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Show Draper Family Attains Success In Many Fields of Endeavor (ED. NOTE: The following account of an interesting family fam-ily is written by one of its members, John W. Smith. Sugar House herewith salutes its neighbor to the south the city of Draper through the medium of this story-) This is what is left of the first Danish family which Brigham Young sent to Willow Creek (now Draper, Salt Lake County, Utah) Lauritz Smith, the head of this family, left Denbark on his birthday, Oct. 5, 1853, 1 and reached Great Salt Lake City on Oct. 5, 1854. Through an interpreter in-terpreter he made known to Brigham Young that he was a journeyman blacksmith, skilled in the art of charcoal burning. Brigham Young directed him to go to Willowcreek where they needed a man of his skill and ability. He reached Willow-creek Willow-creek Dec. 24, 1854. Ninety-five years have passed pass-ed away and the above group is what survives of this family. They are, back row, Dr. C. E. Smith, Garland, Utah, principal of Bear River High School for a period of 20 years and now coordinator of adult education program, Box Elder County; David J. Smith, Draper, owner and operator of an extensive "cackle-berry" farm; S. N. Smith, Draper, the village blacksmith, black-smith, producer of milk, cream and fancy horse flesh; Charles S. Smith, Santa Monica, Calif., electrical erjgineer and expert rifleman; John W. Smith. Tre-monton, Tre-monton, Utah, former superintendent superin-tendent of Salt Lake County schools and Box Elder County rancher. Seated, left to right, are Mabel Hadfield, Riverside, Utah, school "marm," and dry farmer; Martha Peterson, Riv-erton, Riv-erton, Utah, copper producer and cosmetic concessionaire; Mina Ward, Riverside, mechanic mechan-ic and road builder (the last two are twins), Carry White, Salt Lake City, dressmaker. |