Utah Since Statehood
Author is Noble Warrum - 1919

CHARLES W. LARSEN.

Charles W. Larsen, a lumber contractor of Sterling, in which city he was born May 19, 1875, and in which he has won an enviable place as a representative business man, is a son of Joseph and Esther (Bennee) Larsen, who were pioneers of Sanpete county.  Settling at Ephraim, the family experienced all of the hardships, trials and privations incident to the establishment of a home upon the frontier and the father served in the Indian war under Captain Lowry. He also went east after emigrants in the early days and was very active in the church work, becoming a member of the Elders' Quorum. His family numbered nine children, namely: Charles W., Jasper, James, Adelbert, Diamon L., Henry, Esther A., Nora B. and Katie. Of the daughters Esther and Katie have passed away and the son, Diamon L., was killed at the front in the war with Germany in the drive at Chateau Thierry.

In the common schools of Sterling, Charles W. Larsen pursued his education and then made his initial step in the business world, taking up the occupation of farming and stock raising. At length he broadened the scope of his activities in becoming a lumber contractor and has been quite successful along that line, conducting a business that has reached extensive proportions. In all business affairs he displays sound judgment and his keen discrimination has enabled him to quickly discern the essential. 

At Sterling, on the 22d of July, 1896. Mr. Larsen was married to Miss Minnie L. Lowry, a daughter of Abner and Arlshia (Funk) Lowry. The Lowry family has long been represented in Utah. The father was born at Manti in 1855, his father having come to Utah in 1847, while in 1849 he became one of the pioneer residents of Manti. Abner Lowry is familiar with all the trying times connected with the Black Hawk war and with other phases of frontier life. He was the first settler of Sterling and at Manti he was married in 1873 to Arlshia Funk, their family including the daughter, Minnie L., who became the wife of Charles W. Larsen. The children of this marriage are: Charles L" who was born in Sterling, June 2, 1897, and was called to the colors, serving, however, for only four days, when the armistice was signed; Aria, who was born in Sterling, February 7, 1900; Sydona, born October 12, 1902; and Lloyd D., born July 22, 1905. In addition to these they have lost four children: Viola, William C. Rowena and Jessie, all of whom have passed away.

Mr. Larsen is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in which he has held office, being now a member of the Elders Quorum. His political allegiance is given to the republican party and he is a recognized leader in its local ranks, serving as chairman of the republican central committee at Sterling. He also filled the position of peace officer at Sterling. He is ever keenly interested in matters pertaining to public welfare and is usually found in a position of leadership in connection with any project that has to do with the up building and development of this section of the state. His worth as a man and a citizen is acknowledged by all.

OLE LARSEN.

Ole Larsen, residing at Ephraim, has been identified with industrial activity and with mining interests, concentrating his attention largely during the last fifteen years upon mining at Marysvale. He was born in Denmark, November 13, 1850, a son of Rasmus and Caroline Larsen, who in 1853 brought their family to Utah. After the long and arduous trip was completed they rested for a time at Spring City and spent the winter at Manti. In the spring of 1854 they settled at Ephraim and Mr. Larsen assisted in building the fort for protection against the Indians. He faced the conditions of pioneer life and bravely met the hardships and privations which feature in the settlement of the frontier. As the years passed on he followed farming and he remained an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, doing everything in his power to promote its growth and extend its influence. He filled various offices in the church and was made president of the Seventies Quorum. His death occurred when he had reached the age of seventy-two years. Ole Larsen has one brother, Louis, and two sisters. Mary Christina and Kistie, both of whom are married.  In the common schools of Ephraim, Ole Larsen pursued his education and in young manhood he took up the occupation of farming. He afterward learned the carpenter's trade and later went to Salt Lake City, where he learned the machinist's trade. He then turned his attention to the sawmill business and subsequently engaged in millwright work, in which connection he was active in the building of a number of mills.  Thus along various industrial lines he directed his energies, but for the past fifteen years has confined his attention largely to mining at Marysvale and has won substantial success in that connection. He is also known in the business circles of Ephraim as a stockholder in the Bank of Ephraim and a stockholder in the Ephraim Sanitary Canning Company.

At Salt Lake City, April 15, 1870, Mr. Larsen was married to Miss Anna Maria Olson, a daughter of Andrew and Anna (Mortenson) Olson, who in 1867 came to Utah, where the father took up farming and stock raising, specializing in pure bred stock. He became a recognized leader in stock raising circles and received many prizes at the state fair, including a number of sweepstake prizes. He contributed much to the welfare and prosperity of the state by greatly improving the grade of stock raised. He is still living at the advanced age of eighty-seven years, but the mother of Mrs. Larsen passed away in 1878. To Mr. and Mrs. Larsen were born four children. Anna Caroline, whose birth occurred in April, 1871, became the wife of William H. Bailey, by whom she has five children. Clara, who was born January 5, 1875. is the wife of Del Anderson and has four children. Mary Angeline, whose natal year was 1877, gave her hand in marriage to Charles T. Jensen and passed away leaving seven children. Mary Marinda, who was born in 1879, became the wife of Andrew Byjeergaard and died leaving six children.

The family hold membership with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Mr. Larson is a member of the Elders Quorum. His military experience is indicated in the fact that he is an Indian war veteran and in recognition of his services he now receives a pension. He was on active duty under Captain Louis Larsen, his brother, and served as a cavalry minuteman. His political endorsement is given to the democratic party and for two terms he served as a member of the city council. He was largely instrumental in bringing about the establishment of the city water works and he is at all times keenly interested in municipal progress and cooperates with all plans and measures which have to do with the up building of the city and the advancement of its civic standards.

RASMUS PETER LARSEN.

Rasmus Peter Larsen, who was one of the first successful dry wheat farmers in Sanpete county, has also further been connected with the development of this region as a horticulturist and his labors have demonstrated what can be accomplished in successful fruit production. Mr. Larsen has spent the greater part of his life in this state, although born at Ailing, Denmark, April 26, 1854, his parents being Lars Willumsen and Anna Johanna Rasmussen, who were likewise natives of Ailing, Denmark. Both have now passed away.

Rasmus Peter Larsen attended the public schools of his native land to the age of twelve years but even prior to this time had made his initial step in the business world, for when a lad of eight he began herding cattle and sheep. He devoted his entire time to that work between the ages of twelve and fourteen years and through the succeeding two years he served as an apprentice to the milling business and to bricklaying. When sixteen years of age he began concentrating his efforts and attention upon music and the manufacture and repairing of violins, which claimed his time until he was a young man of nii.eteen years. In 1881 he crossed the Atlantic and made his way to Utah, settling at Moroni. There he followed bricklaying for a living and without seeking any compensation he taught the people music for the betterment and enjoyment of the community and also did repair work on violins. In 1899 he took up a homestead, securing 120 acres of his present home place. This he has devoted largely to fruit and in addition he has a good farm of three hundred acres. Owing to his location he finds it possible to raise fruit when others suffer loss through frost. He was also one of the first successful dry wheat farmers in Sanpete county and his labors have at all times been actuated by a most progressive spirit.

