Wasatch County UT Archives Biographies.....Jeffs, Mark W. 1847 - 
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MARK W. JEFFS.

    Mark W. Jeffs, a lumber merchant of Heber, was born in England, January 2,
1847, and Is a son of Richard and Martha (Walker) Jeffs, who were natives of
that country. There the mother spent her entire life, but in 1862 the father
came to the new world, traveling by rail to Omaha, Nebraska, and thence with ox
teams across the country as one of a train of seven hundred wagons or more. It
required about three months to make the trip.

    Mark W. Jeffs was one of a family of nine children born to his parents and
is the only one now living. He was but fifteen years of age when he and his
father arrived in Utah and since that time has been dependent entirely upon his
own resources, not only providing for his own support but also taking care of
his father, who went blind in the fall following their arrival in this state.
Mark W. Jeffs worked in the canyon for some years and later engaged in
merchandising on a small scale at Heber. He was connected with mercantile
interests until 1906 and in the meantime had developed the business to extensive
proportions, employing from ten to twelve salespeople. He then retired from
mercantile pursuits and later purchased the Wasatch Lumber Company's yard, which
he now owns and conducts. He is also the owner of a fine farm, all under the
ditch, and the Jeffs Hotel at Heber. His business affairs have been carefully
conducted and sound judgment has marked his course at all times.

    In 1868 Mr. Jeffs was united in marriage to Miss Mary Carlisle, a native of
England, and to them were born three children, all of whom are living. For his
second wife Mr. Jeffs chose Miss Sarah Ann Chatwin and they had five children,
of whom two are living. His third marriage was to Miss Elizabeth Egner, a native
of England.

    Mr. Jeffs has always been a consistent member of the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints. He served on a mission to England for two years and he is
now a member of the High Priests' Quorum. His political allegiance is given to
the democratic party, but the honors and emoluments of office have never had
attraction for him. He is a self-made man who has not only promoted his own
fortunes but has also assisted largely in the development and progress of the
region in which he has so long made his home. At the tender age of seven years
he commenced work in a factory in his native land and has continued active
throughout life. Although he is now seventy-three years of age he is still hale
and hearty and by all who know him he is held in the highest regard, on account
of his honorable dealings and reliability in all things. He can look back over
the trail he has left with pride and the assurance that what he has got was
acquired honestly and at the expense of no one. His friends are legion.


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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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