Cache-Salt Lake County UT Archives Biographies.....Genter, Paul H. 1886 - ************************************************ 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, 11:11 pm Source: See below Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher PAUL H. GENTER. Paul H. Genter has been a resident of Logan for but little more than two years yet during this period has become firmly established as one of the progressive and enterprising business men of the city. He is the president and manager of the Genter Sales Company, having in charge the district sales over the territory of Utah of the Delco Light Products and the installation of the farm lighting plants. In this connection he has rapidly developed a business of large extent and importance. Mr. Genter was born in Rawlins, Wyoming, on the 17th of January, 1886, his parents being Edward W. and Amelia (Gray) Genter. The father is a native of Ohio, belonging to one of the old families of that state of English and German descent. The grandfather was a native of Germany and during the Austrian rebellion of 1849 refused to be inducted into the Austrian army and came to America, settling in Ohio. He married an English woman, and in the Buckeye state established his home. There his son, Edward W. Genter was reared and educated and in 1882 he removed to the west, settling first at Breckenridge, Colorado, where he resided until 1885, when he removed to Rawlins, Wyoming. While a resident of that state he figured prominently in public affairs, representing his district in the state legislature. In 1887 he removed to Salt Lake City where he entered the abstract business, having the only complete abstract records of the city of Salt Lake. For a considerable period he continued active in the abstract and banking business, becoming president and manager of the Utah Title & Trust Company and so continuing until 1903, when he removed to Colorado, taking up his abode in Denver and afterward in Colorado Springs, where he resided until 1918. During the period of his residence in that state he was prominently connected with large irrigation projects but in 1918 returned to Salt Lake City and is now a resident of the capital city. His wife, who was also a native of Ohio and of English lineage, passed away in Salt Lake City in 1890, at the age of thirty years. Their family numbered four sons and a daughter, of whom one son is deceased. Paul H. Genter of this review was the third in order of birth in the family. He acquired his education in the public schools of Salt Lake and in the high schools of Colorado Springs and of Denver, after which he entered the University of Michigan, in which he studied for three years. Following his university course he became assistant superintendent of construction with the American Smelting & Refining Company at Ely, Nevada, in 1907 and there remained until 1909, in which year he returned to Denver and entered business with his father as general manager of the Denver Suburban Homes & Water Company. He was thus identified with the development of that section until he resigned his position to become connected with the advertising and sales department of the Continental Oil Company of Denver. On the 1st of April, 1917, he arrived in Logan and entered into his present business relations as the president and manager of the Genter Sales Company. He has the district of Utah for the sale of the Delco Light Products and Farm Efficiency appliances. The Del co-Light is a complete electric light and power plant consisting of an engine,. generator and. switchboard built as a compact unit, which with the storage battery comprises the complete outfit. The engine runs on kerosene, gas or gasoline and electricity is used from the storage battery as required. The engine is run when necessary to recharge the battery. The plant is started by pressing a switch and stops automatically when the battery is full. The convenience, durability, efficiency and economy of Delco-Light has made it most popular on farms, giving to the country home as excellent light as can be obtained in any city. Many farmers have not only installed it in houses but in barns as well. The Delco-Light operates a pressure water system which can supply house and barn, the water being piped into the kitchen, while modern bathrooms may also be installed. A Delco-Light operated pump will also supply water for fire protection, for sprinkling, washing vehicles and other needs. The Delco-Light power stand, a portable electric motor, can be attached to any washing machine, cream separator, grindstone, feed cutter and many other appliances that are used upon the farm. The worth of the Delco-Light is indicated by the fact that there are over seventy-five thousand satisfied customers in the country. The business of Mr. Genter has continually increased since he organized the Genter Sales Company in Logan in 1917. In Salt Lake City, on the 12th of April, 1916, Mr. Genter was married to Miss Vlda Taylor Richards, a native of Salt Lake and a daughter of the late Dr. Joseph Richards, chief surgeon for the Latter Day Saints for twenty years and a very prominent and influential citizen of Utah. Mr. Genter and his wife are members of the Episcopal church. He belongs to the University of Michigan Chapter of Sigma Chi, national college fraternity. He also has membership in the Denver Athletic Club, in the Logan Commercial Boosters Club, in the State Automobile Association, the Colorado State Automobile Association- connections that indicate much of the nature of his interests outside of business. In politics he is a republican where national questions and issues are involved but at local elections casts an independent ballot. During the war he was very active In connection with the Liberty Loan drives and other war measures needed to support American aims and objectives. Additional Comments: Extracted from UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL ILLUSTRATED VOLUME IV CHICAGO-SALT LAKE: THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1920 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ut/cache/bios/genter35nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/utfiles/ File size: 6.4 Kb