In politics Mr. Clyde has always been an earnest democrat and in 1899 was elected
to represent his district in the state legislature, in which he served for one term in
the lower house. In 1916 he was elected state senator and is now filling that position,
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giving thoughtful and earnest consideration to all the vital problems which come up
for settlement affecting the advancement of the commonwealth. For ten years he served
as mayor of Heber, giving to the city a businesslike and progressive administration.
He is a stalwart champion of the cause of education, doing everything in his power to
promote the interests of the schools. During the period of the World war he was chair-
man of the County Council of Defense and Wasatch county oversubscribed at every
call for financial assistance and was always among the first to go over the top. These
are but a few phases of the activities which make James W. Clyde one of the most
valued, prominent and honored citizens of Utah.
JOHN O. HOOD.
John O. Hood, editor of the Richfield Reaper, was born in Scotland in 1867. His
parents, Nicol and Angeline (O'Neil) Hood, being converted to the faith of the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, came to America in 1879 and settled in Salt Lake
City. The parents of both remained in their native country until death. John O. Hood
acquired his education in his native country and attended school but little after coming
to the new world. His training in Scotland, however, had been thorough and although
lie was but twelve years of age when he came to America he could read and write three
languages and was as well equipped in an educational way as many a high school
student. For two years after his arrival he worked on a farm in Utah county and then
went to Wyoming, where he spent six years, being employed in the mines. He next
removed to Provo, where he became a reporter on the Provo Despatch, which at that
time was published by James H. Wallace. Possessing natural ability as a writer, he
remained in that employ for three years, when he again went to the mines, making his
way to Scofield. After four years he changed the field of his operations to Eureka,
where he remained for a year, and for the succeeding seven years taught music at
Salina, in Sevier county. In 1905 he came to Richfield and since that time has occupied
the editorial chair of The Reaper and is well known among newspaper men of the
state. He has been supervisor of music of the county schools for many years, and is
the leader of the choir, as well as the leader of the Richfield Brass Band. He was for
three years secretary of the Richfield Electric Light Company, the builders and original
owners of the lighting and power plant of the city. Outside of his editorial work he is
a busy citizen, for he is a member of the Commercial Club, of the public library board,
is stake chorister and a member of most of the committees that have to do with the
public interests.
In 1898 Mr. Hood was married to Miss Margaret Strang, of Salt Lake City, and
they have four children: Mrs. Roy Gurr, of Richfield; Kenneth L., who is in the service
of the government as a soldier in the Forty-third Infantry; Francis N., who is on the
U. S. S. Imperator; and Jack R., also a member of the navy.
Mr. Hood is a natural musician, playing any instrument, and he possesses a fine
baritone voice which he uses to advantage. As a member of the state Editorial Asso-
ciation he occupies a high place among the newspaper fraternity and as a citizen he is
found in an influential position, his opinions having much to do with molding public
thought and action, while his aid and influence are ever on the side of progress and
improvement.
JOSEPH ODELL.
Joseph Odell is a well known figure in industrial circles in Logan, where he is
branch manager for the Consolidated Wagon & Machine Company. He was born at
Ogden, Utah, March 15, 1870, a son of Thomas George and Mary Ann (Cato) Odell, both
of whom were natives of England, although they were not married until after they
came to America. Thomas G. Odell remained a resident of England until about 1862 or
1863, when he crossed the Atlantic and first settled in Salt Lake City. Later he re-
moved to Ogden, where he resided to the time of his death. His attention was given
to newspaper publication, being the founder of the Ogden Junction, which was suc-
ceeded by the Ogden Herald, now the Standard. He had learned the printer's trade in
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England, serving an apprenticeship, and throughout the greater part of his life his
attention was given to the business in which he embarked as a young tradesman. He
was also city recorder of Ogden and while filling that office he was likewise manager
and publisher of the Ogden Junction. In politics he took a very prominent, active and
influential part, doing everything in his power to advance the interests of the party
in which he so firmly believed. His religious faith was that of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints. Mary Ann Cato came to America in young womanhood,
making her way direct to Ogden, Utah, where she arrived in 1858. They were married
in this state, where Mrs. Odell still makes her home.
