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JOSEPH T. KINGSBURY
HE prestige Utah enjoys in an educational way is due in great measure to educators of the type of Dr. Joseph T. Kingsbury, president of the University of Utah. As president of the leading educational insti- tution in the state, Dr. Kingsbury is known in circles of learning over the entire United States. He has lectured before many of the large colleges of the east and has won friends for the state by his masterly addresses. Dr. Kings- bury was born in East Weber, Utah, November 4, 1853, and is the son of Dorcus Adelia Moore-Kingsbury and Joseph C. Kingsbury. His ancestors came to America with John Win- throp and included among them was Governor William Brad- ford of Plymouth. Many of the ancestors fought in the war of the Revolution and the Civil war. In addition to soldiers, his forefathers included ministers, teachers and, doctors of medicine.
Dr. Kingsbury attended the University of Utah, 1872-75; Cornell university, 1876-77, and did work with Wesleyan uni- versity, Bloomington, Ill., in absentia from 1898 to 1904. In 1891, he received the degree Ph.B., in 1892 that of A. M. and in 1894 Ph. D.
Dr. Kingsbury is a member of the Commercial club of Salt Lake, American Association for the Advancement of Science and numerous educational societies and associations. He is married, his wife's maiden name being Jane Mair. To this union were born the following children: Khalil M., J. Waldo, Eric M., Edith, Ruth and Orpha.
Dr. Kingsbury is a progressive citizen and a consistent booster for a greater Salt Lake and Utah. While formerly he was a Domeocrat, he is not affiliated with any political party at present.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
COL. JOSEPH J. DAYNES, JR.
GRADUATE of the Latter-day Saints University of Salt Lake City and later of the University of Utah, Joseph J. Daynes, Jr., has had a splendid educational equipment for a successful business and social career. Colonel Joseph J. Daynes, Jr., was born in Salt Lake City November 7, 1873, and is a son of Joseph J. and Jennie Daynes. His schooling was obtained in the city of his birth in the institutions already mentioned, and he entered upon his business career immediately upon leaving college.
Colonel Daynes is president and general manager of the Daynes-Beebe Music Company; he is president of the Inter- Mountain Electric Company ; vice-president of the Fidelity Trust Company and is a director in the Deseret National Bank.
There are six children in his family. His wife, formerly Win- nifred B. Woodruff, was a daughter of President Wilford Wood- ruff of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Colonel Daynes was lieutenant-colonel of the staff of Gov- ernor John C. Cutler for four years, and was re-appointed to that position by Governor William Spry, serving four years.
Colonel Daynes is a Republican in politics, and is deeply in- terested in the growth and welfare of his party. He is a mem- ber of the Commercial Club of Salt Lake City, and is one of the most earnest and consistent workers in that organization for the commercial and industrial development of Salt Lake City and the State of Utah.
Because of his connection for many years with the Daynes- Beebe Music Company, one of the pioneers in the field of musical instruments and supplies, Mr. Daynes is widely known through- out the State.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
JAMES MERCER KIRKHAM
HE Utah farmer is a state institution whose reputa- tion and incidentally subscription list is nation wide. Its position today in the field of agricultural maga- zines is due to the enterprise of J. M. Kirkham, one of the leaders of Utah journalism. He has made an agricultural paper which is different. Its popularity is shown by its circulation list of over 15,000, which is not ap- proached in the inter-mountain west.
Of sterling English stock-his grandfather died fighting with Nelson at Trafalgar-Kirkham himself was born in Lehi, Utah, November 18, 1872. His father was James Kirkham, and his mother, Martha Mercer.
Educated at the Lehi and Los Angeles High schools, Mr. Kirkham for a while occupied himself with mercantile pursuits. Soon, however, he felt the lure of printer's ink and entered journalism, in which he has made a notable success, first as the owner of the Lehi Banner and later with the Utah farmer.
The esteem in which he is held by his brother journalists was shown when he was elected and then re-elected withont op- position as the president of the Utah Newspaper association. Also he is the secretary of the Utah Development League.
