Utah Since Statehood
Author is Noble Warrum 1919

JESSE HAVEN BARLOW.

Jesse Haven Barlow, a farmer and stockman of Davis county, was born August 10, 1870, within the borders of the county which is still his home. He was one of a family of ten children, eight of whom are yet living. His parents are Ianthius and Hannah (Wintle) Barlow. The father was born in Illinois in 1845, while the mother was a native of England and came to America with her parents. In 1848 Ianthius Barlow was brought to Utah when but three years of age and in this state was reared, educated and married. He continued to reside here until his demise and followed farming as a life work. He was also active in the work of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served as counselor to Bishop Lewis Grant for several years. 

Jesse Haven Barlow is indebted to the common school system of Davis county for the educational opportunities which he enjoyed in his youth. He was reared to the occupation of farming and determined to engage in that business as a life work. Since attaining his majority therefore he has given his attention to general agricultural pursuits and in 1903 purchased the farm upon which he now resides, which has been his place of abode for sixteen years. This he has greatly improved with fine buildings and it constitutes one of the attractive features of the landscape in Davis county. He has an excellent orchard upon the place, which he planted, and of his two hundred and fifty-nine acres of land one hundred and sixty acres is under the ditch. His careful and systematic methods of irrigating his fields, combined with the sound judgment he displays in the development of his crops, has brought to him a very gratifying success and he is classed with the representative and prosperous farmers of his district. He is also one of the directors of the Clearfield Mercantile Store. 

In 1891 Mr. Barlow was married to Miss Sarah L. Stoker, a daughter of Bishop David Stoker, and they have become the parents of twelve children: Jessie D., who served for two years with the United States army in France and who for two years was in Great Britain filling a mission; Rena L., the wife of C. P. Tree; Ora H., who also was one of the American soldiers in the great European war; Ivan I., now a high school student; Luella Iona, who was graduated from high school and spent two years in the university at Salt Lake City; Vinal S., a high school pupil; Willis S., who died at the age of twenty months; Velma; Wilmer S. and Wilbur S., twins, the latter now deceased; Eldon H.; and Gardner I. W.

Mr. Barlow votes with the democratic party and his religious faith is that of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served as first counselor to Bishop Heber C. Blood and for two years filled a mission in Texas under President S. O. Bennion.  He and his wife are well known in Davis county and are numbered among the representative and highly esteemed people of this section of the state, occupying an enviable position in social circles. They have ever held to high ideals and have given to their children good educational opportunities and their family is one of which they have every reason to be proud. Both of the sons who were in the army volunteered for service, early responding to the call to the colors that they might aid in safeguarding the democracy of the world.

CHARLES H. BOURNE.

Charles H. Bourne, engaged in farming and stock raising in Davis county, makes his home at Farmington, where he has a beautiful residence standing in the midst of a thirty-acre tract of land. In addition to this he owns excellent property, including a large tract of irrigated land and several hundred acres of pasture land. He is one of the native sons of Davis county, born February 4, 1863, his father being Charles Bourne, mentioned at length on another page of this work in connection with the sketch of his son, John A. Bourne.

Charles H. Bourne was reared and educated in Davis county, pursuing a high school course. He then took up the occupation of farming and stock raising, which he has since followed, and as the years have passed he has more and more largely extended his efforts and has thereby gained added prosperity. He is now the owner of several thousand acres of land in Utah and his possessions have been acquired through persistent and earnest labor. He was one of the first settlers of Boxelder county, making his home in Garland, and he is classed with the pioneer residents of Boxelder county, where he owns 130 acres of irrigated land and 800 acres of pasture. His property holdings in Davis county now include forty-five acres of land, all of which is under the ditch and is very choice land, yielding to him splendid crops as the result of the care and labor which he bestows upon the fields. He is a partner in the Farmington Land & Stock Company owning a large tract of pasture land in Davis county. He has greatly improved his various properties and at Farmington has a pleasant home. 

In 1888 Mr. Bourne was united in marriage to Miss Sylvia Van Fleet, a native of Davis county, and to them have been born seven children: Charles W. ; George V.; Afton, a high school graduate and the wife of Evan L. Ellison; John T. and Edith, who have passed away; Lucille, who is attending high school and has also studied music extensively; and Horton V.

