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PETER ALMA WESTMAN Son of Peter Erick Westman and Johanna Mathilda Berge. Born Aug. 21, 1880, Richfield, Utah. Missionary ; Seventy. Member Board Y. M. M. I. A.
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GEORGE KNIGHTON
Born April 23, 1845, Derbyshire, Eng. Came to Utah 1873. Elder ; Ward Teach- er. Farmer.
GEORGE B. SANBORN Born Nov. 14, 1858. Came to Utah 1873. Blacksmith.
WILLIAM SANBORN Son of George B. Sanborn and Sarah Jane Smith. Born July 7, 1882, Paradise, Utah. Blacksmith.
JOHN W. SANBORN
Son of George B. Sanborn and Sarah J. Smith. Born Sept. 11, 1891, at Salt Lake City. Blacksmith.
WILLIAM H. ROWE Born Feb. 14, 1841, in Engiand. Came to
Utah 1873. State Road Commissioner. President of Bear River Canai Co. Shoe Manufacturer, Z. C. M. I.
RAPHAEL H. K. COTTRELL Born May 9, 1811, London, Eng. Came to Utah November, 1874. Lived at Kays- ville, Utah.
CHARLES COTTRELL
Son of Raphael Henry Kciton Cottrell and Mary Edwards. Born April 3, 1835, London, Eng. President High Priest Quo- rum, Kaysviiie, Utah.
GEORGE COTTRELL Son of Charles Cottrell and Eleanor Whit- man. Born May 27, 1861. Real Estate.
JAMES ALFRED COTTRELL Born April 6, 1891, Kaysville, Son of George Cottreil and Eliza Cornelia Slack. Utah. Blacksmith.
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WILLIAM H. GAGON (GEOGHEGAN) Born Aug. 22, 1850, North River, New York City. Came to Utalı October, 1875. High Councilor. City Councilman.
GEORGE DRAKE
Father of the wife of John Gregory Ellis, Ogden, Utalı. Came to Utah April, 1876.
MADS PETERSEN MADSEN Born June 30, 1852, Odense, Denmark. Came to Utalı July 17, 1876, Andrew An- dersen Company. High Priest.
WILLIAM HIGGINS
Father of the wife of Nephi Smart, Mur- ray, Utah. Came to Utah 1877.
SAMUEL C. BACKMAN
Born Dec. 7, 1845, in Sweden. Came to Utah in July 1878. Elder ; High Priest ; Plumber and Coppersmith.
STANLEY ALONZO HANKS Born Dec. 3, 1878, Tooele, Utah. Justice of Peace, Salt Lake City 1909-10; Law- yer. Member Y. M. M. I. A. Presidency 17th Ward.
ALFRED LYMAN HANKS
Born Aug. 28, 1880, Tooele, Utah. Post- master, Tooele, Utah. Sec. Y. M. M. I. A .; Member 43rd Quorum Seventies.
JENKYN THOMAS
Born July 25, 1831, Brigend, Wales. Came to Utah July 18, 1878, Lorenzo D. Young Company. Missionary to Wales ; High Priest. Shoemaker.
MATHONIHAH THOMAS
Son of Jenkyn Thomas and Joanna T. Brennan. Born July 20. 1872, Aberdare, Glamorganshire, South Wales. President Utah Educational Association. Lawyer.
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JOHN A. MAYNES Son of John A. Maynes and Jane Watson. Born . Oct. 28, 1859. Came to Utah 1878.
JOHN SCHOFIELD Born Feb. 3, 1826, Droylesden, near Man- chester, Eng. Came to Utah October, 1882. Curator Deseret Museum.
BERNT ENGEBRETSEN Born Oct. 22, 1841, Eidscold, Akershus anıt, Norway. Came to Utah 1884. High Priest.
MOSES M. GORDON Father of John Thomas Gordon, Lehi, Utah.
JOHN THOMAS GORDON Born Oct. 11, 1871, York County, S. C. Came to Utah 1888. Seventy. Lehi, Utah.
GEORGE M. BRIDEWELL Born Oct. 17, 1859, Augusta, Ga. Came to Utah Nov. 22, 1890. High Councilor Pioneer Stake. Superintendent Salt Lake Public School Buildings; Contractor.
