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 . irst counselorin the presidency of the Salt Lake Stakfof Zion from 1S77 to 1884, was bornJune 18, 1823. at Thurso, Caithness,Scotland. Ke was baptized into the••Mormon Church in August, 1840,whenOrson Pi-att was in Scotland openingthat mission. He was educated forbusiness in the service of the Union Canal Company; and having risen veryrapidly, step by step, in the outdoorand office departments of this com-panys service, he was appoi
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 . irst counselorin the presidency of the Salt Lake Stakfof Zion from 1S77 to 1884, was bornJune 18, 1823. at Thurso, Caithness,Scotland. Ke was baptized into the••Mormon Church in August, 1840,whenOrson Pi-att was in Scotland openingthat mission. He was educated forbusiness in the service of the Union Canal Company; and having risen veryrapidly, step by step, in the outdoorand office departments of this com-panys service, he was appointed bythe directors to the office of managerof the intermediate stations of the ser-vice between Edinburgh and Glasgow,Avith headquarters at Falkirk. He leftScotland for Utah in January, 1851, ac-companied by his mother and her fami-ly, and crossed the Atlantic in the shipGeorge W. Bourne, which sailed fromLiverpool to New Orleans; and aftertwo years detention in Cincinnati,Ohio, in consequence of the sicknessand death of his eldest sister, he ar-rived in Salt Lake City in 1853, andsettled over Jordan. In 1855 he en-tered the service of the Trustee-in-. Trust of the Church as bookkeeper, wasappointed chief clerk in May, 1857, andretained the office till December, excellent business capacity of Da-vid O. Calder was early recognized byPres. Brigham Young, whose knowl-edge of men is proverbial; and thePresidents confidence in his integritywas equal to his estimate of the abili-ty of his chief clerk. While in theservice of the Trustee-in-Trust he or-ganized the entire system of accountsand records in all the departments ofthe Church. He also held the office ofTerritorial treasurer from 1859 to the close of his service In theoffice of the Trustee-in-Trust, ElderCalder became connected with the rail- 774 LATTER-DAT SAINT road business. for which his earlytraining: eminently qualified him. Hewas general freight and passengeragent of the Utah Central and South-
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