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HON. PETER CLEGG
Hon. Peter Clegg is a most prominent and influential resident of Tooele, where he is now filling the office of mayor. He has also been called upon to represent the first senatorial district of Utah in the upper house of the general assembly, and in every public position that he has filled he has discharged his duties with marked promptness and capability. At the same time he has been a leading figure in business circles, connected for many years with live stock interests, and at the present time he is the president of the Tooele County State Bank.
Mr. Clegg was born on the 15th of October, 1859, in the city in which he still makes his home, a son of Benjamin and Grace (McIntyre) Clegg. The father, who has now departed this life, was for more than a half century closely identified with every undertaking and enterprise that contributed to the development and upbuilding of the city and county of Tooele. He was born in Lancashire, England, on the 1st of September, 1826, his parents being Joseph and Mary Clegg. In the spring of 1848 he was converted to the faith of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and in that year left England for America to join the colony of saints who had founded the territory of Utah. He made the long journey across the hot stretches of sand and over the mountain passes as a member of the company commanded by Ezra T. Benson and the first winter of his residence in Utah was spent in the old fort at Salt Lake City.
When spring came he made his way to what is now the site of the city of Tooele and located the place which for many years thereafter continued to be his home. There were but few families living in the neighborhood at the time and he was the last of the survivors among those who had located here at the time of his arrival. When he reached Utah he had but limited capital. His entire money amounted to but seventy-five cents. He was also the owner of a cow and a steer. With characteristic energy, however, he set to work and in a short time had accumulated quite a substantial little fortune. As the years passed he won a place among the leading farmers of the country, having thirty-nine acres of highly cultivated land, while he was also extensively interested in cattle and sheep raising. He retired from active life some years prior to his death, his sons taking over the management and care of his business affairs.
In April, 1850, Benjamin Clegg was married in Salt Lake City to a widow with five children. This wife died in 1882. In December, 1853, he married Miss Grace McIntyre, daughter of Peter and Agnes McIntyre, who were natives of Scotland. Mrs. Clegg was born in Millport, Scotland. She became a convert to the Mormon faith in that country in 1844. Her father, Peter McIntyre, had served as a soldier under Napoleon Bonaparte. His wife died, leaving him with a family of six children, whom he brought to America in 1853, establishing his home at Tooele, where he passed away in 1872. Mr. and Mrs. Clegg became the parents of five children: Elizabeth, who married J. S. Brown, of Salt Lake City; Benjamin; Peter, of this review; Agnes, who died at the age of two years; and Grace, who became Mrs. Jones, of Bingham Canyon. The father was ever a most active worker in the church and reared his children in that faith. He filled the office of high priest and his son Benjamin was sent as a missionary to Australia, where he labored for three years.
Peter Clegg acquired a common school education and early in life took up railroad work, engaged in freighting and eventually became actively interested in cattle and sheep raising. He has always given much attention to that industry and is now the owner of about one thousand acres of land near Tooele, together with a half section of land in southeastern Idaho. In all business affairs he has displayed sound judgment and unfaltering enterprise and won recognition as a leading cattle and sheep man of Tooele County. Moreover, he gained a well deserved reputation concerning the care of his stock. He ranges large herds in Idaho as well as in Utah, feeding the cattle during the winter months, and upon his land is every facility that affords ample shelter for his stock. He has a number of men in his employ and his business interests are most progressively conducted.
Mr. Clegg was united in marriage to Miss Edith M. Atkin, of Tooele, and they had three 'children: Zella, now the wife of Francis M. Lee, a machinist with the International Smelting Company, by whom she has a son, Raymond; Peter V., a farmer of Erda, Tooele county, who married Anna May Bryan and has three children—Margaret, Allen and Edith; and Edith, the wife of Leslie S. Warburton, who resides in Tooele and is employed by the smelting company. For his second wife Mr. Clegg chose Agnes McLaws, of Tooele. His third wife, who bore the maiden name of Matilda Lindberg, was of Salt Lake City and they had one child, Elene. Mr. Clegg's fourth marriage was with Ida Mary Lane, of Salt Lake City, and they have four children, Howard J. and Florence, living; and Lane Mclntyre and Grant Lane, who died in infancy.
The family home at Tooele is one of the fine residences of the city and indicates Mr. Clegg's devotion to the members of his household. In politics he has always been a stalwart republican and for three terms has been chosen mayor of Tooele—a fact indicative of the confidence and trust reposed in him by his fellow townsmen. He is actuated by a most enterprising spirit in his efforts to promote the welfare and upbuilding of his town and maintain its high civic standards. In 1906 he was elected to represent his district in the state senate. He has also served as councilman of Tooele and for twelve years was a member of the school board, taking active part in promoting the building of all of the schools of the city. He retains the presidency of the Tooele County State Bank and without invidious distinction, by reason of his extensive business affairs and his important public service, he may be termed one of the foremost citizens of his section of the state. He is honored and respected by all who know him, not alone by reason of the success he has achieved but also owing to the straightforward business course which he has ever followed, while his life at all times measures up to the highest standards of manhood and of citizenship.