Mr. Bourne is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in th« work of which he has been helpfully interested. He is now serving as counselor to Bishop Hess and he has been president of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association at Farmington, having occupied that position for three terms. His political endorsement is given to the republican party and he has served as a member of the school board at Farmington.

JOHN A. BOURNE.

John A. Bourne, a member of the high council of the South Davis stake and a resident of Farmington, where he was born September 28, 1865, is a son of Charles and Jane (Alder) Bourne, who were natives of England. The father was born in 1822 and the mother in 1827. They came to the new world in 1852 and did not tarry on the Atlantic coast but made their way at once into the interior of the country, locating first in St. Louis, Missouri, but the same year coming to Utah. They crossed the plains with ox teams and established their home in Salt Lake City. The father was a contractor and builder by occupation but soon after his arrival in Utah purchased the farm in Davis county upon which his son. John A., now resides. Charles Bourne continued a resident of Utah until called to his final rest on the 12th of February, 1885 The mother survived until July 8, 1889.

John A. Bourne was reared in Davis county and completed his education as a student in the University of Utah. He was baptized December 6, 1874, by Thomas Workman and was ordained a deacon as a boy. In 1892 he was ordained an elder by Oliver Wilcox and was ordained a Seventy in 1904 by Amasa L. Clark. He was set apart as a president of the Fifty-sixth Quorum of Seventy in 1908 by J. G. Kimball and was ordained a high priest March 13, 1913, by Apostle George F. Richards. At the same time he was set apart as a high counselor in the Davis stake of Zion. From 1905 until 1908 he filled a mission to the northern states, laboring principally in Wisconsin and Illinois.

In secular matters, too, Mr. Bourne has always taken a deep and helpful interest He acted as a member of the city council of Farmington for two terms and on the 1st of January, 1914, was elected mayor of Farmington, and again in 1919. He has contributed much to the business development and substantial up building of his section, acting as president of the Farmington Land & Stock Company for a time, while now he is secretary. He is president of the Windmill Land & Stock Company, secretary and director of the Haight Bench Water & Irrigation Company and a director of the Davis County Bank. He is also heavily interested in farming and stock raising and upon his farm engages in raising fine Hereford and shorthorn cattle. He owns several thousand acres of land in Utah, having made wise and judicious investments in real estate, especially farm property.

On the 1st of June, 1892, Mr. Bourne was married to Miss Emeline R. Hess who was born July 22, 1868, at Farmington, a daughter of John W. and Julia (Pearson) Hess. In politics Mr. Bourne is a democrat and keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day but does not seek nor desire political office, preferring to concentrate his efforts and attention upon his business affairs, his public duties and his church work.

WILLIAM BUTCHER.

No history of the horticultural development of Utah would be complete without extended reference to William Butcher, one of the most successful fruit growers of Davis county. He makes his home at Kaysville and superintends his important orchard interests, being largely engaged in the production of peaches and cherries. He was born in England, December 7, 1845, and is a son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Cooper) Butcher, who were also natives of that country, where they remained until 1874, when they came to America. They made Kaysville their destination and both continued residents of Davis county until called to their final rest. They had a family of seven children, two of whom are now living.

William Butcher was reared in England and is indebted to the public school system of that country for the educational opportunities which he enjoyed, but the necessity of early providing for his own support forced him to put aside his textbooks when comparatively young. He had reached the age of thirty-one years when in 1876 he bade adieu to friends and native land and sailed for America. He traveled to Davis county, Utah, where he rented a farm, upon which he lived for eleven years. During that period he carefully saved his earnings until his industry and economy had brought him sufficient capital to enable him to purchase the place upon which he now resides, comprising seventy acres of rich and productive land. This he has greatly improved during the period of his residence thereon and he now devotes the place largely to fruit raising, making a specialty of cherries and peaches. He has one hundred and forty cherry trees upon his place and three hundred fine peach trees, all in bearing. He closely studies the best methods of caring for his trees and propagating his stock and he annually gathers a large amount of fruit, which because of its fine size and quality finds a ready sale upon the market.

