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JOHN PARRY Biography 1841 - 1919 John P a r r y , son of John P a r r y a n d Winifred B a r k e r , was born in Newmarket. Flintshire, North Wales, on November 14, 1841. In 1855, a t the age of fifteen y e a r s , he came t o America with his p a r e n t s . They travelled t o Utah with t h e Edward Bunker Handcart Company, arriving October 2, 1856. In November, t h e family came to Cedar City where they made their home. John worked with his f a t h e r burning lime to make lime cement, the f i r s t in Southern Utah. He was also a stone d r e s s e r , a builder, and a c a r v e r of tombstones. For a time, he directed t h e Cedar City Bank, a n d was a member of t h e Cedar City Dramatics Company in 1865. He married Mary Ann Haight, d a u g h t e r of Isaac C. Haight, President of the Deseret Iron Company a n d President of the Cedar Stake. He was also in the militia s e n t b y Brigham Young to b r i n g the people from Berryville back t o Dixie after the Indians killed the B e r r y b r o t h e r s a t Pipe S p r i n g s . I n 1868, he was s e n t to England to bring a company of saints to Utah. He a r r a n g e d f o r passage for 534 souls on t h e steamship, Manchester, on J u n e 30, 1868. They arrived in New York City, July 12, a n d at Fort Laramie, Wyoming. July 2 2 , 1868. In 1875, t h e Cedar City Cooperative Cattle Company was organized with John P a r r y a s one of t h e directors. He was sent on a mission to England and Wales, a n d r e t u r n e d in 1877. P a r r y was Mayor of Cedar City twice, 1883-1886 and 1890-1892. During his term, h e helped initiate t h e project of building a City County Building in Cedar City. I n addition. John s e r v e d t h r e e terms a s Iron County's Representative to the Utah State Legislature. He was on the building committee for Old Main. P a r r y died at Cedar City. Utah in March of 1919. Written b y : From: Inez Stevens Cooper
Prominent Men of Utah "The Life of John P a r r y " by Caroline Keturah A r t h u r
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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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