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Utah Since Statehood
Author is Noble Warrum - 1919
CHARLES S. HANSEN.
Charles S. Hansen, a progressive farmer living in Centerfield, Sanpete county, was there born March 20, 1891, a son of Peter C. and Christina (Madsen) Hansen, who were natives of Denmark. They became early settlers of Centerfield and the father, who had learned and followed the baker's trade in his native country, turned his attention to farming in Utah, winning substantial success as the years passed. He died in 1911 but his widow is still living in Centerfield.
Charles S. Hansen, spending his youthful days under the parental roof, acquired a public school education and then took up the occupation to which he was reared and which he has always followed. He now has an excellent farm property, owning valuable and highly productive land on which he raises sugar beets, grain and hay. He has always been noted for his untiring industry, and by reason of his close application and perseverance has become a most progressive and prosperous farmer. He has also manifested keen interest in the business development of the community along other lines to the extent that he has cooperated in the support of several important business projects, being now a stockholder in the Gunnison Valley Sugar Company, in the Gunnison Alfalfa Meal & Feed Company and in the Gunnison Valley Farmers Equity, Ltd.
On the 10th of June, 1915, in Salt Lake City, Mr. Hansen was united in marriage to Miss Alvira Westover, who was born July 22. 1893, a daughter of Joseph E. and Marian (Welker) Westover. The father came to Utah from California, settling at Centerfield in 1910, and there purchased and is developing a farm, on which he has a good home. He is recognized as one of the wide awake and progressive citizens of the district. Mr. and Mrs. Hansen have become the parents of two children: Gertrude I., born in Centerfield, July 4, 1916; and Velma A., on the 30th of April. 1918.
Mr. Hansen has been an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in which he has served as ward clerk and ward teacher and as Sunday school teacher and also as a counselor of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association. He votes with the democratic party and is well versed on the vital questions and issues of the day, so that he is able to support his position by intelligent argument, but he does not seek nor desire office as a reward for party fealty. He has always lived at Centerfield and is recognized as one of the progressive young business men of the district, who has already made himself a most creditable position in agricultural circles.
HANS P. HANSEN.
Hans P. Hansen, bishop of Fairview, was called to this position in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1913 and is now giving his attention to the duties of the office and also supervises his farming interests. He was born at Mount Pleasant, January 21, 1876, the only child of Soren J. and Mary (Nielsen) Hansen, both of whom were natives of Denmark. He had two half brothers and a half sister by a former marriage of his father. Coming to the new world, the father crossed the plains with a handcart company in 1857, making his way to Salt Lake City. The mother arrived in Utah in 1874. Mr. Hansen removed to Mount Pleasant with the pioneers who settled this district and established the town in 1859, his name being inscribed on the monument which in 1909 was erected at Mount Pleasant to those who a half century before braved the hardships, dangers and privations of pioneer life to colonize the district. Mr. Hansen volunteered to go on a mission and was sent to Denmark, where he labored for the church for two years. In Mount Pleasant he wedded Mary A. Sorensen and they became parents of three children, Mary A., Soren J. and Jacob. Following the death of the mother Mr. Hansen wedded Mary Nielsen, who is yet living at the age of sixty-seven years. The father died in 1884. His son Soren J. married Annie Rosenlove and they have two daughters and an adopted son. Jacob Hansen married Dora Madsen and has five children. The sister, Mary, is unmarried.
Hans P. Hansen obtained a common school education at Mount Pleasant and at Fairview and also pursued a course in the Brigham Young University at Provo. He took up the occupation of farming and later became connected with his stepfather in business. Five years after his father's death his mother had married John A. Walker, resulting in a very happy and companionable union. Her people were also pioneers of Sanpete county and passed through the days of Indian troubles and early hardships such as are incident to frontier settlement. It was with John A. Walker that Mr. Hansen became interested in the management of the Union Roller Mills at Fairview and was thus busily engaged until 1899, when he filled a mission to the southern states covering two years. Upon his return he resumed his position in the mill and thus acted until called to preside as bishop over the Fairview ward in 1913. He devotes his leisure time to the management of his farming interests and has lately taken up the management of the mill again and is thus leading a most busy and useful life, much time being given to his work in the church. He is also a stockholder in the Fairview State Bank. He was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Mount Pleasant on the 15th of June, 1884, and the following year he removed with his mother to Fairview, where he has since made his home. He was ordained a deacon in 1888, later was made an elder and a Seventy and was ordained a high priest and bishop of Fairview on the 13th of September, 1913. He has filled many positions in the church leading to the bishopric and the honors that have come to him have been the merited recognition of his loyalty and devotion to the cause.
On the 12th of March, 1902, Mr. Hansen was married to Miss Selma Nyberg, a daughter of August and Christina (Jacobsen) Nyberg, who were numbered among the pioneer settlers of Utah. The father, who was a blacksmith by trade, took up his abode at Mount Pleasant in the early days and for a number of years the family lived at; Chester. The father while visiting at Fairview sustained a paralytic stroke and there passed away at the age of seventy-six years. The mother died in 1884. Mrs. Hansen had nine brothers and sisters, three of whom are deceased. The six who survive are married and five of the number reside in Utah, while the youngest, Victor, makes his home in Nevada. To Mr. and Mrs. Hansen have been born six children, as follows: John C, who was born March 10, 1903; Mary V., born October 22, 1904; Allen L., August 6, 1906; Edith M., April 24, 1910; Ned L., March 3, 1912; and Charles N, November 28, 1915.
Mr. Hansen is a member of the Commercial Club, of which he has served as treasurer. He has been elected to the Fairview city council, also has filled the offices of justice of the peace and city treasurer and has been most progressive in his support of plans and measures for the general good. He now has a comfortable home, owns farm lands and other interests, has a most companionable wife and lovely family and is therefore most pleasantly situated. His enduring traits of character have won for him the admiration and respect of his fellowmen and Fairview accounts him one of her most valued citizens.
C. E. HAWKINS.
C. E. Hawkins, president of the Benjamin Farm Bureau Mercantile Association and also interested in farming at Benjamin, Utah, was born in Wellsville, Utah, his natal day being August 27, 1873. His parents were Charles and Susan (Jenkins) Hawkins, the former a native of England, while the latter was born in St. Louis, Missouri. It was in the year 1865 that Charles Hawkins came to Utah with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James R. Hawkins, who settled at Wellsville, in the Cache valley, and in 1877 removed to Benjamin. The father became a well known farmer of the district, devoting his life to the cultivation of the fields and the raising of stock. He was an active churchman and remained a faithful follower of the teachings of the church until his death, which was occasioned by appendicitis in 1912, when he was sixty-five years of age.
C. E. Hawkins acquired a common school education, supplemented by a year's study in Brigham Young University at Provo. He also studied music and for years was a prominent figure in musical circles, especially in connection with band and orchestra work at Springville. Spanish Fork, Payson and Eureka. He had charge of the Eureka brass band during the Spanish-American war, this being one of the best brass bands of Utah at that time. In later years he has concentrated his efforts and attention largely upon farming and other business interests. In 1900 he purchased his present farm of rich and productive land, which he has carefully, systematically and successfully cultivated. He raises cattle and sheep and his interests have been of a broad and varied character. He has been a director of the Lake Shore Irrigation Company and a director of the Spanish Fork & Southfield Company. He is also a stockholder in the American Operatic Company of Salt Lake and is president of the Benjamin Farm Bureau Mercantile Association, which was recently organized and has already been placed upon a profitable basis.
In 1892 Mr. Hawkins was united in marriage to Miss Clara Ludlow, a daughter of Paul Ludlow, who was one of the pioneer farmers of this section of the state. Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins have become the parents of twelve children, of whom nine are living: Paul; Fametta; Bertha; Heber, who died at the age of nine years; Maynard, who died at the age of fourteen; Ivan; Ray; Oscar; Emma; Lester; Alice; and Eva. The religious faith of the family is that of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and from 1906 until 1908 Mr. Hawkins was on a mission to California, having charge of the Los Angeles conference before he left. He is also a member of the Seventy, is a ward teacher and served as chorister for a number of years. In politics he is a republican and for twenty years has filled the office of justice of the peace, his decisions being at all times strictly fair and impartial and "winning him golden opinions from all sorts of people." Thus his life activities have been of a varied and useful character, making him a valued figure in many circles.
