. Utah since statehood, historical and biographical . English lineage. The father was a son of William and Margaret (Miller) Eccles, ofCarlisle, England. The former died in his native country, while the latter came toAmerica in 1843 and passed away at Nauvoo, Illinois. William Eccles, father of DavidEccles, was born at Old Kilpatrick, Dumbartonshire, Scotland, April 6, 1825, and cameto Utah with the Thomas E. Ricks Company on the 4th of October, 1863. In 1865 heestablished his home at Eden, Weber county. He was a wood turner and an activechurchman, becoming a patriarch in the Church of Jesus C
. Utah since statehood, historical and biographical . English lineage. The father was a son of William and Margaret (Miller) Eccles, ofCarlisle, England. The former died in his native country, while the latter came toAmerica in 1843 and passed away at Nauvoo, Illinois. William Eccles, father of DavidEccles, was born at Old Kilpatrick, Dumbartonshire, Scotland, April 6, 1825, and cameto Utah with the Thomas E. Ricks Company on the 4th of October, 1863. In 1865 heestablished his home at Eden, Weber county. He was a wood turner and an activechurchman, becoming a patriarch in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day died at Ogden, Utah, December 4, 1903. The mother of David Eccles bore the maidenname of Sarah Hutchinson and was a daughter of William and Mary (Speers) Hutchin-son. She was born in County Donegal, Ireland, March 17, 1820, and died at , June 11, 1907. David Eccles was about fourteen years of age when he came to the new world withhis parents. His education was chiefly acquired in the hard school of DAVID ECCLES UTAH SIXCE STATEHOOD 53 although he had the opportunity ot attending school to a limited extent in his nativecountry, being a pupil there for about six months. He supplemented his education afterhe had reached manhood and obtained a start in the business world by taking up somespecial studies under the direction of Professor L. F. Monch, of Ogden. This was afterhe had formed a partnership with H. E. Gibson and W. T. VanNoy in 1873. When his parents decided to try their fortune in America the entire family crossedthe Atlantic on the Sunnishure under the direction of a Mormon elder of the name ofDavid M. Stuart. They made their way to Florence. Nebraska, and from that pointDavid Eccles, then a lad of fourteen years, walked a distance of about one thousand milesto Utah with a party of Mormon pioneers. His father, handicapped by blindness, wasunable to work at his trade of wood turning save by the sense of touch and theref
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