thoroughly reliable dealings. He also promoted and aided in the incorporation of
the State Bank of Kane, of which he was made a director.

At St. George, on the 10th of January, 1902, Mr. Pugh was married to Levina
Swapp, a daughter of James and Margaret (Brinkerhoff) Swapp, who were pioneers
of the early '50s. They were married in Salt Lake City and Mr. Swapp was called
to the Muddy. In 1872 he returned to St. George and settled at Glendale, removing
to Kanab in 1892. He has always followed farming and both he and the mother of
Mrs. Pugh are still living. To Mr. and Mrs. Pugh have been born the following
named: Theresa, whose birth occurred May 21, 1903; Leonard M., whose natal day
was March 16, 1905; James K., born November 8, 1907; Edward L., born October 29,
1909; Helen, born October 20, 1911; and Delworth C., who was born in December,
1913. All are natives of Kanab.

The family adhere to the faith and teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints and Mr. Pugh gives his political support to the republican party,
being one of its recognized leaders in Utah; serving as a member of the state central
committee. He has also been a member of the city council at Kanab and is now the
vice president of the school board. His deep interest in the welfare and progress of
community and commonwealth is manifest in many tangible ways which have brought
about good results.



CARL CHRISTIAN AMUSSEN.

Carl Christian Amussen was for many years connected with the commercial and
moral development of Utah and in his death, which occurred on the 29th of October,
1902, the state lost one of its representative and valuable citizens. He was born May
20, 1825, at Kjoge, Sjelland, Denmark, a son of Carl P. and Petra E. H. (Johansen)
Amussen, also of that country.

Carl Christian Amussen was early inclined to travel and twice encircled the globe.
On one of his trips around the world he established a jewelry store in Melbourne.
Australia, and in 1865 he came to Utah, establishing one of the pioneer jewelry stores
of Salt Lake City.

Mr. Amussen was a devoted member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints and occupied various offices therein. He was a high priest and filled two mis-
sions, one to Australia and New Zealand and one to his native land, where he was
made president of the Latter-day Saints mission of Denmark. He was ever most
devoted to the teachings and tenets of the church and it was because of his conver-
sion to the faith that he left his native country and came to the new world, a step which
he never regretted, for here he found the opportunities which he sought in a business
way and also enjoyed the companionship of people of his own belief. Retiring from
the jewelry business in Salt Lake City after many years of successful connection there-
with, he removed to Logan and was active in promoting public improvements of the
city, building some of the finest business blocks of that time. His remaining days
were spent in Logan and a life of great usefulness and activity was ended when he
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Mr. Amussen was married to Anna Kathrina Neilsen, who was born January 1,
1844, in Jutland, Denmark, a daughter of Lars Fredricksen. Their children were:
Carl C., Jr.; Augustine; Goelightly; Nettie Eliza, who was born May 6, 1876, and is
the wife of Joseph Evans; Alice Kathrina, who was born September 21, 1882; Emma;
Julia Fredricksen, who was born March 25, 1885, and became the wife of Arthur
Dalley.

Mr. Amussen's second wife was Martha Mclsaac Smith, a daughter of Adam Brown-
ing and Elizabeth (Mclsaac) Smith, who were natives of Scotland. Her father came
with his parents to Utah when a small boy and the grandfather, Adam Smith, was
one of the well known pioneer settlers of Tooele county. He and his son, Adam B.
Smith, both followed the occupation of farming as a life work. Their children were:
Joseph S., born August 22, 1885; Heber John, born November 29, 1886, and now a
practicing physician and surgeon who married Ruby H ; Woolf; and Theodore S., who
was born October 29, 1891, and married Lorna Dwyer Russell.

