Luther Merkins Winsor

WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY     (Washington County, Utah)

LUTHER MERKINS WINSOR

(water engineer, dam builder)

BIOGRAPHY

Luther Merkins Winsor was born January 21, 1884 in Saint George, Utah.

In 1911, Luther Winsor was the first Utah State University student to earn a degree in irrigation engineering, a field that would subsequently come to distinguish the university. Immediately after graduation he was given a horse and sent to the Uintah Basin to advise Ashley Valley farmers. The appointment gave Winsor bragging rights as one of the first county Extension agents in the Western states.

Luther married Beatrice Snow on December 16, 1914 in Salt Lake City.

Luther's professional life took him to Chile in the 1920s.

In 1933, he designed the Shem Dam, or what became known as Winsor Dam, in Washington county.

In 1939, the federal government selected Winsor as the first technician to advise Iran on irrigation principles. He worked there for five years. The early contacts made by Winsor paid off following the Second World War, when USU provided agricultural expertise to the government of Iran for nearly three decades.


FAMILY

Luther's Parents and Siblings:
    Anson Perry Winsor, II
    Sarah Alydia Terry Winsor
        Ethel Winsor
        Anson Perry Winsor, Jr.
        John Brower Winsor
        Luther Merkins Winsor
        Joseph Smith Winsor
        Walter Fay Winsor
        Emeline Zenetta Winsor
        Murkins Terry Winsor
        Mary Ann Winsor
        Adelia Winsor
        Rulon Sirls Winsor

(10/9/1854-7/26/1915)   (married xx/xx/xxxx)
(1/9/1857-6/27/1950)
(12/20/1877-1/28/1953)   (married Hezekiah Walker Simkins)
(10/24/1879-7/10/1975)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(6/25/1882-1/7/1883)
(1/21/1884-1/18/1968)   (married Beatrice Snow)
(12/23/1885-8/23/1887)
(12/28/1887-9/22/1966)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(9/12/1891-9/9/1939)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(10/17/1893-12/5/1929)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(12/23/1895-12/29/1966)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(9/22/1898-8/25/1996)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(3/30/1902-8/17/2000)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)

Beatrice's Parents and Siblings:
    William Spencer Snow
    Emily "Millie" Henrietta Eyring Snow  
        Mary Theresa Snow
        Beatrice Snow


(7/21/1867-9/10/1892)   (married 11/9/1887)
(4/18/1870-5/18/1947)
(12/9/1889-4/16/1965)   (married Reuben Lorenzo Hill)
(9/3/1891-10/31/1973)   (married Luther Merkins Winsor)

Luther & Beatrice's Family:
    Luther Merkins Winsor
    Beatrice Snow Winsor
        Pauline "Polly" Winsor
        Beatrice "Bea" Winsor
        Luther Snow Winsor
        W. Kenneth Winsor


(1/21/1884-1/18/1968)   (married 12/16/1914)
(9/3/1891-10/31/1973)
(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)


PHOTOS

Photos on the web:
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REFERENCES

Life history of Luther M. Winsor
by L. M Winsor
Published by R. Fenton Murray in Murray, Utah, 1962, 76 pp.
May be ordered through the nearest Family History Center (film number 982155 Item 13).

Wikitree entry for Luther M. Winsor

L. M. Winsor Papers, 1912–1964 (COLL MSS 98)
Special Collections and Archives Department
Utah State University, Logan, Utah

Luther M. Winsor: "My Assignment Here in Persia"
by Ardis E. Parshall,   January 31, 2011

Historic American Engineering Record, Shem Dam (Winsor Dam), HAER No. UT-96
Prepared by Scott O'Mack, William Self Associates, Inc.,
    for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
March 2016, 96 Pages (see pp. 4-5, 17-20)
[Large file, so this may take a while to load]

Funeral program for Beatrice Snow Winsor

Find-A-Grave entry for Anson Perry Winsor, II

Find-A-Grave entry for Sarah Alydia Terry Winsor

Find-A-Grave entry for William Snow

Find-A-Grave entry for Emily Henrietta "Millie" Eyring Snow

http://socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu:8888/xtf/view?docId=ark:/99166/w6z89v3c
http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv30731
https://familysearch.org/photos/people/1480842
http://www.algerclan.org/getperson.php?personID=I55571&tree=alger
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Winsor&GSiman=1&GSst=6&GRid=124759021
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/pasadenastarnews/obituary.aspx?pid=169551794