Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-06-21 | Page 12 | Pioneer Couple of Lehi Honored on Anniversary

Pioneer Couple of Lehi Lehl Honored on Anniversary LEHI The LEHI-The The family of Mr and Mrs John Devey held a reception in honor of their parents in the Leh Lehl Art Dans-Art Thursday evening observing observing ing the sixty-seventh sixty wedding anniversary anniversary anniversary an an- of the couple the oldest married couple in Lehi and both pioneers of Utah Mr Devey now 86 was married in iti 1868 at the age ga of 19 to his wife then 17 on board the sailing vessel Emeral Isle by Charles W. W Penrose Penrose Penrose Pen- Pen rose of the council of ot the twelve apostles of or the L. L D. D S. S church en route from England to Utah This l b boat at in incidentally was the last sailing sail sail- ing ig vessel used mcd to bring Mormon converts from rom Europe to the United States Used Ox Team Crossing the plains with ox teams they lived Jived for a short time in Salt Lake City moving from there to Alpine where they lived until 1885 when they moved to Provo In 1894 they moved to Lehi and have since resided d here h Receiving his early vocational training from his father Mr Devey for many years supplied the Z C. C M. M I. I with wheelbarrows harness rings picks and other articles the work of and craftsmen Together with his father he constructed constructed con con- one of the first hay balers in the west attracting church and state authorities to Alpine to see seethe seethe seethe the machine in operation The first steam heating system of the old Utah stake tabernacle in Provo was sas installed by Mr Devey and served flawlessly for 35 years He cut polished and delivered the onyx from which one of the fireplaces fireplaces fireplaces fire fire- places in the Salt Lake City L LD D. D S Stemple S. S temple was constructed and aided in inthe inthe inthe the invention of a smoke consumer which while practical seemed ahead of its time Mr r. r Deve Devey while in Provo was in charge of the Provo foundry founded found found- ed by Abraham O. O Smoot and now grown into one of the largest foundry foundry foun foun- dry and steel shops in the intermountain inter- inter intermountain intermountain mountain w we west e s a t. t Manufacturing stoves here Mr Devey Deveo sent one to the he St. St Louis exposition in 1893 where it won a gold medal This stove is still in use by a daughter Mrs Alice Hutchings Lehi Lehl and performing well Built Automobile In Ma May 1900 the first Utah built automobile appeared on the streets in n Utah county the fourth in the state and built by Mr Devey and having laving a remarkable speed for that time of 20 miles per hour Accepting a position of ot blacksmith blacksmith black black- smith when the first western beet sugar factory was opened at Lehi Lehin in n 1894 he ho rapidly rose to the positIon position tIon ion of chief engineer a post he held for 20 years until the closing dosing of the factory in 1926 His last nota nota- notable ble le invention was one to aid the beet growing industry a machine that hat digs tops and piles in one row four bur rows of beets Mr and Mrs Devey have a family of ot six sons and daughters living p J r Z I r- r S. S 7 4 John Dovey Devey Mrs John Devey Alfred J. J Devey Alpine J. J Frank Devey Mrs Amy D. D Smith and Mrs Alice Hutchings Lehi John Devey Jr and Walter Valter Deve Devey American Fork also 53 3 grandchildren and 37 31 great