Mr. Amussen's third wife, Barbara Mclsaac Smith, sister of Martha Mclsaac Smith,
was born September 5, 1867, at Lincoln, Tooele county, Utah. Their children were as
follows. Victor S., the eldest, born December 3, 1887, married Eva Alvord. Mabel S.,
born May 19, 1890, is the wife of Dr. W. B. Preston, who served as a captain in the
Medical Corps of the United States army, with the Fourth Division, in America and
France from 1917 until 1919. Charles S., born September 3, 1893, and now an auto-
mobile merchant of Logan, served with the Uinted States army at Fort Logan, Colo-
rado, and married Odetta Salzner. George Arthur S., born January 30, 1896, served
as a sergeant in the Twenty-fourth Aero Squadron in America and France from 1917
to 1919. Eleonora S. was born June 20, 1898. Flora S., the youngest, was born
July 1, 1901.



JAMES LE ROY CATTRON.

James Le Roy Cattron, chief deputy internal revenue collector at Salt Lake, was
born in Laporte, Indiana, in May, 1877, his parents being James V. and Adeline (Mc-
Cormick) Cattron. The father was a dental surgeon who practiced his profession in
Chicago until his offices were destroyed in the great conflagration which swept over
the city in October, 1871, causing him the loss of all of his instruments and office ap-
pointments. He then took up school teaching as a profession.

His soh, James Le Roy Cattron, was educated in the graded and high schools of
Laporte, Indiana, being graduated from the high school when but thirteen years of
age. Working his way through college, he pursued a medical course, but contracted
typhoid fever and later pneumonia and when he had completed three years' work of
his four year college course he was sent west to regain his lost health. He first made
his way to Denver, Colorado, where he took up railroading, and in 1901 he came to
Utah, where he entered the auditing department of the Oregon Short Line Railroad,
with which he was connected until 1906. At about that time he turned his attention
to manufacturing interests in Mexico but soon afterward returned to Utah and was
elected secretary of the Beaver Light & Power Company at Beaver, this state. In
1911 he accepted the position of general manager of St. Mark's Hospital and so con-
tinued for six years or until 1917, when he became medical inspector of the district
draft board and traveled throughout the state in this capacity until April, 1919. At
that date he became factory inspector of the Utah Industrial Commission, so serving
until the 1st of October, 1919, when he was made chief deputy internal revenue col-
lector for the district.

Mr. Cattron has never been a slacker in any civic or political position. He has
always stood for progress and' improvement and has cooperated in all plans and
projects for the public benefit and welfare. His Masonic career is one of which any
man might be justly proud. He became a member of Wasatch Lodge, No. 1, of Salt
Lake in 1907 and was soon called to the chair of senior deacon. He became one of
the charter members of Acacia Lodge, No. 17, of Salt Lake and was there installed
junior warden and became master of the lodge in 1913. In the same year he was
made marshal of the Grand Lodge of the state, and advancing consecutively in that
body, in 1918 he became junior grand warden, in 1919 deputy grand marshal and in
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honor for a man of his years. He is both a Knight Templar and Consistory Mason
and is past wise master of James Lowe Chapter of the Rose Croix, past commander
of the Council of Kadosh and a Noble of the Mystic Shrine.

In 1903 Mr. Cattron was married to Miss Eliza P. Sprunt, daughter of James P.
Sprunt, of Salt Lake. He is identified with the Rotary Club and in politics is an
old line democrat, giving earnest allegiance to the party and its principles. He has
always stood as a loyal supporter of any cause which he has espoused, and his con-
nection with any movement or project has never been of an inactive character.
Those who know him and he has a wide acquaintance entertain for him the highest
regard because of his fidelity to duty and because of the wise use which he has made
of his time, his talents and his opportunities.



HON. JOHN EDMUND HEPPLER.

Hon. John Edmund Heppler, of Richfield, now devoting much of his time and
attention to ranching and sheep raising but who has been identified with the work
of general progress and development in Sevier county along various lines, was
born at New Hamburg, in the province of Ontario, Canada, December 17, 1867,
his parents being Andrew and Louisiana (Seegmiller) Heppler, who were highly
honored and respected by the people among whom they settled in 1872. The father
was a prominent churchman and sterling citizen who by his benefactions and kindly
spirit won the love of all with whom he came in contact. There is no word, per-
haps, that so beautifully expresses the life and character of Mrs. Heppler as that
of mother, for her kindliness of heart caused her to extend motherly care and
affection to six little orphans, who have become respected citizens of Utah. It has
indeed been a splendid work that Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Heppler have done in this
regard, rearing this number of motherless little ones as well as the children of
their own household.

