Carbon County UT Archives Biographies.....Santschi, Eugene, Sr. 1859 - 
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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

EUGENE SANTSCHI, SR.

    For almost a third of a century Eugene Santschi, Sr., has resided in Carbon
county and is now general foreman for the United States Fuel Company at
Hiawatha. So long has he been connected with the interests of this corporation
and so closely has he been associated with the mining activities of Carbon
county that he is known to every man, woman and child in the district, all of
whom affectionately term him "Dad." He is now filling the office of mayor of
Hiawatha and in matters of citizenship maintains a most progressive attitude,
seeking ever the welfare and upbuilding of the town.

    It was in Switzerland, on the 8th of May, 1859, that Eugene Santschi was
born, his parents being Harry and Elizabeth Santschi, who remained residents of
the land of the Alps, never coming to the new world. Eugene Santschi was left an
orphan when a lad of only seven years. He acquired his education in the schools
of his native country, where he pursued a high school course, and when a youth
of seventeen years he came to the United States, landing at New York on the 4th
of July, 1876. He then went to Alton, Illinois, and, having previously learned
the business of manufacturing and handling coke in Germany, he there secured
employment with the Alton Gas Company, with which he remained for twelve years.
It was during that period that he was married. In 1888 he came to Utah, making
his way at once to Castlegate, and he has practically remained in Carbon county
since that time. At Castlegate he was employed by the Utah Fuel Company, first
as a contractor, then as foreman and later as superintendent of the coke ovens,
remaining wtih the corporation for a period of fifteen years. He then retired
from active business, but indolence and idleness are utterly foreign to his
nature and after five years he was so wearied at doing nothing that he went to
Dawson, New Mexico, for the Dodge Phelps interests, superintending their coke
ovens for two years. He then returned to Salt Lake and almost immediately
afterward came to Hiawatha as general foreman for the United States Fuel Company
and has here since remained. He is also a stockholder in the Carbon County Bank
and a stockholder in and the president of the New Bullion Minting Company of
Eureka.

    At Alton, Illinois, in March, 1882, Mr. Santschi was married to Miss Emma
Chausse, a daughter of Abraham and Julia Chausse, who were also natives of
Switzerland and came to America in early life. The father followed farming but
is now deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Santschi have been born two sons and a
daughter. Eugene, born at Alton, Illinois, in 1882, married Amanda Holmgreen, of
Logan, Utah. He is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West
Point. After his graduation he went to Fort Douglas, Utah, and he was on active
duty in the Philippines. He also served in the Boxer war in China and for two
years was military instructor at the Utah Agricultural College of Logan and
afterward military instructor at West Point. At present he is a lieutenant
colonel on the general staff in Washington, D. C. Helen, the only daughter, born
at Alton, Illinois, in 1884, is the wife of Captain Freeman Bassett, of Salt
Lake City, who organized a company of cavalry in Utah county and went to. the
Mexican border, where he rendered distinguished service to his country. Harry,
born at Alton^ Illinois, in 1886, joined the army at the outbreak of the war
with Germany and was at Camp Lewis, from which point he went to France, serving
for sixteen months as an interpreter in the intelligence department in Bordeaux,
France, after which he was honorably discharged and returned home in May, 1919.
This is indeed a notable record of service on the part of the two sons and the
son-in-law of Mr. Santschi.

    In his political views Mr. Santschi is a republican and was the first county
commissioner of Carbon county, while at the present time he is filling the
office of mayor of Hiawatha for the third term. What could be more conclusive
evidence of his ability and fidelity to the interests of the community? His
administration has been of a most progressive character in which he has brought
about needed reforms and improvements that have worked for civic betterment and
for the upholding of high civic ideals. His personal characteristics are perhaps
best indicated in the name by which he is known to every man, woman and child in
the section in which he resides. It indicates his geniality, his
approachableness and his deep interest in the individual and in the community at
large.


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


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