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Politicians in the Lumber and Timber Business in Utah

  John McClintock Bistline (1867-1947) — also known as John M. Bistline; J. M. Bistline — of Pocatello, Bannock County, Idaho. Born in Andersonburg, Perry County, Pa., March 11, 1867. Democrat. Lumber business; mayor of Pocatello, Idaho, 1911. Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, February 9, 1947 (age 79 years, 335 days). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Pocatello, Idaho.
  Relatives: Son of Benjamin Bistline and Jane Elizabeth (Nesbitt) Bistline; brother of Joseph B. Bistline; married, October 17, 1889, to Martha Shellenberger; father of Francis Marion Bistline; grandfather of Beverly Barbara Bistline.
  Political family: Bistline family of Pocatello, Idaho.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Charles Rendell Mabey (1877-1959) — also known as Charles R. Mabey — of Bountiful, Davis County, Utah; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. Born in Bountiful, Davis County, Utah, October 4, 1877. Republican. School teacher; served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; author; banker; president, Bonneville Irrigation District; president, Triangle Drug Company; director, Bountiful Lumber and Building Association; director, Bountiful Light and Power Company; mayor of Bountiful, Utah, 1910; member of Utah state house of representatives, 1913-16; candidate for U.S. Representative from Utah 2nd District, 1916; Governor of Utah, 1921-25; defeated, 1924; delegate to Republican National Convention from Utah, 1924 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization). Mormon. Member, American Legion; Sons of the American Revolution; United Spanish War Veterans; Navy League; Rotary. Died in Bountiful, Davis County, Utah, April 26, 1959 (age 81 years, 204 days). Interment at Bountiful Memorial Park, Bountiful, Utah.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Thomas Mabey and Sarah Lucretia (Tolman) Mabey; married, December 20, 1905, to Afton Rampton; father of Rendell Noel Mabey.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Elijah Sells (1814-1897) — of Scott County, Ill.; Sweetland, Muscatine County, Iowa; Lawrence, Douglas County, Kan.; Palmyra, Douglas County, Kan.; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. Born in Franklin County, Ohio, February 5, 1814. Republican. Stoneware manufacturer; lumber business; delegate to Iowa state constitutional convention from Muscatine County, 1844; secretary of state of Iowa, 1856-63; member of Kansas state house of representatives, 1870; secretary of Utah Territory, 1889-93. Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, March 13, 1897 (age 83 years, 36 days). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  Relatives: Son of William Henry Sells and Elizabeth (Ebey) Sells; married, March 10, 1835, to Isabella Watt; married to Harriet Jacques Wetmore; father of Elijah Watt Sells.
  Abraham Owen Smoot (1815-1895) — also known as Abraham O. Smoot; A. O. Smoot — of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah; Provo, Utah County, Utah. Born in Owenton, Owen County, Ky., February 17, 1815. Mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1857-66; mayor of Provo, Utah, 1868-81; banker; lumber business. Mormon. Died in Provo, Utah County, Utah, March 6, 1895 (age 80 years, 17 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of George Washigton Smoot and Nancy Ann (Rowlett) Smoot; married, November 11, 1838, to Margaret Thompson McMeans; married, February 17, 1856, to Anna Kirstine Mauritzdatter; father of Abraham Owen Smoot (1856-1911) and Reed Owen Smoot; nephew of Daniel Owen Rowlett and Joseph Rowlett; grandfather of Abraham Owen Smoot III and Isaac Albert Smoot.
  Political family: Bullock-Smoot family of Provo, Utah (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  The Abraham O. Smoot Administration Building (opened 1962), at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, is named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article
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