Mr. Kirkham was married some years ago to Miss Kate Woodhouse. They have nine children and live at Lehi, Utah.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
TOM PAINTER
HILE Tom Painter, prominent stockman and sports- man, is mayor of Evanston, Wyoming, the state of Utah claims him for her own during a season of each year at least. His figure is a familiar one on the streets of Salt Lake, where he is known by almost everybody on account of his keen interest in clean sports, especially the art of the squared circle. He has refereed scores of boxing arguments in this and other states, and has always given satisfaction to fans of the game. He is known to be absolutely fair in his decisions and a thorough sportsman of the first water. For a number of years past he has arranged boxing exhibitions of merit to take place in Salt Lake during the annual convention of the wool growers.
Tom Painter was born in Southampton, England, February 28, 1862, and is the son of Aaron Painter. When only nine years of age, he was brought to Wyoming, where, for the greater num- ber of years since, he has made his home. He is married, his wife's maiden name being Jennie Downs. One son, Tom Painter, Jr., is issue of that marriage.
Mr. Painter has big sheep and cattle interests and has al- ways taken a prominent part in the gatherings of men engaged in the livestock industry. For ten years he was a member of the board of county commissioners at Evanston, Wyoming. At the last city election, he was elected mayor of Evanston. In politics, he is a Republican.
Mr. Painter is a director of the Evanston National Bank. He has the distinction of being a life member of B. P. O. E. No. 85, at Salt Lake.
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BRADFORD N. C. STOTT
N ATTORNEY-AT-LAW who has hosts of friends throughout Salt Lake City and the state, one who is second to none in his profession as a lawyer, and a man that can at any time be depended upon when his services are needed, is Bradford N. C. Stott. He has an excellent clientele and those who have secured his services have been the ones who have become his most staunch friends. His principles and his upright manner in attending to his duties in connection with his profession have been the cause of many favorable comments.
Mr. Stott, son of Elsie A. Bradford and George Stott, was born in 1866 in Keosauqua, Iowa. His ancestors were very well known throughout the middle western states and have the credit of being one of the first families to settle in Iowa. The family have always followed the teachings of the Democratic party. Like his forefathers, Mr. Stott has always upheld the principles of the Democratic party, and is always the first to give his assist- ance in any manner that will be of service to the cause.
His early education was acquired in Iowa. His collegiate education was received at Valparaiso university, Valparaiso, Indiana, which institution he attended from 1889 to 1894, receiv- ing the following degrees: B. S., 1889; A. B., 1890; M. S. and LL.B., 1893, and A. M., 1894.
Mr. Stott's arrival in Utah was in 1912, prior to which time he was married to Miss Emma N. Drast. Four children have been born; George F. Stott, 19 years of age; Desdemona Stott, 17 years of age; John H. Stott, 12 years of age, and Joseph D. Stott, 7 years of age.
As a member of fraternal societies Mr. Stott has gained much distinction. He is a well-known and enthusiastic member of Utah Consistory No. 1; Utah Commandery No. 1, Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows; Knights of the Maccabees, and the Modern Woodmen of America. Mr. Stott is also a well- known and ardent worker in matters in connection with the Salt Lake Commercial club.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
HOYT SHERMAN
OYT SHERMAN is a member of the Ohio Sherman family; his father, James Sherman, being a brother of General William Tecumseh Sherman, and of the Ohio Senator and Financial Secretary, Jolmn Sher- man. His mother was Sophia Connell Sherman of Connellsville, Pennsylvania.
His father moved to Iowa in early days and Hoyt Sherman was born in Des Moines in 1851. He was graduated from the Des Moines high school in 1869 and turned his attention to finan- cial and railway business. In 1874 he was married in Des Moines to Hattie M. Warner. He came to Salt Lake City in 1885 as general agent of the Union Pacific railway and took an active part in the business and policies of the then territory of Utah. In 1888 he was appointed by President Harrison as re- ceiver of the United States land office, serving five years. He then was appointed by President Cleveland a member of the Utah commission.
The commission had charge of the election machinery of the territory and it was during his term that elections were held per- taining to the adoption of a state constitution, the selection of constitutional delegates and all the final requirements leading to statehood. In 1900 he was elected to the State Senate, serving until 1904.
At the death of Secretary Sherman in 1900, Hoyt Sherman assisted in the formation of the John Sherman Estate company, and became its president and manager.
The family in addition to Mr. and Mrs. Sherman consists of Eloise Sherman Gibson of Salt Lake City, Mrs. Laura Sherman Gray of Fairfax, California, and Roger Sherman of San Fran- cisco.
