Capt.
David
Candland
Esq
Born in Highgate, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Son of Samuel Candland
and Sarah Andrew (Betts) Candland
Brother of
Charles Candland
Husband of
Mary Ann (Barton) Candland
— married
27 Mar 1844 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Husband of
Mary Jane (Webb) Candland
— married
about 29 Oct 1852 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States [uncertain]
[uncertain] Husband of
Katherine Ann (Jost) Rasmussen
— married
about 1853 (to about 1877) in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States [uncertain]
[uncertain] Husband of
Lucille (Jones) Holbrook
— married
about 9 Apr 1853 (to about 1855) in Utah, United States
Husband of
Ann (Woodhouse) Candland
— married
about 1 Nov 1855 in Chester, Sanpete, Utah, United States
Husband of
Hannah Ann (Wright) Candland
— married
about 1857 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States [uncertain]
Descendants [uncertain] 
Father of
Sarah Emily (Candland) Sill, Mary Catherine (Candland) Chadwick, Elizabeth Ann (Candland) McLean, David Samuel Candland, Abigail Jemima (Candland) Edmonds, D. G. I. Candland, Eliza Jane Barton Candland, David Harry Candland, William David Candland, Minnie Alena (Candland) Warner, Albert Henry Candland, Frank Reister Candland, Frederick Herman Candland, Rachel Ellen (Candland) Jones, George Anthony Candland, Percy Howard Candland, David Alexander Candland, Walter Stanley Candland, Victor Eugene Candland, Arthur Charles Candland, Amelia May (Candland) Jensen, Philip Earle Candland, Grace Maggie (Candland) Jacobsen, Mary Adelaide (Candland) Benedetti, Fannie Vilate (Candland) Miles, Lawrence Haliburton Candland, Ernest Conrad Candland, Theodore Clement Candland, Leland Long Candland, Hope Candland and Claude Candland
Died
at age 82
in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Sep 2020
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Biography
David was born in 1819 in Highgate, London, England, to Samuel Candland and Sarah Betts.
He was baptized Mormon on 6 May 1841, in London, England, by Lorenzo Snow. [1][2]
He was ordained with the Mormon priesthood in 1844 by Brigham Young in London, England.
He immigrated to the United States and worked as a scribe for Joseph Smith in Nauvoo, Illinois, publishing early Mormon pamphlets.
He journeyed on the Mormon Trail with his wives and children from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah.
He founded Sanpete County, Utah. David was appointed as a U.S. Postmaster for Sanpete County in 1864.[3]
David was a Staff Officer for the Utah Territory Militia and Captain of the Sanpete Militia during the Black Hawk War, from 1866-1867.[4][5][6]
He was known to be an actor. David was assistant manager of the Deseret Dramatics Association. He was also the proprietor of the Globe Hotel. [7]
He was a County Prosecuting Attorney for Sanpete County, Utah in 1880[8]
He was set apart to join the Quorum of the Seventy.[9]
He passed away on 4 Mar, 8 Mar or 11 Mar 1902, depending on source. [10]
Sources
- ↑ Black, Harvey B. Seventy Quorum Membership, 1835–1846: An Annotated Index of Over 3,500 Seventies Organized into the First Thirty-Five Quorums of the Seventy in Kirtland, Ohio, and Nauvoo, Illinois. Provo, Utah: Infobases, Inc., 1996. Private Donor.
- ↑ Ancestry.com. Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1848 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
- ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-Sept. 30, 1971; Roll #: 128; Archive Publication #: M841.
- ↑ "Utah, Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah, Territorial to 1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLR3-RTB : 6 December 2014), David Candland, 11 Mar 1902; citing City Cemetery, , military unit Staff Officer Sanpete Mil, Ut Terr Mil, Blackhawk War, State Archives, Capitol Building, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 485,497.
- ↑ "Utah Applications Indian War Service Medals, 1905-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKDV-MDDD : 17 March 2018), David Candland, ; citing Military Service, 7224, series 2220, State Archives, Utah; FHL microfilm 1,445,900.
- ↑ Ancestry.com. Utah, U.S., Military Records, 1861-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011, Utah State Archives and Records Service; Salt Lake City, Utah; Territorial Militia Service Cards, 1850-1880; Creating Agency: Department of Administrative Services, Division of Archives and Records Service; Series: 6195; Reel: 1.
- ↑ Ancestry.com. Sons of Utah Pioneers Memorial Gallery Index Cards [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.
- ↑ Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010, Year: 1880; Census Place: Chester, Sanpete, Utah; Roll: 1338; Page: 439A; Enumeration District: 066.
- ↑ Black, Harvey B. Seventy Quorum Membership, 1835–1846: An Annotated Index of Over 3,500 Seventies Organized into the First Thirty-Five Quorums of the Seventy in Kirtland, Ohio, and Nauvoo, Illinois. Provo, Utah: Infobases, Inc., 1996. Private Donor.
- ↑ Utah State Historical Society, comp. Utah Cemetery Inventory, 1847-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
- Ancestry.com. Iowa, U.S., Pottawattamie County, Annotated Record of US Census, 1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
- Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004, Year: 1900; Census Place: MT Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah; Page: 10; Enumeration District: 0128; FHL microfilm: 1241686.
- "Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F856-XPY : 28 January 2020), David Candland in entry for William David Candland, 1940.
- "Utah, Salt Lake City, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Missionary Department, Missionary Registers, 1860-1937," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKDW-YVD4 : 27 November 2019), David Candland in entry for Arthur Chas Candland, Utah, United States; records extracted by FamilySearch and images digitized by Church History library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; citing , Missionary department missionary registers 1860-1959, CR 301 22, Church History Library, Salt lake City, Utah.
- "David Candland", Early Mormon Missionaries, accessed January 31, 2020, https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/missionary/individual/david-candland-1820
- "United States Western States Marriage Index", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZK3-7M7 : 19 October 2018), David Candland and Annie Woodhouse, 1887.
- "Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HFBS-FST2 : 28 January 2020), David in entry for Saml C W. Candland, 1858.
- Nauvoo Temple Records, FHL 183374; Page 205; Records 1929-1930, Salt Lake Family History Library (and centers), (Main Library in Salt Lake City), 35 North West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150, USA. Candland, David born Oct 15, 1819 at Highgate, Middlesex, England; Mary Ann Barton Feb 6, 1814 at Northumberland, Pennsylvania.
See also:
- Ancestry.com. U.S., Mormon Migration Records, 1840-1932 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2022.
- Spencer, Deloy J., "The Utah Black Hawk War 1865-1871" (1969). All Graduate Plan B and other Reports: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/gradreports/600.
- https://www.sanpete.com/pioneer-heritage.html
- https://gatheringgardiners.blogspot.com/2013/01/david-candland-1819-1902.html?m=1
- https://www.nps.gov/cali/learn/historyculture/upload/Across_the_Plains-Mountains-_and_Deserts-508.pdf
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