[Source: Utah since Statehood: Historical and Biographical Volume 2; By Noble Warrum; Publ. 1919; Transcribed and submitted by Andrea Stawski Pack.]
DANIEL COOLEY
Daniel Cooley is now living retired upon the old Rydalch homestead near Grantsville. His entire life has been devoted to agricultural pursuits and by reason of the thoroughness of his work and his careful direction of his business affairs he has gained a place among the men of affluence of his community and is able to rest from further labor. Mr. Cooley was born at Grantsville, January 10, 1860, a son of John William and Nancy Joan (Hunt) Cooley. His father was born November 29, 1811, in New Haven, Oswego county, New York, and was a representative of one of the old American families of English lineage. The mother was born in Gibson county, Tennessee, August 1, 1842, and was the third wife of John William Cooley.
Daniel Cooley acquired a common school education and was reared to farm life, early becoming familiar with the best methods of tilling the soil and caring for the crops. As he reached man's estate he began farming on his own account and has always engaged in the cultivation of the fields, meeting with gratifying success as the years have gone on. He has also devoted much time to cattle raising. He has one hundred acres in the home farm, which is situated about a mile northwest of Grantsville, and of this tract forty acres is under irrigation. He also owns a ranch of three hundred and eighty acres in Skull valley, Tooele county, in partnership with his brother-in-law, Richard Rydalch. Upon his place there are large elm trees and the farm is altogether a very attractive one. Mr. Cooley has plenty of artesian water upon the home place and in 1904 he built a pleasant and commodious residence. The elm trees upon his place, which are almost the only elms in Tooele county, were set out by his father-in-law. Mr. Rydalch is a stockholder in the Peoples Trading Company and a director of the Bank of Grantsville.
In 1887 Mr. Cooley was united in marriage to Miss Mary Alice Rydalch, whose father, William C. Rydalch, was one of the pioneer residents of this section of the state. Her mother was in her maidenhood Jane Mitten and the parents emigrated from England to America, casting in their lot with the early settlers of Utah. William C. Rydalch became one of the men of prominence in Tooele county, serving as probate judge of the county, as justice of the peace at Grantsville and also as city councilor. Mr. and Mrs. Cooley became the parents of two children: Alice, who is the wife of Robert Cook, living at Grantsville, and the mother of one child, Mary; and Virgie Jane, who is attending high school.
Mr. Cooley has always been deeply interested in the question of irrigation and for years has been a member of the board of directors of the North Willow Irrigation Company. The name of Cooley has long been associated with the development and upbuilding of Grantsville and of Tooele county and the work instituted by the father has been carried on by Daniel Cooley, who for a considerable period was classed with the representative farmers and stockmen of his section of the state. Now he is living retired but in all matters of citizenship he takes a keen interest and gives his earnest support and allegiance to various plans and measures for the general good.
[Source: Utah since Statehood: Historical and Biographical Volume 2; By Noble Warrum; Publ. 1919; Transcribed and submitted by Andrea Stawski Pack.]
ALFRED M. NELSON
Alfred M. Nelson 'is the president of the Board of Education of Tooele county and assistant postmaster of the city of Tooele. He has been throughout his entire life closely associated with the development and upbuilding of the region in which he still makes his home and has been particularly active in the promotion of its educational interests. He was born in Tooele county June 12, 1879, a son of Swen and Fredericka (Jorranson) Nelson, who were natives of Sweden. They came to America in 1864 and in the same year made the long journey across the hot stretches of sand and through the mountain passes to Utah. The father followed the occupations of farming and butchering and thus provided for the support of his family, which numbered ten children, namely: Matilda, Anna, Amelia, Philip, Oscar, David, Alfred M., Oliver, Edna and Ada.
Alfred M. Nelson acquired his education in the Latter-day Saints' College at Salt Lake City and also pursued a normal and commercial course at the Utah University. Much of his life has been devoted to the profession of teaching and he has displayed marked ability in this connection. He had charge of the commercial department of the Weber Academy at Ogden for four years. Later he went upon a mission for the Mormon church to Sweden spending two years abroad, and following his return to his native land he was elected county superintendent of schools in 1906. Such was his personal popularity and the recognition of his ability that his name was placed on both tickets as candidate for the office. After serving for one year he resigned to accept the position of principal of the Tooele high school and continued to act in that capacity from 1907 until 1914. He has ever proved a most able educator, imparting readily and clearly to others the knowledge that he has acquired, and at all times he has held to the highest standards in educational work. At length, however, he resigned his position as high school principal to accept the office of assistant postmaster at Tooele, under James Gowans.
