Appendix 6: Shareholders and Officers in the Deseret Iron Company
| Names | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Comments |
| ADAMS, David B. | ¼ | x | Subscribed, Nov 1852; appointed furnace master, Nov 1852; withdrew, Nov 1853 | ||||
| ALLEN, Ira | ¼ | x | x | Referred to as shareholder in 1855 | |||
| ARTHUR, Christopher Sr. | 1 | x | x | Subscribed, 1852; elected trustee, Nov 1853; elected secretary pro tem, Nov 1854 | |||
| ARTHUR, Christopher Jr. | ¼ | x | Trusteeship, ¼ sharetransferred from Vincent Shurtleff, May 1854; withdrew as trustee, Nov 1855 | ||||
| BARTON, William | ¼ | x | Withdrew, April 1853 | ||||
| BOSNELL, James | ¼ | x | x | x | Listed as member, Nov 1853 | ||
| CARRUTHERS, Matthew | ¼ | x | Subscribed, Nov 1852;withdrew, Nov 1853 | ||||
| CARTWRIGHT, Thomas | ¼ | x | x | x | Subscribed, Nov 1852; withdrew; left area | ||
| CHATTERLEY, Catherine | x | Widow of Joseph | |||||
| CHATTERLEY, Joseph | ½ | x | x | x | Subscribed, Nov 1852; died, Sep 1853; transferred to Catherine Chatterley | ||
| CLEWS, Joseph | ¼ | x | Subscribed, Nov 1852; withdrew, Nov 1853; transferred to Jonathan Pugmire | ||||
| COOK, Henry | ¼ | x | Requested release, 1857 | ||||
| CORAY, George | ¼ | x | First mention Oct 1856 | ||||
| DALTON, Charles W. | ¼ | x | x | x | Listed as member, Nov 1853; transferred to S. D. White | ||
| EASTON, Alexander | ¼ | x | Subscribed, Nov 1852; withdrew, Nov 1853 | ||||
| ENSIGN, Merius | ¼ | x | Divided ¼ share with Benjamin Hulse | ||||
| FIFE, Peter M. | ¼ | x | x | On balance sheet, 1854 | |||
| HAIGHT, Isaac C. | ¼ | x | x | x | Subscribed, Nov 1853; elected trustee, Nov 1853; elected president pro tem, Nov 1854 | ||
| HALL, Job P. | ¼ | x | x | On balance sheet, 1854 | |||
| HARRISON, Richard | ¼ | x | x | x | Subscribed, Nov 1852; made moulding superintendent, Nov 1852; withdrew, Nov 1853 | ||
| HULSE, Benjamin R. | ¼ | x | x | x | Subscribed, Nov 1852; transferred to Merius Ensign, Oct 1856 | ||
| JONES, Elias | 1 | x | x | x | Subscribed, 1852 | ||
| JONES, John | 1 | x | x | x | Subscribed, 1852 | ||
| JONES, Thomas | 1 | x | x | x | x | Subscribed, Apr 1852 | |
| KEIR, Alexander | x | Withdrew by Nov 1853 | |||||
| KERSHAW, Robert | ¼ | x | x | x | Received from Samuel Kershaw, Nov 1853 | ||
| KERSHAW, Samuel | ¼ | x | Subscribed, Nov 1852; withdrew; transferred to Robert Kershaw, Nov 1853 | ||||
| LITTLE, James A. | x | x | Listed as member, Nov 1853; withdrew, Nov 1854 | ||||
| LISTON, C. Perry | ¼ | x | x | Withdrew, Nov 1858 | |||
| LUNT, Henry | ¼ | x | x | x | Subscribed, Nov 1852; appointed clerk, Nov 1852 | ||
| MORRIS, Elias | ¼ | x | Elected trustee, Nov 1858 | ||||
| POLLOCK, Samuel | ¼ | x | x | On balance sheet, 1854 | |||
| PUGMIRE, Jonathan | ½ | x | x | x | Subscribed, Nov 1852; ¼ received from Joseph Clews, Nov 1853; elected trustee, Nov 1853-Oct 1856; withdrew ¼, Nov 1854 | ||
| RICHARDS, Franklin D. | 1 | x | x | x | x | Secretary of organizing committee, Apr 1852; compensated with subscriber’s share, Apr 1852; elected secretary, Nov 1853 | |
| REID, Robert | ¼ | x | |||||
| SHELTON, William | ¼ | x | x | On balance sheet, 1854 | |||
| SHURTLEFF, Vincent | ¼ | x | x | x | x | Purchasing agent, May 1852; elected trustee, Nov 1853; trusteeship, share transferred to Christopher Arthur, Jr., May 1854 | |
| SMITH, George A. | x | x | Subscription date unknown; withdrew: Nov 1854, Oct 1856, Nov 1857 (final) | ||||
| SMITH, J. C. L. | ¼ | x | x | Appointed superintendent pro tem, Nov 1852; died, Oct 1856; share withdrawn | |||
| SMITH, Philip K. | 1 | x | x | On balance sheet, 1854 | |||
| SNOW, Erastus | 1 | x | x | x | Chairman of organizing committee, Apr 1852; compensated with subscriber’s share, Apr 1852; elected president, Nov 1853 | ||
| STEELE, John | ¼ | x | x | On balance sheet, 1854 | |||
| STEWART, Urban V. | ¼ | x | |||||
| STODDARD, David | ¼ | x | Subscribed, Nov 1852; withdrew, Nov 1853 | ||||
| STONES, William | ¼ | x | Subscribed, Nov 1852; withdrew, Nov 1853 | ||||
| TENNANT, Thomas | 4 | x | x | x | x | Treasurer of organizing committee, Apr 1852; subscribed, Apr 1852; elected treasurer, Nov 1853; died Oct 1856; shares kept by estate | |
| Utah Territory | 2 | x | Paid for by Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Oct 1855 | ||||
| WALKER, Joseph | ¼ | x | x | x | Subscribed, Nov 1852; elected trustee, Nov 1855 | ||
| WESTON, John | 1 | x | x | x | Subscribed, Apr 1852 | ||
| WILLIAMS, George | x | ||||||
| WILLIAMSON, James | x | Withdrew, Nov 1853 | |||||
| WOOD, George | ½ | x | x | x | Subscribed, Nov 1852; withdrew ¼ share, Nov 1854; elected trustee, Oct 1856 | ||
| YOUNG, Brigham | 2 | x | As trustee-in-trust for LDS Church (shares paid for by Cedar City, Parowan, and Harmony tithing offices, May 1855 and Cedar City tithing office, Oct 1855) |
Note: James Whittaker is mentioned in the company minutes under 6 Nov 1854 as proxy for Henry Lunt (then on his mission) and also for the Chatterley estate.
Source Codes:
1: Number of shares (each worth £500 English sterling or $2,420).
2: Original organizing committee member.
3: Original shareholder in England.
4: Listed in Deseret Iron Company Minute Book (pp. 14–49). The 1854 balance sheet covers pp. 35–36.
5: Listed in Share Register 1853, Book A.
6: Listed in John Crook’s thesis: roster of “additional subscribers” (p. 49).
The above list of shareholders should be considered incomplete, as other Deseret Industry Company records may exist (or may not have survived), containing additional names.
