Cache County UT Archives Biographies.....Eccles, Mariner S. 1890 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ut/utfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 September 1, 2011, 4:30 pm Source: See below Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher MARINER S. ECCLES. Mariner S. Eccles, vice president of the Eccles Investment Company of Logan, in which connection he is conducting an important business, was born September 9, 1890, in the city which is still his home, his parents being David and Ellen (Stoddard) Eccles. The latter was a daughter of the late John and Emma Stoddard, who were pioneer residents of Cache valley. The father, David Eccles, Is mentioned on another page of this work. Mariner S. Eccles is indebted to the public school system of Baker City, Oregon, for the early educational opportunities which he enjoyed, while subsequently he completed his studies in the Brigham Young College at Logan, Utah. He was then called to serve on a mission, going to Scotland, where he labored for the church. He spent two and a half years in that country and was quite successful in his work there. It was during his residence in Scotland that he met the lady whom he later made his wife. Six months after his return his father died and Mariner S. Eccles gradually took over part of his father's vast business interests. In 1915 the Eccles interests at Logan were incorporated under the firm name of the Eccles Investment Company, of which Mrs. Ellen (Stoddard) Eccles is the president, with M. S. Eccles as the vice president and general manager. They have control of important and extensive property and investment interests which are carefully directed through the efforts of Mr. Eccles of this review. He was also the organizer and is the president of the Hotel Eccles Company, which erected a fine four story hotel building in Logan and which fully sustains the slogan of the company: "More than a hotel-a home." Furthermore the Eccles hotel interests and management have been extended, for the company is also owner of an excellent three story brick hotel at Blackfoot, Idaho, and an attractive three story hotel at Rexburg, Idaho. Mr. Eccles of this review is a-man of keen business sagacity and sound judgment who readily recognizes the essential in all business affairs and makes wise use of his time and opportunities. Aside from the interests already indicated which have profited by his cooperation he is the vice president of the Thatcher Brothers Banking Company, is the president of the Hyrum Bank, vice president of the Richmond Bank, vice president of the Blackfoot City Bank of Blackfoot, Idaho; a director of the Amalgamated Sugar Company; a director of the Ogden, Logan & Idaho Electric Railway; a director of the Lion (Wyoming) Coal Company; a director of the Oregon Lumber Company and of the Anderson & Sons Lumber Company. The recital of his investments and business connections indicate how important a part he has played in the industrial, commercial and financial development of his state. He is likewise vice president of the Trenton Bank and is the president of the Vitamin Wholesale Grain Company of Logan. On the 9th of July, 1913, M. S. Eccles was married in Logan Temple to Miss May Campbell Young, a native of Glasgow, Scotland, and a daughter of John H. and Sarah (McDonald) Young. They have become parents of two children: Mariner Campbell, who was born in Logan, April 7, 1914; and Eleanore May, born in Logan, November 17, 1916. Mr. Eccles found his wife in Scotland, from which country came his grandfather in the maternal line, while the latter's wife was a native of England, and both were pioneer residents of Utah. The religious faith of Mr. Eccles is that of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His political endorsement is given to the republican party and he is a stalwart advocate of its principles, believing firmly in the party platform as a factor in good government. He acted as chairman of the City Council of Defense during the period of the war and his earnest support and cooperation were given to every movement calculated to advance the interests of the country in its relations with the allied army and in the work of supporting the soldiers in the field. The objective and subjective interests of life have in Mariner S. Eccles been carefully balanced. He has never allowed the accumulation of wealth to so monopolize his time and attention as to exclude his cooperation with movements having to do with the general progress of community and state. On the other hand, in all business affairs he has displayed keen discernment and unfaltering enterprise and has carried forward to successful completion whatever he has undertaken. The worth of his work in both connections is readily recognized and the consensus of public opinion places him in the foremost rank of business men in this section of the state. He is yet but a young man, having only passed the twenty-ninth milestone on life's journey, and his future career will be well worth the watching. Additional Comments: Extracted from UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL ILLUSTRATED VOLUME IV CHICAGO-SALT LAKE: THE S. J. 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