NIELS L. HERMANSEN.
Niels L. Hermansen, the proprietor of the Hermansen Roller Mill, which he has successfully operated since 1914, being thus actively connected with the industrial and business development of Gunnison, was born in Nephi, Utah, April 21, 1888, a son of Marcus and Marie (Mondburg) Hermansen, who came to Utah from Denmark in 1886, settling at Nephi in the same year. The father had learned the milling business in his native country when a boy, beginning work with a mill operated by wind power, and later developed it to a mill with the regulation machinery. During the early years of his residence in Utah Mr. Hermansen experienced some hardships but later secured work in the flouring mills. He bought his first mill at Ephraim and is still manager and principal owner of the Ephraim Mill & Elevator Company. He has a family of seven sons, all millers. To Marcus and Marie (Mondburg) Hermansen have been born ten children: Herman, Christian, Marcus, Niels L., Minnie, Marie, Joseph, Alma, who died at the age of seventeen years, Ammon and Lawrence.
After acquiring a common school
education at Ephraim, Niels L. Hermansen attended the
Snow Academy, in which he was a student from 1905 until
1907 inclusive. As a boy he worked at
the miller's trade and managed his first mill at Malad,
Idaho. He has since been
associated with several mills in Utah and in 1914 he
bought the Hermansen Roller Mill, which he has since
successfully operated. Its product is of splendid
quality and finds a ready sale on the market. With every
phase of the milling business Mr. Hermansen is
thoroughly familiar and is well qualified for the
successful operation of the plant which he now owns. He
is also a stockholder in the Gunnison Valley Sugar
Company, in the Ephraim Mill & Elevator Company and
he owns a comfortable home and well cultivated
farm.
On the 9th of June, 1909, Mr.
Hermansen was married to Miss Mary Marble, who was born
November 5, 1888, a daughter of Eelum and Alice (Kelley)
Marble, who were natives of Utah. The father followed
farming at Richfield for a long period and is now living
at Malad, Idaho, but the mother is deceased. Mr. and
Mrs. Hermansen have become the parents of three
children: Florence, who was born in Nephi, March
30. 1910; Ray, born in
Ephraim. May 30, 1913; and Phyllis, born in Gunnison,
December 8, 1916.
The religious faith of the family
is that of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints. Mr. Hermansen belongs to the Entre Nous Club and
is a man of social disposition whose attractive personal
qualities have made him quite popular, and, moreover, he
is numbered among the most progressive residents of
Gunnison.
ROBERT HENRY
HINCKLEY.
Robert Henry Hinckley, engaged in
the automobile business at Mount Pleasant, was born in
Fillmore, Utah, June 8, 1891. His father, Edwin S.
Hinckley, was born at Cove Fort, Utah, during the early
Indian troubles, his parents being stationed at the
fort, where they had a company of soldiers. From that
point they sent out riders with the mail both north and
south. The father became vice president of Brigham
University and so continued for twenty years, while at
the present time he is superintendent of the State
Industrial School. From early pioneer days he has been
actively associated with the work of progress and
improvement in Utah anfl has left the impress of his
individuality and ability in marked manner upon the
development of the educational resources of the state.
His wife, Addie (Henry) Hinckley, was born in
Fillmore.
Robert H. Hinckley of this review
pursued his early education in the common schools of
Provo and holds a degree from the Brigham Young
University, from which he was graduated with the class
of 1916. His parents were deeply interested in education
and afforded good opportunities to their children, who
are eleven in number, the others being Leonore,
Carlisle. Claud, Paul, Fred. John, Evelyn, Gordon,
Marion and Angela, none of the brothers and sisters of
Robert H. Hinckley being married.
Mr. Hinckley of this review in
early manhood followed in his father's professional
footsteps and for two years was a teacher in the high
school at Mount Pleasant. He then entered the automobile
business in partnership with L. J. Seely and the
association has since been maintained. At this writing
he and his partner are erecting one of the largest
garages in southern Utah and they handle the Dodge and
other cars. Both are. capable and popular young men and
they are building up a splendid business. In addition
Mr. Hinckley is a stockholder in the Mount Pleasant
Commercial & Savings Bank.
On the 23d of June. 1915, Mr.
Hinckley was married to Miss Abrelia Seely. a daughter
of John H. and Margaret (Peel) Seely. Her father holds
the world's record on Rambouillet sheep, having sold for
the highest price given for sheep of this breed aDv
place in the world. The record of Mr. Seely is found on
another page of this work.
To Mr. and Mrs. Hinckley has been born a son,
Robert Henry. Jr., whose natal day was January 12,
1917.
Mr. Hinckley is a member of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and filled a
two years' mission to Germany. His military record
covers service in the National Guard. His political
allegiance is given to the democratic party and in 1919
he was elected to represent his district in the state
legislature, so that he is now a member of the Utah
general assembly. He is also the president of the Hub
Club, which has been recently organized for the purpose
of up building the city, extending its business
connections and upholding its civic standards. Mr.
Hinckley is a most alert, energetic and progressive
young man, alive to every interest that has to do with
the welfare and development of the county and
commonwealth.
RAY
HOLMAN.
Ray Holman, who since 1909 has been
actively connected with sheep raising in Sanpete county,
makes his home at Fountain Green, where he was born
September 15, 1879. His parents were
James A. and Sarah A. (Mathis) Holman. The father was
born in Pennsylvania in 1835 and came to Utah in 1847,
being among the first settlers to establish a home in
this state. In the early days he carried mail from Salt
Lake to Manti. performing this task
in 1849 over a trackless country, covering a distance of
one hundred and thirty-five miles. There were only three
post offices to be reached in that distance-Provo, Nephi
and Manti. The trip was fought with hardships and danger
and his successor was killed by the Indians. Mr. Holman
first settled at Salt Lake and in 1848 removed to
Bountiful, where he raised one thousand bushels of
wheat, considered then a most wonderful crop. During
1849 he removed to Santaquin and was called upon to
settle that town. He was there with his father, who was
a bishop, during the Walker Indian war of 1849 and 1850
in Utah county. They were driven out of Santaquin and
removed to Pleasant Grove, then known as Battle Creek,
for a considerable battle had there been fought. In 1851
Walker was being settled and in 1855 Mr. Holman was
called to Fort Laramie, Wyoming, where Brigham Young had
the mail contract, which provided for carrying the mail
from Omaha to San Francisco, California.
It was his advice to all the guards to feed
rather than fight the Indians-in other words, not to
antagonize them but to make friends of them. Mr. Holman
was called home during the time of the invasion of
Johnston's army into Utah in 1856. He was quite a well
known and prominent character in Utah in his earlier
years and he left the impress of his individuality and
ability upon the history of the state. He particularly
aided in its pioneer development and performed an
important task in reclaiming a wild region for the
purposes of civilization. It was after his return to
Utah at the time of the invasion of Johnston's army that
Mr. Holman took up his abode at Payson. where he had
married in 1855. From the time of his return his
interests were divided between Fountain Green, Brigham
and Pleasant Grove and at the last named place he now
resides at the age of eighty-four years. In early days
he assisted in the building of the railroad and
witnessed the driving of the golden spike at Promontory
on the 10th of May,
1869. while on the 10th
of May, 1919, he attended the fiftieth anniversary
celebration of that affair at Ogden. His wife, who bore
the maiden name of Sarah A. Mathis, was born in
Tennessee in December, 1836, and died in 1917. The
brothers and sisters of Ray Holman are as follows. James
I., born in Payson in 1856. married Lucy Johnson and has
five children. Sarah Jane, whose birth occurred at
Santaquin in 1858. is the widow of A. B. Walker and the
mother of seven children. John A., born at Spring Lake
in 1859, wedded Fanny Cooms and has one child. David W.,
who was born at Fountain Green in 1861. wedded Mary
Hanson and has ten children. Zilpha. born at Santaquin
in 1863, died in infancy. Willard Frank, whose birth
occurred at Pleasant Grove in 1866, also passed away in
infancy. Nancy, born at Pleasant Grove. January 28.
1868. gave her hand in marriage to John Lowe, by whom
she has five children. Parley T., who was born at
Pleasant Grove in December, 1869. married Mary C.
Llewellyn, who passed away leaving seven children.
