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Show jtwmacrs % HENRY DINWOODEY, 175 H enry Dinwoodey's parents, James and Elizabeth Miles Dinwoodey, were originally from Scotland but were living at Latchford, Cheshire, eighteen miles from Liverpool, when Henry was born September 11, 1825. As a young lad he apprenticed as a carpen- l ter and builder, and uporj completing his apprenticeship he became a cabinetmaker. An early enthusiast of the Mormon religion, Henry was twenty- two years of age, already married a year, when in 1847 he and his wife, Ellen Gore, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints. Like other Mormon converts at that time Henry and Ellen were urged to emigrate to America, and in September 1849 they booked passage on the ship Berlin. The voyage was stormy and dangerous, and the crowded conditions added to the discomfort of the converts. The situation became calamitous when cholera broke Henry Dinwoodey out, running rampant among the passengers. The twenty- four- year- old Henry assisted in burying forty-nine bodies at sea. Half sick, bedraggled, and in need of good food, the remaining passengers finally arrived in New Orleans. In order to recover, as well as to avoid the northern winter, the Dinwoodeys remained in the warmer climate for six months before sailing upriver on a Mississippi steamboat. In Saint Louis, Henry became a machinery patternmaker. In 1855 he and Ellen joined a wagon train, continuing the journey to their new home in the West. In Salt Lake City, Henry set up business in a small store north of First South on the west side of Main Street. Felling his own timber and sawing it at the mill in Big Cottonwood Canyon, he hauled it by wagon to his cabinet shop. He made chairs, tables, and other household furniture. As the economy of the community increased, so did the Dinwoodey business, and more hands were needed to make the home furnishings. By 1869 Dinwoodey had outgrown the Main Street store, and he moved to the firm's present location on First South. He then began importing fine furniture by railroad from the East. The business continued to grow until by the turn of the century it had become the leading furniture establishment between Omaha and San Francisco. 176 Dinwoodey participated in church and civic affairs, served as a director of two banks and the Salt Lake Railway Company, and was a regent of the University of Deseret. He also served as a captain in the territorial militia. The childless Ellen had never enjoyed good health and in her last years became an invalid. In the meantime, Henry had entered into plural marriage, taking for his wives Anna Hill and Sarah Kinnersley. From those marriages Henry became the father of nine Henry Dinwoodey, in light suit, at his furniture 177 Anna Hill, second wife of Henry Dinwoodey children. As were many other Mormon polygamists, he was indicted for unlawful cohabitation. During his imprisonment in 1885, Ellen became increasingly ill. He gained permission to visit her sick bed only once and then never saw her alive again. Henry was permitted to attend the funeral but was not allowed to go with the cortege to the cemetery. Dinwoodey later built two imposing homes. Die one on East Brigham Street, a Queen Anne style residence designed by Richard K. A. Kletting, was built for Dinwoodey's second wife, Anna Hill. The dome, an architectural detail Kletting used in many of his designs, was centered over the large front bay rather than gracing a corner tower or the crest of the roof. Incidentally, the dome was removed before the home's demolition and may be seen inside the north entrance of Trolley Square in Salt Lake City. Anna Dinwoodey reigned as mistress of this lovely home for fifteen years before her death in 1911, just six years after Henry's death in 1905. The family of Henry M. Dinwoodey continued to occupy the residence until 1939. & HENRY DINWOODEY 815 East South Temple Built 1896 Architect: Richard K. A. Kletting Demolished 1973 178 Fireplace removed from the Dinwoodey home iB now at Trolley Square. Brick facing and hearth are later additions. Beautiful stained- glasB window was on the west side of the home. 179 |
