearly one million dollars. 
Today this plant is running successfully and is recovering about fifty thousand gallons 
of gasoline per month from the natural gas and making a carload of carbon every day. 
Not only the carbon people but the landowners and the stockholders of the various inter- 
ests have and will continue to make a large amount of money out of this enterprise. 
Mr. Howard's company participated in the profits accruing from this transaction. 

"As a last illustration of this oil genius' enterprise, let us cite his Cuban e.Kperience. 
In the fall of 1916, while on a visit to Havana, his attention was called to the fact that 
certain indications of oil had recently been discovered nearby. He leased one hundred 
and eighty-five acres of land and by March 1st had a producing well and was selling oil 
in the field at five dollars and four cents per barrel, two dollars per barrel more than 
was being obtained for American crude oil because of the Cuban protective tariff. A 
short time later he sold out, netting the investors over five hundred thousand dollars 
profit. In this manner, Mr. Howard has succeeded in building up one of the finest oil 
refineries in the country on the outskirts of his native state's capital, and at the same 
time has handsomely remunerated those who have stood by him with their financial 
.support." 

Aside from his presidency of the Utah Oil Refining Company, Mr. Howard is the 
president of the Republic Petroleum Company of Cuba, president of the Utah Petroleum 
Company of Cuba and vice president of the Carbon Oil Company of Wyoming. It is 
but natural that a man of his ability should be called upon for public service. He has 
been made a director of the American Mining Congress and he has spent considerable 
time in Washington, D. C, aiding the government and the treasury department to estab- 
lish proper rules and regulations for the mining interests and the operation of mines. 
On the 1st of June, 1905, Mr. Howard was married to Miss Gertrude Musser of Salt 
Lake, a daughter of Amos Milton and Mary (White) Musser. They have become 
parents of four children: Mary Elizabeth, Kathryn Musser, Virginia Musser, and Jeanne 
Musser, all born in Salt Lake. Mrs. Howard passed away April 9, 1919. 

In politics Mr. Howard is a republican, and he takes a keen interest in civic affairs. 
He was a member of the board of education of Salt Lake City from January 1, 1915, to 
January 1, 1919, and was reelected for a four years' term, which expires on the 31st of 
December, 1923. Appreciative of the social amenities of life, he is prominently known 
in club circles, belonging to the Bonneville, Alta, Country, Flat Rock, Timpanogas Rod 
Clubs of Salt Lake and also to the Salt Lake Commercial Club. 



E. M. ORME. 



E. M. Orme, cashier of the Tooele County State Bank at Tooele, is a brother of 
C. Alvin Orme, in connection with whose sketch on another page of this work is made 
mention of the family. E. M. Orme acquired a public school education and was reared 
to the occupation of farming. He early became familiar with the best methods of 
tilling the fields and later he engaged in farming and in live stock raising on his own 
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196 I'TAH SINCE STATEHOOD 

a mission for the Mormon cliurch to the eastern states, continuing his labors there 
for two years. 

Following his return to Utah, Mr. Orme was elected to public oiEce, being chosen 
in 1902 by popular suffrage for the position of county assessor, in which capacity he 
served for a two years' term. He was then elected county treasurer for a two years' 
term and that his work was thoroughly competent, systematic and reliable is indicated 
in the fact that he was then reelected. During his second term as county treasurer 
the Tooele County State Bank was organized and at first was conducted in the office 
of the county treasurer until the home of the bank was built and ready for occupancy. 
The organization of the bank occurred on the 1st of May, 1908, and the doors were 
opened for business on the Sth of June. As cashier from the beginning Mr. Orme 
has been one of the leading factors in the growth and development of the bank, the 
resources of wliich at present approximate tliree-quarters of a million dollars. His 
labors have been most effective in the upbuilding of the bank and in the promotion 
of its business connections. 

In 1901 Mr. Orme was married to Miss Millie McLaws. who was born in Tooele, 
a daughter of William and Mary (Herron) McLaws, who were pioneers of this city. 
They have become the parents of six children: Ellis, a pupil in the high school; 
L/illian, who is a junior in the high school; Earl, Kirby and Evelyn, all pupils in the 
public schools of Tooele; and Zella, who completes the family. 

Mr. Orme has been very active in church work. He was bishop of Batesville, 
Tooele county, after his brother, C. A. Orme, resigned that position to become president 
of the Tooele stake. E. M. Orme is superintendent of the North Ward Sunday school. 
He also has served as stake superintendent of religion class and assistant stake superin- 
tendent of the Sunday school. His political allegiance is given to the republican party 
and he has served as notary public and also as a member of the city council, exercising 
his oflicial prerogatives in support of many plans and measures for the general good. 
He belongs to the Commercial Club and cooperates heartily in everything that pertains 
to the public welfare. His life has been actuated by a most progressive spirit and his 
energy and enterprise have brought him prominently before the public in many con- 
nections. 



FRANKLIN KNOWLTON NEBEKER. 

Franklin Knowlton Nebeker has been a member of the Utah bar since 1895 and of 
the Salt Lake bar since 1909, being at the present time a member of the firm of Howat, 
Marshall, Macmillan & Nebeker. His father, the late Ira Nebeker, was a prominent pio- 
neer builder of Utah. His mother was formerly Miss Delia Lane, a member of a well 
known and highly respected pioneer family. 

After receiving a local college training Franklin K. matriculated at Cornell Uni- 
versity in the College of Law, from which institution he was graduated in the class of 
'95. While at Cornell he was prominent in student body activities, especially in debating 
and oratory. In 1894 he was selected by the president of the university to represent 
Cornell at the celebration of Washington's birthday by the public schools of Chicago, 
under the auspices of the Union League Club. On returning to his native state he en- 
tered the law practice and was successively elected county attorney of Cache county for 
two terms and district attorney of the first judicial district for one term, during which 
time besides prosecuting successfully a large number of criminal cases, he pursued and 
broke up an organized gang of horse thieves. He later organized the firm of Nebeker. 
Hart & Nebeker. His younger brother, Horace G. (since deceased) was the junior mem- 
ber of this firm. 

In August, 1909, Mr. Nebeker became assistant general attorney of the Oregon Short 
Line Railroad Company, which position he occupied until January, 1912, when he was 
invited into the firm of Howat & Macmillan. Later the firm of Howat, Macmillan & 
Nebeker was joined by Judge John A. Marshall. 

In the fall of 1917 Mr. Nebeker was requested by the attorney general of the United 
States to institute criminal proceedings against the leaders of the I. W. W. For that 
purpose he went to Chicago and after several months of investigation caused over one 




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UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD 199 

hundred leaders of the organization to be indicted. The trial, commonly known aa the 
Haywood trial, began on the 1st day of April, 1918, and lasted until the 17th day lof 
August of the same year, and resulted in the conviction of practically all defendants 
proceeded against. This trial is said to be, in many respects, the greatest and most im- 
portant criminal case in the history of the country. 

At Logan, Utah, June 10, 1890, Mr. Nebeker was married to Miss Lillian Martin- 
eau. Their children are as follows: Franklin K., Jr.; Marjorie, wife of Captain S. H. 
Young; Lyman M. ; Joyce; Delia; and Ruth. Both sons, as well as Captain Young were 
in active service in France. 

Mr. Nebeker is a democrat, but aside from representing his party on the democratic 
national committee for one term has declined to accept nomination for any office that 
would interfere with his law practice. He is a charter member of the American Insti- 
tute of Criminal Law and Criminology; a member of The National Association for 
Constitutional Government; an honorary member of The Texas Rangers, a member of 
The National Economic League; is also a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of 
Elks, Alta Club, Country Club and Commercial Club of Salt Lake City and of the Iro- 
quois Club of Chicago. 

On the occasion of Mr. Nebeker's appointment in June, 1919, as assistant attorney 
general of the United States, in charge of the public lands division of the department of 
Justice, the Salt Lake Telegram said editorially: "Merit demands recognition. This Is 
seen in the appointment of Frank K. Nebeker of Salt Lake as assistant attorney general 
of the United States in charge of the public lands division of the department of justice. 
Mr. Nebeker has won this high appointment solely through merit, and citizens of the 
forty-seven other states will join with Utahns in extending the glad hand to Mr. Nebeker, 
with the salutation 'Good work.' Mr. Nebeker goes to Washington not through any serv- 
ices rendered fo his party, but through services freely given to the United States in her 
hour of need. The circumstances of those services so given are known to all Utahns 
and the results are seen in the imprisonment of 'Big Bill' Haywood and one hundred 
other I. W. W. agitators. When the government found itself threatened by the I. W. W. 
conspiracies, it looked for a man to extricate it from this menacing position. A real 
man was sought, a man with nerve, ready to take his life in his hands, and a man with 
brains, with ability to carry on a vigorous prosecution of these agitators, undaunted by 
the obstacles placed in his path and threats uttered against him. Consequently the 
government looked westward and discovered Frank K. Nebeker. How well Mr. Nebeker 
conducted the prosecutions against the I. W. W.'s is seen not alone in their conviction. 
It is made manifest by the I. W. W.'s themselves, in including Frank Nebeker among the 
prominent Americans, who were accorded the great honor of receiving bombs in the 
frustrated May day anarchistic plots, because they were real Americans and fought 
Bolshevism. Close upon Bolshevism's recognition of Mr. Nebeker's ability and patriot- 
ism, the government bestows well merited recognition upon Mr. Nebeker. With the de- 
parture of Mr. Nebeker for Washington Utah fills another niche in her wall of fame. 
'Congratulations and good luck,' is the message of Utahns to the new assistant attorney 
general." 



FRED M. NYE. 



No history of Ogden would be complete without extended reference to Fred M. 
Nye, who is a prominent figure in the commercial and financial circles of Ogden and 
an important factor in the social and church activities of the city. He is at the head 
of the Fred M. Nye Company, Inc., having conducted the business for more than 
twenty-one years. He has the largest men's clothing and furnishing goods establish- 
ment in Ogden, steadily increasing patronage bringing to him a very substantial 
measure of success. Mr. Nye was born in Eureka, Kansas, February 13, 1876, and 
through the period of his boyhood and youth attended school there, remaining in his 
native city until he reached the age of fifteen years. He then accompanied his parents 
to Ogden and was a pupil in the public schools of this city for some time. His educa- 
tion was then continued in the New West Academy at Ogden and later he matriculated 
in Knox College at Galesburg. Illinois, while at a subsequent date he became a student 



200 UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD 

in Belolt College at Belolt, Wisconsin, and there won the Bachelor of Science degree 
by graduation with the class of 1899. Through his liberal educational training he 
was well qualified for life's practical and responsible duties when he returned to Ogden 
to make for himself a place in its business circles. It was on the 11th of March, 
189S, that the Fred M. Nye Company was organized and incorporated. The business 
has since been gradually developed and enlarged and it now has the finest and most 
extensive store devoted to men's clothing, furnishing goods and haberdashery in Ogden. 
His establishment is located in The Eccles building on Washington avenue. The 
store is most attractive in its arrangement and in the line of goods carried, and the 
name of the company has become a synonym for business integrity and enterprise in 
Weber county. Mr. Nye has also become known in financial circles as the vice presi- 
dent of the Security State Bank of Ogden. 

On the 27th of September, 1903, Mr. Nye was married to Miss Marguerite Bucll- 
miller, a representative of one of the prominent families of Weber county. Their chil- 
dren are four in number: Ralph, fourteen years of age; Robert M., aged twelve; Ira 
J., aged eight; and Allan Le Roy, who completes the family. The three eldest children 
are all in school. 

In club circles Mr. Nye is a prominent figure, holding membership in the Weber 
Club, also in the Ogden Golf & Country Club and in the University Club. He is a 
faithful follower of Masonic teachings and is a past master of Unity Lodge, No. 18, 
A. F. & A. M., at Ogden. He has also become a Consistory Mason, thus attaining 
the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite. His religious faith is that of the Pres- 
byterian church and he is serving as one of its trustees and the treasurer. His political 
allegiance is given to the republican party and he keeps well informed on the ques- 
tions and issues of the day but does not seek nor desire ofl5ce as a reward for party 
fealty. He is recognized, however, as a prominent figure in the business, church and 
social life of Ogden — a man of fine personal appearance, whose genial manner, un- 
feigned cordiality and sterling worth have gained for him popularity among all who 
have known him. He is a dependable man under any circumstance and in any emer- 
gency — one who has placed a true value upon the opportunities and the conditions of 
life and who has wisely used his time and talents not only for the upbuilding of 
Ills fortunes but also for the benefit of the community and the commonwealth in which 
he lives. 



LOUIS HENDERSON FARNSWORTH. 

Louis Henderson Farnsworth, president of Walker Brothers, Bankers, is one of the 
foremost men in the financial circles of the intermountain country. Utah claims him 
as a native son and is proud of his record. He is a representative of one of Utah's 
pioneer families and belongs to the seventh generation in descent from the emigrant 
ancestor to America. The ancestral line is traced back to the twelfth century in Eng- 
land, but the family was established on American soil at a very early period in the 
colonization of the new world — in 1630. In that year they settled in New England and 
through the intervening period of almost three centuries the name has figured promi- 
nently in the business, industrial, financial and professional life of various sections of 
the United States. 

Louis Henderson Farnsworth was born in Provo. Utah, on the 1st of September, 
1859, a son of Moses Franklin and Elizabeth Jane (Duzett) Farnsworth and early in 
life entered on a business career that has been very successful. Starting in the business 
world in a humble capacity, he has advanced step by step and has long occupied a promi- 
nent position in banking circles. In 1916 he was elected to the bank presidency he now 
occupies, and as the head of a financial institution whose resources exceed ten million 
dollars his prominence as a banker is unquestioned. His colleagues and contempora- 
ries speak of him in terms of high regard as a man of rare business ability, keen sagac- 
ity and unfaltering enterprise. Numerous corporate interests of Salt Lake City have 
profited by his cooperation or benefited by his sound judgment, and aside from the 
financial interests already mentioned he is treasurer and a director of the Keith-O'Brien 
Company; treasurer and director of the M. H. Walker Realty Company; a director of 




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UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD 203 

the Federal Reserve Bank of Salt Lake City; a director of the Utah Light & Power 
Company as well as a member of other corporations identified with the business and 
industrial life of the city and state. With activities broad and varied, his enterprise 
has placed him among the representatives of big business in this section of the great 
v/est. 

Mr. Farnsworth married Miss Agnes W. Forsythe and to them were born four chil- 
dren. Major Louis D. Farnsworth, who spent six months overseas with the American 
FJxpeditionary Force, mostly in France, entered the service with the commission of first 
lieutenant of the Sixty-second Regiment, C. A. C, subsequently became captain of Bat- 
tery B and on the 21st of April, 1919, was commissioned major in the Officers Reserve 
Corps of the United States Army. Major Farnsworth has two children, Zora and Louis 
(III). Edna Irene Farnsworth became the wife of Glen E. Traul, of Salt Lake City, 
by whom she has a daughter, Ruth Agnes. Earl F. is married and resides in San Diego, 
California, where he holds the position of assistant cashier of the San Diego Savings 
Bank. Ruth resides with her parents. The family are well known in the best social 
circles of Salt Lake City, where they have a beautiful home, one of its chief charms being 
its warm-hearted hospitality. 

In his political views Mr. Farnsworth is a republican and has been untiring in sup- 
port of the party. In fact he has given his aid and cooperation to every measure or 
movement which he has deemed of worth and benefit to the community, and while he has 
conducted most extensive and important business affairs, his activities have ever been 
of a character that have contributed to public progress and prosperity as well as to indi- 
vidual success. 



STEPHEN L. CHIPMAN. 



Stephen L. Chipman is widely known in business circles as the treasurer and 
manager of the Chipman Mercantile Company of American Fork and is also a director 
of the Salt Lake & Utah Railroad. He was born at American Fork, March 18, 1864, 
his parents being James and Sarah (Green) Chipman, the former a native of Carroll 
county. Missouri, and the latter of Nauvoo, Illinois. The father was descended from 
an old Canadian family of English lineage and he came to Utah with his parents. 
Stephen and Betsy (Murdock) Chipman, who were among the earliest settlers of 
Utah, arriving in the fall of 1847. In 1851 they removed to Utah county and settled at 
American Fork and they were among the first six families of this place. Both the 
grandfather and grandmother died at American Fork, the former on the 17th of Feb- 
ruary. 1868, when sixty-three years of age, his birth having occurred in 1805. He was 
a farmer and stock raiser and a very devout man, taking an active and helpful part 
in the work of the church. His son. James Chipman, was born at Far West, Missouri. 
April 9. 1839, and came to Utah with his parents, residing at American Fork until 
1896. He b^ame the first state treasurer of Utah, elected to the office in 1896, and 
through the intervening period he has been a resident of Salt Lake. He has in many 
ways left the impress of his individuality upon the development and progress of the 
state in connection with its material, intellectual and moral growth. He was one of 
the founders of the Chipman Mercantile Company and also of the Bank of American 
Fork and he did mucli to shape public affairs in the city, serving as its mayor, as school 
trustee and in other public connections. He still remains the president of the bank. 
He married Sarah Green, whose parents were residents of Missouri and became pioneer 
settlers of Utah. The Green family comes of English ancestry. The mother died in January. 
1865, at the age of twenty-one years. She had four children, three sons and a daughter, 
of whom the eldest. Betsy, has passed away. One son, James Chipman, Jr., is a resi- 
dent of American Fork and is the vice president and a director of the Chipman Mer- 
cantile Company, also vice president of the Bank of American Fork. Alphonso like- 
wise makes his home at American Fork. 

Stephen L. Chipman whose name introduces this record was educated in the 
district schools of American Fork and in the Brigham Young University at Prove, from 
which he was graduated with the class of 1883. After completing his course he en- 
tered the store which had been established by his father, and on the incorporation of 



204 UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD 

the business in June, 1892, he became treasurer, director and manager. He is also 
one of the directors of the Bank of American Fork. In the conduct of his business 
he has displayed sound judgment and indefatigable energy and is quick to utilize 
every opportunity that opens in the natural ramifications of trade. He has not con- 
fined his attention solely to his mercantile and banking interests but has extended his 
official and financial connections to other business concerns and is now one of the 
directors of the Sugar Centrifugal Discharger Company of Salt Lake, a director of the 
Provo Reservoir Company, a director of the Utah Lake Irrigation Company and a di- 
rector of the Salt Lake & Utah Railroad. His interests are thus broad and varied 
and indicate his forcefulness and resourcefulness. 

On the 13th of February, 1885, Mr. Chipman was married in Logan Temple to Miss 
Sina Nelson, a native of American Fork and a daughter of Niels and Karen (Peder- 
son) Nelson, representatives of an old and prominent family of the state, who came 
from Denmark. Mr. and Mrs. Chipman have become the parents of seven children, 
of whom six are living: Zina A., Lorena K., Bessie Fern, Stephen H., Elva and Leah. 
Alfred Stanley, the fifth in order of birth, died in infancy. 

Mr. Chipman has taken an active part in the work of the Church of Jesus Christ 
of Latter-day Saints and his membership is in the second ward of American Fork. He 
is president of the Alpine stake and he served on a mission to the southern states in 
1885 and 1886 and through a part of 1887, with conference headquarters at Chattanooga, 
Tennessee. He was formerly president of the Young Men's Improvement Association 
and has been bishop's counselor and high counselor, also counselor to President Edward 
Partridge of the Utah stake. His political endorsement is given to the republican 
party and he has been called upon at various times to fill positions of public trust and 
responsibility. In 1901 and 1902 he was county commissioner, and in 1889 he served as 
trustee of American Fork and in the same year became a member of the city council. In 
1903 he was elected on the republican ticket to represent his district in the state leg- 
islature, where he gave thoughtful and earnest consideration to all the vital questions 
coming up for settlement. He is likewise a regent of the Brigham Young University 
of Provo and throughout the period of the war he has been active in support of meas- 
ures for the benefit of the country and the upholding of her high purposes. He acted 
as chairman of the first Red Cross drive and has been a member of important com- 
mittees in connection with war work. In a business way he has made steady progress 
and his powers have constantly expanded and developed. The major part of his time 
is devoted to the interests of the Chipman Mercantile Company, controlling the largest 
general merchandise establishment in Utah county. The store is modern in every 
respect and something of the volume of the business is indicated in the fact that the 
firm employs forty salespeople and at times has fifty or more on its pay rolls. The 
house includes ten diiferent departments, with a department manager at the head of 
each, and the business in the year 1918 amounted to four hundred and fifteen thousand 
dollars. His business ability is pronounced and his spirit of enterprise is of a char- 
acter that enables him to look beyond the exigencies of the moment to the opportunities 
and possibilities of the future. He has used his time wisely and well and*his business 
affairs have ever been of a character that have contributed to public progress and 
improvement as well as to individual success. 



WILLIAM R. BROWN, M. D. 



In connection with the history of successful professional achievement in the field 
of medicine and surgery at Ogden should be mentioned Dr. William R. Brown. His 
practice is now extensive and important, based upon thorough preliminary training 
and wide experience. He was born in Thatcher, Arizona, November 5, 1888, a son 
of Charles David and Sarah Ellen (Dickson) Brown. The father is a resident of 
Ogden, Utah, where he is in the office of city engineer. The mother makes her home 
at Ogden, Utah. In the family are four children who are yet living. 

Dr. Brown acquired a public school education, which was supplemented by a course 
in the Weber Academy, and later he was graduated from the University high school 
of Chicago with the class of 1908. He next entered the University of Illinois for the 



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study of medicine and won his professional degree upon graduation from that institu- 
tion. He did hospital work in St. Luke's Hospital of Chicago and also spent a year 
in connection with the City Hospital at Memphis, Tennessee. In this way he gained 
valuable knowledge and experience, his training covering the wide range of hospital 
service and well qualifying him for the duties which later devolved upon him. With 
his removal to Ogden he entered upon the general practice of medicine and is now 
serving as city physician by appointment of the city commissioner. He is also as- 
sociated with the Dee Memorial Hospital and in addition he has a large and important 
private practice. He is very careful in the diagnosis of his cases and his judgment 
concerning the outcome of disease is seldom if ever at fault. He has a well appointed 
suite of rooms in the First National Bank building, possesses a good medical library 
and at all times keeps in touch with the trend of modern professional thought and 
scientific investigation. He belongs to the Weber County Medical Society, the Utah 
State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. 

In 1915 Dr. Brown was married to Miss Thora Williams, a daughter of Thomas 
Williams, of Ogden, and they have one child, Beverly, now three years of age. The 
Doctor belongs to the Ogden Golf and Country Club. He is also a member of the 
University Club and he finds his recreation in trout fishing when leisure permits him 
to indulge in that sport. He never neglects any professional duty, however, and his 
activities and ability have brought him prominently to the front as a physician and 
surgeon of Ogden. 



H. V. VAN PELT. 



H. V. Van Pelt, a well known Salt Lake City attorney and United States com- 
missioner, was born in Racine, Wisconsin, January 25, 1854, a son of William Todd 
and Margaret (Beekman) Van Pelt. The ancestry of the family is traced back to 
Gerardus Beekman, who came to America in 1650 and was one of the founders of 
the Dutch colony that settled near New York City. He was prominent in that locality 
in the early period of colonization in the Empire state and Beekman street of New 
York city was named in his honor. The Van Pelt family also comes from Holland 
ancestry and both the father and mother of H. V. Van Pelt were born in Griggstown. 
New Jersey. In the early '40s they removed westward to Racine. Wisconsin, where 
the father engaged in the grain business, buying wheat from the farmers throughout 
the territory from the Great Lakes to the Mississippi. He operated large elevators- 
at various points, where he stored his grain until it could be moved to the mills, and 
he developed a business of extensive proportions, constituting a source of growth and 
progress also in the communities in which he operated. He died in Racine in 1890 at 
the advanced age of seventy-eight years, while his wife survived him for a long period 
and died in 1912 at the age of eighty-seven years. In their family were five sons 
and a daughter: Garrett B., residing in Boston, Massachusetts; James, living in 
Fargo, North Dakota; William Todd, who makes his home in Frazee, Minnesota; 
Charles, located at Minneapolis, Minnesota; H. V., of this review; and a daughter who 
has passed away. 

H. V. Van Pelt was the youngest in the family. At the usual age he entered the 
public schools of Racine, passing through consecutive grades to the high school and 
eventually becoming a student in Beloit College at Beloit, Wisconsin, from which he 
was graduated in 1875 with the A. B. degree. He was admitted to the Wisconsin 
bar in 1S76 and began practice at Racine, where he continued in the profession until 
1883. He then removed to North Dakota, where he again conducted a law practice 
until 1893 and became assistant attorney general of the state but thinking to find 
still better opportunities farther west, he removed to Salt Lake in 1894 and continued 
his partnership with Judge Goodwin, the association between them being maintained 
from 1885 until Judge Goodwin was elected to the district bench in 1915. since which 
time Mr. Van Pelt has practiced alone. He has attained high professional rank by 
reason of thorough ability in the preparation and presentation of his cases and his 
wisdom as a counselor. 

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Ryan, of East Orange, New Jersey, a daughter of Philip H. Ryan of that place. They 
have become parents of four children, but one has passed away. Marion, who was 
born in Lisbon, North Dakota, in 1890, was graduated from the high school at Salt 
Lake, from Westminster College, from the University of Utah and continued her studies 
at the University of California. Mrs. Helen Nyman was born in Lisbon, North Dakota, 
in 1892, was graduated from the Salt Lake high school and from the University of 
Utah and now resides at Myton, this state. They have one child, Van Nyman. Roger 
Beekman Van Pelt, born in Salt Lake in 1894, is a graduate of the University of Utah 
and is now in France, where he has been attending the oiBcers training camp for 
cavalry service at Saumur, France. The son who passed away was Charles Van Pelt, 
who died in November, 1917. He was a graduate of the University of Utah and a 
boy of exceptional ability. At the outbreak of the great European war he entered the 
office of the chief signal officer. 

In the affairs of Salt Lake City Mr. Van Pelt has taken a deep and helpful in- 
terest. He was vice president of the Board of Education and since 1916 has been 
United States commissioner for the district of Utah. He is a trustee and treasurer of 
Westminster College, having thus served since 1901, and he is a member of the Utah 
and the American Bar Associations, and of Phi Beta Kappa. In these connections are 
shown the breadth of his interests and the value of his public service. He cooperates 
heartily in all well devised plans and measures for the general good, holding to high 
ideals of citizenship as well as adhering to the advanced ethical standards of his 
profession. 



HON. PETER CLEGG. 



Hon. Peter Clegg is a most prominent and Influential resident of Tooele, where he 
is now filling the office of mayor. He has also been called upon to represent the first 
senatorial district of Utah in the upper house of the general assembly, and in every pub- 
lic position that he has filled he has discharged his duties with marked promptness and 
capability. At the same time he has been a leading figure in business circles, connected 
for many years with live stock interests, and at the present time he is the president 
of the Tooele County State Bank. 

Mr. Clegg was born on the 15th of October, 1859, in the city in which he still makes 
Ills home, a son of Benjamin and Grace (Mclntyre) Clegg. The father, who has now de- 
parted this life, was for more than a half century closely identified with every under- 
taking and enterprise that contributed to the development and upbuilding of the city 
and county of Tooele. He was born in Lancashire, England, on the 1st of September, 
1826, his parents being Joseph and Mary Clegg. In the spring of 1848 he was converted 
10 the faith of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and in that year left 
England for America to join the colony of saints who had founded the territory of Utah. 
He made the long journey across the hot stretches of sand and over the mountain passes 
as a member of the company commanded by Ezra T. Benson and the first winter of his 
residence in Utah was spent in the old fort at Salt Lake City. When spring came he 
made his way to what is now the site of the city of Tooele and located the place which 
for many years thereafter continued to be his home. There were but few families liv- 
ing in the neighborhood at the time and he was the last of the survivors among those 
who had located here at the time of his arrival. When he reached Utah he had but 
limited capital. His entire money amounted to but seventy-five cents. He was also 
the owner of a cow and a steer. With characteristic energy, however, he set to work 
and in a short time had accumulated quite a substantial little fortune. As the years 
passed he won a place among the leading farmers of the country, having thirty-nine 
acres of highly cultivated land, while he was also extensively interested in cattle and 
sheep raising. He retired from active life some years prior to his death, his sons tak- 
ing over the management and care of his business affairs. 

In April, 1850, Benjamin Clegg was married in Salt Lake City to a widow with 
five children. This wife died in 1882. In December, 1853, he married Miss Grace Mc-y 
Intyre, daughter of Peter and Agnes Mclntyre, who were natives of Scotland. Mrs. 
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that country in 1844. Her father, Peter Mclntyre, had served as a soldier under Napo- 
leon Bonaparte. His wife died, leaving him with a family of six children, whom he 
brought to America in 1853, establishing his home at Tooele, where he passed away 
in 1872. Mr. and Mrs. Clegg became the parents of five children: Elizabeth, who mar- 
ried J. S. Brown, of Salt Lake City; Benjamin; Peter, of this review; Agnes, who died 
at the age of two years; and Grace, who became Mrs. Jones, of Bingham Canyon. The 
father was ever a most active worker in the church and reared his children in that 
faith. He filled the office of high priest and his son Benjamin was sent as a missionary* 
to Australia, where he labored for three years. 

Peter Clegg acquired a common school education and early in life took up railroad 
work, engaged in freighting and eventually became actively interested in cattle and 
sheep raising. He has always given much attention to that industry and is now the 
owner of about one thousand acres of land near Tooele, together with a half section 
of land in southeastern Idaho. In all business affairs he has displayed sound judg- 
ment and unfaltering enterprise and won recognition as a leading cattle and sheep man 
of Tooele county. Moreover, he gained a well deserved reputation concerning the care 
of his stock. He ranges large herds in Idaho as well as in Utah, feeding the cattle dur- 
ing the winter months, and upon his land is every facility that affords ample shelter 
for his stock. He has a number of men in his employ and his business interests are 
most progressively conducted. 

Mr. Clegg was united in marriage to Miss Edith M. Atkin, of Tooele, and they had 
three 'children: Zella, now the wife of Francis M. Lee, a machinist with the Interna/- 
tional Smelting Company, by whom she has a son, Raymond; Peter V., a farmer of 
Erda, Tooele county, who married Anna May Bryan and has three children — Margaret, 
Allen and Edith; and Edith, the wife of Leslie S. Warburton, who resides in Tooele 
and is employed by the smelting company. For his second wife Mr. Clegg chose Agnes 
McLaws, of Tooele. His third wife, who bore the maiden name of Matilda Lindberg, was 
of Salt Lake City and they had one child, Elene. Mr. Clegg's fourth marriage was with 
Ida Mary Lane, of Salt Lake City, and they have four children, Howard J. and Flor- 
ence, living; and Lane Mclntyre and Grant Lane, who died in infancy. 

The family home at Tooele is one of the fine residences of the city and indicates 
Mr. Clegg's devotion to the members of his household. In politics he has always been 
a stalwart republican and for three terms has been chosen mayor of Tooele — a fact indica- 
tive of the confidence and trust reposed in him by his fellow townsmen. He is actu- 
ated by a most enterprising spirit in his efforts to promote the welfare and upbuilding 
of his town and maintain its high civic standards. In 1906 he was elected to repre- 
sent his district in the state senate. He has also served as councilman of Tooele and 
for twelve years was a member of the school board, taking active part in promoting 
the building of all of the schools of the city. He retains the presidency of the Tooele 
County State Bank and without invidious distinction, by reason of his extensive business 
affairs and his important public service, he may be termed one of the foremost citizens 
of his section of the state. He is honored and respected by all who know him, not 
alone by reason of the success he has achieved but also owing to the straightforward 
business course which he has ever followed, while his life at all times measures up to 
the highest standards of manhood and of citizenship. 



MILAN R. STRAW. 



Milan R. Straw, attorney at law, practicing in Provo as a member of the firm of 
■Coleman, Tucker & Straw, is by public opinion accorded a position in the foremost 
ranks of the legal profession in southern Utah. He is one of the native sons of this 
state, his birth having occurred in Springville, Utah county, December 15, 1886. His 
father, James Straw, also a native of Springville, is a son of James and Hannah (Hill) 
Straw, who were born in England and became early settlers of Utah. The father was 
reared and educated in Springville and for many years was well known as a railroad 
contractor. The mother of Milan R. Straw bore the maiden name of Sarah White- 
head and she, too, was a native of Utah, her birth having occurred in Sugar House, 
in Salt Lake City, her father being the late James B. Whitehead, one of the early 

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residents of Coalville, Utah. By her marriage Mrs. Straw becaiae the mother of eight 
children, four sons and four daughters. 

Milan R. Straw, who was the second in order of birth, was educated in the public 
schools of Springville and in the Brigham Young College at Provo, Utah. He after- 
ward studied law in the University of Utah and early started out to provide for his 
own support. He earned his first money when a lad of eight years by working in a 
sugar beet field and his youthful days to the age of eighteen years were devoted to 
farm work and bee culture. Prior to entering the university he read law and on the 
8th of April, 1916, was admitted to practice. In January, 1917, he entered upon the 
active work of the profession at Provo, Utah, practicing alone until January, 1919, 
when he became a member of the firm of Coleman, Tucker & Straw, which is his 
present association. The firm holds high rank in Utah and Mr. Straw is rapidly gain- 
ing a place in the rank of those whose ability has been developed through long 
experience. 

On the 27th of September, 1915, Mr. Straw was married in Provo, Utah, to Miss 
Ada Brennan, a native of Springville. They have become parents of a daughter, Mar- 
jorie, who was born in Springville, August 21, 1916. 

Mr. Straw is a member of the County Bar Association and he enjoys the respect 
and confidence of his professional colleagues and contemporaries. In his political 
views he is a republican. He spent two years in the county treasurer's office, occupying 
the position of deputy, and he also served for two years as deputy county clerk. In 
politics he has ever taken an active interest, recognizing the duties and obligations as 
well as the privileges of citizenship and standing loyally for what he believes to be 
for the best interests of the community. He belongs to the Church of Jesus Christ 
of Latter-day Saints, his membership being in the Springville Third Ward. He has 
taken a helpful part in war activities, especially in the sale of Liberty bonds. Mr. 
Straw has worked his way upward largely unaided but has always had the assistance, 
encouragement and support of his mother. Gradually he has advanced, for he early 
came to a recognition of life's values and opportunities, and taking advantage of every 
opportunity that has come his way, he is today in a position that will make his future 
career well worth the watching. 



JESS C. OLSON. 



Jess C. Olson, well known in business circles from coast to coast as the head of the 
Jess C. Olson Distributing Company of Salt Lake City, was born in Des Moines, Iowa, 
June 23, 1880, a son of George and Jennie (Israelson) Olson, the former a native of Den- 
mark, while the latter was born in Sweden. The parents came to America in early life' 
and became acquainted in Iowa, where they were married. The father engaged in the 
contracting business there until 1892, when he removed to Salt Lake City and here en- 
tered mercantile lines. Subsequently he became the district representative of the An- 
heuser-Busch Brewing Association of St. Louis and won substantial success in that con- 
nection. He afterward established business under the firm style of Olson & Son and 
occupied a prominent position in business circles until failing health caused his retire- 
ment. He was also an influential factor in public affairs, although he would never ac- 
cept public office. In recent years he has made his home at intervals in Los Angeles, 
California. Both parents are still living and the mother is now in Salt Lake City, where 
the family home has always been maintained. 

With the father's retirement the business was turned over to his son, Jess C. Olson, 
who has continued his interests under the name of the Jess C. Olson Distributing Coni^ 
pany, of which he is sole proprietor. He is the only child of his parents and in boy- 
hood pursued a public school education, while later he became a student in the Lin- 
coln Normal University, Lincoln, Nebraska, and there completed the normal 
course with the class of 1900. He afterward returned to Salt Lake City and entered 
the railroad office of the Oregon Short Line as a clerk. He continued there for a brief 
period and subsequently went to St. Louis, Missouri, where he again took up railrohd 
work in clerical lines, remaining there for a brief period. Once more he became a resi- 
dent of Salt Lake City and here entered the banking business as bookkeeper with the 




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National Bank of the Republic, occupying that position for a number of years, when he 
resigned to become cashier with the Armour Packing Company at Salt Lake City. Hel 
occupied the latter position for four years and at the end of that time was induced to 
accept a position in the office of the city treasurer but when a year had passed resigned 
to become associated with his father in tlie distribution of the Anheuser-Busch prod- 
ucts through this district. He remained in business with his father until the latter 
retired and has since been most successful in carrying on business on his own account. 
Since the prohibition amendment has gone into effect he has devoted his efforts to the 
sale of non-intoxicating beverages and is sole agent in Salt Lake county for Becker's 
"Becco," a substitute for malt liquor, and the "Bevo" manufactured by the Anheuser- 
Busch Association, together with soft drinks such as grape juice and similar beverages. 
Mr. Olson states that his business has increased more than three times what it was when 
intoxicating liquors were sold and he is now at the head of one of the most successful 
commercial enterprises in his section, employing from seven to ten people in the ware- 
house alone and in handling the output. He has erected a modern warehouse and office 
at No. 553 West Fourth South street, which occupies a lot three hundred and thirty by 
one hundred and fifty feet, with trackage directly onto the platform of the warehouse 
where goods are received and shipped in carload lots. 

In Salt Lake City, on the 23d of December, 1916, Mr. Olson was married to Miss 
Willmina E. Delzell, a daughter of Will and Mina Delzell, residents of Denver and after- 
ward of Salt Lake City. Mrs. Olson's name was formed of a combination of the names 
of her father and mother. On their wedding trip Mr. Olson took his bride to Honolulu., 
where he spent several months before returning to the beautiful residence in Salt Lake 
City which he had provided for the homecoming. He belongs to the Commercial Club 
of Salt Lake City, also to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Fraternal Order 
of Eagles and the Loyal Order of Moose. In politics he maintains an independent course. 
He is one of the most popular and prominent of the younger business men of Salt Lake 
City and his success is the direct outcome of his own labors, for he has never received 
assistance from anyone and through progressive measures has reached the place which 
h© now occupies. 



BENJAMIN FRANKLIN GARR. 

Benjamin Franklin Garr is now living retired at Ogden, making his home at No. 
801 Washington avenue. In former years, however, he was most active in business 
affairs and he has been a resident of Utah from pioneer times, therefore witnessing 
practically all of the settlement, development and growth of the state. He was born 
in Hancock county, Illinois, May 21, 1843, a son of Fielding and Paulina (Turner) 
Garr. The father, a native of Virginia, was born August 19, 1794, and passed away 
June 15 1855, while the mother, who was born May 23, 1805, died in August 1844. 
Fielding Garr left Virginia when a youth of fifteen years in company with his parents, 
who removed at that time to Indiana and subsequently to Illinois. While living in 
the latter state he became a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 
and on the 1st of May, 1847, started with his family for Utah. They traveled westward 
as far as the Elkhorn river, where the colonists met in camp to organize a company 
to cross the plains. The company with which the Garrs traveled was the third com- 
pany of one hundred, with Amos Neff as captain of ten, Joseph B. Noble as captain 
of fifty and Jededlah M. Grant, captain of one hundred. They arrived in Salt Lake 
on the 2d of October of that year, having braved all the hardships, privations and 
dangers of frontier travel. 

B. F. Garr of this review was but four years of age when the family home was 
established in Utah. After the death of his father he and his brothers removed to 
Cache county, Utah. At the time of the father's death they were living on what was 
called Salt Lake island, where they were engaged in the live stock business. In 
Cache valley they also gave their attention to live stock and to farming and there 
B. F. Garr remained until 1872, when he sold his interests in Cache county and re- 
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Corinne, Utah, to Montana, being active in business until 1879, In the later years 
of his life he has lived retired, enjoying in well earned rest the fruits of his former toil. 
On the Sth of February, 1868, Mr. Garr was married in Salt Lake City to Miss Eliza 
Melissa McGary, who was born at Estes Mills. Platte county. Missouri, May 29, 1848. 
a daughter of Charles and Charlotte (Earl) McGary. The father was born in Toronto. 
Canada, February 5, 1808, and passed away at Ogden, April 14, 1875. The mother 
was born in Toronto. February 20, 1816. and her last days were spent in Ogden. where 
she departed this life March 7, 1907. She was a daughter of William H. and Sarah 
C. Earl, the former a son of Henry and Bathslieba (Marsh) Earl, of Toronto, Canada. 
Charles McGary and his family came to Utah with the David Evans company, arriving 
on the 17th of September, 1850. He was one of the captains of ten of that company 
and located at Ogden, where he engaged in blacksmlthiug and also followed merchan- 
dising and farming. To Mr. and Mrs. Garr were born thirteen children, of whom ten 
are yet living. The sons have made a splendid record in military service. McGary 
Garr, born December 9, 1890, was married August 12. 1914, at Fort Shatter in Honolulu. 
Hawaii, by Chaplain William Ruse Scott of the Second Infantry, U. S. A. He enlisted 
in the regular army as a member of the Fifteenth Infantry at Salt Lake and went to 
China at the time of the Boxer rebellion. He afterward passed the examination in 
the Philippines and went to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to attend military school for 
six months. Later he was sent to Honolulu, where he spent two years and was then 
called to the Mexican border, where he served as a member of the Sixth Cavalry. He 
was there for two years, after which he was sent to France, where he was in active 
service in Leggett's command. He was on the general staff and is the youngest man 
that ever held a position on the staff. In January, 1919. he was at the headquarters 
of the Fourth Army Corps and is now chief of staff of G. I. of the Fourth Army Corps 
with the Third Army of occupation at Cochem, with headquarters on the Moselle 
river in Germany. He is now holding the rank of lieut. colonel. He has likewise 
made a notable record as an athlete, especially as a high jumper and sprinter, and 
for his athletic work receives a salary of four thousand dollars per year. Elbert Homer, 
born February 28, 1896, was with the One Hundred and Forty-fifth Field Artillery as 
a member of the regimental band and went to France in 1918. Returning with his 
company, he was mustered out at Logan. Benjamin H.. born July S, 1892. was at Fort 
Grant, taking training in the officers' school. He belonged to the regular army and 
was at Honolulu two years and at Camp Grant when the armistice was signed. The 
military record of the sons is certainly one of which the parents may well be proud, 
and the Garr family are widely known as representatives of pioneer activity in the 
state and from the early days of Utah's development Mr. Garr of this review has been 
closely associated with events which have left their impress upon the history of Utah. 



M. CHARLES WOODS. 



M. Charles Woods is a member of the firm of Woods & Jensen, architects of Ogden. 
and has reached an enviable professional position. He is practicing successfully, being 
accorded a large clientage, and public opinion recognizes the superiority of his work, 
which is evidenced in some of the finest buildings in Ogden and this section of the 
state. He was born in Malad, Idaho, January 11, 1SS2. a son of the late Francis C. 
W'oods, who was a native of Glasgow, Scotland, and of English descent. He was 
reared and educated in London, England, and coming to America, made his trip to 
the west on the first railroad train that entered the city of Ogden. He. too, was an 
architect by profession and an organ builder and he assisted in the reconstruction 
of the organ in the Salt Lake Tabernacle. He was one of the first architects in Ogden 
and was the oldest in the state in years of continuous connection with the profession 
in Utah at the time of his death. The firm was originally known as Woods & Company 
and they secured a liberal clientage because of the recognized excellence and superiority 
of their work. Mr. Woods went to Idaho to build the State Insane Asylum there and 
also the courthouse at Malad and the courthouse at Blackfoot. Idaho. It was during 
the residence of the family at Malad that the birth of his son. M. Charles, occurred. 
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away in 1912 at the age of sixty-eight years, his birth having occurred in 1844. His 
political support was given to the republican party and his religious faith was that 
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The mother, Mrs. Evelyn (Pratt) 
Woods, was born in Salt Lake City and was the youngest daughter of Parley P. and 
Agatha (Walker) Pratt, the latter the first white woman seen in Parley Canyon, the 
family owning that entire section of the state. Her father conducted a tollgate in 
the canyon for many years and in various ways left the impress of his individuality 
upon the history of Utah, being one of the most honored and prominent men in its 
development and upbuilding. The death of Mrs. Woods occurred in 1918 at Ogden. 
She had become the mother of thirteen children, five sons and eight daughters, all of 
whom are living. 

M. Charles Woods, the fifth in this family, was educated in the public schools of 
Ogden and after his textbooks were put aside began learning the cigarmaker's trade, 
which he followed for two years. He then entered upon an apprenticeship to learn 
the carpenter's trade and afterward took up the study of architecture under the direc- 
tion of his father. Eventually he was admitted to a partnership in the firm of Woods 
& Company, which association was maintained until the father's death, but for five 
years prior to that time he had full charge of the business. In 1915 he admitted a 
partner to an interest in the business under the firm style of Woods & Jensen and 
today they rank with the leading architects of the west. During the past fourteen 
years the firm has erected most of the principal school buildings of Weber county and 
many in southern Idaho and surrounding counties of both Utah and Idaho. They have 
also been the builders of a large number of fine homes and business blocks and public 
buildings. Mr. Woods' training was most thorough and in his plans he combines 
beauty, utility and convenience, his structures constituting an element of worth in the 
upbuilding and adornment of the district in which he operates. He belongs to the 
Utah Institute of Architects, of which he is an ex-vice president, having served in 
that office for two years. 

On the 1st of May, 1907, Mr. Woods was married in Salt Lake City to Miss EUine 
Shaw, of Salt Lake, a daughter of Lewis C. and Sarah M. (Lambert) Shaw, represen- 
tatives of old families of the state. Mr. and Mrs. Woods have become parents of five 
children, of whom four are living: Charles Casper, Roger Shaw, Elline, deceased; 
Charleen and Janet. 

Mr. Woods is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in 
the work of which he has taken a very active and helpful part. He is a member 
of the high council of the Weber stake, serving for several years, and from 1893 until 
1895 he was on a foreign mission in New Zealand. He speaks the language of the 
people of that island very fluenfly and conducted a very successful mission. In politics 
he is a republican where national issues and questions are involved but at local elec- 
tions casts an independent ballot, regarding the capability of the candidate for the 
office which he seeks. At all times he is actuated by a public-spirited devotion to the 
general good. He was a four minute speaker during the war activities and a member 
of the subscriptibn committee for the Red Cross, in fact he cooperated in every pos- 
sible way in promoting war work and in upholding the interests of the government. 
His record is that of a self-made man, for from the age of sixteen years he has de- 
pended entirely upon his own resources. He has ever been guided by the watchwords 
of thoroughness and efficiency in everything that he has undertaken and he has thus 
reached a point of progress in his business career that places him with the able archi- 
tects of the state. 



DR. EZRA WILLIAM NEBEKER. 

Dr. Ezra William Nebeker, a chiropractor of Tremonton, who has already won a 
large practice, has ever been actuated by the laudable ambition to make for himself 
a creditable name and place in the world through his own efforts. He has never 
relied upon the prestige that should be his by reason of the fact that he bears a name 
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the church and of government. From the earliest days of territorial development here- 
the Nebeker family has been known in Utah. 

Ezra W. Nebeker was born in the town of Willard in 1893, a son of Reuben and 
Alice Adelaide (Lowe) Nebeker. In the acquirement of his education he attended 
the graded and high schools of Boxelder county and through vacation periods was 
employed in the work of the farm. He early evinced a desire to get away from the- 
drudgery of the farm, however, and make a name and place for himself in the world. 
Soon after his graduation from the high school, therefore, he went to Davenport, Iowa, 
where he pursued a course of study in the Palmer School of Chiropractic and was 
graduated from that institution in 1918. Returning home, he then took up the prac- 
tice of his profession in Logan but had scarcely gained a start when the United States 
was in the midst of the great World's war as the opponent of Germany and Dr. Nebeker, 
inspired with the desire to go to France and give the Hun a few "adjustments," made 
his plans accordingly. His ambition in this direction, however, was never realized 
because of the signing of the armistice and in 1918, soon after hostilties were brought 
to a close, he located in Tremonton, where he opened an office. From the beginning 
of his residence here he has met with success and the future promises are bright. 

In 1917 Dr. Nebeker was married to Miss Mary M. Korth, a daughter of Frederick 
F. Korth, of Willard, who was an early settler and farmer of Boxelder county. 

Dr. Nebeker is a man of high purpose and splendid principles and during his 
residence in the old home town has occupied the position of elder in the Church of 
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and has also been assistant counselor of the Young 
Men's Mutual Improvement Association under President Ephraim White. He was like- 
wise for a time manager of the amusement hall of the town. He is a strong believer 
in his profession, an earnest, progressive follov/er of chiropractic and is already making 
for himself a creditable position as one of the followers of that school of healing. 



ANDREW HYRUM CHRISTENSEN. 

Andrew Hyrum Christensen, treasurer and director of the Utah Construction Com- 
pany of Salt Lake, was born in Gunnison, Utah, May 18, 1863, a son of Herman J. and 
Anna C. (Poulson) Christensen, ,both of whom were natives of Denmark. They came 
to America in 1853 and made the long overland trip by ox team to Utah, settling in San- 
pete county. They afterward .established their home in Manti and still later removed 
to Gunnison. The father was alternatively engaged for various periods in live stock 
raising and ranching and in mercantile pursuits at Manti and Gunnison, Utah. He 
passed away, at Manti in the year 1896. The mother is still living and now makes her 
home in Salt Lake City. They were the parents of seven children, three of whom have 
departed this life. Those surviving are: Andrew H.; David H., who at one time was 
superintendent of the city schools of Salt Lake and is mentioned elsewhere in this work; 
Mrs. N. H. Heisler, of American Fork, Utah; and Alice, of Salt Lake. 

In early life Andrew H. Christensen attended school in Manti, Utah, and afterward 
turned his attention to stock raising and farming. While a resident of the San Luis 
valley he worked on one of the first big irrigation ditches of that district and took up 
other contract work, eventually developing his interests into railroad contracting. His 
first work of that character was for the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad and he has since 
secured large contracts ,for the building of railroads throughout the intermountain 
country. Fifteen years or more ago he became financially interested in the Utah Con- 
struction Company, of which he has S|ince been the treasurer, superintendent and a di- 
rector. , In this connection he has operated extensively in building projects throughout 
the west and has advanced to a position of leadership in his chosen field of labor. He 
also has important live stock interests and is conducting business under the name of 
the Baggs Live Stock Company at Baggs, Wyoming. He is also the owner of a large 
ranch in, Colorado devoted to the raising and marketing of sheep and cattle. With this 
enterprise he has been connected for the past twenty-three years and as a live stock 
dealer as well as a contractor and constructor he has become widely known in the west. 
Mr. Christensen's success as a business man has been entirely the result of his own 
efforts. In his various business undertakings he has always displayed an exceptional 




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familiarity with every detail of the project. A remarkable memory, a good judge of 
men and ability to handle them have proven valuable faculties for Mr. Christensen. A 
close observer and of an analytical turn of mind he has acquired in the great school of 
experience a broad general information. It has often been said of him that his knowl'- 
edge of geological formations surpassed that of expert geologists and his judgment on 
questions of this nature is almost uncanny. His forcasts of underground formations 
have been remarkably accurate and of tremendous value to him in his line of business. 
Mr. Christensen has been a resident of Salt Lake since 1900, previous to which he had 
lived in Wyoming and Colorado from the time he left Manti in 1881. 

