his death, which occurred July 29, 1893. The brothers and sisters of Francis Louis
Scoville are as follows: William Horatio Scoville, born March 6, 1869, died Novem-
ber 2, 1878. Clara Maria, who was born December 21, 1871, became the wife of
Charles Wright in November, 1888. Charles Wright, formerly associated with W. H.
Wright & Sons Company, is now owner of the business conducted under the name of
the Taylor-Wright Company at Ogden. Alice, whose birth occurred March 4, 1872,
passed away on the 27th of August of the same year. Francis Louis is the next of
the family. Lester Selah, born December 9, 1875, married Ruby May Stevens on the
13th of June, 1906. Horatio Bardwell, born November 10, 1877, married May Raw-
linson Alva LeRoy, who was born January 5, 1880, and was married January 24,
1906, to Florence Scow croft, is now the president of the Scoville Paper Company and
the Scoville Press and is an artist of acknowledged ability in printing and lithograph-
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ing. His wife is the daughter of John Scowcroft, the founder of John Scowcroft Sons
Company. Joseph Goodale, born July 12, 1882, is a musician and composer of prom-
inence. Walter Bassett, born December 4, 1884, was married November 22, 1911, to
Ada Stevens. The other members of the family are Alice Mattheson, born March 16,
1882; John Nathaniel, born June 1, 1884; Sarah Marie, February 28, 1886; and Enoch,
who was born August 19, 1888, and died on the same day. Several of the family
those not specially designated are associated in business in the management of
various interests owned and conducted by the Scoville companies. All are active in
social, civic and religious work and are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints.
Francis Louis Scoville, after attending the schools of Ogden, continued his edu-
cation in the Brigham Young College at Provo, from which he was graduated in the
spring of 1887. He then took charge of the cash desk of Zion's Cooperative Mercan-
tile Institution at Ogden and later was connected with the bookkeeping department of
W. H. Wright & Sons Company, with which he continued until 1892. He then went
east to study the operations of the latest improved broom manufacturing ma-
chinery with a view of installing this in the broom factory at Ogden that had been
established by his father. In 1892 he had been appointed ^general manager of the busi-
ness and has since filled that position. On the 1st of August, 1907, the business was
incorporated under the name of the M. G. Scoville Sons Company with a capital stock
of one hundred thousand dollars, which was increased later to four hundred thousand
dollars, with three hundred thousand dollars fully paid up on the 1st of January, 1917.
Theirs has become one of the most important productive industries of northern Utah
and with every phase of the business Francis L. Scoville is familiar, displaying splendid
executive ability in controlling its interests. His activities, cover a very broad field,
for he is identified with many of the leading corporations and business interests of
the west. In 1916 he was elected the treasurer of the Newman Stuart Company; is
the secretary of the American Broom Products Company of Seattle, Washington, Den-
ver, Colorado, and Oklahoma City, a corporation capitalized for one hundred thousand
dollars; is also president of the Goodale-Scoville Company, a one hundred thousand
dollar corporation which deals in real estate, stocks and bonds and conducts a gen-
eral brokerage and storage business; and is identified as well with the Cement Securi-
ties Company of Denver, Colorado, and Ogden, Utah, the National Potash Company of
Boise, Idaho, the Ogden Portland Cement Company of Ogden, Utah, the Condensed
Milk Company of Richmond, Utah, the Morgan Canning Company of Morgan, Utah,
the Amalgamated Sugar Company of Ogden, Utah, the West Cache Sugar Company of
Salt Lake City, the Pingree National Bank of Ogden, the Security State Bank of Ogden,
the Scoville Paper Company of Ogden, the Utah Culvert & Flume Company of Ogden
and Woods Cross, Utah, the Oswell Jackson Company of Ogden, the R. Hardesty Com-
pany of Denver, Colorado, the Ogden Packing & Provision Company of Ogden, Utah,
the June Bug Development Company and other mining and real estate interests. He
has ever displayed marked powers or organization combined with initiative and enter-
prise and all these business concerns have profited by his sound judgment, his keen
discrimination and his unfaltering energy.
