Alexander Beckstead dating history

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Alexander Beckstead (March 16, 1802 – February 25, 1870) was an early pioneer settler in Utah, and prominent member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was Born in Canada before living in various areas in the eastern United States. Alexander later migrated with most of his family to the Salt Lake Valley. Alexander was a practicing LDS Church member during the era of polygamy participation. He had three wives and was the father to many children. His descendants would go on to spread throughout the Utah Valley and later into parts of Southern Idaho and parts of Arizona. Alexander was a founding resident of the current Salt Lake County cities of South and West Jordan. Additionally, in the early years of Brigham Young University, a general mechanics laboratory was founded under the Beckstead family name by one of Alexander's descendants.