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ANTHON W. MADSEN.

    Anthon W. Madsen, residing in Scofield, is numbered among the
 prominent
representatives of cattle and sheep raising interests in Utah, in
 connection with his two
brothers, Andrew C. and Neil M. He was born in Mount Pleasant, Utah,
 June 18, 1871, a son
of Andrew and Johannah (Wedergren Andersen) Madsen. The father came to
 Utah from Denmark
in 1856, while the mother had arrived in this state from Sweden in
 1855. Both settled at
Brigham. During the move of 1857 they went south to Ephraim, being
 married there December
26, 1858, and they became pioneer residents of Mount Pleasant, taking
 up their abode at
that place in 1859. There the father continued to reside until his
 death, which occurred
December 15, 1915, when he hid reached the age of eighty years. It was
 he who purchased
the first sheep herd and brought them into Sanpete county, which now
 has more sheep than
any similar district in the world. He filled various positions in the
 church and at the
time of his death was a high priest. He was also a member of the city
 council of Mount
Pleasant for twenty years and in many ways he contributed to the
 development and
upbuilding of that section of the state. He built the first amusement
 hall and he was the
superintendent of the cooperative mercantile company, known as Mt.
 Pleasant Z. C. M. I.,
for a number of years. He likewise served as a trustee of the school
 and there was no
plan or measure for public progress or benefit that failed to receive
 his endorsement and
support. He served all through the Black Hawk war. In 1909 he was the
 prime mover in
erecting the monument in Mt. Pleasant in honor of the pioneer veterans
 and he was
likewise one of the organizers of the Mount Pleasant Historical
 Society. For many years
he figured as a most prominent factor in the interests and development
 of Mount Pleasant.
To Andrew and Johannah (Wedergren Andersen) Madsen were born five sons
 and four
daughters, namely: Louise B., Andreas, Annie, Emma, Andrew C., Lauritz
 L., Anthon W.,
Neil M. and Hilda E. Those still living are Andrew C., Anthon W., Neil
 M. and Hilda E.

    Anthon W. Madsen obtained his education in the common schools of
 Mount Pleasant and
after his school days were over he and his brothers became associated
 with their father
in stock raising and farming and the conduct of other business
 interests. They are now
owners of property in Sanpete, Utah and Carbon counties. The three
 brothers still do
business together under the name of the Madsen Brothers Land &
 Livestock company. Anthon
W. Madsen is acting as manager of extensive ranching and stock
 interests and business
properties in Scofield, Carbon county.

    In Salt Lake City, on the 26th of March, 1919, Anthon W. Madsen was
 married to Miss
Ellen Norris, a daughter of William and Ellen (Moss) Norris. Her father
 died in England
in 1911 and in 1916 she came with her mother to Utah. Mr. Madsen is a
 republican in his
political views and in 1911 was elected to represent Carbon county in
 the state
legislature. He served as fish and game warden for eight years,
 occupied the position of
town marshal of Scofield and has been deputy sheriff. His public duties
 have ever been
discharged most promptly and efficiently and he has labored untiringly
 for the interests
and benefit of his community and the commonwealth at large. In the
 business world he has
made for himself a creditable name and place and is today one of the
 well known cattle
and sheep raisers of Central Utah, where the flocks constitute a chief
 source of the
wealth of the state.

Extracted from:

UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD
HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL

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