Utah Since Statehood
Author is Noble Warrum - 1919

OWEN M. SANDERSON.

Owen M. Sanderson, who is filling the position of county assessor of Weber county for the second term and who for many years has occupied the position of bishop in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has ever devoted his life to worthy objects and aims. He comes of Scotch ancestry, the line being traced back to Sylvanus Sanderson, his great-grandfather, who came to America about 1760. He is said to have been a large man of sterling character and devout spirit, very stern and orderly in all matters. He settled in Massachusetts and there married Charlotte Cooley, by whom he reared a large family, including Moses, David, Calvin, Jonathan, Samuel, James, Charlotte, Sally and Julia. Two of his grandsons, William and Samuel, afterward emigrated to Texas about the year 1839, settling at or near Galveston. Sylvanus Sanderson was a soldier of the Revolutionary war. He was captured by the French and Indians, who started to Canada with him, but he succeeded in making his escape, traveling for days in the wilderness with nothing to eat but berries and roots. When found he was nearly famished with hunger and the first morsel of food given him had to be forced down his throat. He died December 6, 1820. The great-grandfather of Owen M. Sanderson in the maternal line was David Sparks, who wedded Mercy Thayer. He was a sailor, venturesome, daring, and noted for feats of courage and fearlessness. One of his sons went to California at an early day and became a prominent attorney of San Bernardino.

The grandparents of Owen M. Sanderson in the paternal line were Mr. and Mrs.  James Sanderson. The former was born at Chester, Hampden county, Massachusetts, June 30, 1804, and was at different times a farmer, weaver, tanner, school teacher and physician and was very successful in the latter profession for those days. He was a man of the highest integrity and was most warmly esteemed. After several moves in and near Springfield. Massachusetts, he went to New Canaan, Connecticut, and in 1839 visited his nephews in Texas to look over the country. After his return to New England he was visited by his brother-in-law, Quartus S. Sparks, a school teacher of Long Island, who soon converted him to the faith of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, prior to which time he had been a Methodist in his religious belief. Both Mr. and Mrs. James Sanderson were baptized in January. 1842. and soon afterward removed to Nauvoo, Illinois, where Mr. Sanderson worked on the temple and made shoes, gaining a scanty living through the latter occupation. He was ordained a Seventy in Nauvoo, April 21, 1844. On account of there being little employment for the winter in Nauvoo he determined to seek work elsewhere but was advised by Prophet Joseph Smith to remain.  After the terrible martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith he left Nauvoo for St. Louis, Missouri, and was employed in a shoe manufacturing establishment owned by George Betts. Mr. Betts, who was also the owner of a farm, sent James Sanderson out to the farm, where he became ill of a fever and passed away September 13, 1845. his remains being returned to Nauvoo for interment. The widow was left with a son and a daughter to make a livelihood as best she could. They remained at Nauvoo and were aided by prominent members of the church until the son, Henry Weeks Sanderson, was able to assume the responsibility of the care of the family.

Henry Weeks Sanderson, the father of Owen M. Sanderson, was born in Blandford, Hampden county, Massachusetts, March 13, 1829. and was taken by his parents to New Canaan, Connecticut, where he attended school. He also attended a Methodist revival, attempting to "get religion," but the teachings did not appeal to him. As a youth he was athletic and was a leader in foot racing. In the spring of 1844 he was baptized at Nauvoo by Henry G. Sherwood, the Prophet Joseph Smith being present at the service.  Mr. Sanderson lived but a block from the prophet's home and often played with his sons.  He saw the murdered bodies of Joseph and Hyrum Smith. Soon afterward he left with his father for St. Louis, where he secured employment in a shoe shop, but after the death of his father he returned with his mother and sister to Nauvoo.

When the Saints started the emigration from Nauvoo he was turned over to Jonathan Wright, the owner of an ox team, who needed a teamster. He thus traveled westward to Council Bluffs, where at the age of seventeen he enlisted in the Mormon Battalion under Colonel Allen, encouraged by President Brigham Young. The five hundred men asked for were soon enlisted. It was a notable expression of loyalty, for in the midst of their trials and privations and the persecutions which they had suffered in Illinois they responded eagerly to the need of the country. The Mormon Battalion passed through many experiences and hardships. They were furnished a musket, two blankets, a canteen, some ammunition and forty dollars in cash, which was partly invested in a wagon and horses to carry the baggage. They reached Santa Pe on the 9th of October and there, because of ill health, many were left behind. They were there assigned to Captain Brown's Division to return, Henry W. Sanderson being among the number. He entered Utah five days after the pioneers, meeting them east in the mountains, where he remained and recuperated for a few days while the pioneers resumed their journey to Salt Lake valley.

Henry W. Sanderson spent about two weeks in the camp of the pioneers, assisted in planting potatoes in some of the ground first plowed in the valley and afterward started with Captain James Brown to California, where he was going to receive some back pay for the company, but as teamsters were wanted to go east to Council Bluffs, he decided to go east and not west and drove an ox team belonging to President Heber C. Kimball. Storm and exposure marked the journey to Winter Quarters, as the place was then called. Some sickness had there developed but Mr. Sanderson found his mother and sister well. He there spent the winter working in the timber and at other odd jobs and the following year he worked at a ferry down the Mississippi river, but his mother and sister left for the west in the spring of 1848.

Henry W. Sanderson married Rebecca A. Sanders, daughter of Moses Sanders, who wedded the mother of Mr. Sanderson, thus making Moses Sanders both the stepfather and the father-in-law of H. W. Sanderson. In the spring of 1850 the latter, with others, left Winter Quarters for Utah, experiencing many trying events en route, including sickness and death from cholera, nine in one family passing away. Mr. Sanderson was a great hunter and spent much time in supplying the needs of the camp with wild meat.  After again arriving in the valley he settled twelve miles south of Salt Lake City, on Cottonwood. He there followed farming and various avocations and when Johnston's army came acted as a scout and was also a minuteman in giving chase to the Indians on their various raids. He spent some time at Fort Supply in farming and scouting.  In the spring of 1859 he went to Fillmore, where he resided for a short time and then removed to Sanpete county, to the town of Mount Pleasant, which he helped to settle. In 1861, at Cottonwood, he married Sarah J. Cole. He afterward went to Fairview, or North Bend, as it was then called, being one of the first to settle there. At that place he, with others, defended the people from frequent Indian raids. He was also the first postmaster of the place and did clerical work much of the time, while in the early days he likewise taught school. He held many positions of trust and honor, being ward clerk and tithing clerk for many years, and he likewise took care of a farm just south of the town in addition to his other duties. He had a large family from both his wives, all of whom remained faithful to the church. Those of the first marriage were: James, now deceased; Mary Jane; Amanda; Rebecca A.; William H; Julia; Melissa, Louisa and Emily, who have passed away; John M.; Lucinda; Joseph, also deceased; and David The children born of the marriage of Henry W. Sanderson and Sarah J. Cole were: Henry Weeks; Owen Moroni; Alberta; Laura; Charlotte; Lucy, deceased; Sidney S.; Amos M.. Maud S.. Alice, Frantie and Hattie, all of whom have passed beyond; Tina; and Lois, who is also deceased.

Owen M. Sanderson was the second child of his father's second marriage and was born at Fairview, Sanpete county, Utah. November 23, 1863. His youth was spent upon the little farm and in aiding his father in clerical work. He was naturally of a spiritual turn and found great contentment in the church activities. He attended school each season, being tutored by such teachers as Floyd Young, his father, Rebecca Terry, John Acton, William Bowering, Mary Jones, William Christensen, L. A. Wilson, Frederick Christensen and E. A. Day. Many happy memories attach to those days of boyhood and Mr. Sanderson pays tribute to the influence of his teachers.

On the 2d of October, 1885, in Logan Temple, Mr. Sanderson was married to Miss Mary Anderson and soon afterward he leased the Sanpete Coal & Coke Company's mines on Huntington, east of Fairview. He was very successful in the management of the business, for thousands of teams came from the settlements of the valley for their winter's coal each season, traveling on the Cottonwood toll road, which was also under the same management. After the Rio Grande Railroad survey was made into Sanpete, Mr.  Sanderson took a contract to build some of the railroad grade near Thistle, and again at Hill Top. He afterward went to Salt Lake City, where he studied law and worked in the office of Richard & Moyles, attorneys of that city. He afterward was called to take a mission to the southern states and was appointed to labor in middle Tennessee, where he was very successful and had many pleasing experiences. He presided in the conference during the last year of his mission, with headquarters at Nashville, and many manifestations of the special care of the Lord were given him while he was engaged in the ministry.

