William Jefferies Jr. (March 8, 1831 – November 15, 1913) was an English Mormon pioneer and early settler of the American frontier.
William Jefferies Jr. was born in Syston, Gloucestershire Somersetshire on March 8, 1831.
[1] He was educated privately in England, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) there in 1856, served for a time as a missionary, and emigrated to Utah Territory in 1856, crossing the plains in Joseph W. Young's pioneer company.
[2] Jefferies was one of the leading men in Grantsville in the latter half of the 19th-century, involved in almost all business ventures in that city and served as one of its earliest mayors.
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