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FRANCIS WEBSTER Biography 1830 - 1906 Francis Wehster was horn February 8, 1830, in Sutor, near Wymondham, County of Norfolk, England. He was baptized into the L.D.S. Church in April 1848. and left England for Sydney, New South Wales. Australia, J u n e 5. 1848, where he worked for a time. However, upon hearing of t h e discovery of gold in California, h e s e t sail for San Francisco on the 29th of October, 1849. He sailed back t o England four years later in 1852, with $1,500 in gold d u s t , which he had 'panned.' He made another t r i p t o California, leaving on t h e 23rd of J u n e , 1852, which took over two months. He opened a provisions s t o r e t h e r e and worked his gold claims for nearly three years, a t which time h e again traveled t o England. He arrived t h e r e July 28, 1855, with $1,200 in gold dust in his possession. Francis Webster was married on t h e 5th of December. 1855. to Ann Elizabeth Parsons. They left for America on the s h i p , Horizon, May 23, 1856, landing a t Boston on t h e 30th of June. They traveled by railroad t h r o u g h t h e s t a t e s to Iowa City. On July 27, they s t a r t e d their journey across the plains t o Utah in the Martin Handcart Company. Francis had paid the way for nine other people, who were less fortunate than h e , to travel with this pioneer company. M e experienced t h e trials and hardships of this disastrous expedition, pulling a handcart from Iowa City to Devil's Gate without help, in spite of sickness, h u n g e r , and exposure. The company arrived in Salt Lake City. November 30. 1856. After resting a few d a y s , t h e Websters continued on to Cedar City t o establish residence. Webster served a s a member of t h e High Council of t h e Parowan Stake; a s First Counselor in t h e Bishopric and a s Bishop of t h e Cedar Ward; and a s a Counselor in t h e Parowan Stake Presidency. Of the numerous secular offices he held, he was elected Cedar City Councilman February 11, 1867; he was chosen T r e a s u r e r of t h e Cedar City Branch of t h e United O r d e r , April. 1876; h e fulfilled two terms a s Mayor of Cedar City; and he was elected to t h e lower house of the Utah Territorial Legislature. In 1876. he became President of t h e Cedar City Cooperative Mercantile and Manufacturing Institution. He died in Cedar City May 12, 1906. Taken from: Francis Webster's Journal
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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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