After returning home Mr. Sanderson spent a year or two in the Brigham Young University at Provo and then became principal of the sub-freshmen at the school and later taught in the academy at Oakley, Idaho, and also at Mona, Utah, being in the school room as a teacher for about twelve years. He has always been a close student of human nature, able to meet men on a common plane, to know them on his first meeting and has never been known to be deceived by any man.

After leaving the school work which he liked so well, quitting it only because he needed more open air exercise, Mr. Sanderson took an examination for inspection work in the federal service while attending the University of Utah during the summer term of 1906. He then made an engagement to teach school, but was informed that he had passed his federal service examination and was to proceed to Tacoma. Washington, to there report for duty. He remained at that place for several months and was then transferred to Ogden city, where he continued in the federal service until January 1, 1912, when he was made bishop of the sixth ward of Ogden stake. He had previously been active in various capacities as president of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association, as assistant Sunday school superintendent of North Sanpete stake, as president of the Twenty-sixth Quorum of Seventy, as a member of the High Council of the Ogden stake under President Thomas B. Evans and was then made bishop, which position he still fills as a faithful and consistent church worker.

His political activities have always been in the democratic ranks and he has held several important positions as city marshal and city councilman. He has always been an ardent prohibitionist, working most earnestly to help bring prohibition to this state.

Following his appointment as bishop he left the federal service, which required so much of his time that he could not take proper care of the church work, thus sacrificing money and place for the good of his church. This has always been characteristic of Bishop Sanderson, who would leave his own work at any time to attend to the public welfare. He then accepted a position with the Utah Power & Light Company, where he was tree when necessary to attend the duties of his calling as bishop. He remained with that company until elected on the democratic ticket to the office of county assessor of Weber county in the autumn of 1916 and in the autumn of 1918 he was reelected, having given splendid satisfaction in the office, in which he had made some excellent improvements in the manner of listing and making assessments. The only opposition to his reelection was manifest among those who had been dodging the responsibility of carrying their fair share of taxes. He put them on the rolls as they should be and naturally they were somewhat disturbed. Bishop Sanderson perhaps has married more young couples while in office than any bishop up to his time, for on many days there would come to him three, four or five couples to be married and his earnest manner of dealing with them has made him friends everywhere.

Bishop Sanderson has written and is still writing a considerable amount both in prose and poetry. He has a natural spiritual turn and his writings are of a somewhat ethical and religious character. He prepared a small volume of poems to be distributed among his relatives which contained much creditable work. His wife, Mary Sanderson, has always been frail and never in very good health. Bishop Sanderson, however, has always been strong, healthful and vigorous and in athletic feats has excelled many times, especially as a wrestler of the old style. At the time of this writing he owns and occupies a nice comfortable home at No. 2268 Madison avenue, in Ogden city. Promptness, sympathy, honor, integrity and justice to all are some of his strongly marked characteristics. He is considered stern at times by his friends, but when they come to know him he is found to be a man deeply interested in everything that concerns the human race.  He is humble, considerate and manifests a big-hearted fellowship for all. He is well known as a lover of the aged and of children and he combines the practical with high ideals-qualities that well fit him for his service as bishop.

PROFESSOR R. A. SAUNDERS.

Professor R. A. Saunders, teacher in the Birch Creek school of Weber county and recognized as one of the able and progressive educators of his section of the state, was born in Ogden, August 30, 1881. His parents were William G. and Amelia Ann (Bachelor) Saunders, both of whom were natives of England. The mother came to Utah with her parents when a girl of but thirteen years and drove an ox team across the plains at a time when the route was not clearly defined and the roadways were of the most primitive character. It was about the year 1856 that William G. Saunders arrived in Utah, establishing his home at Ogden, where he engaged in wagon making. He had previously learned the trade in his native country and after reaching this state he would go into the mountains and cut timber for the wagons, which he would then manufacture. He continued to follow that trade to the time of his death, which occurred in 1887. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served as high priest. He also went on three missions, being sent twice to England and once to the central states. His work in this connection was highly successful and resultant and thus he contributed in marked measure to the material and moral progress of the district in which he lived.

Professor Saunders of this review acquired his early education in the grammar schools of Uinta and afterward spent six years as a student in the Weber Academy. He later became a student in the University of Utah and afterward took up the profession of teaching in the State Industrial School, with which he was thus connected for two years. Since that time he has taught in Weber county and is now in charge of the Birch Creek school. He has done very effective work in advancing the standards of education and improving the methods of instruction in this school and in connection therewith he has established a home bureau, in which has been installed a piano, while in every possible way he has made this a social center. A teachers' association has been formed and in the work Professor Saunders is doing everything in his power to promote the community spirit. In connection with his educational work he owns and conducts a ranch.

On the 14th of June, 1905, Professor Saunders was married to Miss Pearl Harbertson, a daughter of John W. Harbertson, Sr., and they have become parents of four children: Clarence R., Verna P., Ruth M. and Harold H. Professor Saunders is identified with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and he is president of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association in the fourteenth ward of Ogden. His interest in all matters of public concern is of a deep and abiding nature and his ideals are high, while his methods are extremely practical. He is accomplishing much good in the educational field, for he recognizes that education not only has to do with the instruction of the young concerning certain textbooks but should be a real preparation for life's practical and responsible duties and that it has to do with the development of the community at large as well as with the intellectual progress of the individual.

WILLARD SCOWCROFT.

The student of history cannot carry his investigations far into the records of Ogden without learning how conspicuously and honorably the name of Scowcroft appears upon the pages of its history. It has long been recognized as a synonym of business enterprise and progressiveness and the life story of Willard Scowcroft is In harmony with that of others of the family. He is the secretary and treasurer of the John Scowcroft & Sons Company, wholesale dry goods merchants of Ogden, and'is also manager of their credit department and office force. He was born May 12, 1865, in Lancashire, England, and was brought to America by his parents, who are mentioned in connection with the sketch of Heber Scowcroft on another page of this work. 

In the public schools of his native country Willard Scowcroft pursued his education and when seventeen years of age started out in the business world with his father and brothers. His father was a confectionery manufacturer, conducting a business of that kind in England, and Willard Scowcroft followed that as a trade when starting in this country. After the emigration of the family to the new world he became connected with the bakery and confectionery business which his father established in Ogden. The father was joined by his sons and the John Scowcroft & Sons Company has succeeded to the ownership and control of the original enterprise. They have built up one of the largest commercial interests of the intermountain states. Their trade has been extended in its scope to include the wholesaling of groceries, hats, shoes, rubber goods and men's furnishings and the manufacture and sale of knit goods, underwear and work clothes. Something of the volume of their trade is indicated in the fact that they now employ between two hundred and fifty and three hundred people. Their sales cover a very large territory and the success of the house has been built upon the firm foundation of fair dealing, of enterprise and progressiveness.          Albert Scowcroft (possibly a brother)

They have ever recognized the fact that satisfied patrons are the best advertisement and have put forth every effort to render to their customers the service required. 

In December, 1885, Mr. Scowcroft was married in Ogden, Utah, to Miss Rosabel Pearce, a native of Ogden and a daughter of William and Margaret (Jenkins) Pearce, who were pioneer residents of this city. The mother is now deceased. To Mr. and Mrs.  Scowcroft have been born four children: John W., Rosabel, Margaret and Willard, Jr.  The religious faith of the family is that of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Mr. Scowcroft is one of the active church workers. His political allegiance is given to the democratic party, of which he is a stalwart champion but never an office seeker. He belongs to the Weber Club and throughout his entire life he has displayed qualities which have made for personal popularity as well as for business advancement.  The interests of his career have been well balanced. He has never allowed business to monopolize his time to the exclusion of other duties, yet aside from his connection with the John Scowcroft & Sons Company he is a large stockholder and a director of the Tintic Standard Mining Company of Salt Lake and has other extensive mining interests, being connected with the Central Standard Mining Company, the Tintic Paymaster Mining Company, the Eureka Lily Mining Company, and the North Lily Mining Company, all of East Tintic district, and the American Standard Coalition Mine's Company of Ely, Nevada. He is vice president of the Scowcroft Investment Company. At the same time he has labored earnestly and consistently for the up building of his church and in 1897 went on a mission to California. Those who know him, and he has many friends, esteem him highly. He is an alert, wide-awake business man, a progressive citizen and faithful to every trust.