It was in Denmark, in November, 1879, that Mr. Larsen was married to Miss Oline Mareah Mikkelsen, a daughter of Mikkel Anderson and Caroline (Peterson) Mikkelsen. In 1883 the parents crossed the Atlantic, settling at Moroni, Utah. Mr. and Mrs. Larsen have become parents of six children: Erastus P., who was born May 4, 1882, and married Inger M. Ludvigksen, by whom he has four children; Olene M., whose birth occurred July 24, 1884, and who gave her hand in marriage to G. Frank Johnson, by whom she has six children; Jennie C, who was born October 28, 1888, and is the wife of Andrew A. Andersen and the mother of four children; Mozart, who was born January 31, 1891, and married Leah A. Olsen, by whom he has two children; and Eleonora and Anna J., both of whom have passed away.

Mr. Larsen is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. When nineteen years of age he received military training with the intention of devoting his life to the army, but after a year he changed his plans and returned to his music and industrial activity, to which he devoted eight years. In 1913 his sons took over the management and cultivation of the farm and Mr. Larsen has since devoted his time exclusively to the manufacture of high grade violins, a work which he loves and which he thoroughly understands. He secured an order from the great violinist, Axel Skovgaard, of Copenhagen, in 1918, who upon receipt of the instrument pronounced it the finest violin he had ever seen. Mr. Larsen receives from two hundred to five hundred dollars for his violins, all of which are made of Utah wood, and forty days or more are required for the manufacture of one of these. He has also practically made all of the tools with which he works. While various activities have claimed his attention at different periods, he has found it possible at the present time to concentrate his efforts and attention upon a work that he thoroughly loves and one for which nature splendidly qualified him, as he possesses mechanical skill and ingenuity and also that love of music which enables him to pronounced upon the fine tone and quality of the instruments which he produces.

ALFRED H. LUND.

Alfred H. Lund, the owner of a splendid farm property near Gunnison, on which he is raising pure bred stock, was born in Denmark, December 3, 1870, a son of Rasmus H.  and Petrina Lund, who were natives of Denmark and emigrated to Utah in 1893, settling in Salt Lake City. After three years Mr. Lund retired from active business and is now living at Crescent. Utah, at the advanced age of eighty years.

The public school system of Denmark afforded Alfred H. Lund his educational opportunities and he also pursued a practical course in agriculture in his native land. He was eighteen years of age when he came to Utah, settling at Mount Pleasant, where he lived for two years and then removed to Mayfield, where he made his home for six years.  There he followed lumbering and also engaged in filling contracts for railroad ties. About 1896 he secured a homestead at West View and has increased his holdings until he now has three hundred acres of rich and valuable land that responds readily to the care and labor which he bestows upon the place. His farm is today one of the valuable properties of the district and he also owns good pasture land, which is well stocked with pure blooded cattle. His business affairs are carefully and systematically conducted and the progressiveness which he displays in the conduct of his business interests is leading to well merited prosperity. He is also a stockholder in the Gunnison Valley Sugar Company and a member of the West View Irrigation Company and readily supports projects which he deems of worth and value in the development of his section of the state.

At Mayfield, on the 29th of January, 1892, Mr. Lund was married to Miss Julia Christiansen, who was born December 23, 1872. a daughter of Frederick J. and Elsie M. (Larson) Christiansen. The father emigrated to Utah in 1856, making the trip with Canute Peterson's train, and first lived at Brigham city. Later he removed to Ephraim and finally settled at Mayfield in 1878, since which time he has made his home there. He has been a leading and influential resident of Mayfield for many years, both in the work of the church and in the affairs of the town, and is most highly respected. He has now reached the venerable age of ninety-three years. Mr. and Mrs. Lund have become the parents of ten children: Leroy H., who was born April 10, 1894. and married lone Bardsley; Carrie L., who was born September 4, 1895, and is the wife of Earl H. McCallan; George H., who was born August 15, 1897; Mildred, March 14, 1899; Novella, January 18, 1901; Alva H., December 19. 1902; Elvira, August 27, 1904; Ivan H.. August 28, ' 1907; Elmo H., March 4, 1909; and Ada E., June 20, 1911.  Mr. Lund and his family are connected with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and they occupy an enviable position in the social circles of the community. The hospitality of their own home is greatly enjoyed by many friends and Mr. Lund is termed one of the leading and representative agriculturists of his section of the state.

ANTHONY MADSEN.

For an extended period Anthony Madsen has been numbered among the prominent agriculturists and representative business men of Gunnison, where he is now manager of the branch of the Consolidated Wagon & Machine Company. His activities have ever been of a character that have contributed to public progress and up building as well as to individual success. He is among the substantial citizens that Denmark has furnished to Utah, his birth having occurred in that country on the 3d of June, 1860. His parents were Christian and Christiana (Nelson) Sparring. The father was killed in the war between Denmark and Prussia in 1864 and in 1872 Paul C. Madsen wedded Mrs. Sparring and her children took his name. It was in 1875 that Mr. Madsen came with the family to Utah, settling at Gunnison, where he followed farming for many years, there passing away in 1916, while the mother of Anthony Madsen died in 1914. He had five brothers, Chris. Peter C. Andrew. Martin, and Niels, the first named being his twin.

Anthony Madsen acquired a common school education in Denmark and on coming to Utah as a youth of fourteen began work as a farm hand. Later he secured a homestead at Axtell, near Gunnison, and subsequently sold that property, purchasing one hundred acres of land adjoining the city limits of Gunnison. This property has increased in value more than fourfold, being today worth three hundred dollars per acre. He still continues the further development and improvement of the farm, assisted by his sons, and has made it a splendid property, equipped with every facility for the cultivation of the fields and the care of the crops. In 1896 he extended the scope of his activities by establishing an implement business at Gunnison, which he conducted for twenty years, or          until 1916, when he sold out. For the past three years he has been occupying the responsible position of manager of the Gunnison branch of the Consolidated Wagon & Machine Company and is proving most efficient in this connection. He is also a stockholder and director of the Gunnison Irrigation Company, a stockholder of the Gunnison Valley Sugar Company and of the Alfalfa Meal Company.

At Gunnison on the 18th of October, 1882, Mr. Madsen wedded Miss Sina Christiansen, a daughter of Christian and Karen (Christiansen) Christiansen, who came to Utah in 1860 and were well known farming people of this state. Mrs. Madsen passed away July 21, 1898, and in Gunnison, in 1899, Mr. Madsen was married to Miss Lena Nelsen, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ole C. Nelsen, who came to Utah in 1878. Both are now deceased. By his first marriage Mr. Madsen had five children. Ernest, who was born in 1885, married Belle Larson and they have two children. Roy, who was born in 1890, wedded Verone Conluff. Delbert, who was born in 1892, married Violet Bushart, by whom he has one child. Clarence, born in 1894, married Minnie Christina Jensen and they have one child. Bert, who was born in 1896, married Bertha Funk. The youngest son, Bert, went to the Mexican border with the state militia and on his return joined the One Hundred and Forty-fifth Utah Artillery as a member of Battery F. He was overseas with his command and returned on the 20th of January, 1919. Roy joined the army in June, 1917, as a member of the medical department and was sent to Fort Riley, Kansas. He was released in May, 1919, and is now a teacher in the high school of Gunnison. The children of Mr. Madsen's second marriage are: Owen, born in 1901; Eva, in 1905; and Christiana, in 1907. All of the children were born in Gunnison.

