Class of 1888 H.S.



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Anderson, Joseph J. (1885-1888)

Anderson, Joseph J. (1885-1888)

Joseph Anderson

BY Academy High School Class of 1885, 1886, 1888. Joseph J. Anderson received a Teacher's Certificate. Source: 1. Deseret News, June 25, 1885. 2. Territorial Enquirer, June 12, 1885. ~ ~ ~ ~ BY Academy High School Class of 1886. Joseph J. Anderson. Awarded Teacher's Certificate (sic), and Special Certificate in Physiology & Hygiene. He spoke at Commencement on May 21, 1886 "In Behalf of Theological Organization". Source: The (Provo) Daily Enquirer, May 21 and 25, 1886. ~ ~ ~ ~ BY Academy High School Class of 1888. Joseph A. Anderson received a Diploma: Rhetoric, Physics, Domestic Science, General Chemistry, Descriptive Astronomy. Source: Deseret Evening News, May 28, 1888.

Bagley, Anna Maynetta [Nettie]

Bagley, Anna Maynetta [Nettie]
Salt Lake City, Utah US

Maynetta & Samuel A. King

BY Academy High School Class of 1888. [Anna] Maynetta "Nettie" Bagley received a Diploma: Domestic Science. Source: Deseret Evening News, May 28, 1888. ~ ~ ~ ~ Maynetta "Nettie" Bagley married attorney Samuel Andrew King, also BYA Class of 1888, on September 14, 1892. They had four children: Creighton Grant King; Renan King, married W. D. Johnston; Karl Vernon King, lawyer in Salt Lake City; and Margaret King, married James P. McCency of Washington, D.C.

Cornwall, Samuel Augustus

Cornwall, Samuel Augustus
Salt Lake City-Mill Creek, Utah US

Samuel & 2 Marys Cornwall

BY Academy High School Class of 1888. Samuel Cornwall received a Normal Certificate. Source: Deseret Evening News, May 28, 1888. ~ ~ ~ ~ Samuel Augustus Cornwall was born January 18, 1866 in Mill Creek, Salt Lake County, Utah. His parents were Joseph Cornwall and Charlotte Carter. He married at least twice: First, to Mary Bitner Neff on June 21, 1893 in Salt Lake City; and Second, to Mary Jane Helm on August 9, 1939 in Salt Lake City. He died on April 29, 1961 in Mill Creek, Salt Lake County, Utah. Interment, Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Salt Lake City.

Cragun, James Alfred

Cragun, James Alfred
Smithfield, Utah US

James and Katie Cragun

Class of 1888? James Alfred Cragun was born on November 21, 1870, in Smithfield, Cache County, Utah. He died on April 12, 1937, also in Smithfield. He married Katie Blake Halladay on December 24, 1891. She died on August 20, 1969, at age 99. Susan Cragun, a daughter-in-law, says: "James Alfred Cragun was the 5th child and grew up in a large family where the mother was semi-invalid for many years, and he learned responsibility early in life. He attended Brigham Young Academy where he acquired his normal teacher's certificate. He then taught school for twenty years in Cache and Box Elder Counties. He was musically self-taught and played many instruments. He was an extremely kind, sentimental man who loved his family and took much pride in their accomplishments. He died of a heart attack in Smithfield on April 12, 1937, following a slight stroke, and is buried in the Smithfield cemetery."

Driggs, Frank Milton

Driggs, Frank Milton
Ogden, Utah US

Frank and Maude Driggs

Class of 1888? Frank Milton Driggs. Two years at Brigham Young Academy. Source: Book, The Sons of Brigham, by T. Earl Pardoe, pp. 55-57. ~ ~ ~ ~ Frank Driggs was born on November 20, 1870, in Pleasant Grove, Utah. At an early age he became interested in the problems of hearing, especially deploring deafness, which he was told was hereditary. This he early disproved. He went through grade school with his brothers, did his share of farm work, and passed his home studies as well as his school assignments. He spent two years studying at Brigham Young Academy. He was encouraged by Dr. Maeser and the BYA faculty to become an authority in teaching the deaf. He accordingly got approval from his parents to go to the world's greatest school for teaching the deaf, the Gallaudet College in Washington, D.C., from which he graduated with honors for his Master's Degree. A few years later the College conferred on him an honorary doctorate. He married Maude Elsie Short on January 10, 1898. He served in Utah as Superintendent of the Deaf and Blind School from 1906 to 1945, when he retired. With his wife and daughter, Nell, he moved to California where he gave lectures and wrote articles. He died on February 5, 1959.