HENRY W. SEWELL.

Henry W. Sewell, a grocer of Ogden, in which city he was born October 10, 1883, is a son of William Sewell, a native of England, who came to America in 1863 and was one of the early settlers of Ogden, making his way to this state with his parents when a lad of eleven years. He became a successful fruit grower, devoting his active life to horticultural pursuits, but is now living retired. In politics he is a republican and has been quite active as a party worker. He married Elizabeth Robbins and she also survives.  They had eight children, four sons and four daughters. 

Henry W. Sewell, the fifth in order of birth, was educated in the public schools of Ogden and in the Smithsonian Business College, from which he was graduated in 1908.  He was seventeen years of age when he started out to earn his own livelihood, being first employed as a clerk in the grocery store of P. K. Smith. He remained four years with Mr. Smith under whose direction he thoroughly learned the business. Up to the time he became connected with the grocery trade his life had been spent upon the farm.  He afterward took up bookkeeping, which he followed in Ogden for nine years, and in July, 1916, he established his present business in a small way. The trade has enjoyed a satisfactory and steady growth, however, and he is now a prosperous merchant.

On the 15th of August, 1916, Mr. Sewell was married in Brigham city to Miss Elece Moyes, a daughter of Joseph Moyes, and they have a daughter Virginia, born in Ogden February 16, 1918. Mr. Sewell is a republican where national questions and issues are involved but at local elections casts an independent ballot. Fraternally he is identified with Weber Lodge, No. 6, A. F. & A. M., and his life exemplifies the beneficent spirit of the craft.

GEORGE SHARRATT.

George Sharratt. conducting business at Ogden under the name of the Ogden City Floral Company, holds to high standards in the management of the interests now under his control. He gives to the public the benefit of his thorough knowledge of the trade and strong purpose, laudable ambition, indefatigable energy and unassailable integrity constitute salient features in his commercial career.

Mr. Sharratt was born in Buckingham, England, August 6, 1878 a son of the late Mark Sharratt, who was also a native of Buckingham and a successful farmer of that country, where he spent his entire life, passing away April 29, 1913, at the age of fifty-eight years. In early manhood he wedded Ann Bird, also a native of England, who still survives and now makes her home at Northall in Buckinghamshire. By her marriage she became the mother of two sons and two daughters: George; Alfred, who is still residing in England; Agnes; and Lizzie.

George Sharratt acquired his early education in the schools of Bedford, England where he passed through consecutive grades to the high school. He continued his studies to the age of fifteen and then entered upon an apprenticeship to learn the butcher's trade, which he followed as a journeyman for seven years. He next established business on his own account with capital that he had acquired through his industry and economy. He was a master butcher for seven years but in 1906 sold his interests in his native land and emigrated to America, arriving on the shores of the new world on the 10^th of August, 1906. He made his way direct to Ogden, Utah, and for the first four years, from the 11^th of October, was associated with the Ogden Packing & Provision Company. He then established his present business, in which he has since been actively and continuously engaged, meeting with a very substantial measure of success. His trade has constantly increased and his patronage indicates his to be one of the leading establishments of the kind in northern Utah. He likewise has financial interests in the Ogden Packing & Provision Company. He displays marked enterprise in all that he undertakes and his persistency of purpose and sound judgment have guided him in all of his business relations and brought to him the substantial measure of success that now classes him with the men of affluence in Ogden. 

On the 2d of July, 1915, in Ogden. Mr. Sharratt was married to Miss M. Pauline Slade, a native of Ogden and a daughter of J. J. Slade. They have become parents of a daughter. Dorothy.

Mr. Sharratt has taken out his naturalization papers, having been made a citizen in Ogden in 1918, and he gives his support to the republican party. He belongs to the Woodmen of the World, and his religious faith is indicated by his connection with the Church of the Good Shepherd, which is the Episcopal church of Ogden. He stands for all that is of value to the community and the individual, interested in all projects for the material, intellectual, social and moral development of the city in which he makes his home. He has never had occasion to regret his determination to come to the new world, for here he has found the opportunities which he sought and in their utilization has made steady advancement toward the goal of success.

AUSTIN SHARP.

Austin Sharp, who follows farming at Plain City, was born January 7, 1888, at the place where he still makes his home, his parents being Milo and Lillian (Stoker) Sharp. The father was born at Lehi, Utah, in 1857, while the mother is a native of England and came to Utah in 1861, taking up her abode at Ogden. Milo Sharp was a mason by trade and built the first brick houses in Plain City. He also engaged in farming, devoting his life to these two occupations. He was active in public affairs, serving as president of the Plain City Irrigation Company for a number of years and in that connection greatly promoting the irrigation interests which were reclaiming the arid lands for the purpose of cultivation. He served as justice of the peace, his decisions being strictly fair and impartial in that connection, and he was also constable of the district in which he lived. His life was ever guided by high and honorable principles and no one questioned the integrity or uprightness of his motives. He was a man whom to know was to esteem and honor and he passed away in Plain City, June 21, 1916, respected by all who knew him. His widow is still living and is a consistent member of the Episcopal church, to which Mr. Sharp also belongs. 

After acquiring his education in the public schools of Plain City, Austin Sharp worked upon the home farm with his parents and became a most valuable assistant in the development of the fields. He was thus engaged until 1908, when he took over the operation of the old homestead on his own account, and he is now numbered among the leading and progressive farmers of the Plain City district. He carries on general agricultural pursuits, raising those crops which are best adapted to soil and climate, and his farm presents a most neat and thrifty appearance, indicating his practical methods and progressive spirit.

On the 21st of February, 1907, Mr. Sharp was married to Miss Hazel Howard, a daughter of John G. and Adeline Howard, both of whom are natives of Texas. They came to Utah in 1898 and settled at Ogden, where they still reside. Mr. and Mrs. Sharp have become parents of four children: Vera Hazel, who is twelve years of age; Opal Adeline, nine years of age; Carma Lillian, who has reached the age of seven; and Nelda, a little maiden of five summers.

In politics Mr. Sharp maintains an independent attitude, voting for men and measures rather than party, and has never been an aspirant for office.  His entire time and energies have been concentrated upon the occupation to which he was reared and which he has chosen as a life work. He is one of the representative farmers of the district and his careful cultivation of his fields is bringing to him substantial success.

AMBROSE A. SHAW.

Ambrose A Shaw, one of the enterprising and progressive business men of Ogden, actively engaged in the coal trade and identified with other interests, was born m 1875, to he city in which he still makes his home, a son of Ambrose Shaw, Sr., and a grandson of John Shaw.

He acquired his education in the public schools and when his textbooks were put aside turned his attention to the occupation of farming, which he followed for several years. At length he abandoned the plow, however, and took up the umber business, becoming connected with the Eccles Lumber Company, with which he was associated for about three years. On leaving that position he embarked in the retail coal trade on his own account, being proprietor of the Parker Coal Company and the City Coal Company. He has since carried on the business, enjoying a constantly increasing trade by reason of his straightforward methods and earnest desire to please his customers. He is likewise a director in the Burton Implement Company and is the secretary and treasurer of the Eccles Company. He is thus actively connected with important business interests of the city and his success is well merited, as it is the direct outcome of earnest labor.

On the 9th of December, 1903, Mr. Shaw was married to Miss Elizabeth Dee, a daughter of Thomas D. and Anna (Taylor) Dee, and they have become the parents of one daughter, Elizabeth D.

In politics Mr. Shaw is a liberal. He votes according to the dictates of his judgment rather than party ties and seeks ever to place competent men in office. He is a member of the Rotary Club and the Weber Club and both he and his wife occupy a, prominent position in the social circles of the city, having many friends throughout Ogden and this section of the state.

SAMUEL SHAW.

Samuel Shaw owns and cultivates more than one hundred acres of rich and productive land near North Ogden, where his birth occurred April 10, 1869. He is a son of Elijah and Martha Ann (Thomas) Shaw. The father was a native of Ohio, while the mother was born in Tennessee. They came to Utah in 1853, crossing the plains with ox teams, and after the long and arduous journey was completed they settled in Centerville, where they remained for about three years. They then removed to North Ogden, where Mr. Shaw engaged in farming, in which business he remained active to the time of his death, which occurred in 1901. He had aided in building the irrigation canals and he was also prominent in church and school work and filled the office of school trustee.  He was an elder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The mother passed away in 1890.

