Sanpete County Utah Biographies

 

 

Davenport, Samuel
De Mill, Elias
Dyreng, P. P.
Felt, Nathaniel H.
Fox, Edward W.

Hall, John
Hall, Richard Sr.
Hansen, Jens J.
Hansen, P. O.
Hansen, Soren Christofferson
Hardy, Ernest V.
Henningsen, Rasmus
Henrie, Daniel
Henrie, Jerome B.
Hoggan, James W.
Hoggan, Thomas A.
Holm, Christian Petersen
Hosford, Edwin Thomas
Hosford, William Joseph
Hougaard, John H.

Manti Biographies

 

History of Sanpete
Published by W. H. Lever in 1898
Prominent Citizens of Manti

DAVENPORT, SAMUEL, farmer, son of James and Hannah Massey, was born in Lancashire, England, November 18, 1845. In 1861 he came to Utah, crossing the plains in an ox train, under Capt. Murdock. He learned the hatter's trade in Salt Lake City, and fol­lowed that for some time after coming to this city in 1864. He owns about 50 acres of land, besides one- fourth block and a comfortable home in Manti. During the Indian wars he took an active part in guarding. On December 23, 1870, he was married, in this city, to Sarah, daughter of Samuel and Phoebe Mackey, born in Penn­sylvania, March 17, 1850. They have had twelve children: Samuel, Edwin, Sarah J., wife of John Boyington; Ann, Joseph, James, Elizabeth, Alice, Ethel and Mi­randa, living; Mary E. and William, dead.

DE M1LL, ELIAS, of Manti, son of Freeborn and Annie (Knight), was born in Caldwell county, Mo., Janu­ary 12, 1838.   His parents joined the Mormon church about one year after it was founded, and were neighbors of Joseph Smith. The family were through the Mormon persecutions and lived in Jackson county, Kirkland and Nauvoo. Father helped build the Kirk­land and Nauvoo temples. In the spring of 1850 the parents, with their two sons and two daughters, started for Utah, and reached Manti late in the fall. They took up a. piece of land, and father was engaged in farming and church work till his death January 17, 1882; mother died July 17, 1880. The family endured all the priva­tions incident to pioneer life, and during the grasshopper plague saw many days when they had nothing but greens to eat. During the Indian troubles Elias took part and helped pursue the Indians after many of their raids. He has been engaged in farming, owning a nice farm near town. He married June 12, 1863, .Malvina, daughter of Cyrus and Catherine (Hulett) Winget, born in Nauvoo, Ill., December 11, 1843. Their children are Eiiza, Eliza­beth, Perintha, Monroe, Leroy and Edwin.  Mrs. De Mill's parents came to Utah in 1847 in Charles C. Rich's company. They started with their own team of four oxen; when they arrived in Salt Lake City they had one ox and a cow hitched together.

 

DYRENG, P. P., was born in the district of Hedemarken, Norway, June 19, 1857. His father, Peter B. Dyreng, who was a tailor by trade, was burned to death in a mill in the old country when Peter, Jr., was but a small boy.

At the age of sixteen years the subject of our sketch came to America and located at Manti. He followed various occupations for a livelihood until the organiza­tion of the Manti City Sayings Bank, when he became a stockholder in the institution and soon after he was ap­pointed assistant cashier and served in that capacity un­til the death of the cashier, Albert Tuttle, January 1, 1895, when he was promoted to the vacancy, which posi­tion he now holds.

Besides attending to his duties in the bank, Mr. Dyreng owns and manages a farm near Manti, has helped establish the Manti Coperatiye Roller Mills and is interested in various other enterprises which assist in building up the city and county. He was married in Salt Lake City in 1882 to Miss Maria Kjar, and six children were born to them, as follows: Lizzie, Lenore, Ray, Mabel, Ruby and Ivan.

Mr. Dyreng has held many offices of trust, among others being that of member of the City Council. He is an example of the poor boy rising by grit and perseverance to a position in the front rank, not only as a citizen, but as a business man.

