Utah Since Statehood
Author is Noble Warrum - 1919

GEORGE ALVORD.

George Alvord, who has developed one of the best farming properties in North Ogden, where he was born March 25, 1891, is accounted a most progressive and enterprising young business man. He is a son of Gideon William and Sarah Ann (Shupe) Alvord, the former a native of Lee county, Iowa, while the latter was born in Illinois.

The father's birth occurred in 1841 and in 1849 he became a resident of Utah, walking barefooted all the way to this state. The family settled at Forest Fort and afterward Gideon W. Alvord came to Ogden when there was only one house in the town. With many events which are mentioned on the pages of history he was associated as an active participant or as a witness. In early life he was at Nauvoo, Illinois, where he saw the old temple and the prophet, Joseph Smith. In 1864 he came to the present homestead of the Alvord family, purchasing the land and engaging in farming. It was a wilderness of brush when it came into his possession, but he grubbed this out and converted the land into one of the best ranches of the district. He was also very active in promoting irrigation interests, aided in building the railroad from Ogden Valley to North Ogden and by contract built the railroad from Hot Springs to Willard. In many ways he was closely associated with the work of general development and Improvement. He helped to build Salt Lake Temple, also worked on the streets of Salt Lake City and at different periods assisted in building various other churches of the Latter-day Saints. He was state meat inspector for several years and no duty which he was called upon to fill was ever slighted. In connection with his individual farming interests he also took charge of the ranch of Bailey Lake, who was killed by the Indians while on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The demise of Gideon W. Alvord occurred on the 4th of December. 1918. He was an elder in the church and his influence was a potent factor in promoting moral progress as well as the material development of the state.

George Alvord has spent his entire life at North Ogden, where he was reared in the usual manner of the farm-bred boy, his education being acquired in the district schools, while in the summer seasons he assisted largely in the work of the fields. He has never sought to change his occupation but continues active as a general farmer and is in control of a well developed property from which he annually gathers rich harvests.

On the 23d of November, 1910, Mr. Alvord was married to Miss Sarah L. Campbell, a daughter of Warren and Mary (White) Campbell. They have become the parents of four sons: Lloyd Ivan, Vern George, Carl Ira, and Paul Edmond.  Like his father. Mr. Alvord is a consistent member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His political endorsement is given to the democratic party, which he has supported since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. He does not seek to figure prominently in public affairs but concentrates his efforts and attention upon his business interests, which are now bringing to him substantial prosperity.

ADOLPH B. ANDERSON.

Adolph B. Anderson, who is engaged in ranching on Birch creek in Weber county, was born in Christiania, Norway, in December, 1860, a son of Peter and Martha (Hansen) Anderson, who were also natives of northern Norway. Crossing the Atlantic with their family, they came to Utah in 1861. Mrs. Anderson walked all the way across the plains, carrying her little son Adolph in her arms. They did not have an ox team of their own and others carried their luggage for them, while Mr. and Mrs. Anderson traveled on foot.  They first settled at Salt Lake, where they lived for about two years and then removed to Peterson, Morgan county, where Mr. Anderson homesteaded land and engaged in farming. He became a substantial and influential resident of his community and for some time served as county commissioner. He was also active in promoting the irrigation canal. He belonged to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, became a high priest and filled a mission to Norway.

Adolph B. Anderson has known no other home than Utah. Brought to this state during his infancy, he was reared upon the home farm and became the active assistant of his father in various branches of the farm work. He also aided in the development or the irrigation canal and built and surveyed several canals. He has always carried on general farming and engaged in the raising of live stock and has added materially to his income through his activities as a dealer in cattle. 

In March, 1899. Mr. Anderson was united in marriage to Miss Anna N. Farrow, a daughter of George and Margaret (Lawes) Farrow. She was born in England and came to Utah in 1893, establishing her home at Salt Lake, while later she became a resident of Weber county. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have become the parents of twelve children, eight of whom, four sons and four daughters, are still living. 

In April, 1907, Mr. Anderson removed with his family to his present farm, purchasing three hundred and twenty acres of land on Birch creek, all of which is irrigated.  His farm has been brought to a high state of cultivation and improvement, and he is now engaged in the breeding of Durham cattle, having a milking strain. He is now extensively carrying on the dairy business and makes the breeding and raising of turkeys another feature of his farm activities. His affairs are wisely and successfully conducted and in all things he displays sound judgment and unfaltering enterprise. While he has won success in business and given much of his time to the development of his farm property, he has also found opportunity to serve the public and has been school trustee and road supervisor. His aid and influence are always on the side of advancement and improvement, and his cooperation can at all times be counted upon to further the public welfare.

ALFRED H. ASHTON.

Alfred H. Ashton, the progressive and enterprising manager of the Walk-Over Shoe Company at Ogden, his native city, was born August 8, 1887, and is a son of Lucius Chase and Lydia (Van Dyke) Ashton, the former a native of Illinois and the latter of Utah. The grandfather in the paternal line was Tunis Hubbard Ashton, a noted veterinarian of Illinois. He came of a family of English ancestry that was established on American soil during the early colonization of the new world. Lucius Chase Ashton was born in Illinois and reared at Crystal Lake in that state. He came to Utah during the early '80s, making his way direct to Ogden, where he has since resided. He, too, is a veterinary surgeon and has followed the profession throughout the greater part of his life, being still active in that field of labor. He received his professional training under his father and has always kept in close touch with the latest advancement and improvement in the science of veterinary surgery. He married Lydia Van Dyke, a daughter of William D. Van Dyke, who was also one of the early residents of Utah, crossing the plains at a time when all such journeys had to be made with team and wagon. To Lucius Chase and Lydia (Van Dyke) Ashton have been born three children, two sons and a daughter: Alfred H., Clara Louise and Van Dyke, all born in Ogden.

Alfred H. Ashton pursued a public school education in his native city and when eighteen years of age started out to provide for his own support. He was first employed by the wholesale firm of A. Kuhn & Brothers, well known clothiers of Ogden, whom he represented in the capacity of salesman for about two years. He then resigned his position and entered the shoe department of the firm of W. H. Wright & Sons and while thus engaged thoroughly acquainted himself with all phases of the shoe trade. His connection with the firm of Wright & Sons covered three years and later he was identified with the I. L. Clark & Sons Shoe Company, with which he continued for five years. In the last named establishment he acted as assistant buyer in the ladies' department. He next became associated with the Walk-Over Shoe Company as a salesman and after the first year's service was advanced to the position of manager, in which responsible capacity he has served continuously since November, 1915. He ranks among the prominent and progressive representatives of mercantile activity in Ogden and in all that he does is actuated by an undaunted spirit of progress and enterprise. 

In his native city, on the 10th of June, 1914, Mr. Ashton was married to Miss Frances M. Burrell, a native of Iowa, her people having located in Davis City, Iowa, at an early day. Mr. and Mrs. Ashton have become parents of two children: Alfred Burrell, born in Ogden. April 19, 1915; and William Hubbard, born in Ogden, July 21, 1918.  Mr. Ashton votes with the democratic party and fraternally he is identified with the Woodmen of the World. He was very active in all the Liberty Loan drives and in securing support for the War Savings Stamps movement, also in the United War Work campaign and the Armenian relief. In a word he has done everything in his power to support those activities which have been of greatest value to the government during the crisis through which the country has just passed.

WILLIAM BAILEY.

