 William Leatham LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson, Vol. 3, p.146
Leatham, William, a Patriarch in the Salt Lake Stake of Zion, was born Jan. 31, 1844, at Garthamlock, Lanarkshire, Scotland, the son of Robert Leatham and Janet Urquhart. He was baptized June 30, 1861, by David M. Stuart. In early youth he learned coal and iron mining, and while yet in his teens he went to Govan, on the River Clyde, and learned the trade of a blacksmith and machinist, in the meantime attending night school. In 1865 he became an officer in the St. Andrews League and a member of the Broughan Literary Institute. In 1867 he returned to his work as a miner and became foreman of the Craigend Colliery, near Glasgow. In 1870 he engaged as collier manager for the West of Fife Coal Company, where he remained until June, 1871, whenhe left, very much against the wishes of his employers, for America, crossing the Atlantic in the steamship "Wyoming," and arrived in Salt Lake City July 12, 1871. While yet in his native land he was ordained a Deacon in 1862, by Robert Sands; he was ordained a Teacher in 1864 and ordained an Elder in 1867; he also did missionary labor in Fifeshire. On July 25, 1871, thirteen days after his arrival in Utah, he married Margaret Buchanan, who has borne him twelve children. Oct. 23, 1885, he married Martha A. Salisbury, who has borne him eight children. In 1877 Bro. Lentham moved to Leeds, Washington county, Utah, and in 1886 (March 7th) he was ordained a High Priest and set apart as first counselor to Bishop Brigham Y. McMullin of the Leeds Ward. He returned to Salt Lake City in 1894 and located with his family in the Sixteenth Ward, but worked as a mechanic in the mines and mills at Ophir, Mercur and Lion Hill. In 1902 he was master mechanic of mines and mill at Sunshine, and president of the branch there (Alpine Stake). Since 1904 he has spent most of his time at home. Bro. Lentham was ordained a Patriarch Dec. 28, 1914, by Francis M. Lyman. |
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