. 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. wickshire, Eng-land, the son of Thomas Margetts andAlice Bishop. His father was theoldest son of Thomas Margetts, acoach builder and wheelwright, as washis father and his fathers fatherbefore him. They lived in a snug littlecorner of Oxfordshire, England, knownas Woodstock. They owned propertyadjoining the estate of the Duke ofMalborough. In 1827 his father movedto and commenced business in thelittle town called Kineton, about eigh
. 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. wickshire, Eng-land, the son of Thomas Margetts andAlice Bishop. His father was theoldest son of Thomas Margetts, acoach builder and wheelwright, as washis father and his fathers fatherbefore him. They lived in a snug littlecorner of Oxfordshire, England, knownas Woodstock. They owned propertyadjoining the estate of the Duke ofMalborough. In 1827 his father movedto and commenced business in thelittle town called Kineton, about eightmiles from Stratford-on-Avon, thebirthplace of the immortal Shake-speare. After remaining some timein Kineton, his father moved with his family to London, where he com-menced business as a contractor andbuilder. About this time the buildingof the first railroads in the world tookplace and about the year 1840 hisfather took a contract on the Man-chester and Birmingham Railway. Itwas during this period that the Mar-getts family first heard the gospel ofJesus Christ as introduced and taughtby the Prophet Joseph Smith. Allthe family except his father joined the. Church. He was a true believer in thedoctrines of the Church, but his busi-ness at that time caused a delay. Hewas compelled to return to Londonwhere he was taken sick, and in a fewweeks died. Bro. Lorenzo Snow, a dearfriend of the family, visited him dur-ing his sickness, and afterwardspreached his funeral sermon. Thiswas in 1842. The family remained inLondon for some time, but later movedto different parts of England. Phillip Margetts was one of the firstlocomotive engineers in the world. Therailways on which he served were theLondon and Birmingham, Chester andBirkenhead, Chester and Shrewsbury, BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 105 and at the time he left England forAmerica he held a position on the Lon-don and North Western Railway. Heoften said that if it hadnt been forhis faith in Mormonism he wouldnot, at that time, have ta
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