Warren M. is also a native of Pleasant Grove, where his
birth occurred on the 29th of April. 1871, and he
married Mary E. Jackson. Elmer M.. who was born at
Pleasant Grove, April 2, 1873, and has now passed away.
Naomi E., whose birth occurred at Pleasant Grove, April
21. 1875, became the wife of Joseph Huggins, by whom she
has six children. Robert R., born at Fountain Green,
March 10. 1877, wedded Mary Brown and has eight
children.
After acquiring a common school
education at Fountain Green. Ray Holman started in the
business world as a farmer, in 1902 he went to Bear
River City, Utah, where he purchased land that he still
owns but has now leased it for a number of years,
securing a good rental there from. In 1909 he returned
to Fountain Green, where he began raising sheep and
today has many head under his immediate control, his
extensive sheep raising interests bringing to him a
substantial annual profit.
At Fountain Green. December 2. 1896, Mr. Holman
was married to Catherine M.
Brown, who was born April 17. 1879, at Fountain
Green, a daughter of Cyrus H. and Emma A. (Anderson)
Brown. Her father was born in England and her mother in
Denmark and they came to Utah with their respective
parents and with others in early life.
Her grandfather and grandmother in the paternal
line both died while crossing the plains in the early
'50s. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus H. Brown was
celebrated at Fountain Green in 1871. They were living
in this state during the period of Indian trouble from
1865 and 1867. Mrs. Brown passed away in 1894. Mr.
Brown, who was a farmer and coal miner, died at Fountain
Green in 1913. In their family were four children: Mrs.
Holman; Emma H., born at Fountain Green, September 2,
1875, who is the wife of Charles Batchler and has seven
children; Mary R., born at Fountain Green.
January 13, 1881. who is the wife of Robert R.
Holman and has eight children; and William H., who was
born at Fountain Green, September 10, 1886. and has
passed away. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Holman
have one daughter. Laverne, who was born at Fountain
Green, March 19, 1898.
Mr. Holman belongs to the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was one of the
liberal contributors to the Amusement Hall when it was
erected for the purpose of furnishing suitable and
interesting entertainment. His political endorsement is
given to the republican party nor has he ever been
ambitious to hold public office. His life has been well
spent and he is highly regarded by those who know him,
having a circle of friends in Fountain Green and the
surrounding country that is almost coextensive with the
circle of his
acquaintance.
RUTHERFORD H.
HUTCHINSON.
Rutherford H. Hutchinson, master
mechanic with the People's Sugar Company at Moroni, was
born in Florida, August 1, 1878, a son of Mariett and
Ardelia (George) Hutchinson, the former born in 1849 and
the latter on the 17th of June, 1854. In 1900 the family
came from Florida to Utah, settling at Ogden, and there
the father passed away in 1912. since which time the
mother has established her home in Idaho.
Rutherford H. Hutchinson was a
pupil in the public schools of Florida and afterward
pursued a mechanical course in the International
Correspondence Schools. His life has been devoted to
farming, lumbering, milling and the canning industry and
at the present time he is occupying the position of
master mechanic at the plant of the People's Sugar
Company at Moroni. The place is a responsible one and he
is well qualified for the duties that devolve upon him
in this connection. He is fitted by nature and training
for expert mechanical work and his skill enables him to
correctly solve many difficult problems of this
character.
On the 18th of November, 1903, in
Salt Lake City, Mr. Hutchinson was married to Miss C.
Pearl Nalder, a daughter of Stephen H. and Catherine
(Forbes) Nalder. Her father came to Utah in 1866. To Mr.
and Mrs. Hutchinson have been born seven children,
namely: Wilford D., who was born on the 5th of January,
1905; Jennie, whose birth occurred September 25. 1906;
Jesse W., whose natal day was September 15, 1908; Verda,
born October 15, 1911; Bessie, who was born June 10,
1913; Grace, born October 15, 1916; and Alta, born April
15, 1918. The religious faith of the family is that of
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Mr.
Hutchinson in a business way Is a self-made man who has
worked persistently and energetically, utilizing every
opportunity that has come to him, and thus step by step
he has made advancement and is now occupying a
responsible position at
Moroni.
 ORSON
HYDE.
Among those men who left an
indelible impress upon the history of Utah is Orson
Hyde, whose efforts in connection with the planting of
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints upon the
soil of Utah well deserve extended mention. Moreover,
not only in this but in foreign land did he labor
untiringly for the up building, growth and development
of the church and he was also connected with various
secular interests of Utah leading to its material
progress.
Mr. Hyde was a native son of New
England. He was born at Oxford, New Haven county,
Connecticut, January 8, 1805. He was the son of Nathan
Hyde and Sally Thorp. The family consisted
of nine sons and two daughters, Orson being the
youngest. When eight years old he was left an orphan and
was placed in keeping with an eastern farmer by the name
of Miller. He remained upon Mr. Miller's farm until he
was eighteen years of age and at his departure he was
presented with an extra suit of underwear and a new suit
of jeans and an extra straw hat. He went to the state of
Ohio and there engaged with a woolen mill, starting work
at fifty cents a day. He finally worked his way upward
until he became the manager and saved his money for the
purpose of educating himself, afterward becoming a
school teacher. His entire life was actuated by a
religious spirit that was continually seeking the truth
and in his early manhood he became a member of the
Methodist church, while later he joined the Christian or
Campbellite church. He continued a close student of
religion and the Bible and after diligent inquiry he
became convinced of the truths promulgated by Joseph
Smith, embodying the doctrines of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints. Accordingly he was baptized
by Sidney Rigdon on the 30th of October, 1831, and was
confirmed on the same day under the hands of the
prophet, Joseph Smith. From that time until his death he
labored untiringly in the interests of the church and in
the spring of 1832 he performed an arduous mission in
Massachusetts, Maine and Rhode Island, traveling on foot
for two thousand miles without purse or scrip. Early in
1833 he was associated with Elder Hyrum Smith in mission
work in Pennsylvania and Ohio, their labors resulting in
the baptism of many into the
church.
In the summer of the same year Mr.
Hyde was chosen to carry instructions to the people of
his faith in Jackson county, Missouri, and on the trip
walked a distance of a thousand miles, covering forty
miles a day and swimming several rivers. In 1835 he was
chosen one of the Twelve Apostles of the Church and with
other members of the quorum traveled through Vermont and
New Hampshire, proclaiming the Gospel and winning many
converts to the faith. In 1837 Mr. Hyde with others went
to England, where their missionary labors were most
successful, resulting in the baptism of about fifteen
hundred converts. One of Mr. Hyde's most notable and
successful missionary labors was in Jerusalem. His
persevering character and his sustaining belief led him
at length to his destination although he suffered many
hardships and privations while on his way to Jerusalem
in 1841. A biographer of Mr. Hyde said: "The
circumstances which gave rise to the mission of Elder
Hyde are quite peculiar and extraordinary; and in an
American publication are thus described by himself:
'Something near eight years ago Joseph Smith, a prophet
and servant of the Most High God, did predict upon my
head that I should yet go to the city of Jerusalem and
be a watchman unto the house of Israel, and perform a
work there which would greatly facilitate the gathering
together of that people, the particulars of which it is
not necessary to mention here.
Year after year has passed since that period and
my labors in the ministry have been confined to the
Gentiles on both sides of the Atlantic. In the early
part of March last (1840), I retired to my bed one
evening as usual, and while contemplating and enquiring
out, in my own mind, the field of my ministerial labors
for the then coming season, the vision of the Lord, like
clouds of light, burst upon my view. The cities of
London, Amsterdam, Constantinople and Jerusalem all
appeared in succession before me, and the Spirit said
unto me: "Here are many of the children of Abraham whom
I will gather to the land that I gave to their fathers,
and here also is the field of your labors.
John E. Page was to
have accompanied Mr. Hyde on this mission but never left
the United States. Mr. Hyde, however, proceeded on his
journey and after many hardships and difficulties
incident to a journey at that time and of that character
he reached the Holy Land. Writing of this to the Twelve
Apostles of the Church, he said: "My natural eyes for
the first time beheld Jerusalem; and as I gazed upon it
and its environs, the mountains and hills by which it is
surrounded, and considered, that this Is the stage upon
which so many scenes of wonders have been enacted, where
prophets were stoned and the Savior of sinners slain, a
storm of commingled emotions suddenly arose in my
breast, the force of which was only spent in a profuse
flow of tears." His visit to the Mount of Olives, his
wonderful prayer on that occasion and his dedication and
consecration of that land are matters of history. From
Triest, Italy, he wrote to the Twelve an extended
account of his mission and also of his labors in behalf
of the church in Europe.