William Bailey, deceased, was one of the pioneers of Utah who in early days was identified with freighting in the west and also with railroad construction. He was born in Cardiff, Wales, January 9, 1841, a son of John and Lydia (Williams) Bailey. The father died in Wales, but the mother afterward came with her children to America, arriving in Utah in 1852. On the trip her son, William Bailey, whose name introduces this review, drove an ox team across the plains, being at that time a lad of thirteen years. For a number of years following his arrival he lived with George Marsh at Willard and afterward removed to the present site of North Ogden and in this locality spent his remaining days. In early life he engaged in freighting from Ogden to points in Montana, running several teams. He also helped to build the irrigation canals of the district and was a contractor, taking railroad contracts in Utah, Colorado, Montana and other western states. His life was one of intense and well directed activity and was fruitful of splendid results. After taking up his abode upon a farm at North Ogden he continued to reside there until his death. He planted an orchard and improved the property, bringing his fields under a high state of cultivation, and he was one of the valued and greatly respected residents of the district.

On the 1st of March, 1863, Mr. Bailey was united in marriage to Miss Mary Elizabeth Montgomery, who came with her parents to Utah in the fall of 1849. She was a daughter of Robert Montgomery, who settled in North Ogden, and her brother Alma was the first white child born at North Ogden. Mr. and Mrs. Bailey became the parents of ten children, seven sons and three daughters, and of these Joseph, the sixth in order of birth, and Grace, the youngest of the family, now occupy and operate the old homestead. Mr. Bailey was a member of the Seventy and always took a prominent part in church and school work and for several years served as school trustee. He passed away March 4, 1916, while his wife died August 1, 1913. They were most highly esteemed people, enjoying the goodwill, confidence and warm regard of all with whom they came in contact, and the activity and enterprise of Mr. Bailey made his life work an important chapter in the records of this section of Utah.

MATTHEW BAMBROUGH.

Matthew Bambrough owns and occupies the old homestead property upon which the Bambrough family has long resided. He was born in Newcastle, England, in 1862. a son of Joseph and Margaret (Charlton) Bambrough. In 1866 his parents came to the United States and settled in Pennsylvania near McKeesport, where the father worked in the mines until 1868. He then came with his wife and children to Utah, the family making their way to Ogden. The father worked on the Union Pacific as the line was extended into Ogden and in 1869 he removed with his family to the tract of land upon which his son Matthew now lives. He purchased this farm and with characteristic energy began its development and improvement. He erected a house upon the place and he was one of the first to assist in building the canal. He irrigated forty acres of his land and brought his fields to a high state of cultivation, being recognized as one of the progressive farmers of the district. He was also active in public affairs, serving as road supervisor and as school trustee for some time, and he likewise filled the office of constable. He was also an elder in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 

Matthew Bambrough, whose name introduces this review, followed in the business footsteps of his father. He was but three years of age at the time of the emigration to the new world and was a lad of but six years when the family arrived in Utah. Upon the old homestead claim he was largely reared and, following the example of his father, has devoted his time and energies to general agricultural pursuits and now owns and operates the old home place. He has been diligent and persistent in all of his business affairs and his success is well merited.

In 1885 Mr. Bambrough was married to Miss Emma Wilkinson, a daughter of Peter and Eliza Wilkinson and they became the parents of two sons, Joseph W. and Willard M. The mother passed away in 1889 and in 1891 Mr. Bambrough was married to Miss Elizabeth Stark, a daughter of George and Sarah Stark. They now have a family of five children. Ruth E.; Alma L.; Lydia M.; George H., who has passed away; and Ezra S. The son Joseph filled a mission to England, where he went in 1908, remaining for two years.

Mr. Bambrough is an elder in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served as school trustee for several terms and also filled the office of constable but he does not seek nor desire public preferment, as he wishes to concentrate his efforts and attention more largely upon his business affairs. He carries on general farming and carefully and successfully tills the fields, so that he annually gathers good crops and thus adds materially to his income.

GEORGE SIMON BARKER.

George Simon Barker is a progressive and prominent member of the Ogden bar, practicing as junior partner in the firm of Chez & Barker, with offices in the First National Bank building. His record stands in contradistinction to the old adage that a prophet is never without honor save in his own country, for Mr. Barker is a native son of Ogden, where he has risen to distinction in connection with a profession which has important bearing upon the progress and stable prosperity of any section or community and one which has long been considered as conserving public welfare by furthering the ends of justice and maintaining individual rights.  George S. Barker was born August 27, 1882. His father, George S. Barker, Sr., was also a native of Ogden, Utah, and died in 1895. He devoted much of his life to the occupation of farming and in an early day, after having studied typewriting and stenography in Ogden, he became court stenographer. He was also very prominent and active in the work of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and for two and a half years was on a mission in the south, being engaged in this work just prior to his demise. He was also a member of the Quorum of Seventy. The mother of George S. Barker of this review was Alice (Whitney) Barker and she, too, belonged to one of the old families of the state.

In the public schools of Ogden, G. S. Barker pursued his early education and afterward became a student in the Georgetown University School of Law at Washington, D. C, in which he completed his professional course in 1915, the LL. B. degree being at that time conferred upon him. He was then admitted to practice at the bar of the capital city, also in the supreme court and in the court of appeals of the District of Columbia. Previous to entering the Georgetown University he had spent two years fn reading law and in doing office work with Judge Joseph Chez of Ogden and throughout his professional career he has been stimulated by a laudable ambition that has led to  substantial advancement in his chosen field of labor. In the fall of 1915 he was elected a judge of the municipal court of Ogden and served so acceptably upon the city bench that he was reelected in the fall of 1917 and served in that capacity until December 1, 1918, when he resigned his position on the bench, to assume the private practice of law, entering upon general practice as junior partner in the firm of Chez & Barker, his associate being his former preceptor.

Mr. Barker was united in marriage to Miss Florence Emily Dee, daughter of the late Judge Thomas D. Dee and to them have been born the following children: Thomas George, Richard D.. Annabelle Alice and Maude Marian, the eldest eleven years of age.

Mrs. Barker is active in the Mutual Improvement Society and in the work of the church. Both Judge and Mrs. Barker are devoted member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and for three years he was on a mission in northern Australia, leaving San Francisco on the 3d of October, 1901, and making his way to Queensland. He labored there most earnestly and effectively, returning home with a most creditable and gratifying record for his missionary zeal and labor. He is now a member of the high council of the North Weber Stake. In politics Mr. Barker is an earnest republican and has served on the republican central committee for his district. Ogden, however, is under the commission form of government and he was elected on the non-partisan ticket at the second election by a big majority. He has been most loyal to all public interests entrusted to his care, putting forth every effort to promote the welfare and up building of city and commonwealth. He is a popular member of the Weber Club and the University Club.

JOHN F. BARTON.

John F. Barton is classed with the alert and enterprising business men of Ogden, where he occupies the position of field superintendent with the Amalgamated Sugar Company. This a very extensive sugar manufacturing concern and the position which Mr. Barton fills is an important one. He is most loyal to the duties that devolve upon him and his capability is acknowledged by all whom he thus represents. He was born in Kaysville, Utah, October 6, 1864, a son of John and Sarah (Flint) Barton, both of whom were natives of England. The father was born in Lancashire and came to the United States in 1860. He made his way across the country to Utah and turned his attention to mechanical engineering, to building and also to the furniture business and to undertaking. His activities thus covered a wide scope and constituted an important element in the substantial development and progress of the district in which he took up his home. He was very active in church work, was a most public-spirited citizen and was a very hospitable man, the entertainment of his home being proverbial. He died November 25, 1917. The mother died in 1887. They had been married in Kaysville on Christmas day of 1863.

John F. Barton attended the public schools of his native town and when his textbooks were put aside he became the active assistant of his father in contracting and building and also in machine shop work. He learned the- blacksmith's trade and also carpentering and building and did contract work of that character. Throughout his entire life he has also been connected with farming interests and is still the owner of an excellent farm property, which he has brought under a high state of cultivation and from which he derives a substantial annual income. In all of his business affairs he has displayed keen sagacity and sound judgment and his progressiveness has brought substantial success. He has ever been a lover of horses and he is now also an enthusiast concerning the motor car. While he still retains active connection with agricultural interests, he has for some time been the field superintendent of the Amalgamated Sugar Company of Ogden, a very large sugar manufacturing concern, and has done most effective work for the corporation in his present position as well as local manager. 

