George Darling Watt was born May 18, 1812, in Manchester, England, to James Watt and Mary Ann Wood. George married Mary Gregson in 1825 in Preston, England. They had four children, but only one, George Darling Watt Jr., lived to adulthood. George was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1837 while living in Preston, England, the first British convert to the church. George served a mission for the church in Scotland from 1840 to 1841, and then after joining the Latter-day Saints in Nauvoo, Illinois, returned to England to serve another mission with Mary in 1846. In 1850, they joined the Saints in the Salt Lake Valley. George was appointed by Brigham Young to a committee to create the Deseret Alphabet. He also published the sermons of Young and other church leaders in "Journal of Discourses," and continued as editor of the journal until 1868. George practiced polygamy, marrying six times in all. He married Jane Brown, who later divorced him, Alice Whittaker, Elizabeth Golightly, Saran Ann Harter, and Martha Bench. George was a farmer in Kaysville, Utah, later in his life. He died October 24, 1881, in Kaysville, Utah.

Martha Watt was born on August 27, 1846, in Southampton, England, to William Bench Sr., and Ann Longman. Her family immigrated to Utah in 1852. Martha married George Darling Watt on November 9, 1867, in Salt Lake City, Utah. George practiced polygamy, and Martha was George's sixth wife. They lived in Manti, Utah, and had six children. After George passed away in 1881, Martha married Frank Kilfoyle. Martha died March 26, 1925, in Portland, Oregon.