CLARENCE CECIL JACOB
Clarence Cecil Jacob, of Salt Lake, connected with the United States
geological survey as hydraulic engineer, was born in Heber, Utah, June
9, 1886, a son of Joseph and Ellen (Gerber) Jacob and a grandson of
Norton Jacob, who was one of the one hundred and forty-seven emigrants
who came to Utah with the Brigham Young company in 1847 and settled at
Salt Lake, thus founding this great western metropolis. The father,
Joseph Jacob, was born at Nauvoo, Illinois, May 20, 1845, and came to
Utah with his parents in 1849. He engaged in farming and sheep raising
in several localities of the state,during the later years of his life
in Wasatch county. He remained for many years one of the substantial
citizens, agriculturists and stock raisers of his locality. He died in
August, 1918, and is still survived by Mrs. Ellen Jacob, who makes her
home at Provo, Utah. She was born in Huntsville, Alabama, and came to
this state in her childhood with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Gerber.
To Joseph and Ellen (Gerber) Jacob were born eleven children, of whom
ten are still living: Joseph, who resides in southern Idaho; Mrs. Emma
Parry, living at Richfield, Utah; Mrs. Eliza Phillips, of Provo;
Milton, also of Provo; Isaac, who makes his home at Heber, Utah; Mrs.
Nellie Anderson, of Springville; Tillie, of Provo; Elmer A., living at
Lehi; Clarence Cecil, of this review; and Irvin H., who is located at
Provo.
Clarence C. Jacob received liberal educational advantages. He attended
the Agricultural College at Logan and also the Brigham Young
University, from which he was graduated in 1909 with the Bachelor of
Arts degree. He next entered the University of Utah, where he won the
degrees of Bachelor of Science and Civil Engineer in 1910. Having thus
qualified for a professional career, he began the practice of civil
engineering as assistant city engineer of Provo, occupying that
position for a year. He next became connected with the United States
geological survey in southern California, his duties later taking him
to Arizona, Utah and Navada as district engineer. In the spring of 1918
he was appointed federal court water commissioner for the Uintah basin,
and is doing important work in this connection. His thorough university
training and broad experience have well qualified him for the
responsibilities which devolve upon him in his present position. He is
also engaged in private practice as a hydraulic engineer and has
offices at Roosevelt, Utah, and also at Salt Lake.
On the 15th of June, 1910, in Salt Lake, Mr. Jacob was married to Miss
Florence Johnson, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Johnson, of a
prominent Provo family. They have three children: Richard, who was born
in Mesa, Arizona, April 4, 1913; Edward, born in Phoenix, Arizona,
September 3, 1914; and Karl, born in Phoenix, December 23, 1915. In
politics Mr. Jacob is an independent republican, usually supporting the
principles of the republican party yet not considering himself bound by
party ties. The nature of his interests is indicated in the fact that
he is an associate member of the American Society of Civil Engineers
and also a member of the National Geographic Society. He is interested
largely in scientific investigation and research and especially keeps
in touch with everything that has to do with the profession which he
has chosen as a life work.
(Source: Utah since Statehood
Historical and Biographical, by Noble Warrum, editor, Vol 1, Publ 1919.
Transcribed by Wayne Cheeseman)
HENRY C. JAMES, JR.
Henry C. James, Jr., who since 1911 has been connected with the
automobile trade of Ogden and is now with the Cheeseman Automobile
Company, handling the Buick. Dodge and Peerless cars, was born in Salt
Lake City, November 14, 1885. His parents, Henry C. and Clara (Horne)
James, are still living. The father has for a long period been engaged
in the plumbing business in Salt Lake, where he is widely and favorably
known.
Henry C. James, Jr., after acquiring his education in the public
schools of his native city, started out in the business world as an
employee of the Oregon Short Line Railroad Company, being connected
with the purchasing department for three years. He then went to San
Francisco, where he was employed in the same capacity by the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company for a period of a year and a half. He next
turned his attention to the automobile trade, selling motor cars in
Logan, and in 1911 he removed from that city to Ogden, where he has
since been known in connection with motor sales. He was president and
manager of the James Automobile Company until they disposed of their
business to the Binford Kimball Motor Company and has since been
identified with the Cheeseman Automobile Company of Ogden, having its
plant at No. 2566 Washington avenue. This company handles the Buick,
Dodge and Peerless cars and Mr. James is regarded as a very successful
automobile salesman.