Findlay, Janette Ireland

Findlay, Janette Ireland
Provo, Utah US

Janette and Franklin Spencer

BY Academy High School Class of 1888, and Collegiate Class of 1896. Jenett Findlay received a Normal Certificate in 1888. Source: Deseret Evening News, May 28, 1888. ~ ~ ~ ~ BY Academy Collegiate Normal Class of 1896. Jenett Findlay of Panaca [not Pauaca], Nevada, received a Bachelor's of Pedagogy degree (B. Pd.). Source: Graduation Program 1896. A second source [note spelling differences]: "Janette Findley" - BY Academy Collegiate Class of 1896. Graduated May 1896 with Bachelor of Pedagogy (B.Pd.). Source 2: Deseret News, May 30, 1896. Source 3: Annual Brigham Young Academy Vol. VI, BYU Special Collections, UA 1008, Box 1, Fd 1. ~ ~ ~ ~ Jenette Ireland Findlay was born on October 9, 1871 [or 1872] in Bountiful, Utah. Her parents were Allen McPherson Findlay and Jessie Ireland Findlay. She married Franklin Spencer, Jr. on October 12, 1901. Franklin was born on March 20, 1872 in Manti, Utah. He died on August 28, 1943 in Salt Lake City, Utah. His interment, Provo City Cemetery. Jennette Spencer died on October 4, 1913 in Provo, Utah. Her interment, Provo, Utah.

Foote, John

Foote, John
Provo, Utah US

John Foote

BY Academy Class of 1888. John Foote received a Diploma: Rhetoric, Physics, General Chemistry. He also received a Normal Certificate. Source: Deseret Evening News, May 28, 1888. ~ ~ Faculty & Staff. John Foote, Training School, 1881-1884.

Hales, Matilda

Hales, Matilda
Deseret, Utah US

Matilda Hales

Class of 1888? Matilda Hales (or Aunt Till as she was known by her many nieces and nephews and eventually by everyone in the area) was the eighth of fifteen children of Henry William Hales and his plural wife Sarah Jane McKinney. Matilda also had nine half brothers and sisters, children of Henry and his first wife Eliza Ann Ewing. Matilda was born on March 11, 1870, in Enterprise, Weber County, Utah, where her father was a county commissioner. The family lived in Enterprise until the high waters of the Weber River cut their farm in half and carried about ten acres of the best land away. Henry moved his family to Cedar Valley, West of Utah Lake, and then to Laketown, Millard County, where, according to his journal, the family "entered and fenced a quarter section of land and farmed and raised stock and sheep till 1891 when we moved to Deseret. As the presiding elder in Laketown, Henry arranged for his children and other children in this very small community to receive some basic schooling. The family lived frugally, worked hard, and prospered after their move to Deseret, and Henry became a prominent figure in the community and in the local LDS church. Their home was relatively modest from the outside but was furnished, according to granddaughter Mable Crafts Peterson, "with elegant furniture for the period ... silverware ... from England ... a beautiful pump organ ... a wonderful library and many of the books were first editions." During local church conferences visiting General Authorities from Salt Lake City often stayed in the Hales home, an event that required days of cooking and other preparation and gave the family great satisfaction and pleasure. Not much else is known about Matilda's girlhood except that she was required to work very hard to help provide for the needs of a large family in an isolated rural community. Later she attended Brigham Young Academy and received the training necessary for a certificate that qualified her to teach "pedagogics, reading, writing, English grammar, United States history, Physiology and Hygiene, written arithmetic, drawing, geography, spelling, nature study." Her brief teaching career included a short stay in Big Wash, Nevada. As a young woman Matilda had at least one proposal of marriage but did not avail herself of the opportunity. In later years she would stand with her hands behind her, rock back and forth with a big smile on her face and a twinkle in her eye, and remind other members of the family that she had had a chance to marry but was a spinster by choice. Matilda also had a quick wit. One time John Henry Western asked her in jest, "Matilda, if you had a chance to marry N. S. Petersen or me, which one would you marry?" She said, "I would marry N. S. Petersen, he's older and would probably die sooner." She spent her life in the service of others, as a midwife, nurse, foster mother, and care giver, serving the people of Deseret, Utah. Matilda died peacefully on October 29, 1957, at her home in Deseret, Utah, at the age of eighty-seven. She had been the last surviving child of Henry and Sarah Jane's fifteen children. In the closing lines of his eulogy, Eldon Eliason, who had been a beneficiary of Matilda's service over the years, summed up her life's achievement in these words: "And long after monuments have crumbled into dust and been forgotten, her influence for good and her effect upon the community shall live on, and where mercy, love and service are needed, that influence will live with us and the same feeling prevail as when we said, "There goes Matilda."