Mr. Madsen belongs to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and has been a generous supporter of its work and of all interests and projects which have to do with the welfare and development of the city. He votes with the republican party, is a member of the city council and in 1896 was elected one of the county commissioners of Sanpete county. No project for the public good seeks his aid in vain. He stands for the development of the district along all lines of substantial worth and is highly esteemed both as a man and citizen.

ERNEST MADSEN.

Ernest Madsen, mayor of Manti, is the owner of a large and productive farm in Sanpete county. He was born in Manti, September 30, 1871, a son of Jorgen and Hannah (Anderson) Madsen. The father is a native of Denmark and the mother's birth occurred on the water while her parents were crossing the Atlantic to the new world. Both families made their way to Utah, settling at Manti. Jorgen Madsen took up the occupation of farming and stock raising as a life work and his ambition centered in his family, his greatest desire being to promote the welfare and happiness of his children.

He reared nine sons and daughters and gave to them good educational advantages, enabling them to start well in life. He participated in the Black Hawk war and experienced all the privations and hardships of pioneer life in this part of the country. As the years have passed, however, he has witnessed the development of the region into a populous and prosperous section and with his wife is now living retired at Manti, enjoying in well earned rest the fruits of his former toil.  Ernest Madsen was a pupil in the public schools of Manti and when his textbooks were put aside he turned to the occupation of farming and stock raising and has since been connected therewith. He has never dissipated his energies over a broad field but has concentrated his efforts along this line with excellent results and as his financial resources have increased has become the owner of a large farm that is quite productive.  His home at Manti is an attractive and substantial residence equipped with all modern comforts and conveniences. He is also a stockholder in the Peoples Sugar Company at Moroni and is a stockholder and director of the Manti City Savings Bank and in many other prosperous institutions.

In 1893 Mr. Madsen was united in marriage to Miss Lena B. Jensen, who died in 1909. On the 22d of March, 1911, in Manti, he was married to Miss Delia Stringham, a daughter of Walter and Mary Ellen (Tuttle) Stringham. Her father was born in Clay county, Missouri. February 4, 1837. His parents had joined the Mormon church in 1830, when the entire membership of the church numbered but six. The Stringham family came to Utah in 1856, in Canute Peterson's train, and in 1857 Walter Stringham became a resident of Manti, where he is now living retired. His wife died some twelve years ago. He is a veteran of the Black Hawk war and was also in Castle Valley in 1858, when with forty others he participated in a skirmish with the Indians in which his horse was shot from under him. In 1859 he wedded Mary E. Tuttle. He is a man of many admirable qualities and traits of character. To Mr. and Mrs. Madsen have been born three children: Guma, who was born January 11, 1912; Wallace E., born March 8, 1913; and Mary E., September 21, 1915.

Religiously Mr. Madsen and his family are connected with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and he is first counselor to Bishop Jacobson, while for thirteen years he has been ward superintendent of the Sunday school. His political support is given to the republican party and he is one of the recognized leaders in its local ranks.  He is acting as precinct chairman and for four years he occupied a position on the city council, exercising his official prerogatives in support of many well devised plans and measures for the public good. In November, 1919. Mr. Madsen had the honor of being elected mayor of Manti.

JOHN K. MADSEN.

John K. Madsen, of Mount Pleasant, is one of the prominent farmers and sheep raisers of Utah, handling immense flocks of sheep. He has five hundred acres of land, known as the Mount Pleasant Rambouillet farm, a splendidly equipped property, and the extent and importance of his business interests place him among the leading sheep men of the state. He is numbered among the native sons of Mount Pleasant, born March 15, 1872. His parents, N. P. and Wilmina (Krouse) Madsen, were natives of Denmark and the father came to Utah with his parents as members of Captain Hogart's company, arriving in this state in November, 1856. The grandfather of John K. Madsen in the paternal line died at Devil's Gate, Weber canyon, before reaching Salt Lake. N. P. Madsen took up his abode at Brigham and in 1859 removed to Mount Pleasant, coming with other pioneers who aided in the settlement of this section of the state. He was among those who went to the defense of the colonists at the time of the Indian attacks and his name is engraved on the monument which was erected in 1909 in honor of the pioneers of 1859. He passed away on the 30th of September. 1909, having for a number of years survived his wife, whose death occurred October 3. 1900. He was an active and prominent worker in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving as bishop of Mount Pleasant for a number of years. He was a leading figure in all public enterprises of his city and contributed much to its material and moral development. The mother was but eight years of age when she came to Utah and her mother died in St. Louis, Missouri, during a cholera epidemic. N. P. and Wilmina Madsen had eight children: John K., of this review; Frank, who married Ann Ivie and had three children; W. E., who wedded Mary Woodring and had three children; Ephraim. who married Marinda Willcox, by whom he had four children; E. R.. who married Alia Sanders; Lucinda, who became the wife of Gunder Gunderson and had five children: Augusta, the wife of A. C. Jones and the mother of nine children: and Mina Louise, who married Albert Rumond and has six children.

John K. Madsen was accorded the educational opportunities afforded by the public schools of Mount Pleasant and when only thirteen years of age began working with sheep He has since been identified with the sheep industry and his steady progress has brought him to a commanding position in connection with the business in Utah As the years passed he also took up farming and is today the owner of a very valuable farm of five hundred acres  recognized as one of the best properties of the kind in the state. It is known as the Mount Pleasant Rambouillet Farm and is exceedingly well equipped, being supplied with every accessory and convenience of the model farm property of the twentieth century.  In addition he has large tracts of grazing land for his for his sheep.  He has ever made sheep raising the most important feature of his business and his flocks of graded  Rambouillet registered sheep are not surpassed in the United States They have proved not only the best producers but are noted for long life and the substantial profits derived in the handling of wool. No man has earned more prizes for grade and quality including the Sweepstake prizes than Mr. Madsen when he has exhibited. He is a most progressive business man. alert and energetic and a good advertiser.  Sanpete county is in the lead in the Production of Rambouillet sheep in the world as to the price which they bring, the grade and the number of sheep produced. Mr. Madsens name is known throughout the country as a breeder and raiser of Rambouillets

At Mount Pleasant on the 20th of January, 1899, John K. Madsen was united in marriage to Miss Katie Whitlock, a daughter of Captain A. H. and Maria (Draper) Whitlock both of whom were natives of Utah, their respective parents having come to this state during the earliest pioneer times. The father, known as Captain Whitlock was well known during the Indian troubles and is a pensioner of the Indian war. He is still living at the age of seventy-one years and his memory forms a connecting link between the primitive past and the progressive present, for he has been not only a witness but an active participant in many  events which have brought about the pioneer development and later progress of the state.  In 1905 Mr. Madsen was called upon to the mourn the loss of his wife, who passed away on the 15th of April of that year.  On the 14th of December, 1914, he wedded her sister, Miss Virginia Whitlock.  There were three children, a son and two daughters, born of the first marriage, but the little son was burned to death when but three years of age.  The two daughters are Pearl, aged sixteen, and Aileen , fourteen years of age.