At different times Mr. Nelson has served in other positions of public honor and trust. He was city recorder from 1910 until 1916 and his duties were discharged with marked fidelity and capability. He was always most systematic in the performance of every task related to the office. In 1916 he was elected a member of the school board and is now the efficient president of the County Board of Education. He was the leading factor in establishing and building the high school in Tooele City in 1911 and in fact is called the founder of that school. He was also one of the leaders in organizing and building the Tooele City Library, of which he is the managing head.
In the work of the church he is also actively interested. He is serving as stake superintendent of Sunday schools and as conductor of the church choir. He is a lover of music and nature endowed him with considerable talent in that direction. He is now the leader of the Tooele Military Band and also of the Tooele Orchestra, in which he plays the violin. He also is an instructor in violin music and he is keenly interested in all that has to do with the musical development of the community in which he makes his home.
[Source: Utah since Statehood: Historical and Biographical Volume 2; By Noble Warrum; Publ. 1919; Transcribed and submitted by Andrea Stawski Pack.]
C. ALVIN ORME
C. Alvin Orme has been closely associated with the material, political, intellectual and moral progress of the community in which he makes his home. He is numbered among the progressive agriculturists of Tooele county, is filling the office of county commissioner and is president of the Tooele stake. He was born October 21, 1869, of the marriage of Samuel Washington and Sarah (Cross) Orme. His great-grandfather, John Orme, was a native of England. The grandfather, Samuel Orme, was born in Coalville, England, May 2, 1802, and married Miss Amy Kerby, of Leicestershire. England. The birth of Samuel W. Orme, father of C. Alvin Orme, occurred in Mentor. Ohio, July 4, 1832. Soon afterward his parents returned to England on account of the serious illness of his grandfather, John Orme. Reared in England, Samuel W. Orme there learned the blacksmith's trade and in 1856 he came again to America and made his way across the continent to Utah, traveling with Edward Martin's "Frozen Handcart Company." He was among the early settlers of Tooele and there worked at his trade to some extent but devoted the greater part of his attention to the occupation of farming. He married Sarah Cross, who was born in England, March 3, 1833, and came to Utah in 1857 with Israel Evans' handcart company. Their family numbered eight sons, of whom C. Alvin Orme, of this review, was the sixth in order of birth. The others still living are: Samuel W., of Wilford, Idaho, who is now state senator and a prominent stockman and farmer of that district; Joseph, John K. and Silas C., all of whom are engaged in agricultural pursuits in Idaho; and Lafayette and Edwin M.. of Tooele.
C. Alvin Orme acquired a common school education and at the age of twenty-six years was sent on a mission to Australia, where he labored for three years. Following his return to Utah he married Miss Ada Dunn, a daughter of James Dunn, editor of the Tooele Transcript. They have become the parents of nine children: Charles A.. Golden K., Sarah, Melba, Gean, Elvon W., Mary, James F. and Samuel T.
On the 2d of April, 1899, Mr. Orme was ordained bishop of Batesville, Tooele county and after serving in that office for four years was made counselor to Hugh S. Gowan, president of the Tooele stake. On the 30th of October, 1908, he was again sent to Australia to preside over a mission and returned on the 11th of September, 1911. He was then made president of the Tooele stake and has since filled this office in the church.
Mr. Orme has always been active as an agriculturist and is the owner of a ranch at Erda, Utah, containing about one thousand acres of land which is devoted to dry farming and stock raising. His business affairs have been wisely and carefully conducted and his sound judgment and indefatigable energy have brought to him a very substantial and gratifying measure of success. He has always been active in affairs relating to the welfare and progress of the community and has been the earnest supporter of the public schools and of all projects that uphold the standards of the county. In 1918 he was elected county commissioner on the republican ticket and is now filling that office. He also served as county food administrator for Tooele county and as a member of the county organization of the Council of Defense. His activities have keen along various lines and have always contributed to the development and progress of his district, to the uplift of the individual and to the benefit of the community at large. He and his family now occupy an attractive bungalow at No. 188 W street, in Tooele, which was erected in 1912. There is no man in the community who is spoken of in terms of higher regard than is C. Alvin Orme, who never deviates in his conduct from a course which he deems to be right and who throughout his entire career has always attempted to follow the Golden Rule, doing unto others as he would have them do unto him.
[Source: Utah since Statehood: Historical and Biographical Volume 2; By Noble Warrum; Publ. 1919; Transcribed and submitted by Andrea Stawski Pack.]