At Salt Lake City, on the 25th of November, 1896, Mr. Scoville was united in mar-
riage to Miss Ella B. Crawshaw, daughter of Ephraim and Helen (Cameron) Craw-
shaw. He lost his wife on the 15th of August, 1911, and on the 30th of October, 1918,
he wedded Ruth Elizabeth Grosbeck, a daughter of John Sanderson and Janette (Kerr)
Grosbeck. His first wife was accomplished in elocution and dramatic art. The present
Mrs. Scoville is a graduate of the Utah University and is highly educated in both
instrumental and vocal music. Both wives, like their families, were members of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and active workers for the uplift of their
associates and neighbors. By the first marriage there were born five children:
Beatrice Irene, whose birth occurred December 3, 1897; Louis Crawshaw, who was
born September 21, 1899; Clara, who was born June 3, 1904, and passed away on the
14th of January, 1916; and twins, who were born September 12, 1905, and died the
same day. There is one child of the second marriage, Ruth, born December 19, 1919.
Mr. Scoville has never been a partisan in politics, giving his support to the can-
didates whom he thinks best qualified for office regardless of party affiliations. He
has always labored earnestly for the prohibition of the sale of alcoholic drinks, to-
bacco, narcotics and harmful drugs, for conservative government and progressive con-
ditions, and his aid and influence have been potent factors in promoting the material.
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social and moral development of his native state. He belongs to the Weber Club, to
the Chamber of Commerce, the Ogden Publicity Bureau, the Civic and Betterment
League and the Parent Class movement and his identification with these different
organizations indicates his keen and helpful interest in all those forces which make
for advancement and higher ideals of civilization. His labors for the benefit of man-
kind have constituted an even balance to his intense and intelligently directed busi-
ness activity, which has resulted in the attainment of a prosperity that is well de-
served, for in him are embraced the characteristics of an unbending integrity, unabat-
ing energy and industry that never flags.
HEBER GILLINS.
Heber Gillins is identified with farming interests at Minersville, where he was
born January 19, 1874, a son of William and Elizabeth (Reval) Gillins, who were
natives of Yorkshire, England, and came to the United States in 1852. They settled
in Delaware and in 1856 emigrated from the Atlantic coast to Utah, taking up their
abode at Minersville, where the father followed farming and stock raising. For a
few years he conducted a general store but afterward returned to his farm. He went
twice to the Missouri river with oxen after emigrants and was a member of the Quorum
of Seventy. He passed away when seventy-two years of age, and his wife at the age
of sixty-nine.
Heber Gillins obtained a common school education at Minersville and in his youth
worked with his father and later was admitted to a partnership in the business, so
continuing until the father's death. He then settled up the estate and has since con-
tinued to carry on farming and stock raising on his own account, displaying both
industry and wisdom in the management of his business affairs.
At St. George, on the 21st of December, 1897, Mr. Gillins was married to Miss Alba
E. Marshall, a daughter of George and Rachel (Thrower) Marshall, the former a
native of Minersville, while the latter was born in England and crossed the plains in
1860. They were married in Minersville and Mr. Marshall became one of the most
prominent and successful farmers and stock raisers of his community. He was also
a leader in the work of the church as counselor to the bishop of Minersville for many
years, also as bishop for eleven years, and filled a mission to England of two and a
half years. At the present time Mr. and Mrs. Marshall are at the St. George Temple,
being called to assist in administration work. Their daughter, Mrs. Gillins, pursued
a course in the Brigham Young University of Provo and for a number of years prior
to her marriage clerked in* the cooperative store. To Mr. and Mrs. Gillins have been
born the following named: Vella. who was born April 9, 1902; Norman, born April
16, 1904; Rachel, February 24, 1906; Clarence, March 22, 1908; Hilton, July 10, 1910;
Heber, November 19, 1912; Irma, September 17, 1914; Clark, November 11, 1916; Julia
Ruth, May 13, 1919; and Delmer M. and Theone, who are deceased.
Mr. Gillins holds membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
and in 1918 was ordained counselor to Bishop Williams. He is also a member of the
High Priests Quorum. His political allegiance is given to the republican party and
at the present writing he is serving as a member of the town board of Minersville,
exercising his official prerogatives in support of all well devised plans and projects for
the upbuilding and development of the city. He has always remained a resident of
Minersville, leading a busy^nd useful life, and his fellow townsmen attest the sterling
worth of his character.