In 1913 Mr. James was married to Miss Anna Murphy, of Carmel,
California, a (laughter of Michael Murphy, and they have one child,
Ralph, who is four years of age. Mr. James belongs to the Weber Club
and also has membership with the United Commercial Travelers. He is a
man of fine appearance, aggressive and enterprising in business, and
has won many friends through social and trade relations.
[Source: Utah since Statehood:
Historical and Biographical Volume 2; By Noble Warrum; Publ. 1919;
Transcribed and submitted by Andrea Stawski Pack.]
ANDREW JENSON
Andrew Jenson, who since 1877 has been engaged in literary work,
largely devoting his attention to works of an ecclesiastical and
historical nature was born at Torslev, Hjörring amt, Denmark, on the
11th of December, 1850, his parents being Christian and Kiersten
(Anderson) Jenson, who belonged to the respectable middle class of
Denmark. The father was a watchmaker and the mother a farmer’s
daughter.
In 1866 they emigrated to Utah.
Andrew Jenson pursued his education in the district schools of Denmark
and in the common schools of Utah, being a lad of fifteen years when
the family emigrated to the new world. He afterward attended the
University of Utah and was graduated in English composition in
1885. His early activity in the business world was in connection
with railroading on the Union Pacific and Utah Central Railroads from
1868 until 1870 inclusive, while the year 1871 was largely spent as a
cowboy. He has concentrated his efforts and attention upon
literary pursuits since 1877. In 1879 he published “Joseph
Smith’s Levnetslöb,” the first book ever published in Utah in a foreign
language. He afterward published four volumes of
“Morgenstjernen,” also in Danish, and five volumes of the “Historical
Record” in English. His authorship also includes several editions
of Church Chronology, three volumes of Latter-day Saint Biographical
Encyclopedia, numerous articles for magazines and hundreds of letters
for the “Deseret News.” He was editor of the “Bikuben,” the only
Danish-Norwegian newspaper published in the Rocky Mountains, filling
the editorial chair for many years. He has always been most
keenly interested in historical research and became a director and
later the president of the Utah State Historical Society, also a member
and later secretary and now vice president of the Old Folks Central
Committee of the Latter-day Saints church. He is an elder in the
church and has been secretary and later president of a quorum of
Seventy, his labors in this connection continuing from 1886 until 1919.
On the 30th of August, 1875, in Salt Lake City, Mr. Jenson married
Kirsten Marie Pederson, a native of Denmark, who was born in 1859 and
died in 1897. Their children were as follows: Andrew A.; Parley
P., who married Julia Howe and is an attorney of Salt Lake City;
Minerva, who is married and lives in Nevada; and Eleonore E., the wife
of George B. Reynolds. For his second wife Mr. Jenson chose Emma
Howell, whom he wedded in Salt Lake City, December 10, 1886, and their
children were: Alfred H., who died in infancy; Eva H., the wife of
Alvin E. Olson; and Harold H., who married Martha Smith, a daughter of
the late President Joseph F. Smith. The third wife of Mr. Jenson
was in her maidenhood Miss Bertha Howell and by their marriage, which
was celebrated July 18, 1888, there is one child, Leo Rulon.
Mr. Jenson’s military service covers connection with the Utah Militia
from 1870 until 1872. He has been president of the Round the
World Club since its organization in 1914. Politically he is a
republican and has done considerable campaign speaking. He has
served as a member of the city council at Pleasant Grove, Utah, justice
of the peace in Salt Lake City, a member of the constitutional
convention and since 1917 has been president of the Utah State
Historical Society, while since 1898 he has been assistant historian of
the Mormon church. He has also held various offices in connection
with the church, being missionary to Scandinavia from 1873 to 1875 and
again from 1879 until 1881, during which time he was translator for the
“Skandinaviens Stjerne.” In 1888 and again in 1893 he did
missionary work in this country. From 1895 to 1897 his labors as
a missionary and historian covered all Latter-day Saints missionary
fields and he circumnavigated the globe. His sixth period of
missionary labor was in 1902 and 1903 in Scandinavia, his seventh in
1904 and 1905 in Scandinavia, and his eighth from 1909 until 1912 in
Scandinavia, during which he presided over the Latter-day Saints
Scandinavian mission. Returning home by was of Siberia he made
his second trip around the world.
