. Utah since statehood, historical and biographical . yactive in church work as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day son, Henry James McKell, was the first white child born at Spanish Fork. Hebecame a successful agriculturist and also a devout churchman, doing everything inhis power to advance the interests of the religion In which he believed. He marriedAlice Violate Jex, a daughter of William and Eliza Jex, both of whom are still living,the former now eighty-eight years of age and the latter ninety-three years of age. Theysettled in Salt Lake, whence President Youn
. Utah since statehood, historical and biographical . yactive in church work as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day son, Henry James McKell, was the first white child born at Spanish Fork. Hebecame a successful agriculturist and also a devout churchman, doing everything inhis power to advance the interests of the religion In which he believed. He marriedAlice Violate Jex, a daughter of William and Eliza Jex, both of whom are still living,the former now eighty-eight years of age and the latter ninety-three years of age. Theysettled in Salt Lake, whence President Young sent them to Spanish Fork, where theystill reside. Their living descendants now number three hundred and sixty. Theirdaughter, Mrs. McKell, became the mother of eleven children, seven sons and fourdaughters. Dr. McKell of this review was the second child and the eldest son. He pursuedhis education in the district school at Spanish Fork and in the Brlgham Young Uni-versity at Provo, which he attended for four years. He made preparation for his pro-. DR. IRA J. McKELL UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD 647 fession as a student in the Palmer School of Chiropractic at Davenport, Iowa, fromwhich he was graduated on the 30th of November, 1916. He immediately entered uponthe active practice of his profession at Ogden in January, 1917, and has here sinceremained. Through the intervening period he has built up a very extensive practiceand Is now one of the leading representatives of the profession in the west. He is nowpresident of the Ogden Chiropractic Association. Before preparing for his professionalcareer, however, he had been earning his livelihood from the age of seventeen yearsas an employe in the Jex lumberyards and he is now director of the Jex Lumber Company,of which for a number of years he was the manager. On the 23rd of November, 1910, Dr. McKell was married in the Manti Temple toMiss Ada Barton, a native of Mount Pleasant, Utah, and a daughter of Sylvester Martha (Allen) Barton
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