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411, Class of 1902

411, Class of 1902

Class of 1902 411

B. Y. Academy High School and Collegiate Class of 1902.

A combination of the names listed in the 1902 Commencement Program, and additional research in BYA/BYU records by Scott Cowley, has documented 6 collegiate graduates, and only 12 BYA high school graduates, in an era when graduating high school classes included 50 to 100 students. More focused research is needed.

Alleman, John William

Alleman, John William
Salt Lake City, Utah US

John and Emma Alleman

BY Academy High School Commercial Class of 1902. J[ohn] W[illiam] Alleman, received a diploma from the Commercial program. Source: Commercial Graduating Class Program, College Hall, Tuesday, May 27, 1902. BYU Special Collections, UA 1008, Box 1, Folder 2, 1902 Commencement Program. ~ ~ ~ ~ John William Alleman was born on January 26, 1885 in Springville, Utah. His parents were William David Alleman and Martha Jane Reynolds Alleman. John married Emma Maria Magdalena Klinkel on December 11, 1912 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Emma was born on January 12, 1887 in Frankfort on Main, Germany. J. W. Alleman died on October 6, 1936 in Salt Lake City, Utah. His interment, Springville, Utah.

Beck, Miriam

Beck, Miriam

Miriam Beck

BY Academy High School Commercial Class of 1902. Miriam Beck. She received a diploma from the Commercial program. Source: Commercial Graduating Class Program, College Hall, Tuesday, May 27, 1902. BYU Special Collections, UA 1008, Box 1, Folder 2, 1902 Commencement Program. ~ ~ ~ ~ Miriam Josephine Beck was born on November 4, 1879 in Alpine, Utah. Her parents were Jacob Stephansen Beck and Elizabeth Healey Beck. Miriam married Frederick Rasband Hicken on June 28, 1911 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Miriam Beck Hicken died on January 7, 1958 in Provo, Utah. Her interment, Heber City Cemetery, Utah. Death: 7 Jan 1958 Provo, Utah, Ut Burial: 11 Jan 1958 Heber, Wasatch, Ut Parents Father: Jacob Stephansen BECK (AFN: 1QV4-CN) Family Mother: Elizabeth HEALEY (AFN: 4MBB-VB) Marriage(s) Spouse: Frederick Rasband HICKEN (AFN: 3FFS-V4) Family Marriage: 28 Jun 1911 Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Ut

