Sevier-Salt Lake-Garfield County UT Archives Biographies.....Sevy, Reuben Warren 1863 - ************************************************ 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 December 29, 2011, 2:44 pm Source: See below Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher REUBEN WARREN SEVY. Reuben Warren Sevy, whose activities cover important sheep raising interests in Sevier county and who has aided in shaping the legislation of Utah as a member of the state senate, was born in New Harmony, Utah, in 1863, his parents being George W. and Phoebe M. (Butler) Sevy, both representatives of pioneer families of the state. Mrs. Sevy came to Utah with her parents in the winter of 1847-8 with a handcart company and the family located at Spanish Fork. Her father was one of the bodyguard of Joseph Smith. George W. Sevy came to Utah in 1849 and while on a visit to Spanish Fork formed the acquaintance of Miss Butler, whose hand he sought in marriage. Mr. Sevy was afterward converted to the faith of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Soon after their marriage the young couple were called to settle New Harmony and it was there that Reuben W. Sevy of this review was born. After several years' residence at that place the parents removed with their family to Panguitch, where for many years Mr. Sevy was the bishop of that ward. He went with the first company sent to colonize Mexico, where he served as presiding elder. The colony located at Juarez, just across the river from El Paso, Texas, and there he bought land. Reuben W. Sevy pursued his education in the common schools of Panguitch and after completing his studies assisted his father, who was engaged in sheep raising. In 1882 he began raising sheep on his own account and continued active in the business there until 1912, when he removed to Richfield, Sevier county, after disposing of his ranch to the state. A portion of the ranch is now occupied by the state reservoir of the famous Piute irrigation project. Immediately upon tailing up his abode in Sevier county Mr. Sevy purchased land and again engaged in sheep raising. His property here embraces one hundred and twenty-five acres, largely under the Piute irrigation system, and is for the most part highly cultivated. His holdings in 1919 included twenty-seven hundred Rambouillet sheep. In 1882 Mr. Sevy was married to Miss Elizabeth A. Spencer, a daughter of one of the pioneer families of St. George. She has ever borne her share in the responsibilities of her home, has been a devoted mother and has been active in the work of civic and religious organizations at Panguitch. The living chldren of Mr. and Mrs. Sevy are as follows: Claude, who was graduated from the Kansas City Veterinary College as valedictorian of his class and was for ten years in the service of the United States government, is now manager of his father's ranch. Pearl is a graduate of the Utah Agricultural College and is now teaching in the Richfield high school. Fern is a senior in the Utah Agricultural College. Leo is acting as assistant to his brother Claude on the ranch. Carl is a student in the Latter-day Saints high school at Salt Lake City. Jesse and Alice are attending the graded schools of Richfield. While Mr. Sevy has long been prominently known as a sheep raiser and ranchman, in addition to his ranching property he has many large interests. He is the president of the Standard Meat & Produce Company of Richfield, is president of the Sigurd Mercantile Company and was one of the original stockholders and directors of the Jumbo Piaster Company of Sigurd. He also organized and for years was one of the directors of the Cameron-Sevy Mercantile Company of Kansas. The most important interest of Mr. Sevy is perhaps the State Loan & Trust Company, with headquarters at Salt Lake City. The capital stock of this corporation is three hundred thousand shares and it owns six hundred city lots in Salt Lake and transacts a general real estate, loan and trust business. Mr. Sevy has for some time been a member of Its board of directors -and in November, 1919, was made president and general manager. While spending a large part of his time in Salt Lake, he resides with his family in Richfield and counts that flourishing city as his home. Mr. Sevy has been a prominent figure in public affairs as well and for ten years served as chairman of the county republican committee and has been a delegate to nearly every state convention held by that party in Utah. Aside from serving as a member of the city council of Panguitch he was for two terms county sheriff and in 1909 was elected state senator from the tenth senatorial district, serving to the satisfaction of his constituents for four years. He has been a most potential factor in the upbuilding of Utah along many lines. He is a man of keen foresight and broad vision who looks beyond the exigencies of the moment to the opportunities and possibilities of the future and is proving a potent force in Utah's progress and prosperity as well as a dominant factor in the attainment of individual success. Additional Comments: Extracted from UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL ILLUSTRATED VOLUME IV CHICAGO-SALT LAKE: THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1920 Photo: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ut/sevier/photos/bios/sevy57gbs.jpg File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ut/sevier/bios/sevy57gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/utfiles/ File size: 5.7 Kb