 

FELT, NATHANIEL H, general merchant, son of Nathaniel H. and Mary (Pile), was born in Salt Lake City December 2, 1862, where he was educated and spent his boyhood. His father was one of the early cashiers of the Z. C. M. I. and many years member of the City Council. Harry, as he is known, went to Provo, opened a stationery store in 1880, which he kept for three or four years, and returned to Salt Lake City. In 1890 he came to Manti, purchasing an interest in the Sentinel, finally buying the plant and conducting the paper in company with Ward Stevenson and Hial G. Bradford. He sold out to his partners and opened his present place of business, where he carries an excellent stock of fancy and staple groceries and notions. He is a member of the A. O. U. W. and a genial business man. In company with John Giles, he has constructed a fine opera house in the rear of his place of business. He was married in Logan, December 2, 1887, to Elvira Clark, daughter of Thomas B. and Sarah, a native of Provo. They have four children: Harold, Thomas B., Venice and Roger.

 

FOX, EDWARD W for fourteen years was County Surveyor, born in the village of Philadelphia, Jefferson county, N. Y., August 1st, 1833. His father was a carpenter and joined the Mormon Church early in the forties, and the family moved to Nauvoo in 1844, where both parents died in 1845. Edward went with his uncle, Jesse W., to his birthplace, where he received a common school education. In 1848, his uncle came to Salt Lake City, and Edward followed the same year, driving an ox team in George A. Smith's company of fifty wagons. He learned surveying under the tutorship of his uncle, and in Salt Lake City, under Gen. David H. Burr, the first U. S. Surveyor-General for Utah. In the fall of 1850 he came to Manti, and in 1851 went to Mount Pleasant and engaged as sawyer in the Hambleton, Potter & Lowry sawmill, where he remained about two years, thence to Salt Lake, and herded cattle in Idaho on the Bannock river. Afterwards attended school in Salt Lake, taught by George Monsley; studied survey­ing, and then came to Manti. His uncle, Jesse W., did the first surveying in Manti and laid off the city one mile square, and taught school there the winter of 1850; he died in Salt Lake City in 1894.

Edward was elected County Surveyor the fall after his return, and was the first Surveyor of Sanpete, which office he held for fourteen years; was also Assessor and Collector for the county; was member of the City Council 1861, '62, 1871 '72; was City Treasurer one term. Was Internal Revenue Collector for this district about eight years; postmaster of Manti about eight years. Was as­sociated with L. T. Tuttle in general merchandising, opening the first general store in Manti; afterwards sold out to the Co-op; was also associated with R. L. Bybee a short time in general merchandise. He and Mr. Bybee took a contract to grade about one mile of the Salina branch of the R. G. W. R. R. in Salina canyon. They also graded about three miles on the Buck Horn Flat in Castle Valley.

He is one of the stockholders of the new Union Rol­ler mill in Manti. He married in Manti July 4, 1860, Belle Peacock, daughter of Hon. George, and his wife Sarah; by her he had ten children, Edward W., George D., Hellen, Jesse W, Belle, Zella, lone, Leslie, Clinton and Harrison. Mr. Fox was actively engaged in the In­dian wars and was a Colonel of Infantry. He carries on farming, has a fine farm of sixty acres near Manti and has a good home. Is quiet and unassuming, though a man of weight in his sphere, and has proven himself true to his honest convictions and enjoys the esteem of his associates.

 

HALL, JOHN, farmer, stock-raiser and wool-grower, son of Richard, Sr., and Ann Bordley, was born in  Yorkshire, England, November 22, 1839 The fami­ly came to the United States in 1850 and located at St. Louis, Mo., where his father, who was a stonecutter, owned and operated a. quarry. His parents united with the Mormons and came to Utah, stopping at. Provo in 1852, and Manti in 1851. He was fond of teaming, and made three trips to the Missouri river for merchandise and emigrants, besides freighting to the mining towns of Utah and Nevada. He took an active part in the Black Hawk war, and has carried on farming, stock-raising and wool-growing. Owns a nice 50-acre farm, a residence in the city, is a stockholder in the Central Wool Co., and has about 2500 sheep. Served as Deputy City Collector and Treasurer for eight years, Deputy County Collector twelve years, and Deputy Assessor ten years.

His wife was Almira, daughter of John H. and Sabla A. Tuttle, born in Garden Grove, Iowa, November 26, 1847. They were married in Salt Lake City, December 1, 1866, and have had twelve children, Sabra A., wife of Andrew H. Miller, Myra, wife of Nephi Bessey, Mary, John H., Luther T., married to Lilly M. Barton, William T., Wellington L., Fred M., Clara T., living, Elizabeth E., Edna G. and Richard L., deceased.

