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Smoot, Orson Parley, 1876-1936

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1876 - 1936

biographical statement

Citation:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=48972887, accessed November 20, 2013 (parents Abraham Owen Smoot, Diana Eldredge; born May 15, 1876, Provo, Utah; married Alexanderina Snell in Provo, Utah, December 24, 1896; plural wife Helen Condor, February 20, 1906, American Fork, Utah; three children: Douglas Parley, Conder Eldredge, Ella Helen; died in Provo, January 13, 1936, buried in Provo City Cemetery). https://ia601002.us.archive.org/26/items/SmootOrsonParley13January1936Pg.2PHP94/Smoot%2C%20Orson%20Parley%2013January1936%20pg.%202%20PH%20P94.pdf, accessed November 20, 2013 (educated at Brigham Young University by Karl G. Maeser, additional vocational training; bookkeeper at Smoot Lumber, later manager, 21 years with company; manager, Bonneville Lumber, eight years; accountant, Provo Foundry and Machine company; bookkeeper, Utah Wasatch Dairy, until death; one of first to join Provo's National Guard, first lieutenant several years; charter member, Provo Elks lodge; multiple positions, Utah State Lumberman's and Western Retail Lumbermen's associations). http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=50056637, accessed November 21, 2013 (son Wendell McMeans Smoot born to Orson and Alexandrina, 1897) http://www.smoot-family.us/book/172.html, accessed November 21, 2013 (daughter Cleo Hannah Smoot born to Orson and Alexandrina).