Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia : a compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . erkof the Ward, teacher in the Sabbathschool, and a president in the 110thquorum of Seventy. In 1895 he mar-ried Nellie Hamer, a daughter of Ma-jor Samuel Hamer of the early Utahmilitia. In civil affairs Elder Reiserhas taken much interest in politics, andwas elected to the office of city auditorin 1899, and so well did he perform theduties of that office that he was re-elected in the year 1901, receiving thelargest vote cast for an
Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia : a compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . erkof the Ward, teacher in the Sabbathschool, and a president in the 110thquorum of Seventy. In 1895 he mar-ried Nellie Hamer, a daughter of Ma-jor Samuel Hamer of the early Utahmilitia. In civil affairs Elder Reiserhas taken much interest in politics, andwas elected to the office of city auditorin 1899, and so well did he perform theduties of that office that he was re-elected in the year 1901, receiving thelargest vote cast for any candidateduiing that election and he is now serv-ing in that capacity. THOMAS, Richard Kendall, a prominent Elder in the Seventh Ward,Salt Lake City, was born June 30, 1844,at Saint Columb, county of He was baptized into theChurch by Elder John Alford in about sixteen years of age, hewas ordained to the Priesthood and sentout to do missionary work. In May,1863, he together with other Saintssailed from Liverpool for America, andwas made clerk of the company byPres. Geo. Q. Cannon. He crossed theplains in Captain Rosel Hydes com-. ])any, and on arriving in the Valley helocated in Salt Lake City. During thewinter of 1863-64 he worked at copyingparts for the Salt Lake Theater, andin the spring of 1864 he was employedas salesman in a store in Logan, Cache BIOGRAPHICAL. ENCYCLOPEDIA. 181 county. In the spring of 1865 he mar-ried and went to Richmond, Cachecounty, where he ooened up a storefor B. H. Young. Later, he became aclerk in Z. C. M. I., Salt Lake City,and in the fall of 1870 he became anemployee of Walker Bros., and acted asbuyer and manager of their dry goodsdepartment. In 1885 he commencedbusiness on his own account by open-ing the R. K. Thomas Dry Goods Salt Lake City, and he is still suc-cessfully conducting that business. El-der Thomas is the only one of his fa-thers family who has accepted theg-ospel, and he has always taken aquiet an
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