 

HALL, RICHARD, SR., of Manti, was born in Yorkshire, England, near Wakefield, August 10, 1817. He learned the trade of stone cutting from his father and followed it many years in England. He mar­ried Ann Boardler, and two of their children are now living in Manti, John and Richard, Jr. He joined the Mormon Church about 1840 and in 1849 started for Utah. They stopped two years in St. Louis, where his wife died. In 1851 he again started for Utah, and on the way he married and buried his second wife, Eliza Brooks. He located in Provo about two years and in 1853 came to Manti, where for many years he followed his trade of builder. He helped build the fort walls and many of the stone buildings of the city, including the Co-op store and the large meeting house. He helped on the construction of the two magnificent temples at St. George and Manti. Mr. Hall, John Crawford and N. Beach built the first sawmill at Manti, located in Manti canyon. He passed through all the hardships incident to early life, includ­ing the Indian wars and the grasshopper plague. He has a, splendid farm adjoining the city on the north, where he lives in a. large old stone house. Mr. Hall, although past 80 years of age, is quite active, and in the many years of his residence in Manti he has built up a reputa­tion for truth and honorable dealings that will stand as a monument long after he has passed from the scene of action. Mr. Hall married again after coming to Salt Lake, a. Miss Sarah Bell, who died in Manti in 1896. He again married in Manti to Catherine Jack. They have seven children, Joseph, Mary, William, Catherine B., Thomas D., James and Jessie.

 

HANSEN, JENS J., wagon-maker, Manti, son of Jens and Charlotte (Peterson) Hansen, was born in Manti  June 19, 1863. The parents came to Manti in 1853 with the first Scandinavian emigrants. There is in the family three sons and five daughters, all living in Manti except one son, in Emery County. The father died No­vember 30, 1884, mother still living in Manti. Our subject was raised to farm work and when 22 years of age he learned his trade under P. P. Rathkey. May 1, 1804, he opened a shop of his own on Main street, where he does a general repairing business and manufactures pack saddles, he owns, in company with his brother Joseph, the old homestead of thirty-eight acres. For five years he was county district poundkeeper. He was married in Manti May 30, 1888, to Johannah J., daughter of William B. and Johannah (Hougaard) Richey. Their children are Margaret Ann, William J., Jay, Lola and Joseph W.

 

HANSEN, P. O., deceased, was born in Copenhagen,  Denmark, June 11, 1818. He grew up there and was educated in the public schools, and in 1847 came to Utah in Capt. Kimball's company. In 1850 he was sent to Denmark, as the first Mormon missionary, Erastus Snow soon following. He labored there six years, and translated the Book of Mormon into the Dan­ish language. He made many converts, and was instru­mental in bringing many to Utah, being the president of three large companies of emigrants, the first containing 900 persons. He spent 11 years, in three missions, in laboring for the church. In 1858 he came to Sanpete and resided in Manti, Fairview, Mt. Pleasant and Rich­field, and died at Manti, August 9, 1895.

 

HANSEN, SOREN CHRISTOFFERSON, deceased,  was one of the representative citizens of Manti. He was born in Denmark, March 5, 1819. In 1856 he came to Utah and located at Brigham City. In 1858 he came to Ephraim, this county, but was called on a mis­sion to his native land, and labored there for the good of his church from April, 1869, till October, 1862. He then located in Manti, and in 1863 bought a grist mill, which he ran many years. In 1864 he built a. carding mill, which is still running. During the Black Hawk war he took his part with the citizens and lost a large number of cat­tle.

He married in Salt Lake City in November, 1861 Anne B., daughter of Christian P. and Maria S. (Waas) Steck, born in Denmark, January 8, 1840. Their children are Hans S., Christina, wife of J. M. Sjodahl of the edito­rial staff of the Evening News, Salt Lake, Serena, wife of J. L. Miller, Enoch, Nettie, William. Mrs. Hansen has two children by a former marriage, Nels Jensen and Maria, wife of H. W. Ramlose. Mr. Hansen was a promi­nent man, and one of the heaviest taxpayers in the coun­ty. He was counsellor to Bishop Jensen seventeen years, and three times went on a mission to Denmark. He died in Manti December 29, 1894.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HARDY, ERNEST V., merchant, Justice of the Peace  and manager Deseret Telegraph Company at Manti son of Augustus P. and Elizabeth Capener, was born in Virgin City, Utah, December 4, 1862. His father was one of the first settlers of Washington County, an Indian missionary, and is a prominent business man. His grandparents are living .in Washington County; grandfather 91 years and grandmother 92 years of age. At the age of 12 he entered the employ of Woolley, Lund & Judd and worked for them twenty years, also learned telegraphy. Was one of the incorporators of the Laverkin Fruit and Nursery Company and the Rio Virgin Canal Company. He is a member of the A. O. U. W., being financier of the lodge for three years; was ap­pointed Justice of the Peace in June, 1897, and is operator for the Deseret Telegraph Company. He has a fine stock of dry goods and gents' furnishings, and is a suc­cessful business man.

