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GEORGE W. MIDDLETON Biography 1866 - 1938 George W . Middleton was born December 10, 1866, in Hamilton Fort. Utah, the son of John and Jane Withers Middleton. After spending his youth in Southern Utah and leaving to finish his education in medicine, he opened a medical practice in Cedar City. There was no hospital, so he obtained a large residence and remodeled i t into the first hospital in t h e southern part of the state. D r . Middieton entered into the politics and the social activity of the community. He was elected to the position of Mayor of Cedar City in 1 9 0 4 and immediately tackled into the problem of prohibition. Cedar City became one of the first cities in America to establish prohibition laws, and it was during his administration. It was also during his term a s Mayor that Cedar City's first water system was s t a r t e d , t h u s helping to rid the community of the threat of Typhoid Fever. Middleton married Margaret E. Palmer, daughter of Richard and Johanna Reese Palmer, on September 27, 1894. They became the parents of five children-Roka. Richard, and John. The oldest, Roka M . Eugene, Anthony W . . Wilkerson, died in her early married life. The Middletons left Cedar City in 1 9 0 6 to continue his advance as a leading surgeon in Salt Lake City, Utah. In addition to his other activities, Dr. Middleton served as a Regent of the University of Utah. He was also very active in the L.D. S . Church attaining the position of High Councilor. In connection with his profession, he served as President of the Utah State Medical Association. While in Cedar City, he took advantage of the lavish display of nature's handiwork by organizing and going on many trips in order to pursue his favorite hobby, geology. Dr. Middleton's fourteen years in Cedar City were spent in the arduous life of a pioneer physician and surgeon serving a wide area of southwestern Utah. The automobile was still in the f u t u r e and roads were primitive and sometimes almost non-existent. He never ceased to continue his education a n d , consequently, became one of the best known and busiest surgeons in Utah. He died December 8, 1938 in Salt Lake City at tbe age of 71. From: Prominent Men of Utah and Autobiography.. . G . W .M.
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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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