CHARLES E. WALTON, JR.
Charles E. Walton, Jr., filling the position of postmaster at Monticello, was born
at Bountiful, Utah, January 28, 1868. His parents, Charles E. and Jane (Hatch) Wal-
ton, were natives of Illinois and of Scotland respectively and both came to Utah in
early days, crossing the plains with cattle. When a boy Charles E. Walton, Sr., set-
tled with his father at Bountiful, where he was reared and married. The Hatch family
had also established their home at Bountiful in pioneer times and representatives of
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the name still remain there today and are heavily interested in the Deseret Live Stock
Company and other important investments. Soon after his marriage Charles E. Wal-
ton, Sr., went to Woodruff, Utah, where he remained until the fall of 1879, when he
and his family, with a company of colonizers under Silas Smith, started for the San
Juan valley. Mr. Walton assisted in building the roads from Escalante, Garfield county,
to the city of Bluff on the San Juan river. At that time Moab was an outpost, where
were a few people living in a fort. In 1888 Mr. Walton removed to Monticello, having
laid out the town and secured the water there the previous year. In 1898 he removed
to Logan and is now living retired at the age of seventy-three years. The mother
was accidentally killed at Monticello, July 24, 1891, by a stray bullet fired in a cowboy
fight such as was common in those days of "shooting up the town" every few weeks.
The father filled a mission in 1894, returning in 1896. He devoted his life to the occu-
pation of farming, thus providing for the support of his family, and he was also active
in community affairs, serving as the first county clerk of San Juan county and as post-
master at Bluff for several years.
Charles E. Walton, Jr., obtained a common school education at Bluff and spent
one winter as a pupil in the Brigham Young University at Provo. During his boy-
hood and youth he accompanied his father on the various removals of the family but
largely spent the period of his minority in San Juan county. In 1901 he went with his
father to Logan, where he remained until 1906 and was employed in the sugar fac-
tories of Logan and Lewiston. In the latter year he returned to his farm at Monti-
cello and has since followed farming and cattle raising in connection with his work
for the city and county. He is still the owner of an excellent farm property and he
is likewise interested in the roller mill and in the water and light company.
At Monticello, Utah, on the 28th of January, 1896, Mr. Walton was married to* Miss
Emma Louise Hyde, a daughter of Edward and Emma (Tolman) Hyde and a grand-
daughter of the widely known and popular Bill Hyde, of Salt Lake City, who figured
prominently in the early days. Her parents were born in Utah and the father fol-
lowed farming, becoming one of the pioneers of Monticello. His brother is Frank
Hyde, of Bluff. To Mr. and Mrs. Walton have been born five children, as follows:
Pearl, whose birth occurred at Monticello, October 31, 1896; Jean, who was born at
Monticello on the 3d of January, 1899, and married Alvin Bailey, by whom she has
one child; Ha, who was born at Monticello in February, 1900; Olive, whose birth oc-
curred at Monticello in November, 1901; and William C., who was born at Logan on
the 4th of April, 1904.
In religious belief Mr. Walton is a Mormon and for six years was counselor to
the bishop at Monticello, while at the present writing he is stake member of the high
council. His political endorsement is given to the republican party and for two terms
he was treasurer of San Juan county, while for several years he filled the position
of road supervisor. In 1891 he was commissioned postmaster and in 18D8 he resigned
the office but in 1908 was reappointed and has continued as postmaster through the
intervening period, covering more than eleven years. He has proven a most capable
official, loyal to the interests entrusted to his care, and at all times he is a valuable
supporter of plans and measures which have to do with the public good.
RUFUS DAY.
