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  Susa Young Gates (1856-1933) — also known as Susa Young — of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, March 18, 1856. Daughter of Brigham Young and Lucy (Bigelow) Young. Republican. Writer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Utah, 1908. Female. Mormon. Member, Daughters of the American Revolution. Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, May 27, 1933 (age 77 years, 70 days). Interment at Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah.
  Relatives: Daughter of Brigham Young and Lucy (Bigelow) Young; married 1872 to Alma Bailey Dunford (divorced 1877); married, January 5, 1880, to Jacob F. Gates.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Charles Rendell Mabey (1877-1959) — also known as Charles R. Mabey — of Bountiful, Davis County, Utah; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. Born in Bountiful, Davis County, Utah, October 4, 1877. Son of Joseph Thomas Mabey (1845-1931) and Sarah Lucretia (Tolman) Mabey (1855-1914). Republican. School teacher; served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; author; banker; president, Bonneville Irrigation District; president, Triangle Drug Company; director, Bountiful Lumber and Building Association; director, Bountiful Light and Power Company; mayor of Bountiful, Utah; member of Utah state house of representatives, 1913-16; candidate for U.S. Representative from Utah 2nd District, 1916; Governor of Utah, 1921-25; delegate to Republican National Convention from Utah, 1924. Mormon. Member, American Legion; Sons of the American Revolution; United Spanish War Veterans; Navy League; Rotary. Died in Bountiful, Davis County, Utah, April 26, 1959 (age 81 years, 204 days). Interment at Bountiful Memorial Park, Bountiful, Utah.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Thomas Mabey (1845-1931) and Sarah Lucretia (Tolman) Mabey (1855-1914); married, December 20, 1905, to Afton Rampton (1884-1946); father of Rendell Noel Mabey.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  David Guy Thometz (b. 1966) — also known as David Thometz — of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah; South Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. Born, in Providence Hospital, Everett, Snohomish County, Wash., February 24, 1966. Democrat. Graphic designer; newspaper columnist; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Utah, 2000. Gay. Still living as of 2002.
  Relatives: His aunt married the nephew of Karl Nelson Snow, Jr.; distant cousin by marriage of Merrill Cook. See Cook-Thometz-Snow family of Utah.
  Jean Westwood (1923-1997) — also known as Jean Miles — of West Jordan, Salt Lake County, Utah; Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Ariz. Born in Price, Carbon County, Utah, November 22, 1923. Daughter of Francis Marion Miles and Nettie (Potter) Miles. Democrat. Mink raiser; writer; staff member for U.S. Rep. David S. King, 1965-66; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Utah, 1972; Chairman of Democratic National Committee, 1972; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arizona, 1996. Female. Died, of pituitary cancer, in American Fork Hospital, American Fork, Utah County, Utah, August 18, 1997 (age 73 years, 269 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married 1941 to Richard E. Westwood.
  See also Wikipedia article

 

 


 
   
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