Utah Since Statehood
Author is Noble Warrum - 1919

ASA C. FARLEY.

Asa C. Farley, engaged in blacksmithing at Ogden, was born in Salt Lake City, May 24, 1858, a son of Winthrop and Angelina (Calkin) Farley, who were natives of the state of New York. They resided for a period in Iowa before coming to Utah in 1852 and they lived for a time in Salt Lake City before removing to Ogden.  Asa C. Farley, however, has spent all of his life from boyhood in Ogden, where he learned the blacksmith's trade and throughout his entire life he has followed that business.  One of the elements of his success is the fact that he has not dissipated his energies over a wide field but has always continued in the line of activity in which he embarked as a young tradesman. He soon became an expert workman in that branch of industry and has always enjoyed a liberal patronage. 

On the 5th of September, 1878, Mr. Farley was married to Miss Rachel C. Poulter, a daughter of William and Caroline (Strubell) Poulter, who were natives of Surrey.  England, and came to Utah in 1853, settling in Salt Lake City. Mr. and Mrs. Farley have become parents of nine children, of whom Asa H. filled a mission to Sweden, going to that country in 1899 and serving for two and a half years. Another son, William W., was a missionary in the central states for twenty-six months. Mr. Farley is a high priest and has always remained an active worker in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in the faith of which he was reared.

JULIUS AUGUSTUS FARLEY.

Centuries ago the Greek writer Euripides said: "It is a good thing to be rich and a good thing to be strong, but it is a better thing to be beloved of many friends." There is nothing that more clearly indicates the character of Julius Augustus Farley than this quotation. He was rich in those qualities which made him a man among men, strong in his honor and his good name, and his memory is enshrined in the hearts of all with whom he was associated. He was born in Ogden, October 10, 1860, a son of Isaac R. and Emily Pauline (Malan) Farley, the latter a native of Piedmont, Italy, born in the valley of Luzern. The father was born in Hancock county, Illinois, March 7, 1837, and was a son of Edward Farley, whose birth occurred in Monroe county, Virginia, November 12, 1797. Isaac R. Farley came to Utah in 1851, settling at Ogden, where he engaged in farming with his father, who died in 1870.

Julius A. Farley received his early education in the public schools of Ogden, but his opportunities for attending school were quite limited. However, he became a well informed man through broad reading, observation and study. He always took advantage of every opportunity to read and was a close observer. In the course of years he became recognized as a man of good business ability, displaying sound judgment as well as marked enterprise in everything that he undertook. While he had the opportunity of attending school for only about a year, he grasped every chance to learn and he mastered those lessons which have not only to do with intellectual advancement but with the development of character as well.

On the 11th of November, 1886, Julius A. Farley was united in marriage to Elfrida Gay Barker, who was born July 1, 1868, a daughter of James and Mary C. (Malan) Barker, the former a native of Norfolk county, England, while the latter was born in Piedmont, Italy. Mr. and Mrs. Farley became the parents of five children: Mary Elfrida, now the wife of Charles A. Shaw, of Ogden, and the mother of three children; Julius Glenn, who married Ella K. Goddard and has two children; Gladys, who is the wife of William Glenn Leavitt, of Ogden, and had two children, one of whom died in infancy; Grace, deceased; and Bertha, the wife of C. F. Ludington, of Ogden, and the mother of one child. An adopted daughter, Estella McElhone, who was reared by Mr. and Mrs.  Farley, is now the wife of H. G. Aldrich, of Minnesota, and they have had six children, of whom one died in infancy.

The death of Mr. Farley occurred September 27, 1899. when he had reached the age of thirty-eight years and eleven months. From the time of his marriage until his demise he was actively engaged in farming and fruit growing and thus provided for the support of his family. In business affairs he was thoroughly reliable, his entire course being marked by honesty and fair dealing, and his good name was ever above reproach. He was very active in the work of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served as a school trustee in Mound Fort ward. He acted as president of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association for eight years and filled a mission to the southern states laboring mostly in Mississippi. He left home for this purpose on the 2d of March 1891, and returned on the 1st of April. 1893. He was also a member of the Seventy and was ward teacher for several years and took a very active and helpful part in all branches of church work, his labors being far-reaching and resultant in this connection.