In 1866 Mr. Butcher was married to Miss Emma Wheatly, a native of England, and they have become parents of ten children: Arthur G. ; Joseph H.; Anna, the wife of Heber A. Burton; Nellie, the wife of Edward C. Manning; Florence and Nettie, at home; and four who have passed away. They also have twenty-five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The family is widely and favorably known in this section of the state and Mr. Butcher ranks with the representative horticulturists of Utah.

GEORGE OGDEN CHASE.

The name of George Ogden Chase is found on the pioneer rolls of Utah. It is found as well upon the early records of New England, for at a very early period In the colonization of the new world representatives of the name came to America. George Ogden Chase was born at Sparta, Livingston county, New York, March 11, 1832, and traced his ancestry back through many generations to William and Mary Chase, who came to America with the Massachusetts Hay colony of Puritans in 1630. William Chase was born in England about 1595 and was therefore thirty-five years of age when he joined the colonists who came to the new world under Governor Winthrop and founded the towns of Boston. Roxbury, Dorchester. Watertown and Cambridge, Massachusetts. William Chase established his home at Roxbury on the 19^th of October. 1630, and applied for admission as a Freeman. On the 14^th of May. 1634 he became one of the first Freemen who possessed all power of government in the colony, and it was these Freemen who established the first system of voting by ballot or papers, as the method was then called. About 1637 or 1638 William Chase joined a company that made settlement at Yarmouth, Massachusetts, where he resided until his death in May, 1659. On the 1^st of March, 1639, he had been appointed constable there and so served for many years. His son, William Chase (II), was born in England about 1622, was brought to America by his parents and following his marriage settled in Massachusetts. His son.  William Chase (111), was born at Yarmouth, Massachusetts, and was there married September 21, 1696, to Hannah Sherman. They became the parents of a son, Isaac Chase, who was married and died in Poughkeepsie, New York. James Chase, the direct ancestor of George Ogden Chase in the fifth generation, also married, lived and died in the Empire state. He was the father of James Chase, who married and made his home in Rhode Island. The latter was the father of Timothy Chase, who was born, married and lived in the town of Little Compton, Rhode Island, where the birth of his children occurred, and subsequently he became a resident of the state of Vermont. Isaac Chase, son of Timothy Chase, was born in Little Compton, Rhode Island, December 12, 1791, and was quite a small boy when his parents removed to Vermont, where he was reared to manhood. He then became a   resident of New York and in that state wedded Phoebe Ogden Ross. They settled in Sparta, Livingston county, New York, where all of their children were born, and in 1840 they removed to Nauvoo, Illinois, where the father owned and cultivated a large farm until the fall of 1846, when he started with his family across the plains with ox teams and wagons, arriving in the Salt Lake valley on the 20^th of September, 1847.

The journey was a very arduous and difficult one, many lives being lost while en route, but bravery, courage and many sturdy qualities characterized these first pioneers of Utah. The company with which the Chase family traveled was the first to winter in the valley and in consequence thereof endured many hardships. At the time when crickets almost destroyed the crops in the spring of 1848, it was Isaac Chase who offered up the prayer in the public meeting which was followed by the destruction of the crickets by the gulls, thus saving the crops.

The following spring Isaac Chase, together with other pioneers of the company, was allotted five acres, to which he added an adjoining fifteen-acre tract, thus securing a twenty-acre farm. Upon this he planted black locust seed, which developed into trees that still stand as a monument to his progressive spirit. He built a sawmill, having brought the irons with him across the plains, and in his mill sawed lumber from which he built a shanty, which his family temporarily occupied. He afterward built a log cabin, which was a more comfortable residence, and this constituted the family home for a time. Mr. Chase also built the first primitive flour mill in Utah valley. He added to his holdings until his farm comprised one hundred and ten acres, which is now Liberty Park.     Later the old Chase homestead that still stands was erected and in 1852 was built the mill that is still standing. This was the first improved, modern mill of the territory, built by Isaac Chase and Brigham Young. By special request of Miss Kate M. Chase, granddaughter of the former, the city council of Salt Lake City allowed the "Old Mill" to stand as a relic of pioneer days. An immense oven was built in the kitchen of the Chase home in which fifteen or twenty loaves of bread could be baked at a time, and during the grasshopper scourge of 1854 when many were without bread Mrs. Chase would fill the oven to its capacity and hand out the bread to those in need, while Isaac Chase furnished thousands with flour from his mill. What was once the Chase farm is now a vast grove of black locust trees, constituting the principal public park of Salt Lake City. 

