Public Workers: James Jack
Improvement Era, vol. 7, no. 3, January 1904, p. 214
Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations
PUBLIC
WORKERS.
JAMES
JACK.
In
this
number
of
the
Era,
a
splendid
likeness
of
Elder
James.
Jack
is
presented
to
our
readers.
Brother
Jack
has
occupied
the
position
of
Cashier
and
Chief
Clerk
to
the
Trustee
in
Trust
of
the
Church
of
Jesus
Christ
of
Latter-day
Saints
for
many
years,
and
is-
a
zealous
and
trusted
worker.
James
Jack
was
born
on
the
twentieth
of
November,
1829,
in
Perthshire,
Scotland,
and
is
the
son
of
John
Jack
and
Margaret
Cowper.
His
early
life
was
spent
upon
his
father's
farm
in
Scot-
land, which
work
he
later
supplemented
by
employment
in
a
dry
goods
establishment
in
his
native
town.
He
came
to
the
United
States
and
to
Utah
in
1853.
His
first
public
labor
upon
arriving
in
Salt
Lake
City
was
in
the
building
of
the
city
walls,
under
the
direction
of
A.
P.
Rockwood.
It
was
necessary
in
those
early
times
that
those
who
arrived
here
take
any
employment
that
first
came
to
hand,
and
so
he
set
to
work
in
the
building
of
these
walls
with
heart
and
energy,
to
accomplish
the
trust
which
had
been
imposed
upon
him.
He
afterwards
obtained
a
position
in
the
office
of
the
tithing
store
as
clerk,
in
1856,
in
which
place
he
labored
for
five
years,
when
he
was
called
to
work
in
the
President's
oflice,
in
1861,
as
cashier
and
chief
clerk,
which
employment
he
has
held
for
over
forty-two
years,
a
remarkable
tribute
to
his
faithfulness
and
integrity.
He
was
married
February
11,
1853,
while
yet
in
Scotland,
to
Jemima
Innis,
a
native
of
Scotland,
having
been
baptized
into
the
Church
of
Jesus
Christ
of
Latter-day
Saints,
February
9,
1851.
Aside
from
his
labors
as
chief
clerk
in
the
Church
business
office,
he
has
taken
part
in
many
of
the
financial
affairs
which
have,
enhanced
the
growth
of
our
State,
and
in
all
cases
he
has
admin-