Mr Madsen and his family are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and his political allegiance is given to the republican party but the honors and emoluments of office have no attraction for him as he has always preferred to concentrate his efforts and energies upon his business affairs.  He today occupies the finest home in Mount Pleasant.  It is most richly and tastefully furnished and is the abode of warm hearted hospitality.  It stands as the visible evidence of the thrift and directed energy of Mr. Madsen , who, starting out in the business world when a lad of but thirteen years, has made steady progress until he has reached a goal of prosperity and with the prominent and progressive agriculturists and sheep raisers of the state.

PETER H. MADSEN.

Peter H. Madsen is now living retired at Manti but for many years was actively identified with farming and stock raising in Sanpete county. He was born in Denmark, October 1, 1847, a son of Henning and Karen (Peterson) Madsen, the former born in Denmark in March, 1822, and the latter on the 20th of September, 1820. They came to Utah in 1866, crossing the plains with ok teams. Mrs. Madsen passed away in Echo canyon, Utah, and Mr. Madsen afterward settled at Manti, where he followed farming quite successfully until his death, which occurred in 1890.  In the public schools of his native land Peter H. Madsen pursued his education.  He was a youth of eighteen years when the family made the long voyage across the briny deep to the new world, followed by the long and arduous trip across the country to this state. He soon became identified with farming and stock raising in Utah and has met with substantial prosperity as the years have gone by. He has acquired considerable land, which he has brought under a high state of cultivation, and his stock raising interests have also been an important source of revenue to him. He continued active in business until in his seventy-second year, when in 1919 he turned over the management of his interests to his sons and is now living retired in the enjoyment of a well earned rest. He has also become a stockholder in the People's Sugar Company of Moroni and in the Gunnison Valley Sugar Company. He is a director of the Manti Irrigation & Reservoir Company and is keenly interested in irrigation problems.  At Salt Lake City, on the 12th of December, 1870, Mr. Madsen was married to Miss Maria Hansen, who was born in Denmark, July 20, 1848, a daughter of Jens and Sophia (Peterson) Hansen, who were also natives of that country, whence they came to the new world in 1853, making their way westward to Spring City, Utah. After gathering supplies for the winter they were driven out by the Indians and went to Manti, where they arrived on the 24th of December of that year. They were blessed and prospered in Manti and Mr. Hansen assisted in financing trains to go for emigrants.  He was always generous and his labors were of much help to the community. He passed away in 1884 and his death was the occasion of deep and widespread regret.

To Mr. and Mrs. Madsen were born eight children. Cora D., born October 20, 1871, was married June 22, 1892, to David Olsen and has six children. Nelson P., born October 25, 1873, was married May 21, 1918, to Eliza Anderson. Antoinnetta, born September 15, 1876, became the wife of George B. Cox in 1908 and they have two children.  Luella M., born October 16, 1878, became the wife of William M. Cox on the 26th of September, 1907, and has three children. Eunice C, born June 2, 1884, was married February 19, 1908, to Guy M. Nelson and has five children. Orson P., born September 11, 1886, was married January 24, 1910, to Jennie Wilson and has one child. Francis was born March 23, 1890. Stanford, born April 7, 1893, married Grace Anderson on the 2d of October 1918.

Mr. Madsen has been a lifelong member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has filled a mission to Denmark and for a number of years was president of the Elders' Quorum. He votes with the republican party and has served as a member of the city council of Manti for four years, while for three terms he occupied the position of school trustee. His military experience covers service as a member of the Home Guard in John H. Tuttle's company during the Indian troubles of 1867. He has ever been a progressive citizen, has long been a stalwart champion of the cause of education and has taken great pride in giving his children excellent opportunities along that line, enabling them all to attend college. He has a family of whom he has every reason to be proud, for sons and daughters have shown good judgment like their father. In business affairs Mr. Madsen was ever enterprising and progressive and in his sons he finds worthy successors.

RASMUS L. MADSEN.

For thirty years Rasmus L. Madsen has been engaged in sheep raising and is very prominent and widely known in that connection, having given his attention to the breeding and raising of Rambouillet sheep. He was born at Mount Pleasant, Utah, April 14, 1866, and still makes his home in this locality, Sanpete county claiming him as a representative citizen. His parents were Niels Peter and Caroline (Frandsen) Madsen.  The father came to Utah in 1856 and is numbered among the pioneers of Mount Pleasant of 1859. his name appearing on the monument which has been erected in honor of those who contributed to the early development of the district. He was also numbered among the Indian war veterans and gave five horses for use in the cavalry service.  For four years, from 1878 until 1881, he served as bishop of the North ward. He was also active in secular affairs, having for three years been a member of the city council: and his business was that of farming and stock raising. He was a highly respected citizen whose death was deeply regretted when in 1901 he passed away. In his family were the following named: Rasmus L., Mary, Lucina, Peter H., Lena, George G., David, Bertie and Alonzo.

Rasmus L. Madsen after acquiring a common school education at Mount Pleasant, became actively interested in the raising of sheep and live stock. In fact he took up this work when only a boy and for the last thirty years has given his attention to the sheep industry, raising Rambouillets. He has large flocks and the careful management of his business affairs and his unremitting industry have brought him a very substantial measure of success. He has also become a stockholder in the Gunnison Sugar Company and in the North Sanpete Bank.

At Manti, January 30, 1901, Mr. Madsen was married to Miss Grace West, who was born February 28, 1876, a daughter of Thomas and Emma (Allred) West Her father came to Utah with his mother and sister Elizabeth in 1855 and lived in Salt Lake and Provo until 1863, when he removed to Mount Pleasant. He started out in the business world for himself when eighteen years of age and for three years followed railroading and mining. In 1875 he bought a farm at Chester and in 1895 removed to Mount Pleasant, where he engaged in the sheep business. In fact he became active as a sheep raiser in 1888 and is also interested in various enterprises at Mount Pleasant. He was there married to Emma Allred, who was born in Ogden, October 15, 1857, and is a representative of one of the old pioneer families of the state. Her father came to Utah in 1851 and in 1852 went to England, where he filled a three years' mission. In 1858 he removed to Ephraim and in 1859 became a pioneer resident of Mount Pleasant, helping to lay out the city. His death occurred soon afterward. Mrs. Madsen had three brothers and two sisters, Thomas, Wilford. Stella and Ray, all living, and Zella, who died at the age of twenty-six years. By her marriage Mrs. Madsen has become the mother of three children: Bernice, who was born at Mount Pleasant, Utah, December 3, 1902; Boyd West, born at Mount Pleasant, April 4, 1906; and Brooks R., also a native of that city, born April 20, 1913.

