NATHANIEL H. FELT, Jr.

Nathaniel H. Felt. Jr., is the postmaster of Manti and is a conservative business man who in addition to the duties of his office owns and manages the Savoy Hotel, a leading hostelry of Manti. He was born in Salt Lake City, December 2. 1860, a son of Nathaniel H. and Mary (Pile) Felt. The father was born in Salem, Massachusetts, and arrived in Utah in the early '60s. The mother was a native of Bath, England, and came to this state about the same time as her future husband. The other children of .Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel H. Felt, Sr., are as follows: Joseph; Nathaniel Preston; John; Albert; Edward; George; Charles B.; David P.; Maggie; Ida; Mary, who was called Minnie; Henrietta and Adelia. All of the sons are living with the exception of Joseph, John and Nathaniel Preston, who died in infancy. Of the sisters Mary and Henrietta are deceased.  The father was quite active in community affairs and filled various positions of public honor and trust in Salt Lake City for a number of years. He was long connected with the clerical department of Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution. 

Nathaniel H. Felt. Jr., supplemented a common school education by a university course and afterward spent seven years in the employ of William J. Silver, working as a machinist. This was during his young manhood in Salt Lake City. In 1877, in connection with his brother, David P., he removed to Provo, where he opened a book and stationery store, remaining in active business there until 1890. In the latter year he came to Manti and embarked in the publishing business, in which he continued for three years. He then resumed merchandising and was connected with commercial pursuits until appointed to the position of postmaster of Manti in June, 1914. He is a democrat in his political views and recognition of his fidelity to his party and his capability for the office led to his present appointment. He also retains business connections with Manti as the owner and manager of the Savoy Hotel, which he has made very popular with the traveling public, putting forth every effort to please his patrons.  As postmaster, too, he has made a most creditable record, being prompt and faithful in the discharge of the duties of his position and rendering most courteous treatment to the patrons of the office.

In Provo, in 1888, Mr. Felt was united in marriage to Miss Mary Elvira Clark, who was there born in 1871, a daughter of Thomas B. and Sarah (Neal) Clark, the former a native of England, while the latter was born in Kentucky. Coming to the new world, her father made his way to Salt Lake in pioneer times and afterward removed to Provo, where the birth of Mrs. Felt occurred. By her marriage she has become the mother of five sons and five daughters. Harold, who was born in Manti and is now twenty-seven years of age, married Retta Deaton. F. B. was born in Manti about twenty-five years ago, married Marion Squam. Roger M. is twenty-one years of age. Albert W. was born in 1913 and Charles E. was born in 1915. Venice, who is twenty-three years of age, is the wife of Rodney L. Anderson, by whom she has two living children, a daughter, Maxine, and a son, Adell, while one son died in infancy. Luson E., nineteen years of age, is the wife of La Var Christensen and they have a baby daughter, born in Monita.  Rhea, Beth and Lygea, aged respectively seventeen, fourteen and ten years of age complete the family. All of the children were born in Manti excepting Luson, who was born in Provo.

Like his father, Mr. Felt has also remained active in the work of the church and filled a mission for the church to the southern states, where he remained for two years, returning about 1905. His business activity and his devotion to the general welfare have brought him prominently before the public and all who know him speak of him in terms of warm regard.

NEPHI GLEDHILL.

Nephi Gledhill, an alert and enterprising business man of Gunnison, where he is engaged in the grocery trade, was born in Oldham, Lancastershire, England, December 13, 1853, his parents being James and Mary (Buckley) Gledhill. The father came to Utah in 1867 and afterward sent for his wife and two sons, establishing the family home at Provo. He was a painter and decorator and painted what is now known as the old tabernacle of Provo. He was president of his branch of the church while in England and was known as "the Curious" because of a song which he composed. His wife died in Provo and he afterward removed to Gunnison to live with his children but has now passed away.

Nephi Gledhill began his education in the public schools of his native country and continued his studies in the common schools of Gunnison, while later he pursued a course in the State University. During the early period of his residence in Gunnison he engaged in teaching but later turned to commercial and other pursuits. In 1880 he clerked in the Cooperative Store and for eight years he worked on the Manti Temple.  He also followed railroading and various other lines of work for several years. In 1870 he took up his abode at Gunnison, where he has always held interests, and in 1898 he opened a notary and conveyance office. In 1900 he purchased the Gunnison Gazette, which he conducted continuously until May, 1919. He had purchased the Modern Market & Grocery in 1918 and after selling his paper concentrated his efforts upon the development and growth of the grocery trade. He is now the owner of an excellent store, carrying an attractive line of staple and fancy groceries, and his annual sales reach a large figure. He is also a stockholder in the Gunnison Valley Sugar Company and in the Gunnison Irrigation Company.