He was yet a comparatively young man when called to his final rest and his demise occasioned widespread regret among all who knew him. Punctuality was one of his strong characteristics He possessed also a cheerful disposition and a kindly spirit that caused him to reach out a helping hand to all who knew him. He eagerly embraced every opportunity to promote the public welfare and his life was filled with "many little unremembered acts of kindness and of love." All of his friends, and they were many, bore testimony to his many sterling traits of character, his high sense of honor, his devotion to duty and his deep interest in those things which are uplifting.

JOHN FARR.

John Farr, a well known coal dealer of Ogden, in which city he was born on the 4th of January, 1863, is a son of Lorin Farr, a native of Vermont, who devoted his life to farming and to merchandising. Removing to the west, he became a prominent citizen of Ogden, closely associated with its substantial development and improvement as the years passed on. He not only figured actively in business circles but was also a leader of public thought and opinion in many ways. He served as mayor of Ogden, giving to the city a businesslike and progressive administration characterized by needed reforms and improvements. He was also chosen to represent his district in the state legislature and left the impress of his individuality upon beneficial laws that were passed while he was a member of the general assembly. Always actuated by a spirit of progress, he instituted many measures for the general good and cooperated in many others which were direct factors in bringing about the up building, development and improvement of city and state. He passed away in Ogden in 1907.

John Farr, spending his youthful days under the parental roof, pursued a public school education and was graduated from the high school with the class of 1883. During vacation periods and after his school days were over he worked for his father, devoting some time to the occupation of farming, and later he started out in life independently, becoming driver of the first street car that was used in Ogden. This was in 1885 and was a mule car. Later Mr. Farr turned his attention to the grain and feed business and operated a chopping mill, continuing active along those lines for two years.  He then sold out and turned his attention to the ice business. In 1894 he became a dealer in coal and through the intervening period, covering a quarter of a century, he has built up an excellent trade and has now a very extensive patronage. He carries' on business under his own name and handles lime as well as coal. Many of Ogden's best families have given him their patronage throughout this entire period, indicating the integrity of his business methods and his progressive spirit. He is also interested in various other companies that have to do with the business development of Ogden. He is interested in agricultural and horticultural pursuits and is the owner of orchards covering forty acres. He raises particularly fine cherries and in the cultivation of his orchards and his fields he employs the most advanced and scientific methods. His place adjoins the city limits of Ogden and is a valuable ranch. 

On the 20th of December, 1884, Mr. Farr was married to Miss Rachel A. Witten, a native of Virginia and a daughter of Samuel M. Witten. The marriage, which was celebrated in Ogden, has been blessed with eight children: John Clement, now thirty-four years of age, who married Alice Prince; Mabel Grace, at home; Fern, the widow of A. Frank Moss and the mother of three children; Martha Pauline, the wife of W. H.  Hamilton; Lyndall, the wife of George Wilkinson, of Russell Springs, Kansas; Mildred, who is engaged in teaching; Rachel, attending the Sacred Heart Academy; and Roscoe Kenneth, a student in the Weber Academy.

Mr. Farr has always taken a deep and helpful interest in the work of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and is president of the Ninety-eighth Quorum of Seventy. For two years, covering 1898 and 1899, he was on a mission to England, returning on the 27th of January, 1900. In politics he is a republican, taking an active Interest in the growth and success of his party, and he belongs to the Weber Club-a fact indicative of his appreciation of the social amenities of life and of his interest in the welfare and up building of his city.

JOSEPH FARR.

Joseph Farr is a well known mining man of Ogden and a representative of one of the oldest and most prominent families of the state. The student of history cannot carry his investigations far into the annals of Utah without learning of the close and prominent connection of the Farr family with events that have shaped the public records. Joseph Farr was born in 1852 in what was known as Farr's Fort, a name indicative of the family's identification with pioneer times.

In the public schools of Ogden, Joseph Farr pursued his education and after attending the high school became a student in Professor Park's school and in John Morgan's commercial college. He afterward turned his attention to the milling business and built the first steam flour mill in the state on Washington street, between Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth streets. Later he engaged in general merchandising, having the largest store in Ogden at that time. He conducted the business for about ten years with good success, enjoying a liberal patronage. He afterward served for two years as city magistrate and subsequently became interested in mining in the Lake View district. He has developed his mining properties to a considerable extent, the yield being lead and zinc ores. He is the president of the Promontory Carbonito Mining Company and In this connection has become widely known in mining circles. In a word he has been closely connected with the development of Utah as a miller, a merchant and miner, utilizing the natural resources of the state and meeting business needs and conditions in the development of his own fortunes.