JOHN STUCKER Came to Utah 1900. Related to John W. Holland, Lorenzo, Idaho.
Second Governor from 1858 to 1861.
ALFRED CUMMING of Territory of Utah,
JOHN W. DAWSON Third Governor of Territory of Utah, 1861.
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STEPHEN S. HARDING Fourth Governor of Territory of Utah. from 1862 to 1863.
JAMES DUANE DOTY Fifth Governor of Territory of Utah, from 1863 to 1865.
CHARLES DURKEE Sixth Governor of Territory of Utah, from 1865 to 1869.
J. WILSON SCHAEFFER Seventh Governor of Territory of Utah, 1870.
VERNON H. VAUGHN Eighth Governor of Territory of Utah, from 1870 to 1871.
GEORGE L. WOODS Ninth Governor of Territory of Utah, from 1871 to 1874.
SAMUEL B. AXTELL Tenth Governor of Territory of Utah, 1875.
GEORGE W. EMERY Eleventh Governor of Territory of Utah, from 1875 to 1880.
ELI H. MURRAY Twelfth Governor of Territory of Utah, from 1880 to 1886.
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CALEB W. WEST
Thirteenth Governor of Territory of Utah. from 1886 to 1889, and 1893 to 1895.
ARTHUR L. THOMAS
Born Aug. 27, 1851, Chicago, Ill. Four- teenth Governor of Utah 1889-1893. Post- master Salt Lake City eight years.
HEBER MANNING WELLS Son of Daniel Hanmer Wells and Martha Harris. Born Aug. 11, 1859, Salt Lake City. First Gov. State of Utah 1895-1904.
JOHN C. CUTLER Governor of Utah 1904-08. Came to Utah 1864.
WILLIAM SPRY Son of Philip Spry and Sarah Field. Born Jan. 11, 1864, Windsor, Berkshire, Eng. Came to Utah 1875. Governor of Utah 1909-13; re-elected for 1913 to 1917.
PHILIP SPRY
Grantsville, Utah. Father of Governor William Spry.
GEORGE H. SPRY Son of Phillp Spry and Sarah Field.
GEORGE D. ARMSTRONG Judge 3rd Judicial District Salt Lake City.
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GEORGE W. BARTCH Born March 15, 1849, Dushore, Pa. Came to Utah March, 1888. Lawyer; Probate Judge of Salt Lake County 1889-93 ; Chief Justlee Supreme Court four years.
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HIRAM EVANS BOOTH Born Oct. 25, 1860, Postville, Iowa. Came to Utah Dec. 8, 1888. U. S. District At- torney Salt Lake City.
JOHN F. BOWMAN Lawyer of the firm of Stewart, Bowman and Morris, Salt Lake City.
General Lawyer.
MARK P. BRAFFETT Solicitor Utah Fuel Company. Salt Lake City.
EDWARD B. CRITCHLOW Of the law firm of Henderson, Plerce, Critchlow and Barrette. Salt Lake City.
ADRAIN C. ELLIS Pioneer Lawyer and Jurist in Nevada and Utah. Salt Lake City.
PHILIP H. EMERSON Pioneer Lawyer. Salt Lake City.
JOSEPH E. FRICK Chief Justice Supreme Court of Utah. Salt Lake City.
ELMER B. JONES Lawyer. President and Manager Inde- pendent Telephone Company, Salt Lake City.
THOMAS D. LEWIS Judge 3rd Judicial District Salt Lake City.
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LEON L. LOOFBOUROW Son of Charles F. Loufbourow.
CHARLES F. LOOFBOUROW Born 1841 in Ohio. Came to Utah Feb- ruary, 1889. Judge, 11th District of Iowa. President City Council at Salt Lake City.
FREDERICK C. LOOFBOUROW Son of Charles F. Loofbourow and Fanny H. Hodgkins. Born Feb. 8, 1875, Atlantic, Iowa.
Came to Utah 1889. Judge 3rd Judicial District of Utah.
WADE LOOFBOUROW Son of Charles F. Loofbourow.