George Ogden Chase, son of Isaac Chase and representative of the family in America in the ninth generation, was quite young when his father removed with the family to Nauvoo, Illinois, where at the age of eight years he was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by the Prophet Joseph Smith. He was with the family as they journeyed westward to Utah and settled in the capitol city, which remained his home until 1860, when he removed to Centerville. It was the year following, 1861, that his father, Isaac Chase, passed away in Salt Lake, while his mother died in that city on the 10^th of June, 1872. They were the parents of six children but only one is now living. George O. Chase  was reared and  educated in Utah and in Salt Lake City was married on Christmas day of 1854 to  Miss Emily Hyde, while on the 25^th of March, 1856, he wedded Miss Josephine Streeper, who was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 5, 1836, a daughter of Wilkinson and Matilda (Wells) Streeper, There were six children born of the first marriage and fifteen of the second marriage. Of this number eight are now living: Kate M., who occupies the old homestead; Fannie D., the wife of Joseph Ft. Mathews; Viola, the wife of Charles O. Rollins; Alice, the wife of James Smedley; Frank Leslie, who owns and occupies the Chase farm at Centerville: Mary Ella, who is a graduate of the University of Utah and now a teacher in Salt Lake City;  John W., a merchant of Salt Lake City; and   Emma, who is a high school graduate and lives at Chase Park.

The home at Centerville is occupied and owned by the sisters, comprising two acres of land which is planted to fruit. It is a beautiful home, remaining as the mother left it. After removing to Centerville, George O. Chase continued the pioneer work which had been begun by his father. He, in company with Judson L. Stoddard, bought and operated one of the first sawmills in Davis county, located in Farmington Canyon. He secured the patents to much land in Centerville and in adjoining towns, which were issued to him and he deeded out to the respective settlers and in many cases trusting them for pay which he never got Like his father at Liberty Park in Salt Lake City, George O. Chase planted the black locust around much of his land, which later caused the place to he known as Chase Park. The home and place are still so designated today. This is one of the few pioneer homes still in use. It is a most comfortable and attractive residence and one of interest because of the beautiful old furniture in it, the cheerful fireplaces and the old spinning wheel, each in turn telling mutely the story of former days. 

George O. Chase became a colonel in the reorganization of the Nauvoo Legion in Salt Lake valley and went with the troops to Echo Canyon to head off Johnston's army. He was a man of friendly and of social disposition and readily made friends with the Indians and did much to maintain peace. He possessed the sturdy qualities of the pioneer-the fearlessness, the courage and resolution-and his many admirable traits of character won for him the highest regard of all with whom he was associated. He passed away in Centerville, May 5, 1894. One of the most honored and valued citizens of his section of the state. He had reared a family of highly educated sons and daughters-a family that has been very prominent in Davis county from early days and very active in the work of the church and Sunday school. 

A contemporary writer, commenting concerning the Chase family, wrote as follows :        

'They were Godly. They brought up their families in the practice of religion as it was interpreted in their days. They were prudent. There is no record of any Chase being aided by the town. They were a thrifty lot. Nearly all left good fortunes.  How they did it with such large families to support and educate is a problem that this generation had better he studying. They were loyal to any call of country need.  We are gratified upon looking over the early Massachusetts records to find how well the Chase families in Newbury stood in relation to enlistments. They were enterprising. There was no loafing among any of the early generations. They show thrift and good judgment. They had strong minds. Look at the children of the second and third generations-several college men, some finely educated, who have made their mark in the world. The parents transmitted good strong intellect and the children did credit to their parents, becoming senators, bishops, judges." In a word many representatives of the family have left their impress upon the history of the state in its material, intellectual and moral progress and the value of their labor along these lines is widely acknowledged.