Their only child was Joseph Odell of this review. He pursued his early education
In the public schools of Ogden and afterward attended the Agricultural College of Utah
at Logan. When a lad of but thirteen years he started out to provide for his own sup-
port and was first employed as an apprentice on the Ogden Herald, there learning all
the branches of the printing business in connection with the composition of a paper.
He afterward worked at the case on the Ogden Standard and subsequently followed the
printing trade as a journeyman for a period of ten years, spending eight years of that
time in Ogden and two years in Logan. He removed to the latter city to accept a posi-
tion with the Logan Nation, a daily paper, afterward published as a semi-weekly. He
was foreman of this paper, which some time later changed its name to the Republican,
and Mr. Odell became the president of the Logan Newspaper Company, Incorporated,
publishers of the Republican. In 1892 Mr. Odell formed a partnership with H. H.
Thomas and they purchased the established book and stationery business of James T.
Hammond, organizing the firm of Thomas & Odell for the conduct of the business.
About 1896 Mr. Odell purchased the interest of his partner and under his own name
he established the Odell Photo Studio, after which he developed the largest business
of the kind in Logan. In 1904 he sold his photographic studio, however, and was ap-
pointed postmaster under the Roosevelt administration and by reappointment continued
in the office for three terms or for a period of twelve years, having twice been ap-
pointed by President Taft. When he left the government service he became connected
with the Consolidated Wagon & Machine Company as a salesman and since January,
1918, has been branch manager at Logan. He is thorough, systematic and energetic in
all that he undertakes and his plans are promptly executed and carried forward to
successful completion.
Mr. Odell is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was
married in Logan Temple on the 15th of June, 1895, to Miss Louise Torgeson, a native
of Logan and a representative of one of the families long established there. Her father
was the first telegraph operator of Logan. To Mr. and Mrs. Odell have been born four
children, two sons and two daughters. Lieutenant Joseph Conrad Odell was graduated
from the West Point Military Academy, which he entered under appointment of the
late Congressman Joseph Howell. He was graduated on the 1st of November, 1918,
class 1921. The other children of the family are Florence Louise, Afton and Wesley
T. The family residence is at No. 230 West Center street in Logan and is the abode of
warm-hearted hospitality.
Mr. Odell has always given his political allegiance to the republican party and in
1896 he served as docket clerk in the first state legislature, which in addition to his
connection with the postoffice covers the extent of his political service. He is a director
of the Logan Home Builders Society and also a director of the Commercial Boosters
Club and he gives most active and earnest support to any plan or project which is cal-
culated to benefit the welfare and promote the upbuilding of his city. He Is most
widely and favorably known and he stands as a high type of American manhood and
citizenship.
SAMUEL MARION JORGENSEN.
Since 1862, when the first settlers came into Sevier county, the name of Jorgensen
has been a respected one here and the younger members of the family are taking their
part in upholding an untarnished family name through their support of all activities
and measures which have to do with the upbuilding and further development of this
region. John G. Jorgensen, a native of Norway, was converted to the faith of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and came to America, making his way
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to southern Utah among the earliest settlers. He married Matilda Jensen, whose father
was at one time captain of a Swedish ship. They settled in Koosharem and there, in
1881, Samuel Marion Jorgensen was born.
In the graded schools the boy pursued his education and afterward assisted his
father upon the home farm until he started out to earn a living independently, being
employed at herding sheep. This work served as a spur to the young man's ambition
and early in 1905 he started in business independently as a breeder and raiser of sheep.
Industry and energy have brought him to the front in this connection and although
still in the thirties he owns a ranch of two hundred acres and a flock of thirty-five
hundred high grade Rambouillet sheep. For the past few years he has devoted his
attention to the fattening of lambs for the market and in a decade has fattened more
than twenty thousand. He gives considerable attention to the cultivation and develop-
ment of his farm as well as to his sheep raising and has forty acres planted to sugar
beets, while the remainder of the land is devoted to general crops. He belongs to the
National Wool Growers' Association and is interested in all that has to do with the
question of sheep raising in the west.