Samuel Shaw acquired a common school education and has always followed farming, to which occupation he was reared. He now cultivates more than one hundred acres of highly improved land, all of which is irrigated. His farming interests are carried on systematically and his work is most carefully done. He rotates his crops and employs scientific methods in the improvement of his farm, which is now one of the valuable properties of the district.

In 1891 Mr. Shaw was married to Miss Harriett L. Barker, a daughter of James and Polly E. (Blodgett) Barker. They have become parents of seven children: Jennie, now deceased; Samuel Albert; Parley A.; James, who has passed away; Evan; Elmer; and Volney. James enlisted in the American army, went to the university at Salt Lake City for training and died at Fort Douglas on the 8th of December, 1918.

The family has always been active in the work of the church. Mr. Shaw filled a mission in 1899 to the central states and was in Galveston, Texas, at the time of the great flood of 1900. He returned in 1902. His son, Samuel A., filled a mission to the Society Islands for ten months and then returned to California, where he completed his mission of twenty-seven months. Another son, Parley A., is now on a mission to the state of New York, having left home on the 9th of April, 1919, for two years' service in the mission field of the east. The family is widely and favorably known and Mr. Shaw has been a lifelong resident of North Ogden, his labors constituting a valuable contribution to the agricultural development of the district.

SULLIVAN A. SHREEVE.

Sullivan A. Shreeve, an architect of high professional standing, making his home at Ogden, was born October 18, 1884, in the city where he yet resides, a son of Thomas A. Shreeve, who was a native of Norfolk county, England, his birth occurring in the city of Norwich. He was there reared and educated to the age of sixteen years, when he came to America with other members of the family, who settled in Salt Lake, where Thomas A. Shreeve took up work in connection with the Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution. He afterward entered business on his own account as a general merchant, opening a store in Ogden and there remaining in business continuously and successfully for a period of twenty years. On the expiration of that period he retired from active business to enjoy in well earned rest the fruits of his former toil. He had acquired a very handsome competence that in his later years supplied him with all of the comforts and many of the luxuries of life. He was a very active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and went upon a foreign mission to Australia. At all times he took a most active part in religious work and did everything in his power to further the cause in which he believed. The mother of Sullivan A. Shreeve was also a native of England and bore the maiden name of Emma Barnes. To the parents were born five children, four sons and a daughter.

Sullivan A. Shreeve, the eldest of the family, pursued his education by attending public and private schools of Ogden and also became a student in the Armour Institute of Technology at Chicago. On completing his studies in the university there he was employed by leading architects of Chicago and New York, where he continued to work and study for a period of two years, thus gaining valuable experience and training.

He afterward returned to Ogden, where he opened an office in 1911 for the practice of his profession, in which he has since continued active and successful. He is today regarded as one of the leading architects of his part of the state. He built and designed the Colonel Hudson building, also the Alhambra theater, the Garland Tabernacle at Garland, the Milad Tabernacle at Milad, Utah, and other substantial buildings, including many of the principal structures of Ogden and many of the beautiful homes of Utah, Montana and Idaho. He is a member of the Architects' Association of both Utah and Idaho and he occupies a very prominent and enviable position in professional circles. 

On Thanksgiving day, November 30, 1913, Mr. Shreeve was married to Miss Inez Farr, a native of Ogden and a daughter of Ezra Farr, a representative of one of the pioneer families of the state. Mr. and Mrs. Shreeve have become parents of two children: Maxwell, who was born in Ogden in 1915; and Bernice, born in Ogden in 1917.  In politics Mr. Shreeve has always maintained an independent course. He belongs to the Weber Club and has membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 1905 and 1906 he was on a mission in England and was quite successful in his work. In business, too, he has made substantial and gratifying progress. He deserves much credit for what he has accomplished. He worked his way through the university and the thoroughness with which he familiarized himself with the branches of learning there taught, has constituted the foundation for his later success. Individual effort, perseverance and laudable ambition have brought him prominently to the front among the architects of the west and in various states are seen handsome structures that stand as monuments to his ability.

LYMAN SKEEN.

Lyman Skeen, actively and successfully engaged in farming and stock raising at Plain City, was born in Missouri, near Council Bluffs, December 18, 1851. He is a son of Joseph C. and Amanda (Dawson) Skeen, who were natives of Pennsylvania and went to Missouri in an early day, settling upon a farm. Enlisting in 1846, the father entered the war with Mexico and while returning in 1847 he met a company at Pueblo, Colorado, who were en route to Salt Lake. This company he joined and after a short stay at Salt Lake he returned in the fall to his home in Missouri. There he worked for two years and when he had earned enough to buy a wagon and a team of oxen he outfitted to go to Utah. The family first settled at Lehi, where they resided until 1859 and then removed to Plain City, Weber county, where Mr. Skeen purchased land and engaged in farming. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Lyman Skeen acquired his education in the schools of Plain City but had the opportunity of attending for only three months each year. In the school of experience, however, he has learned many valuable lessons and has become a well informed and most capable business man. He has followed farming and stock raising throughout the greater part of his life and has also engaged in contract work and work on railroads, taking contracts for grading. To that work he devoted his attention for thirteen years, working on all the railroads in the valley. He was engaged very extensively in the' raising of sheep, horses and cattle and has shipped a large number of horses. He sold to the government six hundred head one spring and he imported some of the best horses ever brought into this section of the country. At the present time lie is devoting much attention to the raising of beets and had fifty acres planted to that crop in 1918, while in 1919 he has forty acres planted to beets. In the previous year he paid nearly five thousand dollars for help, a fact indicative of the extensive manner in which he is cultivating his land. He was also associated with John Maw in the promotion of the street car line from Ogden to Plain City and has been a prominent figure in connection with other enterprises and projects which have had to do with the up building and development of this region.

In 1870, Mr. Skeen was united in marriage to Miss Electa Dixon, a daughter of William and Sabra Dixon, of Harrisville. They became the parents of eleven children and eight of the number still survive the mother, who passed away in 1891. In October, 1892, Mr. Skeen was married to Miss Annie Skelton, a daughter of Stephen and Jane Skelton, of West Weber, and to them were born eight children, seven of whom survive.  Their son, Joseph Jr., was on a mission to the southern states covering two years and was president of the conference for a year. Ivy, was on a mission in the northwestern states for two years.

In politics Mr. Skeen is a republican and for four years filled the office of county commissioner. He also served as school trustee for four years and he is deeply interested in all that has to do with the up building and development of the region and the promotion of its material, intellectual, social and moral interests. In a business way he has displayed marked initiative and enterprise and has carried on his interests most wisely and profitably, while at the same time his activities have been of a character that have contributed to public prosperity as well.

WILLIAM SKEEN.

A substantial and highly respected citizen passed away when William Skeen, of Plain City, was called to his final rest. He was a native of Pennsylvania, born January 8, 1838, his parents being Joseph and Manda M. (Dalby) Skeen. The father, also a native of the Keystone state, brought his family to Utah at an early period in the colonization of the state and established his home in Lehi.

William Skeen was then a lad in his teens and after living for a time at Lehi he removed to Plain City, where his remaining days were passed. He followed farming throughout his entire life and carefully and persistently tilled the soil, transforming the once wild and arid tract into rich and productive fields. He was also one of the first men to aid in promoting and building the Plain City canal and was foremost in support of all valuable and progressive public enterprises. 

On January 29, 1857, Mr. Skeen was united in marriage to Miss Caroline Smith, who was born December 24, 1840, a daughter of Joseph J. and Mary Ann (Smart) Smith, both of whom were natives of England. The year 1849 witnessed their arrival in Utah and they became residents of Lehi, where Mr. Smith engaged in farming, following that occupation until death ended his labors. He was closely connected with many interests of importance and built the first plow in the state of Utah and also built a drill which he used in the planting of his wheat. He possessed marked mechanical skill and ingenuity, being capable of doing many kinds of work with wood and iron. As stated, his daughter became the wife of William Skeen and to this marriage were born twelve children.

The family home was long maintained at Plain City and Mr. Skeen was also the owner of a ranch at Promontory. He engaged quite extensively in stock raising, making that an important feature of his business and thereby winning substantial profits. In the early days he passed through all the hardships and privations incident to pioneer life, including the Indian warfare, for when the redskins went upon the warpath he took active part in suppressing the outbreak and protecting the settlers.  He was long a devoted member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and passed away in that faith February 13, 1903, his death being the occasion of deep regret to the many friends whom he had won during the long period of his residence at Plain City.