EDWARD BARRETT CLARK

Edward Barrett Clark, first counselor in the presidency of the South Davis stake in Davis county, Utah, was born at Farmington. April 7, 1859, a son of Ezra T. and Mary (Stevenson) Clark.

He was baptized April 21, 1867, by Truman Leonard and as a boy was active in the auxiliary organizations of the church and was especially prominent in the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association, serving as second counselor, first counselor and president for a number of years. From 1875 until 1877 he acted as stake secretary of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association, and when sixteen years of age he was ordained an elder and received his blessings in the House of the Lord.  A few months later he was ordained a Seventy by his father, Ezra T. Clark. In February, 1881, he was chosen secretary of a local organization composed of all the Seventies of the ward. He completed his education at the University of Utah, from which he was graduated in 1879. As a civic worker Mr. Clark has been active from an early day and has taken part in most of the business enterprises of importance in the community. In March, 1882, he was appointed county treasurer to fill a vacancy and on the 6th of August, 1883, was elected to that office, to which he was re-elected on the 2d of August, 1886. He acted as president of the first commercial club of Farmington and was appointed to that position a second time in 1884 and was reelected later in 1914. He has served for several terms as city councilman.

Mr. Clark was ordained high priest by Joel Parrish, May 9, 1886, and acted as counselor to Ezra T. Clark, who presided over the local organization of high priests at Farmington. Later he was chosen as second counselor to Joel Parrish, president of the high priests of Davis stake. This position he held until the death of President Parrish, November 14, 1904. He was chosen first counselor to Thomas Steed, president of the high priests' quorum, February 25, 1905, and he served as a home missionary in the Davis stake and labored as a ward teacher for twenty-five years. From 1908 until 1910 he filled a mission to the northern states, laboring mostly in Iowa and presiding over the West Iowa conference from August 28, 1909, until September 25, 1910. Upon his return home he was chosen president of the high priests' quorum of the Davis stake on the 24th of December, 1910, succeeding President Steed, deceased. He held that position until the Davis stake was divided on the 20th of June, 1915, when he was1 chosen first counselor in the presidency of the South Davis stake. 

On the 25th of September, 1879, Mr. Clark was married to Miss Wealthy Richards and they became parents of seven children, two of whom died in infancy, the survivors being Edward F., who married Inez Potter, Rulon W., Wealthy, Orson R. and Mary Lucille. On the 2d of April, 1885, Mr. Clark married Alice Randall and they had five children: Walter E., Melvin J., Rhoda, Maurine and Bryant. Mr. Clark is very prominently, widely and favorably known because of his activity in connection with the public interests and church work of his section of the state.

EZRA T. CLARK.

Ezra T. Clark, as one of Utah's pioneers, contributed to the up building and development of the state in substantial measure. He was born in Du Page county, Illinois, November 23, 1823, a son of Timothy B. and Polly (Keeler) Clark. His father built the first frame house on what is now Clark street in Chicago and the street was named for him. It was in 1848 that Ezra T. Clark crossed the plains to Utah and he spent the winters from 1848 until 1850 in the North canyon, southeast of Bountiful, and built a log cabin on his land at Farmington, a few yards northwest from the present site of the depot of the Oregon Short Line Railway. The family moved into this cabin on the 3d of April, 1850, and through all the intervening period to the present time representatives of the family have been identified with the progress and up building of this section of the state.

Ezra T. Clark was a missionary to Great Britain, also to the States with Edward Stevenson and Nathan T. Porter and to Oregon with Alonzo Hyde. He was one of the presidents of the Fortieth Quorum of Seventies, high counselor and patriarch and he assisted in the settlement of the Soda Springs country by locating at Georgetown. He hauled the first load of timber with which to build on land at Georgetown and he erected a flour mill at Morgan. He continued an active factor in the development and progress of that section and served as treasurer of Davis county, while he was also one of the organizers and the president of the Davis County Bank of Farmington, serving as such until his death.