In 1905 Mr. Jorgensen was married to Miss Annie Christensen, a daughter of Hans
Christensen, of Salina, and they have become parents of seven children: Phyllis,
Marion, Blix, Grant, John, Louise and Allen.
In politics Mr. Jorgensen gives his support to the republican party, and for four
years he served as a member of the city council. In 1917 he was nominated for the
office of mayor of Salina and was elected on the republican ticket. In the solution of
municipal problems he brought to bear the same keen discrimination and sound judg-
ment which he displays in the management of his individual interests and at all times
he was actuated by a progressive spirit that made him an ideal mayor, while in
business circles he bears a reputation of which he has every reason to be proud. Thus
he is upholding the high honor that has ever been attached to the name of Jorgensen
in Sevier county.
H. C. SMITH.
H. C. Smith, filling the position of county clerk of Carbon county and making hie
home at Price, was born in Gainesville, Georgia, January 31, 1869, his parents being Ira
and Elvira (Kinsey) Smith, who were also natives of Georgia. After the Civil war they
removed westward to Missouri and subsequently established their home in eastern Kan-
sas, where the father followed the occupation of farming. He reared his family largely
in the Sunflower state and about 1880 was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife,
whom he survived for many years, passing away in 1912.
H. C. Smith is indebted to the public school system of Kansas for the educational
opportunities which he enjoyed but when still a youth in his teens he started out in the
business world. It was in 1884, when he was fifteen years of age, that he entered the
employ of the Santa Fe Railroad and there learned telegraphy. He severed his con-
nection with that road in 1896, after which he went to Colorado and took a position
with the Denver & Rio Grande. He acted as station agent in various parts of that state
and of Utah and subsequently filled the position of agent at Price, Carbon county, re-
maining with the Denver & Rio Grande until 1912. He afterward spent four years in
the employ of the Utah Fuel Company and two years with the United States Fuel Com-
pany. In 1918 he was called to public office, being elected county clerk of Carbon county,
in which position he has since served. He also fills the position of county auditor and
clerk of the court and his official duties are discharged with notable promptness and
fidelity. He is the owner of a home at Price and also has other city property, which
returns to him a good annual income.
It was at Price, on the 26th of November, 1893, that Mr. Smith was married to
Miss Lillian Erickson, a daughter of Einor and Gudman Erickson, who are natives of
Denmark. Her parents are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
and in 1855 came to Utah, settling at Spanish Fork. Her father filled two missions to
Scandinavia and he and his wife are now residents of Cleveland, Emery county. To
Mr. and Mrs. Smith have been born four children: Wilford, whose birth occurred at
Provo in 1896; Arthur N., who was born at Price in 1899; Ira, born at Price in 1908;
and Beulah Wanda, whose natal year was 1916. The son Wilford joined the army in
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1917 and went to France in the following July as a member of Battery D, Fifty-first
Artillery, C. A. C. He was in France for a year and a half and saw very hard service,
being again and again upon the battle front. He was with the first twenty thousand
that landed in France and in February, 1917, he returned to the United States but re-
mained with the government as field clerk until September of the same year. Arthur
N. joined the army in October, 1918, and was sent to San Francisco, where he was re-
leased some time after the armistice was signed.
Mr. Smith is a member of the Price Commercial Club and is keenly interested in
all of its projects for the development of the city, the extension of its trade relations
and the maintenance of high civic standards. Politically he is a democrat and it was
upon that ticket that he was elected to his present position, the duties of which he is
discharging with marked capability, promptness and fidelity.
LEWIS E. NELSON.
Nature seems to have intended Lewis E. Nelson for the bar, for as an attorney
he displays an almost intuitive perception in designating the salient features of a
case and in emphasizing those points upon which the decision of every case finally
turns. He has gained a most creditable position among the young lawyers of Logan
and his practice is steadily growing in volume and in importance.
