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282 HISTORY OF LEHI When President Brigham Young organized the Sanpete Stake, Canute Peterson was chosen as its presi dent. He held thi s position until the stake was divided and th en he continued to pres ide over the South Sanp ete Stake, until his death, which occurred October 14, 1902. He held the office of stake presid ent more th an twenty,fiv e years. He was generally loved a nd es t ee med by the Saints. H e was a good gospel preacher. The Bible and the book of Doctrine and Covenants were his fav orite books, and f ew were so well versed in the Scriptures as he. He loved Lehi a nd its peo pl e, a mong whom were many of his dearest fri ends, a nd he never tired of relating his experiences during the seventeen years he sojourned there. His wife Sarah died in May, 1896. Two wives, Mariah and Char, lotte, and fift een children survived him. Anthon H. Lund. 1840. So me time after, he married J a ne Cooper, who acco mpa ni ed him to Utah. She was the mother of five children. She di ed in Lehi May 16, 1893. BIOGRAPHICAL Thaddeus A., Eugene, Lela nd, Hazel Ma y (Mrs. Isaac Bone), and Thom as J ames. Mr. Powell started in the shee p bu s iness in 1872 and continuad until! 1891. During this tim e he ow ned he rd.s of fr om 2000 to 4000 head. James Q. Powell, a native of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, was born November 7, 1807, and emigrated to Utah in Pulsipher's company, arriving in Salt Lake City in September, 1848. He lived in Cottonwood (now Murray) four years, moved to the Point of the Mountain in 1852, and to Lehi in 1856. H e was among the first to own sheep in Uta h, having brought a number with him across the plains. H e was eminently successful as a sheep and cattle raiser, which business he followed in connection with farming. In the early days he often sold his wool for grain and vegetables. Mr. Powell was married three tim es. In 1829 he married Susan Charlston, who bore him four children. She di ed in Pennsylvania in cloth for the f amily which in those days was clothed in homespun a nd glad to g et it. Her education was ESTHER A. A . POW'ELL MR S. JAMES Q . POWELL THADEUS PUWELL JAMES Q. POWELL. 283 In 1855 he married Ha nnah Anderson, a native of Denmark, who had two children . She died in Lehi, August 4, 1899. Of all these children only four are now living: Ann living in Salt Lake City; Naomi, living in Ruby Valley, Nevada; Thaddeus, a prominent busi, ness man of Lehi ; and Susan (Mrs. Charles Trane). Mr. Powell died December 4, 1891. THADDEUS POWELL. Thaddeus Powell, son of J ames Q. and Mary Cooper Powell, was born September 30, 1854, near the Point of the Mountain, in Salt Lake County, Utah. His boyhood was spent in herding sheep and cattle and in going to school a f ew weeks in the winter time at Lehi. He married Esther Ann Ashton January 24, 1883. To them have been born five children, as follows: H e brought the Mulliner mill property in 1884, and sold it in 1890 to the Utah Sugar Company. The site is now occupied by the first sugar factory built in Utah. He was director of the Lehi Commercial and Savings Bank from 1893 to 19·00 and a member of the City Council in 1894 and 1895. Mr. Powell is sound in judg, ment, prudent in his undertakings, and altogether a progressive and enterp rising citizen. ESTER A. A. PO WELL. Ester Ann Ashton Powell, the wife of Thadd eus Powell, and the third child of Thomas and Ara minta Lawr ence Ashton, was born F eblllary 17, 1856, in Lehi, Uta h. In her ,e arly life, during the hard times, she carded wool and spun yarn whi ch he r mother wove into limited, as there were no free schools. Her f ather would t each h is children what he could in the evenings. However, in spite of these handicaps, Mrs. Powell grew up to be a capa ble and useful woman. She is one that is ever trying to do her full duty as a wife, mother, and member of the community. WILLIAM E. RACKER. William E. Racker was born on Aarhus, Denmark, January 23, 1853, and was the son of Christian F. and Jacobine Racker. His fath er died when William E. was five months old. H e spent his early life in Denm a rk and was educated in the schools of that country. At the age of fift een years he emigrated to America, being the second son but now the oldest son living. H e arrived in Salt L ake City September 25, 1868, where he remained f or a year, the remainde r