b July 23, 1820 Airdrie, Lanarkshirem, Scotland
m Feb 16, 1851 Matilda Clark
bap Aug 11, 1842
d Aug 3, 1884
Dec 1842 o deacon
Nov 26, 1843 o elder
Feb 10, 1852 set sail for America
by Oct 1852 arrived in Utah
1854 moved to California
1864 united with Reorganization
1873 o seventy
1873-79 missionary to Tahiti, Australia
April 14, 1880 o sr pres of 70
bibl SH 107(38):910-31
SH 92(48):1125-26
SH 31(35):567obit
JH 8(2):191-217photo
AL 2(3):134--3(12):542-44
papers at RLDS Archives
note see D&C 117:8c