In December, 1874, Mr. Farr was married to Miss Sally M. Porter, a daughter of Luther J. and Aurora (Murray) Porter, who came to the west from the state of New York, settling In Utah In 1866. Mr. and Mrs. Farr have become parents of twelve children, ten of whom are still living. Two of his sons were in the army in the great European war. His son Hyrum, responding to the call of the colors, became a member of Company B. Six Hundred and Fourth Engineers, and is in France, where he has done active duty. Eugene enlisted on the 28th of May, 1917. in Company F, Fifth Field Artillery, and sailed in August. He. too, was on the firing line, going over the top, and on the 18th of December, 1917, was wounded. In  December, 1918, he was returned to the United States and is now in the United States Hospital at Fort Douglas.

Mr. Farr is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and is serving as one of the Seventy. His interest in community affairs is deep and sincere and Is manifest in hearty cooperation with plans and movements for the general good. A resident of the state for sixty-seven years, he has witnessed almost the entire growth and development of Utah, his memory forming a connecting link between the primitive pioneer past and the progressive present. Moreover, his labors have been an element in bringing about present-day progress and prosperity and Ogden numbers him among her representative business men and citizens.

HON. LORIN FARR.

Ten years have been added to the cycle of the centuries since Hon. Lorin Farr departed this life and seventy-two years have passed since he became a resident of Utah. During the years of his connection with the state he contributed in most notable manner to its development and up building, chiefly as a railroad builder. Mr. Farr also stood very high in the councils of the church and for many years there was no plan or project of moment for the benefit of his city or state with which he was not actively associated.

Lorin Farr was a representative of one of the old colonial families, his earliest American ancestor having come from England in 1629. His grandparents in the paternal line were Asael and Lydia (Snow) Farr, both of whom were natives of Chesterfield, Vermont. The former was there baptized March 23, 1776. The latter was born on the 18th of March, 1772, and they were married in 1786. Their son, Winslow Farr, was born in Chesterfield, Vermont, January 14, 1794, and the 30th of September, 1850, witnessed his arrival in Utah with the Joseph Young company. He married Olive Hovey Freeman on the 5th of December, 1816, at Hanover, Vermont. She was born June 23, 1799, at Lebanon, Vermont, a daughter of Elijah and Olive (Hovey) Freeman. Elijah Freeman was born at Mansfield, Connecticut, November 3, 1757, and his wife was born October 30, 1761, and died October 21, 1820. They were married December 27, 1781. Their daughter, Olive Hovey, became the wife of Winslow Farr and accompanied him to Utah. In the meantime, however, when their son Lorin was about eight years of age, they removed from Waterford, Vermont, to the town of Charleston, about forty miles to the north. Three or four years later Orson Pratt went to Charleston as a missionary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and among his converts were the members of the Farr family In 1851 Winslow Farr and his family settled on the Big Cottonwood river and there he died August 25, 1867, while his wife, Mrs. Olive Farr, passed away at that place March 10, 1893, having long survived her husband. He was appointed one of the municipal high council of twelve in 1846.

Their son Lorin was eight years of age at the time of the removal of the family to Charleston, Vermont. He was baptized into the church in the spring of 1832 and followed its fortunes through Missouri and Illinois. He married his first wife, Nancy B. Chase, at Nauvoo on the 1st of January, 1845, and migrated to Salt Lake valley, arriving at Salt Lake City on the 21st of September, 1847. In the spring of 1850 he became a resident of Ogden at the request of Brigham Young that he "locate and take charge of the northern colonies." In the following spring Ogden was incorporated and Mr. Farr was elected the first mayor of the city, in which office he was continued by reelection until November, 1870. His splendid service in office is further indicated in the fact that after seven years he was recalled to the position. In fact there was no feature in connection with the early development and up building of Ogden with which Lorin Farr was not connected and his contribution to the progress of the state was of a most substantial and valuable character. He erected the first grist mill and sawmill in Weber county and he was one of the most prominent figures in connection with railroad building through Utah, being contractor of the grading of the Central Pacific for two hundred miles west of Ogden and also building the Utah Northern to Brigham City. From early life he was keenly interested in the question of railroad construction and one of his most interesting studies in his boyhood days was the life of Stevenson. He was so impressed with what was being accomplished in the way of railroad building that he urged upon many of his intimate friends to watch the growth of the railroad, and according to a contemporary writer: "It was the enthusiasm of Lorin Farr that caused Chauncy West to investigate the railroads of Europe, especially in the mountains, and it was the combined ability of these two men that caused Brigham Young to entrust them with most of the road building and city platting of northern Utah." As early as 1859 Mr. Farr had a steam engine carried across the plains, but insufficient parts and the inability to compete with water power caused the financial failure of the venture.

