David Wilson Tullis Jr.,known as "Wilse" was born in Pinto, Washington County, Utah to David Wilson Tullis Sr. known as "David W." of Scotland and Martha Eccles of England.

David was described as being a "tall raw boned bashful youth, he loved dancing and singing."

David married on 13 Mar 1894 in St. George, Washington County, Utah to Scotish lass, Jane McMurtrie, daughter of John McMurtrie Jr. and Janet Gray. Jane was born on 22 Jun 1874 in Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland. Jane had came to America in 1883 on the ship "Nevada" at the mere age of 9 years old.

David "Wilse" and Jane (McMurtrie) Tullis built a small two roomed house at the south end of Pinto's Main Street, where the road comes in from Cedar City. The home was insulated with layers of recycled paper. The two rooms were one bedroom and a small kitchen and a few steps down into a small root cellar.

1871: Elder George C. Lambert, who visited Pinto in the spring of 1871, wrote: "Pinto is a thrifty little settlement of about 14 families, containing several very good houses and a very neat substantial meeting house."

1874: President Erastus Snow, accompanied by other Elders, visited Pinto March 17, 1874 and organized Pinto Ward. David W. Tullis and Oscar A. Wood, were elected to the office of appraisers at Fort Hamblin.

"....did much freighting from Pioche to Pinto with wagon and team to help support his small family."

He worked at the Silver Reef mining silver during the short time it lasted.

"Wilse" and Jane had four children:

David Otto Tullis (1895-1962)
Glen Eccles Tullis (1896-1972)
John M. Tullis (1900-1921)
Lula Tullis (1904-1952) my Grandmother, married to Arthur Frank Stapley.

On 28 December 1921, Jane and Wilse's son John M. Tullis died from pneumonia which the grief and the vacancy left in their lives was so terribly hard especially for his father Wilse. This grief caused Wilse to become very ill. In a little over three months Wilse died 22 April 1922, from bronchial pneumonia following the flu.