ANDERSEN, FREDERICK, farmer and woolgrower, M son of Anders and Annie K., was born in Denmark  August 28, 1850  he joined the Mormon church in '72 and came to Utah, locating at Little Cottonwood, where he worked in the smelters and at railroading. Then removed to Fountain Green and in November, 1878, came to Castle Dale. Now owns a farm of about thirty acres, a nice residence and 2500 sheep. Has held the position of water master and is a stockholder in the Blue Cut and Mammoth canals. Is president of the Ninety-First quorum of Seventies and a prominent man in church and civil affairs. Was married April 5, 1875, to Hannah, daughter of Christian and Karen Jensen of Fountain Green. They were married in the Endowment House, Salt Lake City, and have ten children: Frederick, Anna C., Joseph, Hannah C., Dena, Emma, James E., Neils C., Parley and Ervin.

ANDERSON, C. P., Justice of the Peace, engineer and H carpenter, son of Paul C. and Marew, was born in I Denmark, September 24, 1861. His parents joined the Mormon church, father died in '69, and in '72 the family came to Utah, locating at Fountain Green. C. P.  learned the trade of a carpenter and is a natural machinist. He came to Castle Dale at the time of the earliest settlement and removed here permanently in '86. Was married in Castle Dale, December 16, 1887, to Anna, daughter of Frederick and Carrie Ottosen, born in Denmark, September 30, 1869. He has been engaged as an engineer and carpenter and owned a sawmill twenty-two miles northwest of town, until '97. Is an active politician and chairman of the Democratic party for Castle Dale precinct. he has held numerous minor offices and is at present Justice of the Peace.

BORRESON, P. C., blacksmith, son of N. H. and Hannah Maria, was born in Salt Lake City, August 3, 1854. When he was 18 mouths old his parents removed to Spanish Fork, where father built the first house in that, settlement. They then went to Mt. Pleasant, where father took part in the Johnston campaign and the Walker and Indian wars, being a Captain. P. C. Served as a minuteman during the Black Hawk war. Was married May 11, 1872, to Mary B., daughter of Tom and Mary A. Kinney of Fillmore, he came to Ferron in October, 1889, when he worked as a blacksmith, and in February, 1894, being elected sheriff, removed to Castle Dale.  He located the North canal in Ferron and was head water master some time. Is now a member of the board of directors of the Castle Dale canal and interested in a steam thresher. Is a member of the Elders' quorum and a representative man. His children ane: Emma, Hettie, Elizabeth, Julia, Elsie, Charlotte, Lidia, Stenia, Edith, Peter, Erven and Pearl, living; and Charles, who died at the age of 26 years.

BRANDON, GEORGE W, liquor dealer, son of W. W.  and Margaret, was born in Mt. Pleasant, June 8, 1871. His father was a United States deputy marshal and City Marshal of Mt. Pleasant for many years.  George grew up in Mt. Pleasant and worked in the mines of Park City for some years. He came to Castle Dale in October, 1897, and opened his present place of business, where he has a fine saloon and pool hall, and dispenses choice wines, liquors and cigars. His place is the only one of the kind in Emery county, and he does a profitable business. Was married in '92 to Blanche, daughter of .John and Maggie Nicholson of Mt. Pleasant. They have three children: Earl, Harry and Hugh.

FRANDSEN, PETER, farmer, son of George and Carry N., was born in Ephraim, October 15, 1858. His father came from Denmark about '53 and settled in Box Elder county, afterward located in Ephraim, where he served as a minuteman through the Black Hawk war, being in most of the engagements, he died at Price in '97. Peter resided in Sanpete county till '91, when he removed from Mt. Pleasant, to Castle Dale. He has a farm of eighty acres and is engaged in a small way in stock raising. Is second counselor to Bishop Jensen and a teacher in the Sunday-school. Was a ward teacher for some time and is now a member of the High Priests quorum. He was married in Mt. Pleasant, November 10, 1883, to Tine, daughter of Frederick and Carry Ottosen  born in Denmark. They have six children: Tine, Carry E., .Joseph P., Ethel T., Elmer and Esther.

HUDSON, THOMAS, farmer, was born in England, December 16, 1847. He came to Utah in '50 and settled in Salt Lake City. Removed to Kaysville, thence to Manti and finally to Castle Dale. He now has a farm of 155 acres and is engaged in farming, having formerly given his attention to his stock business. Is interested in the Blue Cut canal and one of the prominent farmers of Castle Dale. Was married in Manti to Diana, daughter of Samuel and Sarah Ware. She died, leaving eight children: Alice, Louisa, Frank, Samuel, Belle, Laura, .Jessie and Ruth.