E. M. ORME
E. M. Orme, cashier of the Tooele County State Bank at Tooele, is a brother of C. Alvin Orme, in connection with whose sketch on another page of this work is made mention of the family. E. M. Orme acquired a public school education and was reared to the occupation of farming. He early became familiar with the best methods of tilling the fields and later he engaged in farming and in live stock raising on his own account, devoting his attention to agricultural interests until 1899, when he went on a mission for the Mormon church to the eastern states, continuing his labors there for two years.
Following his return to Utah, Mr. Orme was elected to public office, being chosen in 1902 by popular suffrage for the position of county assessor, in which capacity he served for a two years' term. He was then elected county treasurer for a two years' term and that his work was thoroughly competent, systematic and reliable is indicated in the fact that he was then reelected. During his second term as county treasurer the Tooele County State Bank was organized and at first was conducted in the office of the county treasurer until the home of the bank was built and ready for occupancy. The organization of the bank occurred on the 1st of May, 1908, and the doors were opened for business on the 8th of June. As cashier from the beginning Mr. Orme has been one of the leading factors in the growth and development of the bank, the resources of which at present approximate three-quarters of a million dollars. His labors have been most effective in the upbuilding of the bank and in the promotion of its business connections.
In 1901 Mr. Orme was married to Miss Millie McLaws, who was born in Tooele, a daughter of William and Mary (Herron) McLaws, who were pioneers of this city. They have become the parents of six children: Ellis, a pupil in the high school; Lillian, who is a junior in the high school; Earl, Kirby and Evelyn, all pupils in the public schools of Tooele; and Zella, who completes the family.
Mr. Orme has been very active in church work. He was bishop of Batesville, Tooele county, after his brother, C. A. Orme, resigned that position to become president of the Tooele stake. E. M. Orme is superintendent of the North Ward Sunday school. He also has served as stake superintendent of religion class and assistant stake superintendent of the Sunday school. His political allegiance is given to the republican party and he has served as notary public and also as a member of the city council, exercising his official prerogatives in support of many plans and measures for the general good. He belongs to the Commercial Club and cooperates heartily in everything that pertains to the public welfare. His life has been actuated by a most progressive spirit and his energy and enterprise have brought him prominently before the public in many connections.
[Source: Utah since Statehood: Historical and Biographical Volume 2; By Noble Warrum; Publ. 1919; Transcribed and submitted by Andrea Stawski Pack.]
C. H. PLANT
C. H. Plant, identified with farming interests, his land adjoining Vernon, was born in Waukesha, Wisconsin, in 1861, a son of Charles M. and Sarah Jane (Wright) Plant, who were natives of England. In the year 1858 they came to America, settling first in New Jersey, afterward living for a brief period in New York and later becoming residents of Wisconsin. From that state they removed to Utah, becoming residents of Salt Lake City in 1862. The father was a blacksmith by trade and thus provided for the support of his family, which numbered five children who reached adult age, while altogether he had nineteen children. Of those still living C. H. is the eldest. The others are Tacy T., Fannie E. and Katy R. William A., who also reached adult age, was killed by the kick of a horse when twenty-one years of age.
C. H. Plant supplemented his early educational opportunities by a two years' course in the University of Utah, being a member of one of its early classes. He then took up the work of cow punching and was thus employed until 1891 in Idaho, Wyoming and Nevada.
In 1889 Mr. Plant was married to Miss Anna M. Frederickson, who was born in Denmark but was reared in Salt Lake City and in Park City, Utah. They have become the parents of two children. Anna May and Clarence M. The daughter is now attending the Salt Lake Business College and the son is a second year high school pupil.
Mr. Plant was married in Idaho and from that state removed to Aylville, Missouri, where he resided for a year. He next went to Hermosa, New Mexico, where he spent two years, and on the expiration of that period became a resident of Salt Lake, where he was employed by the Utah Hide & Live Stock Company for twenty-one years, acting as buyer and representing the firm on the road. He was afterward upon the road for four years as representative of Bissenger & Company and next took up his abode upon the farm whereon he now resides. His place comprises six hundred acres of land, thirty acres of which is irrigated, and he has also secured a homestead claim of three hundred and twenty acres. He is devoting his time and energies to the further development and improvement of his farm with good results. His place is the old home of John C. Sharp, one of the capitalists of Salt Lake City, and it was upon this farm that Mr. Sharp gained his start in the business world. He erected a large brick residence in 1888 that is now occupied by Mr. Plant and is one of the fine homes of this section of the state. The farm is in excellent condition and Mr. Plant is devoting his attention also to the development of a property of three hundred and twenty acres which adjoins the farm that is in his wife's name.
Fraternally Mr. Plant is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, also with' the Illinois Commercial Men's Association and the Woodmen of the World. His political allegiance is given to the democratic party and while upon the road he was an active worker in its ranks. While he keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day, he is now concentrating his efforts upon the further development of his farming property.
