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Show 394 HISTORY OP SANPETE COUNTY. AaJLKER, JOHN A., lessee of the Union roller mills, of the hrm of Walker & Hansen, son of Robert and Mary J., was born in Wellington county, Ontario, February 28, 1855, of Scotch and German parentage. In 1 I \XJ '72 the family removed to Jackson county, Iowa, where they remained four years. He went to California in '76 and began learning the jeweler's trade, but in '78 came to Fairview. Being a natural machinist he worked at various occupations, developing the love for mechanism till January 1, 1898, when he and Hans P. Hansen leased the Union mill, a fifty-barrel mill, well equipped with modern machinery, a first-class flouring mill. The firm is also interested in mining property west of Ephraim. John is a stockholder in the Co-op. store, pavilion, Social hall, Co-op. sheep herd and the mill, and owns a Is a member of the Twenty-sixth Quofortv-acre farm. rum of Seventies and a ward and Sunday-school teacher. Iu '91 he went on a two years' mission to Nebraska. Was married in Logan Temple February 10, 1887, to Mary J. Hansen nee Xeilsen, born in Denmark October 13, 1852. She has one son, Hans P. Hansen, born January 21, 1876. He attended the schools of Fairview and took a normal course in the B. Y. Academy at Provo. Is a prominent musician, leader of the band and a member of the orchestra, and has studied chemistry. Is a member of the Elders' Quorum and quite an active worker in the Y. M. M. I. A. |