Mr. Madsen belongs to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His political endorsement is given to the republican party, but, while he is a firm believer in its principles and supports its candidates at the polls, he does not seek nor desire office, preferring to concentrate his efforts and energies upon his business affairs, which have been steadily developed as the years have passed and have gained him recognition as one of the leading sheep raisers of his section of the state.

ROYAL D. MADSEN.

Royal D. Madsen, an electrician residing at Manti, was born in Chester, Sanpete county, July 4. 1894, his parents being David P. and Evinda E. (Allred) Madsen, who nre also natives of Utah and representatives of. old pioneer families of this state. The father was born in Ephraim, January 9, 1868, and the mother's birth occurred in Spring City, Utah, December 18, 1872. They were married in Manti Temple, April 26. 1893, and their children are as follows: Royal D.; Harry V., who was born at Ephraim, March 5, 1896, and died when but fifteen days old; Leah, born September 12, 1898, now filling a mission as ordinance worker in the Manti Temple: Tennys R., who was born in Ephraim, November 14, 1900; Robert Earl, born in Ephraim, April 19, 1903; Reed A., born In Ephraim. March 3, 1906; De Lloyd P., born May 17, 1912; Eva, who was born in Ephraim, June 28, 1909; and Lucy B., born April 3, 1915.

In the acquirement of his education Royal D. Madsen after attending the common schools spent five years as a student in the Snow Academy where he specialized in commercial work and in mechanics. He was graduated on the completion of a course In carpentering and later he took a course in electrical engineering in the International Correspondence Schools and has thus developed his native latent powers and has made steady progress along the line of his chosen field of labor. During his academy course he filled a mission to the central states, having his headquarters in Arkansas during 1912-13, and on the 22d of June, 1914, he returned to his home. 

Mr. Madsen was married in Manti, May 9, 1917, to Miss Edith M. Carpenter, who was born in Manti, June 15, 1894, a daughter of Joseph H. and Matilda S. (Alder) Carpenter.  Her father was born in England, April 3, 1861, and came to Utah about 1886. Her mother was a native of Manti, born January 16, 1866. The brothers of Mrs. Madsen are: J. Gerald, who was born in Salt Lake, May 23, 1890; Edwin S., born in Manti, June 3, 1897; H. Eugene, born in Manti, May 23, 1906; and George Alvin, who was born July 3, 1910. Two of her sisters died in infancy. The parents of Mrs. Madsen were married in Manti in 1889. To Mr. and Mrs. Madsen has been born a son, Royal Glen, whose birth occurred August 7, 1918.

Mr. Madsen filled several positions along the line of electrical work at various places and in 1918 removed to Manti, where he is now following his profession. He is well qualified in that connection and his work has received strong endorsement and gained for him a liberal patronage. He was appointed clerk of the board of education for the South Sanpete district and was also probate officer. From 1912 until 1916 he served as a member of the National Guard. He has been quite active in the work of the church and aside from filling a mission, as previously indicated, he is counselor of the stake of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association and is deputy scout commissioner for the stake of South Sanpete. His interest in community affairs is deep and sincere and he gives enthusiastic support to any cause which he champions.

BISHOP A. E. MCINTOSH.

Bishop A. E. Mcintosh, of Mount Pleasant, is now living retired from active business cares, devoting his attention to his churchly duties and private interests. He was born in St. John, Utah, March 4, 1860, of the marriage of William and Maria (Caldwell) Mcintosh, the former a native of Scotland, born September 19, 1819, while the latter was born in Canada on the 12th of February, 1824. They came to Utah in the early '50s and first settled at West Jordan but afterward became pioneer residents at St. John, Utah, whence they later removed with their family to Panaca, Nevada, then a part of Utah, for the purpose of aiding in the settlement of that country. In 1867 they returned to St. John and in 1890 the family home was established in Mount Pleasant in consequence of the sheep interests of the father. The surviving children of the family are: Abraham E. of this review; Joseph Albert, who married Anna Russell; and Lillian, the wife of Heber McBride. Three sons, John, Henry and Frank, and three daughters.  Jane, Alice and Caroline, all reached adult age, were married and had families but have passed away.

Abraham E. Mcintosh spent his early school days at Panaca and completed the work of the higher grades at St. John, Utah, and also attended a private school. He followed sheep raising and farming in early manhood in connection with his father and later independently, and by dint of economy and hard work acquired a good farm and large flock of sheep. Year by year he carefully, systematically and successfully managed his business affairs and won a place among the substantial agriculturists and sheep men of his section of the state. He continued active in business in this way until 1910, when he retired to private life.

On the 1st of January, 1884, in St. John, Utah, Bishop Mcintosh was married to Miss Mary Louise Guhl, a daughter of Peter and Mary Ann (Petersen) Guhl, who were natives of Denmark and came to Utah at an early day. The father later filled a mission to Denmark, being president of the mission during his sojourn in his native land. His occupation was that of farming. Bishop and Mrs. Mcintosh have become parents of five children, three sons and two daughters. Abraham Vance married Florence Monsen and has one child. Anna Estella is the wife of Joseph Schofield and has two children. Vernon M., born in 1885, was a member of the Coast Artillery and went to France in 1918, returning on the 1st of April, 1919. after active overseas service. Elvin P., born in 1887, was called on a mission to Canada in 1917 and is still there. Grace M.. born in 1903, is now in high school. One of these children was born in St. John, Utah, and the other four in Mount Pleasant.

Bishop Mcintosh has always adhered to the faith of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and since 1914 has been bishop of the south ward of Mount Pleasant.  His political allegiance is given to the republican party and his personal popularity is indicated in the fact that on certain occasions he has been the only republican elected to office on the local ticket. He has continuously served as a member of the city council since 1894, or for a quarter of a century, save for two years when he filled a mission to the eastern states, returning in 1897. As city councilman and as bishop he has endeared himself to the people of Mount Pleasant because of his fairness and progressiveness and the wisdom which he has displayed, becoming recognized as one of the most valued and representative residents of Sanpete county.

SVEND PETER MELGAARD.

Svend Peter Melgaard, manager of the Fairview Cash Creamery and well qualified for the conduct of important business interests of this character, is now classed with the substantial and representative residents of Fairview. He was born in Denmark, September 25, 1884, and is a son of Leon Christian and Elizabeth (Anderson) Melgaard, who never came to America. He also has four sisters still in Denmark and a brother, John Melgaard, who is in Utah and who married Annie Irngland, by whom he has two children.

Svend P. Melgaard pursued his education in the schools of Denmark and while still In that country learned the English language by conversing with people who could speak the tongue. On the 7th of November, 1910, he arrived in Utah and first settled at Manti. He secured work in a creamery but the company by which he was employed failed in business. He afterward engaged in peddling ice cream and make a good living, but the hours were very long and burdensome. On the 1st of September, 1911, he took charge of a creamery at Fairview and on the 1st of December 1917, he embarked in the creamery business on his own account, but competition was so keen and the methods employed were so unfair he decided to rent his creamery to the company known as the Ephraim Creamery Company. He became manager for this concern at Fairview, with which he has since been connected, and is now very successfully carrying on their business.  During the time that he was in business such were the obstacles that he had to meet that he would not have succeeded at all if it had not been for his wife, who turned her attention to chicken raising and kept up the house on fifty dollars a month from that source. In the year 1918 she made sixteen hundred dollars from three hundred hens and thus has been of great assistance to her husband. As the result of their united efforts they now have a home most comfortably and attractively furnished and Mr. Melgaard is accounted one of the leading business men of Fairview. 