Rufus Day, one of the organizers of the State Bank of Millard County of Fillmore
and its cashier from the beginning, was born in Gloucestershire, England, August 10,
1869. His parents were John and Mary (Clark) Day, who, having been converted to the
Mormon faith, came to Utah when Rufus Day was yet an infant. They settled in
Fillmore and their son was educated in the graded schools of the town and also at
the Millard Stake Academy. He took up the profession of teaching in Millard county,
which he followed for three years, and was then called to fill a mission to the southern
states, where he labored for thirty-seven months. Upon his return to Fillmore he was
elected county treasurer and served in that office for two years. He then became a
farmer but was soon called upon to accept the office of county clerk. He served in
that capacity for two years, making a most creditable record in office, and upon his
retirement from the position he assisted in organizing the State Bank of Millard
County, of which he became the first cashier a position which he has held continu-
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ously for a period of thirteen years. During his service as cashier the bank has
erected the handsome brick structure now occupied and has paid out in dividends
nearly one and a half times its capital stock of twenty-five thousand dollars and has
a surplus at the present time of twenty-five thousand dollars. The capital stock of the
bank is about to be increased to forty thousand dollars.
In his church work, too, Mr. Day has shown equal zeal. He has been president
of the Young Men's Mutual and superintendent of the Sunday school. In 1899 he was
ordained a high priest and was called as a high counselor in the Millard stake, while in
1916 he was set apart as bishop of the Fillmore ward, which position he still fills. He
has in other ways been active in the public life of the community. He is a member
of the Millard county board of education, under whose direction several handsome
schoolhouses of the district have been erected. For many years he was a member
of the city council and has done much toward promoting the growth and development
of Fillmore.
In 1898 Mr. Day was married to Miss Sarah L. Baldwin, a daughter of Nathan B.
Baldwin, of a well known pioneer family. Her grandfather was one of the outstand-
ing figures of southern Utah in the early days and a member of Zion Camp. The
children of Mr. and Mrs. Day are R. Noble, Evan B., Zina, John A., Nathan Burt,
Newel D., Maxine, Velma and Naomi. While not of required years for service Noble
was a member of the Student Army Training Corps ot the Utah Agricultural College
of Logan, Utah, during the World war.
In summing up the life of Rufus Day it is a recognized fact that in every position
to which he has been called he has invariably made good. In church circles he has
won and holds the respect and esteem of all, while in business and financial circles
he is "accounted one of the most reliable and thoroughgoing men in his section of
the state.
JOSEPH QUINNEY, SB.
Joseph Quinney, who became a resident of Utah in 1869 and passed away in
Logan, July 7, 1917, was born near Coventry, Warwickshire, England, February
18, 1849, his parents being Isaac and Rebecca Quinney, who arrived in Utah in
1868. They settled in Weber canyon, where they lived for several years and then
removed to Randolph, Rich county, where they lived for four years, becoming
residents of Logan on the expiration of that period.
Joseph Quinney arrived in Utah in 1869. He had been employed in the Liver-
pool office of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for three years before
crossing the Atlantic, and after coming to the new world he occupied a position in
the office of President Brigham Young for about six months. On the 21st of March,
1870, he married Miss Sarah Ann Bradshaw, a daughter of Edward and Sarah
Bradshaw, who were natives of England and arrived in Utah in 1868, settling in
Salt Lake, where they lived for a brief period and then went to Minersville, Beaver
county, where they spent their remaining days.
In 1870 Joseph Quinney took up railroad work in Weber canyon and was thus
employed until the 1st of June, when he went to Randolph, where he lived for
two years. On the expiration of that period he went to Logan and accepted th&
position of bookkeeper with Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution, thus serving
for seventeen years, or from 1873 until 1890. He afterward filled a mission to
England, where he labored for two years, and later he was called to civic office,
being made city recorder, in which capacity he served for four years. His last
days were spent in the Thatcher Brothers Bank. His value in business circles,,
as in churchly offices, was widely acknowledged. He remained ever a devoted
follower of the teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, served
as a member of the Fortieth Quorum of Seventy, as high priest and as superin-
tendent of the Sunday schools of the second ward for several years.
Mr. Quinney passed away July 7, 1917, and is survived by ten of his thirteen
children. His youngest son, P'ercival, was in the United States army during the
great World war, becoming a member of Company C of the Thirty-second Infantry,
and was trained at Camp Kearney. For almost a half century Joseph Quinney
lived in Utah and throughout the entire period could always be counted upon to-
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aid in the upbuilding of the state. He was capable and faithful in business life,
loyal in his friendships and devoted to his church and his course ever measured up
to high standards.
PERCY EUGENE ALLRED.
