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CAPT. JAMES ANDRUS
James Andrus was the son of Milo Andrus and Abigail Jane Dailey, and
was born at Florence, Ohio, June 14, 1835, In 1846, he started west
with his parents, remained at Winter Quarters during the winter of
1847, and in 1848, his father having gone as a missionary to Europe,
James, then only 15 years of age, went on to Utah with his mother and
family, driving a team of two yoke of oxen, and a yoke of cows, the
entire distance from the Missouri river to the Salt Lake Valley. Soon
after his arrival in Utah he went to northern Montana with Van Netten,
where he engaged in trade with the Nez Perce, Flat Head, Black Foot and
Shoshone Indians. During the time occupied in these trading
expeditions, he became familiar with the Indian character, and to an
extent with their languages, which fitted him for the work he was to
do, in the stirring events which occurred in Southern Utah, where he
went with the Dixie Pioneers. He was made a captain of militia, and no
other name was so well known, and universally feared, and in some
instances thoroughly hated, by the Indians, as that of Jim An-du-ru, as
he was called by them. He was present and participated in the
activities at Pipe Springs, at the time of the killing of Whitmore and
Mclntire, and commanded a detachment of militia which followed the
Indians to the Ute Crossing on the Colorado, On this expedition a fight
occurred on the Kaibab Mountain, to which reference will be made later
[With a small detachment of men he later overtook and fought the
Navajos, at Bull Rush, near Pipe Springs, inflicting the most
disastrous defeat the Indians ever suffered] and led many other
expeditions against them, Wiile performing splendid service for the
state, James Andrus was equally loyal in his obligation to the Church,
and was a missionary of peace to the red men, as he was an enemy in
war. In 1857, he went as a missionary to Europe, pulling a handcart
from the Salt Lake Valley to the Missouri river. He crossed the great
plains seven times, made three round trips over the old trail from Utah
to California, went as a missionary to the Ute Indians in the Uinta
Basin, in 1859, and was a missionary to the Oribas, with Jacob Hamblin.
He was a successful rancher, merchant, banker and statesman, having
served as representative in the State legislature, and was for many
years bishop of the combined four wards of St. George; one of those
rare temperaments in whioh the qualities of the soldier, statesman,
financier and churchman are so harmoniously blended, that not any one
dominates to the exclusion of the others. He died at St, George, Utah,
December 8, 1914, the last of Utah's great frontiersman, scouts, and
Indian fighters.
Source: THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE SERVICE - Submitted by Barb Ziegenmeyer
James Andrus
James Andrus (son of Milo Andrus and Abigail Jane
Daley). Born June 14, 1835, at Florence, Ohio. Came to Utah Sept. 24,
1848, Heber C. Kimball company.
Married Laura Altha Gibson March 11, 1857, at Big
Cottonwood, Utah (daughter of George Washington Gibson and Mary Sparke
of South Carolina — pioneers of 1847, Capt. Brown company) . She was
born June 27,1837.
Their children:
Laura Jane b. Nov. 30, 1857, m. A. F. McDonald , Jr.;
James b. July 30, 1860, m. Adelaide Dodge;
Mary Luvina b. Feb. 24, 1862
Elizabeth Luella b. Dec. 6 1863 m. J.M. Gates;
Elnora b. Nov. 7, 1865, m. J. M. Macfarlane;
Edgar b. Aug 5, 1868;
Milo Washington b. Sept. 7,1871, m. Mary J. Nixon;
Gideon Lafayette, b. March 8, 1874 m. Jane Petty;
Thamazine Millennium b. Dec. 1,1876, m, George R. Lund.
Family home St. George, Utah,
Married Manomas Luvina Gibson 1861 at Salt Lake City (daughter of George Washington Gibson and Mary Sparks).