In May, 1845, at Nauvoo, Illinois, Mr. Clark was married to Miss Mary Stevenson, who was born at Gibraltar, Spain. August 29, 1825, a daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Stevens) Stevenson who were natives of Leicestershire and of London, England, respectively.  Mr. and Mrs. Clark became parents of eleven children, as follows: Ezra James, who is deceased; Timothy B., who wedded Lucy A. Rice; Mary Elizabeth, who gave her hand in marriage to Joseph E. Robinson; William H., who died when quite young; Joseph S.. who married Lucy Maria Robinson; Hyrum D. C, who married Eliza Porter; Edward Barrett, whose sketch will be found elsewhere in this work; Charles R" who married Emma Woolley; Wilford W., who married Millie Dunn; Amasa L., who married first Alice Steed, and after her death, Susie Duncan; and David P.. who died in early life. The death of the father occurred October 17, 1901. at Farmington, Utah, and thus was terminated a life of great usefulness and activity, for he had long been a factor in the up building and development of his section of the state, contributing in marked measure to its material, political and moral progress.

JOHN COLEMERE.

Among those who are devoting their time and energies to farming and stock raising in Davis county and making it a center of pronounced agricultural development in Utah is John Colemere, who was born in this county, August 24. 1860. His parents were George and Rachel (Burgess) Colemere, who were natives of England and came to America in the early '40s. They first established their home in Missouri but in 1849 made the long and arduous trip across the plains, traveling with oxen and cow teams. They first settled in Salt Lake and in 1851 Mr. Colemere was called upon to go to the Carson valley of California and aid in the work of colonization there. A few years later he was called back to Utah by Brigham Young to do military duty and resided in Salt Lake City for a number of years, following the trade of a brick mason, which he had learned in England. He was employed in the building of the temple. He afterward removed to Davis county and settled upon a farm on which he first built an adobe house, occupying that primitive dwelling for several years but afterward replacing it by a more modern and commodious residence. He died upon the old homestead farm in January. 1879. while Mrs. Rachel Colemere passed away upon the same place September 23, 1910, after attaining the advanced age of ninety years. In their family were ten children, five of whom are yet living. The father was always very active in church work and did everything to advance the cause in which he so firmly believed.

John Colemere spent his youthful days in Davis county and received such educational advantages as were offered by the district school of that period. He afterward engaged in farming and eventually he purchased the old homestead property of seventy-five acres, which is now well improved, having upon it all of the accessories and conveniences of the model farm of the twentieth century. Many of these improvements have been placed there by him and indicate his progressive spirit. He also has a fine grove upon his place which he planted. He is today numbered among the leading farmers of Davis county and, moreover, is regarded as a self-made man. for his success is attributable entirely to his perseverance and labors. 

In February. 1883. Mr. Colemere was united in marriage to Miss Mary Ellen Carlos, who was born in Davis county, a daughter of Thomas and Harriet (Bevans) Carlos.  Her father is still living but her mother has passed away. Mrs. Colemere has become the mother of five children: Arpha, the wife of Alvin Ford; Claud, a farmer; Frank G., who also carries on agricultural pursuits; and Earl and Mamie, both at home. The Colemere family is widely and favorably known in the section of the state in which they reside and the hospitality of the best homes is freely accorded them, indicating their social worth.

DAVID SIMPSON COOK.

David Simpson Cook was born in Kincardine, Perthshire, Scotland, January 19, 1827, and passed away in South Weber, Utah, May 5, 1890. His life had been largely devoted to the work of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and in his relations to his fellowmen he had commanded the confidence, respect and goodwill of those with whom he was associated. His parents were David and Margaret (Simpson) Cook. The father was born in Scotland in 1801 and the ancestry is traced back in direct line to John and Janet (White) Cook, the former born in 1690 and the latter on the 5th of November, 1692.

