Cache County UT Archives Biographies.....Crockett, Hyrum E. 1873 - 
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HYRUM E. CROCKETT.

    Hyrum E. Crockett, whose study of financial problems and experience along
this line well qualifies him for the important duties that devolve upon him as
the cashier of the First National Bank of Logan, was born April 6, 1873, in the
city which is still his home, and is a representative of a family that has long
been prominently connected with the development and progress of the state. His
parents were Alvin and Mary Sophia (Reed) Crockett. The father, now deceased,
was a native of Maine and belonged to one of the old families of the Pine Tree
state. His ancestors originally settled and owned Vinal Haven, off the coast of
Maine. The family was of Scotch lineage and soon after the arrival of the
Mayflower on the shores of Massachusetts representatives of the name came to the
new world. In the year 1849 Alvin Crockett, leaving New England, made his way to
Utah. He was then a young man of but nineteen years. He settled first at Salt
Lake, where he was stationed in charge of an armed organization appointed by the
territorial governor to keep out Johnston's army. He held the rank of colonel
and continued in the service until the abolishment of the army by the United
States government. He afterward removed to Payson, Utah, and in the early '50s
became a resident of the Cache valley. He followed agricultural pursuits there
and during, the later years of his life gave his attention to contracting and
building. He was the first mayor of Logan and also served in the positions of
sheriff and marshal for twnty-five years in the days when the office was
conducted without pay. He was a devout member of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints and very active in church work. Throughout the community he
was regarded as a most highly respected citizen and a man of genuine personal
worth. He acted as high counselor of the Cache stake for many years and was as
successful in his church work as he was in his business undertakings and other
activities. He died in 1905, at the age of seventy-two years. His wife bore the
maiden name of Mary Sophia Reed and was a native of Vermont. belonging to one of
the old New England families. The ancestral line is traced back to the eleventh
century. Both the paternal and maternal ancestors of Hyrum E. Crockett were
connected with the Scotch nobility. His mother died in Logan in 1900, at the age
of sixty-eight years. She had a family of twelve children, seven sons and five
daughters.

    Hyrum E. Crockett, who was the tenth in order of birth, was educated in the
pubic schools, in the Brigham Young College and in the Agricultural College of
Utah at Logan, from which he was graduated on the completion of a commercial
course. He then started out to earn his own livelihood.  He was first associated
in business with his father, giving his attention to contracting and building,
with which he became familiar under his father's direction, successfully working
along that line in Logan for a period of ten years. On the 1st of January, 1900,
he became identified with the financial interests of Logan by entering the First
National Bank as assistant bookkeeper. From that position he has worked his way
steadily upward through various departments and promotions until he has reached
his present position as cashier, acting in that capacity since 1914. In this
connection he contributes much to the success of the institution. He is ever a
courteous and obliging official and he has thoroughly acquainted himself with
every phase of the banking business. He is also the president of the Central
Milling Company of Logan and thus figures prominently in the business circles of
the city. He is likewise a director of the Logan Home Builders Society. He has
made continuous advancement since starting out on his own account when a youth
of sixteen years. He early recognized the eternal principle that industry wins
and industry became the beacon light of his life. He saw, too, that success
slips away from the sluggard and tauntingly plays before the dreamer as a
will-o'-the-wisp but yields its fruits to the man of energy and persistency of
purpose. These qualities he has therefore cultivated and step by step he has
progressed in the business world.

    On the 10th of May, 1897, Mr. Crockett was married in Logan Temple to Miss
Susie Facer, a daughter of Bishop George and Susannah (Nebeker) Facer, of
Wil-lard, Utah, both representatives of families long connected with this state.
To Mr. and Mrs. Crockett were born four children, these being Verba May, Areba,
Hyrum Clissimore and Alvin Facer. The last named is deceased. The wife and
mother passed away in 1910 at the age of thirty-one years. In September, 1911,
Mr. Crockett was again married in Logan Temple, Miss Susette Turner becoming his
wife. She was born in Paris, Idaho, a daughter of Fred and Sarah Ann (Cardon)
Turner, the former now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Crockett have three children:
Cardon Turner, Susie Turner, and  Joseph  Turner Crockett.

    Mr. Crockett is a consistent member of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints and is an active supporter of its work. He served for three
and a half years as bishop of Logan in the seventh ward and occupied the
superintendency of the Cache Stake Sunday school for four years. He also served
in the seventh ward as Sunday school superintendent for seven years. In politics
he is an earnest republican but has never been an office seeker. He belongs to
the Logan Commercial Bootsers Club, of which he is a director, and for three
years he occupied the position of treasurer of the Agricultural College of Utah.
During the period of the war he has taken an active part in promoting the sale
of War Savings Stamps and Liberty bonds and has contributed in every possible
way to the success of the country in its trial of arms with the militarism of
Germany. His has been an active, useful and well spent life which has commanded
for him the confidence and respect of all with whom he has been associated, and
in Logan, where he has always lived, the circle of his friends is almost
coextensive with the circle of his acquaintance.


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UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD
HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL

ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME IV
CHICAGO-SALT LAKE: THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1920


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