On December 2, 1903, Mr. Christensen was married to Miss Olive L. Derbridge. 
a native of Salt Lake City, and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Derbridge, residing 
ill the nineteenth ward of Salt Lake. Into the ideal home lite of Mr. Christensen there 
have been born two sons: Andrew Lee, born October 9, 1904, and Allen Derbridge, who 
was born May 30, 1907, both born in Salt Lake. 

In politics he is a repiiblican, but in local affairs he follows an independent course, 
Toting according to the dictates of his judgment without regard to party ties. Fra- 
ternally he is well known as a representative of the Masonic order and has attained the 
thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite. He exemplifies in his life the beneficent spirit 
of the craft, which is based upon a recognition of the brotherhood of mankind and the 
obligations thereby imposed. As a business man his record is most commendable. His 
ability and sterling business worth have won for him a high position in the world of 
commercial activity. His course proves what can be accomplished by ability, determina- 
tion and energy. 



EARL L. McCORMICK. 



Earl L. McCormick, manager and one of the directors of The J. F. Marshall Com- 
pany, dealers in dry goods and general merchandise at Payson, is actuated in his busi- 
ness career by a spirit of enterprise that enables him to overcome all obstacles and 
difficulties in his path and advance steadily toward the goal of success. He was born 
in Gallipolis, Ohio, January 2, 187S, a son of Charles H. and Emma (Halliday) Mc- 
Cormick. The father, also a native of the Buckeye state, was of Scotch-Irish descent 
although the family has long been founded in America, early representatives of the 
name residing in Rockridge county, Virginia. This branch of the McCormick family 
comes from the same ancestral stock as the McCormick Harvester people. In early 
manhood Charles H. McCormick followed agricultural pursuits and following the Civil 
war turned his attention to merchandising as well as farming in Gallipolis. During 
the period of hostilities between the north and the south he joined Company B of the 
Ninety-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry on the 1st of May, 1864, when but seventeen years 
of age, and afterward served with the One Hundred and Forty-fourth. He entered 
the army as a private and was serving as sergeant when mustered out of service at 
Camp Chase, Winchester, Virginia, August 14, 1865. Later he became a member of 
the Grand Army of the Republic, thus maintaining pleasant relations with his old 
military comrades. In politics he was ever an active champion of the republican party 
and a recognized leader in its ranks in Ohio. For two terms he was a member of 
the state legislature of that state and he also was a valued member of the Board of 
Education of Gallipolis. His relation with the Grand Army of the Republic was that 
of charter member of Cadet Post. He was also one of the foremost workers in behalf 
of the Farmers Institute in his county and he took a most helpful interest in every- 
thing pertaining to educational, political, civic and moral progress in Ohio. He was 
an earnest member of the Methodist church, very active in its work, and for a number 
of years served as president of the Epworth League. He had almost attained the age 
of seventy years when he passed away January 2, 1917, for his birth occurred April 
13, 1847. His wife was born at Gallipolis, Ohio, and is of Scotch lineage. She still 
occupies the old homestead in the Buckeye state, whereon she reared her family of 
six sons and a daughter, of whom Earl L. McCormick was the fourth child and third son. 

At the usual age Earl L. McCormick became a pupil in the public schools of his 
native city, passing through consecutive grades to his graduation from the high school. 



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after which he entered the Ohio State University and there completed his studies. His 
early life was spent upon a farm to the age of eighteen years and during that period 
he became familiar with all of the duties and labors incident to the development of 
the fields and the cultivation of the crops. After leaving college he entered the employ 
of the Bancroft-Sheldon Company, wholesale dry goods dealers of Columbus, Ohio, with 
whom he remained for four years as an employe in the house, while for three years he 
represented the company upon the road as a traveling salesman. He then established 
a retail dry goods store in Gallipolis, Ohio, and conducted business successfully there 
for eight years. At the end of that time he sold his interests and after one year 
devoted to farming he came to Utah, arriving in Salt Lake on the 1st of January, 
1914. Soon afterward he removed to Payson and took charge of the business of The 
J. F. Marshall Company, with which he has since been identified. Under his manage- 
ment the trade of the house has been greatly enlarged in scope and importance, the 
establishment being today the leading store of Payson. Since the fall of 1918 they 
have occupied the Mendenhall block, a new modem business building, and they have 
a store most attractive in its appointments and equipments. They carry an extensive 
line of dry goods and general merchandise and every effort is put forth to please 
the customers and promote the growth of the trade. The sound judgment and business 
ability of Mr. McCormick have continually been manifest in the growth of the under- 
taking. 

On the ISth of June, 1901, at Columbus, Ohio, Mr. McCormick was married to 
Miss Ruth Fuller, a native of the Buckeye state and a daughter of Thomas F. and 
Emily H. (Hedges) Puller, formerly of Urbana, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. McCormick have: 
three children: Thomas F., who was born at Gallipolis, Ohio, May 13, 1904; Alice M., 
likewise a native of that city, born January 4, 1907; and Jean, born at Payson, Jan- 
uary 3, 1917. 

At all times Mr. McCormick has been a most loyal supporter of America and her 
interests, especially throughout the period of the war, and he served on all the Liberty 
loan committees and also on the Victory loan committee. His political allegiance is 
given to the democratic party and he is now a member of the city council. He was 
a member of the school board in his home township. Fraternally he is identified with 
the Masonic lodge at Gallipolis, Ohio, having been made a Mason there in 1901. He 
belongs to the Methodist church and to the Payson Commercial Club and these different 
membership relations indicate the rules that govern his conduct and the nature of his 
interests. His has been an active, useful and honorable life, fraught with high pur- 
poses and crowned with successful achievement. 



THOMAS LOVELL MENDENHALL. 

Thomas Lovell Mendenhall. president of the Mendenhall Banking Company of 
Springville, was born October 29, 1S41, near Bloomington, Delaware. His birthplace 
was the farm of his father, William Mendenhall, who was also a native of Delaware 
and a descendant of one of the old families of that state of English lineage that was 
founded in America by two brothers, George and John Mendenhall, the latter being the 
direct ancestor of Thomas L. Mendenhall of this review. He was known in those days 
as "John, the emigrant" and with his brother came to America prior to the Revolu- 
tionary war, in which both took part, believing that the colonies should become inde- 
pendent of the mother country. 

William Mendenhall was reared, educated and married in Delaware and upon 
removal westward with his wife and two children went to Nauvoo, Illinois, where they 
arrived about 1846. They afterward made their way to Council Bluffs, Iowa, with the 
first Mormon contingent and in 1S52 crossed the plains to Utah, traveling direct to 
Springville, where William Mendenhall joined an elder brother, James Mendenhall, who 
had taken up his abode in Springville in 1850. There William Mendenhall and his 
brother resided until they were called to their final rest, the former reaching the 
notable old age of ninety-one years. He had followed farming and stock raising as a 
life work and was quite successful in the conduct of his business affairs. He was an 
ardent and enthusiastic supporter of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 




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and in 1876 served on a mission to Delaware. In politics he was a stanch republican 
and very active in support of the party, his opinions carrying considerable weight in 
its councils. William Mendenhall wedded Sarah Lovell, a native of England and a 
daughter of Richard and Frances (Sawdon) Lovell, who were early settlers of Utah. 
The mother died at the age of seventy-eight years, after rearing a family of four sons 
and four daughters that lived to maturity. Four of this number are still living, three 
sons and a daughter, of whom Thomas Lovell Mendenhall is the eldest. The others 
of the family were: Mary, the deceased wife of H. H. Karnes, of Gunnison, Utah; 
Richard, mentioned elsewhere in this work; John, who is a resident of Mapleton, Utah; 
Klizabeth and Sarah, both of whom have passed away; Hannah, the wife of Willis K. 
Johnson; and William, who is also deceased. 

Thomas L. Mendenhall was educated in the public schools of Springville and at 
the age of twenty-four years started out upon an independent business career as a 
freighter. He engaged in freighting for several years between Springville and points 
on the Missouri river, also to Helena, Montana, and to Sacramento, California, driving 
a six or eight-mule team. Prior to that he had been associated with his father in 
farming. In 1869 he went to the North Platte and also to points farther east and there 
followed railroad construction on the Union Pacific Railroad. Later, when his sons 
were old enough they became associated with him, and in railroad building and con- 
struction work the sons continued until about 1914. When Thomas Lovell Mendenhall 
retired from railroad contracting he turned his attention to farming and stock raising 
and in 1908 he established the Mendenhall Bank, of which he has since been the head. 
He is also a director and the president of the Deal Brothers & Mendenhall Mercantile 
Company, which is today the pioneer establishment of Springville and one of the 
leading stores of southern Utah. His business affairs have been carefully and wisely 
directed. He has readily discriminated between the essential and the nonessential in 
all that he has undertaken and has won success by thoroughness, system and reliability. 

On the 15th of May, 1864, in Springville, Mr. Mendenhall was married to Miss 
Mary Ellen Deal, a native of Quincy, Illinois, and a daughter of John W. and Eliza 
(Crandall) Deal, who were early residents of Quincy and representatives of old 
American families. They came to Springville in 1850. Mrs. Mendenhall, who was born 
In 1845, died in 1909 at the age of sixty-four years. She was the mother of ten chil- 
dren: Thomas Deal, who has passed away; Seymour; Guy W. ; John; Bayard; Berne 
Monroe; Mary; Arline; and two who died in infancy. 

In politics Mr. Mendenhall is a democrat and has been a very active party worker. 
He has served through two different administrations as a member of the city council, 
being connected with the first democratic council of the town. He belongs to the 
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the fourth ward of Springville. His has 
been an active and well spent life. He started out in the world a poor boy and through 
economy and hard work, combined with perseverance, has attained a substantial measure 
of success. During 1866 and 1867 he fought in the war with the Indians, doing active 
duty under Captain Jesse P. Steele. The Indians started upon the war path in Sanpete 
and later drifted to Springville and for two years were very hostile, driving out the 
cattle of the settlers and keeping the people in constant fear. With every phase of 
pioneer life Mr. Mendenhall is familiar, and his activities as a business man and 
citizen have established him high in public regard. 



ROBERT M. HOGGAN. 



A very progressive business spirit characterizes the activity of Robert M. Hoggan. 
a leading merchant tailor of Ogden, who has adopted a very expressive trade slogan: 
"Your tailor today, always your tailor." He is a native son of Ogden, where his birth 
occurred on the 11th of August, 1888, his parents being Robert M. and Elizabeth R. 
Hoggan. The father was born in Scotland and on leaving his native country came to 
the United States in October, 1877. He made his way to Manti, Utah, where he took 
up carpentering and building, and for a considerable period he was closely associated 
with building operations in Ogden. He passed away in the year 1915. 

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the public schools of Ogden until he had spent two years as a pupil in the high school. 
He made his initial step in the business world by entering the employ of the Wells 
Fargo Express Company, with which he remained for nine years. He then embarked 
in business on his own account by opening a merchant tailoring establishment at No. 
2477 Hudson street, of which he is sole proprietor. He now has a fine tailoring estab- 
lishment guaranteeing satisfaction and has been accorded a liberal patronage. He 
also does cleaning and pressing and by reason of his expert workmanship in those 
lines as well as by reason of the fine line of goods which he handles he has built up 
a trade of gratifying proportions. He makes no clothes in Ogden but carries a fine 
line of woolens and takes measurements at Ogden, having all of the clothing made 
in the east. He has built up a good business, among his patrons being the best dressers 
of Ogden. 

On the 1st of October, 1916, Mr. Hoggan was married to Miss Bessie Blair, a 
daughter of Isaac Blair, of Ogden, and they have two daughters, Dorothy Dean and 
Marjorie. Fraternally Mr. Hoggan is connected with the Elks Lodge, No. 719. He is 
a very enterprising young man, making good use of his time and opportunities, and 
in his business career he has extended his efforts. He not only enjoys a large local 
trade but also does a very substantial mail order business and his patronage is steadily 
Increasing as the excellence of the goods which he handles becomes known. 



ANDERS B. AND JENS M. VILLADSEN. 

Among the largest firms of contracting engineers and builders in the west is that of 
Villadsen Brothers, Inc., conducting an extensive business as engineers and contractors. 
They were the pioneer firm in introducing reinforced concrete building to take the 
place of steel construction and today some of the largest factories and business build- 
ings of the west have been so constructed and stand as monuments to the enterprise, 
the initiative and the progressive spirit of the firm. They had specialized in reinforced 
concrete construction for large buildings and plants and demonstrated the value 
of reinforced concrete over other kinds of building materials, both as to its value in 
wear and the cost of construction. Up to this time no reinforced concrete buildings were 
being erected in Utah and the neighboring states, and while there was an abundance 
of cement rock in Utah, it had never been utilized for this purpose before. The 
natural products of the state are now being used entirely by this firm of construction 
engineers and individual builders in the state at large are reaping the benefits of 
their work. They construct buildings, elevators and industrial plants, working prefer- 
ably from the plans prepared by the owner's architect or engineer, while their own 
engineering department usually attends to the detailing of reinforcement, forms, etc. 
They were builders of the foundry for the Garfield Smelting Company at Garfield, 
Utah, in which the span of the arches is seventy feet, with a height of forty-five feet. 
In the construction of this foundry the company was furnished an outline, showing 
required clearances and imposed loads from cranes and machinery, and all further 
designing, detailing and the execution of the work was left to them. The feasibility 
of concrete design is a problem in reinforcing steel. The economy of concrete con- 
struction is largely a problem of forms. Two striking features in the form construc- 
tion at the Garfield foundry accounted for its economical execution. The first is that 
each of the thirteen units of the building is a duplicate of its predecessor. This simpli- 
fied form design and permitted the reuse of the forms several times. The second 
important cost factor was the method of hoisting and handling the forms by means 
of a large traveling power derrick. The Villadsen Brothers also erected the Galigher 
Machinery Company's shop at Salt Lake City, the plant of the Goddard Company at 
Ogden, the coarse ore bin of the Federal Lead Company at Flat River, Missouri, and 
many others. They have built a number of the Social Hall Avenue garages and they 
have introduced many new ideas and features into such construction, maintaining 
beauty of line and form with durability, at the same time largely lessening the cost 
as compared with steel construction. They were the builders of the American Linen 
Supply laundry, wherein they had to meet the problem of heavy machinery; were 
the builders of the elevator and feed mill for the Utah Cereal Food Company at Ogden; 



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the Decker-Patrick building at Salt Lake; and also the Scoville building of Ogden. 
The Villadsen Brothers have seemed to reach the highest point of skill and experience 
in concrete construction. Starting out in the business with no financial backing of 
any amount, they have developed the business until they have become amongst the 
largest construction engineers in the west. They are now erecting under contract the 
largest apartment building in this section of the country for the Deseret Building 
Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is built entirely of 
reinforced concrete except for the outside facing, which is of brick construction, strictly 
fireproof. The company is a close corporation with Anders B. Villadsen as the president, 
H. B. Windsor as vice president and Jens M. Villadsen, secretary. 



JOSEPH E. CAVE. 



Joseph E. Cave, proprietor of the Depot Drug Store in Ogden was born in Jersey, 
England, November 29, 1875, a son of Joseph Cave, also a native of Jersey and a rep- 
resentative of one of the old families of that place. The father was a successful mer- 
chant of his native city and there resided throughout his entire life, passing away 
in 1881, however, when but twenty-six years of age. His wife, Mrs. Elizabeth (Burley) 
Cave, was a native of Guernsey, England, and on coming to America in 1882 made 
her way direct to Ogden, where she has since resided. She became the mother of three 
children, a son and two daughters: Alice, now the wife of Guy B. Nelson, a resident 
of Ogden; and Annie, the deceased wife of T. C. Carr. 

The only son, Joseph E. Cave of this review, was a lad of but seven years when 
brought by his mother to the new world. He acquired his education in the public 
and high schools of Ogden and when fourteen years of age started out to provide for 
his own support. He was first employed by his grandfather, Elias Cave, who was 
one of the early pioneers of this section of the state and was engaged in the bottling 
business in Ogden. Mr. Cave was associated with his grandfather for about five years 
and then took up the study of pharmacy in the establishment of his uncle, George F. 
Cave, at Twenty-third street and Washington avenue. After thorough preliminary 
training he passed the required state examination and received a license as a registered 
pharmacist. Later he was employed in leading pharmacies of Ogden until 1902, when he 
established his present business, conducted under the name of the Depot Drug Store. 
In this he has since continued actively and successfully. He began in a small way 
with a limited capital and a little stock of drugs but from the beginning the business 
has grown and developed until he is today owner of one of the leading drug stores 
of the city, carrying a large and carefully selected line of drugs and druggists' sundries, 
while a liberal patronage is accorded him. He belongs to the Utah Pharmaceutical 
Society and keeps in touch with every effort made to uphold the standards of the business 
and advance the interests of its representatives. 

Mr. Cave was married in Ogden to Miss Selma Ohlson, a native of Utah and a 
daughter of Gustave Ohlson. They now have one child. Marvel, who was born in 
Ogden and who is with his parents at No. 313 Twenty-third street. 

Mr. Cave is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and his political 
endorsement is given to the republican party. He keeps well informed on the questions 
and issues of the day and maintains a progressive stand in matters of citizenship 
but has never been an office seeker. In business he has made steady advancement as 
the result of his persistent effort and energy and is now one of the prosperous merchants 
of Ogden. 



GEORGE T. TERRY. 



George T. Terry has traveled far on life's journey having passed the eighty-first 
milestone. He is now living retired in Ogden but for many years was actively associated 
with the farming interests and agricultural development of this section of the state. 
He was born in Simgacucia county, Canada, March 6, 1838, a son of Timothy and 



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Elizabeth Ann (May) Terry, the former a native of Canada, while the latter was 
born in Ireland. In the year of his birth George Terry was taken by his parents 
to Illinois, the family home being established in Hancock county, where he was 
reared to farm life, early becoming familiar with the best methods of tilling the 
soil and caring for the crops. In 1862. when a young man of about twenty-four years, 
he enlisted at St. Louis as a member of Company G, Fifth Missouri Cavalry, and was 
on active duty in Missouri and Arkansas during the greater part of the Civil war, 
much of the time being engaged in fighting Quantrell's gang of guerrillas, being 
mustered out on the 13th of April, 1865, after three years' service in defense of the 
Union. He then returned to Hancock county, Illinois, where he took up the occupation 
of farming on his own account and was thus actively engaged until he came to Utah 
in 1899. With his removal to the west he settled at Clinton, Davis county, where he 
carried on farming for eight years. He then removed to Ogden and for a time engaged 
in the sale of sewing machines but is now living retired, enjoying a rest which he 
has truly earned and richly deserves. He still owns his ranch near Ogden, however, 
and from it derives a good annual rental. 

It was in 1865 that Mr. Terry was married to Miss Elizabeth Ann Allston, a 
daughter of John and Ann (Ellison) Allston. They have six children: Benjamin P.; 
Parshall P.; Paul Andrew; Alice Loretta, now the wife of Franklin Bideaux, a resident 
of Ogden; George W. and Elizabeth P., now the wife of J. J. Fife of Clinton, Utah. 

Mr. Terry is a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day 
Saints. In politics he maintains an independent course, voting for the candidate 
whom he deems best qualified for the position. He has membership with the Grand 
Army Post at Ogden and thus maintains pleasant relations with his old military 
comrades. In matters of citizenship he has ever been as true and loyal to his country 
as when he marched in defense of the nation's starry banner on the battlefields of the 
south. 



WILLIAM ROSS WALLACE. 



William Ross Wallace, a native son of Utah, was born in Salt Lake City, December 
10, 1865, the second child of his parents, Henry and Elen (Harper) Wallace. The father 
was a native of Somersetshire, England, while the mother was born in London. They 
were married in Salt Lake, to which city Henry Wallace came in October, 1862, having 
walked across the plains from St, Joseph, Missouri, with the Harmon Company. Wil- 
liam Ross Wallace was a student in the University of Utah, where he pursued his studies 
for two years. 

On March 7, 1890, Mr. Wallace was married to Annie McChrystal, a daughter of 
John and Sarah Ann (Hancock) McChrystal. To Mr. and Mrs. Wallace have been born 
four sons and a daughter. The latter, Helen, is deceased, while the sons are: John M., 
Henry A., William R. Jr., and Alexander C. 



DAVID A. OPENSHAW. 



Prominent among the energetic, enterprising and progressive business men of 
Provo is David A. Openshaw, the treasurer and manager of the Provo Meat & Packing 
Company, doing business at No. 5.3 North Academy street in Provo, Utah. He was born 
August 2, 1869, at Santaquin, Utah, and mention of his family is made in connection 
with the sketch of W. L. Openshaw on another page of this work. His early education 
was acquired in the public schools of his native city, while subsequently he attended 
Brigham Young Academy. He was fourteen years of age when he started out to 
provide for his own support and was first employed by his father in connection with 
the sawmill business. The business relation between them was maintained for about 
nine years, at the end of which time David A. Openshaw entered the office of the 
county collector and later he was connected with the county treasurer's office for a 
period of about seven years. At the end of that time he entered the First National 




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Bank of Provo in a clerical capacity and there remained for two years. In July, 1902, 
he became connected with the Provo Meat & Packing Company as a bookkeeper and in 
1915 he became a member of the firm and was made manager and treasurer of the 
company. In this dual capacity he has since served and has contributed in substantial 
measure to the growth and development of the business. The firm is one of the oldest 
in this section of the country and the volume of their trade is scarcely surpassed by that 
of any other house. Mr. Openshaw, with the thoroughness that characterizes all of 
his work, is bending every energy to the further development of the business and his 
industry, enterprise and sound judgment are potent factors in its growth. He is also 
vice president of the Merchants' Credit Rating Association and he is an active and 
helpful member of the Provo Commercial Club. 

On the 30th of January, 1894, in Salt Lake Temple, Mr. Openshaw was married 
to Miss Mary Wall, a native of Sanpete county, Utah, her birth having occurred in 
Spring City. She is a daughter of Frederick and Elizabeth (Robinson) Wall, who 
were pioneer settlers of Sanpete county. To Mr. and Mrs. Openshaw have been born 
four children. La Verne, who was born February 14, 1896, is now the wife of Hugh C. 
Brown, a resident of Provo, and they have one daughter, Marjorie. D. Lynn was born 
August 18, 1899. Rulon W. was born November 5, 1904, and Aura in 1908. 

During the recent great European war Mr. Openshaw was a ward committeeman 
on every drive and actively supported all war measures. He belongs to the Church 
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of the First ward and has been its treasurer. His 
political allegiance is given to the democratic party and he is deeply interested in all 
political and civic matters which have to do with the upbuilding, the welfare and 
progress of the community. He stands loyally for any cause which he believes of benefit 
to the city or commonwealth and in everything that he does or undertakes he is actuated 
by a most progressive spirit. 



CHARLES H. BARTON. 



Honored and respected by all, no man occupies a more enviable position in business 
and financial circles of Ogden than Charles H. Barton, the efficient cashier of the 
Ogden Savings Bank and the president of the Weber Club and the Ogden Publicity 
Bureau. With the thoroughness with which he has bent his efforts to the upbuild- 
ing of the bank he has undertaken the work of promoting the interests of his city, 
extending its trade relations and upholding its civic standards and in both fields his 
accomplishments are gratifying and notable. 

Mr. Barton is one of Utah's native sons. He was born in Kaysville, Davis county, 
November 12, 1871, and is a son of Joseph and Mary Ann (Allen) Barton, the former 
a native of St. Helens, England, and the latter a native of London, England. The 
father came to Utah in 1854 as a civil engineer and practiced his profession in this state 
for many years but is now living retired in Oregon. The mother died at the age of 
forty-one years. The family numbered six children, of whom five are yet living. 

After acquiring his education in the schools of Davis county Charles H. Barton 
entered upon his active business life in connection with mercantile interests in the 
employ of his father and uncle, with whom he remained between the ages of fourteen 
and eighteen years. He then removed to Ogden and was connected with the Utah 
Loaii & Trust Company for a period of eight years. He next became identified .with 
the First National Bank of Ogden as a bookkeeper and later was promoted to the 
position of head teller, thus serving until the 6th of February, 1907, when he left the 
First National to become the cashier and manager of the Ogden Savings Bank, in 
which connection he has since continued. He has contributed much to the growth of 
the institution and to the establishment of its business upon a most stable and progres- 
sive basis. The bank is capitalized for one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, now 
has a surplus of equal amount and undivided profits of ten thousand dollars, while 
its deposits reach one million, four hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The bank was 
established in 1889 and has enjoyed a successful existence. At the time Mr. Barton 
became connected with the institution it was capitalized for seventy-five thousand dollars 
and had no surplus, while its undivided profits amounted to thirteen thousand dollars 



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and its deposits to seven hundred thousand dollars. Within twelve years, owing in no 
small measure to the efforts of Mr. Barton, the business of the bank has doubled, its 
capital stock has also been doubled and its surplus has reached one hundred and fifty 
thousand dollars. 

On the 12th of June, 1894, Mr. Barton was married to Miss Millie Bonnemort, 
of Kaysville, Utah, and they have become the parents of three children: Harmon B., 
twenty-three years of age, who was an ensign in the United States navy, having served 
two years during the period of the war, and is now attending the University of 
Pennsylvania, where he was a student at the outbreak of the war; Mildred Mary, who 
attended high school and the State University and the University of Michigan; and 
Blanche Dorothy, who is a junior in the high school. 

Mr. Barton has taken a most active and helpful interest in war work, was chairman 
of the United War Work drive and head of the Armenian and Syrian Relief, He is a 
man of most benevolent spirit and gives largely to benevolent and philanthropic 
purposes, yet his gifts are entirely without ostentation. He belongs to the Ogden Golf 
and Country Club and to the Rotary Club and perhaps his most notable work outside of 
financial circles has been as president of the Weber Club and as president of the 
Publicity Bureau, in which latter connection he did notable work in securing the 
establishment of several valuable industrial and manufacturing enterprises in Ogden. 
It was through the efforts of this bureau that the Sperry Flour Company built its 
plant in Ogden, also the Globe Grain & Milling Company, both of which secured title 
to their sites through the efforts of the Publicity Bureau. This Publicity Bureau with 
Mr. Barton at its head has also been the earnest champion of good roads and secured 
the improvement of many miles of public highways. One who knows Charles H. 
Barton well spoke of him, in the parlance of the day, as "the livest wire in Ogden." 
He has been at the head of many splendid philanthropic and charitable movements 
and a magnetic personality well qualifies him for the position of leadership that has 
been accorded him. He has done much to shape public thought and action along the 
lines of progress and improvement and Ogden has every reason to regard him as one 
of her most valuable citizens. 



C. H. PLANT. 



C. H. Plant, identified with farming interests, his land adjoining Vernon, was 
born in Waukesha. Wisconsin, in 1861, a son of Charles M. and Sarah Jane (Wright) 
Plant, who were natives of England. In the year 1858 they came to America, settling 
first in New Jersey, afterward living for a brief period in New York and later be- 
coming residents of Wisconsin. Prom that state they removed to Utah, becoming 
residents of Salt Lake City in 1862. The father was a blacksmith by trade and thus 
provided for the support of his family, which numbered five children who reached adult 
age, while altogether he had nineteen children. Of those still living C. H. is the 
eldest. The others are Tacy T., Fannie E. and Katy R. William A., who also reached 
adult age, was killed by the kick of a horse when twenty-one years of age. 

C. H. Plant supplemented his early educational opportunities by a two years' 
course in the University of Utah, being a member of one of its early classes. He 
then took up the work of cow punching and was thus employed until 1891 in Idaho, 
Wyoming and Nevada. 

In 1889 Mr. Plant was married to Miss Anna M. Frederickson, who was born 
in Denmark but was reared in Salt Lake City and in Park City, Utah. They have 
become the parents of two children, Anna May and Clarence M. The daughter is now 
attending the Salt Lake Business College and th^son is a second year high school 
pupil. 

Mr. Plant was married in Idaho and from that state removed to Aylville. Missouri, 
where he resided for a year. He next went to Hermosa. New Mexico, where he spent 
two years, and on the expiration of that period became a resident of Salt Lake, where 
he was employed by the Utah Hide & Live Stock Company for twenty-one years, acting 
as buyer and representing the firm on the road. He was afterward upon the road for 
four years as representative of Bissenger & Company and next took up his abode upon 



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the farm whereon he now resides. His place comprises six hundred acres of land, 
thirty acres of which is irrigated, and he has also secured a homestead claim of three 
hundred and twenty acres. He is devoting his time and energies to the further 
development and improvement of his farm with good results. His place is the old home 
of John C. Sharp, one of the capitalists of Salt Lake City, and it was upon this farm 
that Mr. Sharp gained his start in the business world. He erected a large brick 
residence in 1888 that is now occupied by Mr. Plant and is one of the fine homes of 
this section of the state. The farm is in excellent condition and Mr. Plant is devoting 
his attention also to the development of a property of three hundred and twenty acres 
which adjoins the farm that is in his wife's name. 

Fraternally Mr. Plant is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 
also with the Illinois Commercial Men's Association and the Woodmen of the World. 
His political allegiance is given to the democratic party and while upon the road he 
was an active worker in its ranks. While he keeps well informed on the questions 
and issues of the day, he is now concentrating his efforts upon the further development 
of his farming property. 



GEORGE FRANCIS McGONAGLE. 

George Francis McGonagle, state engineer of Utah and making an excellent record 
through capability and fidelity, was born in Winnemucca, Nevada, June 27, 1876. His 
father, Joseph B. McGonagle, was born in New York city in 1828 and was one of the 
Argonauts of 1849 who went to California in search of the golden fleece. He made 
the trip around the Horn and remained upon the coast for a long period. In 1861 
he volunteered for service in the Civil war, joining Company A, of the First Regiment 
of California Volunteer Infantry. He was mustered out in April, 1866, having seen a 
year's service against the Indians in Arizona and New Mexico after the surrender 
of General Lee. He passed away on the 30th of November, 1915, in Salt Lake, and is 
still survived by his widow, who bore the maiden name of Mary E. Owens. 

George F. McGonagle was reared to the age of fifteen in Nevada and attended 
the public schools of that state. He then started out in the business world, securing 
a position as chainman with a surveying party, and has steadily advanced along the 
line of his chosen occupation until he has become state engineer. He has thoroughly 
mastered every phase of engineering and the work that has come to him in the dis- 
charge of various duties. In 1910 he was appointed city engineer of Salt Lake City, 
filling the office until 1912. His splendid work in that connection constituted a recom- 
mendation for the office which he is now filling. 

On the 27th of January, 1904, in Ogden, Utah, Mr. McGonagle was married to 
Miss Edith Frances Tavey, a daughter of Henry C. Tavey, and they have one child, 
Verna Frances. Mr. McGonagle is identified with the Masonic fraternity and also with 
the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and is a faithful follower of both organiza- 
tions. Those who know him, and he has a wide acquaintance, esteem him highly as a 
man of genuine worth, standing as a high type of American manhood and citizenship. 



GEORGE HUSS. 



George Huss is actively connected with the industrial interests of Ogden, his native 
city. He was born August 6, 1871, a son of Anselm and Josephine (Bune) Huss. the 
former a native of Frankfort, Germany, while the latter was born in Holland. The 
father was but five years of age when brought to the new world, the family home being 
established in St. Louis, while at a later date he engaged in farming in Illinois. He 
also followed the blacksmith's trade and after residing for a time in the Mississippi 
valley he removed from St. Louis to Montana and eventually to Utah, settling in Salt 
Lake in 1868, while in 1869 he became a resident of Ogden. In the latter city his 
death occurred in the year 1892. The mother long survived, passing away in 1910. 

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tional privileges wtiich he enjoyed. He passed tlirough consecutive grades in the 
Central school and became a high school pupil. After his textbooks were put aside he 
established business on his own account in 1896 and throughout the intervening period, 
covering twenty-three years, has remained at the same location. He is actively engaged 
in the building of wagon and automobile bodies and also does repairing and spring 
work. He has built up a business of very substantial proportions, due to the excellence 
of his workmanship and his honorable dealings. His location is at Nos. 2341-3 Hudson 
avenue. 

In 1893 Mr. Huss was united in marriage to Miss Kate Jost, of Ogden, a daughter 
of Samuel Jost who was one of the early residents of this section of the state. They 
have become the parents of six children: Myrtle twenty-two years of age; Clifford, who 
is serving with the Signal Corps of the United States army; Albert, a high school 
pupil; Louise, also attending high school; Kathryn who is a pupil in the Central 
school; and Phyllis, attending the Dee school. 

Fraternally Mr. Huss is connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks 
as a member of Ogden Lodge, No. 719. He also has membership with the Woodmen of 
the World, with the Modern Woodmen of America and the Loyal Order of Moose. That 
he is appreciative of the social amenities of life is indicated in his membership in the 
Weber Club. All who know him, and he has a wide acquaintance, entertain for him 
warm regard and he is justly accounted one of the representative residents of Ogden. 



HON. DANIEL O. LARSON. 



Hon. Daniel 0. Larson, state treasurer of Utah and one of the best known of the 
state's younger men in public life, was born of pioneer parents at Moroni, Utah, on 
the 8th of June 1880, a son of John N. and Elsie (Anderson) Larson. The father was 
a native of Sweden, born in 1828, and in 1855 came to the United States, making his 
way to Utah in 1857. He was married in St. Louis, Missouri, earlier in that decade to 
Elsie Anderson and they cast in their lot with the pioneer settlers of this state. The 
father served against the Indians in Utah at the end of the Civil war. He had pre- 
viously had several years' military experience as a member of the army of Sweden. 
To Mr. and Mrs. Larson were born sixteen children, six sons and ten daughters, of 
whom six are yet living: Daniel 0., who was the youngest son that lived to his ma- 
jority; and five of his sisters. The father passed away in 1898. 

Daniel O. Larson attended the public schools of Moroni and the Brigham Young 
University at Prove, Utah, while later he matriculated in the University of Utah. After 
his textbooks were put aside he went on a mission for the church In 1903 to Missouri, 
Kansas and Iowa, and upon his return he entered the Bank of Moroni as assistant 
cashier. Later he was made cashier and filled that position for a period of nine years 
but resigned in 1916 to become state treasurer. He still remains a director of the Bank 
of Moroni, a director of the Moab State Bank at Moab, Utah, of which he is also vice 
president, and a director and vice president of the First National Bank of Monticello, 
Utah. 

Mr, Larson served as a committee chairman in a number of the Liberty Loan and 
Red Cross campaigns. He also was a member of the organization of Four Minute 
Men and has taken a most active part in upholding and promoting the interests of the 
government during the crisis through which the country has just passed. 

On the 12th of June, 1907, at Manti, Utah, Mr. Larson was united in marriage to 
Miss Zillah Faux, of Moroni, her father being Nathan Faux, a native of England, while 
her mother was Dorthea Rundquist. Mr. and Mrs. Larson have five children as follows: 
Wendell D., whose birth occurred on the 20th of March, 1908, at Moroni, Utah; Dorothy 
La Rue, born at Moroni; Jay Elliott, who was born at Moroni, August 29. 1910; Clarice, 
born at Moroni; and Elsa Maurine, born at Salt Lake City. The religious faith of the 
family is that of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Mr. Larson has 
never been actively interested in clubs or social organizations and his military service 
covers connection with the Utah State Guard. In politics he was republican in his 
party affiliations until 1912, when he united with the progressive party. He was first 
called to public office when he served as justice of the peace, and later, as city treasurer 




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of Moroni. Twice he filled the office of mayor of that city as the choice of the pro- 
gressive party. He was elected to his present position in 1916 as a fusion candidate 
of the democrats and progi'cssives. 

One who knows him well speaks of him as possessed of initiative, courage and 
fortitude, a man who hy his own effort has laid the foundation of financial success 
and in addition has acquired a liberal education. While he finished the work of the 
public schools as it was given in his youth, this would not compare in breadth with the 
present day curriculum. He is, nevertheless, possessed of learning equal to that of many 
men holding college degrees. He has cultivated, by methods similar to those employed 
by Addison and Franklin, a vocabulary and mode of expression which are at once 
forceful and effective. He has studied chiefly along the lines of sociology, history, 
political science, law and finance. In his thinking he is progressive, open to new 
thought and willing to shape his conduct to conform with advanced principles. He is 
in no sense, however, unstable and he defends his adopted principles warmly and con- 
sistently. The characteristics and accomplishments briefly outlined herein won for 
him the state treasurership. Without seeking on his part, the office came to him. Al- 
though not widely known throughout the state at the time of his nomination, his 
friends recognized his calibre and worked for him accordingly and he has discharged 
his duties with conspicuous good judgment. He has provided ample protection for the 
funds of the state and has conducted the affairs of his office in accordance with the 
strict rules of business and flnance. Socially he is a sincere believer in the home circle, 
where he spends most of his lesiure time with his wife and children and friends. Being 
a young man, Mr. Larson has only begun his career, and having so successfully laid 
the foundation for achievement, nothing short of steady progress along this line will be 
expected of him. 



JAMES P. DINNEEN, D. D. S. 

Dentistry may be said to be unique among the professions in that it requires 
ability of a threefold order. One must not only possess a comprehensive knowledge of 
the science but also must possess marked mechanical skill and ingenuity, combined 
with the qualities for successful management, that a fair remuneration may be secured. 
Well qualified in all these particulars. Dr. James P. Dinneen is now enjoying a large 
and well deserved practice in Ogden, where he has made his home since 1911. He 
was born in Yankton, South Dakota, June 16, 1884, a son of Daniel and Frances (Gill) 
Dinneen. The father was born in Wales and is still living, making his home at Irene, 
South Dakota. He has always followed the occupation of farming as a life work, thus 
providing for the support of his family. He married Frances Gill, a native of Wisconsin, 
and she, too, survives. 

Dr. James P. Dinneen, spending his youthful days under the parental roof, became 
a pupil in the public schols of his native city and passed through consecutive grades 
to the high school of Yankton, from which he was graduated as a member of the class of 
1904. Determining to devote his life to a professional career and at length deciding 
upon dentistry as the calling to which he wished to give his energies, he entered the 
Creighton University at Omaha, Nebraska, and pursued the dental course, being num- 
bered among the alumni of 1909. It was in 1911 that he removed to Ogden, where he has 
since continued in practice, having his offices now at No. 2465 Washington avenue. 
Through the years of his residence here, covering almost a decade, he has made steady 
progress as his skill and ability have become recognized. He has a well equipped and 
appointed office, utilizing all the latest dental appliances and scientific methods, and his 
work has been highly satisfactory. 

In 1915 Dr. Dinneen was married to Miss Edna Hamilton, of Evanston. Wyoming, 
and in the social circles of Ogden they occupy an enviable position and have gained 
many warm friends. Dr. Dinneen has membership in St. Joseph's Catholic church and 
is also identified with the Knights of Columbus. He is likewise a member of the 
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, being connected with lodge No. 719. Along 
strictly professional lines he is connected with the Ogden Dental Society, the Weber 
County Dental Society and the Utah Dental Association and through the proceedings 



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of these bodies he keeps in close touch with the most advanced professional thought, 
his practice being the exposition of all modern and scientific ideas that have to do 
with the care of the teeth. He is faithful and conscientious in his professional -work 
and his salient qualities have gained for him the high regard of all who know him. 



ADELBERT G. THORN 



Adelhe^t G. Thorn, who is engaged in the meat business at Springville. was born 
in Maplet' ., Utah. September 21, 1883, a son of Richard H. and Martha Eleanor 
(Hall) Thorn. The father was born in Pottawattamie county, Iowa, and in 1856 came 
to Utah with his parents, Richard and Harriet (Glines) Thorn. The family home was 
established upon a farm in this state. Richard H. Thorn, however, engaged in teaching 
school and also turned his attention to railway construction work. For four years 
he served as postmaster of Springville and he was also an active and valued member of 
the city council, while for a time he served as justice of the peace, his decisions being at 
all times strictly fair and impartial. An earnest and active worker in the church, he 
served as high priest and member of the Seventy and his death occurred In 1898. His 
wife still survives and is living in Springville. They had twelve children, of whom 
ten are yet living. 

Adelbert G. Thorn acquired a public school education In Springville and after 
starting out upon his business career was employed as bookkeeper by a railway con- 
tractor for a period of twelve years. He afterward became connected with the grocery 
trade at Scofield, Utah, where he remained for three years, and later engaged in 
business at Provo. Subsequently he was with the Stores Mercantile Company for 
eight months and in July. 1916, he established his present business at Springville, 
opening a meat market, which he has since successfully conducted. He now enjoys 
a liberal patronage and has a splendidly equipped store with an excellent refrigerating 
plant and all modern accessories. In this business he is senior partner in the firm 
of Thorn & Payne. Their store is located on Main street in Springville. They have 
extended the scope of their business to include groceries and carry an extensive stock 
of fine groceries and meats. 

In 1905 Mr. Thorn was united in marriage to Miss Maude L. Barnett, of Springville, 
a daughter of L. Scott Barnett, and they have four children: Howard Adelbert, thirteen 
years of age, now in school; Leonora, seven years of age, also in school; and Scott Lee 
and Norman R., twins. 

Mr. Thorn is active in the work of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 
and was elected the first counselor to President Levi Phillips of the Fourth Ward. He 
also belongs to the Mutual Improvement Association. He is a progressive business 
man, a highly respected citizen and well deserves mention among the representative 
residents of Springville. 



PATRICK HEALY. 



Patrick Healy, who long figured prominently in financial and business circles of 
Ogden, contributing in substantial measure to the growth and progress of the city, was 
born in County Kerry. Ireland, February 17, 1847, and remained a resident of that coun- 
try until he reached the age of fifteen years, when in October, 1862, he crossed the Atlan- 
tic to the new world, landing at New York city. He became a resident of Utah in 1868 
and on the trip walked from Green River, Wyoming, to his destination. During the 
same year he and a companion secured horses and traveled from Salt Lake City to Wads- 
worth, Nevada, where he obtained employment with the Southern Pacific Railroad Com- 
pany, and on the 10th of May, 1869, he was one of those who witnessed the driving of 
the golden spike that united the Southern Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads, thus mak- 
ing a continuous transcontinental line. 

For an extended period Mr. Healy was employed as a railroad engineer on the South- 
ern Pacific and held an honorary life membership in the Brotherhood of Locomotiye 




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UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD 239 

Engineers. After retiring from tlie field of railroad work he turned his attention to the 
live stock business, In which he was associated with Adam Patterson, his brother-in- 
law. His activities in that field were crowned with a very substantial measure of suc- 
cess and ultimately he turned over important business interests of that character to his 
sons. In the meantime Mr. Healy had become a prominent figure in financial circles 
in Ogden, having in the '80s purchased stock in the Commercial National Bank. For 
many years he aided in shaping its policy and directing its interests, being president 
of the bank for an extended period and to the time of his death. His sound judgment 
was widely recognized and his unfaltering enterprise caused his cooperation to be sought 
along many lines. He had large holdings in the sugar interests of the state and he was 
connected with the Murphy Wholesale Grocery Company of Ogden. He was also the 
builder of the Healy Hotel in 1901 and today that fine hostelry stands as a monument 
to his memory and his progressive spirit. In the later years of his life he withdrew 
more and more largely from active connection with business affairs, having in the mean- 
time won a measure of success that placed him among the capitalists of Ogden. 

In February, 1876, Mr. Healy was united in marriage to Mary A. Patterson and they 
became the parents of two sons and a daughter: Patrick Healy, Jr., who is now the presi- 
dent of the Commercial National Bank of Ogden; Alexander, who is living in Buffalo, 
Wyoming; and Mrs. Nellie Lynch, of Ogden. 

In September, 1917, because of failing health Mr. Healy went to California, spend- 
ing the winter in and near Los Angeles, but was not improved by the trip and in Feb>- 
ruary, 1918, returned to his home, where he passed away on the 24th of May, 1918, when 
seventy-one years of age. While he started out in the business world in a humble ca- 
pacity, he gradually worked his way upward, wisely utilizing his time, his talents and 
his opportunities, and progressing step by step. He was a man of resolute purpose and 
determination and carried forward to successful completion whatever he undertook. 
Each change in his business connections marked a forward step and as the years passed 
his interests became of a most extensive and important character, being of a nature that 
contributed to the material welfare of the city as well as to his individual fortunes. 



THOMAS R. O'CONNOLLY. 



Steady progress along professional lines has brought Thomas R. O'Connolly to a 
position in the front rank of the legal profession at Ogden, where he is now success- 
fully practicing. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, March 13, 1867, a son of the late 
Andrew O'Connolly, who was also a native of the Emerald isle and was a civil engineer. 
He lived and died in Dublin, passing away in 18S4 at the age of eighty-three years. 
His wife, who bore the maiden name of Sarah McDowell, was of Scotch descent and her 
death occurred in Dublin several months after the demise of her husband, when she 
was sixty-five years of age. They were the parents of seven children, five sons and 
two daughters. 

The youngest of the family is Thomas R. O'Connolly of this review, who acquired 
his early education in the common schools of Dublin and afterward attended the 
Dublin University. In 1883, when a youth of sixteen years, he came to the new world, 
taking up his abode near Evansville, Indiana, where he remained for several years 
with an uncle, William McDowell, who was one of the pioneer settlers of Vanderburg 
county, Indiana. In 1885 Mr. O'Connolly removed to North Platte, Nebraska, and was 
there engaged in commercial pursuits. While residing in that city he took up the 
study of law in the office of Nesbit & Grimes, 'a well known firm of North Platte, and 
after thorough preliminary reading was admitted to the bar in 1890. He afterward 
removed to Ogden, where he entered upon the general practice of law, in which he has 
since continued, meeting with excellent success. He has always been most thorough in 
the preparation of his cases, is clear and cogent in his reasoning and sound in his 
deductions, while his arguments are characterized by terse and decisive logic. These 
qualities have gained for him success in the trial of cases before the court and he 
is also regarded as a safe counselor. He belongs to the Weber County and the Utah 
State Bar Associations. 

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to Miss Louise Spurgeon, a native of Columbus, Indiana, and a daughter of the late 
William Spurgeon. The religious faith of Mr. and Mrs. O'ConnoUy is that of the 
Episcopal church, and fraternally he is identified with the Woodmen of the World. He 
also belongs to the Weber Club and his political endorsement is given to the republican 
party. His career has been marked by steady advancement from the time when he 
started out to provide for his own support. Wisely utilizing the talents with which 
nature endowed him, he is today regarded as a well read lawyer, seldom if ever at 
fault in the application of a legal principle, and his clientage is now large and important. 
He makes his home in the Plaza apartment of Ogden during the winter season, while 
the summer is spent at an attractive home in the canyon. 



ALBERT FREDERICK DIXON. 

Albert Frederick Dixon is displaying excellent executive ability and keen business 
discernment in the successful conduct of the Taylor store at Spanish Fork. He was 
born in Provo Utah, March 31, 1876, a son of Henry A. Dixon, mentioned elsewhere 
in this work in connection with the history of his son, John Dixon. 

In the public schools of Provo Albert F. Dixon began his education and when he 
had mastered the branches of learning therein taught he became a student in the 
Brigham Young Academy. He afterward turned his attention to railway interests in 
connection with the Oregon Short Line, becoming a brakeman. He thus served from 
1897 until 1902, when he turned his attention to commercial pursuits and entered 
the employ of the Taylor Brothers Company, with which he has since remained, save 
for a year and a half, during which he was engaged in the real estate business in 
partnership with Le Roy Dixon. From 1914 until 1916 he was with the musical de- 
partment of the Taylor Brothers Company and is now manager of the branch house of 
that company at Spanish Fork, which branch was established in 1916 and has since 
been capably and profitably conducted by Mr. Dixon, who is an alert and progressive 
business man and is meeting with merited success in his undertakings. 

In 1910 Mr. Dixon was married to Miss Sena Rasmusson, who was born in Ephraim, 
Sanpete county, Utah, a daughter of Mads and Sena M. Rasmusson. Mr. and Mrs. 
Dixon have three children. Harry, Mildred and Norma, aged respectively eight, six 
and one year. Mr. Dixon is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day 
Saints and from 1902 until 1905 was on a mission to England, having his headquarters 
at Hull, Yorkshire. He has also served as elder in the church. His political endorse- 
ment is given to the republican party and while not an office seeker he is interested 
in the vital questions and problems of the day. He belongs to the Spanish Fork Com- 
mercial Club and is interested in all that has to do with the upbuilding of the city, 
with the extension of its trade relations and with the upholding of its civic standards. 
He is actuated in all that he does by a spirit of progressiveness and he well deserves 
classification among the enterprising young business men of Spanish Fork. 



L. EMIL NELSON. 



Among those men who are successfully conducting ranching interests at Hunts- 
ville is numbered L. Emil Nelson, who is a native of this place, born on the 11th of 
September, 1873. He is a son of L. M. affd Mary P. Nelson, both of whom were natives 
of Sweden. The father came to Utah about 1865 and later established his home in 
Huntsville. In 1868 he worked on the Union Pacific Railroad and later devoted his 
attention to merchandising and also to farming and stock raising. His business affairs 
were successfully managed owing to his close application and unremitting industry and 
his value as a citizen is indicated in the fact that he was chosen the first mayor of 
Huntsville, entering upon the duties of that position on the 16th of October, 1903. He 
was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in which he acted 
as chorister. It was in Utah that he was married and his death occurred October 
22, 1914. For a little more than a year he had survived his wife, who died June 9, 1913. 



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L. Emil' Nelson acquired his early education in tlie schools of Huntsville and was 
reared to the occupation of farming, early becoming familiar with the work of the 
fields 'as he assisted his father in the further development and improvement of the 
old homestead. He has always carried on agricultural pursuits and always made his 
home at Huntsville. He has worked diligently and persistently as the years passed 
and the substantial traits he has shown in the conduct of his business affairs have 
brought to him a fair measure of prosperity. 

