Sevier-Utah County UT Archives Biographies.....Holmstead, George Firatio 1888 - 
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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

GEORGE FIRATIO HOLMSTEAD.

    George Firatio Holmstead is filling the important position of agricultural
agent of Sevier county and is doing splendid work in this connection,
instructing the farmers in scientific and progressive methods of farming. His
promotion of the Farm Bureau organization has been of widespread benefit and his
labors are now producing splendid results. Mr. Holmstead is a native son of
Utah, his birth having occurred in Lehi, Utah county, in 1888. His father, Olof
John Holmstead, was a native of Sweden and came to America after having been
converted to the faith of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He
settled at Lehi in 1862 and for a number of years was engaged in business as a
net fisherman at Utah lake.

    His son, George F. Holmstead, was educated in the common schools of Utah
county and following his graduation learned the brick mason's trade, while later
he became' a cement worker and continued to follow those trades as a contractor
and builder for several years. Desiring to engage in some business that would
occupy all of his time, for there is always a dull season in building
operations, he entered the Utah Agricultural College at Logan and was graduated
from that Institution in 1917. His first appointment thereafter was as
agricultural agent of Weston county, Wyoming, where he remained for eighteen
months, and in December, 1918, he was appointed agricultural agent of Sevier
county and is still filling that post. His work as county agricultural agent in
Sevier county has been highly commended and the Farm Bureau organization under
his guidance has been of much benefit to the farmers of the county, who regard
him as a most valuable assistant. His knowledge is not only theoretical but also
of a practical character and his labors have produced splendid results.

    In 1912 Mr. Holmstead was married to Miss Hazel Evans, of Lehi, a daughter
of Abel John Evans, who is one of the best known attorneys of the state. He was
also a member of the state senate and for one term its president, and for many
years he has been counselor to the president of the Alpine stake. He was
likewise one of the leaders of the old line democrats of Utah and In various
ways has left the impression of his individuality and ability upon the history
of the commonwealth. Mr. and Mrs. Holmstead have one child, George Evans, who is
now six years of age.

    Mr. Holmstead is a consistent member of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, a member of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association
and a teacher in the Sunday school. He was captain of the newly organized Home
Guard of Newcastle, Wyoming, in 1918, and has had three years' military training
at college, where he became a cadet and then captain. He volunteered for service
in the war against Germany but was rejected because it was considered that his
services among the farmers were of greater value to the government than active
duty on the firing line, his labors being a potent element in promoting
agricultural production in his section of the state.


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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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