David was the son of William Colvin and Lydia Sherman and was the husband of Harriet Ann Dillabaugh.
David Sands Colvin was born December 29, 1815, in Ellisburg, Jefferson County, New York. He was the sixth of eleven children born to William Colvin and Lydia Sherman who had moved to the area from Vermont.
David Sands married Harriet Ann Dillabough in Iowa in 1843. They were the parents of nine children: Lachoneus Moroni (1 Annie Francis Stark, 2 Annie Melvina Pierce), Henery David (Sarah Ann Mikesell), William Wesley (Elizabeth Winsby), Amas Orlando (died young), Lewis Alonzo (Matilda Ingerbreson), Harriet Ann (Daniel Wiley Holladay), Janie (died young), Mary Louisa (1 Daniel Wiley Holladay, 2 John Killian Busby, 3 William Wesley Hawkins, 4 James Young Lee) and Charles Reuben (Mary Elizabeth Gwilliams).
After a short stay in Council Bluffs, Iowa the Colvin family followed the Saints across the plains to Utah. Their second son was born in Cottonwood, Salt Lake County, Utah, where they were stopped for a short time before moving to Payson, Utah where their last seven children were born.
When their married sons were called to settle Arizona, David and Harriett Ann decided to make the trip with them. They left Payson in the late fall of 1879, having their two unmarried children, Charles Reuben and Mary Louisa, with them. However, bad weather caused their wagon to overturn near Escalante, and as it rolled down a snowbank, David Sands was injured. They spent the winter in a log cabin in Panguitch, but David did not regain his health. He died July 31, 1880, and Harriet Ann returned to Payson, Utah with her son, Charles Reuben and his wife. The rest of the family completed their trip to Brigham City, Arizona.
His grandson, John Dan Colvin, remembered the accident this way: While going over a steep mountain road leading to Escalante, Utah, or Potato Valley, as it was called, grandfather's wagon tipped over a steep grade and David Sands fell out and down a snow bank; the wagon landing on top of him. He was hurt seriously and never recovered his health. After spending the winter in dugouts in the low hills, David Sands was taken back to Beaver City, Utah, where he died in June 1880.
David Sands Colvin was born December 29, 1815, in Ellisburg, Jefferson County, New York. He was the sixth of eleven children born to William Colvin and Lydia Sherman who had moved to the area from Vermont.
David Sands married Harriet Ann Dillabough in Iowa in 1843. They were the parents of nine children: Lachoneus Moroni (1 Annie Francis Stark, 2 Annie Melvina Pierce), Henery David (Sarah Ann Mikesell), William Wesley (Elizabeth Winsby), Amas Orlando (died young), Lewis Alonzo (Matilda Ingerbreson), Harriet Ann (Daniel Wiley Holladay), Janie (died young), Mary Louisa (1 Daniel Wiley Holladay, 2 John Killian Busby, 3 William Wesley Hawkins, 4 James Young Lee) and Charles Reuben (Mary Elizabeth Gwilliams).
After a short stay in Council Bluffs, Iowa the Colvin family followed the Saints across the plains to Utah. Their second son was born in Cottonwood, Salt Lake County, Utah, where they were stopped for a short time before moving to Payson, Utah where their last seven children were born.
When their married sons were called to settle Arizona, David and Harriett Ann decided to make the trip with them. They left Payson in the late fall of 1879, having their two unmarried children, Charles Reuben and Mary Louisa, with them. However, bad weather caused their wagon to overturn near Escalante, and as it rolled down a snowbank, David Sands was injured. They spent the winter in a log cabin in Panguitch, but David did not regain his health. He died July 31, 1880, and Harriet Ann returned to Payson, Utah with her son, Charles Reuben and his wife. The rest of the family completed their trip to Brigham City, Arizona.
His grandson, John Dan Colvin, remembered the accident this way: While going over a steep mountain road leading to Escalante, Utah, or Potato Valley, as it was called, grandfather's wagon tipped over a steep grade and David Sands fell out and down a snow bank; the wagon landing on top of him. He was hurt seriously and never recovered his health. After spending the winter in dugouts in the low hills, David Sands was taken back to Beaver City, Utah, where he died in June 1880.
