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McCammon Ward
McCAMMON WARD, Portneuf Stake, Bannock Co., Idaho, consists of the Latter-day Saints residing in and near McCammon, an important railroad station on the Oregon Short Line Railroad, situated in the north end of Marsh Valley, 25 miles southeast of Pocatello, 17 miles northeast of Downey, the headquarters of the Portneuf Stake, and 111 miles by railroad northeast of Salt Lake City, Utah. The [p.456] inhabitants of McCammon Ward are a mixture of Latter-day Saints and non-Mormons. Most of the saints are engaged in farming and stock-raising; others are engaged in business or working in the employ of the railroad company, and other business enterprises.
McCammon, as a settlement, dates back to the building of the Utah and Northern Railroad in 1875. Among the early settlers at McCammon were a number of Latter-day Saints, who on April 27, 1890, were organized into a branch of the Church, as a part of the Garden Creek Ward, with Alanson Norton as presiding Elder. This branch was organized as the McCammon Ward Dec. 9, 1894, with Alanson Wm. Norton as Bishop. He was succeeded in 1901 by Albert M. Boyce, who in 1909 was succeeded by Riley L. Dixon, who in 1916 was succeeded by Erban Green, who in 1919 was succeeded by Royal T. Hale, who in 1924 was succeeded by James W. Howell, who presided Dec. 31, 1930. On that date the McCammon Ward had 429 members, including 87 children. The total population of the McCammon Precinct was 919 in 1930, of which 497 resided in McCammon village.
McCornick Ward
McCORNICK WARD, Millard Stake, Millard Co., Utah, consisted of the Latter-day Saints residing at the village of McCornick, a station on the Delta and Fillmore branch of the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad. McCornick is 22 miles north of Fillmore, the headquarters of the stake, and about 165 miles southwest of Salt Lake City.
In the fall of 1918 the Sevier River Land and Water Company constructed a canal which taps the Sevier River about seven miles above Leamington and settlers located at different points under this canal. Those in the vicinity of McCornick, nearly all members of the Church, were organized June 22, 1919, as the Onidah Branch of the Holden Ward, but as more settlers arrived the branch was organized as the McCornick Ward so named on account of a post office having been established there named in honor of Wm. S. McCornick of Salt Lake City. He was one of the promoters of the irrigation project. Fred O. Gledhill, who had previously presided over the branch, was appointed Bishop of the ward. He was succeeded in 1923 by Jonathan A. Allen, who was succeeded in 1927 by Murray Jefferies, who acted until Dec. 31, 1930, when the ward was disorganized as most of the members had moved away, owing to drouth conditions.
McGill Ward
McGILL WARD, Nevada Stake, consists (1930) of the Latter-day Saints residing at the mill and mining town of McGill, White Pine Co., Nevada. McGill, which is about 13 miles northeast of Ely, has a population of about 4,000, of which about 650 are members of the Church. For their benefit a ward was organized at Ely Feb. 26, 1912, with Parley H. Liddle as Bishop. Immediately after the organization of the ward, the saints at McGill erected a large frame meeting house, in which meetings and Sunday school sessions were commenced in the same year. In 1914 an addition to this building was made, and in 1927 the whole structure was raised and a basement built under it for an amusement hall. It is now a very commodious edifice, with an auditorium capable of seating 350 people. It has an amusement hall, Relief Society room, two class rooms, etc., all lighted by electricity and steam heated and represents an outlay of about $13,000.