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Carl Emil Peterson

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Carl Emil Peterson

Birth
Vingaker, Vingåkers kommun, Södermanlands län, Sweden
Death
30 Jul 1934 (aged 58)
Logan, Cache County, Utah, USA
Burial
Smithfield, Cache County, Utah, USA Add to Map
Plot
A_19_3
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Son of Lars Pehrsson/Peterson and Catharina Claesson
Married Hulda Pehrsdotter/Pearson, 10 Jan 1900, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Emigrated to Utah with his parents in 1891 & moved to Smithfield in 1897.

Went to Utah State Agricultural College.

Went into the sheep business in Wyoming for a time. Sold his portion & bought a farm in Smithfield.

Served as Smithfield City Council member for three terms.

Secretary & treasurer of the North Bench Ditch Co.

Smithfield Town Marshall from 1910-1911. Family stories talk of how he raided the saloon after prohibition and hid the loot in the cellar of his home.

Smithfield City Mayor in 1920 & 1921 where he helped to put in the cement resevoir and enlargement of the water works.
Son of Lars Pehrsson/Peterson and Catharina Claesson
Married Hulda Pehrsdotter/Pearson, 10 Jan 1900, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Emigrated to Utah with his parents in 1891 & moved to Smithfield in 1897.

Went to Utah State Agricultural College.

Went into the sheep business in Wyoming for a time. Sold his portion & bought a farm in Smithfield.

Served as Smithfield City Council member for three terms.

Secretary & treasurer of the North Bench Ditch Co.

Smithfield Town Marshall from 1910-1911. Family stories talk of how he raided the saloon after prohibition and hid the loot in the cellar of his home.

Smithfield City Mayor in 1920 & 1921 where he helped to put in the cement resevoir and enlargement of the water works.


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