On the 16th of October, 1884, Mr. Barton was married to Miss Sarah Jane Mansell, of Kaysville, a daughter of Henry Mansell, one of the old time residents of the state, arriving in 1862. Mr. and Mrs. Barton are the parents of nine children: Merlin, who died at the age of sixteen years; Randall J., who is connected with his father in business; Mabel, now the widow of Claude Saxey; Ida, the wife of J. E. Jardine, of Taylor, Utah; Jennie, the wife of Arthur McKendrie, of Ogden; Milton F.. who enlisted in the One Hundred and Forty-fifth United States Field Artillery but was later transferred to the Seventeenth Field Artillery, Second Division, and is now stationed in northern Ger many with the army of occupation; and Howard S.. Angus M. and Clyde M., all yet in school, the youngest being now twelve years of age.  Mr. Barton has taken an active part in the work of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was formerly a prominent figure in political circles. He belongs to the Weber Club and his interests are broad and varied. In all things he has been actuated by a spirit of progressiveness that has brought about splendid results not only in the up building of his individual fortunes but in the promotion of the welfare of the community.

JERRY BECKER. Sr.

Jerry Becker, Sr., is now living retired in Ogden but for a long period was identified with ranching and with sheep raising interests in this state. He was born in Schoharie county. New York, in 1843. a son of Jeremiah and Ann Eliza (Lawyer) Becker, who in 1858 left the Empire state and made their way westward to Henry county, Illinois, where the father secured a tract of land and engaged in farming and stock feeding.  Both he and his wife spent their remaining days in that state.  Jerry Becker, Sr., was but fifteen years of age at the time of the removal to Illinois and after four years there passed he left the Mississippi valley for the western coast.

He made his way to Oregon and in 1863 he became one of the first settlers of the Boise Basin, in which he resided until 1864. He then removed to Utah, where he engaged in railroad work on the Union Pacific. He continued with that line until the road was completed in 1869 and in 1872 he began freighting from Kilton to Boise City and Boise Basin and was thus busily engaged until the fall of 1882. In the latter year he took up the work of ranching in Boxelder county, Utah, where he resided for eighteen years, concentrating his efforts and attention upon the further care and development of his ranch. In 1901 he became actively interested in sheep raising, which he successfully followed until 1916. He then, sold out and retired from active business life. As the years have passed he has accumulated a comfortable competence and his financial resources are now sufficient to supply him with all of the necessities and comforts and some of the luxuries of life.

In January, 1893, Mr. Becker was married to Miss Mary J. Rosevear, a daughter of John and Diana (Painter) Rosevear. They are the parents of four children: Eliza, the wife of Carl J. Edlind, a resident of Ogden; and Jerry Jr., Harrison and Jack, all of whom are engaged in sheep raising in Lemhi county, Idaho. The parents of Mrs.  Becker came from England, making their way to the United States in early life. Her father followed mining throughout the greater part of his days and finally turned his attention to ranching in Boxelder county. However, he there met with an accident which caused his death before he had carried far forward the work of improving his ranch.

In his political views Mr. Becker is a republican and is interested in all the vital political problems of the day but has never been ambitious to hold office. His business affairs have fully claimed his time and attention in former years and now at the age of seventy-six he is enjoying well merited rest, while the confidence, respect and goodwill of his fellow townsmen are his in large measure.

EDWIN A. BINGHAM.

Of distinct value to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have been the labors of Edwin A. Bingham, who on the 13th of October, 1908, was appointed bishop of the Wilson ward and has since continued in this position. He is also well known as a representative farmer and stock raiser of Weber county, his business affairs being carefully and wisely directed. He was born on the 31st of August, 1864, in the town of Lynn, which at that time was called Bingham's Fort, his parents being Brigham H. and Angeline T. (Aldous) Bingham. The father, a native of Vermont, was born on the 15th of December, 1841, and was brought to Utah by his parents in 1847, the family having become converts to the faith of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints They settled in Ogden and afterward removed to Bingham's Fort. The paternal grandfather of Bishop Bingham was Erastus Bingham, one of the pioneers of the state, and the grandmother was Lucinda (Gates) Bingham, a daughter of Thomas Gates. Erastus Bingham was born in Concord, Essex county, Vermont, March 12, 1798, and arrived in Utah on the 19th of September, 1847. He traveled in the Daniel Spencer Company from St. Louis and since that time the family has been active in the development and up building of Utah along many lines. The ancestry is traced back, however, to a still more remote period, for the parents of Erastus Bingham were Elisha and Sally (Perry) Bingham. Thus from colonial days the family has been represented on American soil. Brigham H. Bingham, the father of Bishop Bingham, followed the occupation of farming, as had his father, Erastus Bingham. In the work of the church both were very active, the latter serving perhaps as the first bishop in the Lynn ward of Ogden and continuing to act in that position for several years. Brigham H. Bingham was appointed bishop of Wilson ward in 1880 and so served for a period of twenty years or until 1900. With the secular interests of the district, too, he was closely associated and made valuable contribution to the work of up building and improvement. He was one of the directors of the Wilson Irrigation Company for fourteen years and took a most prominent and influential part in promoting the work of canal building. He was likewise county commissioner for a time and he surveyed all of the roads through Weber county and saw to it that they were laid out along section lines. He spent several years in Mexico, but the bandits of that country drove him out. Not only has he been active as bishop but was also an earnest Sunday school worker. He is still living and makes his home in Wilson Lane.

Edwin A. Bingham acquired his early education in the district schools near His parents' home and also attended the Weber County Academy. He has followed farming as a life work and is the owner of a ranch of seventy-six acres which is well improved, being equipped with every modern convenience and accessory of the model farm of the twentieth century. He has sixty-one acres of his land under cultivation and carries on general farming, raising various cereals best adapted to soil and climate. He is likewise a breeder of shorthorn stock and both branches of his business are proving very profitable.

On the 20th of November, 1902, Bishop Bingham started on a mission to England and had charge of the conferences of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, presiding over these conferences for twenty-two months. He then returned on the 1st of April, 1905, and resumed his agricultural pursuits.

On the 24th of November, 1885, Bishop Bingham was married to Miss Genevra Martin, a daughter of John and Sarah Ann (Sargent) Martin. Her father was a native of Scotland but was reared in England, in which country her mother was born. They came to Utah about 1851, casting in their lot with the pioneer settlers who were aiding in the work of reclamation in this state. To Mr. and Mrs. Bingham were born ten children and the mother passed away in 1911. In 1916 Mr. Bingham was again married, his second union being with Miss Martha V. Erickson, a daughter of Carol V.  and Christina (Carlson) Erickson, who were natives of Sweden. To the second marriage of Mr. Bingham there have been born three children.

The work of Mr. Bingham in behalf of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been very extensive and resultant. He has presided over the young men for five years and has acted as superintendent of the Sunday school. He has been a member of the Council of Seventy, Fifty-fourth Quorum, has been secretary of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association, was ward clerk for ten years while his father was bishop and also while John Rackhan was bishop. Mr. Bingham served as counselor to Bishop Francis W. Stratford for a period of two years and was then appointed bishop on the 13th of October, 1908, since which time he has filled the position.He assisted largely in the erection of the first meeting house at Wilson, which was completed in 18S5, and also the meeting house at West Ogden. He has also been school trustee for several years and is further interested in the development of the district as one of the directors of the Wilson irrigation canal, having been thus identified therewith for the past five years. He cooperates heartily in every plan and measure for the up building of the community along all lines of progress and improvement and his worth as a man and as a citizen is widely recognized.