H. EDGAR SKINNER.

H. Edgar Skinner combines marked business and executive ability with a keen recognition of the artistic along histrionic lines in his work as general manager of the Alhambra Theatrical Company of Ogden. The story of his life is the story of earnest endeavor along lines of business and cultural development. He was born in Valparaiso, Indiana, September 13, 1869, a son of John N. and Johanna (Marshall) Skinner. The father was at one time mayor of Valparaiso, Indiana, and one of the foremost political leaders of that state in the ranks of the democratic party. He was a native of the state of New York and was of Scotch ancestry. The first representatives of the name in the new world settled in Canada, while later the family was planted on the soil of the United States. John N. Skinner was a lawyer by profession and became extensively engaged in mercantile and industrial pursuits at Valparaiso, Indiana, where his business enterprise placed him in a position of leadership, while his ability along other lines also made him a leader of public thought and action. He became one of the founders of the Valparaiso University and was a most active supporter of educational, civic, political and industrial progress, his efforts along these various lines being effective and resultant. He was occupying the position of mayor of Valparaiso at the time of his death, which office he had filled for fourteen consecutive years, a notable record of efficiency in public service characterized by marked devotion to high ideals of citizenship. He passed away in April, 1882, at the age of fifty-eight years. His wife, who was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, is a representative of one of the old families of the Empire state of English lineage. Through the Reed line she is a relative of Hon.  William Howard Taft. She still makes her home in Valparaiso, where she and her husband reared their family of five sons and six daughters.

H. Edgar Skinner was the fourth in order of birth. He pursued his education in the public schools of his native city, passing through consecutive grades to the high school and ultimately becoming a student in the Valparaiso University. In early manhood he entered the government railway postal service, with which he was connected for twenty-three years in all its various departments. He was at one time a candidate for the office of postmaster of Valparaiso and on account of not getting the office after more than two decades of connection with the postal service he became discontented there and removed to the west, arriving in Ogden in 1910. Here he accepted the position of assistant manager of the Alhambra Theatrical Company and in 1913 was advanced to the position of general manager, which office he has since most capably filled. At the present time he is the secretary and treasurer and one of the directors of the company as well and he is also the president of the Exhibitors Booking Association, which represents a zone covering eleven states and including also the Hawaiian Islands and Alaska. This organization is affiliated with the Exhibitors Corporation of the United States. Mr. Skinner is a man of literary and artistic taste and talent. He is the author of a number of poems which have been published in leading magazines and journals, one of which has aroused much favorable comment and is entitled "They All Look Alike to Me." He is the author of a song dedicated to the Golden Stars and entitled "Sorrow Dwells Where Golden Stars are Shining." He was likewise the writer of other music, including the song "Just an Old Iron Bell" and another selection entitled "Come On," which was suggested by the third Liberty Loan, and the ode to the All Britons Day. His poems have been widely circulated and read. Literary talent is one of the strongly marked characteristics of the family, for his brother, the late Dr. H. M.  Skinner, formerly a resident of Chicago, was also a well known writer of poems, and J. Hanford Skinner, another brother, living in Valparaiso, is equally well known for the poems which have come from his pen. He is likewise the author of the Life of Vice President Hendricks and a volume called Folk Lore, which is used in all universities.  Another of his publications is Skinner's Schoolmaster and Literature and a story of the figures and letters. J. H. Skinner has likewise written largely along other lines and the name of the three brothers is a familiar one to readers of current literature. 

On the 2d of June, 1892, Mr. Skinner of this review was married in Valparaiso, Indiana, to Miss Belle White, a daughter of L. T. and Rue (Stradley) White, who belongs to an old family of Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Skinner have become parents of two children: Le Rue, now the wife of Hiram Lammers, a native of Utah; and Anna, the wife of J. A. Erickson, head of the Snow musical department of Utah College.  In politics Mr. Skinner maintains an independent course, voting for men and measures rather than party. He is a valued member of the Weber Club and is most loyal to his professions as a member of the First Methodist church. From the age of seventeen years he has been dependent upon his own resources and his development has been along lines that have contributed not only to material progress but to intellectual and aesthetic advancement as well. He has ever recognized his duties and obligations in citizenship as well as his opportunities and during the crisis through which the country has just passed he stanchly supported all war activities and was a prominent representative of the four-minute men in his section of the state. Intensely practical when conducting business interests, he has at the same time the keenest appreciation for the higher things of life, especially those ennobling thoughts which have found expression in poetical form.

JOHN SLATER.

John Slater, who carries on ranching at Slaterville, where he was born November 30, 1861, is a son of Thomas and Mary (Broadbent) Slater, who were natives of England.  The family was early established in this section of the state and through the intervening period those of the name have taken active and helpful part in the work of development, improvement and public progress.

Reared under the parental roof, John Slater acquired his education in the public schools of his native town and when not busy with his textbooks was trained in farm work and throughout his entire life has always followed that occupation. He has also been engaged in dairying for a quarter of a century and is breeding fine Jersey cattle, having about thirty head upon his place at the present time. His dairy is splendidly equipped according to the most progressive methods, everything is highly sanitary and cleanly, and the product of his dairy finds a ready sale on the market. His farm comprises one hundred and thirty eight acres of rich and arable land, the fertility of which is greatly enhanced by his scientific care and methods. He has splendid buildings upon his farm and altogether his is one of the fine, properties of the district. 

On the 30th of November, 1881, Mr. Slater was united in marriage to Miss Mary Hannah Stanger, a daughter of Thomas and Jane (Wilson) Stanger, who were natives of Lancashire, England, and became residents of Utah in 1852, settling in Marriott, where her father engaged in farming. They were adherents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. To Mr. and Mrs. Slater have been born six children: Mary Jane. Belva Ann. Grace A., Rosa E.. Sylvia E. and J. Levi.  In community affairs Mr. Slater has ever been deeply and helpfully interested. He has filled the office of justice of the peace for the past sixteen years and the decisions which he renders in the justice court are fair and unbiased. He has been president of different water companies and thus aided in solving the problem of irrigation. He has also served as a school trustee for a number of years and is keenly alive to the needs and the opportunities of his district, cooperating earnestly and helpfully in promoting any project or plan which promises future development. His entire life has been passed in this locality and that his record is an honorable and upright one is indicated in the high regard which is entertained for him, his stanchest friends being numbered among those who have known him from boyhood to the present time.

THOMAS SLATER.

Thomas Slater, deceased, was numbered among the honored pioneer settlers of Weber county, becoming a resident of Slaterville in an early day. He was born in Lancaster, England, in 1835, a son of Richard Slater, who came with his family to the new world in 1843 and crossed the plains to Utah long before the period of railroad travel. He settled in -what is now Slaterville in 1852 and the town was named in his honor. He devoted his life to farming and met the arduous task of taking up wild land and transforming it into productive fields.

Thomas Slater was eight years old when he came with his parents to America and acquired his education in the public schools near St. Joseph, Missouri, and Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was seventeen years of age when he came with his father's family to Slaterville, wintering one season at Binghams Fork. He actively assisted in the work of the home farm and throughout his entire life carried on general agricultural pursuits.  Diligence and enterprise characterized his business career and his industry and determination brought to him a substantial measure of success that enabled him to leave his family in comfortable financial circumstances when death called him from this world.  Mr. Slater was a Minuteman and served as interpreter among the Indians in three different states-Wyoming, Utah and Idaho. For some time he acted as pacifier and missionary among them and participated in the Black Hawk war. In 1859 he and two brothers-in-law, John Read and James Collins, removed to Franklin. Idaho, becoming the first settlers of that place. Mr. Read and Mr. Collins were both killed by Indians but Mr. Slater escaped by knocking from his horse with a rock the Indian who pursued him.

On the 22d of September, 1859, in Provo, Utah, Thomas Slater was united in marriage to Miss Mary Broadbent, a daughter of Enoch and Keturah (Lund) Broadbent.  who were natives of Lincolnshire, England. Mrs. Slater was born in the year 1842 and came to Utah in 1849, at which time her parents established their home at Bountiful.  After a brief period they removed to Slaterville, where they resided for a number of years, and then became residents of the Cache valley, where her father engaged in farming throughout his remaining days. To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Slater were born twelve children.

