. Utah since statehood, historical and biographical . he father of John C. Howard, was born January 13, 1847, inBelfast, Ireland, a son of William and Elizabeth (Anderson) Howard, who were alsopioneers of Utah crossing the plains with their family and reaching Salt Lake City inSeptember, 1853. The Howard family settled at Salt Lake, while the Perkins family werethe founders of Bountiful, Utah, and were active among the early developers of the goldfields of Nevada and California. William Howard was among the colonizers of Bear Lakecounty, Utah, where he built a sawmill, manufacturing much of th
. Utah since statehood, historical and biographical . he father of John C. Howard, was born January 13, 1847, inBelfast, Ireland, a son of William and Elizabeth (Anderson) Howard, who were alsopioneers of Utah crossing the plains with their family and reaching Salt Lake City inSeptember, 1853. The Howard family settled at Salt Lake, while the Perkins family werethe founders of Bountiful, Utah, and were active among the early developers of the goldfields of Nevada and California. William Howard was among the colonizers of Bear Lakecounty, Utah, where he built a sawmill, manufacturing much of the lumber from whichthe early homes and buildings of that locality were erected. Later he colonized CastleValley, Utah. He was a man of power and influence along many lines, possessing markedadministrative and executive ability and also exercising wide Influence in democraticcircles yet honored and respected by people of all political parties. He died in Huntington,Utah, in 1912, having for four years survived the mother of John C. Howard, who passed. JOHN C. HOWARD UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD 193 away in Salt Lake City in 1908. They were the parents of five children, three ot whom,are yet living, John C. having been the fourth in order of birth. He is a brother ofW. A. Howard, of Salt Lake, and of Miss Lillian Howard, of Midvale, Utah. In early boyhood John C. Howards schooling was limited, owing to pioneer conditionsof Uinta County and Castle Valley, Emery county, where the family then made their the ages of ten and twelve years he lived at Huntington, Utah. He afterwardassisted his father in the sawmill in Crandel canyon, but subsequently came to Salt Lakeand applied for a position as cash boy with the manager of the Walker Brothers DryGoods Company. His bright freckled face manner caused him to be immedi-ately accepted. He displayed a very studious nature even at that early age and hisassociates in the store tell of his having a dictionary in one hand, studyin
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