Returning to his native country, he
joined the Saints at Nauvoo, Illinois, and was with the
exodus to Utah, sharing in the persecutions which the
people of his faith endured. Undaunted, however, he
stood with others firm in the support of his honest
convictions and in 1848 he left for England in company
with Elders John Taylor and Parley P. Pratt, their
purpose being to set in order the churches there. They
left their families on the frontier to enter upon this
arduous missionary work. Subsequently Mr. Hyde
returned to Winterquarters and began the publication of
the Frontier Guardian, which was the first paper printed
west of the Mississippi river. It was issued at Council
Bluffs, where Mr. Hyde remained with his family until
1852, when they came to Utah. However, in the meantime,
in 1850 and again, in 1851, he had visited Salt Lake
City. Much of Orson Hyde's work in connection with Utah
was in the field of colonization. During his stay at
Council Bluffs, he acted as the forwarding agent of the
church, fitting out and organizing the different
companies of emigrants being forwarded to the Rocky
mountains.
He was appointed to settle Carson
City, which afterward became a city of Nevada and its
capital. To that place he went in pioneer times in
company with a small colony of his people and they at
once became active in preparing the soil for crops and
building homes. It was also necessary to build a sawmill
and grist mill, which they immediately began to
construct. California was the nearest place to secure
iron and the necessary machinery, and in the late fall
of 1855 Orson Hyde, together with a man of the name of
Frederickson as a guide, started on foot to cross the
Sierras to California. On reaching the summit of the
mountains they were caught in a heavy blizzard of
drifting snow. The guide, however, started on his return
homeward and perished in the storm. Mr. Hyde continued
on his westward way until he became worn out and
exhausted and finally had to stop and secure shelter
under a tree. He hung up his snowshoes and rolled up in
his blanket for the night, wet and cold. After a short
time timber wolves began to howl in the vicinity and the
thought of being overcome and perhaps eaten by them was
more than he could stand, so, summoning renewed energy,
he arose and went forward. It seemed it was the help of
some superhuman power that guided him in the direction
of a light which he saw in the distance and which proved
to be from an Indian camp. He was received very kindly
by the Indians, given dried venison to eat and provided
with a bed in their wickeyup.
His feet were badly frozen and colorless, but the
old squaw doctored them with herbs, although the toe
nails and parts of the flesh came off. By tender care
and nursing for several weeks he was able to be piloted
farther on to where white settlers were and ultimately
was able to complete his journey and accomplish his
purpose. After his return to Carson City he assisted in
further building up Carson valley until the word came in
1857 that Johnston's army was on the way from the east
to exterminate the Mormon people. The mission was then
called back to Salt Lake City and Mr. Hyde and his
little colony of about a hundred and fifty people in
haste left their homes, lands and improvements-a clear
loss-to take part in the defense of their people.
In 1859 Mr. Hyde was called by
Brigham Young to go to Sanpete county to preside over
and further settle up and colonize Sanpete and Sevier
counties. He made his home first at Manti and later at
Spring City, which was his place of residence during the
remainder of his life. He took an active part in
settling up the land and organizing the church
throughout these counties and passed through all the
hardships and privations with the others in defending
the people against the Indians, for that section seemed
the hotbed of their depredations and plunder. His policy
was always that it was better to feed them than to fight
them and in that way to a great extent he gained their
friendship. He was appointed
Indian supply agent by the government for distributing
food, clothing, sugar and tobacco to them, and in
filling this position added greatly to their friendly
feeling toward him. He remained the presiding apostle in
those localities during the rest of his life and was one
of the main factors in the up building of that section
into a highly developed and prosperous district that has
constituted a material factor in the promotion of the
great state of Utah.
From the time of the establishment
of his home in Utah until his demise Orson Hyde remained
an active factor in much that pertained to the up
building and development of the state. In 1854 the
territorial legislature appointed him to the office of
probate judge of Carson county and he became the founder
of Carson City while acting in that capacity. He
afterward became a resident of Salt Lake City, Utah, and
for many years remained an outstanding figure in the
public life of the community. He was well qualified for
his position of leadership by reason of his native
talents and powers, his marked intellectuality and his
devotion to the highest ideals, combined with a keen
sagacity that enabled him to work most effectively not
only for the present but for the future as well. He
served for many years as a member of the legislative
council of Utah and his wise opinions prevailed in many
legislative matters. His was a life fraught with great
good, actuated by high purposes and governed by rigid
simplicity in the conduct of his own affairs. He was
ever faultless in honor and stainless in reputation and
the name of Orson Hyde is found today high on the roll
of those pioneer settlers who laid broad and deep the
foundation upon which the great commonwealth of Utah
stands today. At times in the career of Orson Hyde it
seemed that he spoke with the spirit of prophecy. When
he was sent on his mission to Palestine in 1840 a letter
of appointment from the general conference of the
church, dated at Nauvoo, April 6, 1840, and signed by
Joseph Smith, Jr., contained the following: "Considering
an important event at hand, an event involving the
interest and fate of the gentile nations throughout the
world-from the signs of the times and from declarations
contained in the oracles of God, we are forced to come
to this conclusion: the Jewish nations have been
scattered abroad among the gentiles for a long period;
and in our estimation the time of the commencement of
their return to the Holy Land has already arrived. As
this scattered and persecuted people are set among the
gentiles as a sign unto them of the second coming of the
Messiah and also of the overthrow of the present
kingdoms and governments of the earth by the potency of
his almighty arm, in scattering famine and pestilence
like the frosts and snows of winter and sending the
sword with nation against nation to bathe it in each
other's blood; it is highly important in our opinion
that the present views and movements of the Jewish
people be sought after and laid before the American
people for their consideration, their profit and their
learning." In view of the recent historical incident it
will be interesting to note the prediction of Elder Hyde
in a letter which he wrote to Joseph Smith, Jr., at
Nauvoo, Illinois, from Triest, January 1, 1842, in which
he said: "It was by political power and influence that
the Jewish nation was broken down and her subjects
dispersed abroad. And I will here hazard the opinion
that by political power and influence they will be
gathered and built up; and further, that England is
destined, in the wisdom and economy of heaven, to
stretch forth the arm of political power and advance in
the front ranks of this glorious enterprise." "In the
front ranks of this glorious enterprise," England
declared war against Turkey, November 5, 1914, and the
continued successes of General Allenby, in command of
the English troops, leading to the recovery of the Holy
Land, is a matter of history.
In 1858 Mr. Hyde delivered a
discourse in the tabernacle in Salt Lake, in which he
said: "So sure as the storms of the mountains burst and
hurl their fury upon the Twin Peaks of the Wasatch
range, just so sure is the storm of Jehovah's wrath
about to burst upon the nation and people of the United
States." This statement found its way into many of the
eastern journals and drew forth some ludicrous
editorials as to what the Prophet Orson had said. "Call
me by whatever name they will, I intend to tell the
truth, and time, that faithful revealer of all things,
will test the merits or demerits of my sayings. You have
scarcely yet read the preface of your national troubles.
Many nations will be drawn into the American maelstrom
that now whirls through our land; and after many days,
when the Demon of War shall have exhausted its strength
and madness upon American soil, by the destruction of
all that can court or provoke opposition, excite
cupidity, inspire revenge or feed ambition, he will
remove his headquarters to the banks of the Rhine."
Commenting upon this, Elder A. A. Ramseyer said years
afterward: "How remarkably the above prophecy was
fulfilled! In 1865 the American war was ended; the next
year. 1866, Prussia and Austria, after having attacked
Denmark in 1864 and wrested off Schleswig-Holstein,
Prussia turned on Austria to secure to herself the whole
of the spoils. Then, in 1870, Bismarck lured the French
into a declaration of war against Prussia, a challenge
which all of the German states accepted with alacrity,
leading to the Franco-Prussian war. Now, for more than
forty years since the defeat of France. Germany was
preparing for the mad world conquest with the disastrous
results that we all now
know."