Mr. Nelson is a native of Des Moines, Iowa. He was born May 14, 1891, of the
marriage of John and Anna (Madsen) Nelson, both of whom were natives of Sweden.
They came to the United States in 1882, having previously married in their native
land. Crossing the country from the eastern coast, they became residents of Des
Moines, Iowa, where Mr. Nelson passed away in March, 1893. The mother is still
living and now makes her home in Logan.
Lewis E. Nelson acquired a public school education in North Logan and afterward
attended the Utah Agricultural College, which he entered in 1909 and attended until
1913. He later took up the reading of law and subsequently became a student in the
La Salle Extension University of Chicago, Illinois. He was admitted to practice on
the 15th of April, 1916, and has since given his attention to professional duties. While
he practices alone, he has been more of less closely associated with A. A. Law, city
attorney and former member of the Utah legislature. Mr. Nelson is a careful and
painstaking young attorney who is steadily coming to the front. Those who know
him well speak of him as a natural born lawyer. He owes his success to persistence
and hard work, to thorough study and to his careful preparation of his cases. He is
seldom if ever at fault in the application of a legal principle and his knowledge of the
law is comprehensive and exact.
On the 27th of June, 1917, Mr. Nelson was married to Miss Eleanor Garrett, of
Wellsville, Utah. He belongs to the Cache County Bar Association and he does every-
thing possible to promote his powers in the path of his profession, while his inherent
and acquired talents promise well for continuous success and progress in the practice
of law. Religiously he is a member of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
CALVIN FLETCHER.
Calvin Fletcher, professor of applied art in the Agricultural College of Utah at
Logan, was born in Provo, this state, in 1882, a son of Charles Eugene and Elizabeth
(Miller) Fletcher. He is a representative of one of the oldest New England families.
The father came from Massachusetts and his ancestors were among those who emigrated
to America on the second trip of the Mayflower to the new world. The mother, how
ever, was born in Utah, a daughter of Charles W. Miller, who was a native of Eng-
land. Becoming a convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he made
his way to Utah in 1858, first settling at Lehi and afterward becoming a resident of
Provo. It was in the year 1851 that Charles E. Fletcher arrived in Utah, making his
way first to Salt Lake and establishing his home at Provo in 1870. He was a car-
penter by trade and ultimately took up contracting and building, erecting many homes
in Provo whjch stand as monuments to his skill and ability. For many years he acted
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as building inspector of Provo and was secretary of one of the irrigation canal com-
panies for a long period. He crossed the plains three times on foot, assisting emigrants
on their way to Utah. In former years he filled a mission to Iowa and lost his hearing
when on that trip. He is now a high priest in the church.
Professor Fletcher of this review acquired his early education in the public schools
of Provo, passing through consecutive grades to the high school and later entering the
Brigham Young University, receiving his degree of B. Pd. in 1905. He also pursued
a special course in art under J. B. Fairbanks and obtained a certificate in fine arts and
a diploma in normal art and manual training from the Brigham Young University.
Since then he has done work in the Pratt Institute of Brooklyn, New York, and in
Columbia University of New York city and for a year was a student in the Central School
of Art and Crafts in London, England. He later traveled through Europe, and studied
in Paris, working with M. Biloul, and at the Academy of Colorossi. He likewise devoted
three months to special work in the Chicago Art Institute and in the Chicago Craft
Institute. Thus his training has been most broad and varied and his developing powers
have brought him to a position of leadership in art circles of the west. In 1907 he
returned to Logan and was placed in charge of the department of art in the Agricul-
tural College of Utah. In 1912 and 1913 he occupied the position of associate professor
and since 1914 has been professor of applied art in this institution. In 1914 he was
elected the fourth vice president of the National Vocational Art and Industrial Federa-
tion, which has Its headquarters in Chicago. He has likewise held various positions in
connection with the Utah Art Institute and is a member of its governing board.