Mr. Sherman is an old time Republican and takes an active interest in patriotic and historical societies. He has practically retired from business, and spends much of his time in travel in this country and abroad. His legal residence is at Salt Lake City.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
JOHN C. SHARP
OHN C. SHARP, business man and livestock raiser, son of Joseph Sharp and Jeannette Sharp, was born on the Kaw river, Kansas, May 28, 1850, and was brought by his parents to Salt Lake City in the same year. Joseph Sharp, his father, was a well- known freighter across the plains and the owner of a large number of livestock. He died in 1864.
John C. Sharp was educated in the schools of Salt Lake City. On February 12, 1872, he was married to Bethula Palmer and of this union two sons were born, Joseph Pahner Sharp and James Palmer Sharp. The year he was married Mr. Sharp moved to Vernon, Tooele county, where an ecclesiastical ward of the Mormon church had been organized. He was ordained bishop, which position he held twenty-five years. At Vernon, Mr. Sharp rapidly became a well-to-do man. He had acquired lands and cultivated them successfully; he had flocks of sheep and herds of cattle and they thrived and multiplied.
Meanwhile, in Salt Lake City, he was acquiring heavy hold- ings in the Deseret National Bank, Z. C. M. I., State Bank of Utalı, Utah-Idaho Sugar company, Alaska Ice & Storage com- pany, Intermountain Sand, Brick & Cement company, Standard Furniture company and other enterprises. For a number of years he served as president of the State Board of Sheep Com- missioners.
In 1897, he transferred a large portion of the extensive sheep business he had been doing in Utah to Idaho and there continued it with success until 1906, when he sold it. He owns a large ranch in northern Utah, where, in addition to general farming, he raises thoroughbred live stock. The uniform suc- cess of his extensive operations has placed Mr. Sharp in affluent circumstances.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
EDWARD F. McDANELD
AILROADING as a career has always appealed to Edward F. MeDaneld, who has risen to his position as general agent in charge of this territory for the Chicago & Alton railroad, from the lower ranks of clerical service. Mr. MeDaneld is a native of St. Paul, Nebraska, and attended the Grand Island High school at Grand Island, Nebraska, near the place of his birth.
Coming to Utah August 5, 1905, in the following year Mr. McDaneld began his service in the railroad world, as a bill clerk for the Oregon Short Line railroad, in the local freight offices. Advances came steadily, through the grades of tracing clerk, tariff clerk and rate clerk in the general freight office of the Oregon Short Line.
In August, 1911, Mr. MeDaneld went to the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake railroad, known popularly as the Salt Lake Route, in the same capacity. On December 12, 1912, Mr. MeDaneld was appointed traveling freight and passenger agent for the Chicago & Alton railroad, with headquarters in Salt Lake City. May 1, 1914, Mr. MeDaneld was advanced to the position of general agent for the same road, with no change of headquarters. His offices are at 523 Judge building.
Mr. MeDaneld is not married. He is a member of the Royal Arcanum; Salt Lake lodge No. 85, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the Salt Lake City Transportation club; and of the Inland club, at Spokane, Washington. In politics Mr. MeDaneld is a Democrat.
By reason of his years of training in railroad work, and because of his thorough knowledge of Utah, her resources, her opportunities, her advantages, Mr. MeDaneld is qualified in every respect to carry on, as he does, a great work toward devel- oping those resources, and toward inducing those who are not so fortunate as to live in Utah to cast their lot with this state and participate in the benefits that arise from residence here. As a loyal and consistent booster for Utah, Mr. McDaneld has done much to promote the prosperity of the state by reason of his activity in the interests of his railroad.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
JOSEPH JONES
HE name of Joseph Jones, chief special agent for the Oregon Short Line railroad, is a terror to box-car thieves, bandits and other evildoers. As a peace officer Mr. Jones has pursued criminals with zeal and success, and he has broken up the worst gangs of railroad and box-car thieves that ever infested the west.
Mr. Jones is a son of Benjamin Jones, and was born in South Wales in 1859. His parents came to the United States when he was six years of age, locating in Utah. He attended the public schools of Utah in his boyhood.
He entered the railroad service when he was 20 years of age, with the Utah & Northern railroad, serving successively as section hand, brakeman, freight conductor and passenger con- ductor. He left the service when he was elected sheriff of Bear Lake county, Idaho, which office he filled for several terms. He became special agent for the Oregon Short Line railroad in 1894, and has served continuously since in that capacity. He has obtained a greater number of convictions than perhaps any other officer in a similar capacity in the west.