In Gunnison, in January, 1877, Mr. Gledhill was married to Miss Sarah Jane Caldwell, a daughter of John and Elizabeth Caldwell, who came to Utah in early days. Her father was accidentally killed in Echo canyon while employed by the railroad in 1868.  The death of Mrs. Gledhill was occasioned by a fall from a ladder in 1905. In May, 1907, Mr. Gledhill was again married, his second union being with Anna Christensen, a daughter of John and Johannah Christensen, who came to Utah in early days, establishing their home at American Fork but afterward removing to Gunnison. The father was a successful farmer and was very active in church work. He died in 1903 but the mother is still living. The children of Mr. Gledhill's first marriage are: Leo Nephi.  William J., Amelia Jane, Luella, Sylvia, Edna and Carlyle. There is one child of the second marriage, Alice Johannah.

Mr. Gledhill is identified with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and from 1907 until 1909 filled a mission to England, where he was traveling elder. He is now clerk of Gunnison ward and has filled several other offices in the church, doing everything in his power to advance the interests and promote the up building of the organization.  Voting with the republican party, Mr. Gledhill strongly endorses its principles and for a number of years he served as city recorder. His activities, however, have been chiefly directed along business lines and for the benefit of the church.

PETER GREAVES.

The business interests of Ephraim have found stimulus in the cooperation of Peter Greaves, whose enterprise and business ability have been manifest along various lines.  He was born in Ephraim. September 17. 1859, and is a son of Peter and Elizabeth (Motley) Greaves. The father was a native of New Jersey, born August 26, 1837, and in 1852 he came to Utah, settling at Provo, where he resided for four years, removing to Ephraim in 1856. There he followed farming and carpentering and soon took up the business of buying and selling farm produce and grain. He became president of the firm of C. Andrews & Company of Nephi and did an extensive business in handling wool, hides and grain. He also had other business investments and his activities were an element in the material development and prosperous up building of the district in which he lived and labored. He also left the impress of his powers upon the state legislature, to which he was called by popular suffrage in 1891. He likewise filled other positions of honor and trust and at his death left to his family an untarnished name.

Peter Greaves of this review obtained a common school education in Ephraim and also attended the University of Deseret for two years. In early manhood he took up the profession of teaching, which he followed altogether for fourteen years, proving an able educator by the readiness with which he imparted knowledge to others and held the interest and attention of his pupils. While thus engaged he also began handling farm implements and in 1895 entered mercantile circles, continuing active as a merchant until 1900. He then became a dealer in hay and grain and at present is engaged in farming and stock raising, being a well known and successful representative of agricultural interests in Sanpete county. He likewise maintains a coal agency, in which connection he has developed a business of gratifying proportions, and moreover he is a stockholder in the Bank of Ephraim, in the Ephraim Sanitary Canning Company and in the People's Sugar Company of Moroni. Whatever he undertakes he carries forward to successful completion, for in his vocabulary there is no such word as fail.

On the 9th of October, 1882, in Salt Lake City, Mr. Greaves was united in marriage to Miss Katherine Folster, a daughter of Jens C. and Sena (Mortensen) Folster, both of whom were natives of Denmark, whence they emigrated to the United States, settling at Pleasant Grove, Utah, in 1861. Five years later they removed to Salina but were soon afterward driven out by the Indians and then took up their abode at Ephraim, where they spent the remainder of their lives. To Mr. and Mrs. Greaves have been born eight children, as follows: Reuel M., a civil and mining engineer, who was born at Ephraim, July 13, 1883, and married Edith Thorpe; Hazel E., who was born April 23, 1886, and is now the wife of Nels G. Hall, by whom she has two children; Gescul J., whose birth occurred August 25, 1888, and who wedded Katherine Olsen, by whom he has four children; Grover P., who was born February 25, 1891, and married Bertha Cutler, by whom he has one child; Amy I., who was born February 17, 1896, and is now the wife of John C. Rebholz; Sheldon W., whose natal day was May 3, 1899; Philip V., born July 24, 1904; and Halbert S., whose birth occurred October 19, 1907. All were born at Ephraim.

Fraternally Mr. Greaves is connected with the Woodmen of the World and religiously with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His political faith is that of the democratic party and in 1883 he was called to the office of city recorder, in which position he served continuously for eight years. He was likewise a member of the city council for six years and during eight years filled the position of county superintendent of schools in Sanpete county. He has discharged his public duties with the same thoroughness and capability with which he has met his business interests and obligations.  He has been very successful in many lines of business and he and his father have made the name of Greaves a potent force in business circles in Ephraim through a period of sixty-three years. His sterling traits of character have gained for him many friends and he is most widely and favorably known in Sanpete county and Utah.