JEDEDIAH GRANT BINGHAM.

Jedediah Grant Bingham, deceased, was born in Ogden, October 6, 1858, a representative of one of, the old pioneer families of the state. His parents were Willard and Janet (Gates) Bingham, the former a native of Vermont, while the latter was born in Detroit, Michigan, and with her parents removed westward to Utah. Her father was Samuel Gates, who settled in Ogden.

Erastus Bingham, Sr., grandfather of J. G. Bingham, come to Utah in 1847 with one of the first companies that crossed the plains and located in Salt Lake City. In the spring of 1848 he removed to Holliday, where he engaged in farming until the spring of 1849. He then became a resident of Ogden, settling where the city hall now stands, and afterward he removed to the bench, where is now Madison avenue. There he built a residence which is still standing and is yet occupied. The city of Bingham, the great copper field and the canyon were named after Erastus Bingham, who with his sons herded sheep all over that district, while later he removed to Lynn, which was subsequently called Bingham's Fort. He was the first bishop of Ogden and filled that position for several years. His son Willard grew to manhood there and filled several missions to California, being in that state with his brothers, Thomas and Erasmus, when gold was discovered. He also had military experience as a member of the Mormon Battalion.  Erasmus Bingham, Sr., who was born in 1826, married Lucinda Gates, who was born in New Hampshire, September 19, 1827. His death occurred at Bingham's Fort in 1882. 

Jedediah Grant Bingham was reared to adult age in Ogden, where he acquired his education in the public schools. He engaged with his father in sawmill work, which he followed for a number of years, and later he turned his attention, to farming and stock raising, leading thus a busy, useful and active life. He served as justice of the peace of Wilson Lane and he was also a member of the Seventy, thus taking active interest in the political and moral development of the community in the utilization of its material resources.

On. the 8th of May, 1879, J. G. Bingham was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Peterson, a daughter of Hans D. and Mary Ann (McFarland) Peterson, the former a native of Sweden, from whence he came to Utah in 1854, settling in Ogden at Five Points. Later he moved into the city and engaged in farming, following that pursuit throughout his entire life. He also acted as the secretary for several business companies and was an expert accountant. In 1859 he removed to a farm at West Weber and thereon spent his later years. He was born in 1832 and had therefore almost reached the age of seventy-three years when on the 11th of January, 1905, he was called to his final rest. In Sweden, in 1853. he joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was a very active and prominent worker in its ranks. He served for eight years as bishop's counselor, was superintendent of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association for two years and was also justice of the peace for several years. His opinions were accepted as authority upon questions of irrigation and for several years he was secretary of the Wilson & Hooper Irrigation Company. He was also a notary public and he was at all times a public-spirited citizen, cooperating heartily in every plan or measure for the general good. He served as state water commissioner from 1900 until 1903. In early manhood he taught school in West Weber and was school trustee for many years. He likewise had a contract for railroad grading under Lorin Farr and thus he was connected with many interests and activities which have contributed to the development and up building of the state. He filled a mission for two years and was president of the Scandinavian conference in 1883.

To Mr. and Mrs. Bingham were born four children: Lillian D., now the wife of Joseph H. Belknap, of Ogden; Janet, the wife of E. L. Dee, of Ogden; Mary Eleanor, now the wife of Fred W. Hodgson, of Salt Lake; and Josephine Grant, who married Arthur Foulger, of Ogden. Mr. Bingham had many sterling traits of character and his activity and reliability in business, his loyalty and progressiveness in citizenship and his devotion at all times to high ideals gained him recognition as one of the representative residents of his section of the state.

JOSEPH BRYANT BATES.

Joseph Bryant Bates, filling the office of county attorney of Weber county, Is making steady progress in a profession where advancement depends entirely upon individual merit and ability. He was born in Atchison, Kansas, on the 3d of September, 1893. His father, John C. Bates, was born in Springfield, Illinois, and is a telegrapher with the Associated Press. He still remains active in business and makes his home in Colorado Springs. His wife bore the maiden name of Isola Millure and is also a native of Illinois. They are well known in Colorado Springs, where they have long resided.

It was during the early childhood of Joseph Bryant Bates that his parents took up their abode in Colorado Springs, where he pursued his public school education.  Determining to make the practice of law his life work, he then began reading under private instruction and after thoroughly mastering many of the principles of jurisprudence he successfully passed the examination that admitted him to the bar on the 22d of March, 1918. He has since followed his profession in Ogden and has his offices with Dobbs & Davis, two well known attorneys of the city who are located in the Colonel Hudson building. Already Mr. Bates has won recognition as one of the able young members of the bar and in the fall of 1918 he was elected to the office of county attorney of Weber county on the democratic ticket and is now filling that position, putting forth every effort to safeguard the legal interests and promote the legal protection of the county.

On the 1st of August, 1914, Mr. Bates was married to Miss Elizabeth Graham, of Leadville, Colorado, and they have two children, Blanche and Isabelle, the former three and a half years of age. Fraternally Mr. Bates is a Mason, belonging to Ionic Lodge, No. 35, A. F. & A. M., of Leadville, Colorado. He is loyal to the teachings and purposes of the craft and he is actuated by a progressive spirit and by devotion to the public welfare in all that he undertakes.

THOMAS BATES.

Thomas Bates, of Plain City, is a retired ranchman who for many years was actively connected with agricultural interests but has now left the care of his farm to his son, while he is enjoying well earned rest. He was born in Ireland, November 1, 1839, and has therefore reached the eightieth milestone on life's journey. His parents were Richard and Elizabeth Bates. He spent the period of his boyhood and youth in his native country, in fact was about thirty-five years of age when he came to the new world and made his way to Utah, where he arrived on the 10th of August, 1874. He settled first at Spanish Fork, where he resided for ten years, during which period he engaged in farming. He then removed to Sublett, Idaho, where he also carried on farming, remaining a resident of that district until 1889, when he established his home at Plain City, Utah, and purchased a ranch, giving his attention to its further development and improvement for a number of years. At the present, however, he rents the place to his son and is living retired.

On the 4th of May, 1879, Mr. Bates was married to Miss Rachel F. Miller, a daughter of John F. and Rachel Miller, natives of Leicestershire, England. Mrs. Bates was born in that country December 11, 1859 and came alone to America when but ten years of age. Her father, however, subsequently became a resident of Utah. By her marriage she became the mother of six children but only two are living. Thomas Richard and Alice Bates.

Mrs. Bates is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In Plain City, where they make their home, Mr. and Mrs. Bates have a wide acquaintance and are held in high esteem by reason of their sterling worth.

EDWARD BICHSEL.

In the death of Edward Bichsel on the 29th of April, 1917, Ogden mourned the loss of one of its honored and representative citizens-a man who never sought to figure prominently in public life but was content to devote his attention to his business affairs and found his greatest happiness in providing for the welfare of his family. Mr.  Bichsel was born in Bienne, Switzerland, on the 2d of November, 1857, a son of George and Esther Bichsel, the former an expert watchmaker who established one of the oldest jewelry firms in central Missouri.

Edward Bichsel was a pupil in the public schools of Sedalia, Missouri, but was largely self-educated, gaining much valuable knowledge in the school of experience.  He was quite young when his parents crossed the Atlantic and at an early age he started out in the business world on his own account. For ten years he was well known in commercial circles in Denver, Colorado, as proprietor of a book and art store, in which he enjoyed a liberal patronage, carrying an extensive and attractive line of goods. At length he sold out and invested his capital in Ogden, Utah, in 1889. He financed the building of a number of houses in the early boom days of this city and he was identified with various industrial interests and activities. In 1896 he established and began the operation of a factory which was known for a number of years as the Utah Vinegar & Pickle Works, he being, however, the sole proprietor. He disposed of this business in 1911 and devoted the remaining years of his life to the development of property in the city of Ogden in sections known as the Bichsel subdivision. He built and sold a large number of cottages, it being his purpose to encourage the ownership of homes by individuals rather than the rental of them by tenants. He fully realized that owning a home would mean much to the development of the individual. By friendly advice and financial aid he helped a great number of families to become property owners. 

