Joseph E. Cardon

Male 1872 - 1956  (83 years)


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  • Name Joseph E. Cardon 
    Birth 28 Oct 1872  Logan, Cache, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 19 Jul 1956  Logan, Cache, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 23 Jul 1956  Logan City Cemetery, Logan, Cache, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I18463  McKelleb
    Last Modified 12 May 2019 

    Father Paul Cardon,   b. 28 Dec 1839, Italy Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Feb 1915, Logan, Cache, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Susannah Goudin,   b. 30 Jul 1833, Prarostino, Torino, Italy Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Dec 1920, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage 16 Mar 1857  Ogden, Weber, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F5578  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sophia Wilson,   b. 5 Oct 1870, Logan, Cache, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Nov 1948, Cache County, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage 16 Sep 1896  Logan, Cache, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Joseph Legrande W Cardon,   b. 3 Jul 1899, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Dec 1900 (Age 1 year)
     2. Ruba Cardon,   b. Abt 1902, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     3. Sybil Cardon,   b. Abt 1903, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     4. Joseph E Cardon, Jr.,   b. 25 Dec 1904, Logan, Cache, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Dec 1910, Logan, Cache, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 5 years)
     5. Bartell W Cardon,   b. 28 Oct 1906, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 May 1969, Alameda County, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
     6. Carma Cardon,   b. Abt 1909, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     7. Virginia Cardon,   b. 25 Jul 1913, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jul 1920 (Age 6 years)
    Family ID F5591  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Aug 2022 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 28 Oct 1872 - Logan, Cache, Utah, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 16 Sep 1896 - Logan, Cache, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 19 Jul 1956 - Logan, Cache, Utah, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • 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.