OLSEN, OLE C

Posted by on Nov 16, 2010 in Early Settlers Of Mayfield | 41 comments OLSEN, OLE C, first bishop of Mayfield, farmer by occupation, son of Ole C. and Engel M., was born on the Isle of Bon Holm, Denmark, February 7, 1823. He learned the trade of a tailor and followed the work. In ’52 he joined the Mormon church and did five years’ missionary work, being president of a branch at Copenhagen for four years. He came to Utah with his wife and one child in...
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JENSEN, HENRY

Posted by on Oct 16, 2010 in Early Settlers Of Mayfield | 12 comments JENSEN, HENRY, merchant; son of Soren and Christine M., was born in Denmark January 11, 1847. He came to Utah in 1854 and located in Ephraim, where he was a home guard in the Black Hawk war. In 1875 he came to Mayfield. He served as Justice of the Peace for ten years, bishop’s counsellor ten years and superintendent of the Sunday-school for six years. In 1885 he was appointed postmaster. He...
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CHRISTIANSEN, BISHOP PARLEY

Posted by on Oct 13, 2010 in Early Settlers Of Mayfield | 27 comments CHRISTIANSEN, BISHOP PARLEY, farmer and stockraiser, son of Neils and Dorothy, was born in Salt Lake City December 7, 1857. According to an 1898 history of Sanpete county “His parents removed to Spanish Fork when he was about four months old, and after two years he and his mother moved to Ephraim. In 1890 he came to Mayfield, where he has since remained. While he was too young to take an...
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