On the 8th of December, 1890, in Denver, Colorado, Mr. Bichsel was united in marriage to Miss Carrie Earnest, a representative of one of the early pioneer families of Colorado. To them were born the following named: Marion, now the wife of Dr. R. M.  Johnson, a resident of Boston, Massachusetts; Helen, the wife of Depue Falck, connected with the geological survey at Washington, D. C; and Stanley Earnest, who is in college and who served as a second lieutenant in the infantry forces of the United States army and was honorably discharged January 1, 1919. He was detailed as lieutenant instructor at the University of Utah from the 1st of October until the 1st of January following.

Mr. Bichsel was a republican in his political views and he was a valued member of the Weber Club. He was a man who lived quietly at home, preferring no other title than that of loving husband and devoted father. He was most indulgent to his family and cared little for outside interests. Although totally deaf for the last fifteen years of his life, he easily read the lips of those speaking to him, so that many were unaware of his affliction. He passed away after a brief illness on the 29th of April, 1917. Cheerfulness and an unfailing optimism were among his chief characteristics and his monument is in the hearts of the people whom he befriended. His kindliness and generosity were never of a spectacular character, but he was continually aiding others through a quiet assistance. He was loyal and progressive in citizenship, faithful in friendship and most devoted to the welfare and happiness of the members of his own household, and by reason of these qualities his memory is cherished by all who knew him. He was a consistent and devoted member of the Presbyterian church, which he generously supported and which he attended faithfully until his hearing became impaired.

BIRT GRIFFIN BLACKMAN.

Birt Griffin Blackman, who for a third of a century was one of the leading and most highly esteemed citizens of Ogden, was called to the home beyond on the 4th of December, 1918. He long occupied a prominent position in commercial circles of the city as a president of the Blackman & Griffin Company, conducting a successful creamery and wholesale produce business, while his high standing in fraternal circles is indicated in the fact that he served as grand high priest of the grand chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Utah in 1914 and 1915. He was born at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on the 25th of June, 1858, and acquired his education at Marshalltown, that state. The year 1884 witnessed his arrival in Ogden, Utah, and here he spent the remainder of his life. He became an active and prominent figure in business circles as the head of the Blackman & Griffin Company, developing the enterprise to extensive and profitable proportions and at the same time winning an unassailable reputation for integrity and fair dealing. His associates in the undertaking were S. J. Griffin, vice president and secretary, and H. H. Hudman, treasurer of the company, who at the time of his demise expressed their appreciation of his splendid qualities in the following words: "Though he has gone, the influence of his life is here. The seeds of honesty, morality and righteousness will continue through the years to bear fruit and remain a priceless legacy to everyone who felt the warmth and sincerity of his heart through the touch of his hand. He fought his way up through hindering childhood environments, struggling into manhood against discouraging adversities, but with supreme faith and a determination which could not be swerved from its course, ever keeping his eye on the goal, until he saw the fulfillment of his fondest hopes in a happy, ideal family, an untarnished, honored name and an established prosperous business. . . . His character, like a costly jewel, had a luster and a charm all its own. Grounded in the right, he was quick to detect the wrong. The price of his friendship was honor, integrity and uprightness."

In April, 1891, Mr. Blackman was united in marriage to Miss Iola Banning, who survives him together with their five children. His home life was ideal in its devotion and his memory will ever be cherished in the hearts of those dearest to him.

In Masonry he won high rank and his life was at all times an exemplification of the beneficent teachings of the craft. He was made a Mason in Weber Lodge, No. 6, A. F. & A. M., of Ogden, on the 26th of March, 1903, serving as worshipful master in 1910. On the 15th of December, 1903, he received the degree of Royal Arch Mason in Ogden Chapter No. 2, of which he served as high priest in 1908. He attained the Order of Knighthood in El Monte Commandery, No. 2, of Ogden. in December 1905, and served as eminent commander in 1916. He received the degrees of the Scottish Rite up to the thirty-second degree April 25-27, 1911, and was made a member of the Shrine in El Kalah Temple on the 25th of October, 1905. In the grand chapter he was grand principal sojourner in 1911 and 1912, grand scribe in 1912 and 1913 and grand king in 1913 and 1914. He was elected to the grand high priesthood for the years 1914 and 1915 and served in that capacity with distinction and characteristic ability. From a memorial published by the grand chapter at the time of his passing, we quote the following: "In the glory of life's richest years, in the full tide of a useful and constructive business career, smitten by the plague which gathers now so vast a harvest, his warm heart was stilled and he passed to receive 'the white stone' in the Inner Chapter House. . . . He won wide esteem for his probity, public spirit, gentle humanity and his ideals of loyal Americanism, so that he stood a notable figure in the life of his city and the commonwealth, despite his unassuming simplicity. ... In every branch of Masonry his personality and service was esteemed and welcome. . . . His kindly, gentle, just and generous life will be long remembered in our Grand Chapter House, and in tribute to his memory we command that each chapter in Utah shall drape jts altar for the space of thirty days." The memory of such a man can never die while living monuments remain upon which were imprinted the touch of his noble soul.

ALBERT F. BLAIR, D. C. Ph. C.

A well appointed suite of rooms indicates the success that Dr. Albert P. Blair is meeting with as a chiropractor. He was born in Pocatello, Idaho, February 20, 1889.  His father, Albert Edward Blair, is a native of London, England, and came to the new world with his father, Isaac Blair, when but two years of age. The family home was established at Lewiston, Utah, and subsequently Albert Blair became a resident of Blackfoot, Idaho. He now makes his home, however, in Salt Lake City, where he is engaged in business as a contractor and builder. The grandparents of Dr. Blair walked across the plains in 1853, sharing in all the hardships and privations incident to the long trip over the stretches of hot sand and the mountain passes ere Utah was reached.  The family has always been active in church work and the father has held the office of bishop.

Dr. Blair attended the public school at Shelley from which he was graduated in 1906, and afterward became a student in the Rexburg Academy of Idaho, which he attended from 1906 until 1910, when he was graduated. It was in the latter year that he was sent on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the eastern states and was thus engaged for twenty-five months. In 1912 he returned to Blackfoot, Idaho, and took up the furniture and undertaking business, to which line he directed his energies for four years. In 1916 he entered the Palmer School of Chiropractic at Davenport, Iowa, and pursued the regular course, which is a most thorough one. He was graduated with the class of 1918, winning his D. C. Ph. C. degree, and then entered upon practice in Ogden, with offices in the Colonel Hudson building. His suite is splendidly equipped for his needs as a chiropractor and already his business has reached extensive proportions. He belongs to the Utah Chriopractic Association and is deeply interested hi all that has to do with professional advancement, while the thoroughness of his own equipment and training well qualifies him for the responsible duties that devolve upon him.

Dr. Blair has been a prominent, active and helpful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is a member of the Quorum of Seventy and was president of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association, filling that position for four years in the Blackfoot stake in Blackfoot, Idaho. In Utah, he is a member of the Weber stake Sunday school board, and previously served in the same capacity in the Ogden stake.

In 1914 Dr. Blair was married to Miss Anna Anderson, of Ogden, a daughter of Peter C. Anderson, a pioneer of Ogden, and they have one child, Helen, who was born May 1, 1916. Dr. and Mrs. Blair are widely known in Ogden, where they have won many friends, and all who know them esteem them highly.

GEORGE BROWN.

