Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-09-13 | Page 32 | Oquirrh Stake's Head Veteran Blacksmith

SUBURBAN SKETCH Oquirrh Stakes Stake's Head Veteran Blacksmith 1 MAGNA A MAGNA A blacksmith all his life H. H Edward Sutton 71 of 1 Magna ag a president of the Oquirrh L L. L D. D S. S stake still does blacksmith black black- smith smith work occasionally but blacksmiths are a thing of the past past he says sadly The old horse and buggy has been replaced by the automobile and machinery does docs nearly all of the the he remaining blacksmith work now Mr 1 Sutton was b born rn in Salt Lake City July 30 1869 and his parents moved to Bear Lake when nr he hev ic v was s 3 months old He attended attend attend- ed cd public schools there and married married married mar mar- ried Alice Smith of Bear Lake October 16 1889 in the Logan L. L D. D S. S temple As a youth he served as president president dent of the Bear Lake L. L D D. S S. stake take Young Mens Men's Mutual Improvement Improvement Im- Im provement association for or 10 years ears Mr Sutton served on a 3 mission to Great Britain from 1897 to 1899 for the L L. L D. D S S. S church Later Dater in Paris Idaho he served as as' bishop of the First L. L D. D S S. S ward for 10 years as a member of of the Paris school board f r f-r freight r eight sight years as precinct constable for or f four ur years year as city councilman eight years and as mayor maor for two wo years Mr and Mrs Sutton moved here in 1923 and Mr Sutton was wasa a pointed appointed bishop of the Pleasant jo roe 0 i s C r II H. EDWARD SUTTON Blacksmith Stake President r Green L L. L D. D S. S ward November 14 of that year He served in that post until February 3 1929 when he was was named president of the Oquirrh L. L D. D S S. S stake Mr Sutton ass assorted asserted that that- he never had a hobby Iv Ive been too busy with my blacksmith and church hurch work to find any time for a a. a hobby he I said 7 or r- r i