BEN L. ABRAMSON.
Ben L. Abramson. proprietor of The Toggery in Brigham city, was born in New York city, December 23, 1895, and is a son of the late I. Abramson, a native of Russia, who came to America about 1887 and engaged in the clothing manufacturing business in New York, in which undertaking he was very successful. His wife, Mrs. Becky Abramson, died in New York in 1899. She was the mother of two children, Ben L. and Nathan, the latter becoming a member of Company L of the Twenty-first Utah Infantry, with which he served for two years. He was first at Camp Kearney and afterward at Fort Camp Russell.
Ben L. Abramson was educated in the public schools of Des Moines, Iowa, and of Salt Lake City and also attended the Y. M. C. A. night school of Salt Lake, while later he completed his studies in the Boxelder high school at Brigham city. He started out to earn his own living when but eight years of age and worked as a newsboy in Des Moines, Iowa. When a lad of fourteen he took up commercial pursuits and his first positions was with Arthur Frank, of Salt Lake City, proprietor of a leading men's furnishing house. He remained for five years in the employ of Mr. Frank in his Salt Lake store and in branch stores which he conducted elsewhere. On the 7th of April, 1916, Mr. Abramson settled in Brigham city and established his present business in a small way, his stock being valued at about four thousand dollars. He has since built up one of the leading trades of the kind in Brigham city, carrying a complete line of clothing and men's furnishings and specializing in shoes. He conducts the only exclusive toggery shop in Boxelder county.
On the 22d of August. 1917, in New York city, Mr. Abramson was married to Miss Hannah Wise, a native of Russia, and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. Wise, of New York. Mr. and Mrs. Abramson now have a son, Robert, who was born in Brigham city, June 2, 1918.
In his political views Mr. Abramson is a socialist. Fraternally he is connected with the Masons, also with the Odd Fellows and with the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith. His religious faith is that of the Hebrew church. He is a member of the Boxelder Commercial Club and is interested in all that has to do with the business development of his adopted city and the extension of its trade relations.
LORENZO J. BOTT.
Lorenzo J. Bott is the president of the J. H. Bott & Sons Company of Brigham, conducting one of the extensive marble and granite works of this section of the state.He is a native son of Brigham, born July 23, 1891, his parents being John Henry and Maria H. (Jensen) Bott, who are mentioned at length on another page of this work. The mother, who was born in Sanpete county, Utah, April 1, 1861, and is a daughter of Gerard and Maria (Oleson) Jensen, is still living. She was one of a family of three children and she became the mother of seventeen children, fourteen of whom survive and all are married.
No event of special importance occurred to vary the routine of life for Lorenzo J. Bott during the period of his boyhood and youth, which was passed in Brigham. In fact he has remained a lifelong resident of that city and after acquiring his education he became the associate of his father in business and under his direction learned the trade of cutting marble and granite. Through the intervening period he has continued active in this field of endeavor and he became one of the organizers of the J. H. Bott & Sons Company, which now has an extensive plant for the cutting of marble and granite in Brigham. The output of this establishment is seen in some of the finest buildings of Utah, for they make shipments to all parts of the state. Mr. Bott has remained throughout his life an active worker in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and for a short time served on a mission to New Zealand. He is now acting as ward teacher and is a member of the One Hundred and Thirty-third Quorum of Seventy. His political endorsement is given to the republican party, but the honors and emoluments of office have had no attraction for him.
On the 23d of December, 1913, Lorenzo J. Bott was married to Miss Hazel Barker, a daughter of Alonzo J. and Elizabeth (Stauffer) Barker. Mrs. Bott was born in Idaho and by this marriage there are three children: Arola, Lavon and Lorenzo Max. Socially the family is widely and prominently known and the place which Mr. Bott occupies in business circles is an enviable one. He displays marked executive ability and keen discrimination in the conduct of his affairs and the growth of the trade Is due to the excellence of the output, the reasonable prices maintained by the house and their earnest efforts to please their patrons, for they have ever recognized the fact that satisfied customers are the best advertisement.
PHILIP W. BOTT.
Phillip W. Bott is active in the management and conduct of an important business at Brigham, conducted under the name of the J. H. Bott & Sons Company, of which he is the vice president and general manager. Throughout the entire period of business activity he has been interested in this enterprise. He was born October 2, 1880, in Brigham, and is a son of John H. and Maria H. (Jensen) Bott, a sketch of the father being given on another page of this work. At the usual age he became a public school pupil and, added to his training received in that way, he qualified for the duties of the business world by working under his fathers direction in the marble and granite cutting plant that was established by his father at Brigham in 1877 and which constituted in the nucleus of the present business. He has done with thoroughness every task that has devolved upon him and has been an important factor in the continuous development of a business that is now crossed with the leading productive industries of this section of the state. With the organization and incorporation of the business under the present name,. Phillip W. Bott became one of the officials and is now vice president and general manager.
On the 13th of November, 1901, Mr. Bott was married to Miss Amy Holton, a native of Northampton, England, and a daughter of Richard and Ellen (Ward) Holton, who were also born in that country. They came to America in 18S7 and made their way across the country to Salt Lake City, while subsequently they removed to Brigham, where the father passed away in 1902. The mother survives and still makes her home at Brigham. Mr. and Mrs. Bott have five children: Phyllis, Philip Holton, Frewtrilla, Richard H. and Mark H.
Mr. Bott is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in the work of which he has always taken a keen interest, and he is now serving on the Quorum of Seventy. His political endorsement is given to the republican party and he keeps well informed concerning the questions and issues of the day but does not seek or desire office. He recognizes the fact that concentration of purpose largely means success and he has given his undivided thought and attention in recent years to the up building of the trade of the J. H. Bott & Sons Company. His business career is the embodiment of high standards of commercial activity.
WILLIAM J. BOTT.
William J. Bott is an official in a business that from the beginning has been conducted and maintained by the Bott family. William J. Bott is the secretary and treasurer of this enterprise, which is now conducted under the style of the J. H. Bott & Sons Company, marble and granite cutters of Brigham. He was born September 19, 1894. in the city which is still his home, and hero he was reared and educated. With the attainment of his majority he did not seek opportunities elsewhere but became the active business associate of his father and brothers, and the sons are still conducting the interests of the house under the style of the J. H. Bott & Sons Company, thus honoring the father, who was the promoter of the undertaking. They have turned out work of the highest possible order and many of the fine granite and marble structures of the city have been made from stone from their establishment. The business was begun at Brigham in 1877 and through the intervening years the house has ever maintained an unassailable reputation for enterprise and integrity. Originally the father purchased an old mill which remains as the central building of their plant, although various additions have been made since. All of the buildings have been supplied with the latest improved machinery for cutting and handling marble and granite, and the material for erecting some of the finest buildings of the state has been furnished by this firm. William J. Bott has remained true to the religious faith in which he was reared and is a member of the Elders Quorum in the Boxelder stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
On the 16th of September, 1914, William J. Bott was married to Miss H. Loretta Cook, a daughter of David and Maud (Miller) Cook, who are natives of Utah and are now residents of Liberty, Weber county. Mr. and Mrs. Bott have become parents of two children, L. Marie and Marjorie, who are at home with their parents. The family has long occupied an enviable position in social circles and the family name have ever been a synonym for progressiveness and advancement along material, intellectual and social lines.