His wife was Louisa C., daughter of Moses F. and Elizabeth J. Farnsworth, born June 8, 1865. They were married in St. George September 25, 1884. She died in Manti September 19, 1896, leaving three children:-- Louisa, born May 10, 1886; Ernest V., September 5, 1888, and Frank A., April 21, 1891. July 24, 1897, he mar­ried Alice Tennant Cox.

 

HENNINGSEN, RASMUS, harness maker, son of Hen­ning and Karen, was born in Denmark, October 29, 1822. At the age of 15 he learned the trade of harness maker, which he has followed since, with the exception of six years, during the war between Germany and Denmark. He served in the artillery and was in eleven heavy engagements. Joined the Mormon Church, June 3, 1860, and for twelve years was president of a branch, baptizing 22 converts himself. In 1875 he came to Manti, working at his trade 11 years with Lars C. Kjar. In March, 1896, he opened his present shop, where he manufactures harness and does general repair­ing, employing one man. Has been a ward teacher ever since coming to Manti, and is a member of the High Priests' quorum. Was married in Denmark, June 22, 1851, to Katrina Hansen. They have had six children: Paulina, Christian and Maria, living; Katrina, Christian and Richard, deceased. Second wife was Petrea Peter­son, married in St. George temple, May 11, 1877. She has had seven children: Karen, Eliza, Erastus, Joseph, Martha and Petrea, living; Peter, deceased.

 

HENRIE, DANIEL, retired farmer, of Manti, was born on the 15th of November, 1825, in Hamilton County, Ohio, son of William and Myra (Mayall) Henrie. His father had a sawmill and grist mill there  He was a native of Virginia, and with his wife joined the Mormon church about 1841. In 1842 the family moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, where Daniel, through hearing Joseph Smith preach, joined the church in 1843, and was baptized in the Mississippi river. July 16, 1846, he enlisted in the Mormon Battalion, Company D, Nelson Higgins, captain, he did faithful service for his country in that memora­ble Mexican war and was discharged in California July 16, 1847, when all the battalion were mustered out of service at Los Angeles. Mr. Henrie made his way to Utah in 1849, where the family had already emigrated, his father being a pioneer in the fifth ten, though the family did not come until the next year (1848) and set­tled just north of Salt Lake City. The family then were four sons and one daughter; all are now living. The father followed the business of millwright and sawyer many years and died, aged 85, in Bountiful. The mother died in her 90th year.

He served in the Walker and Black Hawk wars; was commissioned by Governor Durkee captain of Company A, Infantry First Battalion. Second Regiment Nauvoo Legion. Was Sheriff of the county one year, City Treasurer three years, senior president of the Forty-eighth quorum of Seventies for about thirty-five years.

Daniel was married in Salt Lake City by Brigham Young October 29, 1849, to Amanda Bradley, daughter of Thomas J. and Betsey (Kroll) Bradley. In March, 1850, they came to .Manti on a visit and were caught in a. snowstorm and the last thirty-five miles Mr. Henrie and Mrs. Henrie's brother Jerome hauled her on a hand sled. By this wife he had fourteen children, all born in Manti except the first, viz.: Mary A., Myra E., Susan L., Daniel, Diantha, James, Jerome B., William, Melinda E., Margaret E., Luna A., Thomas J., Jedidiah and Loren, the last three are deceased. He also married a second wife, Susan, daughter of Ellis and Elizabeth Coleman, by whom he had twelve children, all born in Manti, of which Joseph T" Rachel, Arthur, Samuel, Cora and Ellis are living.

Uncle Daniel, as he is familiarly called, endured ail the privations and trials incident to pioneer life, but he still survives, a stalwart for truth and honesty, immovable in his honest convictions and a man always to be relied upon.

