DAVID ECCLES (1849-1912) David Eccles was born in Glasgow, Scotland. At fourteen years of age he came with his family, converts to the Mormon Church, to Utah. The family settled in Huntsville. Though he had very little formal education, in his lifetime he built up an immense business empire, engaging in lumbering, banking, railroading, sugar, construction companies and various other enterprises.
M. S. BROWNING (1859-1923) After coming across the plains with the Saints, the Browning family settled in Ogden and opened a gunshop in 1851. A son, Matthew Sandefur Browning early displayed keen business ability in the handling of patents, contracts and investments. With his brother he organized the J.M. & M.S. Browning Company, the Browning Arms Company and the Browning Brothers Company, branching out from gun-making, to banking, mining, stock-raising, and railroad, sugar and coal industries.