[Source: Utah since Statehood: Historical and Biographical Volume 2; By Noble Warrum; Publ. 1919; Transcribed and submitted by Andrea Stawski Pack.]
Hon. Peter Clegg is a most prominent and influential resident of Tooele, where he is now filling the office of mayor. He has also been called upon to represent the first senatorial district of Utah in the upper house of the general assembly, and in every public position that he has filled he has discharged his duties with marked promptness and capability. At the same time he has been a leading figure in business circles, connected for many years with live stock interests, and at the present time he is the president of the Tooele County State Bank.
Mr. Clegg was born on the 15th of October, 1859, in the city in which he still makes his home, a son of Benjamin and Grace (McIntyre) Clegg. The father, who has now departed this life, was for more than a half century closely identified with every undertaking and enterprise that contributed to the development and upbuilding of the city and county of Tooele. He was born in Lancashire, England, on the 1st of September, 1826, his parents being Joseph and Mary Clegg. In the spring of 1848 he was converted to the faith of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and in that year left England for America to join the colony of saints who had founded the territory of Utah. He made the long journey across the hot stretches of sand and over the mountain passes as a member of the company commanded by Ezra T. Benson and the first winter of his residence in Utah was spent in the old fort at Salt Lake City.
When spring came he made his way to what is now the site of the city of Tooele and located the place which for many years thereafter continued to be his home. There were but few families living in the neighborhood at the time and he was the last of the survivors among those who had located here at the time of his arrival. When he reached Utah he had but limited capital. His entire money amounted to but seventy-five cents. He was also the owner of a cow and a steer. With characteristic energy, however, he set to work and in a short time had accumulated quite a substantial little fortune. As the years passed he won a place among the leading farmers of the country, having thirty-nine acres of highly cultivated land, while he was also extensively interested in cattle and sheep raising. He retired from active life some years prior to his death, his sons taking over the management and care of his business affairs.
In April, 1850, Benjamin Clegg was married in Salt Lake City to a widow with five children. This wife died in 1882. In December, 1853, he married Miss Grace McIntyre, daughter of Peter and Agnes McIntyre, who were natives of Scotland. Mrs. Clegg was born in Millport, Scotland. She became a convert to the Mormon faith in that country in 1844. Her father, Peter McIntyre, had served as a soldier under Napoleon Bonaparte. His wife died, leaving him with a family of six children, whom he brought to America in 1853, establishing his home at Tooele, where he passed away in 1872. Mr. and Mrs. Clegg became the parents of five children: Elizabeth, who married J. S. Brown, of Salt Lake City; Benjamin; Peter, of this review; Agnes, who died at the age of two years; and Grace, who became Mrs. Jones, of Bingham Canyon. The father was ever a most active worker in the church and reared his children in that faith. He filled the office of high priest and his son Benjamin was sent as a missionary to Australia, where he labored for three years.
Peter Clegg acquired a common school education and early in life took up railroad work, engaged in freighting and eventually became actively interested in cattle and sheep raising. He has always given much attention to that industry and is now the owner of about one thousand acres of land near Tooele, together with a half section of land in southeastern Idaho. In all business affairs he has displayed sound judgment and unfaltering enterprise and won recognition as a leading cattle and sheep man of Tooele County. Moreover, he gained a well deserved reputation concerning the care of his stock. He ranges large herds in Idaho as well as in Utah, feeding the cattle during the winter months, and upon his land is every facility that affords ample shelter for his stock. He has a number of men in his employ and his business interests are most progressively conducted.
Mr. Clegg was united in marriage to Miss Edith M. Atkin, of Tooele, and they had three 'children: Zella, now the wife of Francis M. Lee, a machinist with the International Smelting Company, by whom she has a son, Raymond; Peter V., a farmer of Erda, Tooele county, who married Anna May Bryan and has three children—Margaret, Allen and Edith; and Edith, the wife of Leslie S. Warburton, who resides in Tooele and is employed by the smelting company. For his second wife Mr. Clegg chose Agnes McLaws, of Tooele. His third wife, who bore the maiden name of Matilda Lindberg, was of Salt Lake City and they had one child, Elene. Mr. Clegg's fourth marriage was with Ida Mary Lane, of Salt Lake City, and they have four children, Howard J. and Florence, living; and Lane Mclntyre and Grant Lane, who died in infancy.
The family home at Tooele is one of the fine residences of the city and indicates Mr. Clegg's devotion to the members of his household. In politics he has always been a stalwart republican and for three terms has been chosen mayor of Tooele—a fact indicative of the confidence and trust reposed in him by his fellow townsmen. He is actuated by a most enterprising spirit in his efforts to promote the welfare and upbuilding of his town and maintain its high civic standards. In 1906 he was elected to represent his district in the state senate. He has also served as councilman of Tooele and for twelve years was a member of the school board, taking active part in promoting the building of all of the schools of the city. He retains the presidency of the Tooele County State Bank and without invidious distinction, by reason of his extensive business affairs and his important public service, he may be termed one of the foremost citizens of his section of the state. He is honored and respected by all who know him, not alone by reason of the success he has achieved but also owing to the straightforward business course which he has ever followed, while his life at all times measures up to the highest standards of manhood and of citizenship.