In 1900 Mr. Nelson was married to Miss Bertha Blackert. a daughter of George 
and Mary Blackert, who were natives of Germany but came to Utah in 1886, estab- 
lishing their home in Logan. To Mr. and Mrs. Nelson have been born five children, 
namely: Ethel Violet, Sylvia M., Quentin B., Dorothy Loneta and L. Magnus, aged 
respectively seventeen, fourteen, twelve, seven and four years. 

Mr. Nelson has ever been an Interested witness of the growth and progress of the 
district in which he lives, for here he has spent his entire life. 



WILLIAM A. HINES. 



William A. Hines, a partner in the Arrowhead Motor Company of Provo, his as- 
sociate in the undertaking being Leonard B. Cluff, established the business in February, 
1918. At that time D. H. Madsen, now of Salt Lake City, was also associated with 
them. They became exclusive sales agents at Provo for the Paige motor car and dealers 
in automobile supplies and accessories. They also conduct a complete machine and 
repair shop and handle all parts, having the only establishment of the kind in southern 
Utah. They employ on an average of twelve skilled workmen and the plant is one 
hundred and sixty by one hundred and twenty-five feet. They also have an addition 
of thirty-five by one hundred and sixty feet, or about nine thousand square feet in 
all. The business has been developed along substantial lines and the success of the 
undertaking is assured owing to the progressive methods and enterprise of the men 
at the head. 

Mr. Hines is a native of New York City. He was born August 20, 1887, a son of 
W. J. Hines, who was also born in New York City and belonged to one of the old 
families of the Empire state of Irish lineage. He became a prominent contractor there 
and at the time of his death was also a member of the state legislature, representing 
New York City in the general assembly. He took a deep and helpful interest in political 
and civic matters and did everything in his power to promote public progress and 
advance the civic ideals of municipality and commonwealth. He was likewise a leading 
factor in building circles and his activity In these directions made him widely known. 
In early manhood he wedded Mary E. Wynn, also a native of New York City and of 
Irish lineage. Her people had likewise become early residents of the eastern metropolis. 
Mrs. Hines is still living and yet makes her home in New York. By her marriage she 
became the mother of four children, two sons and two daughters. 

William A. Hines, who was the second in order of birth, acquired a public school 
education in New York, mastering the branches of learning taught in successive grades 
until he was advanced to the high school. He was sixteen years of age when he started 
out to earn his own living and accepted a position in the engineering department of 
the Pennsylvania Railroad. He continued with that corporation for two years and 
then took up the study of the automobile business in connection with the mechanical 
department as well as with the business end. After spending four years in various 
cities, including New York, Chicago and St. Louis, he came to the west, settling first 
at Denver, Colorado. He was afterward located at Colorado Springs and later at Canon 
City. In 1913 he established his first independent business venture in Canon City, 
where he was interested in the Fremont Automobile Company, conducting business 
successfully at that place for two years. He then sold out and removed to Salt Lake 
City, where he had charge of the interests of the Utah-Idaho Motor Company in the 
sale of the Premier car. He was with that corporation for two years and next came 
to Provo, where he established business on his own account, joining D. H. Madsen 
and Leonard B. Cluff in this undertaking. They organized the Arrowhead Motor Com- 
pany and today in point of size their business is the largest In southern Utah and 

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their plant the best equipped. Their patronage has reached most extensive proportions 
and their success is most gratifying. 

In Portland. Oregon, on the' 18th of November, 1913, Mr. Hines was married to 
Miss Nellie Ferguson, a native of Chicago, Illinois, and a daughter of Hugh and Mary 
Ferguson who were natives of Scotland and on crossing the Atlantic took up their 
abode In Ontario, Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Hines have a daughter, Mary, who was born 
March 14, 1917, and is the life and light of the household. The family residence is 
at No. 187 North Second street. East. 

In politics Mr. Hines maintains an independent course. He belongs to the Provo 
Commercial Club and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He is a member of 
the Roman Catholic church. He started out in his business career without financial 
aid and his success has been due to his own efforts and perseverance. He is more 
than satisfied with Utah, having firm belief in the future of the state and in Provo 
in particular. His diversions are hunting, fishing, baseball and various forms of out- 
door life and when leisure permits he greatly enjoys spending a period in the open, 
but he allows nothing to interfere with his business affairs and has ever been recog- 
nized as a man of marked industry and determination. During his connection with 
the Utah-Idaho Motor Company he entered a nation-wide contest in the selling of the 
Premier cars at retail and finished second in a contest of four hundred and seventy-five 
participants throughout the United States. In the finish he was^only excelled in the 
total sale by one car and for the service rendered he received a cash prize of five 
hundred and seventy dollars and a trip to and from Indianapolis with all expenses 
paid — a merited recognition of his capability and fidelity. 



MAHLON E. WILSON. 



Mahlon E. Wilson, one of the representative members of the legal fraternity in Salt 
Lake City, is a Buckeye by birth, but since 1901 has successfully practiced his profes- 
sion in this city. He was born November 13, 1874, in Plymouth. Richland county, Ohio, 
a son of Robert and Mary H. (Moss) Wilson. He comes from one of the excellent old 
families in that section of the Buckeye state. His paternal grandfather, Robert Wil- 
son, was a native of Gloversville, New York, in which state he married Betsey Barney 
and in the early '30s moved west to Ohio. He was one of the old-time lawyers and a 
man who wielded a strong infiuence in his community. He was the third mayor of 
Plymouth, Ohio, where he passed his remaining days. Robert Wilson, the father of 
Mahlon E., was born in Plymouth, Ohio. When a young man he enlisted for service in 
the Civil war as a member of the First Independent Ohio Battery and served through- 
out that struggle, from 1862 to 1865. During his service he underwent exposure by 
freezing his limbs in the Potomac river, as a result of which his activities in after life 
were materially curtailed. However, he was identified with mercantile pursuits and 
was a well known business man. His death occurred at Plymouth, Ohio, August 11, 
1888, when he was survived by a widow and three sons. The former, previous to her 
marriage, was Miss Mary H. Moss, a native of Plymouth. Ohio, and a daughter of Ross 
and Sophia (Miller) Moss, who were also early settlers in that section of Ohio, the for- 
mer was from Virginia and the latter from Pennsylvania. Mrs. Robert Wilson is yet 
living, being now in her seventy-third year and making her home^n Plymouth, Ohio. 

Mahlon E. Wilson was reared in his native town, where he spent the first seven- 
teen years of his life. Circumstances had much to do with his early business training, 
which began when he was but thirteen years oldt As a boy he was a hustler and acted 
in capacities that required business ability not frequently found in one of his age. In 
1892 he made his first visit to the west, being at that time not yet eighteen years of age. 
He was anxious to see the country as well as to avail himself of the better opportuni' 
ties afforded a young man dependent on his own resources. At Green River. Wyoming, 
lie secured a position in the agent's office of the Union Pacific Railroad and for four 
years he was thus employed. He applied himself to his work and before long was re- 
garded as a most competent clerk in the freight department as well as a highly cap- 
able employe in the work that fell to him. In 1896 he returned to Ohio on a visit to 
his mother and at this time concluded to take up the study of law in the realization of 




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UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD 245 

an ambition that he had fostered for some time. He entered the University of Michi- 
gan at Ann Arbor, pursued his law course there until graduation with the class of 1899 
and was admitted to the bar of Ohio in the same year. Entering on the active prac- 
tice of his profession, he opened an office at Defiance, Ohio, and for two years was lo- 
cated there and at Hicksville, Ohio, or until he came to Salt Lake City in 1901. Dur- 
ing the intervening years Mr. Wilson has made steady progress in his profession, wherein 
he has ever adhered to the highest professional ethics, and colleagues and contempo- 
raries at the bar speak of him in terms of high respect. He enjoys a large and dis- 
tinctively representative clientage that connects him with much important litigation, 
wherein his devotion to the interests of his clients has become proverbial. 

On the 13th of November, 1904, Mr. Wilson was married at Seymour, Indiana, to 
Miss EfBe Hester Bollinger, of that city, a daughter of Conrad and Laura (Coombs) 
Bollinger. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson have a son, Robert Conrad, born October 12, 1907, in 
Salt Lake City. Mrs Wilson is a member of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Wilson 
belongs to the Alta Club and in politics has maintained an independent course, support- 
ing men and measures rather than party and never seeking office. His thought and 
attention concentrate upon his profession and it is as a member of the bar that he is 
best known to Salt Lake's citizens. 



GEORGE W. LAMBOURNE. 



George W. Lambourne, a prominent figure in mining circles among Salt Lake 
City's residents, is a native son of the city. He was born August 7, 1867, of the mar- 
riage of William and Martha (Wernham) Lambourne, who were natives of Berkshire, 
England. They came to Utah as pioneer settlers, crossing the plains in an early day in 
the colonization of this state. The father later engaged in business as a decorator 
with the Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution and both he and the mother passed 
away in Salt Lake. 

George W. Lambourne was their fifth child. He attended the public schools of 
his native city, after which he entered the drug business, and later turned his atten- 
tion to mining pursuits. In this connection he has made steady advancement and 
is today prominently identified with the development of the rich mineral resources of 
the state. He is the president of the Judge Mining & Smelting Company, the Daly 
West Mining Company and the Park-Utah Mining Company, all operating in the Park 
City district. These are lead, silver and zinc properties which are being carefully 
developed and the first two are regular shippers from the Park City district. Mr. 
Lambourne is also a director and the vice president of the National City Bank and 
of the State Bank of Park City. He is a man of sound judgment and keen discrimina- 
tion and his unfaltering enterprise brings him prominently to the front in mining 
circles. 

On the 25th of September, 1890, Mr. Lambourne was united in marriage to Miss 
Alicia Arnold, of Salt Lake, and they had a daughter, Ruby June, who married Stuart 
G. Taylor and passed away on the 1st of November, 1918, survived by three children, 
Margaret, Virginia and George Lambourne Taylor. 

Mr. Lambourne belongs to the Alta Club and is appreciative of the social amenities 
of life. He is highly esteemed as a man of genuine personal worth and of marked 
business ability and at all times he has manifested a public-spirited devotion to the 
general good, cooperating heartily with all well devised plans and measures for the 
upbuilding and development of city and state. 



ARTHUR E. STRATTON. 



Arthur E. Stratton, proprietor of the A. E. Stratton Auto Repair Works at No. 
2093 Washington avenue in Ogden, was born in Weber county June 13, 1895, a son 
of William Stratton, also a native of Weber county. His grandparents, who were of 
English birth, were pioneer settlers of Weber county and the grandfather there fol- 



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lowed the miller's trade being connected for many years with the Riverdale mill of 
Weber county. He was a member ot the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 
and took a very active and helpful interest in church matters. William Stratton, the 
father, was reared and educated in Weber county and is now a very successful and 
progressive grocery merchant of Riverdale. He, too, is a devout member of the church. 
He married Sarah Jane Firth, who was born in Weber county, a daughter of the late 
Arthur and Emily Firth, who were likewise among the first to settle in this section 
of the state, where they took an active and prominent part in church affairs and in 
the social life of Riverdale. Both the grandmothers of Arthur E. Stratton are living. 

Of a family of four children, two sons and two daughters, Arthur E. Stratton is 
the eldest. At the usual age he entered the public schools of Ogden and he completed 
his studies with a business course in the Smithsonian Business College of this city. 
When fifteen years of age he entered his father's grocery store and was associated 
with him in the conduct of the business until 1915, when, deciding that he wanted a 
change, he turned his attention to mechanical pursuits by entering the auto repairing 
establishment of Jost Brothers, who were then conducting their business in the same 
shop where Mr. Stratton is now located. He remained with Jost Brothers until May 
21, 1917. when he and his brother, William H. Stratton, now deceased, purchased the 
business, which they carried on under partnership relations as members of the firm 
of Stratton Brothers until the death of William H. Stratton on the 2d of November, 
191S. At that time Arthur E. Stratton purchased the interest of his brother's widow and 
has since conducted the business alone. He is assisted by three capable and efficient 
workmen and also takes an active part in the work of the shop. He has become expert 
in all departments and thoroughly knows the mechanism of automobile construction. 
He not only superintends but personally performs many of the delicate and intricate 
tasks connected with the remodeling or reconstruction of broken or necessary parts 
of motor cars. His efficiency, fair dealing and honest treatment of patrons has en- 
abled him to establish a large and constantly growing business that is now second to 
none of the kind in the city. 

In Ogden, on the 10th of March, 1915, Mr. Stratton was married to Miss Maggie 
Wadsworth, a native of Idaho and a daughter of Eli and Lucy (Priest) Wadsworth, 
■who have been residents of that state since an early period in its development. Mr. 
and Mrs. Stratton have one son, Wayne, who was born in 1916. The family reside 
at Riverdale and they are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 
Mr. Stratton gives his political endorsement to the republican party and is a firm 
believer in its principles. His success in life is the direct outcome of his ambition and 
his energy and he is today a well known figure in the business circles of Weber county. 



RT. REV. JOSEPH S. GLASS, C. M., D. D. 

Rt. Rev. Joseph S. Glass, who in 1915 was appointed Catholic bishop of the Salt 
Lake diocese, has here since continued his labors, contributing greatly to the benefit 
and upbuilding of the church. His careful organization of all lines of church work. 
and wise supervision of the various congregations under his direction have resulted 
in the advancement of the cause, showing a continuous growth in the church member- 
ship and a consequent increase in its power and influence. 

Bishop Glass is a native of Illinois. He was born in Bushnell, that state, March 
la. 1874, a son of Janies and Mary Edith (Kelly) Glass. He began his education in 
parochial schools of Sedalia, Missouri, and afterward became a student at St. 'Vincent's 
College, while subsequently he continued his studies in St. Mary's Apostolic College 
at Perryville, Missouri. Continuing his preparation for the priesthood, he entered the 
novitiate of the Congregation of the Mission and became a student at St. Mary's 
Seminary in Perry county, Missouri, in which institution he pursued a course in 
philosophy and theology. He was ordained a priest by Bishop George Montgomery in 
St. Vincent's church at Los Angeles. California, August 15, 1897. 

After completing his studies in the United States, Bishop Glass went abroad and 
■was a student of philosophy and theology in Rome. He attended the Pontifical 
University De Urbe, sometimes called The Minerva, and was graduated in 1899 with 




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the degree of Doctor ot Divinity. In June, 1901, he was appointed president of St. 
Vincent's College and became pastor of St. Vincent's church at Los Angeles, where he 
remained until his appointment to the bishopric of Salt Lake, where he became the 
successor of Bishop L. Scanlan, who had entered upon the work here on the 15th ot 
August, 1873, a few months before the birth of Bishop Glass. Father Scanlan was 
appointed the missionary rector of the largest parish in the United States and con- 
tinued at Salt Lake until his death in the spring of 1915, when Bishop Glass was 
appointed his successor. The latter is a man of marked oratorical ability, a fluent 
and convincing speaker, and his Christian zeal and indomitable spirit have been most 
resultant. 

Bishop Glass is a member of the administration committee of the National Catholic 
War Council, succeeding Archbishop Hayes of New York in that body. He is also a 
member of the committee on general Catholic interests and affairs, of which Cardinal 
Gibbons is chairman. 



SANFORD B. WILSON, Je. 



Sanford B. Wilson, Jr., manager of the Modern Pharmacy of Payson, was born 
at Spanish Fork, October 10, 1894, his parents being Sanford B. and Caroline (Collet) 
Wilson. The father is a native of Tennessee and is of Scotch-Irish lineage. He came 
to Utah during the latter '70s and first settled at Richfield but is now a resident of 
Payson, where for the past twenty years he has engaged in merchandising. He estab- 
lished the Modern Pharmacy in 1910 and has since been connected with tlie business, 
of which his son and namesake is now acting as manager. The mother was born 
in Utah, a daughter of Robert E. and Caroline (Pickle) Collet, the former now de- 
ceased. He was the first pharmacist in Utah, also taught school in pioneer times and 
took an active part in promoting theatricals. His daughter, Mrs. Sanford B. Wilson, 
Sr., is still living and by her marriage she became the mother of two sons and four 
daughters. 

Of this family Sanford B. Wilson, Jr., was the fifth child. Educated in the schools 
of Payson, he pursued his studies to the age of sixteen years and then started out to 
provide for his own support by entering business life. He has always been associated 
with his father, whom he is now representing as manager of the Modern Pharmacy 
of Payson. His experience has ever been in connection with the drug trade and he 
passed the required examination whicli permits him to practice as a registered pharma- 
cist in 1916, thus winning the Ph. G. degree. 

Mr. Wilson entered the United States service on the 2d of September, 1917, as a 
member ot the Hospital Corps at Fort Douglas and was also stationed at Fort Riley 
and at Vancouver, Washington, being thus engaged until honorably discharged on 
the 7th of February, 1919. His political endorsement is given to the republican party 
and the nature of his interests is further indicated in the fact that he is a member of 
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and also of the Payson Commercial Club. He 
has always made his home in Payson, where he is widely known, and his substantial 
traits of character have gained for him the high regard of young and old. 



PARLEY C. RICHARDSON. 



Commercial enterprise in Ogden finds a worthy representative in Parley C. Rich- 
ardson, who in 1908 established business as a grain dealer. He now handles hay, 
grain and mill stock and has built up a trade of gratifying proportions. He is one of 
Utah's native sons, his birth having occurred at Plain City, September 23, 1881. His 
father, Cornelius Richardson, was born at Ogden, a representative of one of the old 
pioneer families of the state. He was for a considerable period the superintendent 
of the Bear River Irrigation Company, occupying that position at the time of his 
death, which occurred in Ogden in 1903. He had been a very earnest worker in the 
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and had served on a mission for twenty- 



250 UTAH SINX'E STATEHOOD 

seven luontlis in the southern states and during that period was president of the 
mission. The mother of Parley C. Richardson bore the maiden name of Elizabeth 
Weatherston and was a resident of Plain City, Utah, in her girlhood days. She died 
in 1910. Their family numbered nine children who yet survive. 

Parley C. Richardson was a pupil in the public schools of Ogden, also attended 
the Utah State Agricultural College at Logan and was thus qualified by liberal educa- 
tional training for life's practical and responsible duties. He was engaged in the 
grocery business in the employ of others for a few years and thus thoroughly ac- 
quainted himself with every phase of the trade. In 1908 he established business on 
his own account and has since been sole proprietor. While he began dealing only 
in grain, he now handles hay, grain and mill stock and has built up a business of 
substantial proportions. He pays the strictest attention to all of his business affairs 
and his enterprise and sound judgment have been the dominant factors in the attain- 
ment of his present day success, for he is now well known as a wholesale merchant 
in grain, hay, flour and potatoes. These he handles in large quantities, making ex- 
tensive shipments. 

On the 15th of August, 1906, Mr. Richardson was married to Miss Mayme Lansing, 
a daughter of A. E. Lansing, of Ogden, and they have become parents of three chil- 
dren: Harry, eleven years of age, and Dee, aged nine, both in school; and Ralph, 
who Is five years of age. 

Mr. Richardson belongs to the "Weber Club and is interested in all that the or- 
ganization stands for. He greatly enjoys various phases of outdoor life, including 
hunting and fishing aud motoring, and to these he turns for needed rest and recreation. 
He is well known in Ogden, where he has now long resided and where his substantial 
business qualities, his personal characteristics and his loyal citizenship have gained 
him high regard. 



ALBERT L. STOUT. 



Albert L. Stout, branch manager of the Consolidated Wagon & Machine Company 
at Brigham City, was born in Park City, Utah, April 29, 1885. a son of Ell Harvey 
Stout, also a native of Utah, and a grandson of Hozey Stout. The latter was one of 
the first settlers of Utah and was a lawyer by profession. He also took a very active 
part in church work, filling several missions abroad, one of which was to Chinj. He 
acted as attorney for President Brigham Young and in many ways left the impress 
of his individuality and ability upon the history of the state, contributing in marked 
pleasure to its development. His son, Eli Harvey Stout, was reared and educated in 
Salt Lake and for fifteen years was associated with the Studebaker Company, while 
for ten years he was with the Consolidated Wagon & Machine Company. He is now 
living retired and makes his home in San Francisco. The mother of Albert L. Stout 
bore the maiden name of Carrie Hansen and was born in Denmark. She came to 
America with her parents when seven years of age and they settled in Salt Lake, where 
she was reared, educated and married. She became the mother of ten children, five 
sons and five daughters, of whom four sons and four daughters are yet living. Mrs. 
Stout passed away in 1915 in Salt Lake, when fifty-eight years of age. 

Albert L. Stout was the sixth in order of birth of the ten children born to his 
parents. He pursued his education in the public schools of Salt Lake and when eigh- 
teen years of age started out upon his business career, entering the employ of the 
Consolidated Wagon & Machine Company at American Fork. From a minor position 
he has steadily worked his way upward, being advanced from time to time through 
intermediate positions, and he has now been with the company tor thirteen years, 
during twelve of which he has been a branch manager, being in charge of the interests 
of the company at Brigham for the past four years. 

Mr. Stout was married in Lehi, Utah, to Miss Mabel Goates, a native of Lehi and 
a former school teacher. Her father was Joseph W. Goates, a prominent citizen of 
Lehi. Mr. and Mrs. Stout have become the parents of three sons. Reed, Clair and 
Joseph. The family home is at No. 115 East Forrest street in Brigham. 

Mr. Stout belongs to the Boxelder Commercial Club and is serving on its board of 



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governors. He is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of the 
first ward and his political allegiance is given to the republican party. His interest 
in community affairs is deep and helpful and his cooperation can always be counted 
upon to further any plan or measure for the general good. In industrial circles he 
occupies a prominent position. A thoroughly skilled mechanic, he is able to wisely 
direct the labors of those who serve under him and his ability has brought him to 
the front in this connection. 



WILLIAM THOMAS PICKETT. 

William Thomas Pickett, engaged in the grocery business in Ogden, was born in 
Wales, February 10, 1871> a son of William John and Mary A. (Allen) Pickett, both 
of whom were natives of England, the father having been born in Wiltshire, while 
the mother's birth occurred in Devonshire. She is still living. On leaving his native 
country William J. Pickett removed to Wales during his childhood days and in the 
year 1888 came to the new world. Throughout the greater part of his active life on 
this side of the Atlantic he was connected with smelters and with mining interests. 
He settled first at Vernal, Utah, and afterward removed to Ogden, where his death oc- 
curred about eight years ago. 

William T. Pickett began his education in the public schools of Wales and after" 
the family came to the new world he attended the Smith College at Ogden. Starting 
upon his business career, he spent seventeen years in the employ of W. H. Wright 
& Son, being connected with all departments and thus thoroughly acquainting himself 
with every phase of the business. His employers were the leading merchants of Ogden 
and his training was especially helpful. He worked his way upward through fidelity, 
ability and industry and at length, desirous of engaging in business on his own ac- 
count, he invested his capital, which had been acquired through industry and careful 
expenditure, in a retail grocery business at No. 2303 Washington avenue. The store 
was opened in 1906 and throughout the intervening period he has enjoyed a gradually 
growing trade, for he carries an excellent line of both staple and fancy groceries and 
has put forth every effort to please his patrons and gain the success which is today his. 

In 1895 Mr. Pickett was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Robinson, of English 
birth, who came to the United States when four years of age. They now have a family 
of nine children and three of their sons have been in the service of the country during 
the recent great European war. William Floyd served with the Fortieth Infantry of 
the United States army and is now associated with his father in business. Paul L. 
and Squire V. are twins. The former is a member of Battery B, of the One Hundred 
and Forty-fifth Artillery, while the latter is with the United States navy at Goat island. 
Arvilla, eighteen years of age, is a graduate of the Weber Academy. Louis Quentin, 
sixteen years of age, Lavon, aged fourteen, Dorene aged twelve, and Thomas Butler, 
a lad of nine are all in school. The youngest of the family is Idona. 

William T. Pickett has been very active in the work of the Church of Jesus Christ 
of Latter-day Saints and his labors have been most resultant. He has served as 
chorister in the Thirteenth Ward choir and is a member of the Seventy. He has 
done effective work in promoting the interests of the church and he is most highly 
esteemed throughout the community in which he lives. He is a man of remarkably 
youthful appearance tor one of his age — a man of high character, devoted to his family 
and his home, reliable, progressive and enterprising in business and loyal in citizenship. 



HEBER SWANNER. 



Heber Swanner, a retired rancher living at Ogden, was born in Smithfield, Utah. 
July 2, 1864, a son of Samuel and Mary Ann (Cole) Swanner, who were natives of 
Pennsylvania. They became residents of Utah about 1861, making their way to Willard, 
while subsequently they established their home in Smithfield, where the father followed 
his trade of harness making. 



252 UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD 

While spending his youtliful days in his native town Heber Swanner pursued a 
public school education and afterward turned his attention to farming, which he has 
since followed. He formerly lived at Kanesville, where he still owns ranch property 
which he now leases. He has given his attention to general agricultural pursuits, 
raising the crops best adapted to the soil and climatic conditions, and he has also 
some stock upon his place. His business interests have been carefully and system- 
atically carried forward and his sound judgment, his indefatigable energy and enter- 
prise have been the dominant factors in the attainment of his present day success 
that now enables him to live retired and enjoy the fruits of his former toil. 

On March 22, 18S7, Mr. Swanner was united in marriage to Miss Alice Nelson, 
a daughter of L. H. and Nellie (Anderson) Nelson, who were natives of Sweden. Mr. 
and Mrs. Swanner have become the parents of six children: Nellie, now the wife of 
Orson Chappie; Edsell, who is engaged in ranching; Lester; Howard; Edith, now 
Mrs. Vird Garner, of Ogden: and Frances, who has passed away. Lester enlisted in 
1918 and went to the navy yard at Bremerton, Washington, where he remained until 
March, 1919, when he was honorably discharged. Howard enlisted in 1917, becoming 
a member of Company K, Three Hundred and Sixty-second Regiment, Ninety-first 
Division, and started for France on the 1st of June, 191S. He left Camp Merritt in 
July and participated in the memorable engagement of the Argonne forest and in 
front line work in Belgium. He was twice wounded, once in the arm and then on 
the side of the head, while on another occasion he narrowly escaped injury, a bullet 
striking his pistol. He sustained his serious wound on the 29th of September and 
was in the hospital for some time but has recently returned to his home. 

Mr. Swanner is a republican in his political views and for four years filled the 
oflBce of road commissioner of Kanesville. He was also superintendent of the County 
Infirmary for four years. His has been a busy and useful life and his activities have 
brought to him a substantial measure of success, while his straightforward dealing 
and honorable purpose in every relation have gained for him the respect and confi- 
dence of his fellowmen. 



HON. HARDEN BENNION. 



For many years Hon. Harden Bennion has figured prominently in connection with 
the material development and public interests of Utah. A resident of Salt Lake City, 
he is identified with various corporate and important agricultural interests in the 
state. At the same time he has done much to shape public thought and opinion along 
lines relative to the welfare and upbuilding of the commonwealth and is now filling 
the office of secretary of state. He was born in Taylorsville, Salt Lake county, Utah, 
October 7, 1862, a son of John and Esther Ann (Birch) Bennion. The father was 
born July 9, 1820, at Hawarden Parish in Flintshire, North Wales, and the mother's 
birth occurred on the 7th of July, 1833, at Wootten Parish in Kent, England. Both 
were of the sturdy peasantry of England and Wales as far as their ancestry can be 
traced. In his boyhood days John Bennion was apprenticed as an iron moulder and 
at twenty-one years of age was a registered boiler maker. While yet in his teens 
he left the little rock-ribbed country of Wales and for some few years resided in 
Liverpool, England, where he sailed for America. He began life in this country as 
a farmer at Nauvoo, Illinois, where he became connected with a local military organ- 
ization in which he rose to the rank of major. In 1847 he removed to Utah and 
shortly thereafter assisted in founding the village of Taylorsville, the first settlement 
on the west side of the Jordan river, in which village he made his permanent home. 
Mrs. Bennion came to Utah in 1854, having walked the entire distance from Council 
Bluffs. They were married on the 20th of July, 1S56. They bore their full share 
in the hardships of the early settlement of Utah in fighting its Indians and in re- 
claiming the desert land. Neither had opportunity for education in youth, yet both 
were students as long as they lived, both had a high appreciation of literature and 
were willing to make the utmost sacrifice in order that their children might have 
every possible educational advantage. Mrs. Bennion became a writer of some merit 
and at the great Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876 was awarded third 




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place in Utah's list of poets. The death of Mr. Bennlon occurred in Taylorsville, 
September 1, 1877, and the mother passed away in Vernal, Utah, August 8, 1909. 

Harden Bennion was one of a family of nine children. He supplemented his 
common school education by study in the University of Utah. He completed the 
normal course at the university in 1879 and again entered that institution for a year's 
study in 1887. In early life his attention was devoted to farming and stock raising 
and as the years have passed he has broadened the scope of his activities. He be- 
came an employe in the office of the county recorder of Salt Lake county in 1S89 and 
there remained until 1893, when he removed to Uinta county and became the manager 
of the Ashley Cooperative Mercantile Institution, in which capacity he served for 
fourteen years. He then resigned to engage in the ranching business. While manager 
for the company he became also one of its directors and likewise a director of the 
Bank of Vernal, of which he is now vice president. He is also a director of the Roose- 
velt Banking Company and of the Leota Ranch Company and in addition is the owner 
of agricultural and grazing lands in Uinta and Daggett counties. 

On the 1st of June, 1893, in Salt Lake City, Utah, Mr. Bennion was united in 
marriage to Miss Vilate Kimball Nebeker, a daughter of George and Elizabeth (Dil- 
worth) Nebeker, representing one of the large pioneer families of Utah, prominent 
in all the walks of life and in all parts of the state. Mrs. Bennion was born January 
21, 1866, and following the completion of a common school course became a student 
in the University of Utah. She is a gifted pianist and taught music until the time 
of her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Beniiion have become parents of five children: Aurelia; 
Ida, who died at the age of two years; Florence; Esther: and Bernice. 

Mr. Bennion is a member of the Bonneville Club. Prom childhood he has been 
a member of the Mormon church and has held all of the various offices and filled 
all the positions of that organization up to that of first counselor to the president of 
a stake. At this writing he is a member of the high council of the Salt Lake stake 
of Zion. In politics he has ever been a stanch supporter of the democratic party 
and has been closely identified with its struggles in Utah. The first political office that 
he ever held was that of postmaster at Vernal, in which position he served from 1895 
until 1898, resigning when elected to the Utah state senate from the twelfth district in 
November of the latter year. He was reelected in 1902 and thus served for eight 
years as a member of the upper house of the Utah general assembly. In March, 1909, 
he was appointed a member of the state board of equalization for a four-year term and 
was reappointed in 1913 for another term of equal length. On the 1st of January, 
1917, he resigned from this position to assume the office of secretary of state, to which 
he had been chosen at the previous November election. He is regent of the State 
University and a member of the board trustees of Utah Agricultural College. He 
has had much to do with shaping public thought and opinion during the years which 
have followed the attainment of his majority. He is a broad-minded man, an earnest 
student and deep thinker and is thoroughly informed concerning many of the vital 
questions and issues of the day as affecting the welfare of community, common- 
wealth and country. 



JOHN W. NICKSON. 



John W. Nickson, proprietor of a garage at Ogden, was born in Manchester, Eng- 
land, on the 26th of October, 1882. His father, John Cross Nickson, was also a native 
of that country. He came to the United States in 1883, making his way to Ogden. 
He was a civil engineer and draftsman and practiced his profession for several years, 
or until death terminated his labors in 1S93. The mother who bore the maiden name 
of Eleanor Elizabeth Smurthwaite, still survives and now makes her home at El 
Paso, Texas. 

John W. Nickson was but a year old when brought by his parents to the new 
world. His education was acquired in the public schools of Chicago and of Ogden. 
He is a self-made man and deserves much credit for what he has accomplished, as he 
started out in life empty-handed at a very early age and has since been dependent 
entirely upon his own resources. He worked in the mines of Montana for seven years 



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and then as a stenographer for a time. He afterward devoted eight years to work 
upon automobiles, acting as garage manager for three years In the employ of the 
Becroft Automobile Company. He afterward became sales manager for the Mack- 
Robinson Automobile Company and eventually became proprietor of the business which 
he now conducts. He has a well appointed garage and is enjoying a liberal patronage. 
He. possesses considerable mechanical ability, so that he Is able to direct the labors 
of those whom he employs. The business Is carried on under the name of the Mack- 
Robinson Garage, with Mr. Nickson as sole proprietor. The garage is located at Nos. 
2440-44 Grant avenue and he not only gives the usual garage service but also handles 
a full line of automobile accessories. The building which he occupies is an extensive 
one, indicating that his business has reached very gratifying proportions. 

In 1906 Mr. Nickson was married to Miss Louisa English, a native of Manchester, 
England, and they have become the parents of three children: Eva, four years of 
age; Fred, aged two; and Jane, who is the youngest of the family, Mr. Nickson is 
a well known Elk, belonging to Lodge No. 719, and he also has membership with the 
Modern Woodmen of America. His life has been one of industry and untiring activity. 
He early recognized the fact that industry wins and he made it the beacon light of 
his life. His persistency of purpose and his determination, which have enabled him 
to overcome all obstacles and difficulties, and his sound judgment in business affairs 
have been the dominant factors in the attainment of his present success. 



WILLARD F. SNYDER. 



Willard F. Snyder, one of the best known mining men in the intermountain country, 
whose activities have been no small factor in the development of Utah's great mineral 
wealth, is a native son and was born at Woods Cross, Davis county, Utah, September 
22, 1863, the youngest son of George G. and Martha (Kilfoyle) Snyder. 

George G. Snyder was one of the pioneers of Utah, coming here first in 1849. He 
was born at Watertown, Jefferson county. New York, June 12, 1819, a son of Isaac and 
Lovisa (Comstock) Snyder, while the father of Isaac was Jacob Snyder, and the family 
farther back were early settlers in Pennsylvania, coming originally from Germany. 
Lovisa Comstock, the paternal grandmother of Willard F. Snyder, came from an old 
English family whose progenitor in America came over in the Mayflower in 1620. 
George G. Snyder was reared on a farm in Jefferson county. New York, and when a 
young man starting out in business for himself he was engaged in the potash industry 
in New Y'ork and Canada. In 1844 he left York state and went west, passing through 
Chicago, then but a small place, and was there offered a large tract of land in what is 
now the business section of the city for a yoke of oxen, which offer he declined. He 
moved on to Missouri and settled in Jefferson county. During the gold excitement in 
California in 1849, George G. Snyder left Missouri and crossed the plains en route to 
the new gold fields, but on his arrival in Utah he decided to spend the winter of 1849- 
50 in the Salt Lake valley. The following year he continued on to California, reaching 
Sacramento in the autumn of 1S50. Later he located at Diamond Springs, California, 
where he built a hotel and conducted it successfully for four years. He accumulated 
considerable wealth in the gold fields and decided to return to the east. On his way 
back he again stopped in Salt Lake valley, where he had a number of friends and 
acquaintances. He had become a member of the dominant church in Utah and finally 
decided to cast his lot witji those who were then laying the foundation for the great 
state of Utah. He successfully carried on business in Salt Lake and Davis counties for 
a number of years. Later he removed to Cache county, where he located and success- 
fully operated the first sawmill ever built in that section of the state. In 1864 he 
removed to Summit county, where he engaged in the stock and ranch business, freight- 
ing, livery, merchandising and mining business. He was one of the first to settle in 
Park City and laid out a portion of that town. He served on two missions to England 
and the eastern states for his church and was bishop of Wanship for a number of years. 
He likewise was probate judge of Summit county for six years and took a prominent 
part in the business, civic and religious affairs of his community. His death occurred 
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Willard P. Snyder received his first schooling at Wanship and later at Park City, 
where the greater part of his early life was spent. When about eighteen years old he 
began his business career, first in the teaming and ranching business, being associated 
with his father for about five years, their ranching interests being in Summit and 
Millard counties. Mr. Snyder had grown up in a mining atmosphere such as has 
pervaded Park City for many years and half unconsciously became well versed in 
mining matters, acquiring a general knowledge of the business when but a young man. 
His first connection of importance with the mining industry was in 1889. He was 
one of the men who helped organize the Gold Mountain Mining District and made 
a number of locations. From these came the Annie Laurie property which was sold 
with others in 1899, bringing the owners a good profit, and it was Mr. Snyder's first 
big mining success. 

In 1900, with associates, he bought the St. George copper mining property at St. 
George, Utah, which had been an old producer, and after operating it for two years it 
was disposed of at a nice profit. Soon after this Mr. Snyder was heavily interested 
with others in acquiring the Dalton and Lark properties at Bingham. These holdings 
were ably handled and brought the owners a most substantial profit. Subsequently 
Mr. Snyder was one of the organizers of the Western Exploration Company, of which 
he was president and general manager for five years, and in which P. L. Kimberly was 
the big owner. This included numerous mining companies, principal among which 
was the Balakalla Consolidated Copper Company, in Shasta county, California, and 
also the Honerine Mining & Milling Company of Stockton, Utah. Mr. Snyder waa 
prominently identified with the Western Exploration Company until the death of Mr. 
Kimberly in 1905, when it was liquidated. The connection of Mr. Snyder with mining 
interests of the intermountain country has been continuous for thirty years, and at 
this time he is probably more extensively interested than at any previous time in that 
period. Among the more important of the many mining projects with which he is 
connected can be mentioned the National Development Company, which he organized 
and has been its president ever since; president of the Eureka Lilly Mining Company 
since organization; vice president of the Cliff Mining Company; one of the organizers 
and a director ever since of the Combined Metals, Incorporated; president since organi- 
zation of the Black Metal Mines, Inc., was one of the organizers and president since 
organization of the Silver Reef Consolidated Mines Company; of the Fort Shelbourne 
Mining & Milling Company he was an organizer and has been president since then; vice 
president of the Lucky Deposit Mining Company in the Shell Creek range, Nevada; a 
director of the White Pine Copper Company; and president of the Yerington Malachite 
Copper Company. In order to facilitate the handling of his various interests as well 
as to utilize the capabilities of his sons Mr. Snyder established the firm of W. F. 
Snyder & Sons in 1916, which has become one of the leading firms in mining circles in 
Salt Lake. Among other interests, Mr. Snyder is principal owner and a director of 
the Salt Lake Hot Springs Company. 

He has for a great many years taken an active part in the political affairs of the 
state. He served as state chairman of the American party in the days when that 
organization flourished in Utah, while in 1904 he was a delegate to tlie national 
republican convention at Chicago and was a member of the notification committee to 
apprise Theodore Roosevelt of his nomination for president. In his fraternal connec- 
tions Mr. Snyder is a member of the Salt Lake Lodge of Elks, while in his social 
connections he belongs to the Alta Club. 

He was first married in January 1885, at Snyderville, Utah, to Miss Dora Walker, 
a daughter of Henry H. Walker of Wasatch county. Mrs. Snyder died in January, 
1906, leaving the following children: Ivy is now Mrs. H. B. Bryant of Cle Elum, 
Washington. Edward H., of the firm of W. F. Snyder & Sons, is a graduate of the 
School of Mines at Houghton, Michigan, and is well known as a most capable mining 
engineer. He married Marie Gushing of Salt Lake. George W. is a member of the 
firm of W. F. Snyder & Sons, a thoroughly practical mining man and a successful 
operator. He married Dorothy Gilmer, daughter of Charles V. Gilmer. Hazel is the 
widow of Ray W. Wiley of Salt Lake. Guy M. is a member of the firm of W. F. Snyder, 
& Sons, a practical mining man. He volunteered for service in the United States navy 
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being promoted to first Yeoman on the U. S. S. Taylor. He was released to join the 
firm. Neil D. a graduate of East high school, class of 1919, will continue his education 
along technical lines. 



DAVID J. EVANS. 



David J. Evans is identified with the commercial development of Spanish Fork 
as a progressive merchant, dealing in paints and wall paper. He was born in Wales, 
September 13, 1873, a son of John B. and Ann (Lewis) Evans, who were also natives 
of the little rock-ribbed country of Wales. Coming to America in 1884, they made 
their way direct to Spanish Fork as converts of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- 
day Saints and in Utah the father has devoted his attention to the occupation of farming. 
They had a family of ten children, five sons and five daughters, six of whom are 
yet living. 

David J. Evans, the eldest of the children, was reared in his native country to 
the age of ten years and during that period attended the public schools. After coming 
to the new world he continued his studies in the public schools of Spanish Fork to 
the age of thirteen, when he was apprenticed to learn the paper hanging and painting 
trade, which he followed as a journeyman for about fifteen years. In 1911 he estab- 
lished his present business, beginning with a small capital, but through the inter- 
vening years he has built up a very satisfactory and growing trade and conducts the 
only exclusive business of the kind in Spanish Fork. 

Mr. Evans is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 
the third ward and from 1907 until 1910 served on a mission to Great Britain, with 
conference headquarters at Bristol. He served as president of the Swindon branch 
and for ten years prior to going on the mission he acted as ward clerk in the third 
ward of Spanish Fork. He was bishop's first counselor for three years and is still 
active in church and Sunday school work, being the present teacher of the parents' 
class in the Sunday school. 

Mr. Evans has been married twice. On the 7th of September, 1898, in Salt Lake, 
he wedded Mary Banks, a native of Spanish Fork and a daughter of the late William 
Banks, who came to Utah in 1849, and Annie (Jones) Banks. Of this marriage there 
were born three children, Annetta, Reed and Loretta, all born in Spanish Fork. The 
mother died September 21, 1905, at the age of thirty years. On the 24th of August, 
1910, in Salt Lake Temple, Mr. Evans wedded Mary Elizabeth Rowe. a native of 
Spanish Fork and a daughter of John and Ann F. (Eames) Rowe, the former now 
deceased, while the latter is living at Spanish Fork. Of the second marriage of Mr. 
Evans there have been born four children; John Waldo, Jane Rowe, Bert Rowe and 
Elizabeth Rowe. 

Mr. Evans gives his political allegiance to the democratic party, of which he is 
a stalwart champion. He formerly served as secretary of the democratic committee 
of Spanish Fork, acting in that capacity for a number of years. He is also a member 
of the Spanish Fork Commercial Club and he stands loyally for every plan and project 
which he deems of benefit in the upbuilding of the city and the advancement of its 
welfare along material, intellectual, social, political and moral lines. 



JUDGE ARTHUR EUGENE PRATT. 

Judge Arthur Eugene Pratt, occupying the bench of the second judicial district of 
Utah, was born at St. George, this state, on the 1st of September, 1864. His father, 
Orson Pratt, Jr., was a native of Ohio, his birth having occurred in Franklin county, 
that state. He was a musician of note. He came to Utah in his boyhood days with 
his father, Orson Pratt, Sr., the family home being established in Salt Lake City, and 
through the intervening period, or covering three generations, the family has figured 
prominently in connection with interests of vital importance in the upbuilding of 
the state and in the establishment of its legal and moral status. 



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Judge Pratt pursued his early education in the schools of Salt Lake City, after- 
ward attended St. Mark's high school and later the University of Deseret, which, while 
he was a student, became the University of Utah. He then went east for further 
study and prepared for the bar as a law student in the University of Michigan at Ann 
Arbor, where he was graduated in 1890 with the LL. B. degree. In the same year he 
was admitted to practice at the Michigan bar but returned at once to his native state 
and here was admitted to practice in the state and federal courts. Until 1895 he 
practiced in Salt Lake City and in that year moved to Ogden City, where he has since 
practiced and now resides. Throughout a period of twenty-nine years he has been 
accorded prominence as an able and learned attorney of Utah. In 1916 he was elected 
to the position of judge of the second judicial district on the democratic ticket by a 
very large majority and is now serving upon the bench. His record as a judge is in 
harmony with his record as a man and a lawyer, marked by fidelity to duty and by 
a masterful grasp of every problem presented for solution. Judge Pratt is a member 
of the Weber County Bar Association, the Utah State Bar Association and the American 
Bar Association. 

In 1891 the Judge was married to Miss Josephine Crim, who was born in Ohio. 
They have one son, Eugene E., twenty-seven years of age, who was graduated from 
the Leland Stanford University, with the degree of LL. B., in 1916, and entered his 
father's office as a practicing attorney, but after America's entrance into the great 
World war he joined the army, becoming a lieutenant of regulars and was assigned 
to duty with the Sixty-third Infantry. 

Judge Pratt is a member of the Weber Club, the leading social organization of 
Ogden. He also belongs to the Elks Lodge, No. 719, of Ogden, the Knights of Pythias 
and the Woodmen of the World, in the first two of which he has filled various offices. 
In all matters of citizenship he manifests marked devotion to the general good. The 
same spirit has become a dominant factor in the career of his son, of whose record 
Judge Pratt has every reason to be proud. The Judge has long been regarded as a 
successful and brilliant attorney and is proving a popular judge because of the fair- 
ness and impartiality of his rulings and his close conformity to the highest ethical 
standards of the profession. 



WILLIAM H. BRYAN. 



William H. Bryan is the owner of a good farm situated in the foothills of the 
Oquirrh mountain range, about one mile west of the Erda station. He is one of the 
native sons of Tooele county, born on the 10th of April, 1877, his father being George 
W. Bryan, mentioned elsewhere in this work. After acquiring a common school edu- 
cation William H. Bryan went upon a mission for the church to Australia, where 
he labored from 1900 until 1903. Upon his return he spent one year at Mercur, devoting 
his attention to mining, after which he returned to his father's homestead, where 
he now resides. He purchased his father's place in partnership with his brother Fred 
and later they divided the farm. William H. Bryan now has four hundred acres of 
excellent land, upon which he is engaged in raising cattle and sheep and also carries 
on general farming and the production of the crops best adapted to soil and climatic 
conditions here. He is associated with his brother Joseph in the sheep industry and 
they now have about one thousand head. 

In 1904 William H. Bryan was united in marriage to Miss Emily Lindberg, a 
daughter of Jonas and Anne (Johnson) Lindberg, who were pioneer settlers of Tooele 
county. They have become the parents of eight children: Thelma, Farrell, Arthur 
Maggie, Mary, Mazel, June and Joel R. 

Mr. Bryan is an active worker in the church and is now first counselor to the 
bishop. His political allegiance is . given to the republican party and he keeps well 
informed on the questions and issues of the day. For four years he filled the office 
of justice of the peace at Erda. He does not care, however, to hold public office, pre- 
ferring to concentrate his efforts and attention upon his business affairs, which are 
wisely directed and are bringing to him substantial success. He has a full equip- 
ment for modern farming, including the latest improved machinery to facilitate the 



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work of the fields, and there is a considerable amount of small fruit and also good 
apple orchards upon his place. He works energetically and persistently in the develop- 
ment of his farm and is winning well merited success in his undertakings. 



HON. JOSHUA GREENWOOD. 

Hon. Joshua Greenwood, chairman of the public utilities commission of Utah and 
ex-judge of the fifth judicial district, is one of the state's best known men and one who 
has figured prominently in connection with not only public affairs but with the profes- 
sional, financial and industrial history of Utah. 

A native son. Judge Greenwood was born at American Fork, July 29, 1860, a son 
of William and Alice (Houghton) Greenwood, and comes from one of the most prominent 
pioneer families in the state's history. William Greenwood the father, was born August 
7, 1822, at Burnley, England, a son of Robison and Elizabeth (Cryer) Greenwood, who 
were natives of Yorkshire, England, the former born in 1782 and the latter in 1784. The 
period of youth and early manhood of William Greenwood to the age of twenty-five 
was passed in his native country, where he married on May 30, 1843, Alice Houghton, 
who was born May 1. 1823, a daughter of William Houghton. William Greenwood 
crossed the plains in the summer of 1847 and arrived in the Salt Lake valley October 
28th of that year. He became one of the first conference clerks in the Church of Jesus 
Christ of Latter-day Saints. He figured prominently in connection with manufacturing 
interests of the state and also was a leading figure in the building of schoolhouse-s 
in Utah. He acted as the first school teacher in American Fork and he was also the 
pioneer surveyor of Utah county. He was a member of the first bishopric and ever 
continued active in the work of the church. He died January 26, 1891, at American Fork. 

Judge Greenwood was reared at American Fork and in the public schools of that place 
received his first schooling. This was supplemented by study in the Brigham Young 
University, and he is numbered among its first graduates, being a member of the class 
of 1879. Throughout the intervening years he has been interested in the cause of 
education, giving to the schools his stalwart support, serving as territorial deputy 
school commissioner, also county superintendent of schools. 

Qualifying for the bar, Judge Greenwood rapidly advanced to a foremost position 
among the successful attorneys of the state. He served as mayor of Fillmore, city 
attorney, probate judge, county attorney and district attorney, before being elected 
judge of the fifth judicial district. As a member of the state judiciary. Judge Greenwood 
ranked with its peers, and was three times reelected to the judgeship that he resigned 
from in 1917 to become the head of the public utilities commission. 

Few men in the state have received as many honors at the hands of their fellow 
townsmen as has Judge Greenwood. Residing for years in a strong republican locality 
and never seeking a candidacy, his personal popularity, genuine worth and well known 
ability rendered him a formidable opponent, in fact, one whose nomination was equiva- 
lent to election. A stanch democrat since becoming a voter, he has for years been one 
of the advisors and counselors of his party in politcal affairs of both county and state 
and has long been regarded as one of the strongest men of the democratic party in Utah. 
Judge Greenwood's service in public life extends through more than forty years, and for 
ability, efficiency and straightforwardness comprises a record that fully attests the high 
character of the holder, and too, affords a full explanation of why he has never been de- 
feated for an elective office. 

Aside from his professional and public work, his business activities and connections 
have been factors in the financial and industrial life of the southern part of the state. 
He is president of the Jumbo Plaster & Cement Company of Richfield; president of the 
Juab County Mill & Elevator Company at Nephi; was one of the prime movers in the 
organization of the Parowan Reservoir & Canal Company for conserving the waters 
of Little Salt Lake. This project will reclaim thousands of acres of Iron county 
land and be a most valuable contribution to the agricultural development of southern 
Utah. He was one of the organizers of the State Bank of Millard, one of the first banks 
in that part of the state, and took a similar part in the organization of the State Bank 
of St. George, now one of the strongest country banks in the state, while with the State 




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Bank of Beaver and banks at Pioche and Payson he has been prominently identified. Nu- 
merous industrial and land projects throughout the state have had the benefit of his finan- 
cial cooperation and support. He was one of the incorporators of the Inter-Mountain 
Life Insurance Company of Salt Lake, a member of its directorate since organization and 
at present its vice president. 

