A prominent Elder in the St. Joseph Stake. He was born Aug. 12, 1848, in Fladbury, Worcestershire, England, the son of William Davis and Sarah Hayden. He emigrated with his parents to America in 1866, crossing the Atlantic in the ship "John Bright," and the plains in Captain William H. Chipman's train. After residing temporarily in Mill Creek, the family moved to Rockport, Summit County, Utah, in the spring of 1868, where he met Annie Johanna Williamson to whom he was married Nov. 22, 1869 in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City, Utah. In 1876 he was called on a mission to Arizona, but on account of sickness he stopped in Panguitch and then returned to Midway, Utah. Later he settled in Heber City where he was called on a mission to St. Johns, Arizona in 1884. There he was chosen as a president of the 104th quorum of Seventy, Sept. 6, 1891. On Sept. 6, 1892 he was ordained a High Priest by Apostle Anthon H. Lund and set apart as first counselor to Bishop Charles P. Anderson, of the St. Johns Ward. This position he held until he moved to Clifton, Arizona, where he was chosen superintendent of the Sunday school in the branch organization effected there May 25, 1905. He had 11 children; two of his sons served honorable missions and they were all firm in their belief in the gospel. (LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson, Vol. 2, p. 197.)
A prominent Elder in the St. Joseph Stake. He was born Aug. 12, 1848, in Fladbury, Worcestershire, England, the son of William Davis and Sarah Hayden. He emigrated with his parents to America in 1866, crossing the Atlantic in the ship "John Bright," and the plains in Captain William H. Chipman's train. After residing temporarily in Mill Creek, the family moved to Rockport, Summit County, Utah, in the spring of 1868, where he met Annie Johanna Williamson to whom he was married Nov. 22, 1869 in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City, Utah. In 1876 he was called on a mission to Arizona, but on account of sickness he stopped in Panguitch and then returned to Midway, Utah. Later he settled in Heber City where he was called on a mission to St. Johns, Arizona in 1884. There he was chosen as a president of the 104th quorum of Seventy, Sept. 6, 1891. On Sept. 6, 1892 he was ordained a High Priest by Apostle Anthon H. Lund and set apart as first counselor to Bishop Charles P. Anderson, of the St. Johns Ward. This position he held until he moved to Clifton, Arizona, where he was chosen superintendent of the Sunday school in the branch organization effected there May 25, 1905. He had 11 children; two of his sons served honorable missions and they were all firm in their belief in the gospel. (LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson, Vol. 2, p. 197.)
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