Sevier-Salt Lake County UT Archives Biographies.....Michelsen, Olof Reuben 1885 - 
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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

OLOF REUBEN MICHELSEN.

    One of the members of the Utah bar is Olof Reuben Michelsen, of Monroe, who
was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, in April, 1885. His parents were Niels and
Amelia (Jeppesen) Michelsen, who came to America in 1886 and first settled in
Salt Lake City but afterward removed to Monroe, Sevier county, where the father
established a hardware store, which he is still conducting in that thriving
village.

    When a babe, his son, O. R. Michelsen, suffered from an attack of spinal
meningitis, which left him without the use of his lower limbs. Possessing a
remarkable amount of pure grit, he has refused to acknowledge his handicap and
has forced his way to the front. His primary education was obtained in the
mission schools of Sevier county and he then determined that under no
circumstances would he become a burden upon his parents. He accordingly pursued
a business course in the Latter-day Saints University at Salt Lake City and
later completed his law education in the Leland Stanford University of
California and the University of Utah. Having thus acquired a broad literary
learning to serve as the foundation on which to build the superstructure of
professional knowledge, he took up the study of law and was admitted to the
courts of Utah, where he has since enjoyed an excellent practice. He has ever
played a man's game, wastes no sympathy upon himself and resents it from others.
He is one of the most active and capable lawyers of Sevier county. In 1916 he
was elected county attorney and was reelected in 1918, so that he is still
occupying the office. In addition he has for one year been the legal adviser of
Piute county. He has been retained as legal counselor by many large mining and
irrigation companies and has the reputation of being thoroughly posted on the
technicalities of the mining, drainage and irrigation laws which have to do with
the development of this section. He is also the legal adviser of the board of
county commissioners and was for four years city attorney of Monroe. He is at
all times an aggressive, hard fighter in the courts and his position is
fortified by a most broad and comprehensive knowledge of the principles of
jurisprudence.

    Mr. Michelsen is an enthusiastic photographer and has taken many beautiful
pictures of the mountains and canyons of Sevier county and southern Utah. In
social life he is a pleasant, cheerful companion and is always ready to help a
friend or neighbor. The moments which he can spare from his many activities in
connection with the bar he devotes to his farm at Monroe. Everywhere he is
spoken of In terms of the highest regard and the circle of his friends is almost
coextensive with that of his acquaintance.


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UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD
HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL

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


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