Harvey H. Cluff

Missionary work From 1865 to 1868 Cluff served as a Mormon missionary in the United Kingdom, spending part of this time as district president in Glasgow. He then was in charge of a group of Latter-day Saints crossing the Atlantic Ocean. Cluff served as a missionary from 1869 to 1874 in the Hawaiian Islands, accompanied by his wife, Margaret Ann Foster. From 1879 to 1882 Cluff returned to Hawaii and served as president of the LDS Church's Hawaiian Mission, with Margaret again accompanying him. The LDS Church was respected enough that King David Kalākaua the reigning monarch of Hawaii at the time, attended the corner stone ceremonies for a new meetinghouse.

Civic, church, and business leadership Cluff served in the Nauvoo Legion during the Utah War. He later headed the Provo Lumber and Manufacturing Company. During the 1850s and 1860s Cluff served three terms on the Provo City Council. In 1860 he along with four of his brothers established a dance hall and theatre in Provo. Cluff took the lead role in many of their theatrical productions.

In 1882, Cluff became the manager of the Provo Lumber and Building Company and a superintendent of the construction of the Provo Tabernacle. He was director of the First National Bank of Provo, the Provo Co-op Institution, and the Church association of Utah Stake. He also was superintendent for the construction of the Academy Building for Brigham Young Academy, completed by 1889.

From 1875 to 1877 Cluff was the bishop of the Provo 4th Ward. He then served as a second counselor in the Utah Stake Presidency (then comprising all of Utah County) to from 1877 to 1892 under Abraham Smoot.