On the 1st of January, 1910, Mr. Melgaard was married in Denmark to Miss Jennie M. Peterson, a daughter of Peter and Inger (Stroubak) Peterson, who remained residents of Denmark, where Mrs. Melgaard has two brothers and two sisters yet living, while another brother resides in Utah. Mr. and Mrs. Melgaard have a son whom they have legally adopted. Swen Ross Melgaard, who was born in Brigham, May 28, 1917.  Mr. Melgaard belongs to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His military service covers connection with the state militia at Manti, Utah. His political endorsement is given to the republican party and he is a member of the Commercial Club of Fairview, of which he is serving as a director. He is a representative of the progressive spirit that is dominating the business development of the country and further success will undoubtedly be won by him in the future.

ELGIN P. MELLOR.

Elgin P. Mellor, a successful farmer living at Fayette, where he was born July 29. 1898, is a son of James Mellor, Jr., and Eliza (Bartholomer) Mellor. The father was born October 8, 1848, in England, and came to Utah in 1856 in Martin Taylor's handcart company. In the same fall he went to Provo and in 1857 became a resident of Springville. while in 1861 he accompanied his parents on their removal to Fayette. He was but eight years of age at the time of his arrival in this state. He has always followed farming and has made a specialty of raising sheep and horned cattle. He served for three years in the Black Hawk war, beginning in 1865 as a member of Captain Carl Madison's cavalry company, and in 1867 he became connected with Captain Christian Tollarstrup's company of infantry, his registry number being 13,708. He was with General Pace in several raids and other engagements, thus continuing until peace was declared. In 1881 and 1882 he filled a mission to Kansas and was teacher in the ward for seventeen years. In 1882 he was set apart as one of the seven presidents of the Seventies, Quorum Sixty-five, and held that position for eighteen years. He was then set apart as counselor to Bishop Bartholomew, serving for twelve years, but at present is not holding office in the church, and he has also retired from active business, having leased his farm. In 1871 he was married to Eliza Bartholomew. who was born in Springville in 1854 and was brought by her parents to Fayette, Utah, there remaining until her death on the 10th of May, 1912. The brothers of Elgin P. Mellor are: James H., who married Sadie Erickson and has six children; Gilbert, who married Mary Stulick, by whom he has seven children; and Francis, who married Etta Robinson, by whom he has three children. The sisters of Mr. Mellor are: Loye, who became the wife of Al Clark and has seven children; Lydia, the wife of Al Lewis and the mother of six children; Violet, who married Louis Dorious, by whom she has eight children; Dora, the wife of Joseph Olsen and the mother of five children; and Luera, who married Orval Christensen, by whom she has two children.

After attending the common schools of Fayette, Elgin P. Mellor spent two years, in 1916 and 1917, as a student in the Brigham Young University at Provo and thus with liberal educational advantages was well qualified for life's practical and responsible duties. He took up the occupation of farming and is now the owner of some land, in addition to which he has leased over two hundred acres of his father's property.  He raises mixed crops, mostly hay, wheat and sugar beets, and annually gathers large harvests as a reward for the care and labor which he bestows upon the fields.  Mr. Mellor is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His political endorsement has been given to the republican party since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. He is yet a young man, having scarcely more than attained his majority, but already has made for himself a most creditable and enviable position in agricultural circles and has displayed qualities that will make his future career well worth watching.

ADOLPH MERZ.

Adolph Merz. a marble worker of Mount Pleasant, was born in Zurich, Switzerland, May 8, 1869, a son of Sebastian and Susanna (Forster) Merz, both of whom were natives of Switzerland, the former born in Herisau and the latter in Dynhard. Zurich.  They were converted to the faith of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in their native country and there the father passed away, after which the mother came to Utah in 1882. settling at Mount Pleasant, where she died October 6, 1919. The father was a gunsmith by trade and afterward turned his attention to the manufacture of agricultural implements. The family numbered three sons and three daughters, of whom a son and a daughter died in infancy, while one brother and the sisters of Adolph Merz who reached maturity are: Mrs. Emily Hugentobler, who is living at Salina, Utah; and Mrs. Susanna Hugentobler and H. C. Merz, both of whom are living at Mount Pleasant. The two sisters married brothers.

Adolph Merz acquired his education in the Real school in Switzerland and afterward learned the marble cutter's trade. He, too, became a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and during the years 1888-9 did missionary work in his native country. In June, 1889. he came to America, settling at Mount Pleasant.  Utah, where he has remained continuously since, save for a year spent in Salt Lake City, where he became acquainted with his wife. He acquired full citizenship in the year 1896. He established a marble and stone yard at Mount Pleasant and has since engaged in monument work and in the cutting of stone for building purposes. His business has steadily grown and developed and he is now accorded a liberal patronage.

On the 12th of March, 1890, in Logan Temple at Logan, Utah. Mr. Merz was married to Miss Ida Rutishauser. whose parents were natives of Thurgau. Switzerland, where they joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Her father died in the land of the Alps and in 1885 her mother came to Utah, settling at Salt Lake City, where she passed away in 1902. Mrs. Merz was born in Klarsreute. Switzerland, and she has two brothers and a sister, one brother and the sister coming to Utah, where they now reside. The older brother died in his native land. By her marriage Mrs. Merz has become the mother of a daughter, Ida E., who was born March 16. 1892, and who on the 2d of September, 1914, became the wife of Leander T. Thompson, of Ephraim, Utah, who is instructor of music at the Snow Academy. They became the parents of four children of whom Merz Thompson is deceased, while those living are Philip. Douglas' and Jeanne.

Mr. Merz belongs to the Genealogical Society of Utah at Salt Lake City His military record covers five years of training while in school. Politically he is a republican and was twice elected to the city council of Mount Pleasant and was also appointed to fill out an unexpired term as justice of the peace. In matters of citizenship he has always proved loyal to the Interests entrusted to his care and, like the great majority of the people of the Swiss republic, he has proved in his adopted land a good, law-abiding citizen, highly respected in the community in which he lives. In church matters he has been very active since coming to America and was made bishop of the south ward of the North Sanpete stake in December. 1913. Previous to this he was active in Sunday school work, also in the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association and in religious classes, while in September, 1914, he was made president of the North Sanpete stake, which position he still holds. His life has ever been characterized by high and honorable principles and his genuine worth is recognized by all with whom he has been brought in contact.

WILLIAM METCALF.