On the 18th of January, 1883, in Salt Lake City, Judge Greenwood was married 
to Miss Josephine Payne, a daughter of Joseph and Harriet (McBride) Payne. Mrs. 
Greenwood was born at Fillmore, Utah, May 25, 1861. The family of Judge Greenwood 
consists of one son and five daughters as follows: Marion G. was born October 24, 
1883, and in April, 1905, married Miss Lois Melville. He is head salesman and a mem- 
ber of the board of directors of the Utah Oil Company. His family consists of two 
daughters, Phyllis and Genevieve. Hattie E. is now the wife of C. A. Kimball and has 
four sons, Rulon, Harold, Warren and Richard A. Mr. Kimball is the Utah representa- 
tive of the J. C. Parwell Company of Chicago. Lucille E. married Hyrum Brough a stock 
and ranch man of Nephi. Norma M. is the wife of W. E. Whitmore of Nephi and has a 
daughter, Barbara. Ruth Afton and Evangeline comprise the other members of the 
family, which has long occupied a prominent position in the best social circles where 
they have resided. 

Judge Greenwood stands high in the public life of the state, where he has been a 
close and discriminating student of questions of general importance, and his judicial 
mind has enabled him to arrive at just and equitable conclusions upon many subjects 
that appertain to the public welfare. His position is often one of leadership upon vital 
questions, and his work as a public official has been of far-reaching and significant worth. 



CHARLES A. KNOWLDEN. 



Charles A. Knowlden, conducting business under the name of the Knowlden Auto- 
mobile Company at Ogden, is one of Utah's native sons, his birth having occurred in 
Salt Lake City, January 24, 1881. He is a son of the late George H. Knowlden, a 
native of England, who established his home in Salt Lake during the pioneer epoch in 
its history. He came to America in 1848 and later went to California with the gold 
rush of 1849. He afterward returned to Salt Lake, where he resided to the time of 
his death, which occurred July 2, 1916, when he had reached the age of seventy-nine 
years. When he first came to Utah he was engaged in the grain and commission 
business and later turned his attention to freighting between California and Utah 
points and during his later years he concentrated his efforts and attention upon the 
real estate, insurance and investment business. Along the last line he won a very 
substantial measure of success, gaining a large clientage. He was likewise an active 
member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served on several 
missions in England. The mother of Charles A. Knowlden, Sarah (Cox) Knowlden, 
was born in England in 1848 and was married in Salt Lake, having become a resident 
of that city in 1868. She made the trip to Utah with two of her brothers, Edwin 
and John Cox. By her marriage she became the mother of eleven children, nine sons 
and two daughters, of whom Charles A. is the fifth in order of birth. The others 
are Frank, Lillie, Richard, William, Albert, Leonard, May and Leslie, and two who 
died in infancy. 

Charles A. Knowlden was educated in the public schools of Salt Lake City and at 
the age of eleven years started out to provide for his own support. He was first em- 
ployed as office boy in the office of Brigham & Mcintosh, engaged in the coal oil and 
gas business. He began on a salary of two dollars per week and was very proud of 
this wage, which he took home to his mother. He afterward entered mercantile lines 
in Salt Lake and for fourteen years prior to entering the automobile business he 
was identified witli the White Sewing Machine Company as its manager for the ter- 
ritory covering Utah and California. Thinking to find a still broader field in the auto- 
mobile trade, in 1916 he established the present business under the firm name of the 
King Eight Auto Company and since December, 1917, he has conducted the business 
under the firm name of the Knowlden Auto Company. He is the sales agent for the 
Paige motor cars, the International and White trucks, the Wallace tractors and also 



266 UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD 

the Altman & Taylor threshing machine and the Detroit trailer. He has one of the 
leading establishments in his line in the west, annually selling a large number of 
motor cars and a large amount of farm machinery. He has built up his business along 
the lines of thorough reliability and enterprise and has ever recognized the fact that 
satisfied customers are the best advertisement. 

On the 8th of July, 1917, Mr. Knowlden was married at Malad, Idaho, to Miss Sarah 
Johnson, a native of Ogden and a daughter of James and Emma (Pierce) Johnson, 
the latter now Mrs. George Otis and a representative of an old California family. 

The religious faith of the family is that of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- 
day. Saints. Politically Mr. Knowlden Is a republican and for twenty years he has 
been an active worker in party ranks but has never consented to become a candidate 
for office, preferring that his public duties shall be performed In a private manner 
and not as a public official. His has been a life of diligence and his determination 
and well defined plans have carried him into important business relations. 



JOHN DERN. 



For a quarter of a century John Dern has been a resident of Salt Lake City and 
through the intervening years has come more and more largely into prominence in 
connection with mining, commercial and financial interests of the city and state The 
extent and importance of his activities now place him in a position of leadership that is 
accorded by all, and his colleagues and contemporaries bear testimony to his excellent 
business ability, his executive force and his keen sagacity. 

A native of Germany, Mr. Dern was born October 24, 1850, at Haussen by Giessen, 
Oberhessen. His parents were John and Katherine (Hoffman) Dern. The Dern family 
has figured prominently in the province of Oberhessen for more than two hundred years. 
The grandfather of John Dern was mayor of Haussen for more than twenty-five years 
and others of the family figured in connection with public events. His father was 
a member of the town council for a period of ten years when further activity was 
terminated by his death, which occurred when he was but forty-six years of age. 

John Dern spent the first fifteen years of his life in his native country and during 
that period supplemented his early educational training by study in the academy 
at Giessen, Germany, from 1863 until 1865. In the latter year he came to America, 
when only fifteen years old, and like many of our self-made men received his start 
on the farm and completed his education in the schools of Illinois. In 1869 he went 
to Fremont. Nebraska, shortly after the completion of the Union Pacific Railroad 
through that state. He engaged in farming there until about 1879. In this he was high- 
ly successful and with accumulations therefrom he branched out into other lines ol 
business, which included grain, lumber, coal and livestock and later in the field of 
banking. He took a keen interest in public afl:airs and as one of the most prominent 
democrats in that section of Nebraska he wielded an infiuence in his party that was no 
small factor in its local success. In 1888 he was elected senator from the tenth sena- 
torial district of Nebraska and from 1890 to 1894 was treasurer of Dodge county, that 
state. 

It is nearly thirty years since Mr. Dern first became interested in Utah mining 
property and while yet a resident of Nebraska he became one of the founders of the 
Consolidated Mercur Gold Mines Company, which under his direction was developed 
into a bonanza and paid millions in dividends. His mining interests have for years 
been extensive. He has large interests in Tintic properties and for years was presi- 
dent and general manager of the Uncle Sam Consolidated Mining Company at Tintic; 
vice president and manager of the Lower Mammoth Mining Company of that same dis- 
trict; president and general manager of the May Day Mining & Milling Company, besides 
holding a directorship and heavy interests in numerous mining properties in other dis- 
tricts of Utah and Nevada. As the years have passed he has become identified with some 
of the most important corporate interests of the city, including leading financial and 
commercial interests. Something of the scope of his connections is indicated in 
the fact that he is president and one of the organizers of the Gibson Commercial 
Company, wholesale grocers of Salt Lake; the vice president of the Bankers Trust 




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Company and also of the National Copper Bank of Salt Lake. He is president of the 
Calloway, Hoock & Francis Company and a member of the directorate of the Mason 
Mercantile Company of Mason, Nevada. He has been for years one of the directors of 
the Salt Lake Hardware Company and is a director of the Highland Store Company 
of Bingham, being also one of the incorporators of that institution. Mr. Dern is a 
large holder of Salt Lake real estate and also has extensive interests in Nebraska. 
He possesses in large measure that quality which, for the lack of a better term, has 
been called commercial sense. In other words, he has the keen judgment which enables 
him to recognize readily the value of a situation and its opportunity. He uses 
both wisely and well and the results are assured. 

Mr. Dern married Miss Elizabeth Dern and their children are: Mary E., George 
H., Tillie Helen, Fred C. and Elizabeth A. 

In his political views Mr. Dern is a stalwart democrat, having supported the 
principles of the party since he became a naturalized American citizen. He has done 
much in shaping the policy of the party in Utah during the years of his residence in 
this state and while not an oflBce seeker his labors have been a potent element in 
winning democratic successes. He has on various occasions been called upon for 
public service and is a trustee of the Agricultural College of Utah and also a member 
of the Utah State Capitol Commission. In club life he is well known, being a popular 
member of several organizations, including the Alta Club. He is one of the active 
members and diligent workers for the benefit of the city and state through his con- 
nection with the Salt Lake Commercial Club. He exemplifies in his life the beneficent 
spirit of the Masonic fraternity, being a Knight Templar, and has long been a represen- 
tative of that order. He is likewise connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of 
Elks. His activities have thus covered a broad scope, touching the general interests 
and welfare of society as well as the development of the material wealth of the state. 



LORENZO A. CHRISTENSEN. 

Lorenzo A. Christensen is the president and manager of the Christensen Company, 
dealers in men's furnishing goods at Provo. In his business career he is actuated 
by a spirit of enterprise and progressiveness that has accomplished excellent results. 
He was born in Salem, Utah, October 3, 1892, a son of C. L. and Thea (Hansen) 
Christensen. The father, now deceased, was a native of Denmark and became one 
of the pioneer settlers of Salem, Utah, where he resided to the time of his death, 
which occurred in 1900, when he had reached the age of fifty-eight years. He had 
been a successful farmer and stock raiser and was a prominent and influential citizen 
of the community, particularly active in the work of the Church of Jesus Christ of 
Latter-day Saints. He served on a mission to Denmark. The mother was born in 
Christiania, Norway, and came to America as a convert to the Church of Jesus Christ 
of Latter-day Saints. She is still living in Provo. By her marriage she became the 
mother of three children: Oscar E., a resident of Provo; Lorenzo A., of this review; 
and Christena. 

Lorenzo A. Christensen pursued his education in the public schools of Provo to 
the age of fourteen years and then started out to earn his own livelihood, securing 
a clerkship with the New York Clothing Company. That he proved faithful, capable, 
industrious and thoroughly reliable is indicated in the fact that he was connected 
with the house for nine years. Through diligent effort and perseverance he worked 
his way steadily upward until his industry and economy had brought him sufficient 
capital to enable him to purchase the business from his employer. He. became owner 
of the store in March, 1916, and since that time has greatly improved it and has 
built up today what is the leading men's furnishing goods business in southern Utah. 

Mr. Christensen took an active part in all war measures, supporting at all times 
the interests which the government was promoting, and at length Joined the colors, 
serving with the Forty-seventh Field Artillery, being on duty at Camp Kearney. He 
was honorably discharged January 31, 1919. In politics he has always been a re- 
publican where national questions and issues are involved but at local elections casts 
an independent ballot. Fraternally he is connected with the Benevolent Protective 



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Order of Elks as a member of Lodge No. 849 at Provo. He is also a member of the 
Prove Commercial Club and his religious faith is that of the Church of Jesus Christ 
of Latter-day Saints, his membership being in the fourth ward. In his business 
career he has made steady progress. He started out without financial assistance or 
financial resources and his first salary was but three dollars per week. . Steadily he 
has worked his way upward, utilizing every opportunity and every advantage for 
legitimate success, and is today proprietor of a splendid mercantile establishment, 
while his business annually returns to him a gratifying income. His diversions are 
hunting and fishing and his social nature and unfeigned cordiality have made for 
popularity among his many friends. 



JAMES M. MACK. 



James M. Mack, who has been an active figure in the commercial and industrial 
circles of Ogden, is now the president of the J. S. Campbell Company. He was born 
in Logan, Utah, December 14, 1860, a son of James and Elizabeth F. (Miller) Mack, 
both of whom were natives of Scotland. It was in the year 1855 that James Mack, 
Sr., came to Utah and at a later period his parents also made their way to this state. 
Mrs. Mack came to the west in the fall of 1S50 and her parents died of cholera while 
enroute. James Mack, Sr., settled In Salt Lake, where he worked at the carpenter's 
trade for a time, and subsequently took up the manufacture of flour in western Idaho. 
He next became a resident of Smithfield, where he resided for over twenty-five years, 
and afterward removed to Ogden. during that time he built mills at Franklin, Idaho, 
Honeyville, Utah, and at Riverdale. He was a member of a company that built flour 
milling plants in all these various places and he had charge of the building operations. 
At various times he was prominently connected with public interests, serving as 
county commissioner of Cache county for several years and as a member of the city 
council at Smithfield. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day 
Saints, served as bishop's counselor and was on a mission to the east, spending the 
time largely in Boston. Massachusetts. His life was one of usefulness and honor, 
characterized ever by the highest ideals, and his death, which occurred December 27, 
1916, was the occasion of deep and widespread regret. 

James M. Mack obtained his early education in the public schools of Smithfield, 
continued his studies in the high school at Logan, Utah, and afterward matriculated 
in the University of Utah at Salt Lake. He next became connected with the fiour 
business as manager and was also engaged in the wholesale grocery trade in Ogden. 
For the past four years he has devoted his attention to the automobile business but 
has recently disposed of his interests in that line. He is now the president of the 
J. S. Campbell Company and his position in the business circles of Ogden is an en- 
viable one. 

In 1886 Mr. Mack was married to Miss Fannie Hanson, who died in 1911. and in 
1917 he wedded Miss Letitia Evans, a daughter of Thomas and Jane (Jenkins) Evans. 
His political endorsement is given to the democratic party and he has membership 
with the United Commercial Travelers. He is a man of social nature and genial dis- 
position, highly esteemed by all who know him. He has gained a wide acquaintance 
during the period of his residence in Utah, covering his entire life, and the circle 
of his friends is almost coextensive with the circle of his acquaintance. 



WILLIAM D. LIVINGSTON. 



William D. Livingston, president of the Livingston Investment Company of Salt 
Lake, was born March 26. 1871, in the city which is still his home, his parents being 
William and Lillias (Dick) Livingston, who were natives of Scotland and came to 
America in 1850. They made their way across the plains in 1854, settling at Salt Lake 
City, where the father engaged in farming in early life. Later he turned his atten- 
tion to the lumber business and to the operation of a sawmill in Sanpete county. His 



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last days were passed in Fountain Green and the mother also departed this life at that 
place. They had a family of twelve children, of whom three are deceased. Those 
living are: William D.; Archibald D., of Manti, Utah; Mrs. Lillie M. Robertson, of 
Fountain Green; Mrs. Jean B. Cook, living at Logan; Joseph F., of Salt Lake; and 
Abraham, Mrs. Ellen Cook, Heber and Mrs. Isabella Merriam, all of Fountain Green. 

William D. Livingston was a pupil in the public schools of Salt Lake and after- 
ward attended the Brigham Young Academy at Provo, Utah. He later took up the 
study of law in Manti, Utah, and was admitted to practice in 1S96. He devoted twelve 
years to successful law practice and then gave up his profession in 1908 to turn his 
attention to irrigated lands and mining. He built the Price River Irrigation system, 
also other systems in Sanpete and Millard counties, thus contributing greatly to the 
development and prosperity of three different counties. Becoming interested in min- 
ing, he operated at West Tintic, Nevada, and at Deseret, having lead, copper, silver 
and gold properties. He is now a director and the president of the Midland Canal 
Company, the Abraham Irrigation Company, president and secretary of the Deseret 
Mining Company, secretary of the Gold Springs (Nev.) Mining Company and is also 
interested in other concerns which are proving dominant elements in the upbuilding 
and development of his section. 

In September, 1892, at Manti, Utah, Mr. Livingston was married to Miss Annie 
B. Anderson, a daughter of Rasmus and Anne K. Anderson. They have become parents 
of eight children. The eldest, William R., born in Fountain Green, Utah, in 1893, is 
a graduate of the Manti high school. He was with the One Hundred and Forty-fifth 
Utah Regiment in France, in the office of the headquarters company. He married 
Miss Afton Sears and they have one child. Ernest E. Livingston, born in Fountain 
Green in 1895, also completed a course in the Manti high school and has recently 
returned from France with the Coast Artillery. He devotes his time to farming and 
sheep raising. Annie L., born in 1898, is also a graduate of the high school of Manti, 
Utah. Leland V., born at Manti in 1900, is a graduate of the high school at Granite, 
Utah, and he was in an officers training camp when peace was declared. Urban Stan- 
ley, born in 1902 at Manti, Utah, there attended the public schools and is now engaged 
in sheep raising with his elder brother. Wendall A., born in Manti in 1904, spent 
three years as a student in the Granite high school. Lettie Lucille, born in Manti in 
1906, is now attending the Holliday school. Frank, born in Manti in 1909, is a pupil 
in the graded scliools. 

On attaining his majority Mr. Livingston became a supporter of the republican 
party, was an organizer of the progressive party, and chairman of the state executive 
committee. He has served as county attorney of Sanpete county for two terms and 
as district attorney of the seventh district of Utah. His entire life has been passed 
in this section of the country and he has been actuated by the spirit of progressive- 
ness that has been the dominant factor in the upbuilding of the west. 



FRANK N. BLETCHER. 



Frank N. Bletcher, whose connection with the business interests of Ogden is that 
of treasurer of the Ogden Portland Cement Company, was born near Toronto, Canada, 
on the 25th of September, 1885, a son of Edward and Katherine (Neelands) Bletcher, 
both of whom survive. They, too. are natives of Canada and are now making their home 
in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where for a number of years Mr. Bletcher has been very 
active in business as a general contractor and builder. 

Frank N. Bletcher was but a young lad when the family home was established 
in Grand Rapids and there he acquired a public school education. He afterward en- 
gaged in railway activity and subsequently became associated with the Newaygo Port- 
land Cement Company of Michigan, with which he was identified for a number of 
years. He did clerical work with that company in the sales office at Grand Rapids. 
In 1909 he came to Utah, settling at Ogden, where he entered into business relations 
with the Ogden Portland Cement Company, of which he is now the treasurer. His 
previous experience along this line well qualified him for his present business, the 
duties of which he is discharging most capably and successfully. Of the Ogden Port- 



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land Cement Company, Chapin A. Day is the president, with his son, H. C. Day, as 
first vice president, Marriner Browning, second vice president. C. R. Hollingsworth. 
secretary, and F. N. Bletcher, treasurer. Mr. Bletcher is also connected with the 
Premier Coal Company as a director and the treasurer, this company owning and 
operating mines at Superior, Wyoming. 

In 1906 Mr. Bletcher was married to Miss Edna Burnham. a native of Newaygo, 
Michigan, and they have become parents of a daughter, Beatrice, eleven years of age, 
now attending school. Mr. Bletcher finds his recreation in hunting and fishing but 
gives the major part of his time and attention to his business affairs. He is an alert, 
energetic and progressive business man, wide-awake to every opportunity that is open- 
ing in the natural ramifications of trade and winning his success in considerable meas- 
ure by his earnest and sincere desire to please his patrons. 



JOHN HENRY BOTT. 



John Henry Bott was a most valuable citizen of Brigham, both by reason of his 
business enterprise and his devotion to the work of the church. He was the organizer 
of the John H. Bott & Sons Company, Inc., still controlling one of the important marble 
and granite works of this section of the state. Mr. Bott was born in Hammersmith, 
Middlesex, England, February 2, 1858, a son of Philip Wise and Elizabeth (Skeggs) 
Bott. He learned his trade in Utah, where on the Salt Lake Temple he gained his 
first knowledge of stone work. He became converted to the Mormon faith in 1867 at 
Shepherd Bush Branch, London. He crossed the Atlantic to the new world at the age 
of thirteen with his parents, who remained in New York for a short time. Mr. Bott had 
planned to go on to Utah at once, but circumstances prevented and it was not until 1873 
that he cast in his lot with the pioneers of this state. He located at Brigham, where he 
married Marie Hadave Jensen, and it was in that city that all of their seventeen chil- 
dren were born. 

John Henry Bott became prominent in the Mormon church, and during his life 
occupied many church positions. He was the superintendent of the ward Sunday school, 
one of the first counselors of the Boxelder stake of Sunday schools, and president of 
the High Priests' Quorum. When the Edmonds-Tucker law was passed requiring all 
pclygamists to abandon all but one of their families, Mr. Bott, who had always be- 
lieved in polygamous marriages and fully met all family obligations, refused to abandon 
his children and their mothers and like hundreds of others served one term of six 
months in the penitentiary of Utah. 

From the time of his arrival in Utah until his death in 1914, Mr. Bott devoted all 
of his attention not given to the church to his trade as a marble and granite worker, 
and to his farm and built one of the first plants in the state of Utah devoted to the 
v.orking of marble and granite. Many of the church edifices throughout Utah are fash- 
ioned from stone cut by him and the monuments of the early pioneers are mostly his 
handiwork. In 1890 he purchased the old Brigham Cooperative mill, located at what 
is now Second, North, and Fourth, East streets. This old mill was built in the early 
days of Utah and served many times as a fort against the attacks of hostile Indians, 
in which troubles our subject had his full share. After purchasing the property it was 
enlarged and transformed into a modern plant with all the latest cutting, polishing and 
grinding machinery needed in the conduct of marble and granite works. While sup- 
plied with modern equipment and surrounded by railroad tracks, the old mill of early 
days still stands as the central building of the plant. 

Besides his marble business Mr. Bott developed a four hundred and fifty acre farm 
adjacent to the city of Brigham, which he operated to the time of his death and which 
his sons have only lately disposed of in order to give all their time to their marble 
and granite business. 

Mr. Bott's useful life as a Latter-day Saint and a valuable citizen of his community 
ended May 3, 1914, and the deepest regret was felt in his passing by all who knew 
him. He left behind the memory of an untarnished name and an upright life, his 
example proving a source of inspiration to all who knew him. He was the husband of 
three wives and the father of thirty-three children, of whom twenty-seven survived him. 




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The sons were all trained in their father's profession and three of them organized 
a company to conduct the business under the name of the John H, Bott & Sons Com- 
pany. The officers of the corporation are: Lorenzo J. Bott, president; Philip W. Bott, 
vice president; and William J. Bott, secretary and treasurer. These young men are 
thoroughly conversant with all the details of the business and are closely following 
the methods of their father. Already one of the leading manufacturing plants of the 
state, it does not require much foresight to predict that the near future will find the 
company in the front rank of the granite and marble trade of the west. 



ROGER W. CREER. 



Utah county has been signally favored in the class of men who have occupied 
her public oflBces and in this connection deserved credit should be given to Roger W. 
Creer, who is now county assessor. He was born at Spanish Fork, Utah, September 9, 
1877, a son of the late William Creer, a native of Preston, England, who on coming 
to America made his way to St. Louis, Missouri, where he took up his abode in 1852. 
Four years later he came to Utah. He was a son of Edward and Ann (Morris) Creer, 
who were also natives of England, where in 1838, at Preston, they joined the Church 
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, immediately after John Taylor and President 
Woodruff made their first conversions among the English people. William Creer was 
a lad of about fourteen years when the family came to America. He was largely 
self-educated but possessed an observing eye and' retentive memory and in this way 
he added largely to his knowledge. He became a lawyer and practiced successfully 
at the bar. For twenty-five years he was also president of the Spanish Fork Coopera- 
tive Company. In politics he figured prominently for many years as a stanch sup- 
porter of the democratic cause and in his labors in behalf of the party was associated 
with Thurman, King and others who were acknowledged leaders in democratic circles. 
He was elected to the territorial legislature for six terms and also served as a member 
of the constitutional convention. He was equally well known in the church and was a 
very devout man. He performed a mission to Arizona covering the years 1S75 and 
1876 and he filled various offices in the church. He was the president of the Fiftieth 
Quorum of the Seventies and his prominence and influence in civic, political, pro- 
fessional and church affairs made him one of the leading citizens of his adopted state. 
He died in Spanish Fork in August, 1900, at the age of sixty-four years, his birth 
having occurred in 1836. The mother of Roger W. Creer bore the maiden name of 
Sarah Jane Bradley and was born at Swineshead, near Boston, England. Her mother 
came to America after having been left a widow and was among those who traveled 
in company with the "hand-cart brigade" in the early 'fifties. She was with the Argyles 
and pulled a hand-cart from Council Bluffs to her destination. She settled at Spanish 
Fork, where she resided until her demise. Her daughter, Mrs. Creer, was reared, 
educated and married at Spanish Fork and became the mother of nine children, eight 
sons and a daughter, of whom six sons and one daughter are yet living. The mother 
passed away in 1901 at Spanish Fork when sixty-two years of age. 

Roger W. Creer was educated in the public schools of Spanish Fork and in the 
Latter-day Saints' Business College, from which he was graduated in 1899. His first 
position was with the Consolidated Wagon & Machine Company, with which he con- 
tinued for seven years. He began in a clerical capacity and before the termination 
of his connection with that company was manager of the branch of the business at 
Spanish Fork. In the fall of 1906 he was sent on a mission to England and served 
in the Liverpool Conference until December, 1908, when he started for home, arriving 
in January, 1909. During the middle period he was secretary of the conference and 
in his labors was very successful. On again reaching Utah he turned his attention to 
agricultural pursuits and also was active in the management of the Spanish Fork 
Canning Company, now the Mount Nebo Canning Company, with which he is still 
connected as one of the stockholders. In 1916 Mr. Creer was elected to the oflice of 
county assessor and in 1918 was reelected to that position. In politics he is a demo- 
crat, giving active support to the party and its principles. He has been instrumental 
in promoting many interests of public importance. He was active in organizing the 



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Farm Bureau Association of Utali and was formerly vice president of the Farm State 
Bureau, ■which has proven a valuable asset in the development of the agricultural 
interests of Utah. 

On the 25th of September, 1902, Mr. Creer was married to Miss Delila Bradford, a 
native of Spanish Forli, Utah, their marriage, however, being celebrated in Salt Lake 
Temple. Mrs. Creer is a daughter of the late Pleasant and Jane (Jones) Bradford. 
Her father was one of the pioneers of Utah of 1847 and since that time the family 
has been represented in this state. To Mr. and Mrs. Creer have been born nine chil- 
dren, namely: Ina, Roger Bradford, J. Roscoe, Preston Jones, Afton, Paul Bradford 
and Allen P. The fifth child. La Verne, died soon after her birth and one child died 
unnamed. 

Mr. Creer is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, con- 
nected with the church at Spanish Fork, in the second ward. He is a member of the 
Quorum of Seventy and is interested in all that has to do with the progress and up- 
building of the church and the extension of its cause. He makes his home at Spanish 
Fork while spending the business hours in Provo, to which city he is called by his 
official duties. During the period of the recent World war he was active in connection 
with the Liberty loan drives and loyally supported every interest of value to the com- 
munity, commonwealth and country. 



NATHAN T. PORTER. 



Nathan T. Porter is the state bank commissioner of Utah and also a prominent 
professional and business man of the state. He was born in Centerville, Utah, October 
2, 1865, and is a son of Nathan T. and Eliza (Ford) Porter. The father was born in 
Vermont and came to Utah in September, 1847, as a member of the second company of 
Latter-day Saints who crossed the plains. He was a member of a prominent New Eng- 
land family that was established on American soil in the early part of the seventeenth 
century. After reaching Salt Lake, following many weary months of travel fraught 
with hardships and privations, he removed to Davis county and engaged in farming at 
Centerville, becoming one of the successful agriculturists of that region. There he con- 
tinued to carry on farm work until his death in 1898. The mother of Nathan T. Porter 
was born in England and came to America in 1852. She traveled across the country, 
following the trails of the west to Utah, and in this state became the wife of Nathan 
T. Porter. She died in Centerville in 1912. They had a family of eleven children, three 
of whom have passed away. Those living are as follows: John F., who is engaged in 
ranching in Morgan county; Nathan T., of this review; Jesse J., treasurer of the Por- 
ter-Walton Company of Salt Lake City; Emily, the wife of Hyrum B. Parrish, of Cen- 
terville; Malinda, the widow of James C. Smith and a resident of Centerville; Effie, the 
wife of David F. Smith, of Centerville, Utah; Emma, the wife of Fred W. Walton, of 
the Porter-Walton Company, of Salt Lake City; and Amelia, the wife of Frank E. Wal- 
ton, of Centerville. 

Nathan T. Porter attended the graded schools of Centerville, after which he con- 
tinued his studies in the University of Utah and in the University of Chicago. He was 
graduated from the former institution with the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1900, while 
the Chicago University conferred upon him the degree of Master of Philosophy when 
he had completed a course in political science and law in 1905. He was admitted to 
practice in all the courts of Utah. He took charge of the State Normal School at Cedar 
City, Utah, in 1901, remaining in charge as principal of that institution until the spring 
of 1904. He then became professor of finance at the University of Utah and later took 
over supervision of the work in law and subsequently became the first dean of the Uni- 
versity Law School. He resigned his position in the university to engage in business 
and private practice. He was, however, made a member of the board of regents of the 
University of Utah, in which position he continued until appointed state bank com- 
missioner on the 15th of May, 1919. He also engaged in the practice of law together 
with his banking and other corporate interests until May 15, 1919, when he gave up the 
active work of the profession to devote his entire time to his duties as state bank com- 
missioner. He was also one of the organizers of the Porter-Walton Company, owning and 




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conducting experimental farms, greenhouses and a nursery at Centerville, with a whole- 
sale department in Salt Lake City and a retail department on State street in the capi- 
tal. This is one of the largest seed companies of the west, conducting a very extensive 
business. Prior to assuming his duties as bank commissioner and in compliance with 
the law, Mr. Porter severed his connections as a director of the various banks through- 
out the state. These included the Bank of Southern Utah at Cedar City, of which he 
was the organizer and its first president, the Columbia Trust Company of Salt Lake 
City, the Farmers & Stock Growers Bank in Salt Lake City, the Bountiful State Bank 
at Bountiful, Utah, of which he was vice president, and the Farmers' State Bank of 
Woods Cross, Utah. He has long been a prominent figure in professional and financial 
circles, his ability bringing him to a place of leadership. 

Mr. Porter has also been active in matters religious. During 1893-4-5 he performed a 
mission in the British isles for the Mormon church, of which he is a member, and today 
is one of the general board which has the direction of the work of the Sunday schools 
throughout the church. 

On the 1st of January. 1888, Mr. Porter was married to Miss Anna Adams, of Cen- 
terville, Utah, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Adams, representing a pioneer family 
of the state. Mr. and Mrs. Porter have become parents of eight children, but four of 
the number have passed away. Leo T. Porter, born in Centerville, Utah, in 1891, and 
educated in the University of Utah, is office manager for the Porter-Walton Company. 
He married Ivy Norberg, of Salt Lake City. During the war he was in the service of 
the country. Nathan Le Grand, born in Centerville in 1898 and educated in the Uni- 
versity of Utah, was also a member of the United States army. James C, born in 
Centerville in 1904, is a graduate of the graded schools of Davis county and has entered 
the high school. Anna Adams, born in Centerville in 1909, is now a pupil in the graded 
schools. Those deceased are: Nathan T. and Darwin, who died in infancy; one who 
died at birth; and Arthur Adams, who died in November, 1914, at the age of twenty-one 
years, while attending the School of Law of the University of Utah. The position of the 
family is one of marked social and intellectual prominence and in educational, finan- 
cial and legal circles Mr. Porter has made for himself a most enviable place and name. 
He has made remarkable headway in all that he has undertaken and has utilized each 
broader opportunity that every forward step in his career has brought to him. 



WILEY MORONI CRAGUN, M. D. 

Dr. Wiley Moroni Cragun. the leading physician and surgeon of Garland, was born 
at Pleasant View, Utah, in May, 1884. His father, Wilford Cragun, was the first child 
born in that town and as such afterward named the town. He was very active in 
church work and was sent on a mission to northern Illinois in 1904. While laboring 
there he was, together with several others of the same faith, poisoned by objectors to 
his work and he died three days after reaching Utah. Dr. Cragun's mother bore the 
maiden name of Mary Ann Ellis and was a daughter of Edmund Ellis, of Ogden, a 
prominent fruit grower and pioneer of Weber county. 

Dr. Cragun was educated in the graded schools of Ogden and at the Weber College. 
He worked his way through school by doing all sorts of chores and in order to go 
through college he took the position of supervisor of boys or teacher at the Deaf and 
Blind School. Upon his graduation from Weber in 1905 he determined to become a 
physician but was called by the church to go on a mission to the northern states in 
connection with the Illinois Conference. After filling this call he entered the Uni- 
versity of Illinois and to pay his way through that institution worked as a clerk in 
a shoe store when not pursuing his studies. In 1911 he was graduated with honors 
and his professional degree was conferred upon him. He then became an interne 
in the West Side Hospital of Chicago and in the Hospital of the University of Chicago 
where he remained for a little more than a year, gaining that broad, varied and valu- 
able experience which can be secured in no other way as quickly as in hospital practice. 
Thus thoroughly trained by education and experience. Dr. Cragun returned to Garland 
in 1912 and took up the practice of his profession. In the seven years of his practice 
in northern Utah he has built up a splendid business and has won a reputation as 



280 UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD 

a physician and surgeon of which he has every reason to be proud. His standing as 
a citizen is equally high, he being numbered among the esteemed residents of this 
section of the state. 

In July, 1910, Dr. Cragun was married to Miss Delphia Hetzler, a daughter of 
one of the leading dentists of Ogden. She was a classmate of Dr. Cragun in Weber 
College. They have three children, Ezra, Ellis and Ruth, aged respectively eight, five 
and two years, and theirs is an eviable social position, the hospitality of the best 
homes of this section of the state being freely accorded them. 



WALLACE FOULGER. 



Wallace Foulger, the efl3cient city treasurer of Ogden, was born in England, near 
London, September 30, 1S48. His father, John Foulger, was also a native of England 
and came to Utah in 1868. He was a merchant tailor and for many years carried 
on business along that line. His wife bore the maiden name of Susan Woolner and 
she, too, was born in England. Both have passed away. 

Wallace Foulger was reared in his native country and pursued his education in 
the schools of that land. He came to the United States with others in young man- 
hood and entered upon office work, also doing public accounting. He has spent much 
of his life since crossing the Atlantic in Ogden and has been actively connected with 
commercial and public work. In 1912 he was elected to the office of city treasurer 
of Ogden and continued in the position for four years. In January, 1918. he was 
appointed city treasurer by the city commission for a two years' term and is there- 
fore the present incumbent in the position, the duties of which he has ever discharged 
with marked promptness, capability and fidelity — a record reflecting credit upon him- 
self and proving highly satisfactory to those concerned. 

In July, 1870, Mr. Foulger was married to Miss Sarah B. Kay, of Ogden, a daughter 
of William Kay, the founder of Kaysville, Utah. They are now the parents of three 
living children, Frank Ogden, Arthur K. and Mrs. H. E. Plake, the last named of 
Eureka, Utah. They also lost four children. 

Mr. Foulger was a member of the Royal Arcanum and sei'ved as its treasurer 
for years. He is widely known in Weber county, where he has long made his home, 
and high regard is entertained for him by all with whom he has been associated be- 
cause of an upright life and his marked fidelity to duty. 



ALEXANDER G. CHRIST. 



Alexander G. Christ is the well known proprietor of the Boothe Hotel of Brigham. 
It has been asserted that the hotels of any town or city are the indicators of the 
character of the town itself. If this be true then Brigham is a live, progressive city, 
for no place of its size in any state in America can boast a better hotel than the 
Hotel Boothe. Located on the main street of the city in the heart of the business 
section and close to the city hall, the courthouse and other public buildings, the 
Boothe is certainly one of the best hotels of northern Utah. There are airy, comfortable 
rooms, well ventilated, handsomely furnished and scrupulously clean and the hotel 
therefore offers to travelers accommodations not excelled in any of the larger cities 
of the state. A fine, well lighted cafe furnishes a menu that embraces all of the 
delicacies of the season, well cooked and attractively served, but to the general traveler 
that which makes strongest appeal is the home feeling that prevails around the hotel and 
the warm and hospitable greeting of the proprietor and his assistants. 

The manager of this hotel, Alexander G. Christ, was evidently "to the manner 
born." His cordial manner and willingness to oblige at once put the wayfarer at his 
ease and no guest ever leaves the Boothe without expressing satisfaction concerning 
the service received. Mr. Christ was born in the beautiful city of Patras, Greece, 
in 1887. His father owned a large sheep ranch but the boy was a born cosmopolite 
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at the early age of eleven years, just as arrangements were being made to send him 
to college in Athens, he ran away and obtained employment as a waiter in a restaurant. 
There he met with travelers from all parts of the world and within two years he had 
determined to visit America. In 1899 he landed on the shores of the new world with 
a little money but with no knowledge of either the language or the customs of the 
people. He first obtained work in a lock factory in Connecticut and at once applied 
for admission to a night school with the determination to master the language. After 
a few months he left that company and removed to New York, where he was employed 
for several months, and all the time attended night schools. His next removal 
took him to St. Louis, Missouri, where he secured a position as clerk in a grocery 
store. He continued in that employment for a year and arranged with his employer 
to be permitted to attend school for three hours during the day. Before he was eighteen 
years of age he had mastered the English tongue and had determined to become an 
American citizen. That he was ambitious is evidenced by the fact that he engaged in 
business on his own account in East St. Louis and other cities in the west. The 
declaration of war by the United States against Germany found Mr. Christ proprietor 
of the Manhattan cafe and bakery at Rupert, Idaho, and an American citizen. He at 
once looked around for a buyer for his business and secured one. He was soon in 
Uncle Sam's uniform, ready and eager to do his part for the country of his adoption 
that had now become his in every sense. From the latter part of 1917 until March, 
1919, he served in the army and after being honorably discharged looked about him 
for a business opening. Coming to Brigham with an old and tried friend, Andrew 
Pathakis, and liking the city, he and his friend purchased the Hotel Boothe and a 
little later he acquired the ownership of the Liberty Bakery. Mr. Christ assumed the 
hotel management and Mr. Pathakis that of the bakery. They refurnished the Boothe 
and its cafe, modernizing it in every department and adding to its equipment an 
automobile for the free transportation of guests. Mr. Christ has in a few short months 
given to Brigham and the traveling public a stopping place that in every sense is just 
what his slogan says: "Just a little better than you would think." Thus steadily 
since coming to the new world has Mr. Christ progressed and is today occupying an 
enviable position in business circles, a position that is bringing to him a merited and 
satisfactory return for indefatigable effort and close application. 



EDWIN WASHINGTON PAXMAN. 

Edwin Washington Paxman, a well known lumber merchant of American Fork, 
was born July 4, 1872, in the city which is still his home. His father, William Paxman, 
was a native of Essex county, England, and came to America in 1856. Making his way 
to Utah, he was appointed superintendent of the American Fork Cooperative Store. 
He afterward removed to Provo and in connection with the father of Senator Reed 
Smoot organized the Smoot Lumber Company. He was afterward called to Nephi and 
became head of Juab stake, in which position he continued to the time of his death. 
He was also on a mission to Europe covering two years. It was Mr. Paxman who 
was the promoter of the Old Folks Day. He took this up by interesting old people at 
his own home and developed an organization whose reunion day is one of the most 
attractive and important social features of the country. This work he undertook 
in the early seventies. He died at American Fork in October, 1897, and his remains were 
laid to rest in the cemetery at Nephi. The mother of Edwin W. Paxman bore the 
maiden name of Ann Rushen Keys. She was born, reared and married in England and 
came to the new world in 1856, residing for some years in Boston before removing to 
Utah. Her last days were spent in American Fork, where she departed this life 
April 10, 1919. She was the mother of eleven children, nine of whom are yet living. 
The father was very prominent in the work of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- 
day Saints and was for four years in New Zealand, where he had the Book of Mormon 
translated into the language of the people. 

Edwin W. Paxman obtained his primary education in the schools of Nephi and 
there continued his studies until he reached the age of seventeen, when he put aside 
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Adams & Grace Brothers, dealers in lumber at Neplii. He remained with them for 
three years continuously and was associated with the business altogether for seven 
years. In 1898 he was sent on a mission to the eastern states, spending two years in 
Pennsylvania. He afterward returned to Nephi, where he remained for two years, and 
in 1902 removed to American Fork, where he engaged in carpentering for several 
years. Three years ago he took charge of the interests of the Bonneville Lumber 
Company at American Fork and has since been in control of the business at this 
place. His previous experience in connection with the lumber trade well qualified him 
for his duties and responsibilities that devolve upon him In this connection. He 
has been very successful in the management of the big plant at American Fork and 
is a worthy representative of one of the important corporate interests of the state, 
the company having a number of lumberyards in many of the cities of Utah. 

In 1897 Mr. Paxman was united in marriage to Miss Emma Jenkins, of Nephl, 
a daughter of James and Margaret Jenkins, who were pioneers of this state but have 
now passed away. Mr. and Mrs. Paxman had four children, all of whom are deceased, 
and the mother has likewise been called to her final rest. On the 13th of September, 
1906, Mr. Paxman was married to Esther Christensen, of American Fork, a daughter 
of Hans and Marian Christensen. They had six children, of whom three are living: 
Emma C, twelve years of age; Helois M., five years of age; and Harold, who is in his 
first year. Mr. and Mrs. Paxman are widely and favorably known in American Fork, 
where they have made for themselves a creditable social position, while in business 
circles Mr. Paxman's name and place are enviable. 



JUDGE JOHN DAVID PETERS. ' 

Judge John David Peters, who has had a marked Influence over the educational, 
banking and legislative history of the state and in addition is a prominent churchman, 
was born in Salt Lake City on the 10th of May, 1850, a son of David Hughes and Laura 
Jones (Davis) Peters, both of whom were natives of Wales. The father was born in 
Harlech, Merioneth, March 10, 1810, while the mother's birth occurred near Festiniog, 
February 8, 1817. David Hughes Peters who was a carder and spinner in Wales, came 
to Utah in the year 1849 and took up the occupation of farming casting in his lot 
with the earliest settlers. In 1853 he removed to Boxelder county, where he again 
followed agricultural pursuits. He was a consistent member of the Church of Jesus 
Christ of Latter-day Saints and died in that faith on the 11th of June, 1898. The 
mother of Judge Peters passed away December 14, 1900. They had a family of nine 
children, of whom three are living. 

Following the removal of the family to Brigham, John D. Peters attended the local 
schools and has always been keenly Interested In the cause of education, to which he 
has made valuable contribution through his work as county superintendent of schools 
and his service in the legislature. When twenty-one years of age he took up the 
profession of teaching, which he followed for a few years. He attended the Logan 
high school and also the University of Utah as a student in the normal department. 
Chosen county superintendent of schools, he filled the office for four years, being elected 
in August, 1883, and reelected in 1885. In August, 1886, he was chosen probate judge 
of Boxelder county and occupied the position until March, 1889. 

Previous to this he had become an active worker In the Church of Jesus Christ 
of Latter-day Saints, which he joined when quite young. In 1877 he was chosen 
bishop's counselor at Three Mile Creek and served in that position until 1890. During 
that period he was for ten years Sunday school superintendent and in 1890 was mad-j 
high counselor of the Boxelder stake of Zion. On the 29th of June, 1S95, be started 
to England as missionary for the church and there remained for two years, returnin,; 
in August, 1897, having presided over the Welsh conference for twenty months. His 
life has been one of intense and intelligently directed activity, touching many of the 
general Interests of society and in many ways promoting public welfare. In 1888 he 
was elected a director of the Deseret Agricultural and Manufacturing Society and in 
1890 popular suffrage placed him in the position of county clerk. In 1891 he was 
chosen to represent his district in the state legislature and gave most thoughtful and 




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earnest consideration to the vital questions that came up for settlement. In 1892 he 
was chairman of the committee on education in the upper house of the territorial 
legislature and reported favorably on a bill for free public schools, recommending its 
passage. This bill retained all the important provisions of the act of 1890 and made 
important additions thereto. The bill passed both houses, receiving the governor's 
signature and constituting the foundation of Utah's present excellent school system. 
In the year in which he was chosen a member of the state legislature Judge Peters 
was also elected mayor of Brigham and the efficiency with which he administered 
municipal affairs was Indicated by his reelection in 1893. He left the Impress of his 
individuality and ability upon the state constitution while serving as a delegate to the 
constitutional convention in 1895. Following his return from England he was reelected 
county superintendent of schools in July, 1898, and his splendid service in that con- 
nection did much to advance the high standard of the schools in Boxelder county. He 
is a member of the board of trustees of the Utah Agricultural College and every phase 
of educational advancement in the county has found in him a friend. 

In banking circles, too, the name of Judge Peters is well known. He had some 
early banking experience and in 1901 became one of the promoters of the First National 
Bank of Brigham, of which he is now cashier and manager. In this connection he is a 
most efficient and popular officer and his name is an honored one in banking circles. 
His influence and labors have indeed been potent factors for progress and he has long 
been accounted one of the most honored citizens of Boxelder county and the state. 

On the 22d of November, 1869, Judge Peters married Miss Louisa E. Bingham; a 
native of Salt Lake City but at that time a resident of Perry. The children born of 
this union are as follows: Sarah, now the widow of Oleen Stohl, of Brigham city, 
who was for many years president of the Boxelder stake; Emeline, the wife of George 
W. Watkins, bishop of the first ward of the Boxelder stake; Laura, the wife of Alma 
Iverson, a farmer and fruit raiser and formerly a school teacher of Boxelder county; 
John W., a teacher in the high school of Brigham and the present mayor of the city; 
Mary, the wife of W. V. Call, of Brigham city, who is manager of the Hamilton canal; 
Elsa, the wife of John S. Christensen, a very successful farmer and beet raiser; Perry 
D., chief bookkeeper of the First National Bank of Brigham; Lois, the wife of Sterling 
D. Madsen, of Brigham: Reynolds, who died in infancy; and Royle, who died at the age 
of eleven years. 



S. ELLIOTT GREENE, D. D. S. 

Dr. S. Elliott Greene, an able representative of the dental profession at Ogden, was 
born in Washingtonville, New York, July 30, 1879, a son of Jerome E. Greene, a native of 
the Empire state and a representative of one of its old families of English and 
French lineage. He is a member of the same family to which belonged General 
Natlianiel Greene of Revolutionary war fame. Jerome E. Greene during his active 
life was engaged in the promotion of large industrial interests and corporations and 
was a very successful man, controlling important business affairs which constituted 
an element of business growth and development in the communities in which he labored 
as well as a source of individual profit. He is now retired and makes his home in 
Atlanta, Georgia. His father, Gilbert Greene, was a Civil war veteran, who as a 
captain commanded a company of the Three Hundred and Sixty-fifth New York 
Infantry and served throughout the period of hostilities between the north and the 
south. He was a warm personal friend of Abraham Lincoln. The wife of Jerome E. 
Greene bore the maiden name of Anna Merritt and was born in Washingtonville. 
New York, in the same bed and room in which the birth of Dr. Greene of this review 
occurred. She, too, was descended from one of the old families of New York and her 
mother was a Buonaparte, belonging to the same family as the great military leader, 
in fact was an own cousin of Napoleon Buonaparte. Mrs. Greene is still living and she 
has reared a family of nine children, eight sons and a daughter, of whom two of the 
sons have now^ passed away. 

Dr. Greene of this review was the second child of the family. He was educated 
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Southern Dental College, from which he was graduated in 1903 with the D. D. S. 
degree. He entered upon the practice of his profession in Athens. Georgia, and after- 
ward removed to Dallas, Texas, where he conducted an office until June. 1905. He 
then came to Utah, settling at Logan, where he remained until 1912. when he removed 
to Ogden. Here through the intervening period of seven years he has continuously 
engaged in practice and he is regarded as one of the most able dental surgeons of 
this part of the state. He has constantly broadened his knowledge and promoted his 
efficiency through further reading and study and he possesses also that marked mechani- 
cal skill and ingenuity which is an indispensable feature in successful dental work. 

Dr. Greene was married in Heber, Utah, on the 25th of May, 1907, to Miss Annie 
Hardy, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nephi Hardy. Dr. and Mrs. Greene now have 
three children: Dorothy, born February 23, 1908; Anita, born April 2, 1910; and 
Celia, who was born November 28, 1917, and passed away in June, 1919. Dr. Greene owns 
an attractive residence at No. 1846 Adams street, where the family resides, and in the 
social circles of the city they occupy an enviable position. 

Fraternally he is connected with Ogden Lodge, No. 81, A. F. & A. M., and also with 
the Eagles and his religious faith is that of the First Presbyterian church. His 
military record covers service with the Georgia National Guard at Atlanta. He has 
worked his way to success through individual effort, providing the means for his 
education by clerking in grocery stores and thus indicating the elemental strength of 
his character. Persistency of purpose has ever been a feature of his career and at 
all times he has held to high standards of manhood and citizenship as well as to the 
highest professional ethics. 



LOUIS SIMON. 



Louis Simon, president and general manager of the Paris Millinery Company, is 
one of Salt Lake City's most successful merchants and the controlling spirit in one 
of the foremost mercantile institutions of its kind in the west. He is of European 
birth, as were his parents, Isaac and Adelaide (Engler) Simon. The father was a 
merchant and remained in Europe, where his death occurred. His widow then came 
to America, where her children had previously taken up their abode. She resided 
for twelve years in Salt Lake City and subsequently made her home in New York 
city, where she passed away. The children of Isaac and Adelaide (Engler) Simon 
were ten in number, of whom the following are yet living: Joseph, of New York 
city; Mrs. Rebecca Lehman, of New York city; Mrs. Helena Stern, of Washington, 
D. C. ; Miss Rala Simon, of New York city; and Louis. 

