William W. Cluff
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Born | William Wallace Cluff March 8, 1832 Willoughby, Lake County, Ohio, US |
Died | August 21, 1915 Salt Lake City, Utah, US | (aged 83)
Spouse | Ann Whipple (1842–1927) |
Children | 5 |
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William Wallace Cluff (March 8, 1832 – August 21, 1915) was an American Latter-day Saint missionary and leader in the 19th century, and a member of the Utah Territorial Legislature.
Biography
Cluff was born in Willoughby, Lake County, Ohio. His parents David Cluff (Clough) and Elizabeth (Betsey) Hall joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when Cluff was about one. In 1837, they moved west, intending to go to Missouri, but were delayed by illness and stopped in Springfield, Illinois. In 1840, they moved to Nauvoo to be with the body of the Church and then moved west in 1846.
He arrived in Utah in 1850 in a company led by
From 1860 to 1863, he served another mission, this time in Denmark, Sweden, and Norway. On October 24, 1863, he married Ann Whipple in Pine Valley, Washington County, Utah.
In 1864, Cluff went to
In 1865, Cluff was called as regional presiding bishop over Morgan County, Utah, Summit County, Utah, and Wasatch County, Utah. From that point on, except for a mission in 1870-1871 to Scandinavia, Cluff resided in Coalville, Utah. During his 1870-1871 mission, he served as president of the Scandinavian Mission.[5] He served in two Utah Constitutional conventions during the 1870s and 1880s (both of which ended up being without effect since Utah was denied statehood) and also six terms in the Utah Territorial Legislature.
From 1877 to 1901, Cluff served as president of the Summitt Stake, which included all of Summit County, Utah.
Cluff was elected to the Utah Territorial House of Representatives in 1865 for the district including Summit County, Utah. He served there until 1870. After being replaced by Orrin S. Lee for one term, he was again in the territorial house for the 1874 term. In the next election in 1876, Cluff was elected to the upper house of the state legislature, known as the Council. He was one of four councilors elected jointly from Salt Lake, Tooelle, and Summit counties. The other three were Wilford Woodruff, Robert T. Burton, and John T. Caine. In 1882, council districts were redrawn, and Summit was put with Wasatch County (centered on Heber City), Uintah County, Utah (the main city in this county is Vernal, Utah) and Morgan County. Cluff was elected as the councilor from this new district. In 1884, Cluff was also made the president of the council. This was Cluff’s last term in the territorial legislature. He was succeeded by Samuel Francis.[6]
William W. Cluff died at his home in Salt Lake City on August 21, 1915.[7]
Family
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Ann_Whipple_Cluff.jpg/220px-Ann_Whipple_Cluff.jpg)
References
- ^ Overland Trails database entry on Whipple Company
- ^ a b E. W. Tullidge, Tullidges's History of Utah p. 235
- ^ Matthew J. Grow, et al. Saints, Vol. 2 No Unhallowed Hand p. 322
- ^ Grow, Saints Vol 2, p. 333
- ^ Church Historian Office, missionary database
- ^ listing of members of the Utah Territorial legislature
- ^ "William W. Cluff, Pioneer Resident, Called by Death". The Salt Lake Herald-Republican. August 22, 1915. p. 13. Retrieved January 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- Jenson, Andrew (1901). Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia: A compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Vol. 1. Salt Lake City, Utah: The Andrew Jenson History Company (Printed by The Deseret News Press). p. 340. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
External links
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