For forty years William Metcalf has been a resident of Gunnison and throughout his entire life he has been actively engaged in the raising of cattle and sheep. His business affairs have ever been carefully, systematically and wisely conducted and success in substantial measure is now his. Mr. Metcalf was born in Salt Lake City, May 5, 1855, a son of John E. and Mary (Waslin) Metcalf. The parents came to Utah from England in 1853, settling in Salt Lake City, and in 1857 removed to Springville. John E. Metcalf was called to settle Fayette in 1865 and thus at various points in the state he contributed largely to development and progress. He entered the cattle business at Fayette and also built the first and only grist mill of the town. Associated with Bishop Kearns, he also built the first sawmill in Gunnison and thus took active part in promoting industrial development. He continued in the stock business until his death, which occurred February 4, 1887, while the mother of William Metcalf passed away March 26, 1884. The father filled a mission to England in 1879 and occupied various offices in the church in Utah, being presiding elder at Fayette, the bishop being at Gunnison. 

William Metcalf obtained a common school education through attendance at the schools of Springville, Fayette and Gunnison, and early in life became the active assistant of his father in carrying on the live stock business. When quite young he began gathering a flock of sheep and has continued in the raising of cattle and sheep throughout his entire life. In 1879 he removed to Gunnison, where he has now made his home for four decades. His business interests have been most carefully conducted and in all of his undertakings he is associated with his sons. Junius and Ray. They are managing two splendid flocks of Rambouillet sheep and also conduct a good farm and have nice homes. John is principal of the Gunnison district school and Dauntis Saunders, a son-in-law, is the owner of one of the best hog farms in Sanpete county and is also interested in the raising of alfalfa.

It was in Salt Lake City, July 3, 1879, that Mr. Metcalf was married to Miss Emma  Capson, who was born in Virgin City, Utah, March 17, 1862, a daughter of Nils and Gustava (Lundstrum) Capson, who were natives of Sweden. Her father came to Utah in 1854, and in 1859 removed to Ephraim. He was called to settle Virgin City in 1861 and there conducted business as an orchardist, succeeding well with his fruit. The year after his arrival in Utah he planted the first trees that surrounded the Temple block in Salt Lake City. He died at Virgin City, September 10, 1863, and was long survived by the mother of Mrs. Metcalf, her death occurring at Gunnison, August 16, 1914. Mr. and Mrs. Metcalf have become the parents of four children: William Junius, born June 2, 1883; Ray, who was born March 5. 1886, and married Allie Halverson, by whom he has two children; John E., who was born March 25, 1888, and wedded Lilly Miller, by whom he has one child; and Emma Talula, the wife of Dauntis Saunders and the mother of two children.

Mr. Metcalf and his family are adherents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His political allegiance is given to the republican party and he is keenly interested in public affairs, cooperating at all times in plans and measures tor the general good. He has served as county commissioner for two terms and has represented his district in the Utah state legislature, where he assisted in electing Reed Smoot to the senate. Mrs. Metcalf has served on the school board and Mr. Metcalf has been president of the Dover Irrigation Company for sixteen years. Mrs. Metcalf was also vice chairman of the Red Cross work and both have been very active in promoting the interests of the city along all those lines which are a matter of civic virtue and civic pride. In business affairs opportunity has ever been a call to action with Mr. Metcalf, and his determined energy and intelligent direction of his labors have brought to him very gratifying success.

ELMER D. MILLER.

Elmer D. Miller, a barber of Mount Pleasant, was born July 8, 1879, in the city in which he still resides. His parents were Peter and Sophia (Anderson) Miller, the former a native of Norway, while the latter was born in Sweden. They came with their respective parents to Utah in pioneer times, the families settling at Mount Pleasant.  Both the father and the grandfather of Elmer D. Miller were veterans of the Indian wars. Peter Miller has passed away but the mother is still living at the age of seventyfour years and makes her home at Grand Junction, Colorado. After the death of her first husband she became the wife of Thomas Price and has three children by that marriage. The children of the Miller family are: Elmer D.; Mary, the wife of Charles Hampshire, by whom she has seven children; Emma, who became the wife of William Thatcher and died leaving one child; Oscar P.; George M., who married Minnie Johnson and has two children; and Joseph, who is married and has one child. The son George M. was a merchant. After the declaration of war with Germany his son joined the army and George M. Miller then sold out, retiring from business, and removed to Salt Lake, where he and his wife became actively associated with the Red Cross, serving with the unit at the Utah Hotel in the capital city.

Elmer D. Miller spent his youthful days under the parental roof and when he had completed a public school education he took up the occupation of farming, which he followed for a time. Later, however, he learned the barber's trade and in 1903 opened a shop in Mount Pleasant. Through the intervening period, covering sixteen years, he has continued in the business and today has the leading barber shop in the city, being accorded a most liberal, gratifying and growing patronage. 

On the 5th of January, 1900, in Mount Pleasant, Mr. Miller was married to Miss Ellen Bigler, a daughter of Jacob and Pauline Bigler, who were natives of Switzerland. Crossing the Atlantic, they established their home in Utah during the period of its early development. The father filled two missions in Europe and was a most earnest worker in behalf of the church. He has passed away but the mother is still living and makes her home in Mount Pleasant. They were parents of three daughters, all of whom are married. To Mr. and Mrs. Miller have been born five children: Doris, who was born in August, 1901; Richard, born April 5. 1903; Leonard, July 21, 1906; May, in 1909; and Blanche on the 25th of September, 1918.  Mr. Miller became one of the charter members of the Hub Club of Mount Pleasant and is keenly interested in all of the plans and projects of that organization for the upbuilding and development of the city. He stands at all times as a loyal supporter of public progress and is accounted one of the reliable business men of Mount Pleasant.

LAURITZ P. MILLER.

Lauritz P. Miller, engaged in the lumber business and in contracting at Manti, Sanpete county, was born in Denmark in 1869, a son of Peter E. Skelsen and Rasmine (Rasmasen) Miller, both of whom were also natives of Denmark. The other children of the family were: Rasmus E., who is married and has six children; Johanna, Maria and Maren, all of whom were born in Denmark and still reside in that country. 

Lauritz P. Miller supplemented his common school education by a course of study in mechanical drawing in his native country. He took up the carpenter's trade in Denmark and was thus employed until 1891, when he crossed the Atlantic to the new world and made his way to Manti, Utah. Here he at once began contracting and building and has erected more business blocks, public buildings and homes than any other man or firm in Manti throughout the intervening years. All of the principal structures of the city have been erected by him, including the Manti Bank and others, which stand as monuments to his skill and handiwork. He has ever concentrated his efforts and attention upon his trade and kindred interests. In 1910 he organized the Manti Lumber Company and still manages the leading lumberyard of the city in connection with his contract work.