 

HENRIE, JEROME B., farmer, son of Daniel and Amanda, was born in Manti November 25, 1860. He was brought up on a farm and owns sixty-five acres. Was for many years engaged in freighting farm produce to the mining camps of Utah and Nevada. About 1888, in company with Hans Larsen, he built a sawmill in Six-.Mile canyon, where he was engaged in getting out timber from the mountains till 1896. Was married in Manti March 27, 1889, to Mary C.. daughter of Peter and Anne Madsen Westonskow, born in Manti, November 3, 1868. She had three children: Jerome, Calvin H. and Harold, all deceased. Wife died February 10, 1892, he was married again March 7, 1893, to Thea, daughter of Thomas S. and Martha Lund, born in Salem, Utah, April 13, 1870.  They have two children: Alphonso and Irven L.

 

HOGGAN, JAMES W., merchant, was born in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, February 25, 1854.  The family came to Salt Lake City in 1863, where his father engaged in stone quarrying and was killed in the quarries near Fort Douglas June 29, 1871. His mother died in Salt Lake City February 3, 1895. At the age of 17 he took his father's business and filled con­tracts for stone, then engaged as teamster for five years. In 1877 he came to Manti and engaged in lumbering, afterwards as a contractor in building Utah Southern and Rio Grande Western railroad. About 1885 he purchased the Manti steam sawmill, which he run for five years, when a fire consumed all he had, about $10,­000. Inside of two days he had secured an extensive contract on the Rio Grande Western railroad and set men and teams to work. He and his brother William established the present business in 1892, he purchased his brother's interest in January, 1895, and has a suc­cessful trade in general merchandise. He is also en­gaged in wool-growing, having about 5000 sheep. Is a stockholder in the Manti City Savings Bank and Cen­tral Utah Wool Company, assisting in the organization of both. Is a. member of the I. O. O. F. Mr. Hoggan is an energetic, enterprising business man and ranks high among the merchants of the county. His wife was Sarah, daughter of John and Ann Davis Rosser. They were married in Salt Lake City January 11, 1883, and have six children:--Walter J., Louise S., Rosser J., Isa­belle, Nellie J. and William M.

 

 

 

 

 

HOGGAN, THOMAS A., of Manti, is a dealer in general merchandise. Mr. Hoggan is a native of Iowa  and came to Manti in 1879. After his arrival here he worked at his trade of carpenter, also was engaged in wool-growing. In 1895 he began in the mercantile busi­ness and by strict attention to business has made a suc­cess of it. He carries one of the best selected stocks of goods found in Manti, consisting of dry goods, groceries, shoes, crockery, tinware, etc.

 

HOLM, CHRISTIAN PETERSEN, farmer, was born in Denmark May 27, 1840. He was raised on a farm, joined the Mormon Church in 1862 and in 1864 came to Utah, driving an ox team loaded with merchan­dise to Salt Lake City, resided in Ephraim one year, and in 1865 came to Manti, where he worked at anything he could get to do until he was able to buy a farm, he now owns fifty acres. Took part in the Black Hawk war, do­ing his share in guarding and chasing the Indians. For many years he has been president of the Elders' quorum and is an enthusiastic worker in the church. He was married in Manti to Bertha. M. Christiansen, who died, leaving one child, Christian P. Again married to Helena M. Nielsen. They have six children: Helena M., Neils C., Caroline M., Mary C., Charles A. and Henry M.

 

HOSFORD, EDWIN THOMAS, M. D., son of John S.  and Jane S., was born in London, England, January 10, 1868. He studied in the Woodgrange Col­lege, and at the age of 18 years held three diplomas from the College of Preceptors, and one from the Society of Apothecaries, London,  he registered as medical student in London. During the summer vacations he continued his studies in the office of Dr. John Reeks.

In the fall of 1887, he, with his brother, Dr. William J. Hosford, purchased the practice of Dr. St. John of Manti, and in company with their mother, they left Lon­don for Utah, where they have since resided.  In 1892-93 he took a. course at the Keokuk Medical College, Iowa, giving especial study to the diseases of women and chil­dren, and received the degree of M. D. from there on March 7, 1893. He is a fraternal man, being a Past Grand of Temple City Lodge No. 23, 1. O. O. F.; also treasurer of Unity Forum No. 1319, H. F. B. O. He is also a member of the A. O. F. He is surgeon to the S. P. V. Railway, and also medical,, examiner for all the lead­ing life insurance companies. He was married on Janu­ary 30, 1889, to Ethella. C., daughter of Hon. Luther T. and Lola A. Tuttle, who was born in Manti, May 10, 1870. They have four children, Albert E., Jennie L., Winnifred C. and Leo W.