Percy Eugene Allred, mayor of Marysvale, was born at Salina, Sevier county, in
1879, and is a son of Stephen H. and Hettie (Frost) Allred. The father came to Utah
from Iowa, his native state, in 1856 as a convert to the teachings of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He settled in Salina after a brief stay in Salt
Lake City. The grandfather of Percy E. Allred was for thirty years bishop of Spring
City and for a number of years judge of the court of Sanpete county.
In the graded schools of Sevier county P. E. Allred pursued his education and
then started out in the business world in connection with merchandising, which he
followed at Salina and at Richfield. In 1915 he removed to Marysvale, where he es-
tablished a general merchandise store on Main street, carrying on the business suc-
cessfully until 1919.
In 1908 Mr. Allred was married to Miss Mazel Clark, of Richfield, daughter of' J
E. Clark, a business man of that city. They occupy a prominent social position and
Mr. Allred's popularity as a citizen in his new home is evidenced by his election in
1917 as town trustee and his elevation to the mayoralty in 1918. Under his admin-
istration various improvements have been introduced and considerable advancement
along worth-while lines has been noted. While a thoroughly progressive young man,
Mr. Allred has never been a believer in mushroom growth or unstable booms but is
working for the steady and substantial progress of his town and his fellow citizens
heartily endorse his course. In state and national politics he is a consistent democrat
and his opinions carry weight in the councils of his party in this state.
CLARK ALLRED.
Clark Allred, assistant agricultural agent in the employ of the United States gov-
ernment, making his home at Delta, was born in Deseret, Utah, in 1891, a son of
Thomas B. and Katie (Cropper) Allred, both of whom were representatives of old
pioneer families of the state. There is no resident of Millard county who ranks highei
as a citizen than Clark Allred, whose devotion to the public good is a recognized
feature in his career. He was educated in the district schools of Deseret, also at-
tended the Millard Academy and later the Utah Agricultural College at Logan. He
then took up the profession of teaching and secured a school at Plymouth, Boxelder
county, where he taught for two years. He afterward became principal of the Delta
school, which is the largest school in the county, embracing both grade and high school
departments. His capable conduct of this important educational institution won for
him the highest praise and stamped him as an educator of more than ordinary ability.
Since locating in Delta he has represented the government as assistant agricultural
agent and in this as in every other position which he has filled he has given eminent
satisfaction.
In 1912 Mr. Allred was married to Miss Inez Bushnell, a daughter of Edward B.
Bushnell, of Meadow, and a representative of one of the leading families of Millard
county, where her father located in pioneer times. For several terms he was a mem-
ber of the board of county commissioners and he is now extensively engaged in the
breeding and raising of sheep. Mr. and Mrs. Allred have two charming children,
Claree and Thomas Butler (IV).
Mr. Allred is a member of the Mormon church and has been president of the
Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association of the Delta ward and a member of
its board and also of the stake Sunday school board. He has served in many local
positions, contributing to the welfare and progress of his community. He is the only
Millard county member of the Utah Public Health Association. He is the president of
the Millard Teachers Association and inspires his associates in the profession with
much of his own zeal and interest in the work. In 1919 the republican party nom-
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mated, him as its candidate for mayor of Delta. During the period of the great World
war he was active in all war work, was chairman of the Red Cross Chapter for the
west part of Millard county, was a member of the committee having in charge the
Liberty and Victory bond drives and cooperated in every plan and movement that he
believed would uphold the interests of the American government and promote the wel-
fare of the khaki clad boys in camp and field. His worth as a citizen is widely
acknowledged, for he is one of the representative young men of his section of the
state, doing valuable educational work along agricultural lines as well as through the
avenue of the public schools. On November 4, 1919, Mr. Allred was elected to the
office of mayor of Delta for a two year term, commencing in January, 1920. This
election was a tribute to his acknowledged ability and to his personal popularity, his
opponent being one of the strongest business men in the city.
J. W. SPENDLOVE.
J. W. Spendlove, one of the successful sheep raisers of Washington county and a
resident of Hurricane, was born at Graf ton, Utah, May 27, 1886, and is a son of Wil-
liam and Lydia (Holliday) Spendlove, the former a native of England, whi'e the lat-