The Minor Family of Somerset

Served as Bishop of the Cederview Ward 14 April 1918 until 1929.
Served as a High Councilman in Roosevelt Stake from 1928 to 1949
.
From 1941 to 1945, He served as coordinator for the Uintah Basi
n Welfare Program.
PriestHood Line.thomas R. Todd, ordained a Seventy on 18 Sep 1
910 by Francis M. Lyman, who was ordained by his fther, Amasa M
. Lyman, who was ordained by Joseph Smith.Signed, Thomas Richa
rdson Todd
THOMAS R. TODD
I, Thomas Richardson Todd, son of Thomas Todd Jr. and Harr iet R
ichardson, was born in Heber city, UT on 1Aug 1883 . I was
blessed by Thomas Todd Sr. and was baptized by Rob ert Dukeon 1
5 Aug 1892 and confirmed by Thomas Todd Sr. o n 15 Aug
1892.
We livedon a small farm of about 15 or 16 acres jo ining the ci
ty limits. Our home was a two story frame buil ding with a large
granary and a large barn with stables fo r cows and horses. I at
tended school in a rock schoolhous e in the North east part of t
own.
My first school teache r was Henry M. Aird. I graduatedfrom dis
trict school in 1 900. In the late summer of 1902, I receive
d a letter
fro m the Presiding Bishops Office to attend school at the Bri
g ham Young Academy at Provo, UT. I also attended the Uinta h
Academy at Vernal during1905 and 1906.
In the fall of 1902, my parents sold out at Heber City an d move
d to Jensen, Uintah Co, and bought a 120 acre farm . For the nex
t 3
or 4years I worked on the farm part tim e and the balance on th
e range in Utah and Colorado, takin g care of about 100 Head of
cattle. One winter I worked o nbuilding railroad from Mack, Col
orado to Dragon, Utah. O ne other winter I worked at Ourray, Uta
h
helping build a fe rry boat across the Green River.
Inthe spring of 1906, I filed on a homestead North and ea st o
f Roosevelt, onthe reservation that had been opened fo r settle
ment in
1905. The next few years, I moved back an d forth between Roosev
elt and Vernal.
I was ordained aPriest on 30 April 1903, by Archie S. Ric hards
on, an uncle. On 5 August 1907, I was ordained an Elde r by Davi
d
Timothy, Alice's father, preparing to go to th e Salt Lake Templ
e to be married. With Alice Timothy, m y intended wife and my si
ster
Joanna, we left Jensen wit h a team and wagon. We reached Hebe
r in four Day, then too k the train to Salt Lake City. We went
through the templ e on 14 August 1907, and were married by Bro
. John R. Winde r.
I wasordained a Seventy on 18 Sep 1910 by Francis M. Lyma n, su
stained a counselor to Bro. David A. Mackey, Presiden t of the
Stake Supt. Of Religion Classes.I spent two week s with Willia
m A. Mortan organizing religion classes in Moon Lake, Duchesne
and Roosevelt Stakes.
In December of 1912, I was ordained aHigh Priest by Willi am M
. Smart, President of Roosevelt Stake, and set aparta s counsel
or
to Paul S. Hansen, Bishop of Roosevelt Ward.
In 1914, I moved to Blue Bench with Hugh W. Woodward and F ran
k Horrocks and opened a new town site. After careful in
spection of the canal, we moved back to Roosevelt and buil t a n
ew home east of Roosevelt.
In March 1918, I was called to go toCederview, Utah to b e Bish
op and was ordained a Bishop by Heber J. Grant on1 4 April
1918, at which time we moved to Cederview which i s about 5 mile
sNorth of Roosevelt.
The family at that time was Irwin T. Todd, born at Jensen, UT o
n 1 July 1908; Kendall D. and Kenneth T. (twins), bor n at Verna
l,
UT on 19 Dec 1910; Naomi, born at Roosevelt o n 1 Feb 1914; an
d Donald J., born at Blue Mesa on 28 Aug 19 15.
While we were at General Conference in Oct 1918, we contac ted t
he influenza and Momma (Alice) died on 21 Oct 1918 an d
Kenneth died 28 Oct 1918, and both were buried at Cedervi ew, UT
.
On 30 July 1920, I was married to Cora Powell of Cedervie w at t
he Logan Temple by John WCarlile. I leased a 40 acr e tract of
land from the government, which I heldfor nin e year, which pro
ved to be a profitablb