WILLIAM M. MCCARTY Chief Justice Supreme Court of Utah. Salt Lake City.
FREDERICK T. McGURRIN Born 1869, Grand Rapids, Mich. Came to Utah 1898. Attorney. Salt Lake City.
JAMES B. MCKEAN
Came to Utah August, 1870. Chief Jus- tice. Denied the Mormons citizenship. Excluded them from juries. Refused to admit President Brigham Young to bail and sentenced him to penitentiary.
MAURICE M. KAIGHN Born March 30, 1843, Camden. N. J. Re- ceiver of the United States Land Office in Salt Lake City. Lawyer.
MOSES KIRKPATRICK Pioneer Lawyer. Salt Lake City.
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CHARLES W. MORSE Judge 3rd Judicial District Salt Lake City.
JAMES D. PARDEE Born July 27, 1863, Cleveland, Ohio. Came to Utah Aug. 1, 1891. Attorney-at-Law.
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C. S. PATTERSON Born July 16, 1860, Tontongrena, Ohio. Came to Utah December, 1895. Member Board of Commissioners on Revenue and Taxation. Lawyer.
ALLEN TILGHMAN SANFORD Born May 13, 1870, Amber, Iowa. Camc to Utal October, 1895. Graduate of Uni- versity of Iowa and Law Department of Harvard University.
N. W. SONNEDECKER Born Dec. 16, 1855, in Ohio. Came to Utah Nov. 1, 1891. Attorney-at-Law. Salt Lake City.
FRANK BRAY STEPHENS Born Oct. 14, 1855, Turner, Maine. Presi- dent Y. M. C. A., at Salt Lake. Lawyer. President of Utah Society of Sons of Rev- olution.
D. NEWTON STRAUP Chief Justice Supreme Court of Utah. Salt Lake City.
GEORGE MILTON SULLIVAN Born March 18, 1866, Van Buren County, Iowa. Came to Utah August, 1899. Ad- mitted to the bar 1890; Member Board of Education at Salt Lake City.
SAMUEL R. THURMAN Born May 6, 1850, Louisville, Ky. Came to Utah October, 1870. Lawyer. Chair- man State Democratic Central Committee.
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CHARLES S. ZANE
Born in Cumberland County, N. J., March 2, 1831. Appointed Chief Justice Supreme Court of the Territory of Utah 1884 by President Arthur, from Springfield, Iil.
EDWARD PAYSON FERRY Born April 16, 1837, Grand Haven, Mich. Came to Utah October, 1878. President Trans-Mississippi Congress
at Denver 1890.
EDWARD S. FERRY Son of White. Edward P. Ferry and Clara V. Lawyer.
WILLIAM MONTAGUE FERRY Son of Edward P. Ferry and Clara V. White. Born March 12, 1871, Grand Haven, Mich. Came to Utah July, 1891. Member State Senate 1913. Capitalist.
JOHN SAMUEL BRANSFORD Born Aug. 26, 1856, Richmond, Miss. Came to Utah February, 1899. Mayor Sait Lake City 1907-12. Capitalist.
RODERICK MCKENZIE Born Aug. 25, 1865, Howick, Canada. Came to Utah 1891. Member Board of Public Works; Chief of Police of Salt Lake City 1907. Tombstones.
EDWARD G. O'DONNELL Born March 1, 1865, Limrick, Ircland. Came to Utah July, 1891. Undertaker.
CHARLES P. BROOKS
Born Aug. 21, 1851, Washingtonville, Orange Co., N. Y. Came to Utah March 4, 1874. Salt Lake County Surveyor 1891-92. Civil and Mining Engincer.
JAMES J. BURKE President James J. Burke Company, En- gineers and Contractors.
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J. E. CLAYTON
Mining Engineer. Associated with many of the first large mines opened in Utah.
LEMUEL U. COLBATH Mining.
BENJAMIN F. CAFFEY
Born Jan. 12, 1862, Montgomery, Ala. Came to Utah September, 1889. Stock-
broker. Mining.
HENRY CATROW Born June 22, 1878, Miamisburg, Ohio. Came to Utah June, 1903. Manager Ohlo Copper Co.
