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Show • • • DAVID COOLBEAR David Coolbear was the son of John Coolbear and Mary Ann Barnard. He was born in the county of Essex, England in September 1843. He was baptized into the Mormon Church when about twelve years of age. He crossed the ocean in 1862 on the ship William Tapscott, and was on the water forty two days. He came through the "States" during the Civil War and landed in Salt Lake City, Sept. 27, 1862. He walked to Centeville the same night. During that fall he spent a month hauling rock for the Salt Lake Temple. In the spring of 1863 he came to Morgan County. He says, "In building the roads, bridges, school houses and public buildings everybody had to pitch in, as labor was all the capital we had. I was in Utah for years before I ever saw a dollar in cash". Mr. Coolbear married Catherine Clark, Dec. 12 1868. She was born in Colchester, England in 1851. She came to Utah in 1864 with her father Daniel Clark who died in North Platte, while crossing the plains. Mrs. Cool bear was a natural seamstress, she embroidered fine collars when she was seven years old, and at nine years she sewed for a woman who was a tailoress. She stitched the long seams in pants by hand, and received ten cents per day. In 1878 she established a millinery business which she carried on for nearly forty years . She died in 1922 at the age of seventy two years. At this time (March 1932) Mr. Coolbear is still living. South Morgan D.U .P. Camp |
