Thomas Duncombe Dee

Thomas Duncombe Dee

in 1860.

Dee had been working as an apprentice carpenter in Wales, and soon was building residential and commercial buildings in Ogden. In 1876, Dee joined industrialist David Eccles and Hiram Spencer in founding businesses in the western U.S. ranging from sugar to lumber to water and shoes and banking.

In 1900, Dee became an investor and first president of the Utah Construction Company of Ogden, Utah. On July 3, 1905, Dee slipped into water while inspecting a potential site for a dam. He contracted pneumonia and died on July 9, 1905.

Dee served for over 20 years as the Sunday School superintendent in the Ogden 3rd Ward and then the Mound Fort Ward. For about 19 years prior to his death he served as a counselor in the Mound Fort Ward bishopric.

Dee served as a member of the Ogden City Council among several other civic position.

ources

Jenson, Andrew. "LDS Biographical Encyclopedia" Vol. 3, p. 58

External links

* [http://intermountainhealthcare.org/xp/public/mckaydee/aboutus/history/chapter1.xml McKay-Dee Hospital, History]


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