JOHN J. DALY
Mining. Real Estate. Capitalist.
DR. ALLEN FOWLER Ploneer Physician. Salt Lake City.
JOSEPH FARREN Born Dec. 21, 1837, New York City. Came to Utah 1871. Mining. Salt Lake City.
GENERAL FRED SALMON
ROBERT FORRESTER Son of John Forrester and Jane Bell. Born 1864, Fifeshire, Scotland. U. S. In- spector Mines in Utah. Member M. I. of Scotland and F. I. M. E. of Great Britain.
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JAMES GLENDENNING . Mayor of Salt Lake City.
ROBERT J. GLENDENNING Mining, Capitalist.
THOMAS KEARNS Born April 11, 1862, Oxford County, Up- per Canada. Member Constitutional Con- vention. United States Senator. Builder of the Kearns Bldg. Mining. Publisher.
DAVID KEITH
Born May 27, 1847, Mabou, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Member Constitutional Con- vention. Mining. Capitalist. Publisher.
JAMES M. KENNELLY
Pioneer prospector and discoverer of many of the principal mines in Park City, Utah.
HENRY NEWELL Mining, Merchant and Capitalist.
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W. O. OREM Son of Aivert J. Orem and Martha A. Leabo. Born May 23, 1873, in Missouri. Came to Utah 1890. Engaged in mining and railroad building. 44
JACOB E. MEYER Born Dec. 26, 1864, Calmar, Iowa. Came to Utah 1899. Mining.
E. J. RADDATZ Born Oct. 5, 1857, Stettin, Germany. Came to Utah 1887. Mayor Stockton, Utah. Member State Legislature. Mining.
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I. J. STARBUCK
JOHN B. STEPHENS
Born June 20, 1849, in Ohio. Utah 1888. Mining, Real Estate.
Came to Born Jan. 3, 1846, in Ireland. Came to Utah May, 1873. School Trustee at Bing- ham, Utah. Mining. Salt Lake City.
ENOS A. WALL Promoter of the Utah Copper Mining Com pany, Bingham, Utah. Capitalist.
GEORGE Y. WALLACE
Born Oct. 27, 1844, Brandywine Mills,
Ohio. Capitalist. Established Telephone System in Salt Lake City.
DR. CURTIS A. WHERRY Son of E. J. Wherry and Frances Ann Weaver. Born Dec. 18, 1872, DeSoto, Kan. Came to Utah April 4, 1899. Phy- sician and Surgeon.
ARCHIBALD C. MILNER
Son of Stanley B. Milner and Truth Campbell. Born June 8, 1877, Atlantic, Cass Co., Iowa. Mining and Reclamation.
W. P. NOBLE
Born Dec. 24, 1847, Jefferson County, N. Y. Came to Utah Nov. 7, 1883. Police Commissioner. City Councilman. . En- gaged in live stock and banking.
MELVIN B. SOWLES Born May 27, 1844, Alburg, Vt. Came to Utah Dec. 25, 1875. Member of City of State Board of Council ; Member
Equalization. Nursery business.
JUSTIN A. GOODHUE Born 1841 in Ohio. Came to Utah about 1885. Nursery business. Lived at Salt Lake City.
PIONEERS AND PROMINENT MEN OF UTAH
LEONIDAS G. SKLIRIS Salt Lake City. Mining.
JOHN CONDRON Proprietor Cullen Hotel 1907-11.
WILLIAM SHERMAN BING Born April 5, 1878, Kirksville, Mo. Came to Utah April, 1894. Proprietor of Salt Lake Stamp Company.
JAMES DEVINE
Contractor and Builder. Superintendent in charge of the construction of the Utah State Capitol, 1913.
JAMES A. FOLEY Born Jan. 8, 1878, Chicago, Ill. Came to Utah Aug. 28, 1902. Railroad Commercial Agent. Resides at Salt Lake City.
JAMES FRODSHAM Relative of T. J. Paine of Ogden, Utah.
EBER W. HALL
Born March 21, 1868, at Brighton, Ohio. Came to Utah April 11, 1897. Funeral
Director.
WALTER JAMES
Pioneer to Black Rock, Utah.