Orson Hyde died at his home in
Spring City, Sanpete County, Utah, on the 28th day of
November. 1878.
EDWARD M.
IVORY.
Edward M. Ivory, who is engaged in
the automobile trade in Fountain Green, was born
November 18. 1885. in the city which is still his home,
his parents being George W. and Mercy (Collard) Ivory.
.The father was born in Pennsylvania and came to Utah
during the pioneer epoch in the history of the state.
The mother was born in England and became a resident of
Utah in 1864. They were married at Fountain Green in
1880. In 1900 Mrs. Ivory was graduated after having
pursued a course in nursing, and her services are most
valuable in the sick room. She had a family of eleven
children. Eugene, born in 1880, married Ella
Christiansen. Ella, born in 1884, is the wife of Joseph
F. Livingston. Edward M. is the next of the family.
Geneva, born in 1889, is the wife of Bishop J. T.
Oldroyd. Royal, born in 1892, married Ruby Madsen, of
Mount Pleasant. Reuben, born in 1894, wedded Ivy
Livingston, now deceased. Leonard, born in 1896,
volunteered when war was declared against Germany, going
to France in April, 1918, and into Germany with the army
of occupation. Ross, born in 1898, Donna, in 1900,
Stanley, in 1902, and Clark, in 1904, complete the
family.
Edward M. Ivory is indebted to the
public school system of Fountain Green for the
educational advantages which he enjoyed and which fitted
him for life's practical and responsible duties. He also
received educational training along mechanical lines in
Kansas City, Missouri, in 1917. In 1907 he had made his
initial step in the business world in connection with
railroad interests and in 1918 he entered the automobile
business, becoming one of the incorporators of the
Mutual Garage Company, with which he is now associated.
In this connection a substantial business is being built
up.
On the 1st of August, 1900, Mr.
Ivory was married to Miss Lillian Hanson, who was born
November 8, 1884, at Moroni, Utah, a daughter of Niels
and Hannah Hanson, the former a native of Denmark, while
the latter was born in Moroni. Mr. and Mrs.
Ivory have three children, all of whom were born
in Fountain Green, namely: Howard M., who was born in
1913; Boyd C. in 1915; and Earl W., in 1917.
The religious faith of the parents is that of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Mr. Ivory
was born and reared in Fountain Green, where he is
widely and favorably known and where he now has a
comfortable home and a prosperous business.
HENRY
JACKSON.
Henry Jackson, one of the prominent
and successful sheep raisers of Sanpete county living at
Fountain Green, where he was born January 1, 1872, is a
son of George T. and Mary E. (Dobbs) Jackson. The father
came to Utah with his parents in his boyhood about 1855
and the mother made the trip to Utah with one of the
handcart companies about the same year. George T.
Jackson settled at Moroni and Eis future wife became a
resident of Farmington, Utah. Mr. Jackson brought her to
Moroni, where they were married in 1871 and then removed
to Fountain Green, where he followed farming and
freighting. He died from an injury received while
hauling logs when thirty-six years of age, his death
occurring in 1876. The mother, however, still survives.
There were four sons in the family, George D., J. W.,
Henry and Thomas C., all of whom are associated in the
raising of sheep, and a daughter, Mary
Ellen.
Henry Jackson supplemented his
common school training received at Fountain Green, by a
two years' normal course in the Brigham Young University
at Provo and in 1883 began teaching at Fountain Green,
where he followed the profession successfully for four
years, while for one year he was a teacher at Wales.
While thus engaged he joined his three brothers in sheep
raising and after abandoning the work of the schoolroom
he devoted a year entirely to the sheep industry. He
then became interested in politics and was active along
that line until the close of the year 1904. He then
again became an active factor in sheep raising and is
still associated with his brothers in this work. They
have bred their sheep up with Rambouillet stock until
today they have the best graded sheep in the state and
have won substantial profits through the conduct of the
business. Henry Jackson was also instrumental in
establishing an electric plant at Fountain Green under
the name of the Big Springs Electric Company, of which
he was the first president and of which he remains a
director. This company supplies power and light to
Fountain Green and Moroni and the investment is proving
a very profitable one. He is also a charter member and
one of the directors of the Bank of Fountain Green and
is a member of the Fountain Green Wool Growers Company,
with which he has been identified since its
incorporation and in which he has held all of the
offices.
On the 10th of June, 1903, at
Manti, Utah, Mr. Jackson was married to Miss Rosella
Allred, a daughter of John Frank and Ellen K. (Bunnell)
Allred. Her father was born at Winter Quarters, Iowa,
after the death of his father, which had been occasioned
by cholera, of which disease a sister also passed away.
The mother, then only twenty years of age, was left with
two tiny children. She afterward became the wife of
Orrin Glazier when crossing the plains, and settled at
Provo, where she has since made her home. John F. Allred
remained a resident of Provo until he had attained his
majority, when he removed to Spring City. He married at
different times the two Bunnell sisters.
Of these two marriages there were born seventeen
children, of whom eight daughters and five sons are yet
living. Mr. Allred filled two missions, one to
Wisconsin, after which he was ordained a patriarch, and
another to California, where he gave a number of
patriarchal blessings to members of the Mormon church.
To Mr. and Mrs. Jackson have been born five children,
all natives of Fountain Green, namely: Amy. who was born
February 28, 1904; Orrin, born July 14, 1906; Audrey,
September 7, 1910; Ellen, February 16, 1915; and Louise,
November 15, 1918. The family circle yet remains
unbroken by the hand of
death.
Mr. Jackson has always continued an
earnest member of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints and has been superintendent of the
Sunday school for sixteen years. It is characteristic of
him that when the cause is in need of money he writes
out his own check for the amount and the Sunday school
is in a very flourishing condition. He is a member of
the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association and is
otherwise actively connected with the church. He helped
to secure funds for the Mormon church and the people of
Fountain Green have organized an amusement company of
which he is chairman. They have erected one
of the best amusement buildings in the county, having
their own moving picture show, and they have made the
town an attractive place for theatrical troupes to stop
and present dramatic entertainments. They also maintain
a dance hall under good management and the work of the
amusement company has been a valuable asset in the
social and moral development of the community as well as
a financial success. The moving pictures presented are
the best that can be furnished on the screen and have
educative 'as well as entertaining value.
In politics Mr. Jackson is a republican and in
1900 was elected county assessor, in which office he
served so acceptably that he was reelected for a second
term of two years. He was also a member
of the school board for eight or ten years and in young
manhood served as town clerk and later as justice of the
peace. He has ever been thoroughly true and loyal to any
trust reposed in him and he stands firmly in support of
his convictions at all times, while his entire life has
been actuated by a spirit of progress and advancement
that has brought about most beneficial results for the
community in which he makes his
home.
JOHN E.
JENSEN.
When seventeen years of age John E.
Jensen of Moroni became identified with sheep raising
and has since been connected with the industry, in
connection with which he carries on general farming and
dairying and is leading an active, busy and useful life.
He was born at Moroni, March 29, 1890, a son of Andrew
L. and Christina C. (Christensen) Jensen. The father, on
coming to Utah in 1862, settled at Moroni. He had
acquired a common school education in Denmark and was
assisted by his wife in learning to read the English
language after they were married on the 19th of May,
1873. He became well versed in United States history,
also in the Bible and in commercial law. He was
constantly adding to his knowledge through reading,
observation and experience and became a well informed
man and a useful citizen. For four terms he filled the
office of mayor of Moroni, also served as a member of
the city council for a number of years and was a
delegate to nearly all of the county, territorial and
state conventions for twenty years prior to his death,
his opinions carrying weight in those gatherings. He
also served as a member of the territorial legislature
and he left the impress of his individuality and ability
in many ways upon the annals of community and
commonwealth. He filled a mission of twenty-seven months
to the southern states and was near Berry and Gibbs when
they were assassinated. He was also counselor to Bishop
Irons and a member of the high priests' quorum. He
served in the Indian wars of the early days and in many
ways contributed to the material, political and moral
development of the state. He passed away February 22,
1901, and the mother of John E.
Jensen is still living. Assuming the management
of the estate, she has held the property together and
has reared a large family, namely: John E., Andrew F.,
James VernUe, Frank. Delmer. Mary, Maria, Delina and two
daughters who are deceased.