JAMESON. ALEXANDER, farmer, son of Alex and Prine, was born in Provo, May 18, 1859.  Father came to Utah in '49 and located in Salt Lake City. In '52 he removed to Provo and in '66 went to Goshen, where he died. Mother still resides in Goshen. Father understood the Ute language and served as an interpreter, aiding the settlers in recovering much of their property stolen by Indians. He also acted as a drummer during the Black Hawk war. Young  Alexander graduated from the B. Y.  Academy at Provo in the class of '91, and came to Castle Dale the same year, taking charge of the Emery Stake Academy, as principal for three years, he then taught three years in the district schools and engaged in merchandising. Now owns a farm and is engaged in farming.  Is president of the Mammoth Canal company, superintendent of the Sunday-school and patriarch of the stake.  Was married in Salt Lake City in '81 to Millicent, daughter of Joseph and Dorothy Ferris. They have eight children: William A., Millicent, Jennie D., Leah Prine, Arthur E., Clara M., Annie Ley and Joseph L.

JEFFS, LORENZO, stock raiser, son of William and Emma, was born on the plains, September 14, 1856.  The family came to Utah and located at Manti. In '82 they came to Castle Dale, he now has a farm of about thirty acres and is engaged in the cattle business. He also owns a brickyard and has stock in the Mammoth canal. Is a member of the Seventies quorum. Was married in Fairview, September 13, 1883, to Harriet, daughter of John and Sarah Lanscott. They have had seven children, five of whom are living and two boys deceased.  Harriet. L., born March 7, 1888; A. Luella, October 7, 1889; Lorenzo, November 11, 1891; Stella, September 20, 1895 and Hazel E., May 21, 1898.

JENSEN, NIELS C. farmer and apiarist, son of Christian and Annie J, was born in Denmark .June 15, 1826. He joined the Mormon church in Denmark and came to Utah in '66, crossing the plains in an ox-train under Capt Reynolds, and located at Fountain Green. Took part in the Black Hawk war as a home guard. Served two years as water master in Fountain Green and was a shareholder in the Co-op store. Has been for many years a ward teacher. He did about ten years' missionary work in his native land before coming to Utah. Came to Castle Dale in '90 and has since been engaged in farming, and beekeeping. Was married in Denmark July 7, 1853, to Karen, daughter of Sire and Johannah Jensen, born February 13, 1838. They have had nine children: James C., Johannah, Andrew, Mary, Maria, John Y., Niels and Joseph, living; and Soren, deceased. John Y. is bishop of Castle Dale, being: ordained April 17, 1808, by Francis M. Lyman. Niels C. has forty-three grandchildren.

MILLER, RICHARD C., County Treasurer, son of Niels C. and Petrea, was born in Aalborg, Denmark November 14, 1854. He grew up in his native land and served seven months in the army before coining to the United States. In '78 he came to Utah and in '80 his parents located at Manti, where they now reside. He was engaged in Sanpete for several years as a farmer and shoemaker, and was married in Mt. Pleasant October 21, 1880, to Caroline Neilsen. She died August 21, 1892, leaving three children: Agnes, Dagma and Willard. Was married again in Manti Temple June 14, 1894, to Martine Jacobsen. In the fall of '84 he came to Castle Dale and engaged in farming. Now has a good farm of 100 acres. Was elected County Treasurer in '02 and re-elected twice, being a competent, capable and trustworthy man. He is connected with several important irrigation enterprises and an notice, energetic and industrious citizen, always intersted in the up building of his town and county.

OLSEN, HENNING, farmer and builder, was born in Denmark June 30, 1830. He joined the Mormon church in '57 and came to Utah in '61, locating at Spring City, where he resided for twenty-two years.  Came to Castle Dale in '74 and was bishop here for nearly fifteen years. He took part in the Indian wars while a resident of Sanpete and assisted in building the fort at Ephraim. Was the originator of the Mammoth Canal company and has been a prominent builder in Emery county. Among the buildings he constructed are the meeting-houses at Ferron, Huntington and Lawrence.  He owns about eighty acres of fine farming land and is engaged in farming and stock raising. Was married in '54 to Cecelia Justesen, who died, and he married Christine Mortenson, Martha Laney, O. Olsen and Maria Simmonson. He has ten living children:. Lewis, Henning, John, George, Mary, Amelia, Ebenezer, Abenedad, Seymour and Victor.

OLSEN, V. L., wool grower, son of Henning and Maria, was born in Spring City, Utah, February 27, 1875.  His parents emigrated from Denmark and were among the first settlers of Sanpete county. The family came to Castle Dale in '82 and now reside here. V. L.  has been engaged in wool growing since '94; now has a herd of 5,000 head, one-half being his own. Was married in Castle Dale August 17, 1897, to Maria, daughter of Soren and Maria Hansen, born in Fountain Green, Utah, September 19, 1877.

