People and Their Place in the History of Lehi
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People and their place in the History of Lehi Adams, Maud ● Lehi City Recorder 192425 Adamson, Glen R. ● Lehi City Councilmember 192835 Allen, Frank ● Called by Brigham Young to help the ill fated Handcart companies November 1856. Allen, Rusty ● National Finals Rodeo Cowboy from Lehi. Allison, Edward Martin ● Member of the Second company of Lehi Militia who were called to Echo Canyon during the Utah War. Allison, Edward Martin Jr. ● Prominent Attorney in the State of Utah. Allred, Bradley ● Lehi Ninth Ward Bishop 1988 Allred, Cathy ● Lehi Free Press and Daily Herald Journalist for over 20 years. Allred, James ● Lehi City Councilor 189899 Allred, Paulinas H. ● Completed the Lehi Councilor term of William Clark 186162 Allred, Quinn ● Lehi Viet Nam Veteran ● Commander Lehi American Legion Allred, Robert ● Director Lehi Civic Improvement Association 194863 Allred, Robert M. ● Lehi City Fire Chief 192223 Allred, Rodney C. ● First Lehi Stake Presidency 2nd Counselor 19281947 Allred, Sherwin ● Lehi Dry Farmer and Cattle Rancher ● Member of the Lehi City Council 198891 ● Lehi Sixth Ward Bishop 19701975 ● Donated the Land for the Sherwin Allred Park ● Veteran of World War II ● Leader in the American Legion for many years ● Owned Cold Springs area. Allred, Tuff ● Opened Backroom Antiques behind his barbershop in 1972. Adamson, Lloyd B. ● Lehi High School Principal 19391954 Anderson, Andrew Bjrring ● Graduated from the Brigham Young Academy in 1886 under the director of Karl Maeser. ● Clerk for the Peoples Coop for many years. ● Teacher and Principal of Beaver, Uintah and Lehi Schools ● Principal of the Murdock Academy, a division of the Brigham Young Academy. ● District Principal of Lehi Schools 19081919 ● Attended the National Democratic Convention in Chicago supporting Grover Cleveland Anderson, Andrew Rasmus ● Settled in Ephraim in 1862. ● Fought in the Black Hawk War(while in Ephraim) ● Part of the Lehi Militia called to defend Fort Limhi against the Indians March 8, 1858 ● Moved to Lehi in August 1867 ● Loved Farming and raised horses and had a dairy farm. ● Purchased Canute Petersons and farm and returned to Lehi ● Became a Lehi Policeman in 1871 and later that year was appointed Marshal by Mayor Winn. Only lasted five months until he resigned. ● Served as Lehi’s 8th Mayor 18791880 ● Served in the Lehi Ward Bishopric for over twentyseven years until the ward was divided in 1904. ● Board of Directors of the Lehi Irrigation Company ● Director of the Lehi Bank ● Director Utah Banking Corporation ● Director Peoples Cooperative ● Member of the Lehi Dramatic Association in 1854. ● Lehi City Marshal 1871 ● Promoter of the Lehi Tabernacle ● Spent three months in prison for polygamy. ● Spent five years in Manassa, Colorado away from the antipolygamy crusade. ● Funeral was in the Lehi Tabernacle and was one of the largest in Lehi History. Anderson, Blaine P. ● Lehi Tenth Ward Bishop 19741981 Anderson, Donna ● Lehi Historian of the LDS Church in Lehi and the Lehi Roundup Rodeo. ● Rodeo Queen contest Chairman and committee member for many years. ● School Teacher ● Donator of Lehi Roundup Rodeo Items to the Lehi City Historical Archives. Anderson, Evans L. ● Bishop Lehi First Ward 19381946 Anderson, Hyrum A. ● Bishop Lehi First Ward 19281938 ● Lehi City Council Member 194043 Anderson, James M. ● Lehi City Councilor 189193 Anderson, Johanah Johnson Jacobs ● Moved to Lehi in 1852 with her husband Mons. ● Midwife for many years. ● Nursed the sick and comforted the weary. Anderson, Joseph ● Lehi City Postmaster Anderson, Mary, Anne Pederson ● Treasurer of the first Relief Society Presidency 18821900 ● Served as a counselor of the Lehi Ward Relief Society 19001903 ● Served as President of the Lehi Ward Relief Society 19031907. Anderson, Melvin ● President Lehi Sons of the Utah Pioneers ● Built the current (2013) Lehi Silver Bandwagon ● Built numerous other carts and wagons used in the Lehi parades and events. ● Member of the Lehi 6th Ward Bishopric ● Lehi Historian ● Instrumental in bringing the Austin Pioneer Cabin to the Hutchings Museum. ● Director Lehi Civic Improvement Association 19862008 Anderson, Mons ● Converted to Mormonism on his way to the Goldfields in California ● He was the first man in Lehi to produce flax, hemp and broom corn and to manufacture from these produced rough linen, rope and brooms. ● President of the Scandinavian Association in Lehi Anderson, Ralph ● Director Lehi Civic Improvement Association 19722008 Anderson, Scott ● Director Lehi Civic Improvement Association 20002008 Andreason, John ● Built a home on the west side of the Old Lehi Fort in 1854. Ash, Cecil L. ● Principal Lehi Elementary ● Lehi Second Ward Bishop 19461950 ● Lehi Utah Stake Patriarch Asher, Clara ● 192627 Lehi City Recorder Asher, William ● Lehi City Attorney 191213; 192224; 193435 Ashton, Joseph ● Veteran of the Black Hawk War 186567 ● Member of the first Lehi Brass Band in 1871. Ashton, Dale ● Lehi City