Merchant, Sheepraiser and Developer of Irrigated Lands.
LEWIS D. MARTIN City Councilman six Born Dec. 23, 1861, Galena, Ill. Came to Utah April, 1889. years. Architect.
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LEWIS B. MOORE
Born June 13, 1864, Neponset, Bureau Co., Ill. Came to Utah April, 1901. Engaged in railroad and mining business.
SAMUEL PAUL
Born Feb. 20, 1836, Coleraine Co., Ire- land. Came to Utah 1870. Chief of Po- lice 1892-93. President and Manager Salt Lake Livery and Transfer.
PERCIVAL O. PERKINS Son of Augustus P. Perkins and Amelia Kullmer. Born June 12, 1866, Lafayette, Ind. Came to Utah 1888. County Re- corder. Deputy Treasurer.
ERNEST H. RICH
Born Dec. 13, 1866, Trowbridge, Eng. Came to Utah Sept. 15, 1886. Meat Dealer. Stockman and Rancher.
STEPHEN L. RICHARDS Lawyer. Salt Lake City, Utah.
ADOLPH RICHTER Born Aug. 10, 1859, in Germany. Came to Utah 1892. Engaged in Real Estate and Insurance Business. Salt Lake City.
CARL A. SCHEID Insurance. Salt Lake City, Utah.
A. J. WEBBER Lawyer. Salt Lake City, Utah,
JAMES WRATHALL Relative of Governor William Spry.
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ORANGE J. SALISBURY
Republican National Committeeman. Mem- ber State Board Equallzatlon. Capitalist. ResIded at Salt Lake City. Onc of the firm of Salisbury and Gilmer Overland Stage Co.
SAMUEL NEWHOUSE Born 1854, New York City. Came to Utah 1896. Mining. Financier. Capitalist. Builder Newhouse and Boston Bulldings and the Newhouse Hotel, Salt Lake City.
ABRAHAM FAIRBANKS DOREMUS Son of Henry I. Doremus and Harriet Fairbanks. Born 24, 1849, Sait Lake City. Civil Engineer; City En- gineer of Salt Lake City; State Engineer May of Utah.
JOHN JUDGE
Born 1845. County Sllgo, Ireland. Came to Utah 1876. Capitallst. Mining; one of Organizers of Silver King Mining Company. Founder Judge Mercy Hos- pital and Judge Building, Salt Lake City.
LEWIS TELLE CANNON
Son of George Q. Cannon and Martha Telle. Born April 22, 1872, Salt Lake City. Architect. Resides at Salt Lake City.
WILLIAM WHITE
Born Sept. 21, 1826, Fishguard, South Wales. Came to Utah 1876. Member 3rd Quorum Seventies ; Patriarch. Wholesale Merchant.
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J. PARLEY WHITE
Son of William White and Ann Thomas. Born Jan. 21, 1871, Neyland, South Wales. Eider. Deputy Sheriff. Director Farmers & Stockgrowers Bank.
ALBERT S. REISER
Snyder.
Son of Henry Reiser and Magdalena Born March 1, 1871, Sait Lake City.
Clty Auditor ; Deputy Recorder. Jeweler.
JOHN H. WHITE
Son of William White and Anne Thomas. Born Aug. 24, 1855, Haken, South Wales. Missionary to England. Vice-President Utah State Fair Association. Wholesale Butcher.
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, JOHN CLIFTON
Born March 31, 1829, Normanton, Eng. Came to Utah Sept. 13, 1861, Joseph Horne Company.
Son of Peter Reid, who came to Utah 1855, Mlla Andrus Company, and Dlana Davidson. Born Oct. 17, 1866, Salt Lake City. Statisticlan ; Deputy Shelrff ; Post- master ; Road Supervisor Salt Lake Co.
Born Oct. 4, 1824, London, Eng. Came to Utah Oct. 4, 1863, Thomas E. Ricks Com- pany. President, Branch In England about two years. Sailor.
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RICHARD JONES, JR.
Son of Richard Jones and Naoml Parsons. Born Sept. 21, 1850, London, Eng. Came to Utah Oct. 10, 1863, Capt. Ricks Com- pany.