Their children
Lottie Luvina b. Aug. 19, 1862;
George Judson b. Oct, 17. 1863:
Medora b. March 6 1866;
John Edwin b. July 26, 1868;
Moses Wilford b. April 7, 1870, m. Orpha Morris;
Robert Nathaniel b. March 4, 1873;
Alexander Burto b. Feb.14,1875 m. Rosilla Brooks
Charles b. March 5, 1878, m. Rosilla Turner;
Thomas b. May 26, 1880, m. Little Whitehead;
Vilate b. May 14, 1883, m. Nephi J. Wadsworth, Jr. ;
Ethel b.. Oct, 14, 1885, m. George A. Sorenson;
Pearl b. Aug. 7 1887.
Bishop of St. George ward; member high council; missionary.
Chairman of county commissioner; representative of
first state legislature in Utah. Farmer and stockraiser; merchant and
banker.
(Source Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, p. 722 - Submitted by Barb Ziegenmeyer)
Andrus, James,
born at Florence, Huron County, Ohio, on June 14, 1835; son of Milo and
Abigail Jane (Dailey) Andrus; married, Laura A Gibson, 1857, (9
children), and Manomas L. Gibson, 1836, (11 children).
Left Nauvoo, Illinois, with his parents in 1846, for the Pawnee Village
near Grand Island where the family remained until 1847; crossed the
plains with ox-teams and, arrived at Salt Lake Valley in 1848; trader
with the Flathead and other Indians in Washington Territory, 1855-1656;
ordained a ?eventy and sent on a mission to Great Britain, 1857-1858;
in exploring expedition to the Unitah Country early in 1861; called to
settle Southern Utah and located at Duncan's Retreat, Kane County, in
the fall of 1861; left St, George in the fall of on a mission to the
Hopis in a company of 20 men under Jacob Hamlin; went south to the
Colorado River which they crossed and traveled via the San Francisco
Mountains to the village of Oraibi; returned in January, 1863, via the
Ute Crossing of the Colorado River bringing 3 Hopis with them; with L.
M.Fuller he pushed ahead to Short Creek to arrange for supplies to be
sent to the party who were almost out of food; one of this party was
from Wales and disproved the tale that the Hopi Indiana spoke Welsh;
made two round trips to the Missouri River with freight teams,
1862-1863. Mustered in January 11, 1366, at Grafton, Kane County, Utah
Territory, as Captain, Independent Company of Cavalry, 2nd Regiment,
Nauvoo Legion; this Company consisted of 48 men thoroughly armed with
rifles and revolving pistols; went with Captain D. H. Cannon's Company,
both being commanded by Colonel Daniel McArthur, in pursuit of Navajo
Indians who murdered Dr. J. M. Whitmore and Robert McIntire on January
8, 1866; captured 2 Kaibab Indians in the act of Killing a yearling on
January 18 and these Indians subsequently pointed out the location of
the bodies of the two murdered men which were covered by a heavy fall
of snow; surprised a camp of Kaibab Indians on January 20 in a narrow
gulch about 10 miles south of Pipe springs, who had clothing and other
articles taken from the murdered men; two of these Kaibabs were killed
at tho camp and five others at the scene of the murder; the Navajos
were trailed to the Ute Crossing of the Colorado River but escaped with
much stolen livestock; the Company was dismissed, after being in active
service 20 days, on January 31, 1866. Mustered in at St. George,
Washington County, U. T., on August 15, 1860, by Brigadier General
Erastus Snow, with 2 Lieutenants and 60 men, as Captain, Company of
Cavalry, Utah Territory Militia; assigned to duty on expedition against
hostile Indians in the valleys and mountains of Southern Utah; in
September Private Elijah Averett, Jr., of his Company, while returning
with dispatches from the Crossing of the Fathers with another soldier
who was wounded, was killed by Indians in a dry gulch near the Paria
River, Kane County, Utah Territory; the Company under his command
performed service every day until mustered out on October 15, 1866.
