CHARLES E. FOXLEY.

Charles E. Foxley, attorney at law of Brigham, who since 1900 has engaged in active practice, was born in Perry, Boxelder county, Utah, October 28. 1876. His father, Henry Foxley, a native of Bedfordshire, England, was a farmer by occupation and in 1862 came to the new world. He did not tarry on the Atlantic coast but at once made his way westward to Salt Lake City and afterward removed to Kaysville whence he later went to Muddy, there continuing from 1865 until 1868. In the latter year he took up his abode at Perry, where he continued to make his home for about five years and then returned to Muddy, where he died in 1913. The mother of Charles E. Foxley bore the maiden name of Mary Young and she, too, was born in Bedfordshire, England. She died in 1898 and is survived by all of her three children. They were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Henry Foxley was active in the church work and went on a mission.

Charles E. Foxley attended the district schools of Boxelder county and subsequently went to Detroit, Michigan, where he took up the study of law. Before qualifying for the bar, however, he learned telegraphy and was employed as an operator on the Southern Pacific and Central Pacific roads. He was also identified with merchandising for a time at Point Lookout, where he conducted a general store for eleven years. Matriculating in the Detroit College of Law, he completed a full course there and was graduated in 1898 with the LL. B. degree. In 1900 he was admitted to practice at the bar of Utah and has since given his attention to professional interests and duties. He now has an extensive practice, is the possessor of a large law library and occupies beautiful offices. His ability is manifest in the capable manner in which he prepares and presents his cases. He gives to each point its due relative prominence, with special emphasis upon the important point upon which every case finally turns. He served as county attorney of Boxelder county from 1904 until 1906 and his ability along professional lines is recognized by his colleagues and contemporaries at the bar. In addition to his law practice he is interested in farming in Boxelder county. His political allegiance is given to the republican party and of its principles he is a stalwart advocate.