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
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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) |
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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) |
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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:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
REFERENCES
Life history of Luther M. Winsorby 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