William Carter Staines, the "English Gentleman"

William Carter Staines “had little liking for books when a boy, and hated the confinement of the school room.  He had a passion for floriculture and horticulture, manifested most practically in after years, when also he deeply regretted his early indifference to education. What helped to make school distasteful to him was an accident which befell him when he was 13 years of age. While playing on the ice, he fell, injuring his spine and causing a deformity, attended with much pain, from which he suffered severely for twenty years. In fact, he was never entirely free from it. This misfortune, while it materially lessened his stature, did not detract from the pleasant impression made by his frank, open countenance and kindly manner. As a youth he worked with other laborers in his father's garden.” – Latter-Day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia by Andrew Jenson (1914)

William Carter Staines

William Carter Staines, first territorial librarian, member of the territorial legislative assembly, a wine and spirit merchant, co-owner with David Candland of The Globe Restaurant and Bakery

The parlor in the Staines mansion during the time Governor Cumming was in residence.  

The Staines Mansion in 1858 when Governor Cumming stayed in it during the Move South.

William Jennings purchased the house in 1867 and expanded it.  Jennings named it Devereaux House after his family's estate in England.