Whitaker, John Mills photograph collection 1880s-1920s

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Whitaker, John Mills photograph collection 1880s-1920s

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The John Mills Whitaker photograph collection contains photographs relating to John Mills Whitaker's life events.

5 photographs

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J. Willard Marriott Library. University of Utah Photograph Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6365793

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John Whitaker

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John Mills Whitaker was born on 16 October 1863 in Centerville, Utah, to Thomas William Whitaker and Elizabeth Oakden Mills Whitaker. His youth was spent at Centerville and Ogden working with his father in farming and carpentry. He attended the University of Deseret during the 1880s and married Ida Taylor in 1886. He worked for the Salt Lake and Fort Douglas Railway and helped organize the Utah-Western Railway Company. Whitaker served in various capacities in the LDS Church, includi...

Whitaker, John Mills, 1863-1960

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John Mills Whitaker (1863-1960) was born in Centerville, Utah. His parents were Thomas William and Elizabeth Mills Whitaker. At an early age he studied the Isaac Pitman system of shorthand. While going to school at the University of Deseret he began working for Franklin Dewey Richards (1821-1899). In 1886 Whitaker married Ida Oakley Taylor, the daughter of John Taylor (1808-1877). Whitaker helped establish the first public library in Utah, was secretary to John Willard Young (1844-1924) while he...