HISTORY OF SANPETE COUNTY
WITH SKETCHES OF CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
CHRONOLOGY OF IMPORTANT EVENTS,
RECORDS OF INDIAN WARS,
PORTRAITS OF PROMINENT PERSONS
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BIOGRAPHIES OF REPRESENTATIVE COUNTIES
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ILLUSTRATED
OGDEN
W.H. SEVER
1878
LDS FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY CALL # US/CAN 979.25 H2h , p 370
HOWELL, ELIAS W., of the firm of Terry & Howell Planing Mill company, is a prominent citizen, son of Edmund W. and Sarah Vail, was born on Long Island, N.Y., April 29, 1836. His father was a shoemaker and joined the Mormon church about ‘40, removed to New York City in ‘43, to St. Louis in ‘46, then to Winter Quarters, and in ‘52 came to Utah, crossing the plains in an ox-train under Capt. Wood. Father and one daughter died on the plains from cholera. The family located in Little Cottonwood, then in Ogden, and in ‘62 came to Fairview.
They lived in the fort for a time. Elias took part in the Black Hawk War. Bought 20 acres of land and now owns fifty-five acres. Is a leader in public enterprises, being a stockholder and vice president in the Co-op sheep herd, Co-op store and president of the Union roller mill and the Cottonwood Irrigation company, and a stockholder in the creamery and business manager of the Eclipse Pavilion company. Was a member of the City Council one term and served as City Inspector.
He first married in Salt Lake City February, 1858, to Martha J. Ribgy. She had four children, Sarah L., Martha A., Rosalie F. And Drusilla. Second wife was Mary J., daughter of Henry W. and Rebecca A. Sanderson, born in Salt Lake county Jan 10, 1853. They have had twelve children, Mary M., Willis H., Sarah R., Edmond S., Chancey V., Ada S., Clydia A., Junius F., Delora, Ira V. and Bertha M., living; Artemesia, deceased.