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 . was succeeded by AlbertCarrington: after that time he con-fined himself mostly to his judicial du-ties. In 1862, he was a member of theConstitutional Convention, and one ofthe committee who drafted the Consti-tution for the State at that time. Whilein his private capacy he was univer-sally respected, in his public spherehe may also be said to have beenwithout an enemy, notwithstanding heso long administered law and Elia
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 . was succeeded by AlbertCarrington: after that time he con-fined himself mostly to his judicial du-ties. In 1862, he was a member of theConstitutional Convention, and one ofthe committee who drafted the Consti-tution for the State at that time. Whilein his private capacy he was univer-sally respected, in his public spherehe may also be said to have beenwithout an enemy, notwithstanding heso long administered law and Elias Smith was a bachelor un-til he was forty-one years of age. Hemairied Lucy Brown, a native of Eng-land, at Nauvoo, Aug. 6, 1845. She wasborn at Biggleswade, in 4, 1820; came into the Church in1842, and arrived in Nauvoo in 1843; sheis the mother of Elias A. Smith, whosucceeded his father as judge in SaltLake county. Judge Smith died at hishome in Salt Lake City, Utah, June 24, (Culled principally from thewritings of Edward W. Tullidge.) WELLS, Heber Manning, firstgovernor of the State of Utah, is theson of Daniel H. Wells and Martha. Givens, and was born in Salt Lake CityUtah, Aug. 11, 1859. He was educatedin the Salt Lake City Schools, and in BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA. 723 the Deseiet University. At the age ofsixteeen he began to work for the cityas tax collector, and he steadily rosein position till he became the deputycity recorder. In 1882 he was ap-pointed by the city council to be cityrecorder, a vacancy having been causedby the resignation of John T. position he filUed so acceptablythat he was successively elected tothat office in 1884, 1886, and 1888. Hewas nominated by the Republican par-ty, in 1895, for governor of Utah, andhe was elected to serve five years inthat capacity. During those five yearshe displayed marked executive abilityand made such a clear, clean recordthat he was again elected to that office,for a term of four years
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