JOHN JONES
Son of Richard Jones and Naomi Par- sons. Born Oct. 1, 1853, London, Eng. Came to Utah 1863, Thomas Ricks Com- pany. Elder. Farmer.
O. H. RIGGS Father of the wife of David O. Mckay.
JOHN TILBY Father of John R. Tilby. Ephraim, Utah.
ASA C. FARLEY
Relative of Stringham A. Stevens of Og- den, Utalı.
ABRAHAM STEPHENS Born Sept. 30, 1840, Phillack, Cornwall, Eng.
Came to Utah 1866, Independent Company. Elder. Blacksmith Foreman.
WALTER S. REID
RICHARD JONES
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P. J. DALY
Assistant City Attorney Salt Lake City 1908-1913. Lawyer.
WILLIAM YATES Born Oct. 2, 1830, Bath, England. Came to Utah 1861. Supt. Lehi Sunday School 30 years; President Teachers Quorum. City Councilman.
PETER RASSMUSSEN Born at Mots, Ujland, Denmark. Came to Utah in 1859.
JONATHAN HUCKVALE. Farmer ; Painter. Resided at Blooming- ton, Idaho.
JOHN CUMMINGS Born Dec. 2, 1802, in Anderson County, S. C. Came to Utah 1852, John Maxwell Company.
WILLIAM CUMMINGS
Son of John Cummings and Rachel Ken- nedy. Born July 30, 1835, in Gibson County, Tenn. Indian War Veteran. Said to have been first settler to have plowed first ground in Provo Valley, Utah.
JOHN B. WOOD
Came to Utah 1856, Martin "Frozen" Handcart Company. Father of mother of Frederick Wheeler of Plain City, Utah.
JAMES FERGUSON SHAW Born Feb. 21, 1847, Garnkirk Cottage, Eng. Came to Utah September, 1868, John Gil- lespie Company. Bishop six years. School Trustee.
IRA FISK. Born Feb. 21, 1801, Silver Creek, N. Y. Came to Utah 1861.
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WILLIAM THOMAS Father of the wife of Ammon Simmons of Spanish Fork, Utah. Came to Utah 1852.
MORGAN DAVID Born March 3, 1804, Llanelly, Caermar- thenshire, South Wales. Came to Utah Sept. 19, 1852, William Morgan Company.
ANDERS K. HANSEN Born Jan. 27, 1818, Sjelland, Dennark. Came to Utah 1861, John R. Murdock Company. High
Priest. Farmer and Stockraiser.
THOMAS CEPHAS FOREMAN Born Feb. 20, 1824. Cartwright County, North Carolina. Came to Utah 1862.
High Priest.
JACOB ZWEIFEL Born 1840, Glarus, Switzerland. Came to Utah 1861, Independent Company. Re- sldes at Rexburg, Idaho.
AMBROSE GREENWELL Father of Richard Greenwell, Rigby, Idaho.
MYRON HIGLEY Relative of Frank Clark, Idaho Falls, Idaho,
JOSIAH LEAVITT Relative of Frank Clark of Idaho Falls, Idaho.
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GEORGE WILLIAMS Born Oct. 13, 1828, Wiltshire, Eng. Came to Utah 1864, Erastus Snow Company.
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GEORGE ROLLAND WILLIAMS Son of George Williams and Harriet Suomdrel. Born July 31, 1860, Wiltshire, Eng. Resides at Weston, Idaho.
JACOB CHRISTENSON Came to Utah 1862, Joseph Horne Com- pany.
ABEL PARKER Born June 27, 1815, Brockville, Canada. Came to Utah June, 1863. President lligh Priests Quorum Tooele Stake. Farmer
and Sawmiller.
ALFRED ALDER
Born May 3, 1824, Wiltshire, Eng. Came to Utah Sept. 23, 1853. High Councilor. Blacksmith.
DAVID WEEKS Relative of Ephraim Weeks. Utah.
Smithfield,
HANS I. NIELSON Born Nov. 2, 1821, Stengade, Tullebolle Sogn, Denmark. Came to Utah 1866, Peter Nebeker Company. IIlgh Priest. Stonemason ; Farmer.
