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Grimshaw, Duckworth, High Councilor of Beaver Stake, was born March 3, 1842 at Tottingham, Lancashire, England. His father's name is John Grimshaw and that of his mother Alice Whittaker. Brother Duckworth's baptism occurred June 26, 1860, at the hands of Thomas Schofield, at the former's birthplace. in early life the subject hereof became a cotton weaver. He emigrated to Utah in 1862, leaving the father and four sisters, reaching New York June 1st and proceeding to Florence, where an engagement was made to drive a team across the plains, by which means Salt Lake City was reached September 26th. Laboring on a farm at South Weber, he accumulated 200 bushels of wheat which came in good time, his father and sisters having joined him. Prosperity attended his labors, and in 1865 he was able to move to Beaver, arriving June 14th, where he acted as superintendent (or assistant) of Sunday schools twenty-five years; he also became and still is a member of that Ward choir. He was ordained a Seventy by Jonathan Crosby May 22, 1885; a High Priest the same year and set apart as a High Councilor of Beaver Stake, which he still holds. He had previously (Feb. 16, 1865), been ordained an Elder by Chauncy W. West. Brother Grimshaw was married April 4, 1867, to Mary Jane Moyes, who has borne him thirteen children, all living but one boy, who died at the age of 22; he also married Ellen Muir in 1887, and served a term of twelve months in the Utah penitentiary for infraction of the Edmunds law. He has had two sons on missions. Besides active military service against the Indians, he has been city councilor, school trustee, and been an active citizen generally.
Andrew Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 4 vols. Salt Lake City 2:37 |
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