The last named was the eighth in order of birth in the family. His education 
was received in his native country, where his birth occurred February 16, 1861. He 
left high school to enter upon an apprenticeship in the dry goods business and from 
the age of thirteen years he has made his own way in the world. Attracted by the 
opportunities of America, he crossed the Atlantic in 1878 and during his first year in 
the United States was employed in New York city, while in 1879 he became a resi- 
dent of Salt Lake city. Here he was employed in various capacities, spending four 
years with the firm of Simon Brothers. This firm was established by Fred and Joseph 
Simon, in whose employ Louis Simon remained for a time and then became a partner 
in the business. In 1898 Louis and Adolph Simon established the Paris Millinery 
Company, dealers in retail and wholesale millinery, ladies' and children's ready-to- 
wear clothing and accessories thereto. This business has had a remarkable growth 
and from its inception Louis Simon has been its president and manager. An immense 
business has been built up under their careful supervision and direction until it has 
taken a foremost position among Utah's mercantile houses. Louis Simon is thor- 
oughly versed in the business, knows his personal capacities and powers and has 
mastered every phase of the trade. He chooses the best and backs his judgment, 
even in the face of discouraging circumstances, by positive constructive action, which 
practice has led to higher achievements. The continuous growth and e.xpansion of 
the business is indicated by the fact that the company now has more than two hun- 
dred and fifty employes and occupies two floors and basement of a building which 




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has a frontage of one hundred and ten feet and a depth of two hundred and seventy- 
five feet. The Paris Millinery Company is one of Salt Lake City's mercantile show 
places and comprises one of the most modern business houses in the west. Its mag- 
nificent home on East Broadway was erected in 1913, and with its beautiful exterior 
representing an architectural triumph combined with the artistic effect of the interior 
construction, there is a completeness of detail seldom found in a business structure. 
This is the third location of the business in Salt Lake since it was established, the 
first being on South Main street, between South Temple and First South. Those 
quarters were soon outgrown and new ones were occupied in a building specially erected 
at 262-266 South Main street, which was supposed to amply provide for the future 
needs of the business. The continued growth of the trade of the Paris Millinery Com- 
pany, by leaps and bounds, was such that in but little more than' a decade larger 
quarters were found necessary and the present building was erected. The house be- 
came the pioneer in its line on Broadway, acquiring the appropriate and merited 
distinction of "The Store That Made Broadway," which has become the slogan of the 
Paris Millinery. Within a few years after the business was established the rapid 
growth of the retail department necessitated the securing of separate quarters for the 
wholesale division. In providing these Louis and Adolph Simon erected at No. 242 
South West Temple the first wholesale loft building in the city and the first whole- 
sale building in that section of the city. Subsequently when the Broadway building 
was erected, it was with the intention of providing room for both retail and whole- 
sale departments and the latter was removed thereto. The splendid building on South 
West Temple vacated by the wholesale department is still owned by the Paris Milli- 
nery Company. 

In Denver, Colorado, on the 8th of December, 1891, Louis Simon was married to 
Miss Gussie G. Goldberg, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gumpert Goldberg. Mrs. Simon 
was born in Corinne, Utah, and was quite young when her parents removed to Ogden, 
where her father established one of the largest wholesale grocery houses in the state. 
He was a successful business man and at his death the F. J. Kiesel Company purchased 
the business. Mrs. Goldberg later removed to Denver in order to educate her chil- 
dren and in that city Mrs. Simon lived until her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Simon have 
one daughter, Irene Ruth, who is now Mrs. Sylvan Simon, of Salt Lake City. 

Mr. Simon belongs to the Rotary Club and also to the Salt Lake Commercial 
Club and is keenly interested in every movement tending to advance the welfare and 
upbuilding of his adopted city and state. A business record covering forty years in 
Salt Lake City has not only brought him individual success but has found expression 
in valuable contributions to the city's business interests. He is a Mason who has 
attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and also belongs to the Mystic 
Shrine. He is loyal to the high teachings and purposes of the craft and he has many 
warm friends among his brethren of the fraternity, while in business circles he has 
ever enjoyed the respect and confidence of those with whom his long and successful 
business career has brought him in contact. 



P. C. GILLETT. 



P. C. Gillett is one of the partners in and the general manager of the Ophir 
Mercantile Company and has continued active in this business since 1912. He is therefore 
classed not only among the representative business men of Ophir but also of Tooele 
county and this section of the state. The county numbers him among its native sons, 
his birth having occurred within its borders on the 13th of September, 1880. His 
parents were Samuel and Naomi (Chapelle) Gillett, mentioned in connection with the 
sketch of John Gillett on another page of this work. 

P. C. Gllett acquired a common school education and also pursued a business 
course in the Agricultural College at Logan, covering a period of two years. Through 
all the intervening period to the present time he has been connected with mercantile 
pursuits. For two years he was thus engaged in business at Soda Springs, Idaho, acting 
as clerk in a mercantile establishment at that place. He then removed to Ophir. where 
he has conducted business since 1912. In this undertaking he is associated with his 

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brother John and John A. Lindburg. P. C. Gillett acts as manger of the business, which 
is carried on under the style of the Ophir Mercantile Company. For a considerable 
period they conducted a general merchandise establishment and their sales amounted 
to eighty thousand dollars per year. In 191S, however, they sold the grocery department 
of their business and are now concentrating their efforts and attention upon dry 
goods, while their annual sales amount to about forty thousand dollars. They carry 
a stock valued at twelve thousand dollars and their line of goods is very attractive, 
representing the best that the American markets put out. Their business has constant- 
ly grown and developed and the enterprise and progressiveness of Mr. Gillett have 
constituted a very strong and forceful element in their prosperity. 

In 1912 P. C. Gillett was united in marriage to Miss Minnie Hardy, a native of 
Salt Lake and a daughter of Charles W. Hardy, who was a pioneer of Utah, coming 
to this state with a "handcart" company. He was a civil engineer by profession and 
took a helpful part in many activities which constituted a strong element in the 
upbuilding and development of the state. He was a prominent, active and Influental 
citizen of Salt Lake county for a considerable period. A native of New England, his 
birth occurred at Groveland, Massachusetts, on the 28th of July, 1843, and in 1852, when 
a lad of but nine years, he came to Utah. Because of his ability his services were 
in constant demand by the church in the early days. His knowledge and experience as a 
civil engineer caused his cooperation to be sought continually and he was always 
willing to do for the church. Many years of his life were spent in active and actual 
pioneering in all sections of Utah and his labors were a most potent force in the settle- 
ment and improvement of the state. He was also prominent in the church, acting as 
bishop's couselor, as high priest and a member of the Eighth Quorum of Seventy. He 
also went on a mission to the southern states, covering the years 18S1 to 1883, and 
his efforts in behalf of the church were far-reaching, beneficial and resultant. While in 
Salt Lake county he served as surveyor for eight years. Due credit should be given to 
him for the part he has played in advancing the welfare and promoting the upbuilding 
of Utah, of which he became a resident in pioneer times. He was active in railroad 
building and the worth of his work in the state can scarcely be overestimated. 

To Mr. and Mrs. Gillett were born three children. Perry, John and Arthur. The 
Gillett family is also identified with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 
and Mr. Gillett was sent on a mission to the northernt states and to Winnipeg, Canada, 
where he labored from 1907 until 1910. He was stationed at Winnipeg during the 
boom days in that city. He was also the founder of the Sunday school at Ophir, has 
served as high priest and in other offices of the church. His political endorsement 
is given to the republican party and he has served as a member of the city council, 
taking a keen interest in promoting the welfare and upbuilding of Ophir and the 
advancement of all those interests which tend to advance its civic interests and civic 
pride. 



WILFORD PERRY. 



Wilford Perry, a prominent figure in connection with the seed trade at Provo, LTtah, 
who in connection with the conduct of his business has developed some very fine vege- 
tables and melons, is a native son of the city in which he still makes his home, his 
birth having here occurred on the 14th of April, 1871. He is a son of Philander J. Perry 
and while spending his youthful days in Provo he mastered the branches of learning 
taught in the public schools. Wlien his textbooks were put aside he began learning the 
carpenter's trade, which he followed for eight years, and for one year he engaged in 
contracting and building on his own account. He was afterward associated with the Provo 
Woolen Mills for two years and in 1894 established himself in business on Center 
street. He afterward purchased his present location and is today a well known seeds- 
man of the west. In addition to handling all kinds of seeds he conducts a greenhouse 
and grows many of the seeds which he sells. He has introduced some new varieties 
in vegetables, especially Perry's extra early peas, which are the earliest on the market. 
He has also produced a muskmelon that is absolutely solid. He is sole proprietor of his 
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He is likewise engaged in the growing of flowers and also in the raising of poultry 
and is very successful in all these undertakings. 

In 1892 Mr. Perry was united in marriage to Miss Agnes Harding, a native of 
Emgland, and their children are as follows. Milton, who is now connected with the 
navy yard at Bremerton, Washington, married Mellie Mitchell, of Provo, and they 
have two children, Chester and Fay. The second son, Darwin H. Perry, is in Prance with 
the Sixty-ninth Balloon Company. Reva M. is at home and assists her father in the 
conduct of the business. Shirley is with his father. 

The family adhere to the faith of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and 
Mr. Perry, taking an active part in the church work, is now serving as an elder. His 
has been an active, useful and well spent life and back of his success in business is a 
well defined energy combined with keen discrimination and unfaltering enterprise. 



ALEX TOPONCE. 



Alex Toponce, of Ogden, is well known through Utah as a mining and irrigation 
promoter and in this connection has made valuable contribution to the development and 
upbuilding of the state. A native of France, he was born in Belfort, November 10, 1839, 
a son of Peter and Mary Toponce, who in 1846 crossed the Atlantic and landed in New 
York. They afterward removed to Kalamazoo. Michigan, where the remainder of their 
days were passed, the father's death there occurring in 1868. The mother subsequently 
removed with her family to Utah, making the trip to the west in 1873, and settled at 
Corinne. 

Alex Toponce of this review was less than eight years of age when he ran away 
from home and afterward lived with a family in Jefferson county. New York, until he 
reached the age of thirteen. He then started for the west, hoping to find better business 
opportunities beyond the Mississippi, and arrived in Missouri in 1852. In 1857 he 
joined Johnson's army and came to Utah, where he remained until the fall of 1858. He 
then returned to Saline county, Missouri, where he continued until 1860. In that 
year he removed to Colorado, where he remained until February 2, 1863, when he left 
Denver tor Montana in company with a party numbering one hundred and sixty-five 
men and one woman. They traveled with mule and horse teams across the country to 
Bannock, Montana, where they arrived on the 14th of May, 1863. In the same summer 
Mr. Toponce came to Utah and established his home at Corinne, where he engaged in 
stock raising. He purchased ninety thousand acres of land from the railroad company, 
which tract was afterward sold in small parcels, a stock company being formed that de- 
frauded Mr. Toponce out of the property. He continued in the live stock business in Utah, 
Idaho and Wyoming, buying and selling live stock, and in this connection he met with a 
substantial measure of prosperity. He now has a proposition in Idaho and Wyoming 
having to do with irrigation whereby power will be supplied to furnish water to thirteen 
thousand acres. Eighteen years ago he discovered this project and he now has it well 
under way. He has eight hundred cubic feet of water per second, being supplied through- 
out the entire year and furnishing five hundred thousand horse power. This is in 
the Grand valley of Idaho and Wyoming. The development of his project is a most 
important business enterprise and the work is being steadily carried forward to success- 
ful completion. Mr. Toponce has always been in the mining business and he is now 
interested in seven or eight different mines in the valley which produce gold and silver. 

On the 18th of September, 1870, Mr. Toponce was married to Miss Gibbs Beach Collins, 
who was the second white child born in Utah and is the oldest woman living who is a 
native daughter. 

Mr. Toponce gives his political allegiance to the republican party and while living 
at Corinne served for three years as mayor of the city. He was also appointed sheriff 
of Boxelder county but did not qualify for the office. For the past forty-nine years he 
has been a member of the Masonic fraternity and is one of its exemplary representa- 
tives, holding closely to the teachings of the craft. He is likewise connected with the 
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His life has ever been actuated by high and honor- 
able principles and worthy motives and he has made a creditable position in business 
circles and at all times has enjoyed the confidence, goodwill and high regard of those with 



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whom he has been associated. He has now passed the eightieth milestone on life's 
journey and yet is an active business man. Old age need not necessarily suggest 
idleness nor want of occupatiou. There is an old age which grows stronger and 
brighter mentally and morally as the years pass on and gives out of its rich stores «f 
wisdom and experience for the benefit of others. Such is the record of Mr. Toponce and 
his association with the interests of the west has been of benefit to the various 
localities in which he has resided. 



HENRY M. DINWOODEY. 



Henry M. Dinwoodey is the president of the Dinwoodey Furniture Company of Salt 
Lake City. It is true that he entered upon a business already established, but many a 
man of less resolute spirit and of more limited capacity would have failed in extending 
the scope of this important enterprise and directing its salient features. On the con- 
trary Henry M. Dinwoodey has been ready to meet any emergency and to adapt himself 
to the changing conditions of trade and has constantly promoted the mammoth mercan- 
tile institution of which he is the head. 

Salt Lake numbers him among her native citizens. He was here born on the 4th 
of March, 1866, a son of Henry and Anna (Hill) Dinwoodey. The father, one of the 
most highly honored and respected citizens of Salt Lake for many years, was born in 
Warrington, Lancashire, England, September 11, 1825. He remained a resident of his 
native land until his twenty-fifth year and there acquired his education. Having become 
a convert to the teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he deter- 
mined to cast in his fortunes with the representatives of the church in Utah and in 
1849 started for the United States. The voyage was a very trying one. Several days 
after the vessel was out of sight of land cholera broke out among the passengers and so 
dreadful were its ravages that more than forty people succumbed to the disease and 
were buried in the ocean. The weather, too, was extremely stormy and the trip a peril- 
ous one, but at length New Orleans was reached and there Mr. Dinwoodey remained for 
six months, removing in the following spring to St. Louis, Missouri, where for five years 
he worked at the pattern maker's trade. He then fitted out two ox teams and with his 
family started across the plains for Utah, reaching Salt Lake in September, 1855. Indo- 
lence and idleness were utterly foreign to his nature and his unfaltering industry soon 
gained him a place of prominence in the commercial circles of the city. He established 
a small furniture store and at the beginning his stock largely consisted of furniture 
which he himself manufactured. As the years passed, however, his business grew and 
developed and he not only greatly promoted his own fortunes but also aided in putting 
many another on the road to permanent prosperity. The Dinwoodey furniture house 
of the present day stands as a monument to his progressive spirit, his indefatigable 
energy and his persistency of purpose. He was also active in the work of the church and 
contributed largely to the building of the Temple and other structures owned by the 
church and filled various oflices in connection therewith. He was commissioned by Gov- 
ernor Mann as captain of the First Infantry, Nauvoo Legion, having been elected thereto 
on the 10th of October, 1869. While he did not seek nor desire political office, he served 
several times as a member of the city council of Salt Lake. He was likewise one of the 
promoters of the Deseret Agricultural and Manufacturing Society, was a regent of the 
Deseret University, was known as the father of the Salt Lake waterworks system and 
of the Salt Lake Gas Company and was also considered the promoter of the park sys- 
tem, being one of the founders of Liberty park of Salt Lake. No interest or project for 
the benefit of the city sought his aid in vain, for he gave generously in support of every 
measure that he believed would prove of benefit to the community in its material, intel- 
lectual and moral upbuilding. Before leaving his native country Henry Dinwoodey was 
married to Miss Ellen Gore, who died in Salt Lake City in 1855. He afterward wedded 
Anna Hill and to them were born four children. Mrs. Dinwoodey came across the plains 
to Utah in 1856 and was married in Salt Lake. She is still living at the advanced age 
of seventy-nine years but is as active as many a woman at fifty and takes the deepest 
interest in events of the day. The death of Mr. Dinwoodey occurred in Salt Lake City 
in 1905. He was one of the most beloved residents of the capital by reason of his ster- 




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ling personal worth, his business ability and his devotion to the public welfare. To him 
and his wife were born eight children, four of whom are living. Henry M. Dinwoodey 
is the eldest, the others being L. G., Mrs. R. P. Morris and Mrs. Edith Wright, all of 
Salt Lake City. 

Henry M. Dinwoodey attended the public schools and at the age of eleven years went 
to work in his father's store. Parental authority was not exercised to win him speedy 
promotion. On the contrary he thoroughly mastered every detail of the business and by 
Individual effort and merit worked his way upward from one position to another until 
eventually he became the head of the business, which was incorporated in 1891 under 
the name of the Henry Dinwoodey Furniture Company. The business has been devel- 
oped from a little establishment occupying one room to one of the mammoth com- 
mercial concerns of the city and of the west. Today they occupy a large, modern, seven- 
story building, sixty-four by one hundred and fifteen feet and three warehouses, all 
devoted to the business, in connection with which more than eighty people are employed. 
They carry a very extensive and attractive line of moderate and high priced furniture 
and their sales are annually increasing. 

On the 21st of September, 1887, Mr. Dinwoodey was married to Miss Florence Marion 
Whitney, of Salt Lake, a daughter of Horace K. and Helen Violet Whitney. Like his 
father, he is interested in all that pertains to the public life and welfare of Salt Lake 
City, giving hearty and earnest support to measures and movements for the general 
good and for the upbuilding of the commonwealth as well. He is a worthy representa- 
tive of one of the pioneer families and the name of Dinwoodey has from the earliest days 
in the development of Utah been synonymous with the work of progress and improve- 
ment here. He is a director of the Deseret National Bank, Zion's Cooperative Mercan- 
tile Institution and the Columbia Trust Company of Salt Lake City. In politics he is 
Independent, supporting men and measures rather than party, and he belongs to the Alta 
Club, the Country Club and the Commercial Club. 



THOMAS MABEY HOLT. 



Thomas Mabey Holt, treasurer and manager of the Spanish Fork Cooperative Store, 
was born in Salt Lake City, August 24, 1867. His father, Albert Holt, was a native of 
Dorsetshire, England, and became one of the pioneers of Utah, where he conducted 
business as a grading contractor and freighter. He arrived in this state in 1861, settling 
in Salt Lake City, where he continued to make his home until his life's labors were 
terminated in death in 1906. He was a very active member of the Church of Jesus 
Christ of Latter-day Saints and served with the Salt Lake City Seventy. He married 
Maria Mabey, a native of England, who survived him for more than a decade and died 
in 1917. Of their twelve children six are yet living. 

Reared in Salt Lake City, Thomas M. Holt acquired his early education in the 
public schools and afterward attended the University of Utah through the year of 1886- 
7. When his textbooks were put aside he became associated with his father in railway 
contracting. They did contract grading, also large excavation work and contract work 
at the smelters. Thomas M. Holt was thus engaged until 1905, when he went to Gold- 
field and also to Tonopah, Nevada, where he engaged in freighting and merchandising. 
He spent two years in that way and afterward returned to Salt Lake City, where he 
accepted a position as mercantile adjuster. Later he became connected with the 
credit department of Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution, with which he remained 
for a short time, and next took charge of the Spanish Fork Cooperative Institution 
Store, systematizing and reincorporating the business and placing it upon a substantial 
basis. The present officers of the company are: Lars Nielsen, president; Thomas Wil- 
liams, vice president; Oliver Swenson, secretary; and Mr. Holt treasurer and manager. 
He is thus active in control of the business, which is now a large and substantial one. 
They have an extensive department store, occupying the largest building in Spanish 
Fork and enjoying a large trade. When Mr. Holt took charge the store was heavily in 
debt but by his skillful management, enterprising methods and progressiveness he has 
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position. He is a capable executive, well known for his integrity and square dealing, his 
principles being such as will at all times bear the closest investigation and scrutiny. 

In 1891 Mr. Holt was united in marriage to Miss Bertha Chipman, of American 
Fork, a daughter of Stephen Chipman, who was a pioneer of 1849 in American Fork. 
The four children of this marriage are: Ethel; Blanche, the wife of Harvey Nielsen, 
of Spanish Fork; Gladys, who is attending the Agricultural College at Logan; and 
Bertha, also in school. 

Mr. Holt is a valued member of the Spanish Fork Commercial Club and is serving 
on its advisory board. A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 
he has served as a member of the Seventy and was on a mission with James Douglas 
in Tennessee and Arkansas in 1887-1888-1889. His political allegiance is given to the 
democratic party but he has never been an aspirant for office, preferring to con- 
centrate his efforts and attention upon his business affairs. Aside from his connection 
with the Spanish Fork Cooperative Company he is the president of the Provo Rubber 
Sales Company of Provo, Utah, and is well known in commercial circles in the 
state. For recreation he turns to fishing but the greater part of his time and energy 
In concentrated upon his business affairs. He is fortunate in that he possesses character 
and ability that inspire confidence in others and the simple weight of his character 
and ability has carried him into important business relations. 



DE WITT KNOX. 



De Witt Knox, vice president of the National Bank of the Republic, is one of the 
best known of the younger bankers of Salt Lake who are leaders in the financial circles of 
the city. He was born August 13, 1888, in Osborne, Kansas, a son of Frank and Julia 
M. (Granby) Knox. He was but a child when he removed to Salt Lake, in which city 
he received his early educational training. He later attended preparatory schools in 
California and Massachusetts and then entered the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale, 
from which he was graduated with the Ph. S. degree as a member of the class of 1911. As 
a young man he received training in banking in clerical positions and was advanced 
until he reached the position of assistant cashier of the National Bank of the Republic. 
In order to obtain still wider experience he then went to San Francisco, where he was con- 
nected with the Anglo-London-Paris National Bank for two years. Upon the death of his 
father, however, he returned to Salt Lake and in 1915 was elected to the vice presidency 
of the National Bank of the Republic, which position he has since filled. The interests 
of Mr. Knox are varied and extensive and while not yet a man of middle age, he has 
taken a prominent position among the men of big business interests in the inter- 
mountain country. 

On the 27th of August, 1913, Mr. Knox was married to Miss Evelyne Powers, of 
Denver, and they have two interesting little children, De Witt, Jr., born November 14, 
1914, in San Francisco; and Janet. The parents are prominent in the best social circles 
of the city and in club life Mr. Knox is well known as a representative member of the 
University, Alta, and Commercial Clubs of Salt Lake. 



ARTHUR E. CUSTER. 



Arthur E. Custer, metallurgist, and mining engineer of Salt Lake, was born in De- 
troit, Michigan, August 12. 1879, a son of Ernest L. and Minnie Custer, who were of 
European birth. In early life, however, they crossed the Atlantic and became residents 
of Detroit, whence they afterward removed to Denver, Colorado, and eventually came to 
Salt Lake City, where the father engaged in contracting and building. He constructed 
many of the present substantial structures of the city, and here passed away in July, 
1914. The mother is still living in Salt Lake. They had a family of five children, of 
whom two have passed away. Those who survive are: Mrs. John C. Haddock, living 
at Denver; Harry J., of San Francisco, California; and Arthur E. 

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Denver and afterward became a student In the Latter-day Saints' University at Salt 
Lake, while subsequently he entered the University of Utah, from which he was gradu- 
ated in 1901 on completing a course in mining engineering and metallurgy. He then 
entered upoil the practice of his chosen profession as chief metallurgist for the Bingham 
Consolidated Mining & Smelting Company. He was chief metallurgical engineer of the 
first smelting plant for that company built in the state and he continued with the company 
for four years, after which he became connected with the Glasgow Exploration & 
Mining Company, which he represented as chief metallurgist for four years more. He 
then resigned and was afterward connected in a similar capacity with other mining 
companies. In 1907 he went to Nevada and was actively engaged in the practice of 
his profession in that state for three years. He then returned to Salt Lake and entered 
the government assay service, so continuing for four years, during which time he was 
engaged largely in research work and discovered the rich deposits of potash in the 
southern part of the state, the beds being today extensively developed. He is known as 
the father of the potash industry in the west. On leaving the government service he 
opened a chemical laboratory and ore testing plant in Salt Lake in order to engage in 
business on his own account and has succeeded far beyond his expectations. He has 
in his possession the finest collection of ore and metal specimens in the west. He is the 
general manager of the Western Utah Extension Copper Company, also of the Pole Star 
Copper Company of the Deep Creek district and of the Montezuma Consolidated Silver 
Mines Company, of Montezuma, Colorado. 

On the 12th of March, 1902, at Midvale, Utah, Mr. Custer was married to Miss Ruby 
Drown, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David A. Drown, of Salt Lake. They have one 
child, Lucille, who was born in Midvale in July, 1904, and is now attending the 
Latter-day Saints University. 

Fraternally Mr. Custer is a Mason and has attained the thirty-second degree of the 
Scottish Rite. In politics he maintains an independent course. He is a self-made man 
who deserves much credit for what he has accomplished. Through untiring effort he 
has worked his way upward, thoroughly mastering every practical and scientific phase 
of the profession with which he is connected, and he now has a high standing as a 
metallurgist and mining engineer. 



ERNEST L. FORD. 



Ernest L. Ford, an active figure in insurance circles in Ogden, his native city, 
was born on the 10th of September, 1885, a son of Lorenzo and Madeline (Lowe) Ford, 
both of whom were natives of England, the former having been born in Plymouth, while 
the latter was born in London. The father is a musician, who at the age of twenty 
years came to the United States with his father, who was a shipbuilder. The son became 
a teacher of music and is still connected with the Conservatory of Ogden, also 
figuring prominently in the art circles of the city. 

Ernest L. Ford acquired his education in the public schools of Ogden and after- 
ward went upon a mission to England, where he remained for three years, during which 
time he studied in that country. He has always been active in the work of the Church 
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in which he is serving as elder, and he has put 
forth every effort in his power to promote the growth of the church and extended 
its influence. Following his return to this country, Mr. Ford engaged in the railway 
business as a representative of the claim department, being with the Union and 
Southern Pacific Railroads for four years. He then turned his attention to the insur- 
ance business, handling fire and liability insurance, representing the Fidelity and 
Phoenix, the Hanover, the London Assurance and the Connecticut Fire Insurance 
Company of Hartford. He also handles bonds and he has secured a large clientage 
in both departments of his business. He is the owner of The Preferred Agency, 
with offices at No. 814 Eccles building, in Ogden. 

On the 21st of August, 1908, Mr. Ford was married to Miss Louie Browning, a 
daughter of John M. Browning, the famous inventor of the Browning gun, which has 
played so important a part in winning the World war. Mr. and Mrs. Ford are parents 



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of two children: Eleanor, ten years of age; and Hugh, aged six, both of whom are in 
school. 

For recreation Mr. Ford turns largely to travel, in which he finds great enjoyment. 
He is also interested in trap shooting. He belongs to the Ogden Golf & Country Club 
and is a popular member of the Weber Club. He seems to have inherited his father's 
musical talent and has always been keenly interested in music, while as a clarinet 
player in orchestra work he is well known. He stands for all those things which are 
of cultural value, for those things which make for the uplift of the individual and 
the progress of the community, and his interest in public affairs is of a deep and helpful 
character. He has always resided in Ogden and his personal popularity with those 
among whom his entire life has been passed is indicated in the fact that his circle 
of friends is almost coextensive with the circle of his acquaintance. 



ARTHUR RIGBY CAPENER. 

Arthur Rigby Capener, county commissioner of Boxelder county and a well known 
farmer and stock raiser living in Garland, was born in Salt Lake City in 1869 and is 
a son of William and Ellen (Rigby) Capener. The father came to America from his 
native land of England in 1827, when a young man of twenty-one years. He was a 
cabinet maker by trade and in 1852 came to Utah, where he became the first manu- 
facturer of furniture in the territory. The firm of Capener & Taylor of Salt Lake 
established the first furniture store in that city and for many years made and sold 
a great deal of furniture that was used in the state. In the church William Capener 
was a consistent worker, serving as elder and also high priest. He married Miss Ellen 
Rigby, who was of English parentage and like him was a consistent member of the 
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 

Their son, Arthur Rigby Capener, was educated in the schools of Centerville and 
in the Latter-day Saints University and upon completing his course located in Box- 
elder county, where he took up a homestead, upon which the city of Garland is now 
located but he still owns the remainder of the tract. To this he has added until his 
property now embraces eight hundred and sixty acres and is situated in the beautiful 
Bear river valley near the city of Garland. For thirty years he has been a witness 
of the growth and development of the country round about him and has had no thought 
of seeking another location. He has in these years proved himself a sterling citizen, 
always foremost in every project that promises public good. His fellow townsmen, 
appreciating his worth and ability, have many times called him to public office. He 
has served as road supervisor for seven years, has been treasurer of the city of Garland, 
also a member of the city council, member of the school board of his district, which 
extends from Corinne to the Idaho line, and for the past four years has been county 
commissioner. No duty devolving upon him has ever been slighted in the least 
degree. He is most loyal to any trust reposed in him and he has ever regarded a 
public oflSce as a public trust. Since his election to the ofl^ce of county commissioner 
he has done much for the improvement of the roads in this section of the state. He 
was one of the organizers of the Bear River Valley Mutual Fire Insurance Company, 
which was the first mutual fire insurance company to be established in that locality, 
and he is now serving as one of its directors. He is an enthusiast on the subject of 
hard surface roads and a persistent advocate of the centralization of road work. He 
insists that road work done at intervals here and tliere is of no value whatever and 
has seen to it that the main roads of the county are given first attention and not 
abandoned until finished. The result of this earnest, persistent labor on his part is 
that Boxelder county has a gravel road from Brigham, the county seat, almost to the 
Idaho line through the Bear River valley and also a cement road to Weber county, a 
road which is not surpassed by any thoroughfare in the country. 

While giving much of his time to public affairs, Mr. Capener has not neglected his 
church work. In which he takes an active part. From deacon he has passed to elder 
and on to the bishopric. He has filled missions, the most notable of which was in 
southern Illinois, and he has presided over the conference at that section. He was 
superintendent of the Garland Sunday school for twelve years and was for nine yeara 




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the bishop. He has been first counselor to the president of the Bear River stake for 
the past two years and still holds that position. Under his administration as bishop 
the Bear River stake tabernacle at Garland was erected and he served as a member 
of the building committee. It is beyond question the most artistic house of worship 
in the state, beautiful in its architectural design and yet built with a view to the 
comfort of the worshipers and at the same time maintaining that stateliness and 
dignity of architecture which always add to the solemnity of the church. 

On the 12th of July, 1893, Mr. Capener was married in Salt Lake Temple to Miss 
Mary Larelda, a daughter of Micah and Fannie (Wood) Garn. The names of both 
of the families of her parents have been written large upon the pages of Utah's history. 
The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Capener has been blessed with an interesting family 
of nine children, who reflect credit on their rearing. These are: Echo, now the wife 
of J. Arthur Fields, of Tremonton; Arthur Dean, who is associated with his father in 
farming and the live stock business; Verna, the wife of N. M. Hansen, chief engineer 
of the West Cache Sugar Company at Logan and a graduate of Harvard University, 
completing his course with the degree of Civil Engineer; La Von, a senior in the high 
school; and Ruth, Larelda, Edna, Max Garn and Paul Burtis. All but the last named are 
school children, being under fifteen years of age, while the youngest is in his second 
year. 

Such are the varied interests in the active and useful life of Mr. Capener. He is 
well known as a most progressive agriculturist and stock raiser and in addition to 
the growing of various crops he gives much attention to preparing beef cattle for the 
market, fattening many hundred head each year for shipment to Chicago and other 
stock marts. In every position in which he has been placed Mr. Capener has made 
good. As a churchman, a citizen, a business man, an office holder or a friend he has 
done his share to help his fellows. Public-spirited to a degree, his work during the 
war with Germany was tireless. He served on the committee in charge of all of the 
various Liberty Loan drives, also aided in the campaign for the sale of War Saving 
Stamps and in every connection has been a power for the cause. He is always ready 
to aid every enterprise that means progress and upbuilding for Garland, for Boxelder 
county or for Utah. That his city has benefited by his labors and progressive spirit 
is Indicated in the fact that he is a stockholder in the Farmers Cache Union, in the 
Garland Milling Company, the Bank of Garland and in other enterprises of that 
character which have meant so much for the upbuilding and development of the 
district. Boxelder county is indeed fortunate that Arthur Rigby Capener has cast in 
his lot with its citizens, for his labors for public benefit have Indeed been far-reaching 
and resultant. 



ALVA D. McGUIRE. 



Alva D. McGuire is a journalist and attorney whose activities and abilities are 
varied, while in every line which he has undertaken he has won success. A native 
of Missouri, he was born in Osceola in 1878, a son of Dr. Thomas B. McGuire, a well 
known physician and surgeon of that place, who during the early boyhood of his son 
Alva removed with his family to Kansas. There he soon became recognized as a 
leading citizen and gained a large practice but death claimed him after a brief time 
in the midst of what promised to be a brilliant professional career. 

Following his graduation from the public schools Alva D. McGuire took up the study 
of law and in 1901 removed to Salt Lake, where he continued his law studies and at 
the same time associated himself with an advertising firm. It was while thus engaged 
that he developed his talents as a "booster" and he has done splendid work in this 
connection through the intervening years. After being admitted to the bar at Salt Lake 
he sought a favorable location and at length decided upon Tremonton, a growing 
town of northern Utah. 

In 1900 Mr. McGuire had married Miss Eliza J. Norris, a native of Clinton. 
Missouri, and in 1914 he removed his little family to Tremonton, where he was 
warmly welcomed, for his fellow townsmen recognized his ability. After announcing 
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town a newspaper worthy of Its rapid growth. The result of this determination was 
the establishment of the Bear River Valley Leader, which met with success from 
its first issue and today ranks as the best paper of Boxelder county. Although it 
still publishes a weekly its eight pages are devoted not only to local news but to the 
news of the world as well, boiled down for quick absorption, and the character of the 
paper is expressed in its heading: "An independent, aggressive newspaper, devoted 
to the social and Industrial advancement of the Bear River valley and Boxelder county." 
Its subscription list covers not only Boxelder county but the entire Bear River valley 
and also extends into Idaho on the one side and to Salt Lake on the other. While 
engaged in the upbuilding of the Leader and the promotion of its journalistic interests 
Mr. McGuire did not neglect liis growing law practice and soon demonstrated that he 
was not only a capable journalist but also an attorney of ability. During his residence 
in Salt Lake he was one of the five organizers of the city's first advertising club and 
was its first president. He enjoys a unique distinction in that the lawyers acknowledge 
his ability as an attorney and pleader before the court, while the newspaper fraternity 
looks upon him as an able journalist, wielding a facile pen. As a booster he has 
few equals, this having been proven by his work in behalf of Tremonton. He possesses 
marked oratorical gifts and for many years he filled the ofl5ce of lecturer for the Modern 
Woodmen of America, in which capacity he visited most of the cities of America. 
In 1916 he was elected city attorney of Tremonton and during his term in that oflice 
he won a great victory for the city by securing the imprisonment of a gang of boot- 
leggers who were infesting the county and who prior to his election had escaped 
punishment. 

In political affairs the name of Mr. McGuire is also known. He was chairman of 
the republican campaign committee in the first congressional district of Utah in 1918. 
In the same year he became president of the Commercial Club of Tremonton and at once 
started a campaign that has certainly made the city known and gave it such an impetus 
iu growth and development that the effect of his labors is still being strongly felt. 

To Mr. and Mrs. McGuire have been born seven children: Herbert, born in 1901; 
Chester, in 1903; Jewel, in 1906; Albert, in 1907; Lincoln, in 1910: Dwight, in 1914; and 
Paul, in 1916. Theirs is one of the attractive modern homes of Tremonton and they have 
an extensive circle of warm friends there. The record of Mr. McGuire is indeed that of a 
man who has been a dynamic force in his community, contributing in no small way to 
the upbuilding of his city and the development of a great state upon the foundation laid 
by the early pioneers. As an astute lawyer, a gifted editor, an eloquent and impressive 
speaker, a tireless booster and a public-spirited citizen, he stands in the front rank of 
the potential factors of the modern makers of Utah. 



LYNN V. SUTTON. 



Lynn V. Sutton, president and manager of the Prove Drug Company, an enterprising 
business establishment conducted at No. 23 North Academy avenue in Provo, his native 
city, has by progressive methods reached an enviable place as a representative of commer- 
cial interests. He was born November 24, 1888. His father, Richard D, Sutton, was like- 
wise a native of Provo and a son of the late Isaac Sutton, who became identified with the 
city during the period of its pioneer development. His son, Richard D. Sutton, was 
reared and educated in Provo and when his textbooks were put aside learned the barber's 
trade, for many years conducting a shop in Provo. He removed to Park City and there 
conducted the Silver King Cafe, which was afterward called the Royal Cafe. In 191S 
Richard D. Sutton and his son, Lynn V. purchased the Henroid Cafe, which they have 
since successfully conducted under the name of the Sutton Cafe. This is the leading 
establishment of the kind in Provo. On the 9th of April, 1919. they also purchased the 
controlling interest in the Provo Drug Company, which had been conducted by Clayton 
H. Stevens. In the purchase of the store they acquired Provo's leading drug establish- 
ment. The business has been incorporated with Lynn V. Sutton as the president and 
manager and the father is still interested in the Sutton Cafe as well as in the Provo 
Drug Company. The mother, who bore the maiden name of Lizzie Van Wagoner, was born 
in Provo, a daughter of the late John Van Wagoner, who established his home in this 



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section during the i)eriod of its early development and improvement. He built the first 
grist mil on Mill creek and possibly the first in Utah. His daughter became the wife 
of Richard D. Sutton and they had a family of nine children, six sons and three daugh- 
ters, of whom one daughter and four sons have now passed away, the sons having died in 
infancy, while the daughter departed this life at the age of twenty-four years, leaving 
one child. 

Lynn V. Sutton was the sixth in order of birth in the family of his parents. In 
the acquirement of his education he attended the public schools of Provo and of Park 
City and afterward spent a year as a pupil in the Brigham Young University. He was 
but thirteen years of age when he started out in the business world on his own account 
and was first employed as a messenger by the Bell Telephone Company. On his 
eighteenth birthday he entered the employ of A. H. Maiben, then manager of the business 
now conducted under the name of the Provo Drug Company. Mr. Sutton was employed 
in that connection for about twelve years and eventually, as already stated in this 
review, became one of the owners of the drug store and is now president and manager 
of the company which is controlling the business. They carry not only a large line 
of drugs and druggists' sundries manufactured by the leading houses of the country 
but also a large line of perfumes and toilet articles and on acquiring the business an- 
nounced their intention to give "the best possible service and by courteous treatment 
and lowest possible prices, seek to be favored with a continuous and liberal patronage." 

In Provo, on the 1st of June, 1912, Mr. Sutton was married to Miss Helen Kay, a 
daughter of John and Katherine Kay, the former now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Sutton are 
parents of two children, Kay and Alene. 

The family home is at No. 209 East Fourth Street, South, where they own an at- 
tractive residence. Their membership is with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day 
Saints of the first ward and Mr. Sutton is also a member of the Provo Commercial Club. 
He is in full sympathy with the projects and purposes of this organization, which 
was formed to advance the business and trade relations and uphold the civic ideals and 
the legal and moral status of Provo. That his own life has ever been well spent is in- 
dicated in the fact that many of his stanchest friends are those who have known him 
from his boyhood to the present time. 



PEARL F. KIRKENDALL. 



Pearl P. Kirkendall is the president and manager of the Kirkendall Undertaking 
Company of Ogden. He was born in Stuart, Iowa. October 31, 1874, and is the eldest 
of a family of five sons and three daughters whose parents were William and Alice 
(Shobert) Kirkendall, the former a native of Ohio, while the latter was born in 
Iowa. The father belonged to one of the old families of the Buckeye state and he became 
one of the pioneer residents of Iowa. He is now living retired but throughout the long 
period of his active business life he was successfully engaged in farming and stock 
raising and was widely known as a breeder of high grade draft horses. In 1878 he 
removed with his family to Marshall county, Kansas, where he resided until 1896. 
when he located in Chaffee, Missouri, where he now makes his home. He married 
Alice Shobert, who has born in Davenport, Iowa, and belongs to one of the old and 
prominent families of that city. She also survives. 

Pearl 'F. Kirkendall pursued his education in the public schools of Marshall county, 
Kansas, passing through consecutive grades to the high school. His early life to the age 
of twenty years was spent upon the home farm and his experiences were those which 
usually fall to the lot of the farmbred boy. He then left Kansas and went to Palestine, 
Texas, where he learned the business of embalming and undertaking, being employed 
there along that line for some time. In 1896 he removed to St. Joseph, Missouri, where 
he worked along the same line, and in May, 1910, came to Ogden, establishing his 
present undertaking and embalming business, which he has since followed with success. 
He took over a business that had been established many years before by Albert P. Richey. 
It was purchased in 1910 by Mr. Kirkendall and D. E. Heaton and was conducted under 
the firm style of the Heaton & Kirkendall Undertaking Company until March, 1912. when 
Mr. Heaton withdrew and Mr. Kirkendall has since conducted the business alone. It was 



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in March, 1910, that the business was incorporated. Mr. Kirkendall is a member of 
the National Select Morticians and he keeps in touch with the latest scientific methods 
of the profession. 

On the 2d of April, 1903, in St. Joseph, Missouri, Mr. Kirkendall was married to Miss 
Leona Darrow, who was born in that city, a daughter of John and Susan (Bauer) Dar- 
row, of an old family of Buchanan county, Missouri. 

Politically Mr. Kirkendall is an earnest republican, supporting the party since 
age conferred upon him the right of franchise but never seeking or desiring office. 
He belongs to Unity Lodge, No, 18, A. F. & A. M., of which he is senior warden. He is 
also exalted ruler in the Elks Lodge, No. 719, of Ogden, and is a past chancellor of the 
Knights of Pythias Lodge and a past officer in several otlier organizations. He is a 
member of the Weber Club and of the Rotary Club and his personal qualities are such 
as make for popularity wherever he is known. His wife has been very active in Red 
Cross, canteen and motor car war work and Mr. Kirkendall took an active part in the 
sale of Liberty Bonds and War Savings Stamps, in fact both did everything in their 
power to advance war activities and further the interests of tlie government and his 
public-spirited citizenship stands as an unquestioned fact in the career of Pearl F. 
Kirkendall. 



MORONI S. MARRIOTT. 



Moroni S. Marriott is one of the leading sheep growers of the west and is the owner 
of valuable farming property as well. He makes his home in Ogden, from which point 
he superintends his business affairs that have become more and more important as 
the years have passed. He has displayed sound judgment and keen sagacity in the 
conduct of all of his business interests and determined purpose has enabled him to 
overcome all obstacles and difficulties and steadily press forward to the goal of suc- 
cess. His life record is an interesting one, showing what may be accomplished through 
individual effort. 

Mr. Marriott was born on the 31st of October, 1857, at Marriottsville, Weber county, 
Utah, and is a son of John and Elizabeth (Stewart) Marriott, who were natives of Eng- 
land. Leaving that country, they crossed the Atlantic to become pioneer settlers of 
Utah, where they arrived in 1853, settling first at Kaysville. John Marriott was one 
of the first residents of Ogden and was a farmer and contractor. He won a substan- 
tial measure of prosperity in carrying on his affairs, displaying sound judgment in all 
of his agricultural and industrial undertakings. He was an active member in the coun- 
cils in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and filled the office of bishop 
and of presiding elder at Marriott for a number of years. He was also a recognized 
leader in political circles, giving stalwart allegiance to the republican party and its 
principles. His fellow townsmen, recognizing his devotion to the general welfare, fre- 
quently called upon him to serve in public offices. He passed away at the advanced age 
of eighty-six years and his death was the occasion of deep regret to many who knew 
him. 

Moroni S. Marriott, spending his youthful days in the home of his parents, was 
reared in Marriottsville and at Ogden. He pursued his education in the schools of 
Ogden, in Weber College and in the Brigham Young College at Logan and in early life 
he became actively identified with farming. When his education was completed he 
entered foreign missionary work in New Zealand and continued to successfully labor 
there in the interests of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for a period 
of three years. He had disposed of all of his interests before going into the foreign 
field and upon his return he had only twenty-five cents in money, so that he had to 
start out in business life anew. He became interested in the sheep business, in which 
he has since been continuously and successfully engaged, and is today one of the motet 
prominent and prosperous sheep raisers and wool growers of the west. He owns a num- 
ber of farms, upon which he pastures his sheep, and much of his land is also profitably 
cultivated. He is likewise interested in banks, holding considerable bank stock, and 
he has become a large investor in city property. In all business affairs he displays 
sound judgment and unfaltering enterprise and he carries forward to successful com- 




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pletion whatever he undertakes. Energy has ever heen one of his dominant characteris- 
tics and he never stops short of the successful accomplishment of his purpose. 

Mr. Marriott was married to Miss Rose W. Parry, a native of Marriottsville, Weber 
county, Utah, and a daughter of Caleb and Catherine (Vaughn) Parry, who were natives 
of Wales but became early colonizers of Utah, crossing the Atlantic to the new world 
about 1852 or 1853. They settled in Salt Lake and Caleb Parry became one of the promi-j 
nent contractors and builders there. He was also a leading and active member of the 
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and died in England while on a mission 
for the church to that country, his death occurring about 1875. To Mr. and Mrs. Moroni 
Marriott were born eleven children, eight of whom are living. 

Mr. Marriott and his family have always been loyal adherents of the Church of 
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in the work of which he has taken a most helpful 
part. He served as bishop of Marriott ward for about eight years and bishop of the 
tenth ward for three years and he is likewise a member of the high council and an ex- 
president of the high priest quorum. In politics he is a stanch republican and has been 
a most earnest champion of its principles. In all these connections, covering church, 
political and business activities, he is widely known. He is a man of strong purposa, 
loyal to his honest convictions, and in business affairs he has displayed marked initia- 
tive and reliability. He has ever recognized the fact that when one avenue of oppor- 
tunity seems closed he can carve out other paths whereby to reach the desired goal and 
thus he has ever accomplished his purposes, being recognized today as one of the most 
extensive and successful wool growers of the west. 



HON. FRANK R. NEWMAN. 



Hon. Prank R. Newman, representative of the Salt Lake district in the general 
assembly of Utah and thus actively associated with public interests of the state, is 
also well known in the business circles of the capital city through his long connection 
with theatrical interests. He is now the popular manager of the Pantages Theatre, which 
he has long made a most attractive amusement house. At the time that he consented 
to take over its management it was .proving a failure so far as popularity with the 
general public was concerned. He gradually placed the house upon a paying basis, how- 
ever, by securing high class vaudeville performers and he has made the Pantages of 
Salt Lake one of the best paying theatres on the entire Pantages circuit. Instead of 
having to close the house on account of lack of patronage Mr. Pantages is now 
erecting one of the finest and largest vaudeville houses in the entire west. He has 
closely studied the desires of the public in the way of entertainment and has catered 
to the best class of theatrical patrons. 

The story of the record of Mr. Newman and his rise in business and political 
circles is an interesting one. He was born in Victoria, B. C, August 16, 1884, a son 
of Captain George and Elizabeth (Griffiths) Newman. The father was born in Eng- 
land and, crossing the Atlantic, established his home in British Columbia, where he 
became a navigator in deep sea-going vessels. He was commander of various large 
vessels in the western waters for many years and made a number of voyages to all parts 
of the world. He died in Seattle, Washington, where he spent the later years of his 
life, and the mother is still a resident of Seattle. She was born in Philadelphia, Penn- 
sylvania, and in her girlhood days had become a resident of Victoria, B. C, where she was 
married. She became the mother of five children, two of whom have passed away, while 
those living are: Charles and Mrs. Clark Munger, both residents of Seattle; and Prank 
R., of this review. 

The surviving sons are twins. They were educated in public and private schools of 
Seattle and Prank R. Newman also pursued a commercial course in the Acme Business 
College of that city. After completing his studies there he entered into active con- 
nection with the theatrical profession, owning and conducting the Rose Theatre at Ana- 
cortes, Washington. He made a success of this venture, but after several years sold out 
and joined the Cort circuit as treasurer and business manager. He continued with 
that interest and with the Pantages circuit for fifteen years, traveling from one house 
to another until in 1914 he was tendered the management of the Pantages Theatre at 



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Salt Lake, which was about to be closed down on account of poor business. He thorough- 
ly studied the situation and grasped the exigencies of the case. He gradually built up a 
patronage and success has attended his efforts, for he puts upon its stage a splendid 
weekly program of high class vaudeville and special feature acts. So thoroughly has 
the house prospered under the management of Mr. Newman that Mr. Pantages, head 
of the circuit, completed in 1919 one of the finest vaudeville houses in Salt Lake to be 
found throughout the west. 

On the 1st of September, 1914, in Salt Lake, Mr. Newman was married to Miss 
Stella Barlow, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Barlow. Mr. Newman gives his political 
endorsement to the democratic party and was tendered the nomination for the house 
of representatives. Accepting this, he entered upon the campaign and was elected by 
a large majority, so that he is now serving as a member of Utah's general assembly. 
He is also president of the Theatrical Managers' Association and is a member of the 
Commercial Club of Salt Lake, the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Fra- 
ternal Order of Eagles. 



WILLIAM G. WILSON. 



Death often removes from our midst those whom we can ill afford to lose and it was 
an occasion of deep and widespread regret when on the 21st of October, 1918, William 
G. Wilson was called to the home beyond. Those who knew him long and well called 
him "Uncle Billy," a name indicative of the friendship entertained for him. He con- 
tributed largely to the upbuilding, settlement and development of his section of Utah 
and there stands as a monument to his business ability and enterprise The Hermitage, 
which is one of the attractive summer resort hostelries of the state. 

Mr. Wilson was born at Hurlford, Ayrshire, Scotland, on the 8tli of May, 1850, a 
son of Benjamin Wilson, mentioned elsewhere in this work in connection with the sketch 
of his son, John L. Wilson. Leaving the land of hills and heather, the father crossed 
the Atlantic and started for Nebraska with an ox team. From that state he made his 
way westward, traveling in that manner until he reached Ogden, when he went to work 
on Promontory hill, where the Union Pacific Railroad was being completed, and he was 
there on the historic occasion when the golden spike was driven which united the two 
sections of the road that had been built from the east and from the west and marked the 
completion of a transcontinental line. On the 5th of March, 1870, Benjamin Wilson pur- 
chased the property upon which members of the family still reside and from the ear- 
liest pioneer times they have resided in this section of the state, taking a most active 
and helpful part in many plans and movements which have contributed to its upbuild- 
ing and development. His political endorsement was given to the republican party. 

William G. Wilson acquired his education in the schools of Scotland, but his op- 
portunities in that direction were quite limited as the family was in straitened finan- 
cial circumstances and it was necessary that he provide for his own support. Accord- 
ingly he began work in the coal mines when very young and the habits of industry 
which he there developed became a dominant trait in his life and led to his later suc- 
cess. When he first came to Ogden with the family he worked on the Southern Pacific 
Railroad, assisting in the building of the line from Evanston to Promontory point, and 
he too was present when the golden spike was driven. Later he engaged in the lum- 
ber business. He became connected with Livingston Brothers in their operations in 
the Little Cottonwood canyon at the head of South Cottonwood, and there obtained his 
first knowledge of logging and lumbering. He afterward returned to Ogden and took 
up railroad work, in which he engaged for a short time, but in 1873 he again went into 
the Ogden canyon, where he established a logging camp at the old Hermitage, then 
known as Wheeler's camp. Later he established a place of his own known as Wilson's 
sawmill. He was actively engaged in the logging and lumbering business from that 
time until a short time prior to his death. He made his way into the Ogden forest al- 
most half a century ago when it was practically an impenetrable gorge. He proceeded 
with ax and oxen and made the wilderness submit to his determined effort. He became 
the builder of the famous Hermitage Hotel and also of the New Hermitage Hotel. It was 
about thirty years ago that he took over the old Hermitage camp and made it a recrea- 




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tion resort. Its beautiful location made it well adapted for this purpose and Mr. Wil- 
son closely studied tlie desires of the public and put forth every effort to please his pa- 
trons. In August, 1905, he erected the famous Hermitage Hotel, built of pine, maple and 
oak cut in his own sawmill. The hotel was built after his own plans and has become 
a famous hostelry, having attracted visitors from all parts of the world. 

