Show Pioneer BISHOP GEORGE ROMNEY HO LI lead leading leading- ng figure in the thc L. L D. D S S. S church prominent business businessman man and capitalist who died yesterday at nt the age of 88 SS after a brief brIcf illness tc L i E 2 4 I BI BISHOP H fJ ROMNEY M I 3 fAU Ranked cd High in L. L D. D S S. S Councils Also l vr Won Ton on Much 1 Prestige as Builder and Architect Aided Beet Men ilIen Ien B HO pio- pio neer builder banker hanker business businessman man and prelate died at nt his bis home 13 1 C street at it LOT tOi o'clock yesterday afternoon His name stands high among those who in seven decades have turned the desert wilderness of this region into inlo the thc rich an and progressive sive sie state stale of or Utah As an architect an and buil builder cr lie maintained a high prestige Among the thc monuments to his bis ability arc are the thc Bank buil building ing thc the Hotel Utah anti 0 D s ci LN Ool tJui I d i t hi business and amI banking activities heas he lie was as equally prominent As a church official hc lic presided for twenty-four twenty years cars as bishop of the thc Twentieth th ward Wald and at the time of his death he was president of the Ufe high priest quorum of the Ensign stake F Bishop Romney was vas born horn In Dalton Lancashire England August 14 H a son of or Miles and Elizabeth Gaskell In 1841 ISH tho ho tam family 11 having joined the I Ii 11 D. D S. S church came to tho the United States and entered catered the colony colon at Nauvoo oo au Ill Miles Ines Romney o was foreman Coreman of ot construction construction construction con con- of or the Nauvoo oo temple and it was under his tutelage that Bishop George Romney began his career as aa a builder Arrived Here lIr in In the family made the pilgrimage pil grimage across tho the plains from Crom St. St Louis to Salt Lake arriving hero hore In October of oC that year car and on the tile present Temple Templo square I In 1854 Bishop Romney entered catered a n partnership with George Gcorge Price In the contracting and building busl business and the firm erected man many of oC the finest earl early residences In the elt city Ho was building supervisor of oC public works from 1 I ti 10 to l i. i J. J lilt mu J u. u and Beehive e house are aro among the buildings tho the construction ot or which ho hosu hosu su supervised pCT p e rv is e l Bishop had m military ill tan experience once ence when he was appointed b by Gov Go Brigham Young as us a captain in Major Blairs Blair's battalion of tho thio Nauvoo Xau legion lelon and was for s several everal months on active duty dutO In the Echo canyon campaign n. After the tho withdrawal of ot Johnstons Johnston's arm army Bishop Romney returned to Salt Lake Trade Active In lit Lumber r In ho lie entered a partnership with r. V. II Folsom with whom he lie lieaS was aS associated ll In building amon among other structures the old city hall hail lie re remained remained re- re reI I In this hits business until 1569 when he became a a. partner In the Talor Tay Tay- lor br Romney Armstrong Company The new firm engaged In the lumber and milling bu business as nN pioneers in that Industry in Utah Bishop Romney Rom lioni- from ney was manager of oC this concern Its until 1903 when ho and I his son soil Or Orson on D. D Romney withdrew cw their Interests and founded lcd the lie George Georgo which Dishop Bishop Dish Bish Lumber company compan op Romney Homney headed until his death Ills his business activities were not confined confined con con- tow SOW fined to tho the building building- Industry ever cor For more than thirty years he was a director of oC the tho lie ZIons ZIon's Cooperative opera Co tive Mercantile Institution of or which he lie was as vice president at the thc time of oC death He lIe was also a director and member of uC the executive C committee of the lie Consolidated ted Wagon agon Machine company campau and n a. director of ot the Or Oregon gon Lumber company II SuHr SUIt Cr Ii l lintel 1101 Utah He lie was identified also with the tho banking and Insurance business as vice president of tho the Home Fire In Insurance company Compan vice president of uC the tho Savings s bank and a director of or the lie Deseret National batik bank An Indu Industry tr which owes oW Its development develop develop- ment In Utah to the tho impetus given Iven by Bishop Dishop Romney is the tho beet sugar lIe Hc took the Initial step toward forming what later h became the Utah Su Sugar Sugar Su- Su gar sar company The bishop supervised tho the building of or the Dt Deseret News Non's annex anne the lintel Hotel 1 Utah und anti the lie Deseret National bank building L a ai as well iehl as ag numerous smaller structures Ills His business Judgment was not dimmed b by tho the eighty eight years ears Continued e on In zi page 2 BISHOP ROMNEY IDES DES AT ATM AGE OF Continued from Page Pre I 1 of life an and he ho retained tho the same sam vig- vig j orous mentality which gave ga e him hint J lea lea- n- n In this community Ills Ils career cancer as ns an n was marked b by a a lifetime of ot devotion to th hat t faith which as a a 3 chi child he embraced em era- braced In 1839 During During youth an and young youn manhood ho served in the lesser br branches of tho the priesthood and in wl ile wl lo on a mission to England I ho 10 presided over the Liverpool an and London Condon conferences Travels Traveled l Extensively Ho ITo was successively cly a enty cC president president dent of the quorum of or seventies enles high priest Driest and counselor to Bishop Willam Will Will- 11 lam am C C. C Bassett whom he lie succeeded ed as ns bishop of ot the Twentieth ward In 1888 1588 He lie le continued In this capacity until re released released re- re leased In August of or 19 1912 Ho lie 10 then be became be- be came president of or the high priest quorum quorum quo quo- rum of ot Ensign stake which position he hc held at the time of or death In politics he ha hf was wa a Republican active act act- lYe ive In itt the thc formation of or that party In Utah For two terms he ho was a a member member mem mom ber her of ot the city council counci of or Salt ral Lake e. e Ho lie vR was a n delegate to the tran trans U sl- sl congress at Houston Te Tex Te In 1890 O. O an and to the tho congress 3 at Cripple Creek In 1831 1891 In 19 1892 ho he hI served ered as ns a member of ot tho lie congress then me meeting ln in ln St St. Paul Minn Ills Ils church work carrl carried d him Into various arlous parts harts of or tho the world and he hn had bad traveled extensively In tn this and European European Euro Euro- penn countries Ho lie was married three times and was tho father of ot thirty five children twenty of oC whom survive e hll hint him The he surviving ln children are Willlam Willlam Will Will- WJ- WJ lam S S. S Romney Geor George e E E. E Rom Item nc ney Mrs 18 Barbara Folsom Mrs rs l Elizabeth A. A Al Anderson Mrs rs Georgiana Georiana Geor- Geor glana giana iana Brain Mrs Evelyn E WInn Wina Mrs Clara Thorup Mrs Irs Ella Ela Brain Heber J J. J J Romney Orson 0 D. D Romney MUCH Miles Hl K A. A Mr 1111 Mrs Ellen Elen V. V Scho- Scho feld field Mrs Ir Mary Ial Ross floss Royal ROYCI R R. Rom horn nty George Romney Jr Mrs rd KatherIne Kather- Kather Ine me Stewart Walter alter Romney Raymond T. T Romney Reuben Rouben Romney and Mrs Ardello Ardele Numerous grandchildren grandchildren grand grand- children anti and great great grandchildren n also survive io him Funeral arrangements have not not been Co completed m e t o d I I o I I j j i I i I |