Harvey Harris Cluff | |
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 Harvey H. Cluff, c. 1880 | |
| Born | (1836-01-09)January 9, 1836[1] |
| Died | April 19, 1916[2] Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Spouse | Margaret Ann Foster |
Harvey Harris Cluff (1836–1916) was a business, civic and educational leader in late-19th-centuryProvo, Utah.
Cluff was born inKirtland, Ohio on January 9, 1836, to David Cluff senior and his wife Elizabeth (Betsy) Hall. Cluff was the seventh of twelve children.[1] David Cluff went to Kirtland to learn more of theChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and meet withJoseph Smith, Jr. After converting to the church, David Cluff and his family moved to Kirtland. The family later moved toJackson County, Missouri;Springfield, Illinois and then in 1840 toNauvoo, Illinois.[3] He was aMormon pioneer and settled inUtah Territory; his family traveled with the Edward Hunter Company.[2] They left Nauvoo in 1846 and stopped in Mt. Pisgah in Iowa for two years before settling in Provo in 1850.[1]
In 1856, Cluff volunteered to help rescue strandedhandcart pioneers. He married Margaret Ann Foster on January 24, 1857. They were the parents of three sons and a daughter, all of whom died as children.[1] In 1877 Cluff began the practice of plural marriage. In 1887 he was arrested on charges of unlawful cohabitation and eventually served six months in prison.[1] Thehouse he had built in 1877 is on theNational Register of Historic Places.[4][5]
From 1865 to 1868 Cluff served as aMormon missionary in the United Kingdom, spending part of this time as district president inGlasgow. He then was in charge of a group of Latter-day Saints crossing the Atlantic Ocean. Cluff served as a missionary from 1869 to 1874 in theHawaiian Islands, accompanied by his wife, Margaret Ann Foster. From 1879 to 1882 Cluff returned to Hawaii and served aspresident of the LDS Church's HawaiianMission, with Margaret again accompanying him. The LDS Church was respected enough that KingDavid Kalākaua the reigning monarch of Hawaii at the time, attended the corner stone ceremonies for a new meetinghouse.[1] Cluff was the president of the Hawaiian Latter-day Saints colony inIosepa, Utah from 1889 until 1890, and from 1892 until March 1901.[1][6]: 366
Cluff served in theNauvoo Legion during theUtah War. He later headed the Provo Lumber and Manufacturing Company. During the 1850s and 1860s Cluff served three terms on the Provo City Council. In 1860 he along with four of his brothers established a dance hall and theatre in Provo. Cluff took the lead role in many of their theatrical productions.[1]
In 1882, Cluff became the manager of the Provo Lumber and Building Company and a superintendent of the construction of theProvo Tabernacle. He was director of the First National Bank of Provo, the Provo Co-op Institution, and the Church association of Utah Stake. He also was superintendent for the construction of the Academy Building forBrigham Young Academy, completed by 1889.[1] Harvey Cluff took out a loan of $25,000 to help finance the building.[7]: 154 In 1893,Abraham O. Smoot sued Cluff to repay the loan, bringing the matter to church courts. Smoot's counselors requested to avoid the dispute. Smoot died in 1895.[7]: 238–239
Cluff was one of the original members of the board of trustees and treasurer of Brigham Young Academy.[7]: 66 His term of service on the BYA board of trustees was from 1875 to 1897.[7]: 573 Cluff was the uncle ofBenjamin Cluff, who became the first president ofBrigham Young University.[7]: 131
From 1875 to 1877 Cluff was thebishop of the Provo 4th Ward.[6]: 686 He then served as a second counselor in the UtahStake Presidency (then comprising all of Utah County) to from 1877 to 1892 under Abraham Smoot.[7]: 238 [6]: 908
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