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Biographical History
Arthur Fowlke Marrott (1858-1901) was a carpenter, farmer, and pioneer in Orem, Utah, and St. Johns, Arizona.
Arthur Fowlke was born January 28, 1858, in Nottingham, England, to Louisa Fowlke. He and his family emigrated to Utah in 1861. Soon after they settled in Pleasant Grove, Utah, his mother married William Marrott. This gave Arthur the Marrott name and, eventutally, seven half-brothers and six half-sisters with whom he was raised.
On November 22, 1880, Arthur married Selena Martha Stradling in the Salt Lake City Endowment House, and together they had twelve children, including two sets of twins. They established a farm on the north side of what would become the city of Orem, but lived in Pleasant Grove (aka Battle Creek). While the farm was being developed, Arthur worked for others in the community doing farm and carpenter work.
In the spring of 1882, the Marrotts rented their home out and departed to assist with the colonization of the St. Johns, Arizona, area, following Selena's parents, who were called to area one year prior. They would return to their home in Utah in April 1885.
After returning to Utah, Arthur continued to work as a carpenter and helped build irrigation canals that served the area, while continuing to establish his farm, where he grew several crops, including fruit and sugar beets and raised sheep and other livestock.
Arthur Fowlke Marrott died suddenly on February 9, 1901, at the age of 43.
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UPB files, Sept. 15, 2016 (Arthur Fowlke Marrott. b. January 28, 1858, in Nottingham, England, to Louisa Fowlke; emigrated to Utah in 1861; settled in Pleasant Grove, Utah; his mother married William Marrott; had seven half-brothers and six half-sisters with whom he was raised; on November 22, 1880, Arthur married Selena Martha Stradling in the Salt Lake City Endowment House; had twelve children together, including two sets of twins; a farm on the north side of what would become the city of Orem, but lived in Pleasant Grove (aka Battle Creek); while the farm was being developed, Arthur worked for others in the community doing farm and carpenter work; in the spring of 1882, the Marrotts rented their home out and departed to assist with the colonization of the St. Johns, Arizona, area, following Selena's parents, who were called to area one year prior; returned to their home in Utah in April 1885; after returning to Utah, Arthur continued to work as a carpenter and helped build irrigation canals that served the area, while continuing to establish his farm, where he grew several crops, including fruit and sugar beets and raised sheep and other livestock; d. suddenly on February 9, 1901, at the age of 43)
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File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239236406]
Identifier: MSS 8914
Content Description
This account of the lives of Arthur and Selena Marrott by Russel Backus draws on a family biography by their daughter, Harriet, while focusing on information from two pocket ledgers that were kept by Arthur. Among other things, Arthur's ledgers identify people in the community with whom the Marrotts cooperated as their farms were being developed on desert land in the area that is now Lindon and Orem, Utah. The paper tells about these settlers and illustrates the extent to which they relied...
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2016