The family circle was broken by the hand of death when Thomas Slater passed away November 14, 1917. He met an accidental death by falling from a ladder.  He had been active in community affairs, filling the offices of road supervisor and school trustee and was ever alive to the best interests of the community and gave earnest support to plans and projects which he believed would be of general benefit. He was familiar with very phase of pioneer life and with the complete story of the early development of Weber county, and in his passing the community mourned the loss of one of its representative pioneer citizens.

MORRIS SMITH.

One of the most progressive and successful poultry men of Ogden is Morris Smith, who was born in Russia in 1879. He came to the United States in 1899, when a young man of twenty years, having determined to try his fortune on this side of the Atlantic, feeling that he might have better business opportunities in the new world. He landed at New York, where he remained for a short time and then removed to Fall River, Massachusetts. He afterward took up his abode in Boston and later was for a time a resident of Cleveland. Ohio, remaining in that city for six years, being there engaged in the business of mattress making. On the expiration of that period he came to Utah, settling in Ogden, where he secured a position in the Smith Brothers mattress factory, in which be worked for three years. He next located on South Washington avenue, where he established a poultry farm, beginning the business in a small way and increasing his interests along that line until he is now the owner of nine thousand white Leghorn chickens, five thousand being of the present year's growth. He raises these chickens for the eggs and he expects to increase the number of chickens each year. He buys the chicks in California and he is today the owner of one of the finest and largest poultry farms of the west. He has ten large winter houses for the hens and a great many summer buildings for the chicks. The business is carried on most scientifically, systematically and thoroughly and his shipment of eggs and chickens is very extensive.

In 1899 Mr. Smith was united in marriage to Miss Bessie Syrlen and they have become parents of two children. Max and Isador. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are of the Jewish faith. They enjoy the friendship, high regard and goodwill of those with whom they have been associated and Mr. Smith is of the high type of the Russian citizen who has recognized the opportunities of the new world and sought to better his financial condition here. He has established a business which is a most creditable feature of the commercial life of the community and his poultry farm is one of the show places of Ogden.

STANLEY B. STECK.

Stanley B. Steck, sole owner of the Lyceum, the Cozy and the Rex theatres and holding to the highest standards in connection with the conduct of these places of amusement in Ogden, was born in Rockport, Missouri, January 15, 1878. His father, the late Antone Steck, was a native of that state, his people having settled in St. Louis at a very early date. They came of German lineage. The father was reared and educated in Atchison county, Missouri, where he followed agricultural pursuits for many years, but in 1881 removed with his family to Riley county, Kansas, where he resided to the time of his death, covering a period of almost a quarter of a century. He passed away in 1905 at the age of fifty-eight years. In early manhood he wedded Augusta Purdum, who was born in Atchison county, Missouri, and belonged to a family of Scotch descent that had long been established in that locality. Mrs. Steck is still living and now makes her home in Ogden. The family numbered six children, four sons and two daughters.

Stanley B. Steck, who was the second child, began his education in the country schools of Riley county, Kansas, and afterward continued his studies in the State Normal School at Emporia, Kansas. He then took up the profession of teaching, which he followed for two years in the district schools of Riley county. In 1898, at the age of twenty years, he removed westward, establishing his home in Shoshone, Idaho, where he engaged in stock raising and ranching. He carried on business there until 1911 and through the succeeding two years was employed in a cigar store and a moving picture house, acting as manager of the moving picture theatre. He there acquainted himself with all branches of the business and in January, 1913, he removed to Ogden, where he became manager of the Union Cigar Store, thus continuing until March, 1914, when he purchased the Lyceum Theatre at No. 269 Twenty-fifth street. In January, 1915, he also acquired the Rex Theatre, conducting both houses until April, 1917. He next purchased the Oracle Theatre and after remodeling this changed the name to Steck's Cozy Theatre. He now has three modern high class moving picture houses and is accorded a liberal patronage because he gives to the public the highest attractions of the screen.  His places are among the best patronized moving picture houses of Ogden and by reason of his efforts to please the public he has won a patronage that is very gratifying.  In politics Mr. Steck is a republican but has never been an office seeker. Fraternally he is connected with the Knights of Pythias. His interest in the questions of the day through the period of the war is indicated in the fact that he served as one of the Four Minute men. He has ever kept in touch with the trend of modern thought and progress and his efforts have been salient features in upholding not only national ideals but all features of civic progress and improvement. In a business way his course, too, is most commendable, for it has been entirely through his own efforts that he has won success, as he never received a dollar of financial assistance from anyone.

JOHN C. STEPHENS.

John C. Stephens, now deceased, was for many years a well known contractor and builder of Ogden and Weber county. He was born in Brown county. Illinois, in 1837, a son of John and Elizabeth (Briggs) Stephens, who at an early period in the development of Utah became residents of this state. Here John C. Stephens was reared and his youthful experiences were those of the boy who grows to manhood upon the western frontier. In January, 1882, he was united in marriage to Miss Sophia Louise Jensen, a daughter of Sorens and Ellen (Mortsen) Jensen, who were natives of Copenhagen, Denmark. It was in the year 1874 that Mrs. Stephens came to Utah, making the trip alone.  To Mr. and Mrs. Stephens were born eight children: James Silvanus; Julia and Archibald, both of whom have now passed away; Elizabeth Ellen, the wife of A. V. Jay, of Ogden; Lafayette; Marion Milton; Cleopha, the wife of I. M. Clements, of Ogden: and Adrian Leroy.

Mr. Stephens early learned the carpenter's trade and his developing skill and ability In that connection led him eventually to take up contracting work. He thus engaged in business as a contractor and builder throughout his remaining days and was identified with many building operations in his section of the state. He worked diligently and persistently was always most thorough and painstaking in everything that he undertook and he most carefully and systematically executed his contracts, while his business honor and integrity were above question. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served as a member of the Quorum of Seventy.  His daughter Cleopha, who is the representative of the family in Ogden and to whom we are indebted for the material concerning her father, was married in September, 1914, to 1. M. Clements, a son of Nephi and Elizabeth Clements, of Oxford, Idaho. Her husband in early life became an express messenger for the Union Pacific Railroad Company, making the run from Ogden to Cheyenne, Wyoming. To Mr. and Mrs. Clements has been born a daughter, Velda, and they constitute a most happy household in Ogden.

WILLIAM STIMPSON.

William Stimpson,. who is identified with farming, to which pursuit he has given his attention since attaining adult age, was born in Weber county, Utah, in 1859, a son of William and Edna (Hinchcliff) Stimpson. The father was a native of Norfolk. England, and the mother was also born in that country. It was in the year 1856 that William Stimpson, Sr., came to the new, world and crossed the continent to Utah, locating at Riverdale, where he took up the occupation of farming, to which he devoted to his life. He brought his fields under a high state of cultivation and carefully and persistently carried on the work to the time of his death, which occurred January 12, 1907. He was a consistent member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served as counselor to Bishop Bingham.

William Stimpson, Jr., was reared to manhood on the old homestead farm and early became familiar with the best methods of tilling the soil and cultivating the crops. He acquired his education in the Riverdale schools and afterward turned his attention to farming, to which he has since given his undivided time and energies. He and his sons own a controlling interest in the Associated Farmers Milling Company of Riverdale.  In all of his business affairs he has displayed sound judgment and indefatigable energy, and these qualities have been the basis of his growing success. 

In 1882 Mr. Stimpson was united in marriage to Miss Rebecca Ann Bybee, a daughter of John M. and Polly (Smith) Bybee, the latter a native of Illinois, while the former was born in Kentucky. Her father came to Utah in 1847, arriving in this state just three days after the first Mormons had reached Utah. To Mr. and Mrs. Stimpson have been born six children, namely: William Clarence; Ethel Annie; John Daniel; Polly May; Oscar B., deceased; and Edna Mildred.

The religious faith of the family is that of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in which Mr. Stimpson is serving as an elder. His political allegiance is given to the republican party, and he has filled the office of road supervisor, while for eight years he was school trustee. The cause of education finds in him a stalwart champion, and he is deeply interested in everything that has to do with the development of the school system of the community. He is very prominent in Riverdale, where he makes his home, and his sterling worth is recognized by all with whom he has come in contact.

EDGAR D. STONE.