John E. Heppler was the eldest son of the children born to his parents and
was but five years of age when the family removed to Glen wood, Sevier county.
He was educated in the common schools and in the Sevier Stake Academy and
the Brigham Young University at Provo. In young manhood he took up the pro-
fession of teaching in the schools of Glenwood, with which he was thus connected
for seven years. In 1899 he was called on a mission to Germany, working in that
field until 1902, when he returned to Utah and became identified with business
interests of the state as a rancher and as a life insurance agent. The first ranch
which he owned included the site of the reservoir of the Piute water project, which
irrigates Sevier valley and which he sold to the government. After withdrawing
from agricultural pursuits he became manager of the Richfield Implement Com-
pany and continued in that business for five years, or until the company retired
from business in this section of the state. Mr. Heppler then purchased a ranch
of four hundred acres in the Glenwood precinct and has since devoted the major
part of his time to the development and improvement of the property. He cultivates
general crops, devoting a considerable portion of his land to sugar beets. His
sheep raising is confined to graded and registered Rambouillets.

Mr. Heppler has never strayed from the religious teaching of his parents and
is a devout member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. For nine
years he was president of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association of
the Sevier stake and a member of the general board. He is a high priest and high
counselor of the Sevier stake. Politically he is a democrat and has been an adherent
of the party since the state was divided along the lines of national politics. He
was for two terms probate clerk of Sevier county and for six years chairman of
the board of county commissioners. During his incumbency of the latter position
all of the important direct county roads were built from Salina to Monroe and
he put through the improvement almost single-handed, turning opposition into sup-
port and thus accomplishing something that is of great and lasting benefit to the
community. During his second term on the board the majority of its members
were republicans and condemnation proceedings were necessary in some instances
to continue the work of highway improvements, but the roads were built and today
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and strenuous fight which he put up, giving them a direct road to the heart of the
valley. At the close of his second term as county commissioner he was elected
to represent Sevier county in the state legislature and in 1918 he was reelected to
the office, so that he is now a member of the general assembly. He was elected
speaker of the house at the third session, which was called September 29, 1919.
In Manti temple, June 23, 1892, Mr. Heppler was married to Miss Julia Hansen,
who died ten days after the birth of a son, Julian E., who has now grown to
manhood. On the 29th of December, 1898, Mr. Heppler was married in St. George
temple to Miss Eleanor Bigler, the daughter of Henry W. Bigler, a member of the
Mormon Battalion and one of the first settlers in the Sevier valley and the only
man in America who could give to history the exact date of the finding of gold
at Sutters Mill in California in 1848. Mr. Bigler was working at the mill when
Marshall found the nugget and he jotted down the event in his diary, as was the
habit among the Mormon people. He was a devout churchman and a high priest.
The children of Mr. and Mrs. Heppler are as follows: Naomi possesses marked
musical talents and has been pronounced by Professor Reese, of Salt Lake City,
to be the possessor of a voice of marvelous sweetness and flexibility. She con-
tributes her talents freely to all church services and entertainments, giving great
pleasure to all who hear her. The other children of the family are Ruth, Mary,
Louisiana, Ellen and Olive, all of whom possess musical talents, doubtless inherited
from their mother, who is recognized as one 'of the finest pianists in southern Utah.
While a large share of his time is spent on the ranch at Glenwood, Mr. Heppler
has provided for his family a home in the northeast part of Richfield surrounded
by a three-acre lot, and there amid pleasant surroundings he and his family reside.



HEBER JESSE MEEKS.

