William James ENGLAND

                   Source:
   FGS in fmaily file.
   Ancestral File: Mar place and SS date/

**NOTE:
   AFN PROBLEM:
    DOD: 22 Jan 1926   BUR: 26 Jan 1926  both: Plain City.
    Given names: had James as middle name.

Historical Note:
   By Annie Jane Cottle Stock.
   Blessed, baptized and confirmed by John England.
   Schooling:  Night school for 1 hour three times a week after working 12 hours a day.
   Ordained a deacon by John England in 1858.
   Ordained an Elder by BilshopChancy West 3 Mar 1865.
   Ordained a Seventy by Pres. L. W. Shurtliff 22 Apr 1876.
   Ordained a High Priest by Pres. Chas. Welch 24 Jun 1899.
   Married to Rhoda Stone by W. W. Raymond at Plain City.
   Patriaarchal blessing by John Smith.
   He went on a mission to England 1878.  He labored in Burningham and Leeds in 1879.  He migrated from England to Salt Lake Valley 1862.  He made rope and drove team across plains 1863.   He came to Salt Lake Valley, settled at Plain City in 1862.  Started to do days work.  Made adobies for five years and sold them.  Then engaged in farming.  About 1866 the grasshoppers came and took his crops for four years, during which time he worked in the mines at Bingham Canyon.  He ran a butcher shop in Plain City, he was the pioneer butcher for about six years.  He donated money to build the Salt Lake Temple.  He was a constant teacher in Sunday School at Plain City for thirty-five years, a ward teacher for fifty years, school trustee for several terms, Justice of Piece for several terms. He was on the church board for a number of years during the time that the first amusement hall and meeting house were built.  He was an officer in Plain City Irrigation Co. several years.