Made three round trips with freight teams from St. George to Los
Angeles, California, and one to Helena, Montana, 1869 -1870; took
charge of the Caanan Co-Operative Stock Company in 1871 and managed
that concern for 25 years; for many years he owned and operated a large
mercantile establishment in St. George and also engaged in farming and
stock-raising; ordained High Priest and called as High Counselor, St.
George Stake, 1895; rnember from 25th District, Utah Territorial
Legislature, January 5 to April 5, 1896; Bishop, presiding over the
combined four wards of St. George, 1895-1902; died at St. George,
Washinrton County, Utah, on December 8, 1914, aged 79; buried at St.
George City Cemetery; Andrus Springs, Mohave County, Arizona, was named
for him.
[Transcribed by Barb Ziegenmeyer from Information found on this site http://www.asu.edu/lib/archives/ ]
JAMES T. DALY, Jr.
James T. Daly, Jr., a jeweler and optician of Panguitch, where he has
established a substantial business and has an attractive and well
appointed store, was born at St. George, Utah, January 4, 1880, a son
of James T. and Ellen L. Hale (Riding) Daly. The father was born
in Boston, Massachusetts, August 2, 1858, and when a young man came to
Utah, settling at St. George, where he joined the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latte-day Saints in 1876, being baptized by M. M. Snow. He
was a brick maker by trade and later became associated with D. O.
Calder, of Salt Lake City, in handling musical goods at
Panguitch. At the present time he is engaged in the painting and
paper hanging business. He married Ellen L. Hale Riding, who was
born at Cedar City, Utah, May 26, 1862, and was baptized b y M. J.
Platt in 1871.
James T. Day, Jr., acquired a common school education in Panguitch and
in 1904 entered the Stone School of Watch Making at St. Paul,
Minnesota, The following year he pursued a special course in the
Minneapolis School of Watch making and Optics, being there graduated
the same year. Returning to Panguitch, he established a jewelry and
optical store in 1906 and as the years have passed he has prospered. He
today owns a splendid brick business block and has a good stock of
jewelry, optical goods, cut glassware and fancy goods. His sales
have reached a substantial figure and his enterprise and close
application are bringing to him very gratifying success. He is
also a stockholder in the Social Hall Corporation.
On the 24th of November, 1897, Mr. Daly was married to Miss Eliza
Frances Callaway, who was born at Panaca, Nevada, a daughter of
Levi H. and Anna E. (Hall) Callaway. The father came
to Utah in the early days. The mother was the first white child
born in Paragonah. Mr. and Mrs. Callaway resided at Panaca,
Nevada, and afterward settled at Orangeville, Emery county, Utah, while
subsequently they removed to Manti, where the father passed away.
The mother is still living in Panguitch. Mr. and Mrs. Daly have become
parents of one child, James LaVerne, born to them in Panguitch,
November 25, 1900. He is now a student of Hile’s School of Watch
Making in San Francisco, California. Mr. and Mrs. Daly adopted
Estella Hall, daughter of Charles and Sarah E. Babcock Hall, on the 23d
of June, 1908. She was born at Soldiers Canyon, Carbon county,
Utah, July 23, 1902.
Mr. Day holds membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints and is superintendent of the north ward Sunday school and member
of the social advisory committee and has served as first vice president
of the Utah Association of Optometry. His political allegiance is
given to the republican party and he has filled the office of town
marshal, while at the present writing he is serving his fourth term as
a member of the city council and is chief probation officer of Garfield
county. His duties have ever been discharged with promptness and
fidelity and his capability is widely recognized. In business
circles, too, he has made an enviable name and place by reason of his
progressive and thorough reliability.
[Source: Utah since Statehood: Historical and Biographical Volume 2; By Noble Warrum; Publ. 1919; Transcribed by Richard Ramos]
HON. JAMES G. DUFFIN
Hon. James G. Duffin, who during the past five years has been
successfully engaged in the real estate business in Salt Lake City as
president of the Duffin & Stone Company, was at one time a member
of the Utah legislature and for seven years acted as president of the
central states mission. He represents an honored pioneer family
of the state, his birth having occurred in Salt Lake City on the 30th
of May, 1860. His parents were Isaac and Mary (Fielding) Duffin,
natives of Manchester, England, Isaac Duffin emigrated to the United
States in 1848 and at the end of a year spent in Philadelphia made his
way across the country to Utah, arriving in this state in 1850.
