Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia : a compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . ens-bury parish, county of York, NewBrunswick, Dec. 34, 1838. With hisjarents he moved to Nauvoo, 111., inthe fall of 1845, thence to Chicago, 111.,in 1846, and to Little Pigeon, Iowa, in1849. David was baptized in the springof 1850 and came to Utah the same Council in the St. George Stake. In1872 he removed to Panguitch (now inGarfield county), Utah, and helped tosettle that place and the surroundingvalleys. When the Panguitch Stak
Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia : a compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . ens-bury parish, county of York, NewBrunswick, Dec. 34, 1838. With hisjarents he moved to Nauvoo, 111., inthe fall of 1845, thence to Chicago, 111.,in 1846, and to Little Pigeon, Iowa, in1849. David was baptized in the springof 1850 and came to Utah the same Council in the St. George Stake. In1872 he removed to Panguitch (now inGarfield county), Utah, and helped tosettle that place and the surroundingvalleys. When the Panguitch Stake ofZion was organized in 1877, he waschosen second counselor to Pres. JamesHenrie, and in 1882 he was called tosucceed Elder Henrie in the presidencyof the Stake, which position he held till1900, with Mahonri M. Steele and DavidCameron as his counselors. In 1900, hewas called on a special mission to theBig Horn country, in Wyoming, to as-fist in settling that valley. In thefall of 1900 the colonists in the BigHorn basin ran short of provisions, anda special fast meeting was held by theSaints there, in which they asked theLord to open the way for their sup-. year, locating at Irovo, Utah was ordained an Elder by DoctorSprague in April, 1857. The same yearhe was called to go east in the Y. , and was stationed fivemonths at Devils Gate, on the Sweet-water. He also served two months inEcho canyon as a guard. In 1861 hemoved to St. G«orge, Washington coun- BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA. 543 ty, and was one of the men called toaccompany Jacob Hamblin on his visitto the Moquis Indians in the fall of1862. He went east to the Missiouriliver in 1863, in Daniel D. McArthurscompany, to bring poor emigrants tothe Valley. Prior to 1872 he had donemuch service as an Indian scout. Hewas with the exploring expedition un-der Captain Franklin B. Wooley andJames Andrews when Escalante wasdiscovered. In 1875 he settled in Pan-guitch, Garfield county, Utah, wherehe was ordained a Hi
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