OLSON, OLE, liquor dealer, was born in Sweden March 4, 1864. He came to Utah in '69 and settled in Salt Lake City. In '70 he removed to Mt. Pleasant and remained there till '96, when he came to Castle Dale and entered into partnership with W. W. Brandon in the saloon business. They have a first-class place. He was engaged in the sheep industry while in Sanpete and is still a wool grower, and a promising young man.

PETERSEN, .JOHN, farmer, son of Michael and Serine, was born in Norway January 5, 1844. He came to Utah in  '55 with his mother, who resided in Spanish Fork for three years, then removed to Mt. Pleasant.  In '65 he was called to help settle Richfield and assisted in building the first canal in Sevier county. Was first counselor to the bishop of Annabella. The Indians drove out the settlers and he returned to Mt, Pleasant, where he lived a short time and went to Spring City. Took an active part in the Black Hawk war and was in the Fish lake engagement, a skirmish at Marysvale and wounded in the right arm and shoulder while in an encounter near Spring City. He came to Castle Dale in '87 and has since resided here. Was school teacher for five years. Is a member of the High Priests' quorum and a prominent man. Served as a missionary to Norway from '77 to '79.  Is a stockholder in the Mammoth Canal company. Was married in Mt. Pleasant March 7, 1861, to Emma Mortensen, born in Denmark March 7, 1844. She died at Annabella March 9, 1866, leaving eight children: Joel F., Sarah, Leoletta, Albert D., Charles O., Ernest W., James A. and Mary C. Was married again in '87 to Jane C., widow of James C. Snow, former president of Utah stake, in Sterling, Sanpete county. They have no children.

PETERSON, JAMES, farmer and merchant, son of Rasmus and Metta, was born in Denmark April 28, 1858. The family, consisting of father, mother and four children, came to Utah in '66 in Abner Lowry's company; both parents and a brother died of cholera before reaching Salt Lake City. The remainder of the family located in Mt. Pleasant and all died except James. He grew up in Mt. Pleasant and was married there October 16, 1879, to Annie E., daughter of Niels and Maria C. Johansen, born in Denmark January 13, 1860. They have had nine children: Elsina M., Annie J., Sephronia, Parley, Leo, Delbert, Vern and Myrtle, living; and James E., deceased. In '78 he came to Castle Dale and in October, 1879, brought his family here and located. He now owns a nice farm of 150 acres. He opened a general store in '94 and carries an assorted stock of well-selected merchandise. Is an active and enthusiastic church worker, being Sunday-school superintendent, a member of the High Council and of the stake board of education. He is an enterprising business man and interested in everything of benefit to the town and county.

REYNOLDS, FRANCIS M., farmer, son of Levi and  Hannah, was born in Mt. Pleasant, Utah, July 4, 1865. He grew up  there and learned the trade of a miller. In '86 he came to Castle Dale and engaged in milling, after one year becoming superintendent of the Eagle Flour mill, and ran it for six years. He has a farm of eighty acres. Is a member of the High Council, assistant superintendent, of Sunday-schools, a home missionary and an earnest and industrious citizen. Was married in Manti Temple to Diantha, daughter of Soren and Hannah Anderson, born .January 1, 1866. They have five children: Francis M, Rose H., Lillian, Elmer L. and Priel E.

SEELY, HON. ORANGE, son of Justus W. and Clarissa J., was born in Lee county, Iowa, February 20, 1843. The family removed to Council Bluffs in '46 and the following year reached Salt Lake City. Father went to California in '49 and became a pioneer in that State as well as in Utah. In '59 they settled in Mt. Pleasant. Orange grew up there as a farmer and took up thirteen acres of land, he was married in Mt. Pleasant, July 24, 1863, to Hannah, daughter of Hans and Chasty Olsen, a native of Sweden. They have had nine children: Emma J., Hannah, Orange, Sarah, Chasty, Henry A., Mary B. and Ethel, living, and David R., deceased.

He became interested in sheep and was about the first successful woolgrower in Mt. Pleasant, owning as high as 5000 head and at the same time conducting a farm and engaged in stock raising. Owned a third interest in the Twin Creek sawmill, the first one in Mt. Pleasant; was a part owner in the first steam sawmill, and interested in the Co-op store, tannery and all local enterprises. Was the first City Marshal and member of the Mt. Pleasant City Council many years; served six years as Selectman of Sanpete county, he was appointed bishop of the North ward of Mt. Pleasant, by President Brigham Young, and held that position four years. In '77 he was set apart as bishop of Castle valley ward, then comprising Carbon, Emery and Grand counties. He located the towns of Ferron, Castle Dale and Huntington. Served as bishop until '80, when he was appointed first counselor to the stake president. Was appointed Probate Judge of Emery by President Harrison, August 5,1892, and served four years. In '94 he was elected a member of the Legislative Assembly on the Republican ticket, and served in the upper House. He has held numerous local offices and been instrumental in establishing many enterprises. The Seely Bros, grist mill was erected by himself and brother. He owns fine farms in the county and is in every way a most representative and respected citizen.  During the Black Hawk war he served as Captain of Mt.  Pleasant cavalry and was in the Fish lake, Grass valley, Thistle valley and other engagements, having his horse wounded in one battle.

