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HENRY W . LUNT Biography 1863 - 1926 Henry Whittaker Lunt was horn January 25, 1863, in Cedar City, the son of Henry and Mary Ann Wilson Lunt. He was baptized into the L.D.S. Church J u n e 18, 1872, and continued to be very active religiously. He filled a mission to Great Britain in 1892 - 1894, and presided over t h e Liverpool Conference. He s e r v e d a s Bishop of the Cedar City Ward from 1902 to 1908, and then he was chosen a s Bishop of t h e Cedar City East Ward and held t h e position until 1911. Henry W . Lunt was v e r y active in civic affairs. He acted a s State Senator from the 11th Senatorial District from 1911 to 1913; was County Commissioner from 1914 to 1918, and was re-elected in 1918 for two years, acting as Chairman of t h e Board. He s e r v e d a s Mayor of Cedar City one term and a s member of t h e City Council three terms. He was President of t h e Iron County Telephone Company for many y e a r s . Vice President of the Iron Commercial Bank a t Cedar City (organized in 19171, and Director in t h e Cedar Mercantile and Livestock Company. He s e r v e d as State Road Commissioner for four y e a r s . married Rosalia On December 10. 1884. Henry W . H u n t e r , daughter of George and Mary Muir Hunter. There were ten children born to this marriage--Henry H., George H . , Raymond H . , Wallace H . . Mary Ellen H . , Corris H., Iona H . , Anthon H.. Willard H . , and Olive H. He was numbered among the successful agriculturists and stock growers of the Cedar City a r e a . His, son. Henry H . ( H a r r y ) Lunt was elected Mayor of Cedar City in 1938. Henry Whittaker Lunt died on Dec. 16, 1926 in Cedar City, Utah. From: Biographical Encyclopedia
Excerpts from Cedar City Council Minute Book.. ,1891-1896 Mayor: Councilmen: Henry W . Lunt Lehi W . Jones Bengt Nelson E . J. Palmer Myron D . Higbee J. G . Webster
J a n . 6. 1896.. .On motion Councilman Jones, the Committee on Public Grounds and City Property was instructed to have one of t h e rooms a t t h e City Hall finished a s soon a s possible for the use of the City Officers. Jan.
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| Title | Mayors of Cedar City |
| Creator | Jones, Evelyn K.; Jones, York F., 1925- |
| Subject | Mayors -- Utah -- Cedar City -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- Politics and government; Cedar City (Utah) -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- History |
| Description | Includes biographies of the mayors of Cedar City and examples from the city minutes showing the events that took place under each administration. The three histories printed in the second section were written by three men at three different times in the history of Cedar City. |
| Source | Mayors |
| Date Digital | 2008-01 |
| Date Original | 1986 |
| Type | Image; Still image |
| Format | image/pdf |
| Digitization Specs | JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner. |
| Contributing Institution | Digitized by: Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah |
| Publisher | Southern Utah State College |
| Language | eng |
| Genre | Biography |
| Website | http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/mayors.html |
| Rights Management | Digital image c2008 Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. All rights reserved. |
| CONTENTdm file name | 535.cpd |
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