David S. Cook never belonged to any religious organization until he joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in his native country. He was baptized January 3, 1846, by William McMaster and soon afterward was ordained to the office of teacher, this occurring in 1847. He became an elder in 1848 and labored as a traveling elder until 1850, when he emigrated to the United States. He set sail on Saturday, March 2, 1850, on the ship Hartley, which weighed anchor at Liverpool with one hundred and nine members of the church aboard. He acted as president of that company and arrived at New Orleans on the 2d day of May, after two months upon the water. Making his way to St. Louis, he there resided until 1851 and while there was chosen counselor to the president of the Gravois branch of the church. In that position he continued until he left Missouri for Utah, arriving in Salt Lake in August, 1851.   He was a member of the Twenty-fifth Quorum of Seventy until 1856, when he was ordained high priest and set apart as first counselor to Bishop Kingston, who was then bishop of South Weber ward. He continued in that position until 1862, when the ward was reorganized on account of the bishop removing elsewhere. Richard Cook was then set apart as bishop and David S. Cook of this review was made his first counselor.  Though the men were of the same name they were not related. The latter continued so to serve until Richard Cook lost his position as bishop on account of joining the Morrisites, who were led by Joseph Morris. William Firth was then appointed president and David S. Cook was again chosen counselor, which office he held until 1870, when William Firth resigned and Mr. Cook was appointed president on the 9th of June, 1870. He so served until June, 1877, when the ward was reorganized and Mr. Cook was chosen and set apart by Apostle Franklin D. Richards as bishop of South Weber ward of the Davis stake of Zion and occupied that office until his death.  In public affairs of a secular as well as of a religious nature David Simpson Cook took an active and helpful part. He was justice of the peace from August, 1866, until August, 1874, and his decisions were ever strictly fair and impartial. He was water master for several years and one of the selectmen of Davis county at the time of his death. He was honored and respected by all who knew him, for in every relation of life he displayed sterling traits of character and high qualities which gained him the admiration and esteem of those with whom he came in contact.

David S. Cook was united in marriage to Janet Hunter and they became the parents of eighteen children, thirteen sons and five daughters, eleven of whom are still living. Janet Hunter was born in Clackmannan, Scotland, October 4, 1837, and is a daughter of Robert and Agnes Hunter. Her father was born in Devon, Scotland, October 22, 1814, and her mother on the 22d of April, 1815. The ancestry can be traced back in direct line to 1729, in which year her great-great-grandfather, James Hunter, was born in Clackmannan, Scotland. He married Agnes Garner, who was born in 1730. Janet Hunter was baptized as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in her native land in 1848. With her mother she set sail from Liverpool on Wednesday, September 4, 1850, on the sailing vessel North Atlantic with three hundred and fifty-seven Saints under President David Sudworth and Hamilton G. Park, arriving at New Orleans on the 1st of November, 1850. They went up the Mississippi river by steamboat to St. Louis, where they arrived on the 8th of November. They settled in a small mining town called Gravois, seven miles from St. Louis, and while there residing cholera broke out among their number and many died. The mother, Mrs. Agnes Hunter, was among this number and passed away September 4, 1851, her remains being interred at Blue Ridge, in St. Louis. In the spring of 1852 a company of fifty wagons started across the plains and later this was divided into five companies of ten wagons each. The company with which Mrs. Cook traveled was presided over by Adam Hunter and arrived at Salt Lake, August 13, 1852, taking up their residence in the eleventh ward, where Mrs. Cook made her home until her marriage on the 24th of September, 1852 to David S. Cook.

Mr. Cook aided in quarrying the rock for the temple and other buildings of interest in Salt Lake. He and his wife were married in the Endowment House by President Kimball and in 1856 removed to South Weber, being numbered among the early settlers of this place. Through the intervening years to the time of his death Mr.  Cook was a prominent and influential resident there, having much to do with shaping the growth and development of the community and formulating its policy. His name is honored by all and his memory cherished by those with whom he was associated.  Mrs. Cook is still living and is enjoying excellent health, although she has now reached the age of eighty-two years.

JAMES H. COOK.