[Source: Utah since Statehood: Historical and Biographical Volume 2; By Noble Warrum; Publ. 1919; Transcribed and submitted by Andrea Stawski Pack.]
DANIEL COOLEY
Daniel Cooley is now living retired upon the old Rydalch homestead near Grantsville. His entire life has been devoted to agricultural pursuits and by reason of the thoroughness of his work and his careful direction of his business affairs he has gained a place among the men of affluence of his community and is able to rest from further labor. Mr. Cooley was born at Grantsville, January 10, 1860, a son of John William and Nancy Joan (Hunt) Cooley. His father was born November 29, 1811, in New Haven, Oswego county, New York, and was a representative of one of the old American families of English lineage. The mother was born in Gibson county, Tennessee, August 1, 1842, and was the third wife of John William Cooley.
Daniel Cooley acquired a common school education and was reared to farm life, early becoming familiar with the best methods of tilling the soil and caring for the crops. As he reached man's estate he began farming on his own account and has always engaged in the cultivation of the fields, meeting with gratifying success as the years have gone on. He has also devoted much time to cattle raising. He has one hundred acres in the home farm, which is situated about a mile northwest of Grantsville, and of this tract forty acres is under irrigation. He also owns a ranch of three hundred and eighty acres in Skull valley, Tooele county, in partnership with his brother-in-law, Richard Rydalch. Upon his place there are large elm trees and the farm is altogether a very attractive one. Mr. Cooley has plenty of artesian water upon the home place and in 1904 he built a pleasant and commodious residence. The elm trees upon his place, which are almost the only elms in Tooele county, were set out by his father-in-law. Mr. Rydalch is a stockholder in the Peoples Trading Company and a director of the Bank of Grantsville.
In 1887 Mr. Cooley was united in marriage to Miss Mary Alice Rydalch, whose father, William C. Rydalch, was one of the pioneer residents of this section of the state. Her mother was in her maidenhood Jane Mitten and the parents emigrated from England to America, casting in their lot with the early settlers of Utah. William C. Rydalch became one of the men of prominence in Tooele county, serving as probate judge of the county, as justice of the peace at Grantsville and also as city councilor. Mr. and Mrs. Cooley became the parents of two children: Alice, who is the wife of Robert Cook, living at Grantsville, and the mother of one child, Mary; and Virgie Jane, who is attending high school.
Mr. Cooley has always been deeply interested in the question of irrigation and for years has been a member of the board of directors of the North Willow Irrigation Company. The name of Cooley has long been associated with the development and upbuilding of Grantsville and of Tooele county and the work instituted by the father has been carried on by Daniel Cooley, who for a considerable period was classed with the representative farmers and stockmen of his section of the state. Now he is living retired but in all matters of citizenship he takes a keen interest and gives his earnest support and allegiance to various plans and measures for the general good.
[Source: Utah since Statehood: Historical and Biographical Volume 2; By Noble Warrum; Publ. 1919; Transcribed and submitted by Andrea Stawski Pack.]
ALFRED M. NELSON
Alfred M. Nelson 'is the president of the Board of Education of Tooele county and assistant postmaster of the city of Tooele. He has been throughout his entire life closely associated with the development and upbuilding of the region in which he still makes his home and has been particularly active in the promotion of its educational interests. He was born in Tooele county June 12, 1879, a son of Swen and Fredericka (Jorranson) Nelson, who were natives of Sweden. They came to America in 1864 and in the same year made the long journey across the hot stretches of sand and through the mountain passes to Utah. The father followed the occupations of farming and butchering and thus provided for the support of his family, which numbered ten children, namely: Matilda, Anna, Amelia, Philip, Oscar, David, Alfred M., Oliver, Edna and Ada.
Alfred M. Nelson acquired his education in the Latter-day Saints' College at Salt Lake City and also pursued a normal and commercial course at the Utah University. Much of his life has been devoted to the profession of teaching and he has displayed marked ability in this connection. He had charge of the commercial department of the Weber Academy at Ogden for four years. Later he went upon a mission for the Mormon church to Sweden spending two years abroad, and following his return to his native land he was elected county superintendent of schools in 1906. Such was his personal popularity and the recognition of his ability that his name was placed on both tickets as candidate for the office. After serving for one year he resigned to accept the position of principal of the Tooele high school and continued to act in that capacity from 1907 until 1914. He has ever proved a most able educator, imparting readily and clearly to others the knowledge that he has acquired, and at all times he has held to the highest standards in educational work. At length, however, he resigned his position as high school principal to accept the office of assistant postmaster at Tooele, under James Gowans.
