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Joseph E. Cardon, son of Paul Cardon, was educated in the public schoo ls of Logan and in the Brigham Young College, from which he was gradua ted in 1894 on completing a course in the normal department. Followin g his graduation he taught school in Logan for a period of two years . Prior to this, however, he was engaged in mercantile lines and was s ecretary and stockholder in the Cardon Jewelry Company, being closel y associated with that enterprise for several years. In 1896 he was ca lled to serve on a mission in the northern states and spent the firs t year in Indianapolis, acting as president of the Northern Indiana Co nference. During the last year and a half he made his headquarters i n Chicago, where he was secretary of the mission for eighteen months . He then returned to Utah in the spring of1899 and organized the Loga n Knitting Factory, of which he was elected president. With this he wa s actively associated for eight years. He likewise became manager of t he Howell-Cardon Company, which is now the Shamhart-Christiansen-Howel l-Cardon Company, owners of Logan's leading department store. He remai ned in the latter business for two years. In 1909 he became connecte d with the Cardon Company, with which he has since been identified sav e for a period of three years spent in Independence, Missouri. He wa s also the editor of the Liahona, the elders' journal, from 1913 to 19 16 inclusive. This is a weekly paper and has a circulation of betwee n fifteen and twenty thousand copies. While acting as editor of the pa per he traveled extensively in Oklahoma, Kansas , Missouri, Texas an d Illinois in the interest of ecclesiastical matters , and in churchwo rk he has always taken a very active and helpful part . He is a membe r of the Logan first ward and he served as bishop of the ward from190 0 until 1906 inclusive. He was also in the stake presidency as counsel or until 1911 and has since been made a patriarch, being ordained in F ebruary, 1913. Joseph E. Cardon has thus divided his time, attentio n and energies between secular and church affairs and it is characteri stic of him that he carries forward to successful completion whateve r he undertakes, whether in the up building of themoral forces of th e community or the advancement of its material welfare. The Cardon Com pany , of which he is the general manager, conducts one of the larges t business enterprises in the state and in its control Mr. Cardon ha s shown splendid powers of organization. He now bends his energies t o constructive effort and administrative direction, utilizing every op portunity that opens in the natural ramifications of trade. His soun d judgment enables him to avoid the pitfalls into which unrestricted p rogressiveness is so often led and to direct his energies along thos e lines where fruition is certain. The name of Joseph E. Cardon also f igures most prominently upon the pages of Utah's political history. H e takes the keenest interest in political and civic matters and puts f orth every effort that will advance the welfare of the state along tho se lines. His allegiance is given to the democratic party and he wa s a delegate to the Baltimore convention of 1912, on which occasion h e received the largest vote cast in the state convention. In 1912 he w as elected to the state legislature and re election has continued hi m in the office for three successive terms, each nomination being mad e by acclamation. During the last session of the general assembly he b ecame widely known as the father of the Blue Sky bill, also the Red Fl ag bill and other leading measures. During two terms ' service in th e general assembly he was chairman of the committee on appropriation s and in the three session she has served on the committee on educatio n and state institutions. On the 16th of September, 1896, in Logan Te mple, Mr. Cardon was married to Miss Sophia Wilson, a native of Loga n and a daughter of Joseph and Ann (McCormick) Wilson, whose people we re pioneer settlers of Logan. Mrs. Wilson has now passed away. Mr. an d Mrs. Cardon have become parents of eight children: Joseph LeGrand, w ho died in infancy; Joseph E., Jr.; Rula ; Sybil; Bartell W.; Karma;Vi rginia ; and Blanche. All were born in Logan with the exception of Bla nche, whose birth occurred in Independence, Missouri. The family resid ence, owned by Mr.Cardon, is at No. 56 West Second North street. Throu gh the period of the war no one questioned the one hundred percent Ame ricanism of Joseph E. Cardon, whose labors were untiring for the benef it of his country in connection with the prosecution of the great Worl d war in the interests of world democracy. He was a member of the Coun ty Council of Defense, was chairman of war prison work and of the hom e service department. He also engaged actively in the sale of Libert y bonds and War Savings Stamps and took a most earnest and helpful par t in advancing the interests of the Red Cross. Such in brief is the hi story of Joseph E. Cardon , whose developing powers have brought him t o the front as one of Utah' s most substantial and eminent citizens. H e and his family are today among the largest property owners of Logan , having built many of the leading business blocks of the city. Ther e is no phase of the city's development and progress with which they h ave not been associated, and while holding to high ideals, their effor ts have ever been of a most practical and resultant character. Josep h E. Cardon has ever been a man of action rather than of theory and th us his name stands high in connection with the business and legislativ e history of the state.
Source: Utah Since Statehood, Volumes 1-4 [database on-line]. Provo, U T, USA:TheG enerations Network, Inc., 2000. Original data: Noble Warru m, ed..Utah Since Statehood. Vol. 1-4. Chicago, IL, USA and Salt Lak e City,UT,USA: S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919.

Joseph married Sophia Wilson on 16 Sep 1896 in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. Sophia (daughter of Joseph Wilson and Mary Ann McCormick) was born on 5 Oct 1870 in Logan, Cache, Utah, USA; died on 3 Nov 1948 in Cache County, Utah, United States; was buried on 6 Nov 1948 in Logan City Cemetery, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]