Utah Historical Quarterly Volume 5, Number 1-4, 1932

LEWIS W. SHURTLIFF Born July 24, 1835, in Ohio, later residing with his parents successively in Kirtland, Ohio, Far West, Missouri, Nauvoo, Illinois, and Council Bluffs, Iowa; emigrated to Utah in 1851, arriving September 23; settled in the vicinity of Ogden, his subsequent home. Was lieutenant in the State militia during the Utah Indian wars; L. D. S. Bishop of Plain City ward for many years, until elevated to the presidency of Weber Stake of Zion in 1883. Was Weber County commissioner 1883-1886; in the state legislature 1887-1889, also 1897-1899; probate judge of Weber County 1886-1890; president of Ogden's first street railway company; assistant manager, Pioneer Electric Power & Light Company; postmaster at Ogden, 1909-1913. Died May 2, 1922, aged 87 years. *