LARS JENSON
Born Sept. 30, 1823, Anderslof, Sweden. Came to Utah 1866, Peter Nebeker Com- pany. High
Priest. Stonemason and Farmer.
OLOF JENSON
Son of Lars Jenson and Engar Anderson. Born Jan. 18, 1856, Ostra Torp, Sweden. Missionary to Sweden 1877-89; Sunday School Superintendent. Farmer.
EDWARD CORBRIDGE Relative of Hyrum Evans of Layton, Utah.
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CHRISTIAN PETERSON Born Oct. 25, 1824, in Denmark. Came to Utah October, 1860, John W. Young Company.
W. W. HAWS Father of the wife of James L. Meldrum of Provo, Utah.
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THOMAS BIRSCUMSHAW Son of Joseph Bircumshaw, who came to Utah November, 1865, and Rosetta Plackett.
FRANCIS KERBY
Born Aug. 17, 1820, Isle of Jersey, Chan- nel Islands, Eng. Came to Utah Sept.
24, 1860, Oscar O. Stoddard Handcart Company. High Priest. Painter.
ALPHES AMULECK HARMON Born April 14, 1839. Came to Utah 1854, Oxteam Company. Assisted in bringing immigrants to Utah.
GEORGE H. BANKHEAD Related to Heber R. Bankhead, Wells- ville, Utah.
PETER GILLESPIE LIDDELL
Son of William Liddell and Agnes C. Park. Born Sept. 12, 1851, Ayrshire, Scot- land, Came to Utah Oct. 13, 1863, Rosel Ilyde Company. Elder. Rancher.
ABRAHAM LIDDELL
Son of William Liddell and Agnes C. Park. Born Oct. 27, 1855, Scotland. Came to Utah Fall of 1868. Elder. County Com'r.
JOHN BAIR
Born Nov. 26, 1810, Somerset Co., Pa. Came to Utah 1850. Built first saw mill in Davis County ; built and operated first ferry boat in Utah, Echo Canyon War Veteran.
PIONEERS AND PROMINENT MEN OF UTAH
JOHN O'NEIL
-Born April 6, 1828, Grey Abbey, County Down, Ireland.
Came to Utah 1864; settled at Midway. High Priest. War Veteran. Justice of Peace.
Indian
Son of John O'Neil and Agnes Cochran. Born June 22, 1855, Dalry, Ayrshire, Scot- land. Came to Utah 1864. Pres. Uintah Stake Y. M. M. I. A. Member State Leg- islature. Delegate to National Irrigation Congress 1903.
ISAIAH BOWERS
Born April 21, 1846, Staffordshire, Eng. Came to Utah Sept. 26, 1856, Edmund Ellsworth Company.
JOHN MOSS
Came to Utah 1848. Father of wife of Henry Moyle of Alpine, Utah.
WILLIAM WRIGHT
Born Oct. 5, 1832, Cumberland, Eng. Came to Utah in 1852. High Priest. Justice of the Peace; School Trustee.
JOHN HENRY HUMPHREY BARKER Born April 1, 1842, Wandsworth, Surrey, Eng. Came to Utah Oct. 17, 1862, Henry W. Miller Company. School Teacher.
JOHN HENRY BARKER
Son of John Henry Humphrey Barker and Susan McDermott: Born Nov. 2, 1863, at Salt Lake City. Sheriff of Cache County. Merchant.
FRED F. NOYES Born Dec. 25, 1847, Albany, N. Y. Came to Utah Sept. 25, 1865.
CHRISTIAN DANIEL FJELDSTED Born Feb. 20, 1829, Sundbyvester, Den- mark. Came to Utah Oct. 7, 1858, R. K. Homer Company. President Seventies.
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WILLIAM O'NEIL
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PIONEERS AND PROMINENT MEN OF UTAH
PETER J. FJELDSTED
Son of Christian Daniel Fjeldsted and Karen Olsen. Born Aug. 10, 1853, Ama- ger, Denmark.
WILLIAM JEFFERSON TIDWELL Son of Jefferson Tidwell, who came to Utah 1852, John Tidwell Company, and Sarah Seely. Born Oct. 8, 1861, Mt. Pleas- ant, Utah. Emery County Surveyor ; Car- bon County Assessor three terms.
