Paul Cardon

1839 - 1915  (75 years)

• Name	Paul Cardon
  Birth	28 Dec 1839	Italy
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Feb 1915	Logan, Cache, Utah, United States
  Burial	15 Feb 1915	Logan City Cemetery, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States
  Person ID	I15510	McKelleb
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2025

  
  

  Father	Phillip Cardon,   b. 2 Oct 1801, Italy d. 25 Aug 1889, Hyrum, Cache, Utah, United States (Age 87 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Marie Tourn,   b. Abt 1795, Italy d. 15 Jan 1873, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1 Feb 1821	Rora, Torino, Italy
  Family ID	F26	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Susannah Goudin,   b. 30 Jul 1833, Prarostino, Torino, Italy d. 8 Dec 1920, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	16 Mar 1857	Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
  Children	1. Moses Goudin Cardon,   b. 16 Jun 1875, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States d. 27 Aug 1965 (Age 90 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Sarah Ann Cardon,   b. 30 Nov 1862, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States d. 16 Jan 1960, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, United States (Age 97 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Lucy Goudin Cardon,   b. Abt 1871, Utah Territory, United States d. 27 Nov 1951, Rupert, Minidoka, Idaho, United States (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Susette Cardon,   b. 21 Jun 1861, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States d. 2 Jan 1919, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States (Age 57 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Louisa Cardon,   b. 14 Aug 1864, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States d. 2 Oct 1868 (Age 4 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Ezra Bartholomew Cardon,   b. 26 May 1878, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States d. 10 Mar 1902 (Age 23 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Mary Cardon,   b. 7 Dec 1859, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States d. 30 Apr 1961, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States (Age 101 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. John Paul Cardon,   b. 19 Nov 1866, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States d. 3 Nov 1955 (Age 88 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Phillip Cardon,   b. 29 Jan 1858, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States d. 10 Sep 1863 (Age 5 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   10. Joseph E. Cardon,   b. 28 Oct 1872, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States d. 19 Jul 1956, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   11. Amanda Carding,   b. Jan 1880, Utah Territory, United States  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   12. Louis Samuel Cardon,   b. 23 Jun 1869, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States d. 14 Dec 1930, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States (Age 61 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4675	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Magdalene Beus,   b. 17 Jul 1853, Turin, Torino, Piemonte, Italy d. 1 Mar 1944, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	19 Dec 1870	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Children	1. Oliver Beus Cardon,   b. 7 Jan 1885, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States d. 4 Feb 1907, Cache County, Utah, United States (Age 22 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. James Cardon,   b. 16 Sep 1875, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States d. 30 Mar 1877, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Violet Phyllis Cardon,   b. 10 Dec 1889, Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States d. 24 Jun 1979, La Crescenta, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 89 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. George David Cardon,   b. 1 Oct 1877, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States d. 15 Jun 1954, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Hyrum Michael Cardon,   b. 16 Aug 1873, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States d. 27 May 1963, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States (Age 89 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Katie Lavina Cardon,   b. 17 Mar 1892, Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States d. 13 Jun 1984, Portland, Clackamus, Utah, United States (Age 92 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Amanda Cardon,   b. 22 Jan 1880, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States d. 10 Aug 1963, Smithfield, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Marianne Magdalene Cardon,   b. 22 Nov 1871, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States d. 12 Dec 1871, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Earnest William Cardon,   b. 26 Aug 1882, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States d. 17 Apr 1959, Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4676	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2025

  
  

• Notes

  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.