Mr. Jones is high in the councils of the International Asso- ciation of Railway Special Agents and Police, and is a prom- inent figure in all of their conventions. He was a dominant factor in the convention of that body in Salt Lake City in June, 1913. He has captured a great many notorious criminals and has engaged in many man-hunts for daring desperadoes and noted bandits. His life story is one of the most thrilling of any that could be written about the old and the new west.
Mr. Jones has been twice married, his present wife having been Miss Emily Anderson. He is the father of eleven sons and daughters. His family home is at 1421 Edison street, though he now is stationed at Pocatello, Idaho.
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DR. A. R. IRVINE
MONG the most noted practitioners in the medical profession of Utah is Dr. Alexander Ray Irvine. His parents were born in Scotland and came to America in the early fifties. They walked from the Missouri river to Utah, making the difficult journey across the plains, which tested and tried the pioneers and proved them before they entered npon the duties of building up the new western settlement.
Dr. Irvine was born in Utah October 11, 1879. He received a good education before taking up the study of medicine, attend- ing the Agricultural College of Utah and receiving the degree of bachelor of science. Pursuing his medical studies, he at- tended the Medico-Chirurgical college of Philadelphia, Pa., where he received the degree of doctor of medicine.
Thorongh preparation marked his training and while still a young man Dr. Irvine went abroad to continue his medical studies. He went to Vienna, Austria, taking up special fea- tures of medical and surgical work at the University of Vienna. He returned and continued his studies at the Polyclinic of Phila- delphia. He was graduated in 1906, receiving the degree of M. D.
Dr. Irvine is married, his wife's maiden name having been Miss Margaret Thurman. They have two children, Samuel Rod- man Irvine, 7 years of age; and Richard Fyfe Irvine, 4 years of age.
Dr. Irvine lived in Germany from 1900 to 1902, as mission- ary student. He traveled in England, Scotland, France, Ger- many, Holland, Switzerland, Austria, Russia and Belgium.
He is a member of the Alta club and also belongs to a num- ber of medical and surgical associations.
His practice today is limited to diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat, on which subjects he is a specialist. He is a Pro- gressive Republican.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
SETH WARNER MORRISON
DESCENDANT of the early American pioneers and a member of the lower house of the first legislature of Utah, Seth Warner Morrison, son of Alonzo March and Fanny Amelia Warner Morrison, was born in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, December 13, 1856. He went to Denver in 1872 and has been a resident of the west since that time, though he attended college at Ripon, Wis- consin in 1874-75. He married Fannie F. Pettit of Fort Atkin- son, Wisconsin, December 6, 1881, and they have two children, Ione P. (Mrs. C. P. Overfield), and S. W. Morrison, Jr.
Mr. Morrison came to Salt Lake in 1890, organized the Mor- rison, Merrill Lumber company and was engaged in the whole- sale lumber business until 1906, and is now president of the Park City Lumber company, treasurer of the Quincy Lumber company and of the White Pine Lumber company and a director of the Merchants bank. He is a member of the order or Hoo Hoo's and of the University, Commercial and Country clubs of Salt Lake.
As a member of the Republican party he was elected to the lower house of the first legislature of Utah by one of the two largest majorities given to any member of that legislature. He was chairman of the committee on claims and public accounts and made a record for fairness and good judgment. As a mem- ber of the committee on railroads and common carriers he was leader in the movement for railroad legislation. He was also an active member and a director in the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce when it made its successful fight against overcharges and discriminations by railroads.
Mr. Morrison is of distinguished Revolutionary ancestry on both sides and is allied by blood and marriage to some of the oldest and most prominent New England colonial families. The Warners on his mother's side came to America in 1689 and the Morrisons in 1727.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
CHARLES A. WEAVER
C HARLES A. WEAVER was born on a farm in Doug- las county, Nebraska, June 26, 1877. His father was John A. Weaver, now of Los Angeles. His mother's parents were early settlers in eastern Nebraska, own- ing and farming lands now occupied by Omaha's business center. They later homesteaded a section of land two miles west of the present site of the Omaha Federal building.