 

HOSFORD, WILLIAM JOSEPH, M. D., son of John S. and Jane S., was born in London, England, September 6, 1865. From his youth up he was engaged in preparing for the medical profession. Com­mencing his literary studies at the early age of seven years, at the age of 15 he passed his examination in Arts at the Society of Apothecaries, London, Eng., being the youngest person to do so. He entered on his medical studies at the London Hospital, Whitechapel Road, London, Eng., and receiving his certificate from there, also taking his examination at the Apothecaries Hall in 1887 and receiving a license from there. He served as a volunteer assistant surgeon during the war and cam­paign in Egypt. He also took charge of his uncle's prac­tice at Stratford, Essex, while studying at the hospital. In the fall of 1887 he, with his brother, Dr. E. T. Hosford, purchased the practice of Dr. St. John of Manti and left London for Utah, their mother accompanying them, August 1, 1887. They have since resided here. In the years of 1889-90 he again took a course at the University of Colorado, studying diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat as a specialty, receiving the degree of M. D. from that institution in May, 1890. Dr. Hosford is an enthusiastic member of fraternal societies, being a member of the F. A. M., I. O. O. F. in all its branches, being Past Grand and District Deputy Grand Master and Past Chief Patriarch, and in conjunction with two other members, being the pioneer of Odd Fellowship in Southern Utah. He is also a member of the A. O. F. and H. F. B. O. He is Medical Examiner for all the leading life insurance companies and surgeon for the Rio Grande Western and Sanpete Valley railroads. Was also Quarantine Physician for Manti City. He married on July 23, 1890, Lillie B., daughter of Hon. L. T. and Lola A. Tuttle, born in Manti, October 3rd, 1867. They have four children, Kathleen L., Frederic W., Eileen A. and Erma B.

 

 

HOUGAARD, HON. JOHN H., Surveyor of Sanpete County, is the son of Rasmus H. and Magdalene  Hougaard, and was born on the island of Falster, Denmark, November 10, 1842. His boyhood days were spent on a farm. The family were converted to the Mor­mon faith in their native land, and emigrated to Utah in the fall of 1862, settling in Manti. The family consisted of three sons and three daughters. The father was a very zealous member of the church and spent most of his comfortable fortune in the cause. He brought sixty- five persons from Denmark to Utah besides his own fam­ily, at his private expense. The parents both died in Manti, the father, February 27, 1875, and the mother, February 19, 1881.

Our subject studied the English lan­guage before coming to this country, and after his arrival here studied in the Union Academy of Salt Lake, afterward merged into the Deseret University. He also studied surveying, photography and telegraphy. He was the first telegraph operator in Manti, which occupation he followed two years, when he returned to his natiye land on a. mission leaving here in the spring of 1869, and working for the good of the church until the fall of 1870. Upon his return he followed the business of a traveling photographer two years in southern Utah. He then entered the office of county surveyor as deputy and served three years when he received another call and went to southern Colorado as surveyor for the church. He located and platted the two towns of Ephraim and Manassa, beside doing considerable surveying on canals and ditches to irrigate the new settlement. On his re­turn to Manti he was in 1880 elected to the office of county surveyor which he has since filled, excepting two years. He is assisted by his son, John A., who is also deputy county recorder and deputy postmaster. Mr. Hougaard is manager and a large stockholder in the Manti Union flouring mills, and is also a, stockholder in the Co-op store, and the Manti City Savings Bank. He was interested in the first grist mill built, in Mayfield. He is also interested in wool-growing, having a band of about 1000 head of sheep. He is a charter member and was the first past master of Manti Lodge No. 23, A. O. U. W  He was mayor of Manti four years, and member of the City Council six years. Mr. Hougaard is an enterprising, energetic citizen of the kind which help to build up a. town, and is highly esteemed by his fellow townsmen, who look. upon him as a leader in enterprises of mer­it.

He married in Manti, .May 11, 1869, to Petrea, daugh­ter of Andrew C. and Dorthea Petersen, born in Jylland, Denmark, May 30, 1852. Their children are as follows: John H., Jr., born December 15, 1871, died January 3, 1872; Magdalene Dorthea, born April 28, 1873, died No­vember 7, 1879; Rosetta Petrea, born July 22, 1875, died February 18, 1894; John A., born July 24, 1877; Magnola, born July 7, 1880; Blanche, born January 18, 1883; Clara Bell, born March 12, 1885; Ralph, born February 18, 1887; Anthon, born October 4, 1889; Vera, born Novem­ber 4, 1894.

 

 

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