Marinus Larsen
(1849-1934)

11th District Representative

Democrat

Yes

45

November 15, 1849

Als, Ålborg, Denmark

February 8, 1934

Johanna Johnson (1851-1915) Married February 13, 1869

Famer and Civic Leader

Marinus Larsen emigrated to Utah in 1862, settling in Spanish Fork, where he lived the rest of his life. He served four terms on the Spanish Fork City Council and two terms as mayor. When Larsen left office as mayor in January 1896, his success was marked by the city being completely debt free. A newspaper account describes how Larsen, then eighty-five years old, walked from Spanish Fork to Provo “just to see if he could do it again.” Larsen died about a month later from gastrointestinal disease.

Drumm, Mark. "The Bee Hive State." Drumm's Manual of Utah, and Souvenir of the First State Legislature, 1896. Hathi Trust Digital Library. Salt Lake City, Utah: M. Drumm, 1896. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hx4jb7.

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/memories/KWZW-31D

“80-Year Old S.F. Man Takes 12-Mile Walk.” The Springville Herald, January 4, 1934.

Image of Marinus Larsen by courtesy of HathiTrust Cropped from page 65 of Drumm, Mark. "The Bee Hive State." Drumm's Manual of Utah, and Souvenir of the First State Legislature, 1896. Hathi Trust Digital Library. Salt Lake City, Utah: M. Drumm, 1896. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hx4jb7?urlappend=%3Bseq=71