He acted as superintendent of works under Brigham Young for several
years and in 1862 was called by the church authorities to go to
Washington county, Utah, where he supervised the building of
roads. He was a veteran of the Black Hawk war, a member of the
Nauvoo Legion and an active churchman, his labors being indeed a
valuable element in the work of pioneer development here. In
later years he carried on merchandising at Toquerville and also became
interested in mining. His demise occurred on the 26th of
February, 1882, and Mary (Fielding) Duffin passed away in 1904 at
Toquerville, Utah. They were the parents of seven sons and three
daughters, namely: Maria D., Mary A., Anna, Isaac N., Brigham S., James
G., Joseph A., Richard H., William H. and H. E.
James G. Duffin obtained his early education in the district schools
and later pursued a two years’ normal course in the Brigham Young
University at Provo. He then devoted eight years to teaching in
the public schools of Washington county, on the expiration of which
period he turned his attention to farming and stock raising
there. He became a prominent factor in the public life of the
community, serving for four years as county commissioner of Washington
county, which he was also called upon to represent in the second
legislature of the state of Utah. In 1887 the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints sent him on a mission to the southern
states, where he remained until 1899, acting as president of the North
Carolina conference. From 1899 until 1906 he filled a mission in
the central states, spending the first five months of that period as
traveling elder, while during the remainder of the time he was
president of the central states mission, with headquarters at Kansas
City, Missouri. The extent of the work done by the central states
missionaries under Mr. Duffin’s presidency is indicated in the
following data: seven hundred and nine thousand three hundred and
fourteen families were visited and fifty-five thousand two hundred and
twenty-six families were revisited, making a total of seven hundred and
sixty-four thousand five hundred and forty visits to families, at which
the gospel was taught; one million, one hundred and forty-six thousand,
eight hundred and forty-eight tracts were distributed; four thousand
three hundred and forty-nine copies of the Book of Mormon were disposed
of; forty-three thousand and thirty-six meetings were held at which the
gospel was preached, and the attendance at those meetings was nine
hundred and forty0for thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight.
There were sixty million four hundred and forty-nine thousand pages of
reading matter in the tracts and books given away. Under
President Duffin the mission published eleven thousand five hundred
copies of the Book of Mormon, twenty thousand copies of the Voice of
Warning and one million nine hundred and twenty-three thousand
tracts. The first edition of the Book of Mormon consisted of ten
thousand copies--the only edition ever published by any mission in the
United States up to that time. A colony was established in Texas,
a town was laid out and a schoolhouse and church were erected in the
place, which now has a population of nearly one thousand. Other
buildings were erected in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Louisiana and
Kansas and two valuable pieces of property were purchased at
Independence, Missouri, the headquarters of the mission being later
removed from Kansas City to Independence.
Following the close of his missionary labors in the central states Mr.
Duffin resided at Provo until 1915, giving his attention to the real
estate business and to fruit growing and shipping. He was manager
of the Fruit Grower’s Association of Utah county and also of the Juab
Development Company. Since 1915, however, he has been a resident
of Salt Lake City, where he has been actively and successfully engaged
in the real estate business as president of the Duffin & Stone
Company, having in March, 1919, admitted to a partnership J. O. Stone,
of Provo, while more recently Hyrum E. Jones joined the firm. Mr. Stone
acts as vice president and Mr. Jones holds the position of
secretary-treasurer. They handle all branches of the real estate
business, including investments and mortgage loans, and deal in stock
ranches, farm lands and city property.