In 1892 Mr. Miller was united in marriage to Miss Johannah Maria Anderson, who was born in Denmark and in 1882 came to Utah with her parents, C. M. and Grete (Dallsen) Anderson. Her parents were born in Denmark and Mrs. Miller has three brothers, Neils, Chris and Andrea, and a sister, Christina. All of these are married and now reside in Manti. To Mr. and Mrs. Miller have been born four children. Margaret, the eldest, born in Manti in 1895, was married in 1915 to Wilford Dixon and they have two children: Donald W., born in 1916; and Thelma. born in Sterling, Utah, in 1918. Lucille, the second of the family, was born in 1899, Clement, in 1902, and Vera, in 1907.  Mr. Miller is a republican in politics and has served as councilman. He belongs to the Commercial Club and is interested in all that pertains to the welfare and progress of the community, cooperating in all of the well defined plans and projects of the Commercial Club for the up building of the city. He is a very industrious man and liberal to the poor and is highly esteemed wherever known and most of all where best known.

BENT MONSON.

Bent Monson, engaged in the milling business and in farming at Moroni, was there born October 22, 1872, and is one of the eight children whose parents were Mons and Janet (Syme) Monson. Coming to Utah in 1859, the father settled at Spanish Fork and in the spring of 1860 removed with his parents to Moroni, being at that time a youth of ten years. In 1871 he married Janet Syme. In the meantime he had been active in the work of the church and in 1868 was sent to the Platte river after emigrants, being with the six men who were drowned at Green River when a heavy storm came up and swelled the river, producing such a current that the cable which guided the ferryboat broke. Mr. Monson himself was in the water for six hours before he was rescued. He was one of the minutemen who served under Captain Curtis during the Black Hawk war and he afterward filled a colonizing mission to St. John's, Arizona, where he remained for a year. In 1883 he was called to go to Sweden on a mission of two years and in other branches of church service he remained active until his death.  He was a member of the Seventy and later was ordained a high priest. By trade he was a carpenter and he assisted in erecting many of the buildings in Moroni as well as in building the tabernacle and the first opera house. In secular affairs, too, he was a man of considerable influence and twice served as mayor of his town, giving to it a businesslike and progressive administration. He also filled the position of county - treasurer. Thus a life of activity and usefulness was brought to a close when on the 18th of April, 1910, he passed away. The mother of Bent Monson was born at Murphysboro, Illinois, December 15, 1854, and came to Utah in 1861 with her father, John Syme, who settled in Moroni. He was one of the Home Guards during the

Mons Monson (photo)

trying times from 1865 until 1867, when the Indians were on the warpath. He devoted his life to farming and died August 2, 1894. His family included four sons-William, James, George and Richard, who are yet living-and a daughter, Mrs. Monson. To Mons and Janet Monson were born eight children: Bent, of this review; Anna, who was born in Moroni, October 7, 1881, and is the wife of Anthony Christensen, by whom she has four children; Mons Gilbert, who was born August 18, 1886, and married Kate Chapman, by whom he has four children ; Ernest Eugene, who was born March 5, 1889, and wedded Louise Ann Young; Janet Ophelia, who was born April 9, 1892, and is the wife of William M.  Rhodes; and Hazel, John and Barbara, all deceased.

The common schools of Moroni afforded to Bent Monson the educational opportunities which he enjoyed and in his youthful days he was reared to the occupation of farming, with which he has since been connected to a greater or less extent. His father had become the owner of the opera house at Moroni and this Bent Monson converted into a twenty-five barrel Anglo-American Marvel roller mill on the 20th of September, 1913. He continues to manage and operate this mill and has turned out a splendid grade of flour which finds a ready sale on the market. In the conduct of this industry he has been quite successful and he also continues in farming, having a good tract of land well developed. He is likewise one of the stockholders in the Moroni Cooperative Mercantile Institution.

Mr. Monson is yet unmarried and lives with his mother on the old homestead where his birth occurred. His political allegiance is given to the democratic party and he is interested in all that pertains to the public welfare, while at the same time his close application to his business, his earnest purpose and reliable methods are bringing to him success.

JAMES ORLANDO MORLEY.

James Orlando Morley is one of the proprietors of the City Garage of Moroni, in which connection he is developing a business of gratifying and substantial proportions. He was the first child born in Emery county, Utah, his natal day being March 27, 1880, and the place of his birth Orange. His parents were George F. and Sarah Ann (Blackum) Morley. The father, also a native of Utah, was born at Manti in 1852 and accompanied his father to Moroni in 1859. At the time of the Black Hawk war he served with the military troops and when his aid was not needed in fighting the Indians he carried on farming and freighting. He was also one of the church colonizers and aided in opening up new and undeveloped regions for settlement. He was active in this way at Orange, Emery county. Utah, and later at Georgetown. Nevada, where he filled the position of bishop in the church. In 1904 he was called to Freedom, Utah, where he was presiding elder for two years, in 1905 he went to open up Preston. Nevada, and after a residence there of eleven years he passed to his reward in 1916. His father Isaac Morley, had been one of the original pioneers of the state and the Morleys were well known throughout Utah. The grandfather died in Moroni and in his passing the state mourned the loss of one of its honored and representative early settlers. The grandmother has reared a family of sixteen children and is still living at the age of eighty-seven years. The Blackum family, of which James O. Morley is a representative in the maternal line, was founded in Utah in 1856, when his ancestors came with one of the handcart companies to this state. Sarah Ann (Blackum) Morley is still living. By her marriage she became the mother of eleven children: James O., George, Isaac W. Welford, Ferry, Vera and five who have passed away.

James O. Morley received only common school advantages and in early life learned the blacksmith's trade. In 1909 he removed to McGill, Nevada, where he worked at blacksmithing for a mining company, but in 1917 returned to Utah and entered into partnership with James H. Anderson in establishing and conducting the City Garage at Moroni. Through the intervening period of two years they have built up and are now carrying on a profitable business, having a well appointed garage in which they do expert work in car repairing as well as blacksmithing.

In Nevada, on the 6th of December, 1900. Mr. Morley was united in marriage to Miss Eliza Peterson, a daughter of Andrew and Annie Peterson, who, coming to Utah in 1884, settled in Moroni. The father, a miller by trade, removed at a subsequent date to Georgetown, Nevada, where he was active in the church as counselor to Bishop George Morley. Later he removed to Preston, Nevada where he passed away in 1916. Mr. and Mrs. Morley are rearing a large family, as follows: Orlando Isaac, who was born August 1, 1901; George Andrew, whose birth occurred January 14, 1903; Edward Floid, whose natal day was September 23. 1904; Leota, born September 25. 1906; Arthur Truman, who was born November 8, 1908; Rodney Martin, who first opened his eyes to the light of day on the 14th of February, 1910; Lavon James, born in October, 1912; Vione, born September 7. 1914; John Orthello, born in 1916; and Silva Howorth. who was born in April. 1918. One child of the family, Lillis Doris, has passed away. The surviving children were all born in Nevada with the exception of the youngest, whose birth occurred at Moroni, Utah.

In religious belief Mr. Morley adheres to the faith of his fathers and is connected with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Politically he is a republican, voting for the men and measures of the party but not seeking office. It was not difficult for Mr. Morley to build up a good business in Moroni, so widely and favorably is the family known in this section of the state. His partner is also a blacksmith and machinist and they do considerable blacksmithing in connection with their garage work. They are meeting with well merited prosperity and Mr. Morley now has a good home and feels that Moroni is his permanent place of residence.