John E. Jensen acquired a common
school education at Moroni and when only seventeen years
of age began handling sheep. Throughout the intervening
period he has been identified with sheep raising and
handles well bred Rambouillet sheep.
On the 26th of March. 1913, in Salt
Lake City. Mr. Jensen was married to Miss Eva
Livingston, who was born at Fountain Green, Utah, in
1895, a daughter of James C.
and Frances (Chapman) Livingston. Her
grandfather, James C. Livingston, came to Utah in 1853
and for years was one of the bodyguard of President
Young through the period of unrest. He was
superintendent of large bodies of men engaged in
railroad work in 1868 and later he managed the granite
quarry until the temple was finished.
James C. Livingston, his son and father of Mrs.
Jensen, was a stone quarryman and af terward became
manager of a store at Wasatch. In 1887 he removed to
Fountain Green, where he has a good farm and is also
engaging to some extent in stock raising, making a
specialty of Jersey cattle for dairy purposes. The
Chapman family were also pioneer settlers of Utah and
were represented in the Black Hawk war. Mrs. Jensen has
three brothers and a sister, namely: Earl, Clifton,
Jesse and Bernice. To Mr. and Mrs. Jensen have been born
three children: Eva Jeniel, whose birth occurred
December 21, 1913; John L., whose natal day was January
27, 1915; and Andrew Morris, born May 24, 1917. All are
natives of Moroni.
Mr. Jensen belongs to the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and his political
faith is that of the republican party. He has served as
a member of the city council but is not active as an
office seeker, preferring to concentrate his efforts and
attention upon business affairs. Thrown upon his own
resources when quite young owing to his father's death,
he has had to make his own way in the world and has at
the same time rendered active assistance to his mother
in the handling of her property.
He has been a dutiful son, a good citizen and
progressive business man and has ever been ready to aid
and cooperate in any plan or project for the welfare and
benefit of the district in which he
lives.
CHARLES LEE
JOHNS.
Charles Lee Johns, principal of the
Wasatch Academy at Mount Pleasant and well known in
educational circles throughout the state, was born at
Derby Line, Vermont. February 17, 1885, a
son of Thomas and Helen B. Johns, who were of English
birth. They settled in
eastern Canada in their early married life and afterward
went to the upper peninsula of Michigan but previously
lived for a brief period at Wilkes-Barre.
Pennsylvania. In 1895 they journeyed to Utah,
where they remained for seventeen years while their
children were acquiring their education. They now make
their home in the Twin Falls district of Idaho. Their
children were three in number: Charles Lee. of this
review; R. Stanley, who married Rose Thomas and has four
sons and one daughter: and Lillian A., who became the
wife of Henry Barton, of Wendell, Idaho.
Charles L. Johns pursued his early
education in the graded school of district No. 43 at
Bingham and afterward mastered a college preparatory
course in the Salt Lake Collegiate Institute. He then
entered the Northwestern University at Evanston,
Illinois, from which he was graduated in 1908 with the
degree of Bachelor of Arts. He attended Columbia
University of New York during the winter term of 1919
for special work in school administration and thus his
training has been broad and comprehensive. His life
since completing his college course has been devoted to
teaching, but while preparing for the profession he did
many kinds of work in order to meet the expenses of his
high school and college courses. He had no assistance in
this direction, earning all that was necessary for him
to continue in school. For a year he was an instructor
in Huron College of South Dakota and for two years was a
teacher in the Salt Lake Collegiate Institute. For three
years beginning in 1911 he was principal of the Wasatch
Academy and maintained high standards in the conduct of
the school and the effective work there done. He was
superintendent of the Sheldon Jackson School at Sitka,
Alaska, for three years, after which he returned to the
Wasatch Academy, entering upon a second period as
principal in July, 1917. He has confined his attention
and energy to his educational work but has made
investment in city property at Wendell, Idaho.
At Manti, Utah, on the 16th of May.
1909, Mr. Johns was married to Miss Lilliah H.
Hornung, a daughter of John H. and Libby (Webb)
Hornung. Her mother was born and reared in Utah and is
distantly related to the Youngs by marriage. Her father
was a Philadelphian, who came to Utah in early life and
has been connected with the Denver & Rio Grande as
general agent for many years, having his offices now in
Salt Lake. To Mr. and Mrs. Johns
have been born a son and two daughters: Edward Burt,
nine years of age; Elizabeth, who died at eight months
of age; and the second daughter in
infancy.
The religious faith of the family
is that of the Presbyterian church, in which Professor
Johns has served as elder since 1914. In politics he has
not held strictly to party lines, believing in choosing
the strongest and best man available for public office
irrespective of party connections. Fraternally he is
identified with Damascus Lodge, No. 10, A. F. & A.
M.. of Utah, and is serving as worshipful master in the
year 1919. He is a member of one of the strongest
fraternities of Northwestern University, known as The
Wranglers. While his professional duties make strong and
steady demand upon his time and energies, he has yet
found opportunity for active and valuable public
work. He has been chairman
of the American Red Cross at Mount Pleasant for two
terms, is a member of the legal advisory board for
handling questionnaires and is a member of the county
war savings committee. In a word, he has done earnest
and effective work in behalf of American interests
throughout the period of the war and at all times
displays a spirit of lofty American
patriotism.
CHRISTIAN
JOHNSON.
The great sheep raising industry of
the west finds one of its centers in Sanpete county and
with this business Christian Johnson is closely and
successfully connected. He was born in Denmark, January
18, 1877, a son of Alfred and Maria (Jensen) Johnson,
who in the year 1885 became residents of Utah, settling
first at Spring City and afterward at Fountain Green.
The father had previously become a convert to the faith
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and
filled a mission in Denmark before coming to Utah and
about 1903 filled a mission to Sweden as traveling elder
for two years. In this country he has concentrated his
efforts and attention largely upon sheep raising and
farming. He remains an active worker in the church and
is now a member of the high priests quorum. He has
reached the age of sixty-five years, while Mrs. Marla
Johnson is sixty-seven years of age. Their children are:
Christian, of this review; Matilda, who is the wife of
Ammon Hanson and has three children; Alfred, who wedded
Katie Peterson, by whom he has four children; August,
who is married and has three children; and Ernest, who
married Maud Guymon.
Christian Johnson was a lad of but
eight years when the family came to Utah. He had begun
his education in the schools of Denmark and continued
his studies after reaching Fountain Green. He also spent
one winter as a student in the Brigham Young University
at Provo and one winter as a student in the Snow Academy
at Ephraim. He became interested
in the sheep business when but twelve years of age and
throughout the intervening period to the present time
has continued active in sheep raising and in farming.
His labors, intelligently directed, have brought to him
a substantial success and he is likewise the owner of a
fifth interest in the Mutual Garage Corporation and Is a
stockholder in the People's Sugar Company at Moroni and
the Gunnison Valley Sugar Company, thus becoming
interested in one of the important productive Industries
of the state.
On the 27th of June, 1906, at
Manti, Mr. Johnson wedded Emma Holman, daughter of
Sanford and Hannah Elizabeth (Allred) Holman, farming
people who are still living. Her parents are natives of
Utah and both the Holman and Allred families were
represented in the Indian wars. Mr. and Mrs. Sanford
Holman have seven children. namely: Emma, Sanford,
Elizabeth, Naomi R., Lester, Murl and Grace. To Mr. and
Mrs. Johnson have been born four children, as follows.
Angelene, whose birth occurred October 10, 1909; Stella,
whose natal day was May 26, 1912; Clarden, born March 9,
1914; and Sereta, who was born on the 5th of April,
1919. All are natives of Fountain
Green.
Mr. Johnson is a member of the
Amusement Hall Association, believing firmly that
adequate, helpful and interesting entertainment should
be furnished to every community. His political
endorsement is given to the republican party. He is a
progressive business man, and although all days in his
career have not been equally bright, he has made steady
progress and has won the substantial rewards of
persistent and earnest labor. He is likewise a
consistent member of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, giving generously of his time and
money to further its interests. In the years 1905 and
1906 he pursued a mission course at Snow Academy and
then filled a mission to Norway, where he spent
twenty-six months as traveling
elder.
J. MORGAN
JOHNSON.
