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Show PROMINENT CITIZENS OF MAYFIELD. AMPBELL, ARTHUR H., blacksmith, son of William and Ellen, was born in Scotland June 8, 1861. He came to Utah, with his mother in -81, stopped in S-iit Lake City two years, then came to May field, where he has since resided. He learned the trade of a blacksmith and wheelwright in Scotland, joined the Mormon church there and came to Utah on account of his religion. I Te now owns a farm of thirty acres and is the present Justice of the Peace. He withdrew from the Mormon church (T\ \T about '93. Was married in Scotland in '60 to Jeannet.te Colthart, born in January, 1859. They have seven children: William, Emily, Thomas, Elizabeth, Isabella, John and Margaret. /7\ \f HRISTIANSEN, BISHOP PARLEY, farmer and stockraiser, son of Neils and Dorothy, was born in Salt Lake City December 7, 1857. His parents removed to Spanish Fork when he was about four month* old, and after two years he and his mother moved to Ephraim. In '90 he came to Mayfield, where he has since remained. While he was too young to take an active part in the Black Hawk war, he had quite an experience during that exciting time. While he and his brother were after wood in October, 18B5, the Indians made a raid and killed five men, one woman and a girl. The brothers suc- ceeded in eluding the savages and reached Ephraim in safety, though only a little distance from the massacre. He served as Constable of Ephraim in '84-5-6, and was elected a member of the Constitutional convention in '94. Is at present assistant postmaster, notary public and member of the district school board. He is one of the directors in the Mayfield and Gunnison Cattlemen's Association, and is considerably interested in the cattle business. In '87 he was called on a mission to the Northwest- |