Hanks, David Capener

Hanks, David Capener
Tetonia, Idaho US

David and Emma Hanks

BYA Class of 1888? ~ Honorary. David Capener Hanks. ~ ~ ~ ~ David C. Hanks was born to Ephraim Knowlton and Jane Maria Capener Hanks, early pioneers, in Park City, Utah, on March 5, 1870. He lived here and in Salt Lake City, Utah during his early life. There being no schools in Park City, his mother was most anxious that she take her children where they could enjoy these advantages, so when David was about 12 years of age, she took her family to Heber City, Utah and there they had that privilege as well as other advantages. They continued to live here until they were grown. There were seven children in this family as follows: William C., Alice Maria, Sarah Elizabeth, Ephraim Knowlton, George Agustus, David Capener, and Louise Rebecca. David never had the privilege of knowing his father very well as he lived with his wife Thisbe, in Southern Utah, but the occasions that he did see him, these stood out in his memory. His mother separated from his father while he was quite young so it was up to him and his brothers to help provide for the family. Some time later his mother married Joseph E. Taylor of Salt Lake City, she going into polygamy again. To this union, two daughters were born. This marriage was not successful, so they finally separated. Throughout all of the years, although separated from Ephraim, Jane’s love for him never died. David grew up in this vicinity, where he received his education and he also went to the Brigham Young Academy at Provo, Utah. On December 6, 1893 when he was near 24 years old, he was married to Mary Elizabeth Baum. To this union five children were born. They were Harvard David, George Agustus, who passed away at the age of 22, Ephraim Earl, Ida Mae, and Theodore Verender. After his marriage he went into several business ventures, such as the Heber Mercantile Co., Consolidated Wagon & Machine Co., etc. He was a good provider and they owned a nice brick home. When the family began to grow up, David felt that they should move some place where there would be more opportunities for them so he and his brother Ephraim moved their families to Shelley, Idaho, where they bought some farms. Eph and his family continued to live here but David was not quite satisfied with the set-up he had so after two years he with his family moved to the Teton Basin in Idaho. Here he bought some land near a small place called Haden and later he bought a farm in Chapin, a few miles south of Driggs. During this time his wife Mary became dissatisfied with the country up here and desired to go back to their home in Heber City. Being tied up here, David was unable to leave then, so she left with the children and went back. David expanded in his farm operations here in Haden and Harvard, his son, took care of the Chapin farm. Later he his mother sold this farm and they moved to Nampa, Idaho. In the meantime, David and Mary were divorced. David went into business at Tetonia, a new town which sprung up near Haden, after the Railroad came in. In fact the business and public buildings were moved from Haden to Tetonia. He bought a Mercantile Store which was known as the Peoples Cash Store. He also had quite a business of buying and selling hay and grain. While in business he leased the farm. On October 2, 1915, David was married to Emma Hulet Cook, a young widow, who was living at Driggs at that time. She had a small son, Adrian. To this union eight children were born, as follows: Nancy Davida, Wright Capener, Lincoln Marlo, Clair Sylvanus, David Lawayne, Betty Jane, Emma Louise and John Phillip. We continued to run the store for a few years but as the family began to grow we decided to sell the store and move to the farm. We expanded our operations and went into the sheep business too. There was plenty of work for all so every one was kept busy. David was very civic minded and was interested in the growth of our town and county and especially interested in the schools and in education. He was on the school board for several years. For many years he worked for the consolidation of schools in our county, which was eventually culminated after his death. He was Superintendent of the Tetonia Ward Y.M.M.I.A. for several years and President of the Genealogical Society, which he was very much interested in. He also enjoyed singing in the choirs and he with a quartette were often called to sing at funeral services in this vicinity. He was very ambitious and provided well for his family. During the Christmas Season of 1931 he contacted pneumonia and passed away at the L.D.S. Hospital in Idaho Falls, Jan. 4, 1932, six months before the last baby was born, leaving his wife and eight children. The older boys carried on with the farm and sheep and were very successful and his children grew up to be honorable men and women, some of them going on missions and all had good educations. They married well and all have lovely families. They are an honor to his name. ~ ~ Written by his wife Emma Wright Hulet Hanks

Hedquist, Alexander Jr.

