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JOHN S. WOODBURY Biography 1865 - 1949 John Stillman Woodbury was born in St. George, Utah, November 16, 1865. He was the oldest of eleven children born to John Stillman and Martha Alice Parker Woodburv. They were among the pioneers arriving in the Salt ~ a k e Valley in 1847, and were later called as missionaries to colonize Utah's southland, namely the town of St. George. This was where John Woodbury was horn and grew to manhood. A s a boy, John learned the trade of carpenter and followed this occupation for some time, but he wanted more education so he went back to school--first to Salt Lake City for two years at the L.D. S. College, then to the University of Utah for a course in architecture. He then returned to Southern Utah and Cedar City to teach school. It was here that he met May Higbee, youngest daughter of John M . and Mary Clark Higbee, and they were married a year later on July 16, 1895. John was employed by the Cedar Elementary School a s Principal and teacher until 1905. By this time there were three children--Hortense, Eugene, and Inez. At this time, he returned to Salt Lake City for two more years at the University of Utah, then one year at the University of Chicago. When he returned home, he joined the faculty at the Branch Normal School, where he remained until 1912. when he ended his long teaching career to become manager of the Iron County Telephone Company. He held this position for over 15 years, until after i t was purchased by Mountain States Telephone Company. During this time, he also engaged in farming and stock raising. In 1927, Woodbury built, and for many years operated, a modern motion picture theater, the 'Orpheum', later renamed the Parks Theater. This building was located on the Main Street property where the old John M. Higbee home had stood. He took an active part in local politics, serving a s City Councilman and as Mayor. During the years he served as Mayor he brought about many civic improvements, among which was the f i r s t library and gymnasium, located on the upper floor of the City Hall. Also, there was a new pipeline to springs in the mountains to bring a more p u r e water . supply to the town, which he did much of the planning and surveying for. In 1897, John Woodhury was called to serve on the first committee of three (Edward J . Palmer, Lehi W. Jones, and John Woodbury), appointed at a mass meeting of the citizens of Cedar City, to work to obtain for Cedar City the first State supported school in Southern Utah, to be built either in Cedar City, Parowan, Beaver, o r St. George. Cedar City won, and the Branch Normal School was established. Another
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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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