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Otterstrom, Hyrum, 1860-1944

 Person

Biographical History

Hyrum Otterstrom (1860-1944) helped to settle Cleaveland, Utah.

Hyrum Otterstrom was born on May 28, 1860, in Ephraim, Utah, the third child of parents Jonas Jonasson and Hilda Amalia Ahlgren Otterstrom. Hyrum married Thora Sine Wilhelmina Anderson Morteman on March 7, 1889, in Manti, Utah. They had five children: SMary Andria (1890-1975), Hilda Amanda (1892-1944), Druzilla Cammilla (1895-1899), Joseph Hyrum (1897-1956), and Thora Charlotte (1901-1964).

Hyrum and his family went to Huntington, Utah, so he could help build the Cleaveland Canal to bring culinary water to the town of Cleveland. This canal was so well constructed that it is still in use today.

Hyrum died on March 3, 1944 in Cleveland, Utah.

Citation:
UPB files, accessed December 17, 2013 (story of Hyrum and family).

www.familysearch.org, accessed December 17, 2013 (family dates and places).

http://www.clevelandtown.org/history.htm, accessed December 17, 2013 (information on the Cleveland Canal).

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Hyrum Otterstrom and his help to settle Cleveland

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233650917]
Identifier: MSS 8338
Scope and Contents

Contents contain two typed pages of a phonetically-spelled story about the life of Hyrum Otterstrom, with handwritten corrections. Dated approximately 1950.

Dates: approximately 1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Hyrum Otterstrom and his help to settle Cleveland

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