Hedquist, Alexander Jr.
Provo, Utah US

Alex & Lavina-Vivian Hedquist

BY Academy High School Class of 1888. Alexander Hedquist, Jr. He received a Diploma: Bookkeeping. Source: Deseret Evening News, May 28, 1888. Alexander Hedquist, Jr. was born on August 9, 1873 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Hedquist family moved to Provo in 1885 in order to improve their opportunities for education, and so Alex Sr. could establish his shoe shop. Young Alex met Principal George H. Brimhall in the Provo Schools, where spelling was highly developed. In a popular spelling bee, Alex won a certificate as one of the two best spellers in the district. President Brimhall introduced young Alex to Professor Karl G. Maeser, and Alex attended Brigham Young Academy for three years. He obtained a certificate in the Commercial Department in 1888. Drug Store Manager, Druggist, Banker, Civic and Government leader. First married Lavina Strong of Provo on January 8, 1897. She died in 1908. Second married Vivian Finlayson of Provo on January 2, 1916. She died on September 17, 1962.

Huish, Alma

Huish, Alma

Alma Huish

BY Academy High School Class of 1887 and 1888. Alma Huish received a Teacher's Certificate. Source: Deseret Evening News, May 21, 1887. ~ ~ ~ ~ BY Academy High School Class of 1888. Alma Huish received a Normal Certificate. Source: Deseret Evening News, May 28, 1888.

King, Samuel Andrew

King, Samuel Andrew
Salt Lake City, Utah US

Sam and Maynetta King

BY Academy High School Class of 1888. Samuel A. King. He received a Diploma: Domestic Science. Source: Deseret Evening News, May 28, 1888. Samuel Andrew King, Criminal Lawyer in Salt Lake City. Born January 9, 1868 in Fillmore, Utah, Samuel A. King, affectionately known as "Sam" possessed the talk and wit of his Irish ancestry. He came to BY Academy in his teens and felt the influence of Karl G. Maeser and his devoted faculty. Nearly four years younger than his brother, William H. King, he emulated William's leadership by enrolling in the Acadmey and completing his courses in 1888. As his interests turned to law he attended the University of Utah for one year. In 1890 he was called on a mission to Ireland, the ancestral home of his grandmother Creighton and the mission field of his father, William King. He served with distinction for nearly three years at a time when Home Rule discussions were at their height. Advanced schooling took him to the University of Michigan where he received his LLB in 1893. He had married beautiful Maynetta Bagley, a BYA student, in September of 1892. After her death, he married LaRen Watson of St. George, Utah, on September 22, 1929. He opened a law office in Provo in 1893, becoming a member of the firm King and King, brothers in legal pursuits, and was elected County Attorney in Utah County, 1896-1898. He also served as Provo City Attorney and Prosecuting Attorney for the 4th Judicial District, 1898-1900. It was in these later offices that he decided to devote most of his practice to criminal law, as he enjoyed talking to juries, winning his points when victory was often most problematical. Sam moved to Salt Lake City for the major years of his legal life, being a partner for the most part with his talented brother, William H. King. The Salt Lake Tribune in the issue of August 28, 1943, in an obituary records: "Mr. King probably defended more persons charged with murder than any other lawyer in the nation. None of his murder clients was ever executed, although some were sentenced to prison terms. Most of these, however, were subsequently pardoned." Among his many celebrated clients were Jack Dempsey, Marie Dressler and Charles Chaplin. He died at seventy-five while on a visit to Salt Lake, on August 27, 1943.

Lewis, Agnes

Lewis, Agnes

Agnes Lewis

BY Academy High School Class of 1888. Agnes Lewis received a Diploma: Domestic Science. Source: Deseret Evening News, May 28, 1888.

Lind, John G.

Lind, John G.

John G. Lind

BY Academy High School Class of 1888. John G. Lind received a Diploma: Bookkeeping, Physiology & Hygiene, General Chemistry. Source: Deseret Evening News, May 28, 1888.

McGregor, Joseph

McGregor, Joseph

Joseph McGregor

BY Academy High School Class of 1888. Joseph McGregor received a Diploma: Bookkeeping, Physiology and Hygiene. Source: Deseret Evening News, May 28, 1888.

