David Candland

David Candland, born 1819, was baptized a Mormon by Lorenzo Snow in 1841.  In 1842 he moved to Nauvoo where he worked as a school teacher and store clerk and eventually became secretary to Brigham Young.  He served a mission to Great Britain in 1846 where he wrote the first Mormon pamphlets published in England.  They were known as The Fireside Visitor, or Plain Reasoner.  He signed the tracts David C. Kimball because Heber C. Kimball adopted him in Nauvoo as his spiritual son. 

In 1852 he traveled to Utah with the Ezra T. Benson company.  In 1855 he was appointed paymaster in the Territorial Mormon Militia.  In Great Salt Lake City, he taught school, clerked, was stage manager for the Deseret Dramatic Association and served as doorkeeper at the Salt Lake Tabernacle.

David Candland circa 1864 - 45 years old

David Candland with wife (Mary Anne) Anna Long Woodhouse Candland circa 1855.  David was 40 when he met Connal Lee.  

In 1856, under the direction of Brigham Young, David Candland opened the Globe Restaurant and Bakery with his partner, William Staines.  In 1859 he was appointed to represent Salt Lake County in the Utah Territorial Legislature. 

The Candland / Marriott Connection

Many of the American Candlands are also members of the Marriott family, as in, Marriott Hotels. Harry Candland (1903-1962) married Eva Fontella Marriott (1905-1992). Her brother, J. Willard Marriott Sr (1900-1985) was the founder of Marriott Hotels.