Mr. Weaver attended the district schools, and at the age of fifteen years moved to Omaha to gain the advantages of ad- vanced schools. He completed the commercial course of the High school at the age of 17 years, and entered the retail hard- ware business as clerk and bookkeeper. He came to Utah five years later, March 8, 1899, to enter a similar line, remaining in that position until 1906, when he turned his attention to special auditing and bookeeping.
He became active in politics and entered the service of Salt Lake City as accountant in the city auditor's office, under the American party administration. This position he retained from early in 1908 until the fall of 1912. He was active in the organ- ization of the Progressive party in Utah, and was nominated by that party for the office of county recorder in September, 1912. The campaign was vigorous but he was defeated, and returned to the business of accounting and auditing. He was nominated again for auditor in 1914, and was elected November 3. During his residence in Utah Mr. Weaver has been identified with min- ing, and is interested in companies operating in Beaver county. He was married in October, 1912, to Miss Maude Mills, a native of Oxford, England. They have one son, 1 year of age.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
JOHN H. M'CHRYSTAL
F SCOTCH extraction on his father's side and En- glish on his mother's, John H. McChrystal comes of excellent forbears. Born in Franklin, Michigan, April 1, 1863, he received his early education in the public schools of Michigan. The remainder of his training was received in the public schools of his adopted state, Utah.
In the United States a peculiar interest is taken in those whose lineage dates back to the founders of this great republic. Mr. McChrystal's great-grandfather was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
On July 5, 1875, Mr. MeChrystal came to Utah. He com- pleted his education in this state. John McChrystal and Mrs. Sarah A. Handcock MeChrystal were his parents. They saw that he had the opportunity to attend the schools in his adopted city.
When it came to taking up a life work, the mining industry appealed to Mr. McChrystal after a few years of preparatory work along more general lines of work. He is today a mining engineer and superintendent. He is superintendent of the Gemini Mining company and a stockholder in the same concern. He is also superintendent of and stockholder in the Godiva Min- ing company, and vice-president of the Southern Eureka Mining con pany.
On April 17, 1888, he married Miss Isabella Robbins. They have three children : Francis, Arthur J., and Eugenie.
Mr. McChrystal is a member of the Knights of Columbus and of the B. P. O. Elks. He also belongs to the Salt Lake Com- mercial club and to the Goshen Duek elub, of which he is presi- dent. Politically he is a Democrat.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
A. J. WEBER
ONOR of no uncertain quality is attached to the bar in the United States. To be a member of this pro- fession is to mean in most cases that the holder of this position or follower of this profession is himself an honorable member of the community. And as the years pass on and experience develops the strength of study and research the position held by an older member of the bar in a state is one to be envied.
Utah's bar includes many men of the highest ability in their chosen calling. Their records are such as to be followed by the other citizens of the community. To the older members of the profession certain distinction is attached.
Among the older members of the State Bar association of Utah is Albert J. Weber, the subject of this sketch.
Mr. Weber is an adopted son of Utah, having been born at West Point, Iowa, November 19, 1859. His father was Henry Weber, and his mother Mrs. Clara True Weber.
Mr. Weber received the school training such as the middle west afforded, and in early life showed an inclination to take up the law as a profession. Determination and studious habits enabled him to perfect himself in these studies, which fitted him to become a lawyer. Finally the lure of the west sounded in his eare, and he removed from the state by the great river to the state with the great lake.
It was in 1902 that Mr. Weber settled in Salt Lake City, and he has won for himself an enviable position in the ranks of the local legal profession.
He is married, and his home is blessed with three children : Dorothy, Weber and Lanra.
Ile is a Mason and a Knight of Pythias, besides being a member of the Salt Lake Commercial club. Politically he be- longs to the Democratic faith. He has won for himself distinc- tion as a campaign orator and was at one time a candidate for district attorney on the American ticket.
Men of Affairs in The State of Utah
JAMES H. ANDERSON.
ISING from a humble beginning to positions of power and responsibility, James H. Anderson has won the confidence of his party and the respect of the people. He is a son of James and Catherine M. Anderson, and was born in Salt Lake City February 11, 1857. Attend- ing the common and preparatory schools, Mr. Anderson was well equipped for his collegiate course when he entered the University of Utah. He attended that institution through 1869, 1870 and 1971, when he entered the newspaper profession with the Deseret News of Salt Lake City, becoming editor-in-chief.
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