At different times Mr. Nelson has served in other positions of public honor and trust. He was city recorder from 1910 until 1916 and his duties were discharged with marked fidelity and capability. He was always most systematic in the performance of every task related to the office. In 1916 he was elected a member of the school board and is now the efficient president of the County Board of Education. He was the leading factor in establishing and building the high school in Tooele City in 1911 and in fact is called the founder of that school. He was also one of the leaders in organizing and building the Tooele City Library, of which he is the managing head.
In the work of the church he is also actively interested. He is serving as stake superintendent of Sunday schools and as conductor of the church choir. He is a lover of music and nature endowed him with considerable talent in that direction. He is now the leader of the Tooele Military Band and also of the Tooele Orchestra, in which he plays the violin. He also is an instructor in violin music and he is keenly interested in all that has to do with the musical development of the community in which he makes his home.
[Source: Utah since Statehood: Historical and Biographical Volume 2; By Noble Warrum; Publ. 1919; Transcribed and submitted by Andrea Stawski Pack.]
C. ALVIN ORME
C. Alvin Orme has been closely associated with the material, political, intellectual and moral progress of the community in which he makes his home. He is numbered among the progressive agriculturists of Tooele county, is filling the office of county commissioner and is president of the Tooele stake. He was born October 21, 1869, of the marriage of Samuel Washington and Sarah (Cross) Orme. His great-grandfather, John Orme, was a native of England. The grandfather, Samuel Orme, was born in Coalville, England, May 2, 1802, and married Miss Amy Kerby, of Leicestershire. England. The birth of Samuel W. Orme, father of C. Alvin Orme, occurred in Mentor. Ohio, July 4, 1832. Soon afterward his parents returned to England on account of the serious illness of his grandfather, John Orme. Reared in England, Samuel W. Orme there learned the blacksmith's trade and in 1856 he came again to America and made his way across the continent to Utah, traveling with Edward Martin's "Frozen Handcart Company." He was among the early settlers of Tooele and there worked at his trade to some extent but devoted the greater part of his attention to the occupation of farming. He married Sarah Cross, who was born in England, March 3, 1833, and came to Utah in 1857 with Israel Evans' handcart company. Their family numbered eight sons, of whom C. Alvin Orme, of this review, was the sixth in order of birth. The others still living are: Samuel W., of Wilford, Idaho, who is now state senator and a prominent stockman and farmer of that district; Joseph, John K. and Silas C., all of whom are engaged in agricultural pursuits in Idaho; and Lafayette and Edwin M.. of Tooele.
C. Alvin Orme acquired a common school education and at the age of twenty-six years was sent on a mission to Australia, where he labored for three years. Following his return to Utah he married Miss Ada Dunn, a daughter of James Dunn, editor of the Tooele Transcript. They have become the parents of nine children: Charles A.. Golden K., Sarah, Melba, Gean, Elvon W., Mary, James F. and Samuel T.
On the 2d of April, 1899, Mr. Orme was ordained bishop of Batesville, Tooele county and after serving in that office for four years was made counselor to Hugh S. Gowan, president of the Tooele stake. On the 30th of October, 1908, he was again sent to Australia to preside over a mission and returned on the 11th of September, 1911. He was then made president of the Tooele stake and has since filled this office in the church.
Mr. Orme has always been active as an agriculturist and is the owner of a ranch at Erda, Utah, containing about one thousand acres of land which is devoted to dry farming and stock raising. His business affairs have been wisely and carefully conducted and his sound judgment and indefatigable energy have brought to him a very substantial and gratifying measure of success. He has always been active in affairs relating to the welfare and progress of the community and has been the earnest supporter of the public schools and of all projects that uphold the standards of the county. In 1918 he was elected county commissioner on the republican ticket and is now filling that office. He also served as county food administrator for Tooele county and as a member of the county organization of the Council of Defense. His activities have keen along various lines and have always contributed to the development and progress of his district, to the uplift of the individual and to the benefit of the community at large. He and his family now occupy an attractive bungalow at No. 188 W street, in Tooele, which was erected in 1912. There is no man in the community who is spoken of in terms of higher regard than is C. Alvin Orme, who never deviates in his conduct from a course which he deems to be right and who throughout his entire career has always attempted to follow the Golden Rule, doing unto others as he would have them do unto him.
[Source: Utah since Statehood: Historical and Biographical Volume 2; By Noble Warrum; Publ. 1919; Transcribed and submitted by Andrea Stawski Pack.]