SETH WAREHAM Son of James Wareham and Harriet Adams. Born March 30, 1845. Came to Utalı October, 1852. Indian War Veteran. Resided at Manti and Glenwood.
DAVID PROSSOR JONES
JAMES EDMUND WAREHAM Son of Seth Wareham and Margaret Ann Shaw. Born Oct. 11, 1873, Glenwood, Utah.
LEWIS MECHAM
Born Sept. 4, 1814, Canaan, Grafton Co., N. H. Came to Utah 1852, James Snow Company. Member
Body Guard of Prophet Joseph Smith.
Minute man. Wheelright.
Born 1836 near Breckontown, Breckor- shire, Wales. Came to Utah 1866, John D. Holladay Company. Bishop; Chorister. Poet. Farmer.
WILLIAM JAMES BUSH Son of James Bush and Sophia Humph- ries.
EDWARD BENNETT
Son of John Bennett and Jane Roberts. Born Jan. 3, 1848, Connah's Quay, Flint- shire, North Wales. Missionary to Great Britain ; President High Priests.
JOSEPH WAYMENT Born Feb. 7, 1844, Whaddon, Cambridge- shire, Eng. Came to Utah Oct. 3, 1863, Dixle Company. Supt. Sunday School.
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PIONEERS AND PROMINENT MEN OF UTAH
JOHN WILLIAM BERRY Born Dec. 17, 1822, Loulsville, Ky. Came to Utah in October, 1849. Missionary to England. Early Settler in Southern Utah.
GEORGE BUCKLE
Born July 23, 1861, Manchester, Eng.
Came to Utah 1870. Salt Lake City Councilman. Manager Deseret News Book Printing Department.
WILLIAM THOMPSON Came to Utah October, 1851, Harry Wal- ton Company.
WILLIAM THOMPSON, JR. Son of William Thompson and Elizabeth McCeruley. Born Jan. 12, 1836, Canada.
WALTER GEORGE THOMPSON Son of William Thompson, Jr., and Mary Ellen Isaacson. Born Feb. 6, 1873, Rich- mond, Utah.
ELISHA RANDOLPH LAWRENCE Father of the wife of Walter George Thompson of Whitney, Idaho.
JOHN KNIGHT. JR.
JOHN KNIGHT
Father of the wife of George W. Stanger of Neeley, Idaho.
Son of John Knight, Sr. den, Utah.
Resides at Og-
JOHN RUSSEL MANNING Born May 9, 1823, Bedminster, Bristol, Somerset, Eng. Came to Utah Sept. 13, 1861. Capt. Joseph Horne Company. High Priest.
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PIONEERS AND PROMINENT MEN OF UTAH
WILLIAM HENRY MANNING Son of John Russell Manning and Sarah Tucker. Born Nov. 6, 1848, Bedminster, Bristol, Eng. High Priest ; Elder. Fam- ily Home, Slaterville, Utah.
OLA OLSON
Son of Knut Olson and Elna Person. Born Dec. 10, 1842, In Sweden. Came to Utah Sept. 30, 1866. Member First High Coun- cil of Hyrum Stake. Filled three missions in Sweden.
WILLIAM C. PALMER
Son of Thomas Palmer and Francls Stark- ins. Priest ; Ward Born Nov. 30, 1857, at Salt Lake City. High Farmer. Teacher.
JOEL HILLS ORTON
Son of Samuel Taylor Orton, who came to Utah Oct. 2, 1856, Edward Bunker Handcart Company, and Julla Ann John- son. Born March 4, 1871, Parowan, Utah. Blacksmith.
DANIEL S. SPENCER
Son of Claudlus V. Spencer and Susannah Frances Neslen. Born June 12, 1857, Salt Lake City. Assistant General Passenger for O. S. L. Salt Lake City, Utah.
JOHN AUGUST PETERSON
Born July 15, 1842, Calmar, Sweden.
Came to Utah Oct. 7, 1866, Andrew H. Scott Company.
WILEY G. CRAGUN
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