George Brown, who has devoted the greater part of his life to farming and is now a rancher of North Ogden, was born in Wiltshire, England, in January, 1852, a son of John and Jane (Wilkinson) Brown. The mother died in England during the early boyhood of their son John and in 1863 the father came to the new world, making his way at once across the country to Salt Lake, where he arrived in the month of October.  He afterward removed to North Ogden and purchased the place on which his son George now resides. There he engaged in farming, which he followed until his death in March, 1891. He was influenced to come to the new world by the fact that he had joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints and wished to be with the people of that faith. He became a high priest in the church and was widely and favorably known.

George Brown was a youth of eleven years when he accompanied his father to Utah. In early life he worked on the railroad but soon turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, which have claimed his time and energies throughout the intervening years to the present. He still occupies the old homestead and has converted it into a valuable and productive farm property, equipped with modern conveniences and accessories, while the fields return to him a good income.

In February, 1877, Mr. Brown was married to Miss Barbara Beckstead, a daughter of Thomas and Lydia (Rose) Beckstead, both of whom were natives of Canada. Mrs.  Brown was born in Utah and by her marriage has become the mother of twelve children, seven of whom are yet living.

Mr. Brown is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and is now a high priest. He is well known in this locality, where he has resided for many years, his fellow townsmen having ever found him an enterprising and progressive agriculturist and a loyal and substantial citizen.

JOHN E. BROWN.

John E. Brown, who in 1903 organized the Brown Ice Cream Company, which was incorporated in 1907 and which has now enjoyed a profitable existence covering sixteen years, has thus justly made for himself a place among the progressive and representative business men of Ogden. He is the president and manager of the company, conducting its business at No. 2456 Lincoln avenue. Mr. Brown is a native of Texas, his birth having occurred at Corsicana, Navarro county, September 30, 1875, his parents being Ed F.  and Lillie (Dean) Brown, both of whom are natives of Mississippi. They lived for many years in Texas and the father now makes his home in Oklahoma City, but the mother has departed this life.

John E. Brown of his review acquired a public school education in Texas and afterward attended the East Texas Normal College. Early in his business career he spent five years as a news agent at Oakland, California, also in Texas and on runs between Kansas City and Chicago. In 1898 he enlisted for service in the Spanish-American war and did active duty on the Rio Grande border. On the 11th of February, 1899, he was mustered out and turned his attention to the news business in Kansas City, where he also became identified with hotel interests. In 1900 he arrived in Utah, making his way to Ogden, where he has since resided. In 1903 he established his present business under the name of the Brown Ice Cream Company, which was incorporated in 1907, with Mr. Brown as the president and manager and W. W. Davis as the secretary and treasurer.  The company conducts both a wholesale and retail business and the trade has grown to gratifying proportions. They have a large local sale and they also furnish ice cream in wholesale quantities to dealers. In the conduct of the ice cream factory the most sanitary and scientific methods are employed and their product is of such excellence of quality as to gain a very substantial patronage.

In 1903 Mr. Brown was united in marriage to Miss Jane Luella Slater, of Huntsville, Utah, a daughter of Alfred Slater, one of the early settlers of the state. To Mr.  and Mrs. Brown have been born two children: Monida, sixteen years of age, who is attending the Sacred Heart Academy; and Ed F., a youth of thirteen, who is now a student in St. Joseph's school.

Mr. Brown belongs to the Weber Club and is also identified with the Knights of Pythias. He is a self-made man of excellent ability and enterprising spirit who has recognized and utilized his opportunities and through persistent and honorable effort has worked his way upward.

MORONI BROWN.

Moroni Brown, who passed away August 14, 1916, made for himself an enviable and creditable position, in public regard by reason of the success he achieved in business life and by reason of the straightforward and honorable methods which he always followed.  He was born in Adams county, Illinois, September 25, 1840, a son of Captain James and Martha (Stephens) Brown. He acquired his early education in the Ogden schools and afterward attended the schools of Salt Lake. He next entered the Brigham Young Academy and in the early days made his initial step in the business world, freighting from Utah to California. Subsequently, in connection with a Mr. White, he established the first drug store in Ogden, which he conducted for some time. He also taught school for several years and he was a member of the police force of Ogden at different periods, his entire service in that connection covering a number of years. In his later life he was the owner of a farm and devoted much of his time and attention to the management of his property. He also personally developed some of his land but retained his residence in Ogden. Whatever he undertook he carried forward to successful completion, for he was a man of resolute spirit and unfaltering energy. 

At Ogden, March 6, 1863, Mr. Brown married Eveline C. Conover, who was born at Nauvoo, Illinois, May 6, 1846, and died January 15, 1911. She had eight children, only two of whom are living. On the 22d of March, 1875, Mr. Brown was united in marriage to Miss Frances M. Porter, a daughter of Nahum and Rachel A. (Murray) Porter, both of whom were natives of the state of New York and in 1863 came to Utah, settling in Ogden. In later years, however, they removed to Idaho, where their remaining days were passed. Mr. and Mrs. Brown became the parents of seven children: Lula Murray, Myrtle. Florence. Archie L., Ora Dean and Bernice, but the firstborn is now deceased.  Ernest P. at one time filled a mission to New Zealand covering two years. 

Moroni Brown was ever a devoted member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and filled three missions. He went on a mission to England, where he remained for twenty-six months and he also filled a mission to Michigan covering two years. He was with George A. Smith and spent one winter in the middle states, while later he went with Ben E. Rich to the eastern states. He filled nearly all of the offices in the church up to that of bishop and was high priest at the time of his death, which occurred August 14, 1916. His life, high and honorable in its purposes and manly in every action, commended him to the confidence, trust and goodwill of all who knew him and he had a circle of friends almost coextensive with the circle of his acquaintance.

MARTIN P. BROWN.

Martin P. Brown is the chairman of the board of county commissioners of Weber county, in which connection he is rendering valuable service to the public. He has his office in the courthouse at Ogden but makes his home at Roy, a suburban town near Ogden, where he has a fine place. Mr. Brown was born at Paintsville, Johnson county, Kentucky, January 25, 1873. His father, Thomas S. Brown, was also a native of Kentucky and in 1882 came to Utah, settling at Ogden. He served as a judge of the district court while in Kentucky and was a prominent representative of the bar. He died at the age of seventy-five years, passing away in Utah in 1889. His wife, who in her maidenhood was Fannie Baldwin, is also deceased. She was born in Charleston, South Carolina, and died in Utah on the 12th of August, 1905. 

Martin P. Brown, spending his youthful days under the parental roof, began his education in the district schools of Kentucky and when a lad of nine years was brought by his parents to this state, so that he continued his studies in the schools of Ogden, passing through consecutive grades to the high school. He started upon his business career in clerical work in the employ of the firm of Wright & Sons, with whom he remained for four years. He afterward engaged in the grocery business on his own account in Ogden, devoting four or five years to that work. In 1897 he went upon a mission to Kentucky for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was thus engaged until December, 1899. He is now serving as bishop of Roy ward in the Weber stake.

In 1893 Mr. Brown was married to Miss Edna Bingham, of Ogden, a daughter of Brigham H. Bingham. They are the parents of eight children: Wallace M., who was with the United States Army in France and is now at home; Arthur P.; Edna L., the wife of R. L. McNamara; and Wilford T., David, Helen, Ruth and Robert, all of whom are at home and are attending school.

Mr. Brown is interested in horticulture and in gardening. As stated, he makes his home at Roy, a suburb of Ogden, where he has a very attractive residence and a fine place of thirty-five acres planted to fruit, raising cantaloupes and tomatoes. He is chairman of the canning committee of the Farm Bureau, an organization instituted for the advancement of the farmers in getting better results from their crops, as well as looking after the interests of both farmers and canners for the mutual benefit of both. He is now also active in office. Weber county has the commission form of government and there are three commissioners who give the greater part of their time to the interests of the county. Mr. Brown was chosen chairman of the board of county commissioners and in this connection supervises the public interests of the county and is making a most excellent record in the position. Continuing his active work in the church, he is serving as bishop and throughout his life has been a most earnest worker in behalf of all those interests which contribute to the material, social, intellectual, political and moral progress of the district in which he lives.

