Son of Johann Adam Seegmiller and Anna Eve Knechtel

Married Mary Ellen Laidlaw, 2 Nov 1867, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Married Elizabeth Edmonds, 2 Nov 1867, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Married Sarah Jane Stewart, 12 Jan 1874, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson, Vol. 1, p. 521

Seegmiller, William Henry, fourth president of the Sevier Stake of Zion, is the son of Adam Seegmiller and Anna E. Knechtel, and was born at Baden, Waterloo county, Ontario, Canada, Dec. 19, 1843. He left Canada for California in 1861, but on reaching Florence, Neb., he was baptized by James Hagell, and then drove team for Jacob Gates to Salt Lake City, where he located and worked for Pres. Brigham Young. Here, also he was ordained to the office of a Seventy. In 1862 and 1863 he made two trips to the Missouri river with Church teams after the poor. He also made a trip to California. In 1867 he was called on a special mission to the Muddy (now Nevada), where he remained until the settlements were broken up in 1871. He then returned to Salt Lake City, and after making a trip to Canada in the interest of family estate business, he went to St. George in company with Andrew Heppler and other relatives whom he had converted in Canada. Through the influence of Pres. Joseph A. Young they settled in Sevier county and located in Richfield in 1873. On this occasion Bro. Seegmiller drove the first wagon that ever passed through Clear creek canyon from Cove creek to Joseph. In 1873 he was called and ordained as Bishop of Richfield, acting in that capacity till 1877, when he was chosen as second counselor to Franklin Spencer in the presidency of the Sevier Stake of Zion. Subsequently he acted as first counselor to Pres. Albert K. Thurber and since May 26, 1888, he has filled the important position of president of the Sevier Stake. For several years Elder Seegmiller presided over the Y.M.M.I.A. in a Stake capacity; he has also served as city councilman and mayor of Richfield, and been a member of the Utah legislature for several terms. In a military capacity he has served as lieutenant-colonel.