Edgar D. Stone, who is connected with the postal service at Ogden, was born in Birmingham, England, in 1855, a son of W. G. and Jane (Stride) Stone, who came to Utah in 1866 and settled at Salt Lake City, where they lived for a short time. They afterward removed to Providence, Cache valley, Utah, and the father there followed the trade of wheelwright and carpenter. He built the first sleigh that was ever constructed in Salt Lake and he continued active in the carpenter's trade up to the time of his death. It was about 1867 that he removed to Ogden and with its building operations he was connected for many years.

Edgar D. Stone when sixteen years of age took up railroad work as a car inspector under his father, who was a foreman. Afterward he went upon the road as a fireman and was thus employed until 1875, when he resigned. He afterward ran an engine from Ogden to Salt Lake in connection with a construction train and was on the Simpson Road from Deseret to San Francisco when that road was being built. He later engaged in firing from Ogden to Salt Lake under Robert Bywater and at one time he was foreman of the car department. Subsequently he ran a switch engine in the Ogden yards for a number of years and for a period ran a street car. In 1890 he entered the post office and has since been connected with the postal service.  In 1877 Mr. Stone was married to Miss Ann L. Gale, a daughter of James and Emma Gale, natives of London, England. Mr. and Mrs. Stone have become the parents of ten children, eight of whom are still living, and two of the sons were in the service of the United States army in the great European war. These are: Glenn, who enlisted at Omaha, Nebraska; and Harold, who was in the draft hut was discharged on account of disability.

In politics Mr. Stone is a republican, giving active support to the party. He has been a resident of Utah for fifty-three years and therefore a witness of much of its development and growth, his memory going back to pioneer times when conditions were far different from those of the present day.

CHARLES STOREY.

Charles Storey, a well known horticulturist of North Ogden, was born in South Shields, Durham county. England, in 1857, and mention of his parents is made in connection with the sketch of James Storey on another page of this work. Charles Storey remained a resident of England during the first eighteen years of his life, acquiring his education in the schools of that country, and in 1875 he came to Utah, settling in North Ogden. Here he became identified with fruit raising, working at whatever he could get to do during the early period of his residence in this state. He afterward went to Montana and was employed in the placer mines in Deerlodge county, spending about three years in that district. In 1882 he assisted in building the Short Line Railroad, working in Portneuf canyon near Pocatello, Idaho, and later on Wood river. He assisted in building the Y at what is now Shoshone. Later he returned to North Ogden and planted an orchard of cherries, apricots and peaches and also a vineyard.  He has two and a half acres of land devoted to fruit raising and also eighteen acres in hay and pasture land. He has closely studied the best methods of propagating and caring for the fruit trees and thus produces good crops and makes large shipments.  For the past three years he has served as water master and at a previous period he had occupied the same position for three years.

On the 29th of March, 1884, Mr. Storey was married to Miss Elizabeth Ward, a daughter of Bishop James and Harriet Ward. Six children have been born of this marriage but Margaret Ethel, the fifth in order of birth, is deceased, her demise occurring in January, 1902. Those who survive are Charles Henry, William, Mabel Elizabeth, Harriet and Robert Ward.

Mr. Storey belongs to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and for about thirty years has been ward teacher. He is interested in all that pertains to the welfare and progress of his community and in addition to serving as water master has been judge of elections. He is well known in musical circles, having served as ward chorister, as band leader and manager of home dramatics for twenty-five years.  He has become well known in these connections and his musical talent has enabled him to contribute much to public enjoyment, while his dramatic and musical work has also been a source of much pleasure to him.

JAMES STOREY.

James Storey, a rancher residing at North Ogden, was born in the city of Durham, England, in 1852, his parents being James and Margaret (Bell) Storey. The father met his death in a railroad accident in 1871 and in 1875 the widow with her six children crossed the Atlantic and traveled westward to Utah, settling in North Ogden in August of that year. Here she purchased land and with the assistance of her sons engaged in farming.

James Storey was a young man of twenty-three years at the time he came with his mother to Utah. He started upon his business career here as a clerk in the general merchandise store of Sidney Stevens at North Ogden and remained in his employ for a period of seven years-a fact indicative of his trustworthiness and capability as a salesman. At the end of that period he joined a grading party and for a year worked on the railroad. He then entered into partnership with Benjamin Cazier in the conduct of a general merchandise store at North Ogden, continuing in the business for five years as a partner of Mr. Cazier, at the end of which time he became sole owner. His sons then entered the business, which they conducted with him until 1909, when Mr. Storey sold the store to Edmond J. Marshall. Since then he has concentrated his efforts and attention upon farming and fruit growing and has become the owner of a highly cultivated farm property and valuable orchard. His interests are conducted along most progressive lines and he employs scientific methods in the care of his crops and his trees. He is also a director and the secretary of the North Ogden Canning Company, a director and the treasurer of the Utah Fruit Company and the secretary of the North Ogden Irrigation Company and of the Union Cemetery Company. His business interests and activities thus cover a broad scope and connect him with the substantial development of the district in which he makes his home.

In December, 1878, Mr. Storey was married to Miss Clarissa Chadwick, a daughter of Abraham and Mary (Wheeler) Chadwick, who were natives of England and came to Utah in an early day. Her father was horn in Blakesley, England, in 1821 and in early life he learned the tailor's trade. On crossing the Atlantic he took up his abode in Salt Lake City. He was a son of Samuel and Esther (Consterdine) Chadwick, both of whom were natives of Blakesley, England, the former born in 1786 and the latter in 1789. Coming to the United States, Abraham Chadwick landed at New Orleans on the 5th of February, 1842, and thence made his way north and west to Salt Lake City, where he arrived in October, 1851. He made the first suit of clothes for Brigham Young that was made in Utah. Later he removed to North Ogden, where he engaged in farming. Mr. and Mrs. Storey have become the parents of seven children, five of whom are living and two of whom have passed away. The eldest son, Joseph E., filled a mission to the Hawaiian Islands for three years and eight months and is the present county clerk of Weber county and previously filled the position of treasurer for two terms. John S. was sent on a mission to England in 1910 and there labored for the church for two years. Ephraim N. is now filling a mission in the central states, having entered upon that work January 1, 1917.

Mr. Storey remains a consistent and active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in which he has filled various positions. He has been bishop's counselor, is a high priest and became a member of the Ogden stake high council on the 30th of November, 1910. Thus the interests of his life are well balanced. He works for the public good and at the same time carefully manages his business affairs, thus providing a comfortable living for himself and family.

THOMAS B. STOREY.

Thomas B. Storey, who is engaged in fruit raising at North Ogden, was born in Tynedocks, England. November 23, 1863, his parents being James and Margaret (Bell) Storey. With the establishment of the family home in North Ogden at an early day he pursued his education in the schools of this place and afterward turned his attention to horticultural pursuits. In which he has since been engaged. He is now the owner of a valuable tract of orchard land of fifteen acres, planted to cherries, apricots, peaches and grapes, together with all kinds of berries. He has always secured the best nursery stock and has made a close study of the kinds of fruit best adapted to soil and climate conditions here. He has therefore harvested large crops and his annual sales reach a gratifying figure.

On the 12^th of August, 1884, Mr. Storey was united in marriage to Miss Olive Chadwick, a daughter of Abraham and Mary (Wheeler) Chadwick. Four children were born to this marriage: Thomas Albert, Louise, Marian and Ellen B. The mother passed away on the 2d of October, 1896. On the 23d of November 1898, Mr. Storey was again married, his second union being with Miss Mary A. Stimpson. a daughter of William and Mary Ann (Christensen) Stimpson. Two children have been born of this union. Carl Stimpson and Mary Maurine.

The family have always been adherents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Mr. Storey is a high priest and for the past three years has been first assistant superintendent of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association of the Ogden stake. His has been a life of industry and enterprise and aside from his activity along agricultural lines he is well known as a director and the secretary of the Mountain Water Company, serving in this official capacity for twenty years, while for the past ten years he has been field man in the agricultural department of the Amalgamated Sugar Company. His activities have thus covered a broad scope and have constituted a forceful element in business up building in northern Utah.

WILLIAM STRATTON.

William Stratton, a merchant and rancher residing at Riverdale, was born in Salt Lake in 1870, a son of Edward and Adele (De Soles) Stratton. The father was born in London, England, in 1830, while the mother, a native of Switzerland, was born in the city of Geneva in 1859. At an early period in the colonization and development of Utah, Edward Stratton came to this state, journeying across the country with an ox team and wagon, bringing a load of paper for the Deseret News. He afterward established a carding mill at Riverdale, which he conducted for a number of years, and later took over a flour mill at Riverdale. which he operated to the time of his death in 1880. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and belonged to the Seventy.

