David Crockett Cazier

1834 - 1929  (95 years)

• Name	David Crockett Cazier
  Birth	1 May 1834	Brownsville, Oldham County, Kentucky
  Gender	Male
  Death	19 May 1929	Nephi, Juab County, Utah
  Burial	Nephi City Cemetery, Nephi, Juab County, Utah
  Person ID	I38889	Ingram-Related
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	William Cazier,   b. 21 Jan 1794, Prince William County, Virginia d. 28 Feb 1872, Nephi, Juab County, Utah (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Pleasant Drake,   b. 31 Mar 1796, Loudoun, Loudoun County, Virginia d. Nov 1846, Winterquarters, Pottawatomie, Iowa (Age 50 years)
  Marriage	3 Dec 1815	Elizabethtown, Wood County, Virginia
  Family ID	F15213	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Eliza Naylor,   b. 1842, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	2 Jul 1864	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah
  Family ID	F15754	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 May 2015

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah Ann Wurrellow,   b. 18 Jun 1848, England d. 8 Aug 1912, Nephi, Juab County, Utah (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	1893
  Family ID	F15755	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 May 2015

  
  

  Family 3	Sarah Frances Mangum,   b. 11 Sep 1838, Pickens County, Alabama d. 28 Oct 1889, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	7 Jun 1857	Nephi, Juab County, Utah
  Children	1. David William Cazier,   b. 14 May 1858, Nephi, Juab County, Utah d. 13 Jan 1925, Nephi, Juab County, Utah (Age 66 years)   2. Adelbert Cazier,   b. 4 Apr 1860, Nephi, Juab County, Utah d. 27 Jul 1933, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah (Age 73 years)   3. Sarah Ellen Cazier,   b. 12 Apr 1862, Nephi, Juab County, Utah d. 21 Apr 1862, Nephi, Juab County, Utah (Age 0 years)   4. Orson O. Cazier,   b. 19 Jul 1863, Nephi, Juab County, Utah d. 17 Nov 1944, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah (Age 81 years)   5. Edwin Earl Cazier,   b. 21 Aug 1865, Nephi, Juab County, Utah d. 7 Jan 1923, Nephi, Juab County, Utah (Age 57 years)
  Family ID	F15756	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 May 2015

  
  

  Family 4	Mary Amelia Sheppard Amass,   b. 21 Mar 1856, England d. 14 Jan 1929, Nephi, Juab County, Utah (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	30 Aug 1921	Nephi, Juab County, Utah
  Family ID	F15757	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 May 2015

  
  

• Notes

  Cazier writes: "My father and mother joined the Church in 1845 andmovedwith their family to Council Bluffs, Iowa, in 1846, where theysharedwith the Saints in the general hardships of that time. Mybrothers Jamesand John enlisted in the Mormon Battalion; my motherdied in the fall of1846 in a hay shed and was buried in a coffin madeof a hollowed-out log;there were no flowers in evidence at herfuneral. My father went intoMissouri to split rails, thereby earningcorn and pork wherewith to feedhis family. We resided in Iowa for fouryears and when we departed fromthat territory to migrate to Utah, weleft a good house. We settled inNephi in 1851, being among the firstsettlers of that place. I wasbaptized in 1852 and took an active partin the Walker and Black hawkwars. Together with my brothers John andSamuel, I also participated inthe Echo canyon campaign during thewinter of 1857–58. In June, 1857 Imarried Sarah Francis Mangum, whohas borne me four sons. In 1865 Imarried Eliza Naylor as a secondwife. While yet quite young I wasordained to the office of a Priest;in 1855 I was ordained a Seventy andin 1870 I was ordained a HighPriest and set apart as a High Councilor,which position I still hold.In 1872 I was called on a mission to GreatBritain; during my absence Ipresided over the Bristol conference. Myoccupation is that of a farmerand I have cut thousands of acres of grainand hay with a scythe. Inrunning trashing machines for over forty years,I have thrashed overone million bushels of grain. I raised the firstfruit in Nephi and cantruthfully say that I have earned my bread by thesweat of my brow. Ihave also cut and hauled from canyons one thousandsaw-logs. Inconclusion I will say that I never indulged in vice of anykin