Nash, Rhoda Celestia

Nash, Rhoda Celestia
Salt Lake City, Utah US

Celestia and Henry Rowlands

BY Academy High School Class of 1888. [Rhoda] Celestia Nash received a Diploma: Rhetoric, Domestic Science. She also received a Normal Certificate. Source: Deseret Evening News, May 28, 1888. ~ ~ ~ ~ Rhoda Celestia Nash was born on February 17, 1866 in Alpine, Utah County, Utah. Her parents were Ephraim Nash and Rhoda Young McNicole Nash. Celestia Nash married Henry William Rowlands. She died on August 19, 1949. Her death certificate.

Nelson, Mattie

Nelson, Mattie

Mattie Nelson

BY Academy High School Class of 1888. Mattie Nelson received a Normal Certificate. Source: Deseret Evening News, May 28, 1888.

Nielson, Axel

Nielson, Axel

Axel Nielson

BY Academy High School Class of 1888. Axel Nielson received a Diploma: Physiology & Hygiene. Source: Deseret Evening News, May 28, 1888.

Noyes, John Frank

Noyes, John Frank

John Noyes

BY Academy High School Class of 1886 & 1888. John Frank Noyes. Awarded Special Certificate in Bookkeeping. Source: The (Provo) Daily Enquirer, May 25, 1886. ~ ~ ~ ~ BY Academy High School Class of 1888. John F. Noyes received a Diploma: Physics. Source: Deseret Evening News, May 28, 1888.

Noyes, Newton

Noyes, Newton

Newton Noyes

BY Academy High School Class of 1886, 1887, 1888. Newton Noyes. Awarded Special Certificate in Bookkeeping. Source: The (Provo) Daily Enquirer, May 25, 1886. ~ ~ ~ ~ BY Academy High School Class of 1887. Newton Noyes received a Special Certificate. Source: Deseret Evening News, May 21, 1887. ~ ~ ~ ~ BY Academy High School Class of 1888. Newton Noyes received a Diploma: Physics. He also received a Normal Certificate. Source: Deseret Evening News, May 28, 1888. ~ ~ ~ ~ In connection with Brigham Young Academy Commencement in May of 1899, an Alumni Banquet was held at the Hotel Roberts in Provo with about two hundred people attending. Four alumni spoke about different periods of time in the life of the Academy. "Prof. Newton Noyes, now the president of the Sanpete Stake Academy, told of the work of the [Brigham Young] academy from '84 to '92. It was during that period that the academy building [Lewis Building] had burned down, yet the very year of that seeming death blow to the institution, President Maeser stated in his report that by the blessings of God the institution has grown greatly." Source: Deseret Evening News, May 27, 1899. [The other three speakers: Mrs. Hannah Stubbs Jones, J. Golden Kimball, and George H. Brimhall.]

Rawlings, James (1888)

Rawlings, James (1888)

James Rawlings

BY Academy High School Class of 1888. James Rawlings received a Diploma: Physiology & Hygiene. Source: Deseret Evening News, May 28, 1888.

Savage, Nephi

Savage, Nephi

Nephi Savage

BY Academy High School Class of 1888. Nephi Savage received a Normal Certificate. Source: Deseret Evening News, May 28, 1888.