Mr. Farr entertained, in 1864, the first surveyors who passed through Utah in the interests of railroad building. He formed the acquaintance of Leland Stanford several years before the railroad was extended to Ogden and it was he who proposed the meeting between Mr. Stanford and Brigham Young, which resulted in President Young telling Mr. Stanford that he could have the services of Lorin Farr in grading the road and employing necessary help. Mr. Farr formed a partnership with E. T. Benson and Chauncy W. West preparatory to taking part in the railroad building. His enthusiasm was contagious and he aroused great interest among the young men of his section of the state, many thousands of whom entered the employ of the contracting firm and aided in the building of two hundred miles of roadbed for the Central Pacific. It was indeed a gala day and an occasion of great public rejoicing when the first train made its appearance at Ogden. One of the local papers, writing of this fifty years later, said: "The committee on arrangements, which had been previously appointed, hastily perfected plans and by four o'clock a temporary stand was erected near Fourth street, or about where the freight house now stands. It was opposite the opening in the adobe wall (which gave the name to Wall avenue). Flags were in profuse evidence, vehicles blocked progress for miles north and south. The constable and his augmented force (all well mounted) had great difficulty in keeping traffic avenue open. By five o'clock a great parade was formed and the city, railroad and church dignitaries formed in line, even Indians and cowboys taking their appointed places. The artillery having arrived, twenty-one official salutes were given and the parade began. Many banners were carried, some saying 'Ogden, the Junction City,' others, 'Hail to the Nation's Highway,' and others 'Welcome to the Highway of the Nation.' Some were even witty and told of the early rivalry that had existed with Salt Lake, 'No Longer Ogden's Hole-Now Junction City' and one. 'Watch Salt Lake Move North.' In recognition of the high esteem in which he was held by Governor Leland Stanford and C. P. Huntington, close friends of Mr. Farr, and also in appreciation of the services he had rendered in assisting in the development of the west, a large portrait of the latter was hung beside those of Governor Stanford and Mr. Huntington in the art gallery at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco." Aside from his activity as a railroad builder Mr. Farr took prominent part in shaping the history of the state along other lines. He represented Weber county in the first territorial legislature and in the earlier days was representative of Boxelder county from that time of the organization of the territory until 1887. He was also a delegate to the constitutional convention of 1895 which framed the organic law of the state under which Utah was admitted to the Union. According to the practices of his church Mr.  Farr was married five times and his descendants are many, the family figuring prominent in connection with the history of the state. The worth of the work of Lorin Farr can scarcely be overestimated. In pioneer times he had charge of the colonization of northern Utah and the location of its towns. His work was ever of a character the beneficial results of which are felt to the present time. He was actuated by a most progressive spirit that was of the utmost worth in the up building of the state and high on the roll of Utah's honored citizens appears his name.

HYRUM C. FARRELL.

Hyrum C Farrell, founder of the Utah Grain & Elevator Company of Ogden and interested in the Lindsay Land & Live Stock Company of the same city, was born January 31, 1871 on a farm in the Ogden valley, in Weber county. His father, John Farrell was a native of Scotland and came to the United States in 1862, making his way to the Ogden where he took up his abode. He was a veteran of the Black Hawk war and a zealous and active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in which he filled the office of bishop. He died in 1903. The mother of Hyrum C. Farrell bore the maiden name of Jeannette Lindsay and was born in Glasgow, Scotland, while she now makes her home in Ogden valley.

