Utah State Courts - Utah State Court Judges, Oscar W. McConkie, David Keith Winder, Jacob Johnson, Harold Montelle Stephens (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Utah State Court Judges, Oscar W. Mcconkie, David Keith Winder, Jacob Johnson, Harold Montelle Stephens, Utah Court of Appeals, Denise Posse-Blanco Lindberg, Robert Hilder, Frederick C. Loofbourow, Utah Supreme Court, David Sam, David Thomas Lewis, Aldon Junior Anderson, Michael R. Murphy, Arthur Vivian Watkins. Excerpt: Oscar Walter McConkie (May 9, 1887 April 9, 1966) was a Utah State Senator and leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He was the father of Bruce R. McConkie, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the LDS Church. A second son Oscar W. McConkie, Jr. was also a member of the Utah State Senate. McConkie was born in Buena Vista, Utah, a small town close to Moab, Utah. At the time, his father was sought by government officials for recognizing his three wives as such, so not long after his birth Oscar moved to Mexico. His father died in Pacheco, Galeana, Chihuahua in December 1890. After his father's death the family moved to Mona, Utah where McConkie was raised. The McConkies moved to Moab when Oscar was ten years old. After graduating from Moab High School McConkie attended the University of Utah. In 1913 he married Margaret Vivian Redd in the Salt Lake Temple. In 1914 McConkie began his studies at the University of Michigan, which lead to his son Bruce being born in Ann Arbor. After two years at law school McConkie was having eye troubles and so returned to Utah. He worked as editor of the San Juan Record based out of Monticello, Utah, where he also practiced law until 1922. In 1925 McConkie returned to Ann Arbor to finish his law studies at the University of Michigan, after which he moved to Salt Lake City in the fall of 1926. McConkie served as a judge in San Juan County, Utah from... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=24181054