Son of William Mustard and Ann Jemeson of Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland
David Mustard - A Mormon Pioneer
Contributed By: Steve Black
David was born in Blairgowrie, Scotland and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints while still young. He and Margaret Kay were married in Scotland and desired to join with the Saints in Zion. They did not have money enough to all go at once, so David went by himself to get them established.
David traveled across the plains with the John Easton Company and arrived in 1851. David Stoddard relates on a trail incident that David was a part of. "After a week's travel we were discouraged as so much time was wasted. Captain John Easton called us all into council and laid before us the condition of affairs, asked if we were willing to travel alone as a company of ten and leave the others. We all agreed to do this as near as I can remember. About the fifth day of our trek, we saw a great cloud of dust in the east, we judged about one mile away. Captain Easton called a halt, we thought it was a band of Indians and we would surely be destroyed. To our surprise we found it to be a large herd of buffalo which we estimated to be around five thousand. The herd we judged to be one mile long and one fourth of a mile wide. We had all we could do to save our wagons from being turned up side down. Another day we came in sight of a large Indian camp, we passed by in peace and camped about three miles from them. We had just made fires and were preparing our suppers, when suddenly the camp was surrounded by about two hundred Indians. We gave them all the camp could spare in eatables and soon they went away whooping in their Indian fashion."
David was actually a little late getting into the valley because he stayed behind and helped a sick man recover from Mountain Fever.
David settled in the Fifteenth Ward and anxiously awaited the arrival of his wife and daughter. They moved wherever they were called to go. Twice David was called back to Scotland as a missionary. They were called to settle St. George and help with the building of the temple. They did seven years of temple work before becoming ill and moving to Idaho to be with their daughter where they spent their remaining years.
David Mustard - A Mormon Pioneer
Contributed By: Steve Black
David was born in Blairgowrie, Scotland and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints while still young. He and Margaret Kay were married in Scotland and desired to join with the Saints in Zion. They did not have money enough to all go at once, so David went by himself to get them established.
David traveled across the plains with the John Easton Company and arrived in 1851. David Stoddard relates on a trail incident that David was a part of. "After a week's travel we were discouraged as so much time was wasted. Captain John Easton called us all into council and laid before us the condition of affairs, asked if we were willing to travel alone as a company of ten and leave the others. We all agreed to do this as near as I can remember. About the fifth day of our trek, we saw a great cloud of dust in the east, we judged about one mile away. Captain Easton called a halt, we thought it was a band of Indians and we would surely be destroyed. To our surprise we found it to be a large herd of buffalo which we estimated to be around five thousand. The herd we judged to be one mile long and one fourth of a mile wide. We had all we could do to save our wagons from being turned up side down. Another day we came in sight of a large Indian camp, we passed by in peace and camped about three miles from them. We had just made fires and were preparing our suppers, when suddenly the camp was surrounded by about two hundred Indians. We gave them all the camp could spare in eatables and soon they went away whooping in their Indian fashion."
David was actually a little late getting into the valley because he stayed behind and helped a sick man recover from Mountain Fever.
David settled in the Fifteenth Ward and anxiously awaited the arrival of his wife and daughter. They moved wherever they were called to go. Twice David was called back to Scotland as a missionary. They were called to settle St. George and help with the building of the temple. They did seven years of temple work before becoming ill and moving to Idaho to be with their daughter where they spent their remaining years.
Son of William Mustard and Ann Jemeson of Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland
David Mustard - A Mormon Pioneer
Contributed By: Steve Black
David was born in Blairgowrie, Scotland and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints while still young. He and Margaret Kay were married in Scotland and desired to join with the Saints in Zion. They did not have money enough to all go at once, so David went by himself to get them established.
David traveled across the plains with the John Easton Company and arrived in 1851. David Stoddard relates on a trail incident that David was a part of. "After a week's travel we were discouraged as so much time was wasted. Captain John Easton called us all into council and laid before us the condition of affairs, asked if we were willing to travel alone as a company of ten and leave the others. We all agreed to do this as near as I can remember. About the fifth day of our trek, we saw a great cloud of dust in the east, we judged about one mile away. Captain Easton called a halt, we thought it was a band of Indians and we would surely be destroyed. To our surprise we found it to be a large herd of buffalo which we estimated to be around five thousand. The herd we judged to be one mile long and one fourth of a mile wide. We had all we could do to save our wagons from being turned up side down. Another day we came in sight of a large Indian camp, we passed by in peace and camped about three miles from them. We had just made fires and were preparing our suppers, when suddenly the camp was surrounded by about two hundred Indians. We gave them all the camp could spare in eatables and soon they went away whooping in their Indian fashion."
David was actually a little late getting into the valley because he stayed behind and helped a sick man recover from Mountain Fever.
David settled in the Fifteenth Ward and anxiously awaited the arrival of his wife and daughter. They moved wherever they were called to go. Twice David was called back to Scotland as a missionary. They were called to settle St. George and help with the building of the temple. They did seven years of temple work before becoming ill and moving to Idaho to be with their daughter where they spent their remaining years.
David Mustard - A Mormon Pioneer
Contributed By: Steve Black
David was born in Blairgowrie, Scotland and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints while still young. He and Margaret Kay were married in Scotland and desired to join with the Saints in Zion. They did not have money enough to all go at once, so David went by himself to get them established.
David traveled across the plains with the John Easton Company and arrived in 1851. David Stoddard relates on a trail incident that David was a part of. "After a week's travel we were discouraged as so much time was wasted. Captain John Easton called us all into council and laid before us the condition of affairs, asked if we were willing to travel alone as a company of ten and leave the others. We all agreed to do this as near as I can remember. About the fifth day of our trek, we saw a great cloud of dust in the east, we judged about one mile away. Captain Easton called a halt, we thought it was a band of Indians and we would surely be destroyed. To our surprise we found it to be a large herd of buffalo which we estimated to be around five thousand. The herd we judged to be one mile long and one fourth of a mile wide. We had all we could do to save our wagons from being turned up side down. Another day we came in sight of a large Indian camp, we passed by in peace and camped about three miles from them. We had just made fires and were preparing our suppers, when suddenly the camp was surrounded by about two hundred Indians. We gave them all the camp could spare in eatables and soon they went away whooping in their Indian fashion."
David was actually a little late getting into the valley because he stayed behind and helped a sick man recover from Mountain Fever.
David settled in the Fifteenth Ward and anxiously awaited the arrival of his wife and daughter. They moved wherever they were called to go. Twice David was called back to Scotland as a missionary. They were called to settle St. George and help with the building of the temple. They did seven years of temple work before becoming ill and moving to Idaho to be with their daughter where they spent their remaining years.
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