David was the son of William Colvin and Lydia Sherman and was the husband of Harriet Ann Dillabaugh.
David Sands Colvin was born December 29, 1815, in Ellisburg, Jefferson County, New York. He was the sixth of eleven children born to William Colvin and Lydia Sherman who had moved to the area from Vermont.
David Sands married Harriet Ann Dillabough in Iowa in 1843. They were the parents of nine children: Lachoneus Moroni (1 Annie Francis Stark, 2 Annie Melvina Pierce), Henery David (Sarah Ann Mikesell), William Wesley (Elizabeth Winsby), Amas Orlando (died young), Lewis Alonzo (Matilda Ingerbreson), Harriet Ann (Daniel Wiley Holladay), Janie (died young), Mary Louisa (1 Daniel Wiley Holladay, 2 John Killian Busby, 3 William Wesley Hawkins, 4 James Young Lee) and Charles Reuben (Mary Elizabeth Gwilliams).
After a short stay in Council Bluffs, Iowa the Colvin family followed the Saints across the plains to Utah. Their second son was born in Cottonwood, Salt Lake County, Utah, where they were stopped for a short time before moving to Payson, Utah where their last seven children were born.
When their married sons were called to settle Arizona, David and Harriett Ann decided to make the trip with them. They left Payson in the late fall of 1879, having their two unmarried children, Charles Reuben and Mary Louisa, with them. However, bad weather caused their wagon to overturn near Escalante, and as it rolled down a snowbank, David Sands was injured. They spent the winter in a log cabin in Panguitch, but David did not regain his health. He died July 31, 1880, and Harriet Ann returned to Payson, Utah with her son, Charles Reuben and his wife. The rest of the family completed their trip to Brigham City, Arizona.
His grandson, John Dan Colvin, remembered the accident this way: While going over a steep mountain road leading to Escalante, Utah, or Potato Valley, as it was called, grandfather's wagon tipped over a steep grade and David Sands fell out and down a snow bank; the wagon landing on top of him. He was hurt seriously and never recovered his health. After spending the winter in dugouts in the low hills, David Sands was taken back to Beaver City, Utah, where he died in June 1880.
David Sands Colvin was born December 29, 1815, in Ellisburg, Jefferson County, New York. He was the sixth of eleven children born to William Colvin and Lydia Sherman who had moved to the area from Vermont.
David Sands married Harriet Ann Dillabough in Iowa in 1843. They were the parents of nine children: Lachoneus Moroni (1 Annie Francis Stark, 2 Annie Melvina Pierce), Henery David (Sarah Ann Mikesell), William Wesley (Elizabeth Winsby), Amas Orlando (died young), Lewis Alonzo (Matilda Ingerbreson), Harriet Ann (Daniel Wiley Holladay), Janie (died young), Mary Louisa (1 Daniel Wiley Holladay, 2 John Killian Busby, 3 William Wesley Hawkins, 4 James Young Lee) and Charles Reuben (Mary Elizabeth Gwilliams).
After a short stay in Council Bluffs, Iowa the Colvin family followed the Saints across the plains to Utah. Their second son was born in Cottonwood, Salt Lake County, Utah, where they were stopped for a short time before moving to Payson, Utah where their last seven children were born.
When their married sons were called to settle Arizona, David and Harriett Ann decided to make the trip with them. They left Payson in the late fall of 1879, having their two unmarried children, Charles Reuben and Mary Louisa, with them. However, bad weather caused their wagon to overturn near Escalante, and as it rolled down a snowbank, David Sands was injured. They spent the winter in a log cabin in Panguitch, but David did not regain his health. He died July 31, 1880, and Harriet Ann returned to Payson, Utah with her son, Charles Reuben and his wife. The rest of the family completed their trip to Brigham City, Arizona.
His grandson, John Dan Colvin, remembered the accident this way: While going over a steep mountain road leading to Escalante, Utah, or Potato Valley, as it was called, grandfather's wagon tipped over a steep grade and David Sands fell out and down a snow bank; the wagon landing on top of him. He was hurt seriously and never recovered his health. After spending the winter in dugouts in the low hills, David Sands was taken back to Beaver City, Utah, where he died in June 1880.
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