Smith, George Albert

Smith, George Albert
Salt Lake City, Utah US

George A. and Lucy Smith

Class of 1888 ~ Honorary. Board of Trustees, 1945 to 1951. George Albert Smith. Seventh President of the Board of Trustees, 1945 to 1951. Eighth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. George Albert Smith was born in Salt Lake City on April 4, 1870, the son of John Henry Smith and Sarah Farr Smith. His father served as an LDS apostle from 1880 to 1911, and his grandfather, for whom he was named, was also an LDS apostle, from 1839 to 1875, as well as first counselor to Mormon Church President Brigham Young. When George was twelve years of age [1882], his parents helped him to go to Provo to begin to attend the Brigham Young Academy high school to study under Professor Maeser and his associates. He lived with his grandmother Smith for one winter, helping with chores about the house and yard. He walked each day to the Lewis Building on Center Street and Third West. A member of the future BYA high school Class of 1888, George Albert Smith attended Brigham Young Academy through 1884 [he was fourteen]. He then transferred to the high school program at the University of Deseret 1885-1888 [now University of Utah]. While in his teens, one summer he was working on a surveying party for the Denver & Rio Grande Railway, east of Green River, when the heat and glare from the sun so impaired his sight that he never fully recovered, and suffered intense headaches all too often. Source: Book, The Sons of Brigham, by T. Earl Pardoe, pp. 161-171. ~ ~ ~ ~ George was a sergeant in the Utah National Guard, worked for ZCMI as a salesman, and was a surveyor for the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad. While working in the latter capacity, he suffered the permanent injury to his eyesight mentioned earlier. He married Lucy Emily Woodruff in 1892; she bore them three children. Active in the LDS Church, Smith was an officer of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association for most of his life and served three proselyting missions. He supported William McKinley for president in 1896 and was named by him to be receiver of public moneys and special disbursing agent for the U.S. Land Office in Utah. In 1903, at the age of thirty-three, George Albert Smith was named to the Quorum of Twelve Apostles of the LDS Church, in which capacity he worked with the YMMIA, with church missions, and with scouting, serving as a member of the executive board of the national council. He was also vice-president of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution and founding president of the Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association, and he helped organize the American Pioneer Trails Association. He was president of the International Irrigation and Dry Farm Congress in 1918, president for sixteen years of the Society for Aid to the Sightless, and in 1947 chairman of the state-sponsored commission that celebrated Utah's settlement centennial. In 1945, George Albert Smith became eighth president of the LDS Church, and served until his death on 4 April 1951, at the age of eighty-one. As church president, he also was president of many church-controlled corporations: Beneficial Life Insurance Company, Utah Hotel Company, Utah Home Fire Insurance Company, Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, Utah First National Bank, Zion's Savings Bank and Trust, ZCMI, and Zions Securities Corporation. He was president of the Church Board of Education, which controlled LDS educational institutions, and was also editor of the church's official magazines. He expedited welfare shipments to Latter-day Saints in Europe at the end of World War II, supervised the reconciliation of 1,200 Latter-day Saints in Mexico who had formed a schismatic group, and expanded programs to help American Indians. A person of compassion, he worked especially in the interests of the youth of the church, the troubled, the poor, and the underprivileged. See: Merlo J. Pusey, Builders of the Kingdom: George A. Smith, John Henry Smith, George Albert Smith (1981); and Pusey's chapter in Leonard J. Arrington, ed., The Presidents of the Church: Biographical Essays (1986). ~~ Leonard J. Arrington ~~~~ George Albert Smith: "As a child, thirteen years of age, I went to school at the Brigham Young Academy. It was fortunate that part of my instruction came under Dr. Karl G. Maeser, that outstanding educator who was the first builder of our Church schools. I cannot remember much of what was said during the year that I was there, but there is one thing that I will probably never forget. Dr. Maeser one day stood up and said: 'Not only will you be held accountable for the things you do, but you will be held responsible for the very thoughts you think.' Being a boy, not in the habit of controlling my thoughts very much, it was quite a puzzle to me what I was to do, and it worried me. In fact, it stuck to me just like a burr. About a week or ten days after that it suddenly came to me what he meant. I could see the philosophy of it then. All at once there came to me this interpretation of what he had said: Why of course you will be held accountable for your thoughts, because when your life is completed in mortality, it will be the sum of your thoughts. That one suggestion has been a great blessing to me all my life, and it has enabled me upon many occasions to avoid thinking improperly, because I realize that I will be, when my life's labor is complete, the product of my thoughts." ~~ George Albert Smith, Sharing the Gospel With Others, p.62-63. Bio

Swensen, John Canute (1888; 89; F&S)

