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Elijah Allen (Lige) Larkin was born
March 30, 1876, in the family residence at 648 27th Street the son of
George William and Ann Lane Larkin. He was educated in Ogden City
Schools. He recalls the Madison school being only two rooms when he was
a schoolboy, and the Central High School was located in a building
later known as the Elks Lodge on Grant Avenue.
He started school at the Weber academy the day it was opened in 1889.
He later attended the United States School of Embalming at Denver.
He spent three years 1895-1898, as an LDS missionary in the Swiss-German
Mission field. Following his release he went to Amsterdam Holland, for
the crowning of Queen Wilhelmina.
He was manager and reporter for the Deseret News in Ogden for nine years
after his return from the mission field. During this time he
interviewed many famous and nationally known personalities, including
the King of Belgium.
Elijah had been associated with the mortuary business since the Larkin
Mortuary was established in Ogden in 1885. He held the position as
president of the Utah Funeral Directors Association for two terms and
was a delegate from Utah to the National Funeral Directors Association
convention each year for 25 years.
He served on the national board of governors of that organization for
three years, during which time he represented the association as
district governor for the area covering Utah, California, Arizona,
Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico.
An active church worker he held various ward and stake positions. He
was named a member of the Ogden Stake High Council when the stake was
organized in 1908 and served in that capacity for 18 years. He later
served on the Mount Ogden Stake High Council for 14 years.
Elijah was acquainted with all of the LDS leaders, having known
personally all of the church president from Lorenzo Snow to David O.
McKay.
He was president of the Madison School PTA for several years and was
also a member of the local council of the Boy Scouts of America. He
served on the Weber County Old Folks Committee for more than 40 years
and was general chairman for the 11 stakes for five years.
He was also a past president of the Sons of Utah Pioneers, Ogden-Weber
Chapter, and was an active member of the Ogden Kiwanis Club for 35
years.
He married the former Rosella Ferrin in 1914. Their children, all of
Ogden are George F. Larkin, E. Ferrin Larkin, Rowland A. Larkin and
Rosella Larkin Maw. One daughter Elaine died as a child.
Elijah Larkin died Thursday, August 9, 1962 at the family home 2545
Eccles. Funeral services were held Monday, August 13, 1962 at the 12th
Ward chapel with Bishop Lyle Wynn conducting. He was buried in the
Ogden City Cemetery.
-Taken from Larkin Family Histories.
Elijah was born in 1876.
Elijah photographs:
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| Fourth from left, back row, Saltair |
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| Elijah Allen Larkin, missionary photographs |
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| Elijah Larkin family November 1937: Elaine and Rosella standing, Elijah and Rosella seated, Rowland in front, pictures of George (on mission) and Ferrin (at school) on piano |
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| Men LtoR Elijah, George, Roland Alma |
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| LtoR Rear, unknown, Roland Alma Larkin, Elijah Ferrin Larkin, George Larkin, Center row unknown, Elijah Allen Larkin, Margaret Rosella Larkin, Louise Dixon Larkin, Verna Mae Wiggins, children on laps, unknown, unknown Marty Larkin, unknown, Julia Larkin Squires, Front row, unknown, unknown, Dixon Larkin. Photo taken in 1954 |
1940 census:
1962 Ogd Stand Sep 26