[Source: Utah since Statehood: Historical and Biographical Volume 2; By Noble Warrum; Publ. 1919; Transcribed by Richard Ramos]
GEORGE T. JUDD
George T. Judd, president of the Judd-Brower Automobile Company of Salt
Lake City, was born at Henefer, Summit County, Utah, April 30, 1874, a
son of George and Jane (Paskett) Judd, who were natives of England but
established their home in Utah in pioneer times after having made the
overland trip with a train of ox teams, which slowly wended its way
across the plains and over the mountains until Utah was reached. After
arriving at Salt Lake the father engaged in freighting between Salt
Lake and Council Bluff, Iowa, and in that connection crossed and
recrossed the plains many times. He later gave up that occupation,
which in the early days was a most hazardous one, and located on a farm
on the Weber river. He is still living at the advanced age of
seventy-eight years and the mother of George T. Judd has reached the
age of seventy six years. Their family numbered nine children: Mrs.
Emily A. Toone living at Metropolis. Nevada: Mrs. Ada Wilde, of
Cumberland, Wyoming; George T.; Mrs. Annie Harris,, deceased; Mrs.
Charlotte Jones, of Henefer, Utah; Mrs. Fannie Richards, of Henefer;
Mrs. Belle Edson, of Ogden, Utah; Mrs. Lillian West, late of Morgan,
Utah, now deceased; and Herschel, whose home is at Henefer.
George T. Judd, after attending the public schools of Henefer and the
high school at Coalville, Utah, entered the Brigham Young University at
Provo, from which he was graduated in 1897. He later spent three years
as a missionary in New Zealand for the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints and after his return he taught school at Coalville,
Utah, for a year and for two years was principal of the schools at
Levan, while an equal period was spent in the same way at Provo. Mr.
Judd then became deputy assessor of Utah County and filled the office
for a term. He was subsequently made deputy sheriff of Utah County,
serving in that capacity one term, after which he was elected sheriff
and occupied the position two terms, receiving the highest number of
votes of any candidate ever elected in that county on any ticket. With
the expiration of his term he was called to service in the strike
troubles at the Bingham copper mines and was on duty there for six
months. He then became assistant state auditor under Lincoln G. Kelly,
examiner of public accounts for the office. In March, 1917, Mr. Judd
organized the Judd-Brower Auto Company of Salt Lake and has since built
up a very extensive business, handling the Liberty Six cars and also
the Olympian cars, and for these he has had a very large sale.
Mr. Judd was married September 22, 1897, to Miss Maggie Lewis, of
Provo, Utah, a daughter of William J. and Jane Lewis, who were pioneer
people of that place. Mr. and Mrs. Judd have six children. Marguerite,
born in Provo in July, 1898, is a graduate of the Granite high school
of Salt Lake. George E., born in Coalville, March 10, 1901, was
graduated from the Granite high school and is now a junior in the
University of Utah. Melba, born in Levan, Utah, August 29, 1903, is a
Granite high school pupil. Grace, born in Provo in April, 1905, is
attending Salt Lake high school. Amy born in Provo in 1907 and Grant
born in Provo, August 13, 1912, are in the graded school.
Mr. Judd gives his political endorsement to the republican party. He is
a member of the Auto Dealers Association and also of the Automobile
Club. His official record and his business career have alike been
characterized by steady progress and the faithful performance of duty
and the course which he has pursued has gained for him the respect and
confidence of all with whom he has been associated.
[Source: Utah since Statehood:
Historical and Biographical Volume 2; By Noble Warrum; Publ. 1919;
Transcribed and submitted by Andrea Stawski Pack.]
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