Clayton, Raymond Horne

Clayton, Raymond Horne
Murray, Utah US

Raymond and Ada Clayton

BYA Circa 1901-1902. Raymond Horne Clayton. He served as President of the Class of 1903 in 1899. ~ ~ ~ ~ A testimonial concert was given in the Provo Tabernacle in honor of a BYA music student, Raymond Clayton. Members of the Tabernacle Choir, Professor A. Lund, Professor Albert Miller, the Academy Orchestra, and some of Provo's most talented musicians were among those who took part. The White and Blue, Vol. 5, No. 11, Page 16. ~ ~ ~ ~ Raymond was born December 29, 1880, son of James LeRoy Clayton and Cornelia Harriet Horne Clayton. Raymond is a brother of Clarence LeRoy Clayton; William Horne Clayton; and Margaret Horne Perkins. Spouse: Ada M. Schaerrer Clayton (1883 - 1946). Raymond died October 26, 1969 in Murray, Utah. He was an accomplished singer, and performed solo upon many special occasions throughout his lifetime. ~ ~ ~ ~ FROM OVER THE SEA - Raymond Clayton's letter to the Academy from England, 1903 - White and Blue February 26, 1903 Vol. 6, No. 16, Pages 2 & Page 3 ~ ~ ~ ~ OBITUARY OF A SON: James Maurice Clayton, age 88, returned to his Heavenly home December 24, 2003. He was born May 27, 1915 in Blackfoot, Idaho, to Raymond H. and Ada Schaerer Clayton. Married Neva Thorell in the Salt Lake Temple on November 27, 1941. She preceded him in death May 4, 2000. Maurice was a member of the LDS Church, where he served as a Bishop. He was also a member of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and enjoyed serving as a temple worker. He was an avid golfer. Survived by his sons and daughters, James M. (Sherise) of Provo, Utah, Richard W. (LeAnn) of Salt Lake City, Utah and Mrs. Kenneth (Janet) Sloan of San Jose, California; 16 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren and brother, John L. of Salt Lake City. Preceded in death by his wife and a daughter, Carol. Funeral services will be held Saturday, December 27, 2003 at 12 noon, at the Monument Park 9th Ward, 1565 S. Foothill Drive, where friends may visit from 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. prior to the service. Interment: Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park. [Desert News, Thursday, December 25, 2003] ~ ~ ~ ~ OBITUARY OF A DAUGHTER: Maxine Clayton Greenwood. A funeral will be at 11 a.m. (viewing from 10 to 11 a.m.) on Saturday, December 6, 1997 at Deseret Mortuary in Salt Lake City for Maxine Clayton Greenwood, who died December 1, 1997 in Portland, Oregon at 90 years of age. Maxine was born May 30, 1907 in Provo to Raymond and Ada Schaerrer Clayton. She married Delbert A. Greenwood on September 12, 1934 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. He died in 1972 after retiring as a professor of Biochemistry at USU. Maxine graduated from BYU in 1932. She was a very accomplished writer and musician and a devoted member of the LDS Church. Twin daughters preceded her in death as did one brother, Algene; two sisters, Margaret Clayton and Genevieve Clayton. Survivors include J. Maurice and Dr. John L. Clayton of Salt Lake City; daughters, Joan Dahle (Leonard) of Portland, Oregon; Rae Payne (John) of Ogden, Utah. She has 10 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren. Interment, American Fork Cemetery at 2 p.m. The family suggests remembrances to Primary Children's Hospital. [Deseret News, Thursday, December 4, 1997] ~ ~ ~ ~ OBITUARY OF ANOTHER DAUGHTER: Genevieve "Geno" Clayton Young, at rest in Sunnyvale, California, Tuesday, March 15, 1994, from complications of a stroke. She was born in Ogden, Utah, October 11, 1919 to Ada M. Schaerrer and Raymond H. Clayton. She attended schools in Utah and graduated from Utah State University. She married Jerrald Francis Young, August 6, 1943 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Four children were born to this union. She worked as a volunteer and lecturer for the `Reach To Recovery Program' of the American Cancer Society. She was a lifelong member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, currently residing in the Woodland Park Ward. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Jerry and son, Larry C. Young. She is survived by a sister, Maxine C. Greenwood, of Ogden, Utah; brothers, Maurice and John Clayton, of Salt Lake City, Utah; sons, Jon C. Young, of Gillette, Wyoming; Mark C. Young, of South Jordan, Utah; daughter, Frances Ann Jane McGrath, of Corinth, Mississippi; 20 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. She will be loved and remembered by friends and family. Friends may visit Thursday, March 17, 1994 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Cusimano Family Colonial Mortuary, 96 El Camino Real West, Mtn. View, and/or on Friday, March 18, 1994 from 10-10:45 a.m. at the Los Altos Stake Center, 1300 Grant Rd., Los Altos. Followed by funeral services at 11 a.m. Interment, Alta Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto, California [Deseret News, Thursday, March 17, 1994]

Court, Thomas Samuel

Court, Thomas Samuel
Provo, Utah US

Thomas & Florence Court

B. Y. Academy High School Graduate, Class of 1901 and 1902, Faculty. Thomas S. Court. In 1901 he also received a Special Certificate in Plane Surveying. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B. Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 15. ~ ~ ~ ~ B. Y. Academy High School Graduate, Class of 1902. Thomas S. Court. In Spring of 1902 he received a regular High School Diploma. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B. Y. Academy, Book 1, Page 75. ~ ~ ~ ~ Faculty & Staff. Thomas S. Court, Registrar and Deputy Treasurer, 1899 - 1904. ~ ~ ~ ~ Thomas Samuel Court was born March 4, 1871 in West Jordan, Utah. His parents were Owen Thomas Court and Louisa Sarah Swinyard. He married Florence Ella Pratt on November 23, 1898 in Salt Lake City, Utah. They had nine sons and three daughters. Thomas S. Court died on September 23, 1957, in Provo, Utah. Interment, Provo, Utah. ~ ~ ~ ~ The children of Thomas Samuel Court [BYA Faculty - Registrar] [1871-1957] and Florence Ella Pratt Court [1881-1974] included nine sons and three daughters: Thomas Otis Court [1899-1963], of Spokane, Washington; Ralph Pratt Court [1901-1980], of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada; Byron Owen Court [1903-1996] (married Bertha Ann Brown), of Provo; Lowell J. Court [1905-1987], of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada; Ward Louvi Court [1909-1983], of San Pedro, California; Urban Delos Court [1912-1936] of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada; Lamar Samuel (Pearl) Court [1914-1997]; Annabelle Court [1918-1918], Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada; Elmo Richard Court [1919-1991], of Provo, Utah; Florence Court (Leland) Shields [1916-2001]; Ruth Court [BYH Class of 1940] (Nephi) Quist [born abt. 1922]; and Robert (Janiel) Court [BYH Class of 1944] [born abt. 1926].