J. Morgan Johnson has devoted his
entire business career to commercial pursuits and is now
at the head of the Johnson Mercantile Company, owning
and controlling one of the important business interests
of Spring City. He was born July 29, 1877, at the place
where he still resides, his parents being Jacob and
Margaret (Anderson) Johnson. The father was born in
Denmark, November 1, 1847, and came to America with his
mother in 1854. They crossed the continent to Ogden,
Utah, and afterward went to Sacramento, California, in
1863. There Jacob Johnson studied law under the
direction of Green Curtis and later, in 1869, removed to
Carson City, Nevada, In 1870 he became a resident of
White Pine, where he followed mining, and afterward he
filled the office of deputy sheriff while living at
Elko. He remained the incumbent in that position for
eighteen months and in 1872 he returned to Utah,
settling at Spring City, There he practiced law and
filled the position of county attorney, was also notary
public and probate judge. He was also a member of the
territorial legislature in 1896 and afterward was
elected judge of the seventh judicial district. He also
served as commissioner for ten years and was at one time
United States attorney under Judge Van Zile and filled
several other positions of honor and trust. In fact as a
prominent attorney and jurist and substantial citizen he
left the impress of his individuality and ability
indelibly upon the history of this section of the state.
He was also a well known figure in fraternal circles,
belonging to the Masonic, Odd Fellows and other lodges,
and he was a dominant figure in business life, promoting
several commercial, bank, mercantile and irrigation
projects. In October, 1873, he married Margaret
Anderson, a representative of pioneer stock, who died in
1884, leaving two sons: J. Morgan, of this review; and
Arthur. In 1885 Mr. Johnson was married again and by the
second marriage had five children. In 1911 he was
elected to congress and now resides in Salt Lake City.
His has been a most active life, full of
responsibilities in connection with public affairs, and
his entire career has been crowned with valuable
results, not only in the up building of his own fortunes
and reputation but in the advancement of public welfare
and interests.
The surviving brother of J. Morgan
Johnson is J. Arthur Johnson, who was born in Spring
City, married Hattie Madsen and has three children.
J. Morgan Johnson was for four years a student in
the Wasatch Academy at Mount Pleasant, pursuing a normal
and scientific course. When twenty-one years of age he
started upon his business career as a clerk for the
Young Men's Cooperative Store at Spring City. In 1895 he
purchased the business, continuing to carry a general
line of merchandise. Later he bought the Spring City
Cooperative Store and established the Johnson Mercantile
Company. He has very successfully managed the business
and has a large and growing trade. He is also a
stockholder in the Peoples Sugar Factory at Moroni and
is the secretary and treasurer of the Spring City Light
& Milling Company.
At Spring City, on the 14th of
June, 1899, Mr. Johnson was married to Miss Anna Madsen,
who was born October 9, 1877, a daughter of Andrew and
Maria (Jensen) Madsen. Her parents were
early settlers of Mount Pleasant, her father
participating in the Indian warfare of pioneer times. He
followed farming as a life work and is now living
retired, enjoying the fruits of his former toil. His
wife also survives. They became the parents of the
following children: Josephine, Hattie, Myrtle, Adelaide,
Myra, Lola, Amasa, Dolly and Anna. To Mr. and Mrs.
Johnson have been born two children: Margaret, who was
born May 27, 1900; and Belva, born September 17,
1902. Mr. Johnson is an
active supporter of the republican party and formerly
served as county chairman. In 1892 he was elected to the
office of county treasurer and the excellent record
which he made in that position led to his reelection, so
that he remained the faithful custodian of public funds
in the county for two terms. He likewise filled the
position of school trustee for nine years. Fraternally
he is a Mason of high rank, having attained the
thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite. His blue
lodge association is with Damascus Lodge, No. 10, of
Mount Pleasant, and he has also crossed the sands of the
desert with the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is one
of Spring City's most progressive, alert and energetic
business men, possessing a genial manner and cordial
disposition, and his personal qualities have gained for
him wide popularity among those who know
him.
COLONEL FRED
JORGENSEN.
Colonel Fred Jorgensen, adjutant
general of Utah, was born in Denmark in 1877, a son of
Jeppe Lawson, who spent his entire life in that country.
Colonel Jorgensen came to the United States in 1882 with
his widowed mother, the family home being established at
Ephraim, Utah, where the son attended school. He
continued his studies in Snow Academy at Ephraim, now
known as the Snow Normal College. He left that
institution in 1898 and started out in the business
world as an employee of The Enterprise, a weekly paper
published at Ephraim. His initial position was that of
devil in the printing office and within eight years he
had risen until he was owner, editor and
publisher.
He sold the paper in 1907 and was
sent on a mission to Scandinavia, being located all of
the time at Copenhagen, Denmark. In August, 1909, he
returned to the United States and in the spring of 1910
was appointed to the position of postmaster of Ephraim,
Utah, by President Taft, occupying that position from
May, 1910, until June, 1914. At the latter date he
received appointment to the position of game warden for
the Sanpete district of Utah and so served until June,
1916. In the meantime he had become a member of the Utah
National Guard and on the 1st of May, 1916, he was
transferred to the cavalry as captain of Troop G of the
First Utah Cavalry and on the 9th of July, 1916, was
mustered into the federal service for duty on the
Mexican border, where he remained until mustered out of
the federal service on the 13th of March, 1917. On the
15th of March, 1917, he was appointed commanding officer
of the Second Squadron of Utah Cavalry and on the 4th of
August following was transferred to the Field Artillery,
Headquarters Company, One Hundred and Forty-fifth Field
Artillery, being mustered into the federal service on
the following day. On the 7th of August, 1917, he was
transferred to the National Guard Reserve and on the 1st
of September, 1917, was transferred to the adjutant
general's department of the National Guard of Utah. On
the 23d of September, 1918, he was appointed major in
the adjutant general's department and was made adjutant
general of the state on the same day. On the 1st of
October, 1919, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in
the adjutant general's department.
On the 12th of August, 1903, in
Salt Lake City, Colonel Jorgensen was married to Miss
Josephine Frost. They are members of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints and they are well known in
the state.
ANDREW H.
KEARNS.
Andrew H. Kearns is the owner of an
excellent farm property near Gunnison, where he makes
his home and where he was born November 29, 1871. His
parents were Austin and Mary (Yergenson) Kearns. The
former was born in Bonaparte. Iowa, September 2, 1845,
and his father, having joined the Mormon church in 1850.
came to Utah the same year in Captain Johnson's company,
living at Salt Lake for a time.
Later he removed to Springville and in 1859
established his home in Gunnison, where his death
occurred. Austin Kearns accompanied his father on these
various removals. He was married
January 29, 1865, to Mary Yergenson and after a very
active business life, in which his interests have been
most carefully and wisely directed, he is now enjoying a
well earned rest, having retired from business in 1909.
He is a veteran of the Black Hawk war. having served as
a first lieutenant of a cavalry troop. He participated
in the Salina Canyon engagement, where his brother was
killed. In early manhood he became associated with his
father in a number of business enterprises, including
lumbering and farming, and he remained a most
progressive and energetic business man to the time of
his retirement in 1909. He has also been a prominent
church worker, was president of the Sixty-fifth Quorum
of Seventy and is keenly interested in all church
activities and he has also filled a number of town and
city positions.
After attending the public schools
of Gunnison, Andrew H. Kearns entered the Snow Academy
at Ephraim and later continued his education in the
Brigham Young University at Provo. He was nineteen years
of age when he began farming on his own account on a
five acre tract of land and from year to year he has
added to both his stock and land holdings. For nineteen
years he was with the B. P. Saunders Live Stock Company
as foreman but resigned that position eight years ago
and has since devoted his attention to his private
business interests, which now require all of his time.
He is today the owner of a splendid farm and comfortable
home and the careful cultivation of his land has brought
to him substantial returns. Mr. Kearns is a stockholder
in the Gunnison Telephone Company, also in the Gunnison
Creamery Company and in the Gunnison Irrigation Company
and he is the president and one of the directors of the
Fayette Canal Company. He is keenly interested in the
business development of the community and this has led
him to purchase stock in the corporations previously
indicated. All matters that have to do with irrigation
projects claim his interest and he cooperates to the
extent of his power and ability in any project that has
to do with the development of the resources of this
section of the state.
