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 . and set apart as first counselor to Or-son Smith, in the presidency of theCache Valley Stake of Zion. After aneventful and useful career, he died athis home in Hyrum, Cache county, , 1900, highly respected by all whoknew him. President Molen may bedescribed as a type of the Americancitizen of olden times, and was de- cidedly a progressive man. He leadout in all public enterprises and in-vited the people to follow him. Inbuildi
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 . and set apart as first counselor to Or-son Smith, in the presidency of theCache Valley Stake of Zion. After aneventful and useful career, he died athis home in Hyrum, Cache county, , 1900, highly respected by all whoknew him. President Molen may bedescribed as a type of the Americancitizen of olden times, and was de- cidedly a progressive man. He leadout in all public enterprises and in-vited the people to follow him. Inbuilding bridges, making new roads,building meeting houses and other pub-lic buildings he always did his fuilshare of the work, and was throughouta public-spirited man. SMITH, Isaac, counselor in the presi-dency of the Cache Stake of Zion since1890, is the son of Samuel Smith andSarah Jane Ingraham, and was bornDec 31, 1858, in Brigham City, Box El-der county, Utah. His father was anative of London, and his mother ofWorcester, England. August 14, 1869,Isaac was baptized in Brigham <rity,and he was ordained a Priest by Feb. 13, 1876. At the age of four-. teen he had pretty well mastered thecabinetmakers trade, when he wentout with a surveying party as peg soon rose, however, to rod he went with Jos. A. West as rol-man, when the U. & N. R. R. mado itssurvey through Bear river canyon toSoda Springs. When about sixteenyears of age he had charge of the levelparty under Jos. A. West, in makingthe preliminary survey of the railr^-adto Black Rock and E. T. City, west ofSalt Lake City. On his return to Brig-ham City, Isaac Smith was givencharge of the B. C. Co-op lumberyard, which position he held until thefall of 1876, when he went to Salt LakeCity to attend the University. Duringhis labors in the lumber yard, being BIOGRAPHICAL, ENCYCLOPEDIA. 411 anxious to get an education, he com-pleted Rays higher arithmetic and theelementary algebra; this latter was ac-complis
Size: 1406px × 1778px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorjensonan, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookyear1901
