David William Nelson

David William Nelson

• Born 2 April 1858 in Farmington, Utah
• Died 2 March 1891 in Smithfield, Utah

There is not a lot of information about David, but I was able to piece a little information from his parents and wife's history.

David William Nelson was born on 2 April 1858 in Farmington, Utah. He was the seventh of ten children born to Robert and Elizabeth Nelson.  In 1860 his family moved to Smithfield, Utah.  The first summer there, they lived in a dugout and wagon box.  They lived at the Fort in Smithfield.  This is where he met Almira Mae Anderson.

On December 9, 1880 he married Almira in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City, Utah.  They established their home in Smithfield and here four children were born to the couple, a girl and three boys.  The girl died in infancy with whooping cough but the three boys; William, Sterling and Andrew grew up to manhood.

He farmed a little for a livelihood and worked ten acres.  One of his main sources of income was shearing sheep.  He became very expert in shearing sheep and he made much of his money shearing sheep.  During the rest of the year he worked odd jobs. 

David William took sick and died with pneumonia 2 March 1891 leaving his young wife a widow with three boys to take care of. 

This is the only image that there is of David.  Almira  did
not love the picture, she didn't think that it was a good likeness of him