Hyrum Smith Jensen Jr and Marguerite Mowbray Howard

On 13 October 1881 a baby boy was born to Hyrum Smith Jensen Senior. And Lena Bergstrom. He had blue eyes and brown curly hair.

He spent his early childhood in Weston Idaho. He enjoyed the outdoors and spent many hours with his faithful dog. In the winter his dog pulled him over the snow on a sled. He enjoyed wildlife and nature. He enjoyed fishing and gardening and many experiences of nature and beauty. He worked as a guide in Yellowstone National Park where he met many people of interest.

His mother and father became divorced and his mother moved to Salt Lake City where she met and married Heber J. Romney in the Salt Lake Temple 17 March 1899. Hyrum also moved to Salt Lake City and lived with his mother and her new husband. He helped with the many chores and also practiced carpentry. He built a home at 1486 Hot Springs St. in North Salt Lake City, Utah.

Hyrum met and married Marguerite Mowbray Howard on 18 December 1912 in the Salt Lake Temple. Hyrum Smith Junior was endowed 18 December 1912.

They moved in the little home that he built. They had four children three girls and a boy:

            Ethel Josephine Jensen born 26 October 1913

                        married Wilford Lynn Cristopherson 25 September 1945

            Dorothy Jensen born 12 July 1915

                        married Chester Lorenzo Coles 24 November 1937

            Mildred Jensen born 25 May 1918

                        married Robert Henry Jones 9 June 1942

            Richard Howard Jensen born 14 October 1920, died 31 December 1920

Hyrum worked as a carpenter and metalworker in Salt Lake City. His wife died 21 February 1925. A week later Hyrum had to go to the hospital with pneumonia. The three girls were taken to their grandmother's home. Hyrum recovered and also went to the home of his mother, where he regained full health and strength and continued his work. He was also very creative with many projects and made many items with wood and metal.

Three years later Hyrum had been doing some repair work on his home in North Salt Lake. He missed the streetcar which would take him into town. He started to walk to another stop and was struck down by a hit and run car, which left him thrown in the bushes. Someone heard his groans of pain and he was taken to the LDS hospital with multiple cuts and bruises and a clot on the brain which caused paralyzed left side. He was operated on to remove the clot which relieved the paralyzed left side, but caused deafness in his left ear.

He never fully recovered his health and strength, but enjoyed the beauties of nature and would take long walks to the nearby canyons. He enjoyed the Sunday programs at the Salt Lake Tabernacle where they had earphones installed in the rear seats. He read a lot and read almost all of the church books and histories of the church.

He still created many worthwhile projects. On February 3, 1939 he suffered a stroke and died on 5 February 1939. He was buried in the Salt Lake City cemetery on 7 February 1939.

This information was furnished by Hyrum Smith Junior's daughter, Ethel J Cristopherson, 368 S. 700 E., Orem, UT.