Monday, April 28, 2014

Clarence Llewellyn Ashton (1891-1971) 52 Ancestors #15



I was only five years old when my great grandfather, Clarence Ashton passed away, so I don't remember much about him, other than we knew him as "Pop" and that he was a smoker (a chain smoker, according to my mom). Clarence was the eldest of the three sons of the entrepreneur Leslie Ashton of Vernal, and owned a hardware store in Roosevelt, Utah. At one time they sold groceries as well, but it was primarily a hardware store. Several family members worked at the store at one time or another (his father in law, William Bryce, son in law, Bennie Schmiett, his daughter, Evelyn, and my mother).

Clarence and Hazel Bryce were married October 19, 1916. They had two children, but only my grandmother, Evelyn lived to adulthood.

In addition to being an entrepreneur, Clarence was very active in civic affairs. He served as the postmaster, the mayor of Roosevelt for two terms, and was appointed state senator in 1951. He was well-educated and was a graduate of the University of Utah and the Law School of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Clarence was a Former Master Mason of the Basin Lodge and a president of the Roosevelt Lions Club.

He is buried in the Roosevelt City cemetery in Roosevelt, Utah.

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