William Stratton acquired his education in the schools of Riverdale and spent ten years in Ogden, where he engaged in teaming. He then turned his attention to agricultural pursuits in Riverdale and about ten years ago established a general merchandise store, which he is still conducting in connection with the further cultivation and improvement of his ranch, which comprises eleven and a half acres of rich land, all under cultivation. He is meeting with success in both his ranching and mercantile interests, and his activity, industry and determination are the basic elements in his growing prosperity.

In November, 1892, Mr. Stratton was married to Miss Sarah J. Firth, a daughter of Arthur and Emily (Firth) Firth, both of whom were natives of England. They came to Utah at an early day with their respective parents. Her father was born January 18, 1849, and died December 2, 1911. He made his home in South Weber, where throughout his entire life he engaged in farming. Mr. and Mrs. Stratton became the parents of five children: Arthur Edward; William Henry, who has passed away; Eva; Florence; and Clifford.

The religious faith of the family is that of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in which Mr. Stratton is an elder. He is well known in this locality, where his entire life has been passed, and his many substantial traits of character are attested by all with whom he has been associated in business affairs or in public relations.

JOHN R. STUBBS.

John R. Stubbs, a farmer and horticulturist residing at Pleasant View, was born at Provo, Utah, July 2, 1860, his parents being Richard and Elender (Ware) Stubbs.  The farmer was a native of Norwich, Cheshire, England, where he spent his youthful days. He worked as a dairyman in that country before coming to America but at length determined to establish his home in the new world. His father and two of his sisters, aged twenty-one and nineteen years, and a younger brother died within a short time prior to the emigration of Richard Stubbs to the United States. His mother, his brothers William and John and his sister Ann came with him to America in 1851. The family spent the succeeding winter on the Mississippi river and Richard Stubbs engaged in hauling corn across the river when it was frozen over. In the spring of 1852 he formed the acquaintance of Elender Ware and they were married at Bushers Branch, in Lee county, Iowa, on the 21st of June, 1853. The Stubbs and the Ware families came together to Utah, in the party being Mr. and Mrs. Richard Stubbs, two brothers and a sister and the parents of Mrs. Stubbs. They had an ox team and a team of cows, but while fording the Missouri river the ox team was carried down the stream four miles before it was rescued. After they had been out on the plains for three weeks the sister of Mrs. Stubbs disappeared and no trace of her was ever found although every effort was made to locate her but all to no avail and it is supposed that the Indians carried her away. Richard Stubbs kept both families together and they built a small adobe house at Provo. The next year Mr. Ware, the maternal grandfather of John R.  Stubbs, passed away at Provo and his was the third interment in the Capitol Hill cemetery.  Richard Stubbs removed from Provo to Lake View, settling upon a farm, where he lived for a few years, after which he returned to Provo, there continuing to make his home until death called him on the 25th of July, 1902. Throughout his entire life he carried on general agricultural pursuits and thus provided for the support of his family. He was active in the work of the church, was high priest and ward and Sunday school teacher. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Stubbs had a family of ten children that reached adult age, namely: Amanda M., Sarah E., Rebecca A., Heber W., Eliza R., John R., Mary D., Eunice S., Hannah D. and Joseph A.

John R. Stubbs pursued his early education in the district schools and afterward spent two terms as a student in the Brigham Young University at Provo. He remained with his father until he attained his majority, was then married and afterward lived at Provo for three years, at the end of which time he removed to his present place of residence at Pleasant View. He first purchased twenty acres of land and built thereon an adobe house. He began in earnest to clear and develop his land and the years have witnessed a marked transformation in its appearance, for he has brought the farm under a high state of cultivation. As time has passed he has added to his land and at one time was the owner of about five hundred acres but has divided with his sons and daughters until he retains possession of only about fifty-five acres at the present writing. His home is a good brick residence and nearby he has several acres planted to orchards and shade trees. There is a substantial barn and other necessary outbuildings for the shelter of grain and stock upon his place and all the improvements have been put there by him.

Mr. Stubbs was united in marriage to Susannah Temperance Goodman, a daughter of John R. and Sarah (Lee) Goodman,. For many years her father sailed on a whaling vessel prior to coming to America. He was but a mere lad when he went to sea and for two decades he engaged in the whaling business. Following his arrival in Utah he made his way to Provo, where he took up work at the tailoring trade but gave most of his attention to farming. He was active in the work of the Church of Jesus Christ ol Latter-day Saints and did missionary work in England before coming to America. To Mr. and Mrs. Stubbs were born eight children: John William; Jesse G.; Zella T., who married William A. Penrod; Maud E., now the wife of Charles Ash ton; Wilford R.; David A.; Albert O.; and Leora, all of whom are married except Leora, who keeps house for her father. The wife and mother passed away April 3, 1919, her death being occasioned by the influenza, and ten days later the wife of the eldest son of the family was also called to her final rest. There are now twenty-three grandchildren in the Stubbs family.

Mr. Stubbs has been a most earnest and loyal member of the church and for twenty-seven months was on a mission to England, serving from 1889 until 1891. For seven years he was bishop's counselor of Pleasant View ward, has been Sunday school superintendent for five years and ward teacher for several years. He is also a high priest in the church and is recognized as one of the most efficient workers in the church at Pleasant View. In politics he is a democrat but has never been an office seeker.  His wife was president of the association class for seventeen years and counselor to the president of the Relief Society for a number of years. They have reared a family of whom they have every reason to be proud. Their sons and daughters have married and have homes of their own, living near the father, who is one of the most highly respected citizens of Utah county. When on the mission to England he visited his father's old home in that country and met many representatives of the Stubbs family who are still living there. His active and useful life has brought him substantial reward in this world's goods and gained for him the warm esteem of all with whom he has been associated.

FRED SUMMERILL.

Fred Summerill is the president of the Summerill Stove Repair Works at No. 2279 Washington avenue in Ogden. This is the only house in the state of Utah dealing exclusively in stoves and stove repairs, the business extending through Utah, Idaho, Nevada and Wyoming. It was established in 1892 and has enjoyed a liberal patronage throughout the intervening period, covering more than a quarter of a century. Mr.  Summerill is a native of Bristol, England. He was born in 1869 of the marriage of Alfred and Elizabeth (Lear) Summerill. The father, also a native of England, came to America with his family in 1878, making his way direct to Utah. He settled first at Logan and was there identified with the Oregon Short Line Railway for a few years.  He was then transferred to Honeyville, where he remained for an extended period, and later took up his abode in Ogden, where he was engaged in the stove business in association with his son. He died in February, 1913, at the age of sixty-four years.  While a resident of Logan he took an active part in the building of the Logan temple and at Honeyville he served as bishop's counselor and was very active in church and Sunday school work as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  To him and his wife were born thirteen children, five sons and eight daughters, of whom Fred was the second in order of birth. The mother survives and is now living in Ogden.

After attending the public schools of Logan, Fred Summerill became a pupil in the Brigham Young Academy, which he attended to the age of sixteen years. He then started out to learn a trade and became interested in the stove repair business. He was ambitious, however, to engage in business on his own account and carefully saved his earnings until his industry and economy had brought him sufficient capital to enable him to open the present establishment. He has built up an excellent trade as a wholesale and retail dealer in stoves and in stove repairs, having the only exclusive house of the kind in the state. He does all kinds of repair work on stoves and his skill and efficiency in this direction have brought to him a very gratifying patronage. 

In Brigham, Utah, Mr. Summerill was married to Miss Vilate Booth, a native of Utah and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis N. Booth. Their family numbered six children, five of whom are living: Fred, Jr., Raymond R., Theo S., Kenneth M. and Lewis Llewellyn, while one son, Lawrence, has passed away. They reside at No. 2135 Jefferson avenue.

Mr. Summerill and his family are connected with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and he has presided over various church organizations at different times. He has never sought to figure prominently before the public in a political way but has always stood for those things which are of interest and value to the community and his aid is always given on the side of progress and advancement. The Summerill Stove Repair Works is now engaged in building a foundry for the manufacture of repairs. Mr. Summerill's career illustrates what can be achieved through individual effort, for he started out empty-handed and is now at the head of a business which employs a considerable force of workmen and extends to all parts of the west.

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