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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]

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Source: "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956," index and images, Fa m ilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12308-32995- 21? cc=1747615 : accessed 14 December 2014), Cache > Logan Precinc t > 1910 > i mage 2 of 2; citing series 81448; Utah State Archives Res earch Center, S alt Lake City, Utah. File #210

Died:
Age:78
Age:78

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Paul Cardon from Utah Since Statehood Volume IV
Paul Cardon, one of the pioneers of Cache county and a most highly res pected citizen, was born December 28, 1839, at Prarustin, Italy, a so n of Phillip and Marie (Tourn) Cardon. A contemporary historian has sa id: "The Cardon's found a place of refuge in the Italian Alps during t he awful days of persecution that cost the lives of tens of thousand s of noble souls who maintained that every person had the right to wor ship God as he chose. Many of the Cardons were numbered among the mart yrs. They were of the Waldenses and the second family in Italy to acce pt the restored gospel of Jesus Christ as taught by the Latter-day Sai nts, under the direction of the late President Lorenzo Snow. This nota ble event in their lives took place in the year 1852." In February 185 4, Phillip Cardon with his family of four sons and two daughters lef t his native land to join the Latter-day Saints who had colonized in U tah. They had already endured persecution for their belief and they di d not dread facing the hardships that must await them after reaching t he west. They arrived at their destination October 29, 1854, with th e Robert Campbell company, settling in Weber county, where they remain ed until 1858, when the move southward was made. Paul Cardon was stati oned as a guard to set fire to the homes and grain if it was necessar y to do so. He was also one of the guards in Echo canyon and endured t he hardships incident to the development of that section. The previou s year he married Susannah Goudin, who crossed the plains with a han d cart company, arriving iUtah,September 26, 1856. They became parent s of six sons and five daughters, of whom two sons and a daughter hav e passed away. In December, 1869, he married Magdalene Beus, who had c ome to Utah as a child with the Ellsworth handcart company, and to thi s marriage were born nine children, six of whom survive the father . A fter the return from the south the Cardon family settled at Marriot t , Weber county, and in 1859 Paul Cardon, with his father and brothe r Phillip, came to Logan, which was then a tiny hamlet containing onl y a few families. They became active factors in the development of th e new settlement and its protection against the Indians. Paul Cardon a ided in building the first log house in Logan and he afterward partici pated in the defense of the settlers against several Indian attacks, m any times risking his own life in defending others. He became prominen tly identified with the religious, military, social and civil organiza tions of Logan and the Cache valley in the early days. In a military c apacity he became first lieutenant of cavalry, receiving his commissio n from the president of the United States. As a local civil officer h e served as the first treasurer of Logan and for many years as marshal . He had charge of the Temple Mill in Logan canyon, which furnished th e lumber for the Logan Temple, and he assisted in surveying and buildi ng the Logan Canyon road. His activities in behalf of material advance ment and moral progress in his community were most pronounced and valu able. One said of him: "It is impossible for the present generation t o fully appreciate what you and your good wife have done for the deve lopment of Cache valley." Paul Cardon remained a resident of Logan unt il 1892, when he removed to Benson ward, securing a large farm. He the re became one of the(Image notshown) Caption: Paul Cardon and Family b ishopric of the ward, and he and his wives were greatly loved and hono red there because of their many good deeds and their sacrifice for th e benefit of others. Desiring to spend their last days among their chi ldren, they returned to Logan during the year 1912, taking up their a bode in the seventh ecclesiastical ward. Paul Cardon was the father o f twenty children, fourteen of whom survived at the time of his death , was the grandfather of seventy-three and the great-grandfather of se venteen. One of the local papers said of him: "In the passing of Pau l Cardon, another of the old faithful pioneers goes to his well earne d rest and leaves in his large posterity and multitude of friends th e richest legacy that can come to any mortal. He is the last member o f the second generation of Cardons to pass to the great beyond. Of hi m it can be truthfully said: 'He was one of God's noblemen, an hones t man--devoted to good works.

Paul married Susannah Goudin on 16 Mar 1857 in Ogden, Weber, Utah, USA. Susannah (daughter of Living and Living) was born on 30 Jul 1833 in Prarostino, Torino, Italy; died on 8 Dec 1920 in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States; was buried on 11 Dec 1920 in Logan City Cemetery, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph + Mary Ann McCormick. Mary was born about 1848 in London, Greater London, England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Phillip married Marie Tourn on 1 Feb 1821 in Rora, Torino, Italy. Marie (daughter of Living and Living) was born about 1795 in Italy; died on 15 Jan 1873 in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Source: "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956," index and images, Fa m ilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11109-28194- 72? cc=1747615 : accessed 14 December 2014), Cache > Logan > 1915 > im age 1 0 of 84; citing series 81448; Utah State Archives Research Cente r, Salt L ake City, Utah. File #138

Died:
Age:ABOUT 77-78
Age:About 77-78

Living + Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]