On the 19th of January, 1881, in St. George Temple, Mr. Duffin was
joined in wedlock to Miss Mary Jane Granger, a daughter of Christopher
and Sarah (Salkield) Granger, both of whom were natives of
Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Duffin became the parents of twelve
children, nine of whom survive, as follows: J. Franklin, who is a
resident of Burley, Idaho; Clarence, living at Springfield, Idaho;
Cyril, who wedded Miss Rachel Price and also resides at Springfield,
Idaho; George a resident of Carey, Idaho; Florence; Stanley, who served
with the American Expeditionary Forces in France as a member of the One
Hundred and Forty-fifth Field Artillery, First Utah Regiment; and
Maurine, Spencer and Owen, at home. The family residence is at
No. 233 G Street in Salt Lake City.
As already indicated, Mr. Duffin has been a most active and zealous
worker for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. While
a resident of Washington county he served as president of the Young
Men’s Mutual Improvement Association, as Sunday school superintendent
and as president of the Ninth Quorum of Seventy. At Provo he
acted as stake supervisor of parents’ classes and was one of the
presidents of the Quorum of Seventy, while in Salt Lake City he is
class leader of the Quorum of Seventy in the twentieth ward. His
four eldest sons and his daughter-in-law, Mr. Rachel (Pyne) Duffin,
have served on missions. Altogether the different members of the family
have given twenty years to foreign missionary work. His record is
indeed a commendable one and he enjoys an enviable reputation
throughout the capital city and in the other districts where he has
lived.
[Source: Utah since Statehood: Historical and Biographical Volume 2; By Noble Warrum; Publ. 1919; Transcribed by Richard Ramos]
WILLIAM BYRAM PACE
William Byram pace, president of the Marysvale Cash Store, having
entered upon this business relation is 1918, was born at St. George,
Utah, in July 1881, and is a son of John E. and Phoebe (Covington)
Pace, who were natives of Illinois and came to Utah at an early period
in the colonization of the territory. His father was one of the
earliest of the pioneers of St. George and has always been an active
member of the Mormon church. For a number of years he was also
manager of the cooperative store in ST. George and was as thoroughly
respected in mercantile circles as he was honored and esteemed as a
churchman.
William B. Pace was educated in the district schools of St. George and
at the age of sixteen began clerking in a tore at De Lamar, Nevada, in
this way gaining a thorough knowledge of commercial methods. At
length he established business on his own account at Caliente, Nevada,
where he remained for ten years, and in 1918 he returned to Utah,
settling at Marysvale, where in association with J. W. Robinson he
established a general merchandise business under the name of the
Marysvale Cash Store, of which corporation Mr. Pace is the
president. They have the largest general merchandise business
south of Salt Lake City, conducting both a wholesale and retail
trade. The store and warehouse have a total floor space of
forty-three thousand seven hundred and fifty square feet and they carry
an immense stock of the most seasonable goods, systematically
arranged. The business methods of the house are such as will bear
the closest investigation and scrutiny, for enterprise and honesty are
the dominant factors in this concern. The establishment is an
honor to its owners and a credit to southern Utah.
In 1901 Mr. Pace was married to Miss Julia Lee, daughter of Lafayette
Lee, one of the best known ranchmen of Panaca, Nevada. They have
become the parents of eight children: Lee, Verda, Frank, Elton, Bill,
Phoebe, Juliette and Elane. Lee and Verda are students of the
Snow Academy and the others who have attained school age are pupils in
the graded schools of Marysvale.
Mr. Pace has never aspired to public office but in 1919 his name was
place upon the ticket as that of the candidate for the office of town
trustee of Marysvale and he was elected to the position for the
two-year term beginning in January, 1920. It is an assured fact
that with his business experience and his progressive spirit he will
give entire satisfaction to his constituents.