Heber Jesse Meeks, who for a number of years has controlled extensive interests
as a sheep and cattle raiser and as the owner of large and valuable ranch holdings,
was born at Harrisburg, Utah, in 1869. His parents were Priddy and Mary J. (Mc-
Cleve) Meeks. The father was a native of South Carolina and moved to Indiana
when a lad with his parents. He was converted to the faith of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1840 and came to Utah in 1847 Soon after their
removal to Utah Mr. Meeks was called to settle Parowan, being one of the first to take
up his abode in that section of the state, and for a number of years he ranked with
the leading physicians of southern Utah. The McCleve family was of Irish lineage
and was established in Utah in 1856, the parents of Mary J. McCleve ccming with one
of the handcar companies across the plains. They, too, were loyal members of thp
church and when death called them they left behind them most enviable records as
worthy and honored residents of Utah.

Heber J. Meeks was educated in the graded schools of Kane county and in the
Brigham Young University at Provo. He then turned his attention to sheep raising
and a few years later took up the business of raising cattle, in which he has pros-
pered. His herd of cattle numbers more than one thousand, including a number of
registered bulls, and his stock roams the pastures of southern Utah and northern
Arizona. His eight hundred herd of sheep include many registered rams and ewes
and his interests of this character put him in the front rank among the live stock men
of the state. On his farm near Circleville, Piute county, he has a large herd of
Jersey cattle and his success with this breed has been very remarkable. His land
holdings embrace eight hundred acres near Kanab in Kane county and five hundred
and five acres in Piute county, the latter being conducted under the supervision' of
his sons. Along various lines Mr. Meeks has contributed in substantial measure to
the material growth and progress of his state. He is now the vice president and a
director of the State Bank of Piute county and is one of the large stockholders of the
Orderville Cooperative Mercantile Company. He is also a director of the Kanab Irri-
gation Company and was chairman for four years of the Kanab Pipe Line the water
works system of Kanab. He is likewise the president of the Southern Utah and
Northern Arizona Cattle Growers Association and is a member of the National Live
Stock Association, the conventions of which he has attended from Denver, Colorado,
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In 1891 Mr. Meeks was married to Miss Clarissa A. Bowers, a daughter of Isaiah
Bowers, who was a native of England and, becoming a convert to the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, emigrated to Utah in 1856. The children of Mr. and
Mrs. Meeks have been a credit to the name. The eldest son, Heber, was educated in
the graded schools of his home town, in the Brigham Young University and at Harvard
College, and also was a student in the Utah State Agricultural College. At the latter
institution he became a sergeant and went to San Francisco, where he entered the
officers' training camp but was rejected because of defective eyesight. The second son is
Wilfred P. Isaiah, after taking a mechanical course at the University of Utah, entered
the army in the World war. The younger members of the family are Dalton, Leah,
Mason and Athe. The children have been most carefully reared and are a credit to the
family name.

Mr. Meeks has long been accounted one of the sterling citizens of southern Utah
and has been a prominent factor in the growth of the state. He has most acceptably
filled many public offices, has been chairman of the city council of Kanab and is now
chairman of the board of education. In 1907 and again in 1915 he was chosen to repre-
sent his district in the state legislature and gave thoughtful and earnest considera-
tion to the vital questions which came up for settlement during his connection with
the house. In civil life he has been quite prominent and he is a supporter of all
those interests which contribute to civic welfare and progress. During the World war
he acted as county chairman during the Liberty and Victory loan drives and put his
county over the top on each occasion. He was also chairman of the county council
of defense. His high character and sterling purposes have also been manifest in
his church work. In 1893, when still a young man, he filled a mission to what was
then called the northern states mission, laboring in that field for two years. He served
as superintendent of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations for twelve
years and as high counselor of the Kanab stake for the same period. He is now first
counselor to the president of the Kanab stake and has the honor of being one of the
youngest patriarchs in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His life
has indeed been one of value to the district in which he has lived. From his youth
he has commanded the respect and confidence of all with whom he has been associated
and as the years have passed on he has given evidence of his sterling worth in his
faithful discharge of all duties of citizenship, in his promotion of important business
interests, in his devotion to his family and in his faithful adherence to the church, the
teachings of which have guided him in every relation of life.



HON. CHARLES C. RICHARDS.