It was on the 3d of April, 1881, that Mr. Wilson was united in marriage to Miss 
Mary Wahlen, a daughter of Michael M. and Mary (Turnas) Wahlen, the latter a native 
of Alsace-Lorraine, while the former was of French descent. They came to Ogden in 
1860 and Mr. Wahlen took up the occupation of farming. To Mr. and Mrs. Wilson were 
born three children: William W., a resident of Ogden; Harriet S., who makes her home 
in Los Angeles, California, and is cashier of the Hay ward Hotel of that city; and Flora 
M., who resides at home. 

Mr. Wilson served for ten years in the office of county commissioner and made a 
most splendid record by the faithfulness with which he protected the interests of the 
community and worked for public progress and improvement. He held membership in 
the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, belonging to Ogden Lodge, No. 719, and for 
many years he was a valued member of the Weber Club. It would be impossible to over- 
estimate the value of his service in relation to the upbuilding and development of Og- 
den and this section of the state. He aided in reclaiming a western wilderness for the 
purposes of civilization and his initiative and enterprising spirit enabled him to ac- 
complish most substantial results. At the same time his personal traits of character 
endeared him to all with whom he was associated. Everyone who knew him spoke of 
him in terms of the highest regard, and all with whom he came in contact prized his 
friendship most highly. 



WILLIAM G. SMITH. 



The ranching interests of Huntsville and vicinity find a worthy representative in 
William G. Smith, who occupies the old family homestead, which he is carefully and 
profitably developing and improving. He was born at Oxton, Chestershire, England, 
October 30, 1850, a son of John A. and Mary Smith. The parents on leaving their 
native land established their home in the state of New York, where they remained 
until 1860 and then crossed the continent to Utah, settling first in Salt Lake City, 
where they resided until 1863. In that year they removed to Ogden valley and located 
near the old fort at Huntsville. The father purchased land about a mile from the 
the fort, and taking up his abode thereon, devoted his remaining days to general farming, 
his labors resulting in the transformation of a wild and undeveloped tract of land into rich 
and productive fields. He also helped to build the first ditches in the community and 
was greatly interested in the question of irrigation. He died in the faith of the Church 
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in February, 1870, while the mother of William G. 
Smith long survived passing away in 1898. 

William G. Smith was a pupil in the schools of Huntsville during his early youth and 
afterward studied in night school and also devoted many hours to study in his own 
home. He has always been a wide reader and a deep thinker and his opinions are 
never of a superficial character. He has ever improved his opportunities and at the 
same time he has led a most busy life. In young manhood he followed railroad work and 
in 1869 he purchased some mules and began freighting in Utah, Idaho, Montana and 
Nevada. He devoted fourteen years to that business and saw many exciting times and 
had many thrilling experiences during his days as a freighter upon the plains of the 
west. There was always the possibility of Indian attack, combined with the hardships 
and privations which are incidental features of life on the frontier. In 1883 he re- 
turned to Huntsville after selling his freighting outfit and engaged in farming on the 
old homestead, which he still occupies. Through the intervening period he has given 
his attention and energies to general agricultural pursuits and is now the owner of a 
good farm. 

In 1876 Mr. Smith was married to Miss Diania Bingham, a daughter of Erastus and 
Olive (Freeman) Bingham, who came to Utah, July 24, 1847. Her father was a native 
of Vermont and her mother of Maine. Through the ancestral line she is connected with 



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some of the oldest families of New England, her great-great-grandfather having come to 
the new world as one of the passengers on the Mayflower. To Mr. and Mrs. Smith have 
been born eleven children, all of whom are married, and they have thirty-three 
grandchildren and one great-grandchild. 

Mr. Smith has taken an active and helpful part in public affairs. From 1897 
until 1900 inclusive he filled the position of county commissioner, was also justice of 
the peace for two terms, or for a period of six years, and was again elected in 1918, so 
that he is the present incumbent in that position. His decisions have ever been strictly 
fair and impartial and he has made an excellent record as a most capable judge on 
the justice bench. 



IDWAL AJAX. 



Idwal Ajax, filling the position of city recorder at Tooele and also engaged in mer- 
chandising as proprietor of the Ajax Variety Store, was born August 21, 1878, in Tooele 
county, and is a son of William and Emma (Hughes) Ajax mentioned in connection with 
the sketch of David Sharp on another page of this work. Their family numbered 
nine children, six of whom are still living, of whom Idwal is the fifth in order of birth. 
Emma S. is now the wife of David Sharp, who follows farming near Vernon. Fanny 
married A. Stookey. Miriam is Mrs. Emery, of Salt Lake. Ivor and Idwal are the 
next of the family and Charlotte A. is a resident of California. 

Idwal Ajax supplemented his preliminary education by a year's study in the Uni- 
versity of Utah. He was reared under the parental roof and received his early business 
training in his father's mercantile establishment at Ajax. After he had completed his 
university course he devoted a few years to sheep raising in Tooele county and sub- 
sequently went to Washington, spending a few years as a clerk in dry goods stores in 
Seattle and Bellingham. He then returned to Utah and for two years was connected 
with the Auerbach Company of Salt Lake. He was also with the Tooele Trading Com- 
pany as buyer for a period of three years and then established business on his own 
account in 1913 under the name of the Ajax Variety Store. This he has since conducted 
and is now doing a business amounting to fifty thousand dollars annually. He also has 
a branch store at St. John, where the yearly sales amount to ten thousand dollars. He 
is a most progressive merchant, alert and enterprising, and his business affairs are care- 
fully and wisely conducted. He carries a large and attractive line of goods and puts 
forth every effort to please his patrons, recognizing the fact that satisfied customers are 
the best advertisement. 

In 1904 Mr. Ajax was married to Elizabeth Emery McKean, who was born in Salt 
Lake, a daughter of Theodore McKean. of the capital city. They now have five children: 
William Theodore, Idwal, Richard, Edith and Emma Jean. 

Mr. Ajax has followed in his father's political footsteps, becoming a stalwart 
supporter of the republican party, and he is now serving as city recorder for the second 
year, having been elected on the citizen's ticket. He belongs to the Commercial Club 
and gives hearty cooperation to every plan of that organization for the upbuilding 
of Tooele and the development of its commercial and industrial connections. His 
business career has been marked by an orderly progression and each forward step has 
brought him a 'broader outlook and wider opportunities, which he has eagerly and 
effectively utilized. 



JOSEPH KIRKWOOD. 



Joseph Kirkwod, manager for the Thornton Drug Company of Provo, is a well known 
and progressive business man whose entire life has been passed in his native city, 
for he was born in Provo on the 13th of June. 1875, his parents being Robert C. and 
Elizabeth (Cook) Kirkwood. The father was born in Scotland and came to Utah in 
1848 as a convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. After crossing 
the continent he settled at Salt Lake and in the early '50s removed to Provo, where he has- 



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since made his home. He devoted many years to merchandising and for a considerable 
period was superintendent of the Cooperative Mercantile Company. He is now con- 
nected with the Headquist Drug Company but is practically living retired, enjoying the 
fruits of an active and well spent life. His success in former years supplies him with all 
of the necessities and comforts and many of the luxuries of life. He is a member of the 
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of the sixth ward. The mother of Joseph 
Kirkwood was born in Nottingham, England, and came to Utah in 1848 with her 
parents, who originally settled in Salt Lake, where she met and married Mr. Kirkwood. 
She became the mother of twelve children, four sons and eight daughters, of whom, seven 
are yet living. The children in the Kirkwood family are: Alma; Daft, a haltbrother of 
■Joseph Kirkwood, born of the father's second marriage; Kate, the widow of Alfred 
Moyle and a resident of Mammoth, Utah; Rachel, the wife of A. C. Sorenson, of Provo; 
Fred, residing at Bell, California; Joseph, of this review; Zella, whose home is in 
Salt Lake; and Milton, who is associated with his father in business. The mother 
has passed away. 

Joseph Kirkwod was educated in the public schools and in the Brigham Young Uni- 
versity and when but thirteen years of age started out to provide for his own support. 
His first position was that of chore boy with the West Cooperative Mercantile Company. 
He later took up the business of clerking and eventually became connected with the 
drug trade in Provo. He was first employed by Dr. J. H. Hannsberg and afterward 
secured his druggist's license. For the past two and a half years he has been manager 
for the Thornton Drug Company and has become a well known figure in the business 
circles of his native city. 

On the 15th of June, 1898, in Provo, Utah, Mr. Kirkwood was married to Miss Pauline 
Johnson, who was born in Provo, a daughter of John P. R. and Mary (Paulson) Johnson, 
the former now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Kirkwood are parents of three children: Irva, who 
was born December 7, 1900, in Provo; Harold, born February 17, 1909; and Florine, born 
April 28, 1911. 

Mr. Kirkwood maintains an independent course in politics. He belongs to the 
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of the sixth ward and he is Interested in all 
that has to do with the welfare and upbuilding of the city and district in which he 
makes his home. He is thoroughly well qualified for the performance of the responsible 
duties that devolve upon him as manager of the Thornton Drug Company and his 
efforts constitute an important element in the success of the establishment. 



SEVERIN T. JEPPESEN. 



Severln T. Jeppesen, assistant cashier of the Ogden Savings Bank and well known 
in banking circles in Ogden since starting ont on his business carrer, was born in 
Logan, Utah, in 1884, a son of Severin J. and Emma (Thatcher) Jeppesen. The father 
was a native of Odense, Denmark, born in 1861. He came alone to the new world in 
1873, when a youth of twelve years, and crossed the continent to Utah, where several 
years later he was joined by his parents. In early life he followed the trade of harness 
making but at present he is a stock salesman and resides at Logan. He is a member of 
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The mother, Emma (Thatcher) Jeppe- 
sen, was born in Utah and is also living. 

Severin T. Jeppesen acquired his early education in the schools of Logan and after- 
ward attended the Agricultural College. He started out in the business world as an em- 
ploye of an express company, working in Montana, Wyoming, Oregon and Idaho for a 
period of three years. He next became connected with the Thatcher Brothers Banking 
Company of Logan and was in their employ for three years as bookkeeper and as paying 
teller. On the expiration of that period he entered the employ of the First National Bank 
of Ogden, with which he continued as bookkeeper for four years, when he was trans- 
ferred to the Ogden Savings Bank as teller and has since worked his way upward 
through intermediate positions to that of assistant cashier, in which capacity he has 
served for the past six years. He is one of the capable and trusted representatives 
of the bank, always courteous and obliging to its patrons, and he has made for himself a 
creditable position in the financial circles of the city. 



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In August, 1908, Mr. Jeppesen was united in marriage to Miss Frances M. Bishop, a 
daughter of John H. and Pauline (Child) Bishop, the former a native of England, while 
the latter was born in Utah. The father came to this state in 1866. Mr. and Mrs. 
Jeppesen have one son, John Paul. They are members of the Church of Jesus Christ 
of Latter-day Saints and Mr. Jeppesen gives his political endorsement to the democratic 
party, which he has supported since reaching adult age, but has never been an aspirant 
for oflBce. 



BERT B. WALLICK. 



Bert B. Wallick, secretary-treasurer and manager of the Wallick-Bird Drug Com- 
pany, is well qualified by college training and practical experience for the duties that 
devolve upon him in connection with the conduct of his present business and Spring- 
ville accounts him one of her representative merchants. He is a young man of enter- 
prise and ambition who was born in Logan, Utah, May 1, 1893, a son of Dr. D. L. 
Wallick, a native of Ohio and a representative of one of the old families of that 
state of English lineage. Dr. Wallick came to Utah in 1887 and was a prominent physician 
and surgeon of the state. He began practice in Logan, where he remained until 1903, 
and since that year has made his home in Provo. He married Grace A. Bee, a native 
of Provo and a daughter of the late Samuel Bee. 

In his youthful days Bert B. Wallick was a pupil in the public schools of Provo and 
also attended the Proctor Academy of that city. He completed his studies in the 
University of Utah and was first employed by the Thornton Drug Company of Provo 
and afterward by the Provo Drug Company. He became a member of the Wallick-Bird 
Drug Company on the 19th of August, 1918, and since has been actively and successfully 
engaged in the conduct of the business, which was originally established in 1899 by 
T. R. Kelly. Theirs is today considered the leading pharmacy in Springville. They 
carry an extensive and well selected line of goods, including both drugs and druggists' 
sundries, and the reliable business methods of the house and the earnest efforts of 
the partners to please their customers have been salient features in the attainment 
of their present day success. 

On the first of October, 1916, in Salt Lake City, Mr. Wallick was married to Miss 
Genevieve Howard, a native of Salt Lake and a daughter of E. A. and Marie (Howard) 
Howard, both representatives of old and well known families of Huntington, Utah. Mr. 
and Mrs. Wallick have one son, Neal Lazelle. 

In his political views Mr. Wallick is a democrat. On the 7th of July, 1918, he 
entered the United States naval service, and was honorably discharged on the 27th 
of the same month. Fraternally he is connected with Story Lodge, No. 4, A. F. & A. M., 
of Provo, having been made a Mason on the 1st of May, 1918. He is a worthy follower 
of the craft, exemplifying in his life its beneficent teachings. In business he is alert, 
energetic and enterprising and the rapid progress. which he is making argues well for 
a successful future. 



RALPH E. BRISTOL. 



Various important business enterprises are profiting by the cooperation and alert 
methods of Ralph E. Bristol, who is now president of the Utah Sales Company at Ogden 
and an official of various other business concerns. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, 
April 24, 1881, a son of Charles H. and Belle (Martin) Bristol. The father was born 
in Ithica, New York, and became a construction expert with the Western Union Tele- 
graph Company, to which line of business he devoted his entire active life. He is now 
living retired, enjoying the fruits of his former labor, making his home in Florida. 
His wife, who also survives, is a native of Louisiana, Missouri. 

Ralph E. Bristol, spending his youthful days under the parental roof, attended the 
schools of St. Louis, Missouri, and Chicago. Illinois, passing through consecutive grades 
to his graduation from high school with the dag's of 1897. He turned to the occupa- 




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tion to which his father had devoted many years, taking up telegraph work as lineman 
and operator and also submarine (cable) work, in which connection he did diving for 
some time. He also spent considerable time in the Maine woods, buying telegraph poles, 
and was purchasing agent for the Western Union between the ages of twenty-five and 
twenty-eight years. On the expiration of that period he came to Ogden and turned his 
attention to the cement and lumber business. Throughout the intervening period he 
has been closely associated with the commercial and industrial development of this 
city. He is the president of the Utah Sales Company, also the president of the Inter- 
mountain Concrete Company and of the Ideal Sand & Gravel Company. The Utah Sales 
Company is a corporation for the distribution of cement in the western states and the 
business has been built up to extensive proportions. Mr. Bristol is watchful of every 
opportunity that opens in the natural ramifications of trade and by reason of his pro- 
gressive and reliable business methods he does not fear competition but realizes that 
hr will gain a substantial proportion of the trade in the line in which he is engaged. 
In 1905 Mr. Bristol was married to Miss Florence Day, of Chicago, and they have 
become the parents of two children: Chapin Day, twelve years of age, who is now 
attending school; and Elizabeth, who is two years old. 

Mr. Bristol turns to outdoor life and to hunting for rest and recreation. He be- 
longs to the Weber Club, to the Ogden Golf & Country Club, and to the Rotary Club, 
of which he is past president. In fraternal circles he is an Elk and a Mason. He 
belongs to the Ogden Lodge of Elks, No. 719, and in Masonry he has attained the thirty- 
second degree of the Scottish Rite and has also become a member of El Kalah Temple 
of the Mystic Shrine. He was one of the founders of the Publicity Bureau of Ogden, 
which has been instrumental in bringing many large business interests to the city. In a 
most careful and systematic manner he has made Ogden's opportunities known to the 
the world and the efforts of Mr. Bristol and his associates in the bureau have been 
far-reaching and resultant. He is a man of splendid executive ability, affable, capable, 
ready to meet every emergency and characterized by an habitual regard for what is 
best in the exercise of human activities. 



ALBERT G. STODDARD, M. D. 

Dr. Albert G. Stoddard, one of the alumni of Rush Medical College of Chicago now 
successfully engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery at Spanish Fork, was born 
January 1, 1849, in Lewis county. New York, a son of Alonzo E. and Flora (Stiles) 
Stoddard, the former a native of Lewis county, New York, and a representative of one 
of the old families of the state of New York, while the latter was born in Canada, where 
her ancestors had lived for several generations. Prior to the removal to New York 
the Stoddard family lived in Massachusetts. They came of Scotch ancestry and the 
family was founded in America in the early part of the seventeenth century. They were 
seafaring people long before the Revolutionary war and among the ancestors of Dr. 
Stoddard were those who participated in the war for independence. In the year 1850 
Alonzo E. Stoddard emigrated westward with his family to Wisconsin, settling in She- 
boygan, where he engaged in the manufacture of cheese, conducting a very successful 
business there. His political allegiance was given to the republican party and he was 
an active worker in its local ranks and filled a number of offices in his county. He was 
regarded as one of the substantial citizens of that section of the state. He passed away 
in 1906 at the age of eighty-seven years, while his wife died in 1893 at the age of sixty- 
three years. She was a native of Canada and a representative of one of the old families 
of that country. They were the parents of eight children, three sons and five daughters, 
of whom seven are living. 

Dr. Stoddard, the second in order of birth, was educated in the public schools of 
Sheboygan county. Wisconsin, and then, determining upon the practice of medicine as 
a lite work, entered Rush Medical College of Chicago, where he completed the full course 
and was graduated with the class of 1882. He then located for practice in Renville 
county, Minnesota, where he remained until 1908, or for a period of twenty-six years, 
winning substantial success during that time. He afterward removed to Spanish Fork, 
where he has since continued in general practice, and again his labors have been at- 



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tended with a gratifying measure of success. His colleagues and contemporaries speak 
of him in terms of high regard, recognizing his ability. He is keenly interested in 
everything that tends to bring to man the solution of the complex mystery which we 
call lite. He keeps in touch with the latest research and investigation and is quick 
to adopt any new methods or ideas which his judgment sanctions as of value in the 
healing art. He has served as a member of the state board of medical examiners for 
six years, acting as president for a time. He has also been city physician of Spanish 
Fork and has enjoyed an extensive private practice that is indicative of his marked 
skill and wide reading and study. 

In Kilbourn, Wisconsin, on the 3d of August, 1874, Dr. Stoddard was united in 
marriage to Miss Sylvia May Ross, a native of Washington county, Wisconsin. She was 
born in the town of Farmington, a daughter of the late John and Elizabeth (McCor- 
mick) Ross. The mother was of Scotch ancestry. Dr. and Mrs. Stoddard occupy an 
attractive home at Spanish Fork and he also owns and conducts a model fruit farm, 
having one of the finest peach orchards in the state, containing twenty-four hundred 
trees in bearing. He employs the most progressive and scientific methods in the care 
of his orchards and takes great pleasure in the success of his horticultural pursuits. 
Fruit raising affords him rest and recreation from onerous professional cares. He also 
enjoys fishing when leisure permits a trip into the open. 

In his political views Dr. Stoddard is a stalwart republican, greatly Interested in 
the work of the party, and was sent from the state of Minnesota to the national con- 
vention which nominated William McKihley for the presidency. He was a member of the 
district examining board, examining soldiers for the recent war. He belongs to the 
Spanish Fork Commercial Club and is keenly interested in all that has to do with 
the welfare and progress of his community as well as the state and nation. Dr. Stod- 
dard certainly deserves great credit for what he has accomplished. He has depended 
entirely upon his own resources from an early age and between the ages of eighteen 
and twenty-four years he was engaged in teaching school, thus providing funds for his 
own education. He feels a deep interest in all professional problems, is a member of 
the American Medical Association, also of the Minnesota State Medical Society, the Utah 
County Medical Society and the Renville County Medical Society. He has been honored 
with the presidency of the Utah State Horticultural Society and the Utah State Medical 
Association — election to these offices indicating his high standing among his associates 
in the profession. 



GEORGE H. SMITH. 



George H. Smith, general solicitor for the Oregon Short Line Railroad Company and 
the Salt Lake & Los Angeles Railroad Company, is recognized as one of the prominent 
railroad attorneys of the west, having a wide acquaintance among all railroad officials 
throughout this section of the country. He is equally well known to the bench and bar 
of the intermountain district and his ability has brought him prominently to the front 
as a corporation lawyer. 

Mr. Smith was born in Salt Lake City, November 29, 1873, and comes from one of 
Utah's pioneer families. His father, George Smith, was born April 13, 1844. in London, 
England, while his mother, Eliza Martha Williams, is a native of Illinois. The pater- 
nal grandparents of George H. Smith were George, Sr., and Sarah (Harris) Smith, who 
crossed the plains to Utah in 1860. George Smith, Sr., was a coach painter and house 
decorator in London, England, and followed that business after coming to Salt Lake 
City. He was a well known citizen of the twentieth ward. George Smith, Jr., was but 
a boy of sixteen when he came to Utah with his parents. When a young man he was 
employed on construction work by the Union Pacific Railroad, then building through 
Weber Canyon. Subsequently he was similarly engaged on the Oregon Short Line Rail- 
load. He acquired a practical knowledge of civil engineering and at times had charge 
of men in construction work. When the Oregon Short Line was in operation he became 
a locomotive engineer and hauled some of the first trains over the road. He died in 
1874, when about thirty years of age. He had married, in Salt Lake City, Miss Eliza 
Martha Williams, a native of Perry county, Illinois, and a daughter of Samuel and An- 




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dromache (Moore) Williams and a sister of Parley L. Williams, of Salt Lake City. Mrs. 
Smith is still living and when not making her home in Salt Lake City resides at Long 
Beach, California. 

George H. Smith, the only child of his parents, was a pupil in the public schools of 
the capital and afterward went to Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he entered the Univer- 
sity of Michigan for the study of law. There he won his LL. B. degree upon graduation 
on the 21st of June, 1899. He then returned to Salt Lake City and entered the law firm 
of Williams, Van Cott & Sutherland as a law clerk. At the end of six months Mr. Wil- 
liams withdrew from the firm and in connection with Mr. Smith devoted his attention 
to railroad law. Mr. Williams was the general attorney for the Oregon Short Line Rail- 
road and Mr. Smith acted as his assistant. Upon the retirement of Mr. Williams from 
that position on the 1st of May, 1914, Mr. Smith was appointed to fill the vacancy and 
has since remained as general attorney for the corporation. He was also advanced to 
the position of general solicitor for the Oregon Short Line and for the Salt Lake & 
Los Angeles Railroad and as legal representative and counselor for these companies 
he has given the utmost satisfaction. His position is one of unquestioned reliability 
and devotion to the interests which he represents and there are few, if any, professional 
men in the west whose knowledge of railroad law is more comprehensive or exact. 

On the 5th of July, 1905, Mr. Smith was united in marriage to Miss Euphemia Luhn, 
of Spokane, a daughter of Major G. L. Luhn, a retired United States army officer. They 
now have one child, Euphemia, who was born in May, 1911. 

In politics Mr. Smith is a democrat and in club circles of Salt Lake City he is well 
known, having membership in the Alta, University, Country and Bonneville Clubs. 
Along strictly professional lines his membership is with the Utah Bar Association and 
with the American Bar Association. He is ever most conscientious in the performance 
of his professional duties and has proven himself an able minister in the temple of 
justice. While his devotion to his clients' interests is proverbial, he never forgets that 
he owes a still higher allegiance to the majesty of the law. 



LARS C. JENSEN. 



Lars C. Jensen is regarded as a most reliable as well as successful real estate dealer 
of Ogden, his success undoubtedly being due in large measure to his reliability. He 
comes to Utah from Denmark, where his birth occurred January 12, 1862. His father, 
Nels P. Jensen, was also a native of that country, and crossing the Atlantic to the new 
world, he made his way direct to Utah. He settled first at Eden, in the Ogden valley, 
where he followed farming and blacksmithing, remaining a resident of that locality 
to the time of his death, which occurred about eighteen years ago. He was prominent 
in the work of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The mother, Mrs. 
Sophia Jensen, passed away about forty years ago in the Ogden valley, having come to 
the United States with her husband. Their marriage had been celebrated in Denmark, 
where they were both reared and educated. Their family numbered five sons and a 
daughter, all of whom are living with the exception of the daughter. 

Lars C. Jensen pursued his early education in the district schools of Ogden valley 
and throughout his later life has learned many valuable lessons in the school of experi- 
ence. He assisted his father with the farm work until he had attained the age of 
twenty-four years, when he decided to try his fortune in other directions. Removing to 
Ogden, he accepted a position on the police force, thus serving for two years, and during 
a year and a halt of that time he acted as special oflBcer, serving as a guard between 
Ogden and Kansas City for the Wells Fargo Express Company. He then turned his 
attention to the real estate business, engaging in general buying and selling. He handles 
all classes of property, thoroughly knows its valuation and has been very successful 
in the conduct of the business, gaining a large clientage in this connection. 

In 1889 Mr. Jensen was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Peterson, who died 
in Ogden, leaving six children. For his second wife Mr. Jensen chose Dorothy C. John- 
son, a native of Norway, their marriage being celebrated in Ogden. Four children have 
blessed this union. 

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Saints. Politically Mr. Jensen is connected with the republican party and keeps well 
informed on the questions and issues of the day but does not seek nor desire office as a 
reward for party fealty. For recreation he turns to fishing and hunting, which he greatly 
enjoys when leisure permits. Close application to business, however, has been one of the 
strong elements of his success and in Ogden his word is regarded as thoroughly trust- 
worthy. He never misrepresents a piece of property and many of his clients are those 
who have given him their patronage throughout the period of his connection with real 
estate activities in Ogden. 



EZRA WADDOUPS, D. D. S. 



Dr. Ezra Waddoups. engaged in the practice of dentistry with offices in the First 
National Bank building in Brigham, was born in Bountiful. Utah, January 24, 1882, 
and was the fourth in order of birth in a family of ten children, seven sons and three 
daughters, whose parents were Thomas and Mary (Call) Waddoups. The father was 
a native of England end ccme to America in 1864, first establishing his home at Bounti- 
ful, where he still resides. Throughout the intervening years he carried on farming 
and stock raising and has met with substantial prosperity in the conduct of his business. 
He was converted in England to the faith of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day 
Saints and it was this that led him to come to the new world. He has since been a 
very devout and earnest worker in behalf of the church and from 1890^ until 1893 
served on a mission in England and during a part of the time was president of the 
Nottingham conference. He also studied law while in England and for three terms he 
filled the office of city judge of Bountiful. In politics he has always been a "republican 
and he has taken a keen interest in political and civic matters, doing everything in his 
power to promote the success of his party and uphold those interests which are a matter 
of civic virtue and civic pride. The mother, a native of Provo, was a daughter of Anson 
and Margaretta (Anson) Call, who were pioneer settlers of that section of the state. 
The maternal grandfather was the second man in that district. Mrs. Waddoups passed 
away November 27. 1915, at the age of fifty-two years. 

Dr. Waddoups pursued his education in the graded schools of Bountiful and also 
took the normal and commercial course in the Latter-day Saints' University, completing 
the commercial course by graduation with the class of 1909. After leaving college he 
went to Lost River, Idaho, where he purchased a ranch and there followed farming 
and stock raising, devoting most of his time to wool growing. He continued in business 
there for six years and then took up the study of dentistry, being graduated from the 
Chicago College of Dental Surgery in 1914 with the D. D. S. degree. He located for 
practice at Park City, Utah, where he remained for four and a halt years and then 
removed to Brigham, where he has since followed his profession and is now accorded a 
very extensive practice. He is a member of the state and national dental societies, and 
also of Delta Sigma Delta, a dental fraternity, and in addition to his professional in- 
terests he is known in the business -circles of the city as a director of the State Bank 
of Park City and a director of the Utah State Building & Loan Society of Salt Lake. He 
certainly deserves much credit for what he has accomplished as he has steadily worked 
his way upward. It was with money earned on the ranch that he paid his tuition in 
college and his success is attributable entirely to his perseverance and labors. 

In Salt Lake Temple, January 6, 1904, Dr. Waddoups was married to Miss Ethel 
Moss, a daughter of William and Grace Ann (Hatch) Moss, both of whom are still living, 
making their home at Woods Cross. Mr. Moss being manager of the Deseret Live Stock 
Company, the largest wool growers in the state. He has also been an active churchman 
and was bishop of West Bountiful for seven years. Dr. and Mrs. Waddoups have had five 
children: Vella, Geneve, Algie, J. Dell and Ezma. Geneve and Algie died while real 
young. 

The religious faith of the family is that of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day 
-Saints and Dr. Waddoups served as bishop of Park City ward for two years, from July 
5, 1916, until October, 1918. He is also active in the work of the Sunday school and 
the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association. He belongs to the Boxelder Com- 
mercial Club and cooperates heartily in every plan of that organization for the upbuild- 



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ing of the city and the extension of its commercial and trade connections. In politics 
he is a republican but has never been an aspirant for office. He served on the examining 
board in Summit county during the war and stanchly supported war activities. He 
turns for recreation to hunting and fishing and greatly enjoys all forms of outdoor 
life. Another source of diversion to him is chicken raising and he is much interested 
in the fowls produced on his place. His professional activity is the expression of the 
last word in dentistry and his ability is pronounced. 



DR. A. L. VINCENT. 



A capable representative of the osteopathic profession is Dr. A. L. Vincent, who was 
born in Salt Lake City, where he still makes his home. His natal day was May 4, 
1875, his parents being John and Pheobe (Perry) Vincent, both of whom were natives 
of England. They had a family of fifteen children, ten of whom are yet living. A. L. Vin- 
cent of this review, reared in Salt Lake, was educated in the city schools and in the 
Utah University, where he made a specialty of the study of chemistry. Prior to taking 
up osteopathy he was engaged in the shoe business with a brother, but his interest 
was attracted to the profession and he determined to take up the practice as a life work. 
Accordingly he became a student in the Los Angeles School of Osteopathy and was there 
graduated in 1913. He then returned to Salt Lake, where he opened an oflSce and has 
since continued successfully in practice. He belongs to the State and National Osteopathic 
Associations and keeps in touch with all that has to do with progress and improvement 
in the path of his profession. He has excellent equipment for his work and his labors 
have been attended with satisfactory results. 

On the 21st of September. 1905, Dr. Vincent was united in marriage to Miss Leonor 
Cotterell, of Farmington, Utah, and they have become the parents of three children, 
Delniar, Bentley and Marion. The religious faith of the family is that of the Church 
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and they are well known socially in Salt Lake. 



UPTON J. HOOVER. 



Upton J. Hoover is one of the proprietors of the Excelsior Roller Mills of Provo, 
an enterprise that was established and has long been conducted by the Hoover family. 
The subject of this review was born in Provo, September 11, 1865, a son of John W. 
and Mary E. (Corsey) Hoover, the former a native of Pennsylvania, while the latter 
was born in the state of New York. Their family numbered twelve children, of whom 
nine are yet living. The father, a miller by trade, came to Utah when sixteen years 
of age and settled north of Salt Lake. He afterward removed to Springville but the 
greater part of his life was passed in Provo following his removal to the west. He 
took up his abode in this city in 1859 and was long identified with the manufacture 
of flour. He was an active and interested member in the Church of Jesus Christ of 
Latter-day Saints and served on the Quorum of Seventy. His mother has reached 
the advanced age of eighty years and still makes her home in Provo. The sons of 
the family are: John W., who is engaged in ranching; Upton J.; Webster; Frank; 
and W. E. The last four are residents of Provo and are associated in the flour milling 
business. 

No event of special importance occurred to vary the routine of life for Upton J. 
Hoover in his boyhood days. His time was largely devoted to the attainment of a 
public school education, supplemented by study in the Brigham Young Academy. After 
his textbooks were put aside he became identified with the flour milling business that 
had been established by his father in the '70s. For thirty years he has been con- 
nected with this undertaking, which is carried on by the Hoover Brothers under the 
name of the Excelsior Roller Mills. The plant is located at No. 212 West Fifth street, 
North, and is a large mill with a capacity of fifty barrels of flour per day. This is 
one of the old established business enterprises of the city, in charge of one of the 
old and honored families of Provo. They have ever maintained the highest standards 



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in the excellence of their product and their flour commands a high price on the market 
by reason of this. 

In 1887 Upton J. Hoover was married to Miss Barbara Loveless, a daughter of 
J. W. Loveless, and they have become parents of five children: Fern, now the wife 
of T. F. Corbett, of Washington, by whom she has two children; Zenna, the wife of 
A. B. Howe, also a resident of Washington, by whom she has three children; Ray- 
mond, who married Miss Elva Richardson; LeRoy, who is now a member of the United 
States army in a training camp, connected with the Students' Army Training Corps; 
and Grace, who is in school. 

Mr. Hoover is a member of the Commercial Club. In his business^affairs he has 
been very successful owing to the thoroughness with which he has mastered the busi- 
ness in which he has engaged since starting out in life in early manhood. Improved 
methods have been introduced in the process of flour manufacturing and the firm has 
ever enjoyed an unassailable reputation for the integrity as well as for the enterprise 
of its business methods. 



SETH JESSE GRIFFIN. 



Seth Jesse Griffin, vice president of the Blackman & Griffin Company of Ogden 
and thus a prominent factor in the business circles of the city, was born in Harden 
county, Iowa, January 14, 1861, a son of the late Loyal Griffin, who was a native of 
Pennsylvania and a representative of one of the old families of New England. The 
Griffin ancestry is traced back to an old Guilford, Connecticut, family dating back to the 
seventeenth century. Samuel Griffin, the great-great-grandfather of Seth Jesse Grif- 
fin was aide-de-camp to General Lee. 

Loyal Griffin the father of Seth J. Griffin, was born March 6, 1826, near Canton, 
Bradford county, Pennslyvania, where he was reared and educated. In early man- 
hood he took up tlie profession of teaching, which he followed in connection with 
farming. Five years after marrying Miss Lovina Fenton, which occurred at Canton. 
October 29, 1849, and after their first son, Herbert L., was born, they emigrated 
to Harden county, Iowa, having been preceded by his father, Jesse Griffin, with his 
family. In Hardin county, on a farm eight miles from Eldora, were born to them two 
more sons, Arthur P. and Seth J., in 1858 and 1861. In 1862 he enlisted in Company 
F of the Thirty-second Infantry Iowa Volunteers. The service took him to Louisiana 
and other southern states. A couple of years later when discharged by reason of 
wounds in both legs, he conceived the idea of moving to a warmer climate and two 
years later he carried his plans into execution, taking his family of wife and three 
sons in a covered wagon, driving overland in the summer of 1866 to Linn county, 
Kansas, where he lived for twenty-one years. He removed from there to Ogden, Utah, 
in 1887, having been preceded by his three sons. He died February 3. 1901. 

In 1874 the wife. Mrs. Lovina Feuton Griffin, died, and later he married Mrs. 
Maryette Hinton, by whom he had one son, RoUa, born December 25, 1875, who came 
with them to Ogden, where he is living a successful life. 

Lovina Fenton, his first wife, was born in Vermont, on the shore of Lake Cham- 
plain, in 1825 and was descended from an old family of the Green Mountain state of 
Irish origin. The ancestral line is traced back to Manasseh Fentowne, whose obituary 
was written at Urney, Ireland, July 30. 1670. The next of whom there is record is John 
Finten or Fenton, who it is thought was a grandson of Manasseh, as obituary records 
at Urney, Ireland, mention his death in 1722. He had three children, James, William 
and John Fenton. The family was founded in America by William Fenton, records 
connecting him with Roxbury, Massachusetts, in 1722. He probably emigrated with a 
company of Presbyterian colonists from Ireland a year or two before. Later records 
show that he was a farmer at Rutland, Massachusetts, and that he had a family 
of four children: Agnes, William, Jr., Samuel and John Fenton. 

John Fenton. who was born in Rutland, Massachusetts, in 1749, passed away at 
Rutland, Vermont, February 22, 1818. He assisted in the establishment of American 
Independence, enlisting on the 17th of August, 1777, in the colonial army. He served 



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in Captain Joseph Warner's company in the Saratoga campaign, which resulted in the 
surrender of Burgoyne on the 17th of October, 1777. Captain Warner was a resident of 
Worthington, Massachusetts, where John Fenton then resided and where he enlisted. 
The command was a part of Colonel Woodbury's regiment and at the time of his 
enlistment John Fenton was twenty-eight years of age. His name appears on the 
muster rolls of Massachusetts. From this branch of the Fenton family was de- 
scended Mrs. Lovina (Fenton) Griffin, who died in Linn county, Kansas, January 
23, 1874, at the age of forty-eight years. 

Seth Jesse GrilBn was the youngest of a family of three boys. He pursued his 
education in the public schools of Mound City, Kansas, and at the age of eighteen 
years started out to learn the painter's trade, which he followed for two years. In 
December, 1881, he came to Ogden, Utah, and was employed by his oldest brother, H. 
L. Griffin, who was engaged in the produce business. He continued with his brother 
until 1899, with an intermission of four years from 1892 until 1896, when he was 
engaged in the bicycle business on his own account. In 1899 the Blackman & Griffin 
Company was organized, in which Seth J. Griffin became an active factor. He aided 
in the organization and has since been one of the promoters of the business. They 
conduct a wholesale trade in farm produce and creamery products, manufacturing 
butter and cheese, having the leading business of this kind in Ogden. 

Mr. Griffin was married in Ogden, June 1, 1888, to Miss Mary Caroline Johnson, 
a daughter of M. 0. Johnson (a descendant of James Russell Lowell) and of Caroline 
(Wilson) Johnson, who was born in Scotland and who died one week after the birth, 
of her daughter, Mary Caroline. Mr. and Mrs. Griffin have become the parents of four chil- 
dren: Irene, Kenneth, Loyal and Lucille. The eldest, Irene, born, May 6, 1889, in Ogden, 
was married October 10, 1912, to Ripley Edwin Fisk and they now reside in Omaha, Ne- 
braska. Kenneth, born September 5, 1890, is a sergeant of the Seventieth Field Artillery, 
being with a supply company stationed at Stithton, near Louisville, Kentucky. He 
volunteered January 21, 1918, at San Francisco, California. Loyal was born June 
9, 1893, is mess sergeant of Company B of the Thirty-Third division in the Twentieth 
Forestry Engineers and is now on active duty near Bordeaux, France. He volunteered 
at Salt Lake City, Utah, July 14, 1917. Lucille, born September 21, 1895, is a student at 
the Boston (Mass.) New England Conservatory of Music. 

The record of the Griffins indicate they are desirous of making the world better 
for their having lived. Aid has been cheerfully given to the Red Cross. Salvation Army, 
Y. M. C. A., Knights of Columbus and other war activities. Mr. Griffin has always 
used his influence in behalf of temperance, in aid of the Chautauqua, and other 
uplifting work. His political allegiance is given to the republican party where national 
questions and issues are involved but at local elections he casts an independent ballot. 
In Masonic circles he is widely known, belonging to the Weber Lodge, No. 6, A. F. & A. 
M., and has taken the degrees of the York and Scottish Rite Masonry, while with the 
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine at Salt Lake, he has crossed the sands of the desert. He is 
also a member of the Weber Club and he has membership with the Sons of the American 
Revolution, holding state certificate No. 131 and national No. 22531. His wife served on 
the store committee of the Red Cross at Ogden and has been a most earnest and help- 
ful worker in this and other war activities, as have his daughters. The family is one 
of prominence in the community, having been interested and active in support of all 
those things which are of cultural and moral value as well as those activities which 
contribute to the material development of the city. 



EMIL KELLER, Jr. 



Emil Keller, Jr., proprietor of the Success Market at Ogden, was born at Kearney, 
Buffalo county, Nebraska, September 10, 1875. His father, Emil Keller, a native of 
Germany, came to America during the latter part of the '60s and made his way direct 
to Nebraska, becoming one of the pioneer residents of Buffalo county, where he resided 
until 1894. He then removed with his father to Ogden, where he established what 
was at the time the leading meat market of the town. This he conducted for about 
six years and through the intervening period has lived retired, enjoying the fruits 



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of a well spent life. He married Dina Colburn, a native of Holland, who came to 
America at about the same time as her husband. Their family numbered eleven chil- 
dren, six sons and five daughters. 

Emil Keller, Jr.. was the fifth in order of birth. He was educated in the public 
schools of Kearney, Nebraska, and at the age of eighteen years started out to earn 
his own livelihood. He learned all branches of the meat business under the direction 
of his father, of whom he remained an active assistant while his father was proprietor 
of a meat market. In 1889 Emil Keller, Jr., established his present market, which 
he has since continuously and successfully conducted. His place of business is known 
as the Success Market and its liberal patronage indicates his progressive methods, 
his thorough reliability and his efforts to please his customers. 

On the 22d of October, 1S97, Mr. Keller was married in Ogden to Miss Nellie Farr, 
a daughter of Joseph and Sally (Porter) Farr. Mr. and Mrs. Keller now have a family 
of six children: Llewellyn. Kathryn, Mabel, Joseph, Thelma and Evelyn. The family 
home is at No. 424 Twenty-ninth street, where they own a pleasant dwelling. 

Mr. Keller and his family are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day 
Saints, and politically he maintains an independent course. He has ever been a pro- 
gressive business man and his success is due in large measure to the fact that he 
has always continued in the line of business in which he embarked as a young trades- 
man. He has never dissipated his energies over a broad field but has labored con- 
sistently and earnestly for success in connection with the meat trade and is today 
proprietor of the Success Market, which is rightfully named and which indicates the 
substantial methods that he has followed in the conduct of his business affairs. 



GEORGE DE FOREST BENNETT. 

George De Forest Bennett, superintendent at Ogden for the Metropolitan Life In- 
surance Company, in which connection he controls an extensive agency, was born in 
Kaysville, Utah, August 19, 1873. His father, Charles De Forest Bennett, was a native 
of Eagle, New York, and was but a small boy when his father died. He afterward went 
to Darlington. Wisconsin, where he lived with his uncle, Mr. Nash, and there learned 
the carpenter's trade. When eighteen years of age he began working on a steamboat 
on the Mississippi river as a carpenter and was thus employed until the outbreak of 
the Civil war. He was in New Orleans at the time and was drafted into the Confed- 
erate army, though a northern man. He served during the entire war, participating in 
many of the hotly contested engagements, including the battles of Vicksburg, Mission- 
ary Ridge and others. After the war was over he removed to Kaysville, Utah, and be- 
came a pioneer carpenter of that place, erecting many of the historic buildings there. 
He died at San Diego, California, October 3, 1914. The mother, who in her maiden- 
hood was Elizabeth Marriott Burton, was the first white child born at Kaysville. 

George De Forest Bennett pursued his education in the district school of Kaysville 
until he was in the eighth grade and later began working on a farm for the firm of 
White & Sons, prominent butchers, with whom he remained for seven years. He later 
spent two years on a farm at Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake and then was 
for two years a student in the Salt Lake Business College, from which he was gradu- 
ated with the class of 1897. He next became a retail clerk and bookkeeper with the 
Kaysville Cooperative Mercantile Institution, thus serving from April, 1898, until Sep- 
tember, 1899. when he started upon a mission to the southern states for the Mormon 
church, which he thus represented for two years, returning on the 25th of September, 
1901. He then entered the employ of Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution at Salt 
Lake as a wholesale and retail salesman in the crockery and glass department, where 
he remained for five years. On the 23d of July, 1906, he became connected with the 
B B Mercantile Company at Kaysville and served as secretary of the firm until they 
closed out their business on the 17th of December, 1907, on account of the panic in the 
money market. 

It was on the 2d of February, 1908. that Mr. Bennett entered the employ of the 
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of New York as agent at Salt Lake City. He 
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of deputy superintendent in April, 1911. In November, 1912, he was promoted to the 
superintendency of the Aberdeen, Washington, district and removed his family to Aber- 
deen. On the 18th of October, 1913, he was transferred to Spokane, Washington, in 
charge of that district and on the 28th of February, 1915, was given charge of the Og- 
den (Utah) district of the company and has so developed the business thai his staff of 
assistants has grown from fifteen to thirty-six. He is thus controlling a very extensive 
insurance business and is a leading figure in insurance circles in the state. 

On the 22d of April 1903, in Salt Lake City, Mr. Bennett was married to Miss Eva 
C. Blood, a daughter of William and Sarah C. Blood. The father was an early pioneer 
and farmer of Utah and a director of the Barnes Banking Company and of the Kays- 
ville Cooperative Mercantile Institution. He figured prominently therefore in connec- 
tion with the development of the locality along many lines and in his passing on the 
13th of May, 1917, the community mourned the loss of a representative citizen. Mr. 
and Mrs. Bennett have become parents of three children: Aura B., fifteen years of age; 
George Spencer, a lad of thirteen; and Ruth B., who is eight years of age. 

Mr. Bennett has been a very active and prominent churchman. He was the second 
councilor of the bishopric of the twenty-sixth ward of Salt Lake City from 1904 until 
1906 inclusive. He was secretary of the Young Men's Improvement Association of the 
Pioneer stake from 1902 until 1904 and superintendent of the Kaysville Sunday school 
in 1906 and 1907. Along many other lines he has occupied positions of prominence. He 
is now the president of the Ogden Association of Life Underwriters and a well knov.-n 
figure in insurance circles. He belongs to the Weber Club, the Ogden Golf and Coun- 
try Club, and the Rotary Club and is a director of the Boy Scout organization of Og- 
den. His political allegiance has always been given to the republican party and upon 
its ticket he was elected to the ofl5ce of councilman of Kaysville in 1906 and was repub- 
lican precinct chairman from 1906 until 1908, during which time it devolved upon him 
to introduce former Governor William Spry to the people when he was out for nomi- 
nation. He has been a most earnest champion of all war measures, was chairman of 
the Liberty Loan committee in 1918, during which period he sold over two hundred 
thousand dollars' worth of bonds, and chairman of the War Savings societies of the city 
of Ogden in 1918 and 1919 and sold fifty thousand dollars' worth of stamps. He was 
also one of the four-minute men, an organization that did such splendid and effective 
work in bringing to the public knowledge that the government wished to disseminate 
concerning its drives. He has been one of the aftercare representatives for the soldiers 
and sailors, and was also appointed war risk insurance representative in advising the 
soldiers and sailors how to exchange their policies for regular forms of insurance. 



C. R. ROWBERRY. 



C. R. Rowberry has contributed much to the commercial and agricultural develop- 
ment of Grantsville and the surrounding country. He is now successfully engaged in the 
implement business, is also identified with the Richville Milling Company and is the 
owner of valuable farm lands.. He was born at Grantsville in July, 1877, a son of 
John Rowberry. Liberal educational opportunities were accorded him. He attended 
the University of Utah, from which he was graduated on the completion of a normal 
course, and when his college days were over he took up the management of the Cooper- 
ative Store at Grantsville, of which he remained in charge for five years. He then 
accepted the agency for Tooele county of the Consolidated Wagon & Machine Company 
of Salt Lake City and has since handled its business at this place, controlling an ex- 
tensive trade, covering all of Tooele county, which brings in a net income of from 
forty to fifty thousand dollars annually. In 1918 he admitted to a partnership his 
brother-in-law, George Morris Matthews, and they are now , associated in business. 
Mr. Rowberry has also been manager of the Richville Milling Company since 1904 and 
is part owner of the business, of which his father was one of the founders in the 
early period of settlement in this section of the state. In addition Mr. Rowberry has 
farming interests and is now the owner of one hundred and eighty acres of land, which 
he has leased and which returns to him a gratifying annual rental. 

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James and Fannie Wrathall, natives of Wisconsin and who are mentioned elsewhere 
in this work. Tliey have become the parents ot five children: Donald, Claud, Frances, 
Dorothy and Rae. 

Mr. Rowberry is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 
and went on a mission to California and to the northwestern states, covering the 
period from 1904 until 1907. He was president of the conference at Los Angeles and 
secretary of the southern California conference. He is now a Seventy in the church. 
He and his wife occupy an attractive residence in Grantsville, a brick bungalow, which 
he erected in 1907. In politics Mr. Rowberry is a stalwart republican and has served 
as a member of the city council. He is also chairman of the committee on state pro- 
tection of the County Council of Defense and was a member for Tooele county of 
the United States Protective League until it was disorganized. Every activity or project 
for the benefit or upbuilding of his community and his state receives his earnest en- 
dorsement and support and his labors in behalf of public progress are ever of a practical 
and resultant nature. 



BERTRAND A. BINGHAM. 



Bertrand A. Bingham is a well known stockman residing in Ogden. He was born 
at Bingham's fort, in Ogden, in 1857, a son of Edwin and Phoebe Jane (Burke) 
Bingham, the former a native of Concord, Vermont, while the latter was a native of 
Clay county, Missouri. It was in the year 1847 that the father arrived in Ogden, while 
the mother came to Utah in 1848. Edwin Bingham engaged in farming, following 
that pursuit in or near Ogden for a time, and subsequently he removed to Iron county, 
where he again carried on general agricultural pursuits. Edwin Bingham was a devout 
member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served as one of the 
elders and teachers, while his wife was president of the Relief Corps. 

Bertrand A. Bingham acquired his education in the common schools of Minera- 
ville and also at Beaver City. On attaining his majority he engaged in sheep raising 
and the general live stock business in Wyoming, where he remained for several years. 
Prior to this he had followed teaming to some extent. In 1901 he disposed of his 
stock and ranch in Wyoming and removed to Ogden, where he has since lived. Through- 
out his business career he has been a stockman and his success along that line has 
been obtained through individual effort, sound business judgment and untiring energy. 

In 1880 Mr. Bingham was united in marriage to Miss Derinda Stephens, a daughter 
of Mitchell Stephens, one of the pioneer settlers of Utah. They have become the parents 
of seven children, all of whom are yet living, and one of their sons, Bertrand A., Jr., 
worked in the shipyards during the war. The family holds to the faith of the Church 
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and in political belief Mr. Bingham is a demo- 
crat. He has never sought or desired office, however, preferring to concentrate his 
energies on his business affairs, and he has gained substantial success through his 
live stock dealings, so that he is now in very comfortable financial circumstances. 