Swensen, John Canute (1888; 89; F&S)
Provo, Utah US

John and Margaret Swensen

BY Academy High School Class of 1888, 1889, and Collegiate Class of 1900. John Swenson (Swensen) received a Diploma: Physiology & Hygiene, Rhetoric. Source: Deseret Evening News, May 28, 1888. ~ ~ ~ ~ BY Academy High School Class of 1889. John Swenson (sic) received a Certificate in Rhetoric. Source: Utah Enquirer, May 28, 1889. ~ ~ ~ ~ BY Academy Collegiate Class of 1900. J. C. Swensen received a Diploma: Bachelor of Didactics (B. D.). Source: Deseret Evening News, June 2, 1900. ~ ~ ~ ~ Faculty & Staff. John C. Swensen, Economics & Sociology teacher, 1898-1941. ~ ~ ~ ~ John Canute Swensen was born February 4, 1869 in Pleasant Grove, Utah. His parents: Knud (Canute) Svendsen and Johanne Maire Pedersen. John C. Swensen married Margaret Ellen Davies (Davies in Wales, Davis in America) on June 21, 1899 in Salt Lake City, Utah. They had ten children, all of whom attended Brigham Young High School. He died on August 30, 1953 in Provo, Utah. Interment, Provo City Cemetery. ~ ~ ~ ~ John originally used the -SON spelling, but later in life he decided it would be better to use the -SEN spelling. John and Margaret had ten children; five of the children continued with the -SON spelling, but the other five changed and used the -SEN spelling. They had seven sons and three daughters as follows: ~ ~ 1. John Starr Swenson [BYH Class of 1917?], born March 27, 1900, died December 28, 1977. He married Marva Carter. ~ ~ 2. Carl Davis Swenson [BYH Class of 1919?], born August 3, 1901, died April 29, 1979. He married Lura Tanner. ~ ~ 3. Reed Knute Swenson [BYH Class of 1921], born February 16, 1903, died April 2, 1989. He married Ruth Freebairn. ~ ~ 4. Alice Swenson, born May 10, 1905, died in infancy. 5. Margaret Swensen [BYH Class of 1923], born May 29, 1906, died January 30, 1987. She married James L. Jacobs. ~ ~ 6. Francis McLean Swenson (Mac) [BYH Class of 1926?], born June 29, 1908, died August 22, 1963. He married Willa Sowards. ~ ~ 7. Louise Swensen [BYH Class of 1928?], born May 24, 1910, died October 5, 1992. She married Jay Tolman. ~ ~ 8. Joseph Cadwallader Swensen [BYH Class of 1931], born June 15, 1913, died May 9, 2005. He married Verna Harding. ~ ~ 9. Albert Donald Swensen [BYH Class of 1933], born May 28, 1915, died October 6, 2001. He married Jennie Romney. ~ ~ 10. Richard Davis Swensen [BYH Class of 1936], born July 7, 1919. He married Arleen Stowell. ~ ~ ~ ~ His parents were: Father: Knud (Canute) Svendsen, born April 11, 1827 in Veibye, Hjorring, Denmark, died on March 14, 1902 in Pleasant Grove, Utah. Mother: Johanne Maire Pedersen, born September 13, 1833 in Sevenolstrup, Viborg, Denmark, died on May 7, 1880 in Pleasant Grove, Utah. They married on June 24, 1860 in Pleasant Grove, Utah. They had eight children: ~ ~ 1. Annie Swensen, born April 8, 1861 in Pleasant Grove, died February 21, 1920 in Pleasant Grove. ~ ~ 2. Marie Swensen, born November 8, 1863 in Pleasant Grove, died on November 18, 1865 in Pleasant Grove. ~ ~ 3. Swen Larsen Swensen, born February 17, 1865 in Pleasant Grove, died June 12, 1936 in Oakland, California. Interment, Pleasant Grove. ~ ~ 4. Mary Mette Swensen [BYA Collegiate Diploma 1891], born January 14, 1867 in Pleasant Grove, died April 2, 1959 in Monticello, Utah. Interment, Ogden, Utah. ~ ~ 5. John Canute Swensen [BYA High School 1888; BYA Collegiate Diploma 1900], born February 4, 1869 in Pleasant Grove, died August 30, 1953 in Provo, Utah. ~ ~ 6. Eliza Johanne Swensen [BYA Collegiate Diploma 1891], born July 7, 1871 in Pleasant Grove, died September 17, 1931. ~ ~ 7. Hanson P. Swensen, born October 1, 1873 in Pleasant Grove, died as an infant on October 5, 1873 in Pleasant Grove. ~ ~ 8. Caroline Christine Swensen, born November 8, 1874 in Pleasant Grove, died as an infant on December 3, 1874 in Pleasant Grove.

Tanner, Caleb

Tanner, Caleb
Provo, Utah US

Caleb Tanner

BY Academy High School Class of 1888 and 1889. Caleb Tanner received a Diploma: Bookkeeping and General Chemistry. Source: Deseret Evening News, May 28, 1888. BY Academy Class of 1889. Caleb Tanner received Certificates: Physics, Algebra, Geometry. Source: Utah Enquirer, May 28, 1889. Faculty & Staff. Caleb Tanner, Geometry & Engineering, 1897-1904.

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