E. M. ORME
E. M. Orme, cashier of the Tooele County State Bank at Tooele, is a brother of C. Alvin Orme, in connection with whose sketch on another page of this work is made mention of the family. E. M. Orme acquired a public school education and was reared to the occupation of farming. He early became familiar with the best methods of tilling the fields and later he engaged in farming and in live stock raising on his own account, devoting his attention to agricultural interests until 1899, when he went on a mission for the Mormon church to the eastern states, continuing his labors there for two years.
Following his return to Utah, Mr. Orme was elected to public office, being chosen in 1902 by popular suffrage for the position of county assessor, in which capacity he served for a two years' term. He was then elected county treasurer for a two years' term and that his work was thoroughly competent, systematic and reliable is indicated in the fact that he was then reelected. During his second term as county treasurer the Tooele County State Bank was organized and at first was conducted in the office of the county treasurer until the home of the bank was built and ready for occupancy. The organization of the bank occurred on the 1st of May, 1908, and the doors were opened for business on the 8th of June. As cashier from the beginning Mr. Orme has been one of the leading factors in the growth and development of the bank, the resources of which at present approximate three-quarters of a million dollars. His labors have been most effective in the upbuilding of the bank and in the promotion of its business connections.
In 1901 Mr. Orme was married to Miss Millie McLaws, who was born in Tooele, a daughter of William and Mary (Herron) McLaws, who were pioneers of this city. They have become the parents of six children: Ellis, a pupil in the high school; Lillian, who is a junior in the high school; Earl, Kirby and Evelyn, all pupils in the public schools of Tooele; and Zella, who completes the family.
Mr. Orme has been very active in church work. He was bishop of Batesville, Tooele county, after his brother, C. A. Orme, resigned that position to become president of the Tooele stake. E. M. Orme is superintendent of the North Ward Sunday school. He also has served as stake superintendent of religion class and assistant stake superintendent of the Sunday school. His political allegiance is given to the republican party and he has served as notary public and also as a member of the city council, exercising his official prerogatives in support of many plans and measures for the general good. He belongs to the Commercial Club and cooperates heartily in everything that pertains to the public welfare. His life has been actuated by a most progressive spirit and his energy and enterprise have brought him prominently before the public in many connections.
[Source: Utah since Statehood: Historical and Biographical Volume 2; By Noble Warrum; Publ. 1919; Transcribed and submitted by Andrea Stawski Pack.]
C. H. PLANT
C. H. Plant, identified with farming interests, his land adjoining Vernon, was born in Waukesha, Wisconsin, in 1861, a son of Charles M. and Sarah Jane (Wright) Plant, who were natives of England. In the year 1858 they came to America, settling first in New Jersey, afterward living for a brief period in New York and later becoming residents of Wisconsin. From that state they removed to Utah, becoming residents of Salt Lake City in 1862. The father was a blacksmith by trade and thus provided for the support of his family, which numbered five children who reached adult age, while altogether he had nineteen children. Of those still living C. H. is the eldest. The others are Tacy T., Fannie E. and Katy R. William A., who also reached adult age, was killed by the kick of a horse when twenty-one years of age.
C. H. Plant supplemented his early educational opportunities by a two years' course in the University of Utah, being a member of one of its early classes. He then took up the work of cow punching and was thus employed until 1891 in Idaho, Wyoming and Nevada.
In 1889 Mr. Plant was married to Miss Anna M. Frederickson, who was born in Denmark but was reared in Salt Lake City and in Park City, Utah. They have become the parents of two children. Anna May and Clarence M. The daughter is now attending the Salt Lake Business College and the son is a second year high school pupil.
Mr. Plant was married in Idaho and from that state removed to Aylville, Missouri, where he resided for a year. He next went to Hermosa, New Mexico, where he spent two years, and on the expiration of that period became a resident of Salt Lake, where he was employed by the Utah Hide & Live Stock Company for twenty-one years, acting as buyer and representing the firm on the road. He was afterward upon the road for four years as representative of Bissenger & Company and next took up his abode upon the farm whereon he now resides. His place comprises six hundred acres of land, thirty acres of which is irrigated, and he has also secured a homestead claim of three hundred and twenty acres. He is devoting his time and energies to the further development and improvement of his farm with good results. His place is the old home of John C. Sharp, one of the capitalists of Salt Lake City, and it was upon this farm that Mr. Sharp gained his start in the business world. He erected a large brick residence in 1888 that is now occupied by Mr. Plant and is one of the fine homes of this section of the state. The farm is in excellent condition and Mr. Plant is devoting his attention also to the development of a property of three hundred and twenty acres which adjoins the farm that is in his wife's name.
Fraternally Mr. Plant is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, also with' the Illinois Commercial Men's Association and the Woodmen of the World. His political allegiance is given to the democratic party and while upon the road he was an active worker in its ranks. While he keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day, he is now concentrating his efforts upon the further development of his farming property.
[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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