[Source: Utah since Statehood: Historical and Biographical Volume 2; By Noble Warrum; Publ. 1919; Transcribed by Richard Ramos]
WAYNE H. REDD
Wayne H. Redd, owning and occupying a beautiful modern home at
Blanding, where he is filling the office of mayor and also that of
bishop in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was born at
New Harmony, Utah, February 27, 1870. His father, Lemuel H. Redd,
was a native of Tennessee, born in 1837, and in 1865 emigrated to Utah,
settling at Spanish Fork. He began farming and stock raising
there and soon afterward was called to settle New Harmony. He
remained an active worker in the church throughout his life, filling
the office of counselor to the bishop for twelve years at New
Harmony. In 1879, with his son, L. H., he joined the Silas Smith
expedition that went to the San Juan river, where the town of Bluff now
stands. They performed the arduous task of cutting and building
their road and had to blast their way through the bluff at a place that
I s now known as the Hole in the Wall, arriving t their destination
after five months of arduous travel and labor. This was in April
1880. The same year Mr. Redd returned to New Harmony, here he
resided for a period of nine years and then once more went to
Bluff. Two years later he made his way to old Mexico, where he
died June 10, 1910, at the age of seventy-three years. The mother
of Wayne H. Redd bore the maiden name of Sariah Louisa Chamberlin and
was one of the first children born at Salt Lake City, her natal year
being 1849.
Wayne H. Redd acquired a common school education at New Harmony and in
1889 accompanied his parents to Bluff, remaining with his father until
he reached the age of twenty-four years, during which time he was
largely engaged in managing his life stock interests. He then
rented his father’s herd together with another herd of cattle and
managed his stock raising interests very successfully, thus laying the
foundation of his present financial independence. He continued at
Bluff until 1909, when he removed to Blanding, purchasing land and city
property, the latter including beautiful and attractive modern
home. He is not only actively identified with farming and stock
raising interests but has also contributed to increasing the capital of
the Grayson co-operative store, of which he became a director. He
likewise promoted and assisted in incorporating the San Juan State
Bank, of which he is also a director, and he is a director and manager
of the White Mesa Canal Company and a director of the San Juan
Irrigation Company. He has largely used his means to further
business development and thus has contributed much to public progress
and prosperity in the section of the state in which he lives.
A
t Salt Lake City, on the 15th of November, 1893, Mr. Redd was married
to Miss Caroline Nielson, a daughter of Jens and Kirsten Nielson who
were natives of Denmark and came to Utah with the handcart company of
1856. They pioneered the way to Red Creek, now Paragonah, Cedar
City and to Bluff in 1880, and Mr. Nielson was bishop of Bluff for
twenty-five years. He was also a member of the corporation having
the cooperative store. He had splendid farm interests and was
extensively engaged in raising horned cattle. He died at Bluff in
1906, while the mother passed away in 1908. The children of Mr.
and Mrs. Redd are nine in number, namely: Leland W., whose birth
occurred at Bluff, December 18, 1894, and who married Susanna Hunter;
Josephine, who was born at Bluff, September 12, 1902; Joseph F., born
at Bluff, January 24, 1907; Bernice, who was born at Blanding, October
2, 1910; Alma J. Born at Blanding, September 1, 1912; Sterling, born at
Blanding, November 8, 1914; and Norma, born at Blanding, April 20,
1919. The son, Leland W., joined the army in 1917 at Fort Douglas
as a member of the One Hundred and Forth-fifth Artillery. He went
to Camp Kearney and later with his command to France and was ordered to
the front, where he was at the time the armistice was signed.
This was one of the most highly efficient and best equipped artillery
companied that went overseas.
Mr. Redd is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints. He filled a mission of two and a half years in the
southern states, entering upon his work there in the sprig of
1896. He was in the presidency of the South Alabama conference
and late was president of the South Carolina conference. He has
been counselor for three stake presidents in the San Juan stake and
when released was ordained a patriarch and member of the high
council. After moving to Blanding he was ordained bishop on the
18th of May, 1919, by Melvin J. Ballard, one of the council of the
twelve apostles. In his earlier life he filled all the minor
positions in the church. Politically Mr. Redd is a republican and
he has been active along various lines which have contributed to the
public welfare, was one of the promoters and manager of the water and
light plant, was a member of the school board for years, was county
clerk and recorder for about six years and served a term in the state
legislature in 1902. In 1914 he was again elected to the general
assembly, while for eight years he has filled the position of state and
county road supervisor. His public service has been of a most
beneficial character, his business affairs have been of a nature that
have largely contributed to public progress and prosperity as well as
to individual success and his efforts in behalf of the church have been
a potent force in the moral development of the community in which he
lives.
