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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

BISHOP CHARLES ENGLAND.

    Bishop Charles England is numbered among those who recognize the threefold
nature of man and has therefore directed his physical, intellectual and moral
development so that he today stands as a man among men in all things which make
for high character and for worth in citizenship. He is serving as bishop of his
ward and he is the manager of the Journal, published at Logan, the paper being
owned and conducted by the Earl & England Publishing Company. Mr. England is a
native son of Utah, his birth having occurred in Tooele, October 6, 1863. His
father, William England, now deceased, was a native of England and came to
America about 1856, first settling in New Jersey. The year 1860 witnessed his
arrival in Utah, at which time he took up his abode at Hyde Park. He was a boot
and shoe maker and followed that trade, carrying on mercantile pursuits in Hyde
Park to the time of his death, which occurred August 12, 1875, when he was but
thirty-seven years of age. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints and took a helpful interest in everything pertaining to the
upbuilding of the organization and the promotion of the cause. For years he was
clerk of the Hyde Park ward, being the first to hold that position. He married
Eliza Seamons, a native of England, who came to America with her parents about
1854, the family home being established in New Jersey. She was married in •
Council Bluffs, Iowa, while they were en route to the west, spending the cold
months in the winter quarters there. Mrs. England is still living at the age of
seventy-six years, her birth having occurred October 30, 1843, and she now makes
her home in Logan. In the family were eight children, five sons and three
daughters, of whom six are still living.

    Bishop Charles England is the eldest of the survivors and was the second in
point of birth. After attending the Hyde Park public schools and mastering the
branches of learning taught in the Brigham Young College at Logan he entered the
University of Utah at Salt Lake and was there graduated with the class of 1885
on the completion of the normal course. His high standing in the college is
indicated in the fact that he was accorded valedictorian honors at his
graduation. He had previously taught school for one year and he followed the
profession for three years after his university course was completed, spending
three years as a teacher at Newton and one year at Franklin, Idaho. He then
accepted the position of bookkeeper with the firm of W. L. Webster & Sons at
Franklin, Idaho, and later was called to serve on a mission to England. On the
12th of August, 1889, he left Utah for the land of his ancestors and returned on
the 1st of October, 1891, after two years of successful labor in foreign fields.
During that period he was president of the conference at Norwich, England, for a
time.

  With his return to Utah Mr. England became bookkeeper for R. W. Sloan, then
owner of the Logan Journal and also the president of the La Plata Mining
Company. Mr. England served in that capacity until January 1, 1892, when the
paper was sold to a corporation and he became bookeeper for the new company. He
continued to act in that capacity and as manager under an executive committee
until December 1, 1894. Then, in connection with Jesse Earl, he leased the plant
and they conducted the Journal under a partnership relation until April, 1897;
when the business was incorporated and on the expiration of the lease in
January, 1900, the members owned the business and Mr. England became secretary
and manager, which dual position he has since capably filled. He has made the
Journal a most readable paper and has' built up a large advertising patronage.
He has made the Journal the exponent of all progressive measures in local,
state, and national affairs and his earnest support of valuable public measures
has had wide effect upon the accomplishment of the purpose desired.

    On the 10th of June, 1886, Bishop England was married in Logan Temple, to
Miss Phebe Almyra Woolf,  a native of Hyde Park and a daughter of-Absalom, and
Lucy Ann (Hambleton) Woolf. The mother is still living and yet occupies the old
home in Hyde, Park. The parents were pioneer settlers of the state, coming to
Utah in 1847. Mr. and Mrs. England have, become the parents of eight children:
Ada Eliza, born in Hyde Park, April 9, 1887; William Charles, who was born in
Franklin, Idaho, August 21, 1888; Della, born in Logan, December 5, 1892; State,
born in Logan, January 4, 1896; Eva Almyra, born in Logan, March 19, 1899;
Milton, March 5, 1904; Harold Absalom, November 16, 1905; and Clarence Woolf,
December 29, 1909.

    In the work of the church Mr. England has taken a most active and helpful
interest. On the 1st of March, 1901, he was called to serve for the second time
on a mission, being sent to the central states. He left Utah on the 4th of
March, 1901, and returned on the 23d of June, 1903. While on that mission he was
secretary for twenty-months, with headquarters at Kansas City, Missouri. He was
voted in as bishop of the second ward on the 15th of June, 1917, and ordained in
October of that year, since which time he has served in the position. From 1887
until 1889 he was president of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association of
the Oneida stake. He has been a member of the Cache stake Sunday school board,
was one of the superintendents and was a member of the board for six years. He
has also been identified with Sunday school work in the ward in which he resides
and altogether has taken a most active and helpful part in various branches of
the church work. His political allegiance is given to the democratic party and
he is an earnest supporter of its principles but not a politician in the sense
of office seeking. However, his worth and ability are widely recognized by his
fellow citizens, who have several times called him to office. In 1898 he was
elected for a two years' term as a member of the city council and reelected in
1900. In 1901 he was elected president of the council but resigned that position
to go on his second mission. He has been a member of the Logan school board for
six years, or from January, 1913, until December 31, 1918, and in 1912 he was
the democratic candidate for the office of secretary of state. During the period
of the war he served on the Council of Defense for Cache county and put forth
every possible effort to aid the interests of the country in the prosecution of
the war. His is an excellent record of capability in business, faithfulness in
office and loyalty in the church. His father died when the son was quite young
and he, being the eldest son of the family, aided in the support of a widowed
mother. He worked his way through school, scorning no employment that would
yield him an honest living. He chopped wood, did farm work or anything that
would add to his financial resources. The elemental strength of his character
which he thus displayed won the attention of employers and as the years have
passed he has made steady progress, each forward step in his career bringing him
a broader outlook and wider opportunities. These opportunities he has wisely
utilized and the record which he has made should serve as a source of
encouragement and inspiration to others, showing what may be accomplished
through ambition and persistency of purpose.


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UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD
HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL

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

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