Martin Wilford Mangelson was born February 23, 1880 in Levan, Utah, to Charles Frederik Mangelson and Emma Eliza Nielsen Mangelson. From 1902 to 1905, he served an LDS mission to Norway and Denmark. On April 1, 1908, he married Margit Annette Christensen in the Salt Lake City, Utah, LDS Temple. He and his wife, Margit Mangelson, had four children: Louis Charles Mangelson, Helen Louise Mangelson, Camilla Eliza Mangelson, and Sherma Margaret Mangelson. Over the course of his life, Martin Wilford Mangelson worked as a merchant, farmer, and real estate broker. Margit Mangelson died October 16, 1954. Martin Mangelson died in Salt Lake City, Utah, on October 2, 1966.
From the guide to the Martin Wilford Mangelson diaries, 1902-1905, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)