Edmunds, N. L.

Edmunds, N. L.

N. L. Edmunds

BY Academy High School Commercial Class of 1902. N. L. Edmunds, received a diploma from the Commercial program. Also performed in a "quartette" at the graduation. Source 1: Commercial Graduating Class Program, College Hall, Tuesday, May 27, 1902. BYU Special Collections, UA 1008, Box 1, Folder 2. 1902 Commencement Program.

Elliott, Kate

Elliott, Kate

Kate Elliott

BY Academy High School Commercial Class of 1902. Kate Elliott. She received a diploma from the Commercial program. Source: Commercial Graduating Class Program, College Hall, Tuesday, May 27, 1902. BYU Special Collections, UA 1008, Box 1, Folder 2, 1902 Commencement Program.

Harris, Silas A.

Harris, Silas A.
Provo, Utah US

Silas Harris

B. Y. Academy High School Graduate, Class of 1902. Silas A. Harris of Provo, Utah. Received a Normal Diploma. Source: Students Record of Class Standings B. Y. Academy, Book 2, Page 27. ~ ~ ~ ~ BYH Class of 1903~Honorary. Silas A. Harris, Normal & High School Class of 1903 (seniors). Source: Brigham Young Academy & Normal Training School, Catalogue & Announcements, for 27th Academic Year, 1902-1903, Listing of Normal & High School Students, Class of 1903, including Students with 108-144 Hours Credit at the Close of the 1st Semester, 1901-1902, p. 136.

Hudson, Albert Ray

Hudson, Albert Ray
Salt Lake City, Utah US

Albert & Abiah/Rhoda Hudson

BY Academy High School Commercial Class of 1902. Albert R. Hudson. He received a diploma from the Commercial program. Source: Commercial Graduating Class Program, College Hall, Tuesday, May 27, 1902. BYU Special Collections, UA 1008, Box 1, Folder 2, 1902 Commencement Program. ~ ~ ~ ~ Albert Ray Hudson was born January 7, 1881 in Santaquin, Utah. His parents were William Albert Hudson and Serena Elizabeth Halliday. He married twice: First, to Abiah Russell Robbins on August 26, 1903 in Salt Lake City. Second, to Rhoda Elizabeth Kay on April 25, 1923. He died on February 12, 1958 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Interment, Santaquin, Utah. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The children of Albert Ray Hudson included: Albert (Della Trotter) Hudson, Ogden, Utah; Laura Hudson Westover, Santaquin, Utah; Melva Hudson (Lee) Carbine, Salt Lake City, Utah; Lylia Hudson Estes, La Mesa, California; Ora Hudson [BYH Class of 1936] (Archie) Chadburn, Ogden; Arlene Hudson (Don) Peterson, Phoenix, Arizona. @1995

Mickelson, James

Mickelson, James

James Mickelson

BY Academy High School Commercial Class of 1902. James Mickelson. He received a diploma from the Commercial program. Source: Commercial Graduating Class Program, College Hall, Tuesday, May 27, 1902. BYU Special Collections, UA 1008, Box 1, Folder 2, 1902 Commencement Program.