SEELY, JUSTUS W., son of Justus W. and Clarissa J., was born in Salt Lake City, June 25, 1850. The family move to Mt. Pleasant in '59, where he was raised to the occupation of farming. He married February 26, 1872, Anna E., daughter of William F. and Anna Hawley Reynolds, born in Pleasant Grove, Utah county, November 18, 1854. They had eleven children: Justus W., William .J., Clarissa E., James W., Hyrum, Joseph, Anna, Stella, Karl A. and Elnora, living; Orange M., deceased.

After his marriage Mr. Seely began life for himself as a stock raiser. In '77 he took his cattle, about seventy-five head, and 300 he had taken to herd, into Castle valley. In October, 1879, he moved his family to Castle Dale; on the way his first daughter was born on the mountain top. Mr. Seely is now extensively interested in sheep, owning about 4500 head; has a fine farm of 210 acres and one of the finest residences in town. He also owns the Eagle flouring mills, thirty-barrel capacity. In '80 he was elected County Commissioner on the People's ticket and twice re-elected. In '90 he joined the Republican party and has since been one of its active members, four years was chairman of the local club and has been a delegate to most of the State and county conventions. He has always taken an active part in educational matters and many years was a member of the state board of education and a liberal subscriber to the stake academy. His wife was thrown from a carriage November 18, 1895, and died the same day. He again married September 16, 1896, to Mary, daughter of James and Chasty Jorgensen, who was born in Mt. Pleasant, November 28, 1863. They have one child, Jennie.

SHIPP, MRS. S. J., postmaster, daughter of Ira and Mary A. McDonough, was born in Somerville, Miss., May 12, 1844. She resided in her native State throughout, the War of the Rebellion, then removed to Louisiana in '66. Later she came to Utah and located at Beaver, where in '73 she was married to Austin Shipp.  They lived in Beaver over twenty years, where he was a leading merchant and superintendent of the Co-op store, in '88 they came to Castle Dale and secured 160 acres of  land. He died May 5, 1894, leaving her with four living children: James, Alice, Kent and Nettie, and Eddie, deceased. She was appointed postmaster in '93 and has held the office ever since.

SORENSON, JACOB, was born in Denmark, November 8, 1854. He joined the Mormon church and came across the ocean in '80, on the steamer "Wisconsin." Located at. Fountain Green, where he served as mill-wright in the Phoenix mill for four years, he then removed to Provo, and after a residence of two years, came to Castle valley and settled at Ferron, removing later to Castle Dale, where he now resides, he owns a beautiful home and farm of about sixty acres, and is a mill-wright, builder and carpenter. Is proprietor of the Pioneer planing mills, stockholder in the Blue Cut and Mammoth canals and owner of an individual irrigation canal.  Was a ward teacher several years and president of the Elders quorum. Was married in July, 1875, to Matilda, daughter of Rasmus and Karen Peterson, born in Denmark. They have had thirteen children, eight of whom are living: Clara. Nina, Alfred, Emma, Elva, Blanche, Selma and Eva.

TOMANDER, DANIEL T., teacher, son of Peter and Ingra of Ephraim, was born November 28, 1870. His father took part in the Indian wars in Sanpete and Circle valley and was a prominent man in the early settling of Sanpete and Piute. D. T. was educated in the district schools and attended the B. Y. Academy two years, graduating in the class of '94. He came to Castle Dale in September, 1895, and has been engaged as a teacher since his arrival here. Is now building a fine residence in town, and farming about sixty acres of land, he is one of the counselors in the Y. M. M. I. A., assistant superintendent of the Sunday-school, stake tithing clerk and an energetic and promising young man. He is a shareholder in the Mammoth Canal company. Was married in the Salt Lake Temple, September 18, 1895, to Sarah Jane, daughter of Samuel and Isabella Aiken of Spring City. They have one child, Lucia Eulea, born July 19, l896.

WINTERS, WILLIAM P., M. D., druggist and merchant, son of Hyrum and Elizabeth, was born in Tooele county, April 24, 1869. The family removed to Mt. Pleasant when he was an infant and father is still living there, a well-known and prominent man.  William P. was brought up in Mt. Pleasant and came to Castle Dale, where he is doing a good business.