A. S. FOWLER. 



A. S. Fowler, attorney at law of Salt Lake City, was born in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, 
Scotland, October 17, 1869, a son of Francis and Elizabeth (McKean) Fowler, the 
former a native of Belfast, Ireland, and the latter of Ayrshire, Scotland. The father 
came to America in 1S79 to establish a place for his family and located near Coalville, 
Utah, after which he was joined by his wife and children in 1882. He engaged in 
mining there for a number of years and afterward removed to Almy, Wyoming, where 
his death occurred in 1889. His widow afterward returned to Utah and resided in 
Salt Lake City to the time of her demise, which occurred in 1917, when she was eighty 
years of age. There were fourteen children in their family, five of whom are yet 
living, Francis, William W., Thomas S., James D. and A. S.. all of Salt Lake. 

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leaving the land of hills and heather and joining his father in Utah he began work 
in the coal mines, being thus employed until twenty-five years of age. In the mean- 
time he had applied himself diligently to promoting his knowledge through night 
study and attendenee at night schools and in this way he became familiar with short- 
hand and typewriting. He also read law until he could qualify to take examinations, 
which he passed with a high average in 1900, being then admitted to practice at the 
Utah bar. He entered upon the active work of his profession in Salt Lake City. He 
also became secretary to Mayor Ezra Thompson and after the expiration of the term 
he filled a similar position with Mayor J. S. Bransford. He then entered upon the 
private practice of law and has gained a position among the successful attorneys 
practicing in Salt Lake. He is likewise meeting with substantial profits in connec- 
tion with mining interests at Park City, Utah, in the Cottonwood district, and is one 
of the directors of the Park City King Mining Company. While studying law he 
served as stenographer to the city attorney and thus gleaned much information of 
value to him in his practice. He belongs to the County Bar Association and also to 
the Utah State Bar Association. The thoroughness with which he prepares his cases, 
his comprehensive knowledge of the principles of jurisprudence and his accuracy in 
applying these principles to the points in litiagtion are all features in the attainment 
of his success in practice. 

On March 3, 1893, Mr. Fowler was married to Miss Gwendolyn Jenkins, of Scofield, 
Carbon county, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Jenkins, of Spanish Fork, Utah. 
They have become parents of three children, Mrs. Pearl Barnes, the wife of Frank 
Barnes, being the eldest. She was born in Salt Lake in 1S94, was graduated from 
the high school and the Collegiate Institute of Los Angeles, California, and now has 
one child, Bransford Fowler Barnes. They reside in Salt Lake. Gethin Thomas, 
born in Salt Lake, May 18, 1899, was graduated from the high school and spent two 
years as a student in the University of Utah. After America entered the war he 
became a second lieutenant of the United States Infantry and was honorably dis- 
charged December 31, 1918. Alexander Le Roy, born in Salt Lake, May 14, 1901, is 
attending high school. 

Fraternally Mr. Fowler is well known, belonging to various organizations. He has 
attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite in Masonry and is a most loyal 
exemplar of the craft. He also has membership with the Knights of Pythias, the 
Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Loyal Order of Moose. Without special 
advantages at the outset of his career but actuated by a laudable ambition and di- 
rected by firm purpose, Mr. Fowler has reached a creditable place as an attorney and 
as a citizen he also is of high rank because of his acknowledged loyalty to every 
phase of community progress and national advancement. 



WESLEY DAVID BROWN. 



The life of Wesley David Brown has been one of continuous activity, in which 
he has been accorded due recognition of labor, and today he is numbered among the 
substantial citizens of Ogden and Weber county. His interests are thoroughly identi- 
fied with those of the city and at all times he is ready to lend his aid and cooperation 
to any movement calculated to benefit this section of the country or enhance its wonder- 
ful development. In business circles he is widely and prominently known through his 
connection with the wholesale grain and brokerage business. 

Mr. Brown is a native of Nevada, his birth having occurred in Tecoma, that state, 
on the 6th of June, 1872. His father, O. C. Brown, was born in Nauvoo, Illinois, in 
1843 and during his childhood days was taken to Utah by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. 
Abraham Brown, who were pioneer settlers of this state. The father became a farmer 
of Washington county and still remains active in the live stock business. The mother, 
who bore the maiden name of Mary Thomas, was born in Brigham City, Utah, and 
by her marriage became the mother of four children who are yet living. 

Wesley D. Brown pursued his education in the schools of Salt Lake City and in 
Hammond Hall to the time of his graduation with the class of 1890. He then turned 
his attention to the express business in connection with the Pacific Express Company, 

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which he represented for a period of fifteen years, the last six of which he was agent 
at Ogden. He then left that company and became cashier of the First National Bank 
of Morgan, Utah, in 1906, filling the position for two years. On the expiration of 
that period he returned to Ogden, where he established a wholesale grain and brokerage 
business, which he has since successfully and profitably conducted, with offices in the 
Eccles building. He is alert to every opportunity open in the ramifying avenues of 
trade, and developing his business along constructive lines, he has become a fore- 
most representative of the grain and brokerage interests of Ogden. He buys and sells 
in carload lots both grain and merchandise, which he handles on a commission basis. 

In 1897 Mr. Brown was married to Miss Lee Lillian Moffatt, a daughter of William 
Moffatt, of Park City, and they have become parents of three children: Phyllis, twenty- 
one years of age, now attending Utah University; Lillian, eighteen years of age, a high 
school pupil; and Tyler a lad of nine, who is also in school. 

Mr. Brown is a member of the Weber Club, also of the Ogden Golf & Country 
Club and of the Ogden Publicity Bureau, in which connection he is doing important 
work in order to make known the advantages of the city to the outside world, thus 
contributing to Ogden's substantial growth and improvement. His political allegiance 
is given to the republican party and while he does not seek nor desire office he is 
untiring in his efforts to advance the welfare and promote the progress of Ogden. 
He turns to golf for recreation. He is primarily known, however, as a good business 
man and by reason of keen sagacity, unabatlng energy and sound judgment is meeting 
with success. 



WILLIAM E. HUBBARD. 



Well defined plans and indefatigable energy have brought William E. Hubbard, of 
Salt Lake, to a place in the front rank of the leading business men of the city, his inter- 
ests being conducted under the name of the State Loan & Trust Company, formerly tho 
Hubbard Investment Company. He was born near Freeport. in Jo Daviess county, Illi- 
nois, October 21, 1862, his parents being Solomon and Mary (Knight) Hubbard. The 
father, a native of England, came to America with his parents, who settled in North 
Carolina. The mother was born in Indiana and her people were among the early set- 
tlers of Illinois. In 1872 the parents of William E. Hubbard went to Iowa and took 
up their abode in Grundy county, where the father engaged in farming. Eventually 
he established his home at Cedar Falls, Iowa, where the mother of William E. Hubbard 
passed away. The father afterward removed to Los Angeles, California. In their family 
were three sons who are still living, the brothers being E. S. and J. R. Hubbard, now 
of Los Angeles. A daughter passed away. 

William E. Hubbard, the third child in the family, attended the public schools of 
Iowa and after completing a course in the high school at Cedar Falls continued his 
education in Earlham College at Richmond, Indiana. He next entered Rush Medical 
College of Chicago, Illinois, and was graduated therefrom. He afterward opened an office 
in Minneapolis, continuing in the practice of medicine there for three years. On the 
expiration of that period he removed to Los Angeles, California, where he entered the 
real estate and investment business, continuing successfully in that field for three years. 
He then decided to come to Salt Lake City, where he arrived in 1890, and here he 
entered the real estate and investment business, which he has built up from a small 
beginning until he is now one of the prominent factors in real estate and Investment 
circles in' Utah. He has erected a handsome business block, in which his office is 
located, and he has made the State Loan & Trust Company one of the strongest and 
most substantial corporations having to do with real estate sales, loans and investments 
in the city. Associated with Mr. Hubbard in the State Loan & Trust Company are 
many prominent sheep and cattle men of southern Utah. Extending his efforts into 
other lines, he has become connected with copper mining interests. He is at the head 
of the Montana-Bingham Company, operating in the Bingham district, also has mining 
interests at Salmon, Idaho, is a director of the Lion Hill Consolidated Mining Company 
and the Montana-Bingham Consolidated Mining Company and vice president of the State 
Loan & Trust Company. Mr. Hubbard served for one term as president of the Cham- 




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ber of Commerce and also as president of the Real Estate Board of Salt Lakel ofBcial 
positions which Indicate his high standing in business circles. He belongs likewise to 
the Real Estate Exchange and to the Salt Lake Commercial Club. Fraternally he is 
connected with the Masons, the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent Protective Order 
of Elks and in the first mentioned organization has attained the thirty-second degree of 
the Scottish Rite. His political endorsement generally has been given to the republican 
party, but he is a strong supporter of President Wilson and his administration. The 
honors and emoluments of office, however, have no attraction for him. 

The efforts and energies of Mr. Hubbard have ever been concentrated upon his busi- 
ness affairs, and from an early age he has been dependent entirely upon his own 
resources. He has worked his way steadily upward, and while his efforts have been 
attended with notable success, his labors have at the same time been of a character that 
has been valuable as an element in the upbuilding of the city and state. He has laid 
out forty-one separate subdivisions, which he has improved and sold. He has erected 
many substantial homes and business blocks and his building operations have included 
the erection of two crusher mills at the mines at Salmon, Idaho. He financed the Utah 
Metal Tunnel, which is eleven thousand feet through the mountain, from Middle Fork 
canon to Carr Fork, in the Bingham district, and he has also developed seven other 
properties along the terminal of a six thousand foot tunnel, all of which has netted over 
six million dollars in products of gold, silver, copper and lead. These are still paying" 
properties, and Mr. Hubbard speaks with authority concerning the mineral resources of 
the west. His experiences have been broad and he is constantly adding through read- 
ing and in other ways to his knowledge concerning the value of mining property and 
western investments, particularly in the intermountain country, which he characterizes 
as the richest section of territory in the world. 



FRANK E. WERNER. 



Frank E. Werner, one of the managers of the Hitchner & Werner Automobile 
Company, Ford distributors at American Fork, was born September 1, 18S3, in Leaven- 
worth, Kansas. His father, Joseph V. Werner, a native of Pennsylvania, was descended 
from German ancestry but the family has long been represented on this side of the 
Atlantic. The mother, who bore the maiden name of Delia Miller, was born in Indiana 
and came of English lineage, her people, however, residing for some time in Virginia 
before removal was made to the Hoosier state. Mr. and Mrs. Werner became the 
parents of five sons and five daughters. 

Frank E. Werner, the eldest in the family, was educated in the public schools of 
Kansas City, passing through consecutive grades to his graduation from the high school 
with the class of 1901. His early life to the age of nineteen years was spent upon tne 
home farm and he early became familiar with the best methods of tilling the soil 
and caring for the crops as he assisted his father in developing and improving the 
old homestead in Kansas. At length, however, he determined to turn his attention 
to industrial pursuits and took up the machinist's trade, which he followed until 19i;i. 
On the 1st of September, 1917, he came to American Fork, where he joined F. G. 
Hitchner in the purchase of the Central Garage and the business which they now 
conduct. They have been successful from the beginning and are now selling a large 
number of cars, while their garage business and sale of automobile tires and acces- 
sories has also added materially to their income. 

In Alliance, Nebraska, on the 15th of July, 1910, Mr. Werner was united in mar- 
riage to Miss Jennie Hitchner, a native of Kansas and a daughter of F. G. and Ella 
(Miller) Hitchner. To this marriage were born two children: Margaret, whose birth 
occurred in 1915; and Frank E., who was born in Denver in 1917. 

In politics Mr. Werner is a stalwart republican, giving unfaltering allegiance tO' 
the party and its principles. Fraternally he is connected with the Masons and with 
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and his religious faith is that of the Methodist 
church. His has been an active and useful life, in which well directed energy and 
persistency of purpose have brought to him a gratifying measure of success. He is 
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of her opportunities. The Central Garage, of which he and his brother-in-law, F. G. 
Hitchner, are sole owners, is the leading auto garage in American Fork, the firm 
being exclusive agents for the Ford cars in American Fork and the surrounding ter- 
ritory. Their machine shop is splendidly equipped with modern machinery and skilled 
workmen are employed. Mr. Werner is in charge of that branch of the business, for 
he is expert in doing such work, and his partner has charge of the selling end and 
the office. There have been no spectacular phases in the life record of Frank E. 
Werner, but his entire career has been marked by a steady progression that shows 
wise utilization of his time, his talents and his opportunities. 



HON. EDWARD SOUTHWICK. 

Hon. Edward Southwick. of Lehi, is one of the recognized leaders in democratic 
circles in Utah and is now serving as a member of the state senate. He exercises strong 
influence over public thought and opinion in his section of the state and his ideas also 
carry weight in party councils. He is also well known as a real estate dealer of Lehi 
and is likewise connected with cattle, raising interests. 

He was born September 13, 1871, in Lehi, a son of Edward and Ann Maria (Tay- 
lor) Southwick. The father was born at Dudley, Worcestershire, England, April 24, 
1842 and in his youthful days worked in a glass factory. He later learned the shoe- 
making business under his father, thoroughly mastering the occupation prior to com- 
ing to the new world. While still in England he was employed in the Mansfield shoe 
factory, the largest establishment in the world at that time. In 1871 he crossed the 
Atlantic on the steamship Nevada, which sailed from Liverpool, and on the 16th of 
August he arrived in Salt Lake, having crossed the plains with ox teams with a com- 
pany under Captain Lot Smith. He remained for a few days in the capital city and then 
made his way to Lehi. He could find little work at his trade so he took up other em- 
ployment and assisted in building the railroad into American Fork canyon until it was 
completed. He then accepted the position of cook at the old Miller mine in American 
Fork canyon, remaining there for several years. Later he went to Alta, in Big Cotton- 
viTOod canyon, where he began work as a cook in 1876 at the Emma mine. He later 
returned to Lehi. where he followed his trade, continuing to engage in shoemaking to 
the time of his death, which occurred October 30, 1888. He remained an active church- 
man throughout his life and did missionary work in England prior to coming to America. 
Here he was a member of the Sixty-eighth Quorum of Seventy for a number of years, 
remaining in that position to the time of his death. His family numbered the follow- 
ing: Arthur J.: Clara, the wife of George R. Meservy; Edward; Dora M.. now the wife 
Oi William T. Fuller; and Frederick. Agnes. Katie E., Maud and John Alfred, all de- 
ceased. The last named died while on a mission to New Zealand in 1908. 

Edward Southwick spent three years in the Brigham Young University at Provo 
and afterward was employed in connection with the commissary department of the Los 
Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad. He was later with the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company for 
a period of fifteen years in the capacity of farmer and overseer. He was placed in cliarge 
of a resort known as Saratoga Springs, on Lake Utah, where he continued for five years, 
and since retiring from that position he has devoted his attention to farming and cattle 
raising and to the real estate business. He is the owner of seven hundred acres of valu- 
able land, one-half of which is under cultivation, one hundred acres being planted to 
wheat. Sound judgment and keen discrimination characterize his activities at all times 
and thus step by step he has worked his way steadily upward, each forward step bring- 
ing him a broader outlook and wider opportunities. Aside from his farming interests 
he is the president of the Lehi Canning Company and has been a director of the State 
Bank of Lehi since its organization. He is president of Lehi Acme Mining Company 
in the American Fork Mining district. 

In Salt Lake Temple, on the 24th of March, 1897. Mr. Southwick was married to 
Miss Rachel Ann Webb, a daughter of John Stokes and Hannah (Grace) Webb. Her 
parents were married in England a short time before sailing on the ship Mansfield for 
America. The vessel weighed anchor on the 8th of April, 1854. At Salt Lake her father 
worked for Brigham Young for a year and in the fall of 1855 arrived in Lehi, where 




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he became a successful farmer. He was also active as a Sunday school worker and was 
a member of the Sixty-eighth Quorum of Seventy at the time of his death, whicii 
occurred January 27, 1899. The mother of Mrs. Southwick had in her girlhood learned 
the art of braiding and followed that occupation to the time of her marriage, selling 
the braid to the great straw hat factories at Luton, England. To Mr. and Mrs. South- 
v.'ick have been born eight children: Ethel, Edward W., Hannah P., John W., Owen W., 
Glen W., Emma Ann, and Leda, deceased. 

In the work of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Mr. Southwick takes 
a deep and helpful interest. He is a high priest, a member of the high council in the 
Alpine stake and has been secretary to the deacons, elders and Quorum of Seventy for 
a number of years. He was also senior president of the Sixty-eighth Quorum of Seventy 
prior to becoming a member of the high council and was the youngest member in the 
council even though he was senior president. He served on a mission to England from 
1894 until 1896 and in 1899 went to Colorado, where for one year he engaged in mis- 
sionary work for his church. He has been Sunday school teacher, superintendent and 
stake officer for twenty-eight years. 

Mr. Southwick is also a recognized leader in political circles, giving stalwart sup- 
port to the democratic party. His first public oiBce was that of recorder of Lehi, in 
which capacity he served in 1898 and 1899. He was school trustee from 1907 until 1910 
and mayor of Lehi during the succeeding two years. From 1912 until 1916 he was a 
member of the state legislature and so excellent a record did he make in the house as 
a champion of progressive public movements that he was elected to the senate in 1918 
and is now serving as a member of that body, giving thoughtful and earnest considera- 
tion to all the vital questions that come up for settlement. His position is never an 
equivocal one. He stands loyally for what he believes to be for the best interests of the 
state and he has been the champion of much important legislation. 



PETER G. DROUBAY. 



Peter G. Droubay is occupying a position of responsibility and importance in busi- 
ness circles of Tooele, being the manager for the Cooperative Stores, having super- 
vision over two establishments, one in the old and one in the new town of Tooele. 
Mr. Droubay is a native son of Tooele, born November 22, 1877. His parents were 
Peter A. and Hannah Belle (Gollier) Droubay. The father was associated in business 
with his father upon a farm for a number of years and afterward engaged in ranch- 
ing Independently for a decade. At the end of that time he went to Tooele, where he 
became Interested in merchandising, having the leading business of the city for many 
years. Eventually he sold out to his sons, Oscar, Ross, Peter G. and Edson. The 
mother of these sons was a daughter of James M. and Anna (Bracken) Gollier. Her 
father was a native of Virginia, representing one of the old families of that state, 
and her mother was of English lineage. Both of her parents were pioneer settlers 
of Tooele county. 

Peter G. Droubay pursued his early education in the schools near his father's 
home and afterward attended the Salt Lake Business College, in which he pursued a 
commercial course. He then became identified with mercantile interests and, as re- 
cently stated, was one of the four brothers who bought out the store of their father. 
Not long afterward the store was destroyed by fire, causing a heavy loss to the four 
sons. Peter G. Droubay then accepted the position of collector with an implement 
company of Salt Lake City and other concerns and was thus employed for two years, 
during which time he handled all the collection business of Tooele county. He after- 
ward became associated with the Miller-Cahoon Company at Garfield and at Murray, 
representing that firm four years, during which time he was manager of the Garfield 
yard and was connected with the sales department at Murray. On resigning his posi- 
tion with that house he organized the Tooele Coal & Lumber Company at Tooele and 
was manager of the business for a year. He next became associated with the Bonne- 
ville Lumber Company. Later he was employed by the International Smelter Com- 
pany for a year and left that position to become the manager for the Tooele Coopera- 
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discriminates between the essential and the nonessential in all business affairs and 
he possesses even-paced energy and ability that carry him forward into important re- 
lations. He is now in control of two stores for the company, one situated in the new 
town and the other in the old town. Both carry an extensive line of goods and the 
patronage is increasing through the earnest efforts of Mr. Droubay, who is fully sus- 
taining the reputation of a family that has always been renowned for business enter- 
prise and marked commercial capacity. 

In 1902 Mr. Droubay was married to Miss Nellie McBride, a daughter of C. R. 
McBride, a prominent real estate dealer and business man of Tooele county. Mr. and 
Mrs. Droubay have six children: Seth, Ivan, Warren, Helen, Jule and Rachel. 

Mr. Droubay went on a mission to England and France which covered the years 
1S99 and 1900 and is now a member of the Seventy in the church. He resides on 
Green street in Tooele, where he owns a pleasant residence, it being one of the modern 
and attractive homes of the city. It was built in 1910 and is not only of a pleasing 
style of architecture but is most tastefully furnished. Throughout practically his entire 
life Mr. Droubay has resided in Tooele and his efforts have been a potent force in 
bringing about modern day progress and improvement. He is the president of the 
Droubay Real Estate & Investment Company, which owns business property in Tooele 
amounting to several thousands of dollars. The Cooperative Stores, of which he has 
charge, are owned by employes of the International Smelting Company and to the 
conduct of these stores Mr. Droubay brings wide experience and sound judgment. 
He is fortunate in that he possesses character and ability that inspire confidence in 
others and the simple weight of his character and ability have carried him into im- 
portant business relations. 



R. B. MINNOCH. 



R. B. Minnoch, senior partner in the Minnoch Glass & Paint Company, is a native 
son of the city in which he makes his home and in which he is wisely and success- 
fully directing his business affairs. He is also the eldest of the seven living children 
of Peter and Margaret (Bruce) Minnoch. both of whom were natives of Scotland. 
The father left the land of hills and heather in the early '70s and crossed the Atlantic 
to the new world. He traveled at once across the country to Utah, settling first in 
Salt Lake City, and after a brief period there passed he took up his abode in Ogden. 
The mother also came to the United States in the early '70s and she, too, became a 
resident of Ogden, where their marriage was celebrated. She is still living, but Mr. 
Minnoch passed away September 6, 1905, when fifty-four years of age. While in Scot- 
land he had been engaged in the manufacture of art glass and mirrors but after coming 
to the new world was for a long period identified with the lumber trade, representing 
the Eccles Lumber Company as foreman for twenty-one years. After attaining Amer- 
ican citizenship he gave earnest support to the democratic party and served for a 
time as constable of the third ward. 

The educational opportunities afforded R. B. Minnoch were those offered by the 
public schools of Ogden. The year 1916 witnessed the organization of the Ogden Art 
Glass & Mirror Company for the conduct of a wholesale and retail business in art 
glass, paints and wall paper, which was changed to the Minnoch Glass & Paint Com- 
pany March 1, 1919. They are the only exclusive art glass and mirror manufacturers 
in northern Utah and have conducted a profitable and growing business since Novem- 
ber, 1916, the development of their trade necessitating larger quarters, to which the 
company removed in March, 1919. They are thoroughly conversant with every branch 
of the business and in the rear of No. 451 Thirtieth street in Ogden they have their 
plant for the manufacture of art glass and mirrors and in the busy season employ 
on an average, twelve people. 

On the 3d of July, 1906, Mr. Minnoch was married in Ogden to Miss Daisy Empey, 
a native of this city and a daughter of Alfred and Elizabeth Empey. They reside at 
No. 451 Thirtieth street, and Mr. Minnoch owns his home there. To him and his wife 
have been born three children: Thelma, born in Ogden, December 31, 1908; Dorothy. 
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R. B. Minnoch is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. In politics he 
has always maintained an independent course, preferring to give his undivided time 
and attention to his business affairs, and aside from his active connection with the 
Minnoch Glass & Paint Company he is one of the directors of the Eccles I^umber 
Company. He is a young man of sound business judgment and keen sagacity, who has 
manifested unfaltering enterprise in the conduct of his business affairs, and who from 
the outset of his career has displayed that persistency of purpose which enabled him 
to overcome all difficulties and obstacles and advance steadily toward the goal of success. 



THOMAS W. ASHTON. 



It is an old saying that opportunity knocks but once. If this be true Thomas 
W. Ashton responded immediately to the call, for in his business career he has wisely 
used his time and talents and by reason of individual ability has worked his way 
steadily upward. He is now the manager of the Columbia Music & Jewelry Company, 
conducting business at No. 176 West Center street in Prove. His present place of 
residence, however, is far from the place of his birth, for he is a native of Stafford- 
shire, England, and his natal day was August 12, 1872. His father was the late Joshua 
Ashton, who was born in Liverpool, England, and was a close personal friend of many 
of the leading members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. When 
Utah was just being opened up to civilization he came with the representatives of 
the church to this section of the country. It was in 1S79 that he made his way west- 
ward, settling first in Almy, Wyoming, while later he removed to Woodruff, Utah, 
where he resided until his life's labors ended in death in January, 1915. He had 
then reached the age of sixty-nine years. He was always very active and earnest in 
religious work, served as an elder and did everything in his power to advance the 
faith in which he so firmly believed. He married Elizabeth Woolley, who was born 
in Leamington, England, and who is now a resident of Evanston, Wyoming. She came 
to America the year following the emigration of her husband. They had a family 
of eleven children, all of whom, six sons and five daughters, are yet living — a remark- 
able family record. 

Thomas W. Ashton was the second child in this family. He is indebted to the 
public school system of his native country and of Almy, Wyoming, for the educational 
opportunities which he enjoyed. He came to the new world with his mother and five 
children in the fall of 1880. Six of the children of the family were added to the house- 
hold after the parents established their home in the new world. Thomas W. Ashton 
was a young man of sixteen years when he started out to earn his own living. He 
continued to work, however, upon the farm with his father until he had attained his 
majority and he early became familiar with all the duties and labors that fall to the 
lot of the agriculturist. After reaching adult age he was married and began farming 
on his own account at Woodruff, where he successfully carried on general agricultural 
pursuits for ten years. He then disposed of his land and for several years thereafter 
was associated with the firm of Spencer Brothers, general merchants of Randolph, 
Rich county, Utah. In February, 1913, he came to Prove and with his brother, Jolin 
B. Ashton, established the present business, which is now carried on under the name 
of the Columbia Music & Jewelry Company. They established the business in a small 
way but have continually developed and enlarged their store until they now occupy 
a place in the front rank of the leading merchants in tlieir line in southern Utah. Aside 
from his connection with the Columbia Music & Jewelry Company, Thomas W. Ashton 
is interested in the Ashton Theatre Company of Prove. The Ashton Company are 
the only exclusive dealers in musical instruments in Prove and they handle all standard 
makes of instruments and all musical supplies. 

On the 10th of July, 1895, in Logan Temple, Mr. Ashton was married by President 
Merrill of the Woodruff stake to Miss Lorena Morey, a native of Maine and a daughter 
of Henry C. and Lena (Eastman) Morey, who were likewise natives of the Pinetree 
state and are now deceased. Both Mr. and Mrs. Ashton are members of the Church 
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of the first ward and he served on a mission in 
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under President Rich, of Cliattanooga, Tennessee. He was a traveling elder and also 
conference superintendent of the Sunday schools and in church work is still active 
and earnest, contributing generously to the support of the cause. His political en- 
dorsement is given to the republican party and he served as justice of the peace in 
1902 and 1903. Otherwise he has not sought or desired public office, preferring to 
give his attention to his church work and his business affairs. Actuated by a spirit 
of enterprise, he has made for himself a creditable place as a representative of com- 
mercial interests in Provo and the house of which he is now the head may well be 
accounted one of the finest mercantile interests of the city. 



CHAPIN A. DAY. 



The life story of Chapin A. Day of Ogden is the record of notable achievement and 
success. Through the steps of an orderly progression he has steadily advanced from a 
very humble position in the business world until he is now numbered among Utah's capi- 
talists and is the president of the Ogden Portland Cement Company. Before his removal 
to the west he was a leading figure in commercial circles of the Mississippi valley as the 
treasurer of Marshall Field & Company of Chicago. It was in that city that he was 
born on the 5th of January, 1855. His father, Jonathan M. Day, was born in the state 
of New York and was a minister of the Universalist church, devoting many years of 
his life to preaching the gospel as a representative of that denomination. He died in 
1907, at the advanced age of eighty-eight years, passing away in Marseilles, La Salle, 
county, Illinois. He had been active in the work of the ministry to within a few years 
of his death, and also served as school principal at Marseilles, Illinois. In early man- 
hood he wedded Ordelia S. Root, a native of Genesee county. New York, who passed 
away at the advanced age of eighty-six years. In the family were three children, the 
brother of Chapin A. Day being H. Monroe Day, now living in Sterling, Colorado, while 
the sister is Mrs. Clara E. Pitcher, who makes her home at Marseilles, Illinois. 

Following his graduation from the Marseilles high school, Chapin A. Day, then 
seventeen years of age, started out upon his business career as an employe in a bank 
in Utica, Illinois, where he remained for two years. He then returned to Chicago and 
accepted a position as bookkeeper on South Water street, there spending two years. 
He next entered the employ of Field. Leiter & Company and was with that house for 
thirty-five years, working his way upward from a most humble position and through 
various promotions until he became treasurer of Marshall Field & Company, owners of 
the largest and finest department store in the world. He continued with the house 
until 1911, contributing much to its success when he came into positions of adminis- 
trative direction and executive control. In this way he became widely known in mer- 
cantile circles throughout the country. On leaving Chicago he. removed to Ogden, Utah, 
where he assumed the presidency of the Ogden Portland Cement Company. This busi- 
ness he had established in 1909, building a cement plant near Brigham, which he placed 
ill charge of his son and son-in-law. He is thus connected with one of the important 
productive industries of the (state, the Ogden Portland Cement Company having built up 
a business to extensive proportions. He also has other important financial and com- 
mercial interests. He is a director of the Salt Lake branch of the Federal Reserve 
Bank, is a director of the Bankers Trust Company of Salt Lake City, is the vice president 
of the Gem State Lumber Company, the vice president of the Premier Coal Company, 
the vice president of the George E. Merrill Company of Salt Lake, a director of the 
Morrison-Merrill Lumber Company, having the largest lumber interests of Salt Lake, 
and a director of the Everfresh Food Company. Thus his business connections are ex- 
tensive and important, making him one of the prominent figures in the commercial life 
of Utah. 

In 1879 Mr. Day was united in marriage to Miss Ella G. Chamberlain, of Chicago, 
and to them have been born two children: Mrs. R. E. Bristol, of Ogden; and Harold 
C, who is manager of the Portland Cement plant at Brigham. 

Mr. Day is a well known member of the Weber Club, is also president of the Bear 
River Club, is honorary president of the Ogden Golf and Country Club and is a most 
enthusiastic golfer. He likewise belongs to the Brigham City Commercial Club and has 




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membership with the Rotary Club. Fraternally he is a Royal Arch Mason and loyally 
adheres to the teachings and purposes of the craft. He greatly enjoys shooting and he 
it also a member of the Flat Rock Fishing Club. He maintains a winter residence in 
Honolulu and has membership in the Honolulu Golf Club. Both Mr. and Mrs. Day 
occupy a position of leadership in social circles and have been earnest supporters of 
various war activities. Mr. Day has been a member of the Council of Defense and on 
all important committees of the kind in Ogden and his wife has done much Red Cross 
work. While a man of 'sixty-four years, Mr. Day could easily pass for one twenty 
years his junior. He has been most successful in business — a man of affairs whose 
activity and sound judgment have constituted a dynamic force in the attainment of 
success. He is a lover of the west, his interests largely centering in Ogden and Utah, 
and there is nothing foreign to him which has to do with the welfare and progress of 
his fellowmen. 



ROBERT H. MOYES. 



Robert H. Moyes has devoted much of his life to railroad work as an engineer. He 
makes his home in Ogden, which is far separated from the place of his birth, for he is 
a native of Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, his natal day being January 1, 1844. He 
is a son of Robert and Elizabeth (Hutchison) Moyes. The father, also a native of 
Scotland, died in Paisley when his son Robert was quite young. In 1866 the mother 
came to Utah, where she joined her eldest son, James, who had become a resident of the 
state in 1863, making the trip with Mr. Eccles. In 1864 Robert H. Moyes emigrated 
to Canada, where he lived for a time, and in November, 1865, he made his way to Ne-^ 
York City, being there at the time when President Lincoln was assassinated. The same 
year he returned to Scotland but in 1868 once more came to the United States and on 
the way over acted as cook on the boat Emerald Isle. The voyage was a very hard one, 
thirty-nine people dying on the trip. After reaching American shores Robert H. Moyes 
crossed the continent to Benson, Utah, and from there traveled by team a distance of 
three hundred and fifty miles to Salt Lake. At Echo he engaged with the Brigham 
Young contractor in railroad work and was thus employed until 1869. He then went 
to Uinta and he also worked at Promontory, where he had charge of the camp. There 
he witnessed the driving of the golden spike which united the two ends of the railroad 
which had been projected steadily forward from the east and the west until the iron 
belt was completed that gave to America a transcontinental railroad. Mr. Moyes after- 
ward entered the employ of Jesse W. Fox, who had a contract for building the Utah 
Central Railroad, now the Union Pacific. He acted as the first cook and remained there 
until the completion of the road, the camp, however, being removed nine times during 
that period. Mr. Moyes next became connected with the Central Pacific Railroad as 
fireman, making the run from Terrace to Ogden for a period of four years. He after- 
ward spent five years as a watchman at Terrace and was there when President Grant 
and Horace Greeley traveled over the line in 1872, making a tour of the western states. 
He next became an employe of the Utah Northern Railroad, acting as engineer for some 
time between Ogden and Eagle Rock, now Idaho Falls, and later between Eagle Rock 
and Dillon, Montana. On returning to Ogden he became connected with the Union 
Pacific Railroad Company and thus remained until the widespread railroad strike of 
1893. In later years he has been connected with the First National Bank of Ogden, also 
with the Utah Light & Power Company and various other concerns in different con- 
nections but is now largely living retired. 

In 1873 Mr. Moyes was married to Miss Lucy A. Wilson, a daughter of Bradley B. 
and Agnes (Hunter) Wilson, who came to Utah in 1848. They became parents of six 
children, of whom five are still living. The wife and mother died October 28, 1889. Her 
youngest son, Leroy, enlisted on the 28th of April, 1918, in the Ninety-first Division 
of the United States army and went to Camp Lewis in June. On the 21st of July he 
sailed as a member of Company D, Three Hundred and Sixty-Fourth Infantry, and in one 
of the most fiercely fought battles of the war, the battle of the Argonne forest, he was 
wounded, this occurring on the 3d of October. He was sent to the Base hospital and 
his parents were notified that he was dead. On the 28th of April, 1919, however, his 



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parents received a telegram from him, sent from New York, saying that he was well 
and that he was at the debarkation hospital. Mr. Moyes married a second time, November 
19, 1890, his second union being with Miss Charlotte Esther Pingree, a daughter of 
Job Pingree. She, too, has passed away. His third wife was Miss Agnes S. Stewart, 
a daughter of William and Jane (Gibb) Stewart. She was born in Paisley, Scotland, 
came to Utah in 1893 and was married May 29, 1901. There are two sons of this 
marriage. 

Mr. Moyes is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and went 
upon a mission to Ireland covering nineteen months, and finished his mission of twenty- 
five months in Scotland, leaving this country in 1903. His son, Robert W., filled a mission 
to the eastern states. Mr. Moyes is now high priest and also ward teacher. His 
political endorsement is given to the republican party and he keeps well informed on the 
questions and issues of the day. His long residence in Utah has made liim familiar 
with the history of the state and its development and he has seen the wonderful trans- 
formation that has been wrought as the railroads liave been built and settlement has 
been carried steadily forward. 



MATTHEW CULLEN. 



Matthew Cullen was for many years a well known figure in mining and business 
circles in the west. He was thus closely identified with the development of Colorado 
and of Utah. He was born in County Wicklow, Ireland, July 17, 1840, the son of Pat- 
rick and Catherine (Rice) Cullen. When he was twelve years of age he accompanied 
his parents on their removal to America. The father, wlio was a farmer by occupa- 
tion, died in Oakland, Maryland, at the age of sixty years, while the mother passed away 
at that place when seventy years of age. 

Matthew Cullen spent the early years of his life after coming to America in Alle- 
gany county, Maryland, where he attended the common schools. At the age of four- 
teen he was apprenticed to a blacksmith and followed that occupation for three years. 
In 1867 he crossed the plains, driving a team as far as Fort Bridger, Wyoming. He 
then returned to Fort Laramie for supplies and afterward went again to Fort Bridger. 
where he secured a government job at herding cattle. Subsequently he was in charge 
of government stock at Stockton, where he remained until May 15, 1860, when he started 
for New Mexico with the United States Army under Colonel Morrison. During the same 
year he returned to his Maryland home. 

At the opening of the Civil war Mr. Cullen was appointed camp master at Oakland, 
Maryland, and later went to West Virginia as wagon master to General Rosecrans' army. 
He was afterward at Lebanon, Kentucky, in charge of corrals and was in charge of the 
animals and equipment at the battle of Mill Springs. He was also present at the bat- 
tle of Pittsburg Landing and later he became chief wagon master under General Brinker- 
hoff. He then returned to Louisville, Kentucky, and hired men for the government. 
On leaving Louisville he went to Nashville, Tennessee, where he remained for two years, 
and afterward as a member of the First Division, Twentieth Corps, accompanied Sher- 
man's army on the famous march from Atlanta to the sea. At the close of the war he 
returned to Maryland. His mother and his sister, Mrs. Rasche, were residing then near 
Hancock, Maryland. His brother, Michael, had enlisted with the Confederate army at 
the beginning of the war and was made prisoner at Atlanta, being sent to Camp Doug- 
las prison at Chicago. Matthew Cullen then went to Chicago and secured the release of 
his brother. 

In the fall of 1865 Matthew Cullen made his way to Denver, Colorado, and very soon 
afterward became interested in mining, working principally in the Bobtail and Clear 
Creek districts. In the latter locality he engaged in placer mining until the spring 
of 1867, when he took up railroad contracting. He owned many teams at that time and 
did work for the Union Pacific as that line was constructed through Wyoming and Utah. 
When the Wasatch tunnel was built he sold his teams and went to that place but sub- 
sequently removed to Echo, Utah, where he purchased four mule teams and made four 
freighting trips between Echo and Salt Lake City, also carrying passengers to and 
from the mines and to tl^p railroads. He also carried passengers during the famous 




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strike at White Pine, Nevada, and later he freighted from Hamilton to Robinson, Ne- 
vada. He next went to the Silver Park district and with Dennis Ryan as a partner 
engaged in prospecting there. Coming to Utah with James C. O'Neil, he discovered the 
Star District mines in Beaver county, Utah, and became part owner of the Horn silver 
mine. He was known as a large mine owner and holder of real estate and his busi- 
ness activities contributed in large measure to the development and upbuilding of the 
state. He built and owned the CuUen Hotel building in Salt Lake and also the Gault 
House in Chicago. He was the principal stockholder and the president of the Salt Lake 
Brewing Company, the plant of which is now the CuUen Ice & Beverage Company. 

On the 19th of December, 1878, Mr. Cullen was married to Miss Emma J. Thomp- 
son, a daughter of Edward W. and Julia (Fish) Thompson. Mrs. Cullen died June 18, 
1888, leaving two daughters, Nellie M., who is Mrs. Fred U. Leonard; and Julia Cath- 
erine, now Mrs. Garrett S. Wilkins. Mr. Cullen afterward wedded Mrs; Nellie (Thomp- 
son) Rasche; a sister, of his first wife. Mrs. Cullen survives her husband and resides 
in Salt Lake City. 

The death of Mr. Cullen occurred at Salt Lake, February 19, 1918, and in his passing 
the city mourned the loss of one of its valued and representative residents. His life was 
one of varied experiences. Born on the Emerald isle, brought to America when a young 
lad, he started out in life on his own account when a youth of fourteen and from that 
time forward was dependent entirely upon his own resources. As the years passed 
ho prospered, making good use of his time, his talents and his opportunities. He be- 
came familiar with the experiences and the hardships incident to the development of 
the mines and the building of railroads in the west and his labors were at all times a 
potent factor in the upbuilding and progress of 'this great section of the country. Utah 
ultimately claimed him as a citizen and found in him one who was devoted to her wel- 
fare and whose activities constituted an important element in the furthering of her 
greatness. 



JACK FINDLir: 



A history of commercial development and progress in Salt Lake must needs make 
mention of Jack Findling, the president of the Boston Store, In which connection 
he is at the head of a fine commercial establishment, devoted to the sale of ladies' 
ready-to-wear clothing. The stock which is carried is of high grade and the business 
of the house is increasing annually. 

Mr. Findling is a native of New York City. He was born December 27, 1883, a 
son of A. C. and Martha Findling, who were of European birth and in early life 
came to the new world, settling in Chicago in 1893. The father is well known in 
financial circles there, being connected with the Northwestern Trust & Savings Bank. 
His wife is also living. They became parents of four children: Jack, Mrs. Esther 
Levy, Mrs. Nettie Denholtz and Mrs. William Lee Bell. 

Jack Findling was a youth of ten years at the time of the removal of the family 
to Chicago, where he pursued his education, and afterward entered business life as 
a cash boy in The Fair, one of the large merchandise establishments of that city. He 
was employed in that store, also as a clerk by Marshall Field & Company and later 
as assistant buyer by Rothschild & Company until he returned to New York as buyer 
for Siegel, Cooper & Company. Subsequently he again became a resident of Chicago and 
was buyer for the Boston Store. With his removal to the west he became buyer for 
Walker Brothers of Salt Lake City, with whom he remained until 1913, when he or- 
ganized the Boston Store, of which he has since been the controlling spirit. He is 
president of the company that owns and conducts this large and growing establish- 
ment, with Milton Beifuss as vice president and J. H. Beifuss as secretary and treasurer. 
This is one of Salt Lake's most representative stores and they have an extensive line 
of high grade goods in ladies' and children's wearing apparel and furs. 

On the 18th of November, 1902, in Chicago, Mr. Findling was married to Miss 
Esther Orenstein, of that city, and they now have three children: Helen, who was 
born in Chicago in 1904; Harold, born in New York City in 1906; and Navine, born 
in Chicago in 1910. The elder daughter is now in high school and the others are 
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Mr. Findling maintains an independent course in politics. He belongs to the 
Commercial Club and also to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He has made 
for himself a creditable position in the business circles of the city and has steadily- 
advanced to prominence as a Salt Liake merchant. 



JOHN W. GARRETT. 



One of the most reliable and progressive young men in northern Utah is John 
W. Garrett, of Garland. His father, Levi Garrett, was a descendant of a family of 
Hollanders who settled in Pennsylvania during the early period of America's coloniza- 
tion. His mother, Catharine (Wardrop) Garrett, was of Scotch lineage, and her 
people, like the Garretts, came to Utah In the early days of the development of this 
state. They took an active part in church affairs as well as in the upbuilding of the 
territory, leaving the impress of their individuality and ability upon the history of 
the state. 

John W. Garrett was born In Salt Lake City In 1S78 and was educated in Wells- 
ville, Cache county, where his parents had taken up their abode. He later continued 
his studies in the Brigham Young College of Logan and after his college days were 
over turned his attention to farming near Wellsville. He continued active In that 
line for a number of years and then gave his attention to the cattle and butchering 
business. In 1907 he removed to Garland and established a meat and provision 
house, continuing active in this line to the present time. His business developed very 
rapidly and in 1916 he entered into partnership with John Richards, the well known 
cattle raiser and feeder of the Bear river valley and Blue creek section, the firm of 
Garrett & Richards being then organized. They conduct both a wholesale and retail 
business, handling not only meat but also groceries. The firm's trade is now very 
extensive and covers a large section of the Boxelder country. Their business methods 
will stand the closest investigation and scrutiny. They put forth every possible effort 
to upbuild the trade along legitimate lines and their reliability and enterprise are 
well known. 

In 1905 Mr. Garrett was united In marriage to Miss Jessie Jones, of Wellsville, 
and to them have been born the following named: Edna, ten years of age; Ferris, 
aged eight; and Levi Wayne, six years of age. 

Mr. Garrett has become a popular and well known citizen of Garland not only 
by reason of his business enterprise but also owing to his devotion to the welfare 
and upbuilding of the district in which he makes his home. He is now serving as 
one of the councilmen of the city and has been chairman of the light committee, which 
has recently installed a new lighting system comparing favorably with the electric 
lighting of any city in the state. He has also been active in the building of the city 
waterworks system and in fact is a supporter of every enterprise that spells progress. 
He is possessed of much civic pride and is ever foremost in those matters that tend 
to promote the public good. While in no sense an unthinking "booster," he is at all 
times a supporter of Garland's best interests and the conservative and steady growth 
of the city is due to such men. 



CYRUS W. ELLSWORTH, D. D. S. 

Dr. Cyrus W. Ellsworth, engaged in the active practice of dentistry at Pleasant 
Grove, was born at Payson, Utah, February 28, 1891, and is a son of German Ells- 
worth, of Payson, and brother of Dr. L. N. Ellsworth mentioned elsewhere in this 
work. He acquired a public school education and afterward attended the Brigham 
Young University at Provo. Deciding upon the practice of dentistry as a life work, 
he then entered the Chicago College of Dental Surgery, in which he pursued the full 
course, being graduated with the class of 1916. Following his graduation he located 
for practice in Pleasant Grove, where he has since remained, and in the intervening 
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the latest scientific researches and discoveries and the most modern methods of dental 
work and he is winning well deserved success. He well merits this, for he worked 
his own way through college, reaching Chicago with a cash capital of but fifteen 
dollars. He did all kinds of work in order to pay his tuition, shining shoes, selling 
papers, clerking and doing any honest task that would supplement his limited re- 
sources. In this way he prepared for a professional career and his many friends 
have no doubt as to his future, for his strength of character, his ability and his 
determination will bring him at length to the goal toward which he is steadily pro- 
gressing. 

On the 15th of October, 1913, Dr. Ellsworth was married in Salt Lake Temple 
to Miss Genevieve Wightman, a daughter of W. C. and Harriet Sophia (Jones) Wight- 
man, of Payson. Dr. and Mrs. Ellsworth have two children: Nada, born June 14, 
1916; and C. W., born December 20, 1918. 

The religious faith of the family is that of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day 
Saints, their membership being in Pleasant Grove, first ward. Dr. Ellsworth served 
on a mission from 1909 until 1912, covering twenty-nine months, with conference 
headquarters at Chicago, and at the present time he is president of the Young Men's 
Mutual Improvement Association of the first ward. In politics Dr. Ellsworth is a 
republican but has never been an office seeker. In matters of citizenship, however, 
he is one hundred per cent American and during the war he took an active part in 
every Liberty loan and Red Cross drive. He was a member of the Preparedness League 
of the National Dental Association and he belongs to the Utah County and State Dental 
Societies and also to the National Dental Association. Through the proceedings of 
these bodies he keeps in touch with the advancement of the profession and he employs 
the most modern methods in his practice. 



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GEORGE A. BARRY. 



George A. Barry is a member of the firm of G. A. Barry & Company of Ogden. 
receivers and shippers of produce in car lots. In this connection he has built up a 
business that is proving not only a source of profit to himself but of value to the 
producers, as it furnishes a market for the farmers of this 'section of the country. 
Mr. Barry was born upon a farm in St. Francois county, Missouri, November 24, 1865. 
His father, Wilson M. Barry, was also a native of that state and made farming his 
life work. He continued there until 1882, when he removed to Ogden, Utah, and 
two years later purchased a farm, upon which he resided to the time of his death, 
passing away in the year 1903. He was regarded as a most substantial and highly 
respected citizen of the community and was a loyal member of the Baptist church. 
He married Nancy Welborn, also a native of Missouri, who died during the youthful 
days of their son George. 

After attending the public schools of his native county, where he pursued a high 
school course, George A. Barry came to Utah when a youth of eighteen years. Here 
he entered the wholesale grocery house of David Kay, of Ogden, and was employed 
in that establishment for six years. Later he joined H. L. Griffin in the conduct of 
a produce business and afterward was with the firm of Blackman & Griffin for several 
years. He then became instrumental in organizing the Ogden Commission Company, 
under which name he carried on business for fourteen years, at the end of which 
time he sold out. He is now conducting his interests under the name of G. A. Barry 
& Company and buys and ships in carload lots exclusively. His purchases and sales 
are very extensive and he is one of the prominent dealers in produce in this section 
of the state, having built up his business along legitimate lines, at all times following 
constructive methods in the development of his interests. 

In 1903 Mr. Barry was united in marriage to Miss Amy P. Eklund, of Ogden, a 
daughter of C. A. Eklund. His children are two in number: Gertrude, twenty-six 
years of age; and Alvin W., twenty-four years of age. 

Mr. Barry is well known in fraternal circles. He belongs to Unity Lodge, No. 
IS, A. F. & A. M., of Ogden, also to the Elks Lodge, No. 719, and he is likewise a 
member of the Weber Club. He turns to travel for recreation, finding much pleasure 



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in this when his business permits of leisure. His efforts and attention, however, are 
concentrated upon liis produce business and his farming interests, for he is the owner 
of farm lands which are carefully and profitably cultivated. 



HERMAN HARMS. 



On the roster of Utah's public officials appears the name of Herman Harms, now 
serving as state chemist. He was born at Elmshorn, Germany, April 26, 1873, a son 
of Ferdinand Harms, who was born in Germany in 1S48 and still makes his home in 
that country. The son obtained his primary education in Germany and came to Utah 
in 1SS6, settling in Salt Lake City, where he lived with his maternal uncle, the late 
Herman Hill. He became a naturalized American citizen on his twenty-first birthday. 
His preliminary education was supplemented by study in the Philadelphia College of 
Pharmacy, where he specialized in pharmacy and chemistry and became the lionor 
man of his class, but being under age was not given credit. He was graduated in 
1894 with the degree of Ph. G. and took a post graduate course in 1899 in Germany 
under Professor Langfurth. of Hamburg, specializing in toxicological work. He then 
returned to Salt Lake City, where he was appointed city chemist in 1901 and is still 
filling that position. In 1903 he was appointed state chemist by Governor Heber M. 
Wells and has continued in the office to the present time, making a splendid record 
of capable and faithful service, covering sixteen years. He is also the proprietor of 
the Brigham Street Pharmacy of Salt Lake, which was established in 1906 and is one 
of the leading drug houses of the city. He carries an extensive line and the attractive 
appointments of his store and the progressive business methods there followed are 
sources of the continued growth of the business. 

On the 24th of August, 1898, in Salt Lake, Mr. Harms was married to Miss Bertha 
K. Robinson, a daughter of the late William Robinson, of Toronto, Canada. They 
have become parents of the following named: Kershaw, born July 30, 1899; Kathleen; 
Ethelyn Gretchen; and Herman, Jr., born December 7, 1912. 