James H. Cook, who carries on general farming at South Weber, was born in 1860.  in the district in which he still makes his home, his parents being David S. and Janet (Hunter) Cook, both of whom were natives of Scotland, the former born in 1829, while the latter was born in 1837. The year 1850 witnessed the arrival of David S. Cook in Utah and it was in 1852 that Mrs. Cook took up her abode in this state. He located in Salt Lake, where he lived for a short time, and then came to South Weber. Here he purchased land, securing a squatter's claim, and upon the farm which he developed from a wild tract he spent his remaining days. He was active in the work of the church, serving as bishop's counselor and afterward as president of the ward, while later he was ordained bishop and occupied that position for twenty years.  James H. Cook acquired his early education in the district schools and later attended the Utah University of Salt Lake. During the fall and winter months for about fifteen years he taught school and he also engaged in farming. Since then he has not been active in the work of the schoolroom but has concentrated his efforts and attention upon general agricultural pursuits. He carries on the work of dry farming as well as the cultivation of irrigated land and has brought his fields to a high state of development, while to his place he has added many modern improvements. His work is persistently carried forward, directed by keen intelligence, and the results of his labors are most gratifying.

In 1897 Mr. Cook was united in marriage to Miss Mary Bingham, a daughter of Bishop Sanford and Agnes (Fife) Bingham, the latter a daughter of Joseph Fife. Mr.  and Mrs. Cook have become the parents of five children: Ethel, Sanford, Florence, Nora and David.

Mr. Cook filled two missions, going to Scotland in 1890 and remaining until 1893, and then again returning to that land on a second mission in 1905, remaining until 1907. He is now a high priest of the church and president of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association. He has also served as justice of the peace and as constable and formerly occupied the position of school trustee.

JAMES CRIDDLE.

James Criddle. a farmer and stockman of Davis county, living at Kaysville, was born on the 16th of March, 1865. He is a son of John and Elizabeth Ana (Taylor) Criddle. The father was a native of England and came to America in 1854, making his way westward as far as Omaha, Nebraska, from which point he crossed the plains with ox teams, casting in his lot with the pioneer settlers of Utah and sharing in the hardships and privations incident to establishing a home upon the western frontier. The mother of James Criddle was first married to Samuel Driggs and came to Utah in 1850, taking up her abode upon the farm which is now the home of her son James. It is situated on what is known as the Mountain road and the first dwelling upon the place was a log cabin with dirt roof and dirt floor. By her first marriage she had six children, three of whom are now living. In the fall of 1854 she became the wife of John Criddle and to this marriage there were born five children, three of whom survive. The father passed away May 14, 1884, and the mother died on the 9th of March. 1906. Both were laid to rest in the Kaysville cemetery.

James Criddle was reared and educated in Davis county, attending the common schools and spending his youthful days in the usual manner of the farm-bred boy. When he had attained his majority he began farming and stock raising on his own account and later purchased the old homestead property. He is now the owner of one hundred and sixty acres of well irrigated land and has greatly improved this place by the erection of fine buildings. There is an attractive residence with large barns and outbuildings and all of the facilities and equipment which go to lessen farm labor and enhance the productiveness of the place. Three acres of his land is planted to fruit of all kinds. He is likewise the president of the Haights Creek Irrigation Company and is a director and the manager of the Morgan Brothers Land and Live Stock Company.  He is well known as a leading representative of agricultural and stock raising interests in his section of the state and his labors have been productive of substantial and desirable results.

In 1887 Mr. Criddle was married to Miss Elizabeth J. Dawson, a native of Davis county and a daughter of Alexander and E. Jane (Fowle) Dawson, the former a native of Scotland, while the latter was born in England. They came to Utah in 1861 and spent their remaining days in this state. They had a family of ten children, seven of whom are yet living. Mr. and Mrs. Criddle have also become the parents of ten children: Estella E., who is now deputy postmistress at Kaysville; Effa, deceased; Milla A.; Elmer James, who died on one of the battlefields of France at the age of twentyfour years, leaving a widow now living at Farmington; Alexander; one who died in infancy; Orlando, deceased: Alta M.. now attending high school; Ilene, who has passed away; and Howard D.. who completes the family.

Mrs. Criddle is the owner of ninety acres of fine land in Davis county in addition to her husband's property. This worthy couple deserve much credit for what they have accomplished, as their united efforts have placed them with the prosperous farming people of Davis county. Mr. Criddle has always resided within the borders of that county and for fifty-four years has been an interested witness of its growth and development, contributing in no small measure to its progress along agricultural lines. He is an active worker in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, being now first counselor to Bishop Frank Hyde, while for three years he served on a mission in Great Britain.

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