Council Member 198489 Ashton, Thomas ● Family settled in Lehi in 1851 ● Built a home on the North side of the Old Lehi Fort in 1854 ● Lehi City Councilor 185455; 185966; 187779 ● Member of the Second company of Lehi Militia who were called to Echo Canyon during the Utah War. ● City Hall Building Committee 1877 ● Major Builder of the Maid of Iowa in Nauvoo ● Worked on building the first water ditches in Lehi ● Active in the planning and building the first Bridge Across the Jordan River. Austin, Cliff ● Head of the WPA in Lehi during the depression. Held position for 10 years. Austin, George ● Lehi City Councilor 18961900 ● Lehi’s 16th Mayor 19011902 ● Elected to the State Legislature 1902and resigned Mayor ● Helps create the Commercial Club to promote business and agricultural growth in Lehi. Become the First President. Early 1905. ● Plant the first Sugar Beets on land owned by George Comer in Spring of 1891. ● Agricultural superintendent of the entire UtahIdaho Sugar Company from 18911917 ● Purchased Saratoga Resort with his brother from 19141930 including failed new community and chicken industry at Saratoga. ● Founded the Lehi Slaughtering Company. ● Founded Austin Brothers Companies with his brothers. ● Vice President of the National Woolgrowers’ Association ● Founded Salt Lake Union stock yards. ● As Mayor, purchased the land for the Pavilion and City Park (Rodeo Grounds) ● Began the First Volunteer Fire Department in 1901. Austin, John ● Builder of the Cabin at Hutchings Museum at Bull River ● Carme to Lehi And settled in the North Bench up by the Alpine Highway area in the Buller River Ditch. ● He is among the first to grow Sugar Beets in the Lehi Area. Austin, Parley ● Raised his family in the Cabin at the Hutchings Museum at Bull River ● Lehi City Council Member 19061909; 191213 Bain, Robert Angus ● Lehi Pioneer who helped bring the Willie Handcart Company ● Brought many of the Company to Lehi. Bair, Clyde J. ● Lehi Utah Stake Presidency 19771987 ● Housing Official at Brigham Young University Baird, James R. ● Lehi West Stake Presidency 1990 Baker, Glen ● In March 1948, Glen Baker purchased Bank’s Appliance Business at 189 West Main. Ball, Martha ● Lehi City Treasurer 192233 Ball, Travis ● Lehi Power Directory 2013. Ball, William ● Family came across the plains in the Israel Evans Handcart Company 1857 ● Arrived in Lehi in September 1857 ● Farmer ● First Permanent Jordan River Bridge Toll Collector 1858 Banasky, Marilyn ● Current Lehi City Recorder. Banks, Junius C. ● Lehi City Judge 194043 Barber, George ● Part of the Lehi Militia called to defend Fort Limhi against the Indians March 8, 1858 Barber, Lester L. ● Lehi Sixteenth Ward Bishop 19861989 Barnes, Amy Hadfield ● John Hutchings Museum Board of Directors for many years. ● Spent many hours as a volunteer at the John Hutchings Museum. Barnes, Charles ● Lehi City Councilor 187779 ● Lehi City Treasurer 18691871. Barnes, Harold W. ● Lehi Third Ward Bishop 19491956 ● Lehi City Council Member 194445 Barnes, Jack ● In 1953 Opened a Television Sales and Repair Shop on Main Street. Barnes, Johnny L. ● Lehi West Stake Presidency 19831990 ● Lehi City Council member 198283; 199093 ● Lehi Booster Club Officer ● Chairman Lehi District Boy Scouts of America ● Chairman Lehi Family Committee ● Lehi High School Studentbody President 1970 Barnes, Silas Parker ● Came to Lehi in 1852 ● Built first home outside of the fort. Order to join the fort. ● Built a home on the south side of the Old Lehi Fort in 1854. ● 1st Mayor of Lehi 185354 ● Left Lehi for California in April 1854 Baum, Larry ● Founded the Broadcaster Restaurant at 102 West Main in February 1978. Baum, Sue Ellen ● Founded the Broadcaster Restaurant at 102 West Main in February 1978. Bearce, Scott ● Lehi High School Principal 20052010 Beck, George ● Moved to Lehi in 1867 ● Member of the first Lehi Brass Band in 1871. ● Lehi City Council member 190405 Beck, John ● Financed the Creation of the First Lehi Brass Band and half of the instrumentsHe was a member of that band. ● Purchased the First Lehi Park for the Citizens of Lehi (Lehi Rodeo Grounds) in July 1900. ● Opened and operated Beck’s Hot Springs (Saratoga) in July 24, 1884. Beck, Melvin ● Lehi City Fire Chief 19181921 Beckstead, Kerry ● Lehi Seventh Ward Bishop 1989 ● Lehi Mink Rancher Beesley, Ebeneezer ● Music Teacher in Lehi ● Director of the Lehi Choir ● Took the Choir to a national competition and won second place ● Director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir ● Wrote many of the LDS Hymns. Bell, Alfred ● Served in the War of 1812 ● Family settled in Lehi in 1851 ● Built a home on the North side of the Old Lehi Fort in 1854 ● Served as Lehi Alderman 18541860. Bennion, Heber ● Lehi High School Principal 19161918 Bennion, Mary Karren ● Member of the first settlement of Lehi at Sulphur Springs Winter 185051 Berry, Craig ● Lehi Ninth Ward Bishop 19831988 Berry, Woodruff ● President of the Seminary Program 197273 ● Bishop Lehi Singles Ward ● Member of the Lehi Volunteer Fire Department for many years.