Hyrum C. Farrell attended the district schools in his boyhood days and devoted his attention to farming until 1910, when he took up his abode in the city of Ogden and organized the Utah Grain & Elevator Company, since which time he has conducted a profitable and growing business along that line. Extending the scope of his activities, he has also become one of the stockholders of the Lindsay Land & Live Stock Company and both corporations are being profitably conducted.

On the 28th of November, 1889, Mr. Farrell was married to Josephine Stallings of the Ogden valley. They have five children: Mary, the wife of T. A. Turner, of Dubuque Iowa,  Ivy now Mrs. L. L. Haletron. of Utah; Hyrum, who married Gwendolyn Hemman and is now associated with his father in business; Lola, now in Idaho; and George who is attending school.

Mr. Farrell is connected with the Woodmen of the World. His entire life has been passed in the Ogden valley, where he is widely and favorably known, and laudable ambition has brought him to his creditable place in business circles.

JOSEPH FIFE.

Joseph Fife, who has now reached the seventy-seventh milestone on life's journey, is living retired at Riverdale, enjoying in well earned rest the fruits of his former activity and toil. He was born in Scotland in 1842, a son of Adam and Ellen (Fife) Fife, who came with their family to Utah in 1849, when their son Joseph was a little lad of but seven years. They first settled in Salt Lake City, where they remained about two years and then moved to Iron county where they lived for about two and a half years. They next made their home in Cedar City and afterward removed to Riverdale, where the father purchased land and continued to reside thereon to the time of his demise.

Joseph Fife was reared under the parental roof upon the old homestead farm and early became familiar with the best methods of tilling the soil and caring for the crops. He worked on the railroad and also engaged in freighting for several years. He was in Carson City before the establishment of the pony express to that place and was likewise in Montana in early pioneer times. He then engaged in farming to the time of his father's death and has since concentrated his efforts and attention upon general agricultural pursuits. He resided at Salt Lake and at Iron Mountain for four years prior to coming to Riverdale, where he has since made his home. He is now leaving the active work of the farm to others and enjoying a rest which he has truly earned and richly deserves.

In 1865 Mr. Fife was married to Miss Martha Ann Bingham, a daughter of Sanford Bingham, and they became the parents of thirteen children, all of whom are yet living. The wife and mother passed away September 13, 1914.  Mr. Fife is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was president of the first Mutual Improvement Society of Riverdale and is a member of the Seventy. He has also served as school trustee, was road supervisor and for several years was president and a director of the irrigation company. He unloaded the first freight at Fort Douglas and in many ways he has been identified with the development, up building and progress of this section of the state. His has been an active and useful life, fraught with good results, prompted by honorable purposes and winning for him not only success in business but that good name which is rather to be chosen than great riches.

GEORGE D. FOLKMAN.

George D. Folkman, engaged in the milling business in Ogden, his native city, was born April 22. 1860, of the marriage of Christopher Olson and Elea Macella (Funk) Folkman, both of whom were born at Aarnaga, on the island of Bornholm, Denmark.  In the spring of 1857 they were married in Liverpool, England, and at once boarded a vessel which brought them to the United States. They started immediately across the country and traveled from Missouri with ox teams, following the "handcart" company which had just crossed the plains. The father was a blacksmith by trade. He became one of the pioneer settlers of Plain City and afterward worked at the forge to the time of his death in Plain City or in Ogden. He spent some time in the latter city in the employ of Bishop Chauncey W. West.

His son, George D. Folkman, now has in his possession a diploma which was given his father for building the best plow in 1858. This he made out of government wagon tires and used the native timber for beams and handles. The entire work on the plow was done by hand. Mr. Folkman also made his own horseshoe nails out of Norway iron. He possessed marked skill and ingenuity in working in wood and iron and his labors were of great value to the district in which he lived. He had served a seven years' apprenticeship to the trade in early life and his long experience constantly added to his skill. He was a devoted member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and went on three missions. In 1865 he was sent to Denmark, Sweden and Norway and while there could see the midnight sun. He remained in the Scandinavian countries for three and a half years, after which he returned to the United States. Again, from 1896 until 1898, he was on a mission in Sweden, after which he once more took up his abode in Utah and then in 1897 was sent for the third time abroad, spending two years in missionary labors in Denmark. When he once more came to America he resumed work at his trade and followed that pursuit until his death, which occurred November 14, 1915.