In August, 1906, Mr. Fletcher was married to Miss Sarah Ann Herbert, a daughter
of Charles M. and Martha Ann (Wells) Herbert. They became parents of two children,
Herbert Calvin and Sarah. The wife and mother passed away on the 14th of February,
1909. On the 23d of December following Professor Fletcher was married to Miss
Susette Ricks, a daughter of Joel and Susette (Cardon) Ricks. The four children of this
marriage are: Joel Eugene, Ruth, Myrle and Harvey Ricks. While his life has been
devoted to his talents along art lines and in this connection he has attained renown and
eminence, Calvin Fletcher has always remained an active and helpful member of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in which he is now an elder.
HENRY CAMPBELL, M. D.
Dr. Henry Campbell, who prepared for a professional career in the medical depart-
ment of the University of Kentucky at Louisville, has since 1908 been engaged in
practice at Logan, where he ranks high as a physician and surgeon. He was born
January 1. 1880, in St. Joseph, Missouri, a son of John H. Campbell and a grandson of
the late John L. Campbell, who was a native of the state of New York and was of
Scotch parentage. He became the founder of the Utah branch of the family, making
his way to this state in the early days as an explorer for the United States government.
He first visited Utah prior to 1847. He married Margaret Young, a half sister of
Brigham Young, and during the period of the Civil war he removed to St. Joseph,
Missouri, and was connected with a Missouri company. John H. Campbell was born at
Hot Springs, Weber county, Utah, February 17, 1850, and was reared and educated
in Holt county, Missouri, where he resided until 1907, when he established his home
in Logan, Utah, where has since lived retired from active business. He was extensively
engaged in the breeding of thoroughbred live stock, including mules, and was very
successful in the conduct of that business. He is also a veterinary surgeon. He mar-
ried Eliza Jane Ashworth, a native of Missouri and a representative of one of the
pioneer families of that state of English lineage, her people having been connected
with the English nobility. Her father was Lord William Ashworth, a son of Starling
Ashworth. Mrs. Campbell is still living and has had three children, but two of the
number have passed away. She has reared nine adopted children which certainly
indicates the kindliness of her nature. Mr. Campbell is a director of the Salt Lake
Orphanage.
Dr. Campbell, in the acquirement of his education, passed through consecutive
grades in the public schools of Maitland, Missouri, until he had completed the high
school course, after which he entered the University of Missouri, there devoting two
years to preparatory work. Later he matriculated in the medical department of the
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University of Kentucky at Louisville and was graduated therefrom with the class of
1903. He subsequently spent two years in the Louisville City Hospital as an interne
in the surgical department and thus gained most hroad and valuable experience. He
entered upon the private practice of his profession in Lincoln, Nebraska, where he
remained until 1908, when he removed to Logan, Utah, where he has since lived. He is
skilled in both medicine and surgery but makes a specialty of the latter and is widely
recognized as a man of pronounced ability in this field. He is thoroughly conversant
with anatomy and the component parts of the human body, is cool and collected in
times of emergency and his thorough understanding of every scientific phase of surgical
work has enabled him to perform most successfully many important major operations.
Upon Dr. Campbell has been conferred an honorary degree by the Hospital College of
Medicine at Louisville, Kentucky, and an honorary degree by the Louisville Medical
College.
On the 14th of September, 1904, at Maitland, Missouri, Dr. Campbell was married
to Miss Ora Kyle, a native of that state and a daughter of Richard and Carrie (Scott)
Kyle. Both the Scott and Kyle families were originally from Tennessee, where they
owned plantations and a large number of slaves. The grandfather of Mrs. Campbell,
Mathew Kyle, was appointed by the United States government to remove the five
civilized Indian tribes of the south to the Indian Territory, there giving them property
in lieu of their southern possessions. Dr. and Mrs. Campbell have one son, Cecil, who
was born in Logan, June 18, 1910.
In politics Dr. Campbell is a stalwart democrat. Fraternally he is connected with
the Masons as a member of Story Lodge, No. 4, A. F. & A. M., at Provo, Utah; Provo
Chapter, R. A. M.; Park City Commandery, No. 3, K. T.. of Park City; and Salt Lake
Consistory, No. 1, S. P. R. S., of Salt Lake. During the period of the war he has been