Farmer, born at Glasgow, Scotland. Came to Utah in 1847. Settled in Provo. Visited by GQC on his way to California. Served in Echo Canyon during the 1857 Utah War. (J. Marinus Jensen, History of Provo, Utah, [n.p: The Author, 1924], Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah [Salt Lake City: Utah Pioneers Book Publishing Co., 1913], 1085; also mentioned in GQC Journal, 14 Oct. 1849.)