George D. Folkman obtained his education in the schools of Plain City and of Ogden and in 1877 made his way to the Nevada mines, where he worked for more than two years. He afterward returned to his home and later took up carpenter work, in which he engaged for about fifteen years. Later he concentrated his efforts and attention upon farming and was active in the work of tilling the soil until 1905, when he removed to Ogden, where he became custodian of the county courthouse, a position which he occupied for twelve years. He was afterward connected with the police department and in 1917 he became a representative of the Ogden Milling & Elevator Company, now the Holly Milling Company. Through the intervening period he has been identified with the milling business.

On the 3d of July, 1884, Mr. Folkman was married to Miss Mary Ann Dinah Palmer, a daughter of Edward J. and Caroline Eliza (Barker) Palmer. Mr. and Mrs. Folkman have ten children, seven sons and three daughters, and one of the sons, Earl Wallace, was sent on a mission to the southern states covering two years.  Mr. Folkman has been active in public affairs, serving as a member of the school board of Plain City and also as justice of the peace, while on the 11th of January, 1915, he became a member of the state legislature of Utah, serving in the eleventh general assembly. His life has been one of activity and usefulness, prompted by devotion to duty in every relation, and his genuine worth is attested by all with whom he has come in contact. He has always resided in Utah and for more than a half century has been an interested witness of the growth and progress of the state.

HUGH FREELAND.

Hugh Freeland is the owner of a fine orchard property at 900 Canyon Road in Ogden.  He was born in Scotland July 1, 1856, a son of John and Elizabeth (Anderson) Freelaud. The days of his boyhood and youth were spent in his native country and he acquired his education in the public schools there. He remained in the land of hills and heather until 1588, when at the age of thirty-two years he left that country and sought home and fortune in the new world. He did not tarry on the Atlantic coast but made his way at once into the west with its broader advantages and limitless opportunities. He spent one year in Idaho and then came to Ogden, Utah, whence he afterward removed to Provo. He remained there for two years, after which he returned to Ogden and through the intervening period he has been engaged in fruit raising and is today the owner of a very fine orchard, which he has developed through his individual efforts and ability. He raises peaches, apples, pears, cherries, apricots, prunes and all small fruits and berries, and his orchards are in splendid bearing condition. He thoroughly understands the nature of soil desired, purchases the best nursery stock and employs the most scientific methods in the spraying and care of his trees. His orchards present an appearance of rare beauty in blossom time, reaching its culmination when the fruit hangs ripe upon the trees.

In 1893 Mr. Freeland was united in marriage to Eliza Ann Morton, who passed away in the year 1912. In 1914 he was again married, his second union being with Mary Lovell, a native of London. Both are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Mrs. Freeland's mother was baptized in the sea at the age of eighty-five years. Mr. Freeland is a high priest in the church and is greatly interested in its work. In politics he maintains a liberal course, voting for men and measures rather than party, and he has never been an aspirant for office, preferring to give his undivided attention to his business affairs, which have been carefully conducted and have brought to him a substantial measure of success. His labors have fully demonstrated the possibilities for the raising of fruit in this section of the state and he has every reason to be proud of his fine orchards.

JOHN W. GIBSON.

John W. Gibson is the owner of one of the fine orchard properties at North Ogden, having eleven acres of land planted to orchards that are all in bearing and which show the most scientific care and progressive methods of cultivation. Mr. Gibson is a native son of Utah, his birth having occurred in 1856 at Mound Fort, now Ogden. His parents were William and Lillias (Barbour) Gibson, both natives of Paisley, Scotland.  The mother came to Utah about 1850. She had crossed the Atlantic to the United States in 1846 and for about four years was a resident of La Harpe, Illinois. Mr. Gibson lived in St. Louis, Missouri, for about two years before coming to Utah and then took up his abode in Ogden. He afterward established his home in Salt Lake City and he devoted nearly his entire time to mission work, making three different trips to Scotland and England to preach the gospel as interpreted by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was also a member of the Seventy and was untiring in his efforts in behalf of the church.