THOMAS DANIEL BROWN.

Thomas Daniel Brown, of Harrisville. has now passed the eighty-first milestone on life's journey and is living retired, although for many years he was closely associated with ranching interests in this section of the state. He was born in Lancashire, England, December 16, 1838, a son of Richard Daniel and Marguerite (Parkinson) Brown.  The father was born in Wigan. Lancashire, England, March 1, 1811, and the mother's birth there occurred May 12, 1811. Mr. Brown was a dresser of cloth and engaged in making warps for weavers. This he followed in his early days, but his eyesight became impaired, forcing him to turn his attention to other work. He then engaged in railroad work until 1864, when he came to the United States and in the same year made his way to Utah, settling at Harrisville. There he engaged in farming and followed that pursuit throughout his remaining days, his time and energies being devoted to the further tilling of the soil as the years passed. He was married in Wigan, England, in 1831 and his wife passed away June 12, 1877, while he survived until June 22, 1893, departing this life in Harrisville. Utah. Both were consistent members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Thomas Daniel Brown received but limited educational opportunities in England.  He moved with his parents from Wigan to Manchester when he was six years old and lived around the outskirts of Manchester until the time he left for Utah. After reaching America he gleaned considerable knowledge from books and papers and from contact with his fellowmen. He possesses an observing eye and retentive memory becoming one of the intelligent and successful agriculturists of Harrisville. He preceded his parents to the new world, leaving England on the 16th of April, 1861. and arriving in due course of time in New York city. For a year he remained in the eastern metropolis and then came to Utah in 1862, traveling westward from Florence, Nebraska, with the Henry Miller train to Salt Lake. There he remained until 1867, when he took up his abode at Harrisville, where he secured a homestead claim. He followed painting and other pursuits for a time in order to earn enough to meet his requirements while he developed his farm-a sum sufficient to enable him to tide over the period when his farm would yield him a living. He had sixty-one acres of land and in course of time he brought this under a high state of cultivation. As he prospered in his undertakings he extended the boundaries of his property and in 1870 acquired another eighty-acre tract of highly productive land. He then carried on general farming until 1910, raising diversified crops and annually gathering rich harvests as the reward of his labors.  Eventually he sold his land to his sons, all of whom are now owners of fine improved ranches On disposing of his property to his sons. Mr. Brown retired from active business life and has since lived quietly in the enjoyment of well earned rest. 

Before leaving England, Mr. Brown was married to Miss Esther Wardle, who was born October 1, 1841. the wedding being celebrated in the Manchester cathedral by the Rev. G. S. Allen. The wife and mother passed away October 21, 1915. Mr. and Mrs.  Brown had a family of twelve children, eight sons and four daughters, one of whom Mrs. Sarah Ann Taylor passed away August 30. 1919 and one son who died in infancy.

The parents are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in which Mr. Brown is serving as high priest, and for two years he was president of the conference of Liverpool, England. His political allegiance is given to the democratic party and for three terms he filled the office of road supervisor also served for three terms as school trustee, in Harrisville and Farwest but has not been an aspirant for political position, as he has always preferred to concentrate his efforts and attention upon his business affairs which have been wisely and carefully directed and have made him one of the prosperous agriculturists of his section of the state.

ERNEST WALLACE BROWNING D. D. S.

No history of Ogden would be complete without mention of Dr. Ernest Wallace Browning, one of the younger but more successful representatives of the dental profession.  He belongs to a family whose name figures most prominently upon the pages of Ogden's history. Representatives of the family have served as mayor, as postmaster, as bank president, as chief of police of Ogden. To this family belongs the inventor of the famous Browning gun. which has played so important a part in bringing the recent great European war to a successful termination. His father is W. W.  Browning, the efficient postmaster of Ogden and most widely and favorably known in this section of the state.

Ernest W. Browning pursued his early education in the public schools of his native city, for he was born In Ogden. February 6, 1892. He passed through consecutive grades until he had completed the high school course as a member of the class of 1910. Having determined upon the practice of dentistry as a life work, he then went to Kansas City and was graduated from the Kansas City Dental College as a member of the class of 1915. at which time the D. D. S. degree was conferred upon him. He then returned to Ogden, where he located for practice, and in the intervening period of four years he has won a very substantial measure of success through his capability and his devotion to his professional interests. He is a member of the Ogden Dental Society, the Utah State Dental Society and the American Dental Association and through the proceedings of these societies keeps in close touch with the advanced thought and methods of the profession. He was vice president of the class at the Kansas City Dental College and worthy master of Nu Chapter of Delta Sigma Delta. At present he is supreme grand master of the Salt Lake auxiliary of the Delta Sigma Delta fraternity.  He has specialized in pyorrhea and extractions, having recently completed the postgraduate course in pyorrhea at the Carr School of Preventive Dentistry and Medicine, and has also finished the post-graduate course at Columbia University of New York city in pyorrhea and exodontias.

On the 5th of October. 1915, Dr. Browning was married to Miss Myrtle Walker, of Kansas City, a daughter of D. R. Walker of that place. He belongs to the University Club and to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, his membership being with Lodge No. 719, holding the office of loyal knight. His entire life has been passed in Ogden save for the period of his absence during his college course and that his career has ever been straightforward and honorable is indicated in the fact that many of his stanchest friends are those who have known him from his boyhood to the present time. In his professional career he is actuated by a laudable ambition that has worked for advancement and he is now enjoying an extensive and gratifying patronage.

GEORGE E. BROWNING.

George E. Browning, an Ogden capitalist who in various prominent ways has been identified with the material development and business advancement of the state, is also equally well known as a churchman, being a bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is a son of Jonathan Browning and is thus connected with one of the oldest and most distinguished families of Utah that from pioneer times down to the present has been connected with the material. Intellectual and social progress of the commonwealth and with upholding its legal and moral status. Few phases of Utah's history along the lines of substantial development do not bear the impress of one or more members of the Browning family.

George E. Browning was born in Ogden on the 1st of August, 1866. He acquired his education in the public schools of Ogden and early in his business career was identified with the firm of Browning Brothers, dealers in sporting goods, thus becoming well known in commercial circles of the city. In 1890 he was called upon for missionary service for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and devoted three years to that work with excellent success on the Samoan islands. On his return he took charge of the store of Browning Brothers and remained as manager until 1915, building up the business to large and profitable proportions. He then sold his interests in that undertaking to his brothers and erected the beautiful Browning apartments at Washington and Twenty-seventh streets in Ogden. This is one of the finest structures of the kind in the city. Mr. Browning also figures prominently in other business connections. He helped to organize the People's Sugar Company, Incorporated, of which he has since been the president and which has its plant at Moroni, Utah, there conducting one of the important productive interests of the state, the business having long since reached extensive and profitable proportions. 

In 1887 Mr. Browning was married to Miss Marian Manning, of Ogden, a daughter of Frederick Manning, and they have six children. G. Emmett, a practicing physician of New York city, married Margaret Tout and has one daughter. Vera is the wife of Dr. A. W. Petty, of Ogden. Marian is at home and has pursued special courses in music. Harold L. has been on a mission in England for two years. F. Wallace is in France with the United States army. Roland S., seventeen years of age, is now a student in Weber Academy. The eldest son has been commissioned a lieutenant in the United States army and the family has ever displayed patriotic loyalty to the country.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Browning are members of the Ensign Club of Salt Lake. Continuing his active work in the church, Mr. Browning was ordained bishop of the second ward on the 16th of October, 1918, by Apostle D. O. McKay, and for an extended period he has figured most prominently in both church and business circles. His wife is very active in the Red Cross and in home service work. Mr. Browning turns to hunting, fishing and trap shooting for recreation. His interests are many and of a varied character and he is recognized as a broad-minded man of progressive spirit whose activities have been of wide compass and have proven beneficially resultant.