[Source: Utah since Statehood: Historical and Biographical Volume 2; By Noble Warrum; Publ. 1919; Transcribed by Richard Ramos]
THOMAS SEVY
Thomas Sevy has been a most useful citizen in the upbuilding and
development of Panguitch and Garfield county and is successfully
conducting business interests as a farmer and stock raiser. He was born
in New Harmony, Utah, October 4, 1867, and is a son of George W. and
Phoebe M. (Butler) Sevy. The father, a native of the state of New York,
came as a pioneer settler to Utah in 1848 and was married in Spanish
Fork. He with others was called to settle New Harmony and later called
to settle Panguitch in 1871. For several years he served as bishop in
his ward and afterward assisted in the settlement of Bluff in 1880.
There he served as presiding elder. In 1886 he returned to Panguitch
and soon afterward went to old Mexico, where he remained until called
to his final rest.
Thomas Sevy, after completing his education in the public schools, took
up the business of raising sheep and cattle when nineteen years of age,
and has since been active along that line. As the years have passed he
has prospered in his undertakings and now has valuable farming and
grazing land. He has specialized in the raising of Merino sheep and
shorthorn cattle. His business affairs have been wisely and carefully
directed and an analyzation of his success shows that industry and
determination have been the basic elements in the attainment of his
present prosperity. He is also a director of the Richfield Commercial
& Savings Bank at Richfield, is president of the Southern Utah
Equitable Company, occupying that position since its organization, and
has at the same time been a most active factor in the upbuilding of
Panguitch and the surrounding district.
At St. George, in 1886, Mr. Sevy was married to Miss Sarah E. Crosby,a
daughter of President J. W. and Sarah P. (Clark) Crosby, her father
being one of the most prominent citizens of Panguitch. He with others
was called by the church to settle the town of Cowley, in the Big Horn
basin of Wyoming, and there passed away in 1915. In 1899 the death of
Mrs. Sarah E. Sevy occurred. Six children were born of this union:
T.Frank, Blaine E., Pauline and Evadine, who are still living; and
Jesse W. and Arthur, both of whom are deceased. In 1900 Mr. Sevy was
again married, his second union being with Amy Clark, daughter of A. D.
and Mary (Brown) Clark, of Provo, her father a very prominent citizen
and much interested in the work of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
day Saints. Mr. and Mrs. Sevy have become the parents of eight
children, namely: Wendell; V. M. ; Mary; Artois; Albert D., and Vera,
living, and George W. and Amy, both deceased.
Mr. Sevy is a republican. For four years he filled the office of mayor
of Panguitch and for twelve years was a member of the city council
exercising his official prerogatives in support of all plans and
measures for the general good. When twenty one years of age he was
elected sheriff and was re elected for a second term but resigned in
the middle of the term to become a candidate for the state legislature.
He was elected and served as a member of the first general assembly of
Utah after the admission of the state into the Union and was again
elected to represent his district in 1914, becoming an active factor in
support of much valuable legislation. His worth as a man and citizen is
widely acknowledged. What he has purposed in business he has
accomplished. He never stops short of the successful achievement of his
plans and has ever recognized the fact that when one avenue of
opportunity seems closed he can carve out other paths whereby to reach
the desired goal. In the discharge of public duties he has been prompt
and faithful, and his capability has been acknowledged in his frequent
reelections.
(Source: Utah since Statehood
Historical and Biographical, by Noble Warrum, editor, Vol 1, Publ 1919.
Transcribed by Wayne Cheeseman)
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