Mr. Harms has never been active in politics. He belongs to the Commercial Club 
and the line of his interests is perhaps best indicated by mention of his society affilia- 
tions. He belongs to the American Chemical Society, the American Pharmaceutical 
Association, the National Association of Dairy and Food Officials, the Official Associa- 
tion of Agricultural Chemists, the Utah Pharmaceutical Association, the Utah Society 
of Engineers and the National Geographic Society. He has been chemist for all the 
railroads entering Salt Lake for many years. A man of great ability in his profession, 
he is trusted implicitly by all who know him and his high professional attainments 
enable him to speak with authority upon many of the vital and intricate problems 
that have to do with his chosen calling, while as state chemist he has made a splendid 
record. 



ROBERT T. BROWN. 



Robert T. Brown, prominently engaged in the raising of cattle and sheep near 
Grantsvllle. is also well known as one of the directors of the Grantsvllle Deseret Bank 
and is president of the People's Trading Company. He was born in Hancock county, 
Illinois, September 1, 1847. and- has therefore passed the seventy-second milestone on 
life's journey. His parents were Robert and Mary (Deardon) Brown, natives of Pres- 
ton, England, and in 1846 they came to America. The father was a member of the 
Mormon Battalion, and in 18.51 he removed from California to Utah, settling in Salt 
Lake City. He was a watchmaker by trade and followed that business to the time of 
his death, which occurred in 1861. The mother of Robert T. Brown had passed away 
in 1859. and shortly before his death Robert Brown, the father, married Miss Sarah 
Lishman, who was born in Lancashire, England, and came to America in the '50s with 
her parents. 

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ot the family to the west, and in early life he became a resident of Grantsville, where he 
has since carried on business, being now extensively engaged in the raising of sheep 
and cattle. He and all of his sons are associated with stock raising and with farming 
and are big operators in this field. They have several thousand head of sheep and 
several hundred head of cattle. Their place near Grantsville comprises two hundred 
acres of land, and they also have several hundred acres In a ranch in the Skull valley 
of Tooele county. 

In the year 1869 Mr. Brown was married to Miss Rosine D. Burton, who was born 
at Brockeuhurst, England, a daughter of William and Jane (Dridge) Burton. The 
father was a pioneer here and a prominent citizen. To Mr. and Mrs. Brown have been 
born eight children. Robert W. wedded Mary Bevan, a daughter of John Bevan, of 
Tooele, and they have five children: Ralph, Mary, Robert, June and John. Robert W. 
Brown has been on two missions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — ■ 
one to the southern states and one to England. Joshua D., who married Maud Nelson, a 
daughter of W. W. Nelson, had four children: Dridge, Rosetta, Dale and William Bur- 
ton. He was killed In a railroad accident at Tooele in 1917 and his widow still makes 
her home there. Jasper D. married Ada E. Matthews and they have five children: Keith, 
Elizabeth, Maurice, Rachel and Jack. Jasper has also been on a mission to the south- 
ern states. J. L., the next of the family, married Miss Mary Tune, of Idaho Falls, who 
was born, however. In Canada, and they have four children: Joseph L., Kenneth, 
Roseltha and Gerald. Roy T. married Alice Clark and they have three children: Roy 
Clark, Cora and Donna. Burton married Mamie Anderson, who has passed away. John 
C married Eva Jacobson, of Provo, and they have one child, John Charles. Sarah M. 
is the wife of Leiand Tate and is the youngest of the family. 

Mr. Brown has long been an active church worker. He served on a mission to 
Denver, Colorado, from 1903 until 1905 and was on a mission to Missouri In 1889 for a 
short time but was obliged to return home on account of his health. He has since been 
very active in home missionary work, as he was before going to Missouri. In fact he 
has been an earnest worker in that branch of the church service for thirty years. In 
1910 he was ordained high priest, has been a member of the High Council quorum and 
has been also a most interested and active worker in the Sunday school, the Young 
Men's Mutual Improvement Associations and the Relief Society. In politics he is a 
republican and has several times served as a member of the city council, greatly promot- 
ing the interests of the city by his endorsement and support of measures and projects for 
the public good. 



DR. GEORGE EDWARD SANDGREN. • 

Dr. George Edward Sandgren, a prominent and successful chiropractor, following 
his profession in Provo since 1910, was born at Pleasant Grove, Utah county, on the 
15th of March, 1886, his parents being Victor and Louisa (Johnson) Sandgren, both 
of whom were natives of Sweden. Coming to America, they cast in their lot with 
the early residents of Pleasant Grove. The father followed the occupation of farming 
and stock raising and was quite successful in his work in tilling his fields and develop- 
ing his herds. He was a devout member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day 
Saints and took an active and helpful interest in its work. He died in 1901 at the 
age of sixty-five years and the mother has also departed this life. 

Dr. Sandgren was the fourth in order of birth in a family of two sons and three 
daughters, of whom three are yet living, the eldest being Amelia, now the wife of 
John Boulter, a resident of Pleasant Grove, while the youngest is Melinda, the wife 
of Albert Newby, residing at Rexburg, Idaho. Wliile spending his youthful days under 
the parental roof Dr. Sandgren pursued his education in the public schools of Pleasant 
Grove and was graduated from the Agricultural College with the class of 1907. He 
determined to enter upon a professional career, and drawn to that branch of the heal- 
ing art known as chiropractic, he entered the Palmer School of Chiropractic in 1909. 
He had previously engaged in farming on his own account and while he was attending 
school he followed cabinet-making in order to meet the expenses of his college course. 
Then, having graduated and received his diploma, he located for practice at Gothen- 



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burg, Nebraska, where he remained until 1910, when he opened an office in Provo, 
where he has since continued. During the intervening period his practice has steadily 
increased in volume and importance, making heavy demands upon his time and energy. 
He is a member of both the State and National Cliiropractie Associations. 

On the 24th of November, 1909, Dr. Sandgren was married in Salt Lake Temple 
to Miss Amy Swenson, a native of Sweden and a daughter of Swen and Thilda Swen- 
son. who are now residents of Salt Lake City but for a long period made their home at 
Pleasant Grove, Utah. Dr. and Mrs. Sandgren have become parents of three children: 
Clyde Dahlman, born in Provo, September 5, 1910; Amy Laraine, born in Provo, August 
10, 1912; and Edward Arthur, born June 18, 1914. The religious faith of the family 
is that of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, their membership being 
in the fourth ward. 

Dr. Sandgren is one of the presidents of the One Hundred and Seventy-fourth 
Quorum of Seventy. He is a member of the Utah National Guard and his political 
allegiance is given to the democratic party where national questions and issues are 
involved, but he does not hesitate to cast an independent ballot when considering local 
affairs. He does not seek nor desire office, preferring to concentrate his efforts and 
attention upon his practice, which is now extensive and indicates the wide recogni- 
fton of his ability on the part of his fellow townsmen. 



JOHN "WATSON. 



No history of the business development of Ogden and the state of Utah would be 
complete without extended reference to John Watson, who has taken a prominent part 
in the upbuilding of its commercial and financial interests. There is much that is stim- 
ulating in his life record inasmuch as it indicates what can be accomplished through 
individual effort following the ready recognition of opportunities. Today he is the presi- 
dent of the Watson-Tanner Clothing Company, vice president of the First National 
Bank of Ogden, vice president of the Ogden Savings Bank, vice president of the State 
Bank of Brigham, president of the Flygare-Watson Hardware Company, vice president 
of the Ogden Furniture Company, vice president of the Eccles Lumber Company and 
a director of the Goddard Packing & Provision Company. 

Mr. Watson is a native of England. He was born at tValkington in Yorkshire, April 
19, 1853, and is a son of the late William and Mary (Binnington) Watson. In early life 
the father followed agricultural pursuits and became largely interested in the shipping 
business. He won a substantial measure of success in the conduct of his affairs and 
both he and his wife corktinued residents of England until called to their final rest. 

John Watson was the second in order of birth in a family of ten children. He pur- 
sued his education in a private grammar school and in the city schools of Goole, Eng- 
land, and made his initial step in the business world in an engineering and shipbuild- 
ing office at Goole. There he remained for a year, after which he went to sea. becom- 
ing an apprentice on a sailing vessel on which he spent one year. He then returned to 
Goole and reentered the service of his first employers, with whom he remained for four- 
teen years. On the expiration of that period he came to the new world, arriving in Salt 
Lake City in June, 1881. Immediately afterward he became connected with Zion's Co- 
operative Mercantile Institution and was employed by them in the shoe factory office, 
where he remained until October, 1881. He was then transferred to the Ogden branch 
of the business, becoming secretary to the manager, S. W. Sears, to whose position he 
succeeded two years later. He served as manager of the Ogden store for period of 
twenty-three years. In 1906 the company's interests were sold and Mr. Watson pur- 
chased their clothing and hardware business and was joined by others who had been 
his employes in the incorporation of the same. He occupies a prominent position among 
the active, energetic and farsighted business men of his adopted state. 

Mr. Watson was married in Goole, England, in 1875. to Miss Sarah Mortimer, a na- 
tive of that country and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Mortimer. They have be- 
come the parents of fourteen children, eleven of whom are living. The fourth son, 
George Mortimer Watson, is in the Medical Corps of the United States Army. Mr. 
Watson, also has two grandsons, the children of John Douglas and Nettie Watson, who 





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are members of the One Hundred and Forty-fifth Utah Regiment, serving overseas dur- 
ing the conflict between the militarism of Germany and the allies in their efforts to 
democratize the world. These grandsons, Lawrence and Julian Watson, have recently 
returned to their native country, reaching Ogden on the 17th of January. 1919. Both 
enlisted immediately after the declaration of war on Germany, as did the son of Mr. 
and Mrs. John Watson. The daughter-in-law, Mrs. Nettie Watson, is a very prominent 
factor in the social circles of the city and has taken a most helpful and progressive 
part in Red Cross and other war activities. Mr. Watson of this review has served 
as the treasurer of the Weber County Chapter of the Red Cross and in every possible 
way has cooperated in sustaining the interests of the government in all of its foreign 
relations. He is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and has 
been a most active church worker. For fourteen years he served as superintendent of 
the fifth ward Sunday school and was a member of the high council of Weber stake. 
For nine years he was bishop of that ward, while at the present time he is counselor 
to President Shurtleff of the Weber stake, a position he has held for the past ten years. 
For four years he was a member of the hospital board and was formerly its treasurer. 
He has served for eighteen years as a member of the Weber board of education of the 
. Weber Normal College and is also its treasurer. For three years he was on the indus- 
trial school board, while for seven years he was on the board for the deaf, dumb and 
blind and during six and a half years of that period served as its president. The cause 
of education has ever found in him a stalwart champion and one whose efforts in Its 
behalf have been farTeaching and beneficial. For three years he was a member of the 
Ogden city school board and was the first chairman of the board, so serving at the time 
when the free schools were instituted. His public work has also included active con- 
nection for over ten years with the state board of equalization, of which he has served 
as president for several years and has served as a member of the Ogden city council 
for three different terms. The city now has a commission form of government. Mr. 
Watson was also a director of the Ogden Chamber of Commerce and continued in that 
position for four years. He is a member and was one of the organizers of the Weber 
Club. He is an ex-fire and police commissioner of Ogden and has been a factor in the 
growth and progress of the municipality and in the development of the state. It would 
be impossible to measure his influence. The value of his service, however, is widely 
recognized and the consensus of public opinion places him in a position of leadership 
among those whose work has been of great worth to the state. 



DAVID 0. MINNOCH. 



David O. Minnoch is one of the partners in the Minnoch Glass & Paint Company, 
wholesale and retail dealers in art glass, paints and wall paper. The business was 
originally established in November, 1916, and is the only exclusive art glass and mirror 
manufacturing house in northern Utah. Success has attended the enterprise from the 
beginning and on the 1st of March, 1919, the firm removed to larger quarters at No. 
2370 Washington avenue in order to meet the increased demands of the trade. 

David O. Minnoch of this review was born in Ogden, January 1, 1890. His father, 
Peter Minnoch, was a native of Scotland, who came to the new world in the early 
'70s and after a short stay in Salt Lake City removed to Ogden, where he resided to 
the time of his death, which occurred September 6, 1905, when he was fifty-four years 
of age. In politics he was a democrat and at one period was constable of the third 
ward. He married Margaret Bruce, also a native of Scotland, and she, too, came to 
the United States in the early '70s, settling in Ogden, where their marriage occurred. 
She still survives. She had a family of nine children, of whom seven are still living, 
the eldest being Robert B. Minnocli, who is the senior member of the firm. The 
father was for twenty-one years foreman of the Eccles Lumber Company and the name 
of Minnoch has always figured prominently in connection with the commercial and 
industrial activities of the city. The father while still a resident of Scotland was 
engaged in the line of business which now occupies the attention of the sons. 

David 0. Minnoch was reared and educated in Ogden and had no special advantages 
at the outset of his career but throughout his entire life has been actuated by a spirit 



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of advancement and by laudable ambition. In 1916 he became the associate of his 
brother In organizing the present firm and through the intervening period the business 
has grown to substantial proportions. 

On the 21st of March, 1912, D. 0. Minnoch was married in Brigham City, Utah, to 
Miss Marcella Hoggan, a native of Ogden and a daughter of Alexander and Frances 
Hoggan. The father was a native of North Carolina, while his wife was born in Scot- 
land. Mr. and Mrs. Minnoch have one child, Gladys, whose birth occurred in Ogden, 
July 2, 1913. They reside at No. 1236 Jefferson street, where they own an attractive 
home. 

Mr. Minnoch has membership with the Modern Woodmen of America. In politics 
he maintains an independent course and his religious faith is that of the Church of 
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. At present he is serving as an elder of the seventh 
ward. He stands for progress and improvement in all public affairs and has cooperated 
heartily in many movements looking to the welfare and development of the city and 
state. In his business career he has been actuated by the same spirit and since start- 
ing in business with his brother the firm has ever maintained the highest standards 
of excellence in their output, while their business methods are such as will bear the 
closest investigalion and scrutiny. 



HYRUM I. YATES. 



Hyrum I. Yates is engaged in farming near Benmore and is an alert and energetic 
man who displays determination and enterprise in the conduct of his place of five 
hundred acres, which he is rapidly converting into rich and productive fields. He 
was born at Lake Point, Tooele county, in 1886, a son of Joseph Yates, who is men- 
tioned elsewhere in this work. He acquired a common school education and was reared 
upon his father's farm, early becoming familiar with the best methods of tilling the 
soil and caring for the crops. He has since worked at farming and as a mechanic, 
for he had two years' experience in a machine shop at Salt Lake City and, moreover, 
he has much natural ability in that direction, enabling him to put in repair almost 
any kind of machinery, so that his labors are in frequent requisition by his neighbors 
in this connection. In 1914 he purchased land at Benmore and was married the fol- 
lowing year. He took up his abode upon a farm and he also has a homestead of two 
hundred and forty acres, to which he has removed. He is building a residence upon 
his farm, which comprises five hundred acres of land that he is fast developing and 
improving. His farm joins his father-in-law's place and they work together much 
of the time. His services as a mechanic are also in constant demand and his skill and 
ingenuity along that direction prove of the greatest value in the conduct of his own 
place. 

In 1915 Mr. Yates was married to Miss Zina Oborn, a daughter of Henry Oborn. 
whose sketch is found on another page of this work. They have two children, Theron 
H. and Marvin O. The religious faith of the family is that of the Church of Jesus 
Christ of Latter-day Saints and in 1908 Mr. Yates went on a mission to the southern 
states, remaining in that district until 1910, spending his time in the field largely 
in Ohio. There have been no spectacular phases in his life. He has concentrated 
his efforts and attention upon the duties nearest at hand and this close application, 
guided by sound judgment, has been the means of bringing to him the measure of 
success which is today his. 



D. R. WIGHTMAN. 



D. R. Wightman, proprietor of one of the leading drug stores of Springville, was 
born in Payson, Utah, February 27, 1878. His father, W. C. Wightman, a native of 
New York, was born near Buffalo, in Erie county, in 1833, and is now living at Payson. 
He came to Utah in 1852 and made his way first to Salt Lake, after which he removed 
to Payson, where he engaged in blacksmithing for a time. He later turned his atten- 



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tion to farming and also became proprietor of Hotel Payson. He is now living retired, 
enjoying a rest which he has richly earned and well deserves. The mother of D. R. 
Wightman was Lucretia Jane Pepper, of Quincy, Illinois, prior to her marriage. She 
crossed the plains in an early day and became the wife of W. C. Wightman in Salt 
Lake. They had a family of sixteen children, ten of whom are living. The mother 
departed this lite in 1906. 

In the public schools of Payson D. R. Wightman pursued his early education and 
afterward became a student in the Michigan State University at Ann Arbor. He next 
entered the University of Utah and was active in athletic circles there, largely promot- 
ing the athletic interests of the school. He won his Ph. G. degree by successfully 
passing an examination before the state pharmaceutical board of Arizona and he is 
a member of the Utah Pharmaceutical Association. For a few years he was associated 
with A. C. Smith, of Salt Lake City, conducting the old Rio Grande store, of which 
he had charge. He then removed to Eureka, where he also engaged in the drug busi- 
ness, and later he spent three years in Globe, Arizona, where he established a drug 
store, in which he owned a half interest. Eventually he sold his business there and 
returned to Springville, where he opened a fine drug store, of which he is now the 
owner. He has a well appointed store, carries an extensive line of drugs and drug- 
gists' sundries and his business is a large and gratifying one. 

On January 1, 1900, Mr. Wightman was married to Miss Anna L. Warthen, of 
Springville, a daughter of A. B. and Eliza Warthen, early residents of Springville. 
They now have four children: Mabel, fourteen years of age, who is attending high 
school; Josephine, nine years of age, a pupil in the public schools; William Albert, 
aged seven, also in school; and Richard, who is five years of age. 

D. R. Wightman is a prominent member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 
has filled all of the chairs in the local lodge and has served as district deputy grand. 
In politics he maintains an independent course and never seeks office, preferring to 
concentrate his efforts and attention upon his business affairs, and the Central Drug 
Store is a beautiful double store which well merits the liberal patronage accorded it. 



WILL C. HIGGINS. 



Among the journalists and newspaper editors and owners of the west none enjoys 
wider or more merited fame than Will C. Higgins, the editor and co-owner of the Salt 
Lake Mining Review, a sixty-two page, semi-monthly paper devoted to the interests of 
the mining industry of the west and enjoying a wide circulation. Mr. Higgins is a 
native of Spencer, New York, born June 21, 1856. His father, the Rev. Corydon W. 
Higgins, was born in Massachusetts and became a minister of the Presbyterian faith. 
He was graduated from Williams College and also from the Auburn (N. Y.) Theological 
Seminary. He wedded Hattie C. Chapin, a native of Rochester, New York. She died 
in Osborn, Missouri, after rearing a family of six children. Rev. Higgins, having 
devoted many years of his life to the work of preaching the gospel, spent his last days 
in honorable retirement in Salt Lake, where he passed away. The children of the 
family still living are: Mrs. Caroline McKinley; Will C; Hon. E. V. Higgins, who was 
judge of the fifth judicial district of Utah for a term, and assistant attorney general 
of the state for six years; Mary B., the wife of Rev. W. T. Scott, of Salem, Oregon; 
Charles C, who is engaged in mining at Reno, Nevada; and Lucy T., living at Port- 
land, Oregon. 

Will C. Higgins was educated at Park College of Hannibal, Missouri. He then 
turned his attention to newspaper work at Kingston, Missouri, and later at Udall and 
at Syracuse, Kansas, and at Denver, Colorado. In Denver he worked on the News 
and Times. In 1889 he came to Salt Lake City to engage in newspaper work, becoming 
telegraph editor of the Tribune, with which he was connected for a short period. 
He then established the Daily Mining Journal, which he conducted successfully for 
two years, after which he sold the paper. He then established the Iron County Record 
at Cedar City, Utah, and continued its publication for two years, when he again sold 
out and returned to Salt Lake. He then became mining editor of the Daily Herald, 
with which he was thus connected for five years, on the expiration of which period 



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he founded the Salt Lake Mining Review in 1899. The business has now grown to 
extensive proportions. Mr. Higgins is half owner and editor of the paper, a sixty-two 
page publication, devoted to the interests of mining in the west, presenting every 
question that is of value to those Identified with the development of the mineral and 
oil resources of this section of the country. 

In 1880 Mr. Higgins was married to Miss Isabel A. McAfee, of Evans, Colorado, 
a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John McAfee, and to them were born two children: Mrs. 
Marjorie C. Ireland, who was born in Evans, Colorado, educated in Salt Lake and now 
resides in Golden, Utah, with her husband and their one child, Isabel; and Corydon 
W., who was born in Udall, Kansas, and died in Salt Lake in 1909. The wife and mother 
passed away in 1912 and on the 28th of December, 1916, Mr. Higgins was again mar- 
ried, his second union being with Mrs. Eva I. Cook, the widow of Orlando Cook. 

In politics Mr. Higgins is an independent republican. For one term he served 
as probate judge of Hamilton county, Kansas, but has never been a politician in the 
sense of office-seeking, although at all times he keeps well informed concerning the 
vital issues and problems of the day. He belongs to the Salt Lake Commercial Club and 
is interested in every plan and project for the upbuilding of the city, the extension 
of its business connections and the advancement of its civic standards. His own 
record has been marked by constant progress, resulting from the wise utilization of 
the opportunities which have come to him, and in the publication of the Salt Lake 
Mining Review he is giving to mining circles a magazine of the greatest interest and 
worth. 



JOHN W. TATE. 



John W. Tate, stake clerk of Tooele stake, is the owner of a valuable farm prop- 
erty that lies within the city limits of Tooele and is devoting his attention to its devel- 
opment in the production of crops and fruit, nearly one-half of his land being planted to 
orchard. In all business affairs he displays marked enterprise and energy and is win- 
ning well merited success in his undertakings. 

Mr. Tate is a native of Wyoming. He was born in that state, August 8, 1853. while 
his parents were en route from St. Louis to Utah. He is a son of John and Ann (See- 
tree) Tate, whose family numbered fourteen children, of whom John W. is the fifth in 
order of birth. The others who are living are George H., of Tooele; Joseph, of Salt 
Lake City; and Mrs. George W. Reed, also of Salt Lake City. As stated, the family 
came to Utah in 1853, after one year's residence in St. Louis. The parents were natives 
of England and about 1851 crossed the Atlantic to the new world. On reaching Utah 
they took up their abode in Salt Lake City but in 1864 the father removed with his fam- 
ily to Tooele, where he owned land that is now a part of the business section of the 
city. He devoted his attention to farming, prospecting and mining. 

His son, John W. Tate, acquired a common school education and early in life be- 
came a prominent factor in public affairs in his locality. In 1880 he was appointed 
to the office of city recorder and discharged the duties of the position with marked 
capability and fidelity. Four years later he was elected to the position of county clerk 
and recorder and served in the dual capacity for two terms. On the expiration of that 
period he was sent on a mission to Virginia for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- 
day Saints and remained in that section of the country for nearly a year. Upon his 
return to Tooele he ran a peddler's wagon, selling merchandise throughout this section. 
He was thus engaged until 1898, when he opened a store in Tooele, conducting a gen- 
eral merchandise establishment until 1914, when he sold his business to the Wellworth 
Stores Company. He is now devoting his attention largely to the further development 
and improvement of his farm property of fifty acres, which lies within the corporation 
limits of Tooele and is a very valuable tract of land, splendidly irrigated, and nearly 
half of the entire amount is planted to orchard. He also has a grain farm of one hun- 
dred and sixty acres two miles from the center of the city. He raises splendid apples, 
cherries and peaches, and in 1887 he built the brick residence upon the place that he 
now occupies. He is also a stockholder in the bank at Tooele and in his business af- 
fairs he has prospered as the years have gone by, owing to his close application, his per- 
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On the 22d of February, 1875, Mr. Tate was married to Miss Elizabeth De La Mare, 
a daughter of Philip De La Mare, one of the early settlers of Tooele county and. a very 
prominent, influential and honored man, who left the impress of his individuality and 
ability upon the history of his community and of the state. In 1850 he was sent to 
France to purchase sugar machinery for the manufacture of sugar from beets, being 
sent by the Mormon church. He also used his personal funds freely for the benefit and 
upbuilding of the community in which he lived and there are few men who have done 
more for the development and substantial progress and upbuilding of Tooele county 
than did Philip De La Mare. 

To Mr. and Mrs. Tate have been born fourteen children. The eldest, John P., is a 
veteran of the Spanish-American war, having served in the Philippines. He married 
Mabel McBride, of Tooele, and they became the parents of eight children: Roy P., Lola 
F., Francis C, Stella F., Jules Wesley, John L., Lillis M. and Eveline L. John P. Tate 
now has the county agency for the Rawley Remedies and resides in Tooele. William 
F., the second of the family, is serving as deputy sheriff of Tooele county and resides 
in the city of Tooele. He wedded May Belle Gundry, of Stockton, Utah, and they have 
eight children: Cecil W., Lucy W., Emery, Sharon, John W., Elmer, Ruth and Carroll. 
Joseph H., an automobile dealer, conducting a garage at Mesa, Arizona, wedded Ivy 
Erickson, of Tooele and has one son, Joffre. George S., who is serving his second term 
as county treasurer of Tooele county, wedded Alice M. Richards, of Tooele,, and their 
five children are Thelma, Alice, Joel A., George F. and Ralph. Mary Alice became the 
wife of Alfred L. Hanks, the present bishop of the Tooele North ward, and she passed 
away in the year 1918, leaving a daughter, Ellen Ramona. Ethel S. is the wife of Nicho- 
las G. Morgan, an attorney at law of Salt Lake City, and they have four children, Dorothy, 
Helen, Marjorie and Nicholas G., Jr. Clara is the wife of William H. Hough, of Los 
Angeles, California, and they have one son, William Grant. Anne M. is the wife of 
William F. Atkins, county recorder of Tooele county, and they have four children, Ina 
M., Claude, Elizabeth and Morley. Delia Mar is the wife of Samuel Campbell, a con- 
tractor and builder of Salt Lake City, and they have one child, Ruth. Leland S. mar- 
ried Sarah M. Brown, of Grantsville, and they reside upon a farm in Tooele county. 
Edith is the wife of Arthur Verne Bracken, a farmer in Rush Valley, and they have 
one child, Lee Vern. Luella, a music teacher, resides at home. Charles Delmer is now 
on a mission in Florida, Thomas Theodore is at home and assists in the operation of the 
home farm. 

Mr. Tate gives his political support to the democratic party and his fellow towns- 
men, recognizing his worth and ability, have called upon him to serve in several local 
offices. He filled the position of county treasurer from 1887 until 1890 and has been 
very active in school matters, acting as clerk and trustee of the schools for more than 
twenty years. He has been more or less active in thfe building of all of the schools of 
Tooele and the cause of education finds in him a stalwart champion. In the work of 
the church, too, he has been active and for fifteen years served as stake clerk. His life 
has indeed been a busy and useful one, fraught with good for the community, and at 
the same time he has promoted his individual interests. 



GEORGE W. LASHUS. 



George W. Lashus is now living retired in Ogden. He is numbered among the- 
veterans of the Civil war who proudly wear the little bronze button that proclaims 
them members of the Grand Army of the Republic. He was born in Watefville, Ken- 
nebec county, Maine, May 1, 1842, a son of Sylvester and Mary (Pool) Lashus, who 
were natives of Canada but for many years were residents of Maine, where they passed 
away. 

Their son acquired his education in the public schools of his native city and on 
the 1st of May, 1861, when a youth of nineteen years, he joined the Union army and 
served for three years and two months as a member of Company G, Third Maine 
Infantry. His regiment had twenty-one battles to its credit. He participated in the 
engagement at Bull Run and many of the other important battles of the war which 
led up to the final victory that crowned the Union arms. The Third Maine was or- 



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ganized at Augusta, June 4, 1861, and was mustered out on the 28th of June, 1864, 
with the recruits transferred to the Seventeenth Maine. The men of the regiment 
were fine physical specimens and made a splendid record at botli the first and second 
battles of Bull Run and also at Fair Oaks, where they made a gallant and successful 
charge. They participated in all of the battles and marches of the Third Corps and 
at Gettysburg they lost eighteen killed, fifty-nine wounded and forty-five missing on 
the second day of the engagement. In company with Berdan's Sharpshooters, the 
command developed the enemy's position outside the lines and gave timely warning 
of the attack upon Sickles. The tenacity with which they held the skirmish line at 
Gettysburg won for them the highest praise. During the Wilderness campaign the 
regiment did hard fighting in Hancock's Second Corps, where they lost Lieutenant 
Colonel Burt and Major William Morgan. While In line at Cold Harbor the regiment 
was ordered home for muster out. 

For a long period Mr. Lashus was Identified with railroad interests in the west 
and will take special interest in the fiftieth anniversary of the completion of the 
railroad at Promontory. He was present when the last spike was driven, uniting the 
two ends that had been continually extended forward from the east and the west 
until the line was finished on the 10th of May, 1869." He was then an engineer on the 
Central Pacific and with engine No. 95 pulled the train westward that carried many 
noted visitors. After the celebration, there being no turntable, he backed his engine 
and train to Rosebud, where there was a turntable and the change could be made. He 
also brought the first Central Pacific passenger train Into Ogden, composed of cars 
built of California redwood at Sacramento shops. Mr. Lashus began his railroad ex- 
perience on the Union Pacific in 1867 and the following year went overland from Raw- 
lins, then the western terminus, to Salt Lake, where he took stage by way of the 
southern route by way of Fish Springs and central Nevada to Wadsworth, where he 
entered the employ of the Central Pacific Railroad, and as the road was extended 
pulled the supply train from Carlin to Elko and later ran into Promontory when it 
was the headquarters of the road before the line had been extended as far as Ogden 
in 1870. At a subsequent, period Mr. Lashus was roundhouse foreman of the Central 
Pacific for six years and was also an engineer on the Utah Northern, then a narrow 
gauge, the main line at that time running through Logan. Later he retired from 
railroad service and opened and owned the Chamberlain House at the corner of Twenty- 
fifth and Lincoln streets in Ogden and was well known as a hotel proprietor. 

In the fall of 1869 Mr. Lashus returned to the east and at Tidioute, Warren county, 
Pennsylvania, was married to Miss Esta A. Hanks. He then again came to the west 
and after three months sent for his wife to join him in Ogden. They became the 
parents of three children, two of whom survive: George A., an engineer, who was 
born July 31, 1871; and Ina Pearl, now the wife of Charles D. Dotty, who for fifteen 
years was a conductor on the railroad. The wife and mother died in April, 1880. 
In March, 1883, Mr. Lashus was married to Miss Annie E. Shaffer, of Weston, West 
Virginia, and they became the parents of four children: Ruby; Goldie; Glena Chrystal; 
a.tid Dewey B., who enlisted in Battery B of Ogden and afterward was transferred to the 
Mechanics Corps. Sixth Company of the Third Regiment of Air Service. He enlisted 
at the age of eighteen, being at that time a student. He entered the army as a private 
and was discharged as a corporal on the 25th of April. 1919, having been connected 
with all branches of mechanical work. He has membership in the Life Saving Corps at 
Charlotte, North Carolina, dated June 6, 1918, at Washington, D. C, and signed by 
President Wilson and William H. Taft. 

The life experiences of Mr. Lashus have been broad and varied. It was his in- 
tention when he was mustered out of the Union service to join the regular army but 
he could not get in. He then went to Springfield, Massachusetts, where he worked 
for a brief time in a gun shop, after which he proceeded to Pennsylvania, where he 
was employed in connection with an oil well. He next took steamer down the Ohio 
river and afterward proceeded by boat to Omaha, Nebraska, where he entered upon 
his railroad career in the spring of 1867, and he has been a witness of the entire 
system of railroad building in the west through more than half a century. In 1S9S 
he went to Alaska although when he left Ogden it was his intention to go to the 
Philippines. His plans, however, were changed and he proceeded to Alaska as car- 
penter on the boat Charles Nelson from St. Michael. He afterward went on a small 



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steamer as engineer the second year and proceeded to Dawson. He left San Francisco 
on the 18th of May, 1898, and returned to the United States after an absence of 
eigliteen months. His life has ever been a busy, useful and active one, bringing him 
many interesting experiences and constantly broadening his knowledge. He is now 
living retired, enjoying a rest which he has richly earned and truly merits. In 
politics he is a republican, standing loyally by the party which was the defense of 
the Union during the dark days of the Civil war and has ever been on the side of 
reform and progress. 



JAMES H. DOUGLAS. 



Men speak of James H. Douglas in terms of the highest regard and in words of 
the warmest praise, for his career has at all times been such as to commend him to 
the confidence and goodwill of all who know him. He is today president and manager 
of the Boyle Furniture Company, one of the leading commercial enterprises of Ogden, 
his native city. He was born August 29, 1858. His father, Richard Douglas, was a 
native of Lancashire, England, and In the year 1852 came to Utah. Ten years before 
this he had crossed the Atlantic to the United States, landing in New Orleans, whence 
he made his way to St. Louis and thence to Ogden. He followed the occupation of 
farming as a life work and also sold threshing machines and became a leading factor 
in business circles of his community. He took an active interest in many concerns 
of public importance and in the early days had charge of the city fire department 
and the police department. He was long an active worker in the Church of Jesus 
Christ of Latter-day Saints and on various occasions was sent on missions to England. 
He died in 1915 at the venerable age of eighty-eight years, respected and honored by 
all who knew him and most of all by those who knew him best, indicating that his 
life had ever been an exemplary one. The mother of James H. Douglas bore the 
maiden name of Elizabeth Wadsworth and died in 1903 at the age of seventy years. 
She, too, was a native of England, her birth having occurred in Manchester. In her 
family were sixteen children and of this number six are yet living. 

James H. Douglas pursued his education in the public schools of Ogden and also 
took special studies under various teachers. He has crossed the continent over fifty 
times since he entered upon his business career in connection with Charles Wood- 
mansee. an early merchant of Ogden, with whom he remained for four years. He was 
afterward with the Southern Pacific Railroad Company in the Ogden oflSces and also 
represented the corporation in other places for a time. For twenty-five years he was 
actively connected with Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution as assistant manager 
at Ogden under D. H. Peary, afterward under R. S. and John Watson and also under 
S. W. Sears. His greatest success has been achieved, however, as the president and 
manager of the Boyle Furniture Company, Inc. He was made president in 1917 and 
ha'd been manager and treasurer of the company for seventeen years. He succeeded 
to the management of the business on the death of A. McLaren Boyle and has important 
voice in controlling the interests of the company. They carry an extensive line of 
furniture of domestic and foreign manufacture, their stock including all that the 
latest markets afford. Their reasonable prices, their straightforward dealing and 
progressive methods have been the salient features in the attainment of the success 
which has attended the enterprise for many years. 

On the 12th of January, 1882, Mr. Douglas was married to Miss Rintha Pratt, a 
daughter of Orson Pratt, one of the most prominent and honored residents of Utah, 
now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas became the parents of six children. Genevieve 
is now the wife of John L. Taylor, of Ogden, by whom she has five children. Glenn 
is the wife of Frank Q. Cannon, of Honolulu, and they have three daughters. J. Orson 
was a member of the United States army, having gone to Camp Kearney and to the 
Officers Training School at Camp Zachary Taylor, after which he received an honorable 
discharge following the signing of the armistice. He is now associated with his 
father in business. Lucile is the wife of C. J. Baker, of Ogden, Utah. Ruth married 
John Pingree, of Ogden, who is now in the aviation service of the country at Dayton, 
Ohio. Melbourne P., nineteen years of age, the youngest member of the family, is 



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a graduate 'jof the high school and after serving with the Students' Army Training 
Corps entered the Officers Training Camp at Waco, Texas. 

Both Mr. and Mrs. Douglas are consistent, active and prominent members o£ the 
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and also occupy an enviable position in 
social circles. Mr. Douglas went on a mission to the southern states, in which he was 
engaged from 1887 until 1889. He was afterward senior president of the One Hundred 
and Sixtieth Quorum of Seventy. His son, J. Orson, was on a mission in Germany 
for three years. He is a fluent German scholar and has traveled extensively. James 
H. Douglas is a leading member of the Weber Club, of which he was formerly a 
director and is now vice president. He is also a member of the Carnegie Library 
Board and the Publicity Bureau of Ogden. He has taken a very active part in Red 
Cross and other war work. At no time have his efforts been confined to a single line 
nor his attention monopolized with the purpose of promoting his individual success. 
He has ever recognized his duties and obligations in other directions and cooperates 
heartily in any measure which tends to the uplift of the individual or the advancement 
of the welfare of community and commonwealth. At the same time he has been 
notably successful in business, is thoroughly reliable, conscientious and enthusiastic 
in his work and is attentive alike to the details of his business as well as to its larger 
features. One point that is most commendable is that he is alike courteous to buyer, 
seller and employe. His establishment would be a credit to a city of much larger size 
than Ogden. The Boyle Company handles the leading lines of furniture, together with 
carpets, rugs, draperies, stoves and ranges. They also have an extensive wall paper 
department and in fact their wall paper, carpet and rug department is one of the 
finest in the United States. They sell not only in Ogden but over a radius of a 
thousand miles and something of the volume of their business is indicated in the fact 
that they employ from fifty to eighty people. Their patronage is steadily increasing 
and throughout the years of the firm's existence the house has ever enjoyed an unas- 
sailable reputation for reliability, enterprise and progressiveness. The snow-white 
hair of Mr. Douglas frames a young face. He looks scarcely over forty and is most 
alert and energetic. Moreover, he is always affable and courteous and is a most 
capable executive, well deserving the high position which he occupies in public regard. 



W. H. PYOTT. 



W. H. Pyott, recognized as one of the leading chiropractors in Salt Lake City, was 
born at Calls Fort, Boxelder county, Utah, in 1890, a son of William and Lucy (Smith) 
Pyott. The father was a farmer who became a resident of Utah in early days and Dr. 
Pyott was reared in the usual manner of the farm-bred boy who divides his time be- 
tween the duties of the schoolroom, the pleasures of the playground and the work of 
the fields. He attended the common schools, after which he completed his high school 
work at Weber Academy of Ogden, Utah, from which he was graduated in 1911. Decfid- 
Ing to enter on a professional career, he took up the study of law and in further prepa- 
ration for that work he pursued an extension course of study at the Lincoln-Jefferson 
school in Hammond, Indiana. Later he studied law in the oflBce of Attorneys Heyward 
at Ogden and in 1913 was admitted to practice at the bar of the state. 

In 1913 Dr. Pyott. who had been reared in the faith of the Church of Jesus Christ 
of Latter-day Saints and has always been one of its earnest supporters, went to England 
on a mission, remaining there for two years. While engaged in that work he became 
familiar with chiropractic and upon his return entered the Palmer School of Chiro- 
practic at Davenport, Iowa, from which he was graduated as a member of the class of 
1917 with the degrees of D. C. and Ph. C. He then opened offices in Salt Lake City, 
where he has been eminently successful in the practice of his profession. He is presi- 
dent of the Salt Lake County Chiropractors' Association and is now serving his second 
term. He is continually studying in order to make advances in his profession and hie 
reading and broad experience are winning him a place in the front ranks of the most 
capable representatives of the profession in the west. 

On the 21st of February, 1917, Dr. Pyott was married to Miss Elsie Shorten and 
they have one child, Marie. In politics the Doctor maintains an independent course. 




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voting according to the dictates of his judgment without regard to party ties. He is a 
member of the Loyal Order of Moose and he has membership in the Salt I^ake City Com- 
mercial Club, giving active support to all the plans and projects of that organization 
for the upbuilding of the city and the advancement of its welfare along all lines of civic 
progress. 



RICHARD ARMSTRONG PEARSE, M. D. 

Dr. Richard Armstrong Pearse, a physician and surgeon of Brigham, accorded 
high rank in professional circles not only in Boxelder county but in this part of the 
state, was born in Minavllle, Montgomery county, New York, December 2, 1876, 
his parents being Richard Augustus and Mary Rebecca (Sampson) Pearse. The father, 
who was born in Schenectady New York, has for forty-flve years been a minister 
of the Dutch Reformed church and is still active in that work. His wife, who was born 
in Jersey City, New Jersey, is also living. They had a family of five children, three 
of whom survive. 

Dr. Pearse had the advantage of training in a cultured home and liberal education- 
al advantages were accorded him. He was graduated from the Union College at Schenc- 
tady. New York, with the Bachelor of Science degree, and having determined upon the 
practice of medicine and surgery as a life work, he entered the Gross Medical School at 
Denver, Colorado, from which he was graduated with the class of 1900, the degree of 
M. D. being at that time conferred upon him. For a very short period he lived at 
Stockton, Utah, and engaged in practice there but afterward removed to Ogden, where 
he was associated in practice with Dr. Coulter for a time. In 1903 he arrived in 
Brigham, where he has since followed his profession, and through the intervening 
period of sixteen years has built up an immense practice, not only in this city but 
throughout Boxelder county. Nine years ago he established a large modern hospital in 
order to accomodate his private practice in Brigham and the institution has been most 
liberally patronized. It is well equipped according to modern scientific methods and is 
under the care of competent nurses. 

In 1903 Dr. Pearse was married to Miss Venna Nichols, a daughter of Bishop 
Alvin Nichols, one of Utah's pioneer settlers, and they have become the parents of five 
children, namely: Mary, Armstrong, Harper, Charlotte and Ruth. 

The family occupy a prominent social position, the hospitality of the best homes 
being freely accorded them. Dr. Pearse enjoys the high regard not only of the general 
public but of his colleagues and contemporaries in the profession as well. He belongs 
to the Weber County and Utah State Medical Societies and the American Medical 
Association and through the proceedings of these societies keeps in close touch with 
the highest professional standards and the latest researches and investigations. He 
is most conscientious in the performance of all of his professional duties and his 
reputation as a physician and surgeon is indeed an enviable one. 



ALMA JENSEN. 



Alma Jensen is a thoroughly self-made and representative business man of Span- 
ish Pork, where he is engaged in the drug trade. Through individual effort, perse- 
verance and merit he has worked his way steadily upward and is now conducting a 
profitable business. Mr. Jensen is a native of Ephraim, Utah, born April 19, 1882. 
He was one of six children whose parents were J. C. and Carrie C. Jensen, both natives 
of Denmark. The father was born in Copenhagen and after leaving his native 
country he traveled extensively in South America, devoting much time to government 
work in Brazil, where he engaged as a machinist. He afterward came to Utah and 
took up temple work at Manti. He was a very active and earnest member of the 
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was a member of the Seventy. He 
made his home in Ephraim and there passed away in 1914. Of the six children born to 
J. C. and Carrie C. Jensen four are yet living, namely: C. C, who is an agent for the 



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San Pedro Railroad at Spanish Fork; J. H., who is an electrical engineer and resides 
at Ephraim; Ruth, the wife of Roy Anderson, of Ephraim; and Alma. 

Alma Jensen completed his education in the Snow Academy, and starting out in 
the business world on his own account, was employed on a farm. He also worked 
at railroading and in other ways until February, 1905, when he entered the employ of 
J. J. Banks, a druggist of Spanish Fork, and later was with his successor, A. C. Larson. 
He afterward purchased an interest in the business, of which he is now the sole owner. 
He today has a fine drug store adjoining the Commercial Bank of Spanish Fork and is 
conducting a very gratifying and profitable business. He carries a large and carefully 
selected line of drugs and druggists' sundries and the neat and tasteful arrangement 
of his store, together with his reasonable prices, has constituted a forceful feature 
in his success. 

In 1902 Mr. Jensen was married to Miss Zenobia Larsen, a daughter of C. A. 
Larsen, of Ephraim, who became one of the early residents of Utah, where he was 
prominent In pioneer times. He died in 1914. Mr. and Mrs. Jensen have three 
children: Marguerite, fifteen years of age, who is attending St. Mary's Academy; Byron, 
thirteen years of age, now a high school pupil at Spanish Fork; and Ray, a little lad of 
but four summers. 

Mr. Jensen belongs to the Spanish Fork Commercial Club and also the Utah 
Pharmaceutical Association and thus keeps in touch with the most progressive interests 
and methods of the trade. Early in his career he realized what one of the eminent 
financiers of the country has said: "If you would win success you must be willing to pay 
the price — the price of earnest, self-denying effort," This Mr. Jensen has done and his 
close application and indefatigable energy have placed him with the representative 
merchants of Spanish Fork. He is also actively interested in all civic affairs and 
stands as one of the valued residents of his country. 



JAMES TAYLOR. 



James Taylor, of Ogden, has long been one of the prominent churchmen of Weber 
county. The story of his life contains many points of interest. He was born in Lostock 
Gralam, Cheshire, England, in May, 1836, a son of William and Nancy (Postles) Tay- 
lor. His ancestors for generations were English. They were democrats or liberals in 
politics and the father, while a highly moral and God-fearing man, was not a member 
of any religious body. He died in 1842, at the age of about forty-nine years. He had 
followed the tailor's trade, employing a number of workmen. The mother was a woman 
of fine physique and robust constitution and strong and vigorous mind, generous and 
liberal in spirit, never turning any suppliant from her door empty-handed. She was 
also amiable, affectionate and kind to all, a true neighbor and a faithful friend. She 
became a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1849, and with 
some of the members of her family emigrated to America in 1857, residing at Iowa City 
until 1860, when she came to Utah with her eldest son, John, and resided in Salt Lake 
City to the time of her death. 

James Taylor was the youngest of a family of four sons and five daughters. His 
family were people of considerable social standing in their community until they joined 
the Mormon church, when many of their neighbors and old-time friends turned against 
them. Mr. Taylor, however, felt that this was unjust. His people were better even 
than before they had joined the church and he, too, although then quite young, took upi 
the study of Mormonlsm. He read earnestly the "Voice of Warning" by Apostle Parley 
P. Pratt, the writings of Apostle Orson Pratt, the New Testament and the Book of Mor- 
mon. While alone one Sunday morning, reading the Book of Mormon with a prayer- 
ful heart, the Holy Ghost fell upon him and seemed to fill his being and witnessed to 
his soul that it was a true record of the ancient inhabitants of the American continent 
and was brought forth and translated by the gift and power of God, that Joseph Smith 
was a prophet of God, and many other things theretofore obscure to his mind concern- 
ing the gospel of Christ were made plain to his understanding and filled him with a 
desire to be baptized. The elder whom he asked to baptize him said he could not with- 
out the consent of his mother, in whose presence he afterward questioned him concern- 




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ing baptism and other principles of the gospel. Answering all satisfactorily, he was 
deemed a fit subject for baptism. 

He was therefore baptized into the church in 1849 and on the same day was con- 
firmed as a member of the church. Then followed various periods of teaching as a rep- 
resentative in the church at different points in England and many of his pleasant memo-t 
ries of life have to do with that period when he was instructing others in the beliefi 
of the Latter-day Saints. He was identified at different periods as a traveling elder 
and presiding oflicer with the Sheffield and with the Lincolnshire conferences and after- 
ward was appointed to labor in the London pastorate. He was connected with the Es- 
sex conference from June 26, 1858, until March 7, 1860, when he was released that he 
might immigrate to Utah. In carrying out that plan he arrived in Liverpool on the 
27th of March with but twelve cents in his pocket and began preparations for the long 
sea voyage, having in the meantime labored for four years and nine months in the 
ministry in England. He was appointed first counselor to J. D. Ross, the president of 
the ship's company of Latter-day Saints, numbering seven hundred and fifty, and the 
voyage over, though long, was fraught with many duties in this connection and brought 
to him many pleasant experiences, one of which was his acquaintance with Annie Dee, 
who afterward became his wife in Salt Lake City. While on shipboard Mr. Taylor was 
called upon to perform the marriage ceremony for Henry Nichols and Sarah Smith. 
After a voyage lasting a month and two days the ship dropped anchor at Castle Gar- 
den, New York, May 2, 1860, and from the eastern metropolis Mr. Taylor, with most of 
his fellow passengers on the ship, made the journey by rail and river steamboats to 
Florence. Nebraska, which was the outfitting place for the overland pilgrimage to Utah. 

Mr. Taylor arrived in Florence, May 12, 1860, after a most arduous journey. He 
had remained in Florence for about a week when he received from his brothers, then in 
Iowa City, an invitation to visit them, and a pass by stage coach from Council Bluffs to 
their home. He arrived in Iowa City on the 25th of May and it was a most joyful occa- 
sion when he joined his mother, his brothers, John, William and Joseph, and their fami- 
lies. He remained with his kindred there until June 15, 1860, when he started on the 
return trip to Florence, where he became assistant to Elder George Q. Cannon, who 
was outfitting parties for the trip across the plains and desert to Utah. On solicita- 
tion he worked in the commissary department, weighing provisions, groceries and 
keeping accounts until the last of the companies had departed, Including his brother 
John and his company, together with the last of the handcart veterans who made that 
long and arduous journey. Some merchants closed their stores, sent away their re- 
maining goods, and Florence looked like a deserted city. Mr. Taylor thought to go to 
Omaha, where he might earn money, and then return to his brother's home in Iowa 
City. When walking down the street he was accosted by a man, who said: "Can you 
tell me where I can get a teamster?" Mr. Taylor replied, "You can get me," and after 
some preliminary conversation engaged to drive ox teams across the plains for eight 
dollars per month and board. The man who engaged him was Horton Haight, travel- 
ing with a train of about thirty wagons of merchandise for Hooper & Eldridge. of Salt 
Lake City. After many stirring events and exciting experiences Mr. Taylor arrived in 
Salt Lake City on the 25th of September, at which time he had sixteen dollars coming 
to him. His mother, his brother John and his family had reached Salt Lake about eight 
days before, while the Dee family, who had been shipmates of Mr. Taylor, had reached 
Utah about a month before and had located at Ogden. Various experiences came to him 
as he endeavored to make a business start amid new surroundings. During the early 
days of his residence in Utah he worked at cabinetmaking for three years. He was 
afterward employed at carpentering on public work and in th^ spring of 1865 he went 
to Ogden, where, associated with Thomas Dee, he did pioneer carpentering at that 
place. He afterward took up the business of merchant tailoring, which he followed in 
connection with his brother Joseph until 1873. It was also in the early days that he 
engaged in teaching school for a time. He taught day school in the old twelfth ward of! 
Salt Lake City from December 10, 1860, until March 10, 1861. It was at about the lat- 
ter date that he renewed his acquaintance with Annie Dee and on the 23d of Marchj 
1861, they were married in the old endowment house, in the Temple block, the marriage 
«;eremony being performed by President Brigham Young. They had health and hope 
but little else with which to start out on their domestic life together, but they bravely* 
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days. In the spring of 1865 they removed to Ogden, settling at Mound Fort, a small, 
scattered village just north of the Ogden river. Soon after his arrival there he was 
appointed second counselor to President Amos P. Stone and in 1865 or early in 18