THOMAS EDMOND BROWNING.

Thomas Edmond Browning is one of the honored and representative citizens of Ogden. He has the distinction of being a member of the city council at the time the state was admitted into the Union and he also served as president of the council during his last term of office. Since 1904 he has continuously filled the position of chief of police of Ogden and notable has been his record in this connection. He not only exercises his attributes of enforcement of obedience to law but in the discharge of his duties displays keen sagacity, sound judgment and a rigid recognition of the rights of the American citizen.

Mr. Browning is a native son of Ogden. He was born December 28, 1861, and is largely a self-educated as well as self-made man. When a boy of but fifteen years he went to work on the old Junction, a publication of which President Penrose was the editor in chief. His initial position was that of printer's devil, but industry and laudable ambition led to his steady advance in that connection. He left Ogden in 1882 and was employed on the Northern Pacific Railroad for two and a half years under the paymaster, delivering the pay roll to the railroad camps. He afterward returned to Ogden, where he remained for a brief period and then went to Salt Lake City in the latter part of 1884.  There he secured employment on the Salt Lake Herald, with which paper he was asso ciated for a few years as a compositor. Later he again came to Ogden and went to work on the Ogden Standard as foreman of the paper. It was after fifteen years' connection with newspaper interests that Mr. Browning was called to his present position.  He served on the police force for two years and on the 25th of April, 1904, was appointed chief of police, while subsequent reappointments have continued him in the office to the present time with the exception of one term when his cousin, T. Samuel Browning, was mayor of the city. Connected with the department Mr. Browning has thirty-six men serving under him and in the year 1918 there were thirteen hundred and thirty six arrests made for violation of city ordinances and fifty-two arrests for violation of the state laws. In his report of January 2, 1919, Mr. Browning said: "In the way of comparison our records show that during the year 1916, one thousand and ninety-four arrests were made for drunkenness as against nine hundred and eighty-one for the year of 1917.  there being only half a year of prohibition. Now comes our report for drunkenness for the year of 1918, showing one hundred and sixty-three arrests for that offense. For disturbing the peace in 1916, two hundred and sixty-three as against fifty for 1918. This shows a very substantial decrease." Mr. Browning has done most important work in behalf of juvenile protection. He has lectured before parents and has advised and assisted materially in promoting child welfare work. His lectures have been widely quoted and reproduced in leading newspapers of the United States. He has attended many conventions of police chiefs throughout the United States, before whom he has delivered many lectures and read papers on questions pertaining to police matters.  Mr. Browning's public service does not only cover his work as chief of police but as a member of the city council, in which he made a splendid record. On the 5th of November, 1895, he was elected a councilman of Ogden, representing the fifth ward, and in 1897 he was reelected to that position and was made president of the council during the last term. Utah was admitted to the Union in 1896 and thus he was serving as a member of the council of Ogden during the first year of Utah's statehood. The duties that devolved upon him in this connection were important and onerous. He fully measured up, however, to the highest standards of citizenship and exercised his official prerogatives in support of many plans and measures which were of great value, his service as city councilman constituting an important and most honorable chapter in his life record.

In 1896 Mr. Browning was married to Miss Clara E. Leatham, a representative of one of the old families of Salt Lake City. They have become parents of seven children but lost their second child, a daughter, Rachel E., at the age of twenty-one years. The others are: L. Dow, a lieutenant in the United States army, now acting as interpreter at Fort Douglas and for three years a member of the Berlin conference, stationed in Berlin, Germany; Clara May, a teacher in the public schools of Ogden; Eva, at home; Eleanor, who is a stenographer in the offices of the Utah Lumber Company; Thomas C, who is a graduate of the Weber Academy; and Doris Jeannette, now attending high school.

Mr. Browning is very active in the work of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, having been ordained by President John Watson as high priest. He is a man of charming personality, at all times a gentleman yet forceful and virile in the performance of his duties. Sound judgment characterizes everything that he does and in all of his official work he looks back of the act of crime to the motive, thus studying conditions and environment with a view to the ultimate prevention of all crime. On the political, economic and sociological problems of the day he keeps abreast with the best thinking men of the age.

 JAMES J. BRUMMITT.

Forceful and resourceful, the career of James J. Brummitt is one of notable achievement.  Few have contributed in so large a measure as he to the substantial development and improvement of Ogden. Throughout his entire business life he has looked beyond the exigencies of the moment to the opportunities and possibilities of the future and has labored for greater things. He is a native of Cooksville, Missouri, born March 4, 1860 His youth was passed upon a farm and he early became familiar with all the duties and labors that fall to the lot of the agriculturist in his efforts to develop and cultivate the fields. When twenty-one years of age Mr. Brummitt left Missouri and went to Ouray, Colorado, for the benefit of his health, which had become quite seriously impaired. In that bracing climate he regained perfect health and strength. He had been educated in the State Normal School at Kirksville. Missouri, from which he was graduated with the class of 1886. Following his removal to Colorado he entered upon educational work there and was elected superintendent of the schools of Glenwood Springs, which responsible position he capably filled for two years. He then turned his attention to cattle raising in Colorado and for several years continued his efforts along that line with good success.

On the 16th of March. 1889, Mr. Brummitt arrived in Ogden, where he has since made his home. Here he turned his attention to the real estate business. There is perhaps no resident of the city who has done more practical and valuable work in up building Ogden and adding to its architectural adornment and improvement than Mr. Brummitt. He has built at least five hundred homes, which he has sold on the installment plan, thus transforming unsightly vacancies into attractive residential districts. He was also for six years the secretary of the American Falls Canal & Power Company, which had about one hundred thousand acres of land in southern Idaho. This land has been developed and upon it now stand several enterprising and progressive cities. Mr. Brummitt bore his full share in promoting the interests of the corporation and his experiences as a city builder have been broad and valuable. He now figures prominently in real estate circles as the head of the Brummitt Investment Company, dealers in real estate and loans at 2322 Washington street. Of this company he is the president. He is also the secretary-treasurer of the Standard Bottling Works. He has platted many additions, laid out many sections of the city, has been instrumental in bringing factories to Ogden and in every possible way has contributed to the growth and improvement of the city, his labors being far-reaching and effective. He makes farming his hobby and has four hundred acres of land devoted in large measure to stock raising.  His personal investments in property are very extensive and he is now the owner of much valuable real estate in Ogden and the surrounding country.

Mr. Brummitt is a valued member of the University Club of Ogden and the Merchants Club of Salt Lake City. He likewise has membership with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Fraternal Order of Eagles. His religious faith is that of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he is serving as steward. His political endorsement is given to the republican party and he led the fight to obtain the city waterworks, the value of his efforts in this connection being now widely acknowledged.  He has also been instrumental in bringing many famous Chautauqua lecturers and other Chautauqua attractions to Ogden and he secured the Woman's Home for Ogden.

In 1904 Mr. Brummitt was united in marriage to Miss Lulu Browning and they have become parents of three sons, James. Jethrow D. and Stanley M., aged respectively eleven, nine and six years and all now in school. Mr. Brummitt is a man of fine personality, of marked force of character, justly accounted one of the men of affairs in Ogden. The advantages and opportunities of his life were meager, but his intellect early grasped the eternal truth that industry wins and industry became the beacon light of his life. He soon recognized that there is no success without effort, and undaunted courage and indefatigable determination, combined with high purpose, have marked his career from early manhood to the present, making him one of the substantial and honored citizens of Ogden, occupying a conspicuous and enviable position in the field of real estate activity.

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