Mr. Kearns was married at Manti.
January 10, 1894, to Miss Eliza Jensen, who was born May
28, 1873, a daughter of Jens and Sophia (Peterson)
Jensen, who were natives of Denmark. They emigrated to
Utah in 1861, settling at Manti, where the father
followed farming. He was a man of fine character,
influential in the community and was highly respected by
all who knew him. To Mr. and Mrs. Kearns have been born
seven children: Gladys, who was born November 5, 1895,
and is the wife of Leonard Jepson, by whom she has three
children; Loretta, born August 15. 1903; Orzella, March
27, 1906; Labernius, November 8, 1909; Javen, December
29, 1911; Mary, May 8, 1914; and McQuaid, April 11,
1917.
In politics Mr. Kearns is a
republican and for eight years has been a member of the
city council, exercising his official prerogatives in
support of everything that has to do with the welfare
and up building of the city and the advancement of its
civic standards. His religious faith is that of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is
widely and favorably known as a forceful and resourceful
business man and citizen and that his life has been well
spent is indicated in the fact that many of his
staunchest friends are those who have known him from his
boyhood to the present
time.
JOHN
KELLER.
John Keller, a most progressive
merchant of Manti, where he is dealing in dry goods,
shoes, notions and furnishings, has been identified with
the business since 1913 and in the intervening years has
built up a trade of large and gratifying proportions. He
was born in Manti, June 29, 1882, a son of J. C. and
Margaret (Kusma) Keller, the former a native of
Switzerland, while the latter was born in Germany. They
were married in the former country, and crossing the
Atlantic, became residents of Utah. Their children were
as follows: F. C, who was born June 20, 1868, in
Germany, and died at the age of forty-nine years,
married Ethel Clark and they had eight children. Annie,
born February 12, 1871, in Germany, became the wife of
John R. Braithwaite and has five children.
Mary, who was born September 29, 1875, in
Germany, is the wife of Hans E. Domgaard, by whom she
has six children. Emily, who was born August 17, 1879,
in Manti, Utah, is the wife of Erastus Jensen, by whom
she has three children. John of this review is the next
in order of birth. A. T)., horn in Manti, January 29,
1890, married Maggie Crawford and has two children, it
was in the year 1878 that the father. J. C. Keller, came
with his family to Utah and assisted in the building of
the Manti Temple, for in the year of his removal to
Manti the cornerstone was laid. Since the dedication of
the building he has been engaged in temple work and he
is still giving his services in that
connection.
John Keller whose name introduces
this review was reared and educated in Manti,
supplementing his common school training by a business
course. In early life he spent a number of years as the
manager of large sheep interests, having at times
several thousand head of sheep under his care. In 1913
he became associated with his brother in the
establishment of a general merchandise store, carrying a
line of dry goods, shoes, notions and furnishings. The
partnership was maintained until January, 1918, when
John Keller purchased his brother's interest and is now
sole proprietor of what is the leading business
establishment of Manti.
On the 11th of March, 1911, in
Cumberland, Wyoming. Mr. Keller was united in marriage
to Miss Mary Essie Faddis, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.
M. Faddis. Mr. Faddis was born in
Scotland and was accidentally killed in Cumberland,
Wyoming, November 29, 1918. He had been connected with
the Union Pacific Coal Company as superintendent of the
Cumberland mines for many years. His family numbered
three sons and three daughters and four of the family,
three brothers and one sister, are married. To Mr. and
Mrs. Keller were born a son and three daughters:
Leah I., born January 8, 1912; Phyllis M.. born
June 9, 1913; Jack P.. November 29, 1915; and Elizabeth.
July 27, 1917. The children were all born in Manti save
Leah I., whose birth occurred in Cumberland, Wyoming,
and who passed away February 3, 1914, in Salt Lake
City.
The religious faith of the family
is that of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints and in political belief Mr. Keller is a
republican, always voting for the men and measures of
the party yet not seeking office as a reward for party
fealty. He has always lived in the west and the spirit
of enterprise and progress that have been the dominant
factors in the up building of this section of the
country are manifest in his
career.
ROBERT E. LEE
KENNER.
Robert E. Lee Kenner, manager and
one of the large stockholders in the Manti Live Stock
Company and recognized as a most progressive business
man in Sanpete county, makes his home in Manti, where he
was born May 24, 1873. His father, Foster R. Kenner, was
born in Russellville, Kentucky, December 9, 1823. and
studied medicine at Louisville, Kentucky. He was married
in his native state to Sarah K. Kirkwood and they became
the parents of four children, Scipio A.. Robert J.,
William and Mary. The wife and mother passed away in
Kentucky and Mr. Kenner afterward removed to Iowa, where
he wedded Elizabeth Townsend. She soon afterward died
and in 1860 Mr. Kenner came to Utah. In 1862 he married
Caroline Schneebly in Salt Lake City. In 1865 he was
called to Manti, where he conducted a general
merchandise store. He served in the Black Hawk war in
many capacities. He followed his profession of medicine
up to the time of his death, doing much good in the
community. He lived a beautiful life covering many
years. Realizing that death was near when stricken with
his last illness, he called his children and wife to his
bedside and smilingly told them there would be a change
soon and for them not to feel badly as it made him feel
badly, too, saying that as it was he was happy and felt
well. In a few moments he had passed on with a smile on
his face. In the family of Foster R. and Caroline
(Schneebly) Kenner were six children: Robert E. Lee,
Beauregard, Emily E., Marietta E., Elizabeth J. and
Bertha. Scipio A. Kenner distinguished himself as an
attorney and newspaper man and as a member of the state
legislature but is now
deceased.
Robert E. Lee Kenner, reared under
the parental roof, early began working with cattle and
sheep and gradually acquired like interests of his own
along that line. He is today the owner of a comfortable
home and valuable flocks and herds. His success seemed a
long road to travel and was beset with many difficulties
and obstacles but perseverance and energy have enabled
him to reach the desired goal. When he purchased his
first sheep he was getting only fifteen dollars per
month. He lived practically with his sheep for seventeen
years, including the first twelve years after his
marriage. As time passed, however, he was able to employ
others to personally care for his flocks and his
position today is that of manager and large stockholder
in the Manti Live Stock Company, which has the largest
bunch of pure bred Herefords in the west. They also have
many head of fine Rambouillet sheep. The records of his
stock are well known at all the fairs and the company is
one of the most substantial in the state. Mr. Kenner is
thoroughly familiar with everything that has to do with
stock raising interests in the west and has always held
to the highest standards in his work. He had bred his
herds up until he now handles full blooded animals and
his labors have done much to improve the grade of stock
raised in this section of the state. He is likewise a
stockholder in the Anderson-Taylor Wholesale Grocery
Company of Salt Lake City.
At Manti, on the 17th of January,
1896, Mr. Kenner was married to Miss Kate Brown, who was
born September 5, 1873, a daughter of James C. and
Catherine (Glenn) Brown. Her father joined the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Scotland and did
missionary work there before coming to Utah. The year
1864 witnessed his emigration, at which time he located
in Manti. He served the city in several positions of
public honor and trust, including that of mayor. He was
superintendent of the Cooperative Company, also was
leader of the tabernacle choir and proved himself a
useful citizen to Manti in many ways, contributing to
the material, intellectual and moral development of the
community. He died June 17, 1882, while the mother
passed away in 1912. They were the parents of nine
children, four of whom survive, namely: Mrs.
Kenner, Margaret, W. W. and H. G. Brown. To Mr.
and Mrs. Kenner have been born five children: Vera, who
was born in Manti, May 30. 1897; Robert Lee, March
26. 1899; Cecil B., June
20, 1904; Glenn, July 23, 1912; and Foster James, now
deceased. The son Robert Lee
volunteered for service in the American army in
September, 1918, and was with the Student Army Training
Corps in the training camp at Logan, Utah, until
mustered out following the signing of the
armistice. Mr. Kenner and his
family are identified with the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints and in politics he is a stanch
republican. He is a self-made man whose life record
proves the wonderful possibilities of indefatigable
industry. Left fatherless at an early age, he has
advanced steadily in his business career until he has
reached an enviable position in control of important
interests and at all times his trustworthiness.
as well as his capability, are outstanding points
in his record.
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