| Show CHARLES HARLES W. W NIBLEY DEAD DEAb t 4 f t z r Pneumonia Fatal to N Noted Church Leader Leader- Second Counselor of L L. D. D S S. S Succumbs in Hotel Suite at Age of 82 FAMILY AT DEATHBED Won High Place id Religion Business Charles Charle Wilson Nibley second counselor to President Heber Beber 3 J. Grant of the L. L D D. D s S. S church died In his hia suite in the Hotel Utah FrI day lat t 1250 1230 p p. m. m of pneumonia Ha H. was 82 32 years urs old Mr Nibley l long ng considered a major major ma ma- jor figure ligure in western business and an om outstanding churchman had been confined to his bed since November 21 when he contracted a cold which devel developed ped into pneumonia Physicians reported his condition was critical for lor nearly two weeks At his is be bedside ide when death came were his widows Mr Mrs Ellen Ricks Nibley Nible- of ol Los Angeles and Mrs Julia Budge Nibley of Salt Lake his daughters Mrs Horace B. B Whitney Whit ney Mrs George M. M Cannon Jr Mrs Mr Eastman Hatch Mrs Benjamin Meldrum Meldrum Mel Mel- drum o of Salt Lake Mrs l Harold Smoot o of Washington D. D DC D.C. C. C and four sons ons J. J F. F Nibley Joel Nibley and Carlyle Nibley of Salt Lake and Nathan Nibley o of Los Andes Neither his physicians nor officials of the toe L. L D. D S. S church were pr present ent at the time o of his death FAMILY IAl SU SUMMONED Mr Ir Nibley's condition became serious serious se se- e- e rious late Thursday afternoon and physicians summoned members of the family to his bedside He gradually grad rad ally weakened during the night and andFrid Frid Friday y morning his condition became extremely mely poor The Trie death of ot Mr Nibley removed a dominant figure from the business and religious activities of the west His career was the apotheosis of ot the Alger tradition both in business and nd andin nd in hi the church to which he devoted much of t his life Born of humble bumble parents in Scot Scotland Scot Scot- rind land and hd living id hi Equally a ll humble circumstances after h he sr arrived ived in the United States States' with Uh his jis family Mr Nibley made his his hiso o own e and by hard work won J himself a high position in the business and and and- church worlds OPENED T TIMBER IBER AREAS RE S The venerable churchman was considered one of the pioneers of the great western empire for it was largely through his efforts that great timber areas in the Pacific northwest were opened Through his foresight railroads were built into remote sections of the wooded country and since that time untold quantities of timber have been removed Mi Mr Nibley also was Continued on 01 F Page g Thirteen a MONIA IA FATAl r C lEADER iron from tr P Pue Parc ro One metal In to furthering the sugar industrY in the thc west principal principal- t l a d Utah and Idaho could be liken likened to N 1 ft Sun Jam rr m Lincoln In the manner i iq ill 9 Vh he be obtained his education ch r churchman first camo camp toto t to the he to f and d settled near Wellsville with 11 fir there were few in the state and andt 11 1 opp working 4 of f his time was spent t the be to aid in la the support WI when he became a den clerk in lete tta at Wellsville he made the thet opportunities and spent bt f his hla It t tt in study i t r it at Mr Yr life lite was not de de- d primarily to personal gala gain In j SOT to his service Ice in the church churchOn On alsO was yu a civic leader and and at athie time Ume was assessor and collector Cache Ciche county tr rr was born in U coal m town eight miles mUc b of Edinburg Edinburgh Scotland Feb Feb- n rJ 1849 and was a son on of James lean tan Wilson Wileen Nibley TED TO CHURCH Is h father was a coal miner and in 11 ini i l members of or the family were cond con con- Ad d to the L L. D. D S S. S church Th The Ur left Scotland in 1855 an and and d 4 for the United States where it dm n R Rhode ode Island It resided there here here r tor five e 3 years with aU all members mem mem- bers rs working In the woolen mills and andIn andin In the spring of 1860 went to Florence Flor Flor- ence Neb Joining a a. company commanded by J. J D. D Ross Roes as captain the group reached Salt Lake Lako valley September 3 1860 and soon coon after established a ahome ahome home homo in Cache county count the Te I first winter In a dugout Members Members Mem Mem-I bers of the family were among the I first settlers of Cache valley Mr Nibley was wa then only 11 y years rs old He began providing for his own support by working with his mother In the wheat fields and then by herdIn herding herding herd herd- In ing sheep at Wellsville From his In Initial Initial In- In lUal step Mcp In the business world he utilized every ery available opportunity for advancement ad nt Later he obtained a a. a clerkship In a Wellsville store He made good use of his limited opportunIties opportunities to gain an education when there were only meager facilities for any kind of ot study In the village GOES ON MISSION In 1865 Mr Nibley moved to Brigham Brig Brig- ham City and entered the employ of Morris