Alonzo Lorenzo Argyle (1852 - 1940)

Born 26 Oct 1852 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Emily Elizabeth (Manwill) Argyle — married 24 Dec 1876 in Bountiful, Davis, Utah Territory, United States

Husband of Annie Elizabeth (Brown) Moore — married 4 Oct 1883 (to about 1890) in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Teritory, United States

Descendants

Died 26 Jan 1940 at age 87 in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States

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Biography

• Fact: Birth Registration (1852) Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
• Fact: Immigration (1856)
• Fact: Immigration (26 September 1856) Utah, United States
• Fact: Immigration (26 Sep 1856)
• Fact: Residence (1860) Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States
• Fact: Baptism (1863)
• Fact: Residence (1870) Bountiful, Davis, Utah Territory, USA
• Fact: Residence (1870) Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States
• Fact: Residence (1880) Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States
• Fact: Court (1888) Utah
• Fact: Residence (Abt 1889) Utah Penitentiary where Sugar House Park is now located. Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
• Fact: Residence (1900) ED 155 Benjamin, Lakeshore Precincts, Utah, Utah, United States
• Fact: Photograph (1880-1920) Lake Shore, Utah, Utah, United States
• Fact: Residence (1910) Lake Shore, , Utah
• Fact: Mission (1912) Southern States
• Fact: Photograph (1926-1906) Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States
• Fact: Residence (1920) Lake Shore, Utah, Utah, United States
• Fact: Residence (1930) Marital Status: WidowedRelation to Head of House: Head Ogden, Weber, Utah, USA
• Fact: Residence (1930) Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
• Fact: Burial (28 January 1940) Spanish Fork City Cemetery, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States
• Fact: Emigration Birmingham, England
• Fact: Emigration Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
• Fact: Residence Lake Shore, Utah, Utah, United States
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch Lorenzo Argyle was the name by which Alonzo Argyle was known almost all of his life. Born in Birmingham, England, 1852. Emigrated to Utah with first handcart company, 1856. Lived at Bountiful until 1874. Ordained elder, c. 1868. Herded stock. Moved stock to Spanish Fork, 1874.

Married Emily E. Manwill, 1876. Moved to Lake Shore, 1878. Watermaster, 1879-81. Rebaptized, 1878. Presiding priest and superintendent of settlement's Sunday School, 1880. Married Ann Brown as plural wife, 1883. Ordained seventy, 1884. Ordained bishop and high priest, 1886. Arrested for unlawful cohabitation (u.c.) 1887. Second wife sent to penitentiary for contempt of court. "Adopted" to parents in Logan Temple, c. 1888. Sentenced to penitentiary, 1888-89. Joseph Dover, of the 21st Ward, Salt Lake City, and Lorenzo Argyle, of Lake Shore, Utah, Co., were arrested for u.c. and placed under bonds. In the First District court, at Provo, Lorenzo D. Argyle of Lake Shore, Utah Co., was sentenced by Judge Judd to six months' imprisonment and $150 fine; John W. Gardner, of Pleasant Grove, to five months' imprisonment; Christian Sorensen, of Mt. Pleasant, to 90 days; Wm Beeston, of Fillmore, to four months and $200 fine; Christian Borregaard, of Fillmore, to 60 days and $50 fine; Niels M. Petersen, of Richfield, and David Broadhead to $150 fine each; all for u.c. Ole P. Borg of Richfield, was sentenced to nine months, and John Durrant, of American fork, to 18 months' imprisonment for alleged adultery. Dated entries, September 1891 to May 1920. Daily activities of bishop-funeral sermons, blessings, ordinations, baptisms, organization of ward auxiliary and priesthood groups. Delegate to irrigation congress, 1891. Delegate to Democratic County Convention, 1895. Statehood. Attended "semi-centennial" at Salt Lake City, July 1897. Helped organize state Fish and Game Association, 1897. Election judge, 1898. Federal jury duty, 1899. Attended first solemn assembly held at Salt Lake Temple, July 1899. Director of Benjamin Creamery Company, 1998-1901. Large increase in tithing, 1898-1901. Presided over annual water meeting, 1900. President of Leland Roller Mills. On the Lake and Jordan Dam Commission. Most entries extremely brief. Generally confined to church and civic activities. The Saints who had settled northeast of Payson and northwest of Spanish Fork, Utah County, were organized into two Wards, namely, Benjamin, Andrew J.B. Stewart, Bishop, and Lake Shore, Lorenzo Argyle, Bishop.

From notes uploaded by StewartGoesch BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES: "Checklists of Published Mormon Diaries and Autobiographies," by Davis Bitton. [Salt Lake City; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Historical Department, 1976] p.02 "Guide of Mormon Diaries & Autobiographies" by Davis Bitton. [Provo, Utah:Brigham Young University Press, c1977.] p.13 "Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" by Andrew Jenson. [Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson Histroy Company, 1901-1935.] v.4, p.567 "Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah" compiled by Frank Esshom. [Salt Lake City: Western Epics, Inc., 1966.] p.723 Photo p.445 "Utah Since Statehood: Historical and Biographical" edited by Noble Warrum. [Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1919] v.3, p.370 EXCERPTS FROM THE DIARY OF BISHOP LORENZO ARGYLE, prepared by Nellie E. Bertelsen and Rell Argyle (1966). Duplication of typescript, 26pp. HDC [LDS Church Archives]

Sources

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 14 March 2018, 08:14), entry for Alonzo Lorenzo Argyle(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KW83-N6T); contributed by various users.