John W. Gibson acquired his early education in North Ogden, attending its schools to the age of twenty years. In January, 1868, he went to St. Joseph on the Muddy, in Arizona, to open up a settlement and there he engaged in pioneer work for the church for some time. Later he became a student in the University of Utah at Salt Lake, being there graduated with the class of 1878. He next engaged in school teaching, which he followed for a period of ten years, and later he gave his attention to farming.  In 1879 and 1880 he filled his first mission to the southern states and in 1903 and 1904 was on a mission to Great Britain. He is a member of the Seventy and senior president of the Thirty-eighth Quorum. He has also been connected with the Sunday school work from its inception and his labors have been most effective and resultant in behalf of the church.

In secular affairs Mr. Gibson has also been active and prominent. He was elected county assessor for two different terms, first in 1898 and again in 1900. He was also deputy assessor for eight years and for several years he served as school trustee and for a time as justice of the peace. His official duties were discharged in a most prompt and capable manner, his work resulting in great benefit to the communities which he thus represented.

In 1881 Mr. Gibson was united in marriage to Miss Charlotte Berrett, a daughter of Robert G. and Sarah Ann (Woodhead) Berrett, who were natives of England and came to Utah about 1850, settling at Ogden. They afterward removed to North Ogden, where they subsequently resided. To Mr. and Mrs. Gibson have been born six children: Sarah Lillias, Charlotte Jeanette, Margaret Eleanor, John William, Jr., Robert Berrett and Leland Wallace. The son, John William, filled a mission to the eastern states and in 1917 he was drafted in the Three Hundred and Forty-eighth Field Artillery of the Ninety-first Division. He was sent first to Camp Lewis, then to Fort Mills and in 1918 sailed overseas, doing active duty in France. He served for nineteen months-a part of that splendid army whose work awakened the admiration of the world.

Mr. Gibson is classed with the progressive and representative fruit growers in the vicinity of Ogden. He is making a specialty of the raising of peaches, apricots, cherries and apples, having eleven acres planted to orchards. He is continually keeping his land in good condition, cares for his trees in the most scientific manner and produces fruit of the finest size and quality, so that his place has become a source of substantial income.

JOSEPH AND ERASTUS GOODALE.

Joseph and Erastus Goodale, conducting ranching interests under the firm style of Goodale Brothers, are natives sons of Utah, now residing near Riverdale. Joseph Goodale was born at Bingham Fort in 1854 and Erastus Goodale in Salt Lake City in 1858.  They are sons of Isaac N. and Maria Louisa (Bingham) Goodale. the former a native of the state of New York, while the latter was born in Vermont and came to Utah In 1848 with the earliest of the settlers here.

Joseph Goodale was reared under the parental roof and early became familiar with the best methods of tilling the soil and caring for the crops. He has always followed farming as a life work, although he was employed for a time on the railroad when it was being extended into Promontory where, the two lines being joined, was completed the first transcontinental road of the country. With many other historic events Mr.  Goodale has been connected or has witnessed such events and thus is familiar with the history of Utah's development and progress. He has led a busy, useful and active life, carrying on general farming, and has brought his fields under a high state of cultivation, his enterprise and diligence producing splendid results.

SANFRED GUSTAVESON.

Sanfred Gustaveson is a rancher who owns a pleasant home in the midst of a well developed farm property at North Ogden. He was born in Sweden November 4. 1869, a son of John and Mary Gustaveson. When a youth of fourteen years, in 1883 he came to the new world with Utah as his destination and on reaching this state settled at Grantsville, where he spent one winter. In the following spring he went to the Raft river, where he worked on a ranch, remaining in that district for five years. He then returned to Grantsville and afterward engaged in carding sheep, to which task he devoted his energies for eighteen years. On the expiration of that period he removed to North Ogden, where he purchased land and erected a good residence and other buildings. He also set out a nice orchard of apples and peaches and now has a well developed property which measures up to the high standards of agriculture in the twentieth century. He works diligently and persistently in the development of his place and has converted it into a valuable and productive farm. 

On August 18, 1899, Mr. Gustaveson was united in marriage to Miss Matilda Blixt, a daughter of Emil Blixt, a native of Sweden, who came to Utah on crossing the Atlantic. To Mr. and Mrs. Gustaveson have been born four children: Eleanora, Hugo, Harry and Leo.

The religious faith of the family is that of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They are well known in the community in which they reside and their sterling worth of character has established them in an enviable social position. Thirty-five years have come and gone since Mr. Gustaveson arrived in Utah and throughout the entire period he has been closely associated with the business activity and development of the state.

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