Hon. Charles C. Richards, elected speaker of the house of representatives in the
Utah general assembly on the 13th of January, 1919, has for an extended period exerted
marked influence over public thought and action, his course at all times characterized
by the utmost devotion to duty and the keenest interest in the welfare of the state. He
was born in Salt Lake City, September 16, 1859, a son of Franklin Dewey and Jane
(Snyder) Richards, the father one of the twelve apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints and a most prominent churchman. He was also a leading figure
in civic affairs, serving as probate judge of Weber county from 1869 until 1883, as a
member of the territorial legislature, as Tegent of the University of Deseret and as a
member of the constitutional convention. He was also brigadier general of the Nauvoo
legion and died December 9, 1899, in Ogden, Utah.

In the acquirement of his education Charles C. Richards attended the public schools
of Salt Lake and of Ogden and afterward took up the study of law under private tutor-
ship while serving as deputy county clerk of Weber county from 1876 until 1883. His
thorough preliminary reading qualified him for admission to the bar before the supreme
court of Utah in 1884. He was admitted to the United States supreme court in Decem-
ber, 1887, and for many years has ranked with the distinguished lawyers of his native
state. From 1886 until 1891 he practiced in partnership with H. H. Rolapp, as senior
partner in the firm of Richards & Rolapp, and in 1893 became a partner of James H.
McMillan, the firm of Richards & McMillan existing until 1896. In 1897 Mr. Richards
was joined by E. M. Allison in a partnership under the firm style of Richards & Allison
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1909 was again associated with H. H. Rolapp, with a third partner in the firm, Arthur
E. Pratt, under the style of Richards, Rolapp & Pratt. When this connection was dis-
continued Mr. Richards became senior partner in the firm of Richards, Davis & Boyd,
h/n associates being George H. Davis and Cornelius A. Boyd. With his withdrawal from
that connection on the 1st of January, 1913, Mr. Richards entered into partnership
with John 0. Willis, under the name of Richards & Willis. He has engaged in general
civil practice. In his law practice no dreary novitiate awaited him. Almost imme-
diately he was accorded a large clientage which has since steadily grown in volume and
importance and his name figures in connection with the most important litigation tried
in the courts of the district. He has frequently appeared before the state supreme court
and thir thoroughness with which he has prepared his cases and the clearness and
cogency with which he presents his arguments have won for him many favorable verdicts.
On the 18th of December, 1877, Mr. Richards was married to Louisa Letitia Peery.
Thei r son, Lorenzo Maeser, born in 1896, entered the naval air service in July, 1918, and
had graduated in the ground course at Seattle and was flying at Miami, Florida, when
the armistice was signed. Ten days later he was honorably discharged and mustered
out oi the service. The family are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints. Mr. Richards has always given his political allegiance to the democratic party
and has long been a recognized leader in its ranks. He was first called to public office
when appointed deputy county clerk and recorder of Weber county in 1876. He occupied
that position until 1881. He was also made deputy clerk of the district court in Ogden
in 1880 and in 1883 became county clerk of Weber county, occupying that position for
five years. He likewise served as county recorder of Weber county from 1881 until
1884 ar.d in the latter year was chosen county attorney, in which capacity he continued
until 1890. In 1888 and 1889 he served as a member of the board of regents of the
University of Utah and during the same period was a member of the territorial board
of equalization. He was made a member of the board of the Territorial Reform School
in 1888 and served until 1892, and thus he has been an active factor in directing many
public interests of great worth and moment. In 1887 he was elected a member of the
constitutional convention to frame the organic law of the state and in 1888 was chosen
to represent his district in the house of representatives for a two years' term. In 1890
and 1891 he served as a member of the council, the upper house of the Utah legislature.
His public activity was further extended when he became secretary of the territory of
Utah and ex-officio secretary and disbursing agent of the Utah Commission, which had
supervision of all elections held in the territory and all election matters. He filled
that office from May 16, 1893, until January 4, 1896, when Utah was admitted to the
Union, at which time Mr. Richards was acting as governor. In November, 1918, he was
elected to the state legislature and on the 13th of January, 1919, was chosen speaker of
the house. As a parliamentarian he is thoroughly fair and impartial. As a public official