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, Arlene Phillips ● Founding Member of the Liahonian Club Adamson, Blaine Walter ● Born October 16, 1934 in American Fork. ● Graduated from Lehi High School in 1952 ● Bishop Wines Park Ward ● Stake Indexing Coordinator ● Served in the Utah National Guard for 42 years. ● Formed the Utah National Guard Running TeamTeam Captain for ten years. ● Holds Multiple state Records in marathons times.. ● Ran over 30 marathons including the Boston and the New York Marathons. ● Died on December 15, 2013 Adamson, Glen R. ● Lehi City Councilmember 192835 Adamson, Lloyd B. ● Born in Pleasant Grove on January 26, 1895 ● Graduated from Brigham Young University ● Did graduate work at Utah, Colorado and Stanford Universities. ● Taught every grade from Elementary to High School ● Taught at Elementaries in Pleasant Grove and Jr. High in American Fork ● Served two terms as City Recorder in Pleasant Grove Utah ● Served on the Pleasant Grove Library Board ● Served as Mayor of American Fork City ● Moved to Lehi ● Was Principal of Lehi High School ● Charter Member of the Lions Club ● Member of the Timpanogos Knife and Fork Club ● Served in the Young Mens presidency ● Taught Gospel Doctrine for over 35 Years. ● Married to Opal Wadley in the Salt Lake Temple on August 23, 1916. ● Father of 5 children. Adamson, Rose Marie ● Married Blaine Adamson in December 1953 ● Mother of 6 children ● Hairdresser and Beauty Salon owner 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, Leola ● First Historian of the Olympian Club in 1944 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. ● Charter Member of the Lehi Silver Band in 1887. ● 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. ● Said the Prayer at the Cornerstone dedication on September 14, 1901 ● 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, Eva Davis ● Owned a Beauty Business in Lehi in 1937. 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 ● First Lehi City Superintendent of School 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 J. ● Lehi City Postmaster ● Taught evening High school classes at the Ross School during the fall of 1896. 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 Asher, Wallace William ● Born in Lehi in 1900 ● Enlisted in World War I on May 3, 1917 ● Died of pneumonia at Douglas, Arizona, November 22, 1918 Ashton, Connie ● Began Working for Lehi City in 1992 ● Lehi City Recorder 19942010 Ashton, Dale ● Lehi City Council Member 198489 Ashton, Earl M. ● Born in Lehi in 1892 ● Enlisted in the Army June 26, 1918. ● Died at Camp Lewis of influenza and pneumonia October 24, 1918. Ashton, Joseph ● Veteran of the Black Hawk War 186567 ● Member of the first Lehi Brass Band in 1871. Ashton, Thomas ● Family settled in Lehi in 1851 ● Built a home on the North side of the Old Lehi Fort in 1854 ● Chairman of the Carpentry for the Lehi Meeting House 185560 with Lorenzo Hatch and Hiland D. Wilcox. ● 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. ● Given the assignment to convince farmers to change to producing Sugar beets for the factory. ● 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 ● Born in England on December 3, 1822 ● Joined the LDS church. ● Desired to join the Mormons in America. Didn’t have the money. ● 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. ● Died February 13, 1907 Austin, Parley ● Raised his family in the Cabin at the Hutchings Museum at Bull River ● Lehi City Council Member 19061909; 191213 ● As City councilmember purchased the Beck property for the Lehi Park and Pavillion in 1900 Austin, Thomas ● One of the owners of the Austin Brothers Companies ● Built a beautiful home in 1901 at 427 East 500 North. ● One of the owners of the Lehi Slaughtering Company and the Slaughtering Meat Market. Austin, William Sr. ● Surveyed and Dug the Bull River Ditch from Alpine across the Bench to the Jordan River in 1875. Bain, Robert Angus ● Lehi Pioneer who helped bring the Willie Handcart Company ● Brought many of the Company to Lehi.