JOHN GUNDERSON.

John Gunderson, residing in Mount Pleasant, is interested in farming, in the sheep industry and in stock raising and he has most wisely and carefully conducted his affairs, so that he has won a substantial measure of success. He was born in Mount Pleasant August 20, 1875, a son of Erick and Caroline (Olsen) Gunderson, both of whom were natives of Norway, the father having been born on the 27th of August, 1830, while the mother's birth occurred June 3, 1837. Each crossed the Atlantic in early life and came to Utah with different handcart companies. It was in 1855 that Erick Gunderson made the trip and first settled in Salt Lake but the following year removed to Spanish Fork and in 1859 was called upon to assist in settling Mount Pleasant. He was therefore one of the pioneers, his name being engraved on the monument which was erected in 1909 in honor of the first settlers. He also participated in the Indian wars, aiding in defending the white people against the attacks of the red men. He was a carpenter by trade and was in charge of the erection of the Mormon church buildings in Mount Pleasant, together with other public buildings, and as a finisher did special work on three of the four temples at Salt Lake, Manti and St. George. It was also in 1855 that Mrs. Caroline Gunderson came to Utah. She was then a girl of sixteen years and she, too, traveled with a handcart company in charge of Captain Kanute Peterson, who was afterwards president of the Sanpete stake. She pulled a handcart and her mother, who was blind, aided by pushing the cart. The trip was a very trying one and she, as well as her husband, experienced all of the hardships and privations of pioneer life. She was married in Salt Lake City in 1857 by President Young and by her marriage she became the mother of the following named: Lurine, who was born September 6, 1858, and died December 28, 1861, at Spanish Fork; Marie Elizabeth, who was born February 17, 1861, and died April 21, 1862; Erick, who was born September 18, 1862, and married Cecilia Francen, by whom he has five children; Henry Olaf, who was born April 25, 1863, and died in Aspen, Colorado, November 23, 1885; Gunner Antone, who was born October 15, 1865, and wedded Amanda Beckstrom, by whom he had four children, two of whom are deceased; Caroline Cecelia, who was born November 5, 1867, and died October 12, 1868; Andreas Lars, who was born November 4, 1869, and married Sadie Nelson, their children being seven in number; J. E., who was born September 26, 1871, and married Clara Gee, who died leaving five children; Carlos, who was born July 15, 1873, and married Capitola Groesbeck, by whom he had eight children, of whom one is deceased; John, of this review; and Nephi, who was born November 23, 1888, and married Marie Hanson. They are parents of six children who are living and have also lost one child. 

Reared under the parental roof, John Gunderson pursued his education in the public schools of Mount Pleasant and after his textbooks were put aside took up the occupation of farming, which he followed for several years. He then extended the scope of his activities to include sheep raising and stock raising and has remained active along those lines to the present time. He is today one of the successful agriculturists and sheep and stock raisers of this section of the state. He specializes in sheep and he has several ranges, affording valuable pasturage for his flocks. He is also the owner of several good farms and he has made investment in stock in the Peoples Sugar Company of Moroni, Utah, and various other safe investments. He is a man of sound business judgment and enterprise and his success is the direct result of well defined labor, intelligently directed.

On the 18th of October, 1897, in Mount Pleasant, Mr. Gunderson was married to Miss Rhea Brotherson, a daughter of Hans and Rakie (Jensen) Brotherson, who were natives of Denmark and at an early day came to Utah, crossing the plains with ox teams. The father followed farming and stock raising until his death, which occurred in Mount Pleasant in 1900. The mother is still living. They had fourteen children who survive and one other died at the age of forty-three years. Twelve of the fourteen children are married. To Mr. and Mrs. John Gunderson of this review have been born six children, namely: John Douglas, who was born January 18, 1899; Shirley Hans, born May 8, 1901; Glen B., March 21, 1903; Reed, February 18, 1908; Shila B., April 12, 1910; and Ivan A., January 27, 1912. The children are all natives of Mount Pleasant.  Mr. Gunderson and his family are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In politics he is a republican, interested in the success of the party and doing all in his power to promote its growth and secure the adoption of its principles.  In the fall of 1916 he was elected a member of the city council and entered upon the duties of the office January 1, 1917, for a four years' term. He is a very progressive man but modest and unassuming, his well spent life, however, finding expression in his valuable property and good investments.

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