Smart, Henrietta Neff

Smart, Henrietta Neff
Provo, Utah US

Nettie and Edwin Smart

BYA Class of 1902. Faculty & Staff. Henrietta (Nettie) Neff Smart, Training School, Theology teacher and Dean of Women, 1902-1903, 1906-1907, 1925-1945. ~ ~ ~ ~ Henriette "Nettie" Neff married Professor Edwin H. Smart, Training School & Horticulture, 1902-1907, 1909-1920. His parents were Bayliss Smart and Elizabeth Windsor Smart. Their children included: Muriel Smart (April 12, 1903 in Provo, Utah, married William Budge Wallis of Paris, Idaho), Wayne N. Smart (December 3, 1904 in Provo, Utah, married Olive N. Betteridge of Grouse Creek, Utah), Rollee Neff Smart (1909 New York, married Doris Hill on June 23, 1937 in Utah County, Utah), Max Neff Smart (1912 Utah), and Edwin H. Smart, Jr. (1918 Utah). Edwin H. Smart, Sr., died on May 21, 1920 in Provo, Utah at the young age of 45 years. He died from meningitis following influenza. Henriette "Nettie" N. Smart, born December 20, 1875, became Dean of Women at BYU in 1925 and served in that position until her death. Henriette "Nettie" Neff Smart died on May 13, 1945 in Provo, Utah. ~ ~ ~ ~ HER OBITUARY: Women Dean Of BYU Succumbs. PROVO ~ Mrs. Nettie Neff Smart, 69, who has been "mother" to thousands of girls since she became Dean of Women at Brigham Young University in 1925, died Sunday at 2:10 p.m. of a heart attack at the Utah Valley Hospital. She was sister of the late Dr. Andrew Love Neff, former professor at the University of Utah, who died November 7, 1936. Born December 20, 1875, in Crescent, Utah, she was a daughter of Benjamin Barr and Mary Allen Love Neff. As a child she moved with her parents to the Alta-Bingham mining district and later to Sandy. Educated in Nephi. While still a young girl, Dean Smart moved to Nephi, where she received her early education. In 1900 her family moved to Provo, where she attended the Brigham Young Normal School and after graduating [Class of 1902?], she taught in the American Fork and Provo city schools. She started teaching in the Brigham Young University Training School in 1902 and while teaching there she married Edwin H, Smart on June 25, 1902, in the Salt Lake LDS temple. A year after her marriage, she gave up teaching. In 1908, she and her husband moved to Ithaca, New York, where Mr. Smart attended Cornell university. They returned to Provo in 1910 and Mr. Smart was appointed a professor at BYU. He held that position until his death on May 19, 1920. Taught in Provo Schools. Immediately after her husband's death, Dean Smart accepted a teaching position in the Provo city schools. She was named Dean of Women at BYU in 1925. In 1929, she went to New York City, where she attended Columbia University and in 1935 she received her B.S. degree at BYU. Her son, Lt. Max Neff Smart, received his B.S. degree from BYU at the same time. Dean Smart had always been active in LDS Church affairs and at one time was president of the Provo LDS Fourth Ward Primary. Surviving Relations. Surviving are one daughter and four sons: Mrs. William B. (Muriel) Wallis, Vernal, Utah; Wayne N. Smart, Rexburg, Idaho; Lt. Max Neff Smart, US Army, Paris, France; Sgt. Edwin H. Smart, Jr., US Marines on Okinawa; 10 grandchildren: one sister, Mrs. Estella Neff Caldwell, Los Angeles, California. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at 1:30 p. m. in the Provo LDS Fourth Ward chapel by Bishop Victor J. Bird. Interment, Provo City Burial Park. Source.

Taylor, Lorenzo

Taylor, Lorenzo
Ogden, Utah US

Lorenzo & Mary / Jen Taylor

Class of 1902. Lorenzo Taylor (1885-1970), son of Joseph Allen Taylor and Mary Jane Lake, Mormons who had moved with their convert parents from Kentucky and the Carolinas via Nauvoo, Illinois to Utah in 1850. Lorenzo was born at Farr West, Weber County, Utah, where his parents were farmers. In 1898 he moved (with his parents) to Roy, Utah, where they ran the Weber County Infirmary (poor farm). Lorenzo attended the Brigham Young Academy in Provo in 1901-1902, where he met Mary Maude Harding. They married in the Salt Lake Temple early in 1904, and almost immediately he left to serve a 4-year mission to the Hawaiian Islands. Upon his return, Lorenzo and Maude settled on the family farm at Farr West. There he and his family were always active in the Church, and he served as Bishop of the Farr West Ward between 1927 and 1939. Eventually Lorenzo sold the farm to one of his sons, although he continued to work there until his death. ~~~~ Lorenzo Taylor was born December 2, 1885 at Harrisville [Farr West], Weber County, Utah. His parents were Joseph Albert Taylor and Mary Jane Lake Taylor. Lorenzo first married Mary Maud Harding on February 10, 1904, in Salt Lake City. He second married Jennie Harding on June 12, 1952. He died December 2, 1970 in Ogden, Weber County, Utah. Interment, Ogden, Utah. [Lorenzo Taylor's name is not listed in the known fragment of a 1902 Commencement program, but the program is incomplete.]

Webb, Alile

Webb, Alile

Alile Webb

B. Y. Academy Class of 1902. Miss Alile Webb. In 1897 at Commencement Exercises, Miss Alile Webb was called upon to deliver a short speech, since she was the president of the Class of 1902 (7th Graders) at that time. Source: (Provo) Daily Enquirer, May 24, 1897. [The given name Alile is fairly clear, but may be incorrectly spelled, or a nickname.]

Whittaker, Archie C.

Whittaker, Archie C.

Archie Whittaker

BY Academy High School Commercial Class of 1902. Archie C. Whittaker. He received a diploma from the Commercial program. Source: Commercial Graduating Class Program, College Hall, Tuesday, May 27, 1902. Source 1: Commercial Graduating Class Program, College Hall, Tuesday, May 27, 1902. BYU Special Collections, UA 1008, Box 1, Folder 2, 1902 Commencement Program.