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LORENZO TOOLSON.

    Lorenzo Toolson, engaged in merchandising at Smithfield and also an
 active figure in
the work of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, now
 filling the office of
bishop, was born August 18, 1863, in the town which is still his home,
 his parents being
Lars and Ingra (Johnson) Toolson, who were natives of Sweden and came
 to Utah in 1860.
They were among the first residents of Smithfield, where the father
 took up farming and
stock raising and was also identified with various public Interests and
 enterprises. He
became a director of the Cooperative Mercantile Company and in the
 church he was a high
priest and filled a mission to Sweden about thirty years ago.

    Lorenzo Toolson acquired his education in the public schools of
 Smithfield and in the
Brigham Young College, which he attended for one term. He then took up
 farming, which he
followed until 1911, when he purchased a large store at Smithfield,
 becoming a partner of
Bishop Winn. This they conducted together for two years, after which
 Mr. Toolson
purchased the interests of his partner and has since carried on the
 business alone,
meeting with substantial success in its conduct. He carries a large and
 well selected
stock and is accorded a liberal patronage.

    In 1886 Mr. Toolson was married to Miss Alice Harper, a daughter of
 Richard and Susan
Harper, and they became parents of four sons and six daughters, of whom
 nine are yet
living. The children born to this union are Lorenzo Vern, who filled a
 two-year mission
to England; Allie, who married Ezra Neilson and resides in Smithfield,
 where Mr. Neilson
passed away in 1913; Richard, who married Gertrude Ashcroft, and filled
 a two-year
mission to England; Ingra, who married William Hurren; Tacy, who
 married George Chambers;
Sybil, who married Willard Hansen; Slone, who married Les Hansen; and
 Adrien and Daphne,
who are at home. The mother of these children passed away November 22,
 1914. In 1916 Mr.
Toolson wedded Helen P. Pilgrim, a daughter of Thomas and Annie
 (Peacock) Pilgrim, who
were natives of England and came to Utah in the years 1864 and 1859
 respectively. Richard
Harper arrived in this state in 1861.

    Mr. Toolson was ordained bishop in July, 1919, by Apostle Talmage.
 He served for ten
years as a member of the irrigation board and for six years was its
 chairman. In 1913 he
was elected a member of the city council of Smithfield and exercised
 his official
prerogatives in support of all plans and measures for the benefit and
 upbuilding of his
native city.

Extracted from:

UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD
HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL

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