Married Angie Louisa Town, 7 September 1866, District of Columbia. Children - Jean F. Kaighn, Fern Florence Kaighn, Maurice Edward Kaighn, Walter Harvey Kaighn, Herbert Eugene Kaighn, Merrill M. Kaighn.
Married Leila Anderson, 19 April 1880
Married Harriet Page Wheeler Hanks, 27 April 1889, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Married Effie May Coates, 31 July 1901, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Veteran of the Civil War, active in fraternal life and politics, Maurice M. Kaighn, familiarly known as "Colonel" Kaighn, numbers his friends by thousands in Utah. He was born March 30, 1843, at Camden, New Jersey. His parents were William S. Kaighn and Nancy McElroy Kaighn. His father was of English (From the Isle of Man) ancestry and his mother of Scotch.
Colonel Kaighn attended Columbia College, now George Washington University, Washington, D. C., in 1866, 1867, and 1868, graduating in that year. He came to Utah in 1876 and has since that time resided in Salt Lake City.
Colonel is the senior member of the law firm of M. M. Kaighn and C. S. Bucher, with offices in suite 413, 414, and 414 D. F. Walker Building, Salt Lake City. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, the Odd Fellows, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the Grand Army of the Republic. He was nominated and received approval from the Congress of the United States as receiver for the United States Land Office, Salt Lake City, and is a Republican. He has extensive mining and oil interests, in addition to his law practice, and is vice president of the Westwood Oil Company.
Married Angie Louisa Town, 7 September 1866, District of Columbia. Children - Jean F. Kaighn, Fern Florence Kaighn, Maurice Edward Kaighn, Walter Harvey Kaighn, Herbert Eugene Kaighn, Merrill M. Kaighn.
Married Leila Anderson, 19 April 1880
Married Harriet Page Wheeler Hanks, 27 April 1889, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Married Effie May Coates, 31 July 1901, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Veteran of the Civil War, active in fraternal life and politics, Maurice M. Kaighn, familiarly known as "Colonel" Kaighn, numbers his friends by thousands in Utah. He was born March 30, 1843, at Camden, New Jersey. His parents were William S. Kaighn and Nancy McElroy Kaighn. His father was of English (From the Isle of Man) ancestry and his mother of Scotch.
Colonel Kaighn attended Columbia College, now George Washington University, Washington, D. C., in 1866, 1867, and 1868, graduating in that year. He came to Utah in 1876 and has since that time resided in Salt Lake City.
Colonel is the senior member of the law firm of M. M. Kaighn and C. S. Bucher, with offices in suite 413, 414, and 414 D. F. Walker Building, Salt Lake City. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, the Odd Fellows, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the Grand Army of the Republic. He was nominated and received approval from the Congress of the United States as receiver for the United States Land Office, Salt Lake City, and is a Republican. He has extensive mining and oil interests, in addition to his law practice, and is vice president of the Westwood Oil Company.
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