William suffered from the growth of cataracts in his eyes, and to cope with his dimming vision, he learned to shape the products of his lathe by feel. During the mid-nineteenth century, the city grew 100 percent from 200,000 in 1830 to 400,000 in 1860. Astride the River Clyde, Glasgow was the major center in western Scotland and, at the time, Scotland’s largest city. In 1843, David’s father, William Eccles, then living in Paisley, married Irish immigrant, Sarah Hutchinson.Ī wood turner by trade,William Eccles moved with his wife to Glasgow in the hope of earning a better living. His story began in Paisley, Scotland, a market town and textile manufacturing center located about eight miles west of Glasgow that gave its name to a particularly attractive pattern of curved shapes woven into silk or cotton. In the latter field he became an organizer of one of the most internationally powerful Utah-based businesses–Utah Construction Company later renamed Utah International. In doing so he helped to establish successful firms in the lumbering, banking, and construction indus- tries. Born to abject poverty, Eccles achieved the American dream of significant success and personal wealth through hard work, careful planning, and an uncanny ability to recognize and capitalize on significant economic trends. David Eccles was not a prominent religious leader, but belonged to the business group who also succeeded in politics. In the business world, only success seemed to matter. Nibley was a polygamist, yet he rubbed shoulders with nationally and locally powerful investors and business associates. Significantly, in contrast with religion and politics, polygamy or monogamy did not seem to matter in business. Smoot, King, and Cannon also used their success in business or profession as a springboard into politics.
Some like Nibley and Smoot also became Mormon religious leaders. King in law and Martha Hughes Cannon in medicine. Others obtained higher education in the learned professions: John A.Widtsoe in science William H. Nibley in lumbering and sugar refining Jesse Knight in mining and Reed Smoot in various businesses come to mind. First, some succeeded in business: entrepreneurs like Charles W.
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints–Mormons– who succeeded in making an enduring mark on the history of Utah and the nation generally did so by several means.
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