Rosenbaum as M a clerk In ill his store He later became a partner On March 30 30 1869 he married mamed Rebecca In Salt Lake and In the fall of the year he left for a short mort mission to the eastern states working principally principally prin prin- In Massachusetts and New NewYork NewYork York Returning to Uta Utah he resumed his business connections and obtained a position with the Central Pacific railroad rail raU road and joined the Utah Northern railroad when it first started d In 1872 Ho was ilS general freight and ticket agent for five years living living-at ving at Logan While In the service str of oC the railroad he served a mission to England working under Ph F. F Smith This I Th was In 1877 Mr Nibley worked worded In the Liverpool office of the church and arid had charge of or emigration and the general busin business busi busl- n ness nes s s of the mission The affairs affair of the British mission were left In charge of Mr Nibley when hen Mr Smith left England after alter the death of Brigham Young In 1877 ELECTED TAX ASSESSOR He returned to fo Logan In 1879 and resumed his business busine connections He was WM chosen manager and secretary of the United Manufacturing and Building company He also was elected assessor or and collector for Cache county He took active part In ecclesiastical affairs In Logan For Fora a short time he served as counselor to O. O C. C Ormsby was superintendent of ot the Cache stake L L. L D. D S S. S Sunday schools and ultimately succeeded Mr Ormsby In that p position Later business drew his attention to the northwest and it was not long before he was recognized as a a. factor In building up eastern Oregon and western Idaho In 1889 Mr Nibley with other prominent business men mell organized the Oregon Lumber company company com pany of Baker City Ore and served as secretary for a num number r of years In 1890 he became one of the organizers organizers or of the Sumpter Sampler Valley Railroad Railroad Rail RaU road company and for a number of years occupied a position of leadership leader ship In business circles In c eastern tern Oregon Mr Nibley was vice president of the Sumpter Valley railroad and later became be be- came p president of Valley railroad He was one of the founders and chief officials of tho thoLa La Grande Sugar company which afterwards merged into the Amalgamated Sugar I company CHOSEN FIRST COUNSELOR He took an active part In the colonization col wl of Grande Ronde valley Oregon and Payette Idaho With the organization of ol the Union stake of Zion In 1901 1001 he was chosen first counselor to President Frank Brain Brain- well and continued in that position until he was succeed ed Wil liam B. B Preston as presiding bishop of the church December 11 11 1907 He was set apart as second counselor In the first presidency May 28 1925 at atthe atthe atthe the age of 76 In 1906 Mr Nibley and part of his family accompanied President Joseph Jo seph F. F Smith on a a. visit to Europe He and some members of his his ils family accompanied President Smith to the Haw Hawaiian Islands in 1909 and in 1910 to Europe again They also toured Canada Mr Nibley was appointed a mem memo bers of the war industries board in July 1918 Mr Nibley married Miss Ellen EBen Ricks In Salt Lake 51 years ago last I March and 46 years ago last October married Miss Julie Budge In Logan gan At the time of his death he was actively engaged in man many business cs enterprises He was president of the Standard Investors Inc recently organized organized or and comprising all aU the Nib- Nib Icy holdings and a director In the following companies and banks The Z C. C M M. M I. I Zions Zion's Savings Bank and Trust the Utah State National bank the Utah Power S Light the Western Western West West- ern em Pacific railroad the Hotel Utah the Salt Lake Knitting works the I Beneficial Life Insurance company the Heber J. J Grant Co the Home Fire Insurance company the Mountain Mountain Moun- Moun tain States Telephone and Tele Tele- graph company and the Utah Lime and Stone company He was chairman chairman chair- chair man nan of the executive committee of the Utah-Idaho Utah Sugar company and also a director Mr Nibley also was president of the Stoddard Nibley-Stoddard Lumber company Mr Nibley was mace maGe a life member member member mem mem- ber of the Salt Lake Rotary club at atthe atthe atthe the time he donated Nibley park tl to the city Besides his Ills two widows Mrs Ellen Ricks Nibley now V living in Los Angeles Angeles An An- geles and Mrs Julia Budge Nibley of Salt Lake Like arc the following sons and daughters Mrs Horace B. B Whitney Mrs Roy Bullen Mrs George M M. Cannon Jr Mrs Eastman Ha Hatch h Mrs Luther Howell Margaret Nibley Meldrum Joel Car Carlyle le and J. J F F. Nibley all aU of Salt Lake Alice Nibley NIbley NIb NIb- ley Smoot of Washington D D. C C. C J J. J O. O Nibley of Portland Ore Mrs John L. L Grant of New York and Alexander Alexander Alex Alex- ander N N. Nathan Preston Merrill and C C. C W W. Jr all of ot Los An An- geles three Fifty-three grandchildren also survive |
