Pioneers and prominent men of Utah : comprising photographs, genealogies, biographies, Part 265

Author: Esshom, Frank Ellwood, b. 1865
Publication date: 1913
Publisher: Salt Lake City, Utah : Utah pioneers book publishing company
Number of Pages: 1336

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"Which commandments were given to Joseph Smith, Jr., who was called of God, and ordained an apostle of Jesus Christ, to be the first eider of this church; and to Oliver Cowdery, who was also called of God, an apostie of Jesus Christ, to be the second elder of this church, and ordained under his hand."-Doc. and Cov. 20:2-3.

March 18, 1833, agreeable to a revelation given March 8, 1833, the Prophet Joseph ordained Sidney Rigdon to be his first, and Frederick G. Williams to be his second, Counselor. "And again, verily I aay unto thy brethren, Sidney Rigdon and Frederick G. Williams, their sins are forgiven them also, and they are accounted aa equal with thee in holding the keys of this last kingdom."-Doc. and Cov. 90:6.

Prior to this, at a Conference held at Amherst, Lorain Co., Ohio, Jan. 25, 1832, Joseph the Prophet had been acknowl- edged as President of the High Priesthood. A similar action was taken at a General Council, held April 26, 1832, at Inde- pendence, Jackson Co., Mo.

At an important Conference held at Far West, Caldwell Co.,

Mo., Nov. 7, 1837, Frederick G. Williams was rejected as a Counselor to Pres. Smith, charges having previously been made against him at a Conference held at Kirtland, Ohio, Sept. 3, 1837. On the same occasion Hyrum Smith was ap- pointed his successor by unanimous vote. Hyrum Smith filied his position with honor and ability, until some time after the demise of his father, Joseph Smith, Sr., who died at Nauvoo, Ill., Sept. 14, 1840.

In a revelation given through Joseph the Prophet at Nauvoo, Jan. 19, 1841, Hyrum Smith was called to take the office of Patriarch to the Church, as his father's successor1. In the same revelation William Law was called to succeed Hyrum Smith? as second Counselor to Pres. Joseph Smith. William Law occupied this position until April 18, 1844, when he, together with others, who like himself had apostatized, were excommunicated from the Church.

"And again, verily I say unto you; Let my servant William (Law) be appointed, ordained, and anoInted, as a counselor unto my servant Joseph, in the room of my servant Hyrum, that my servant Hyrum may take the office of Priesthood and 2JPatrlarch, which was ap- pointed unto him by his father, by blessing and also by right."- Doc. and Cov. 124:91.

"Let him assist my servant Joseph; and also let my servant William Law assist my servant Joseph, in making a 2ssolemn procla- mation unto the kings of the earth, even as I have before sald unto you."-Doc. and Cov. 124:107.

Joseph the Prophet was martyred at Carthage, Ill., June 27, 1844, when the responsibility of presiding over the Church fell upon the Twelve Apostles. They constituted the pre- siding Council of the Church till Dec. 5, 1847, when an import- ant council meeting was held at the house of Apostle Orson Hyde. On this occasion Brigham Young was unanimously elected President of the Church, with authority to choose his Counselors, which he did by naming Heber C. Kimball for his first and Willard Richards for his second Counselor. The following Apostles attended this council meeting: Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, Orson Hyde, Willard Richards, Wilford Woodruff, Geo. A. Smith, Amasa M. Lyman and Ezra T. Benson. These transactions on the part of the Twelve

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were ratified by the Church at a conference held in the Log Tabernaele, at Council Bluffs, Iowa, Dec. 27, 1847, and at the general conference held in Great Salt Lake valley, Oct. 8, 1848. Counselor Willard Richards died of dropsy in Great Salt Lake City, March 11, 1854. At the general conference, held April 6, 1854, Jedediah M. Grant was called to fill the va- cancy thus created.

Counselor Jedediah M. Grant died Dee. 1, 1856, and Daniel H. Wells succeeded him as second Counselor to Pres. Brig- ham Young, being ordained and set apart to that position, Jan. 4, 1857. Daniel H. Wells acted in that capacity till the death of Pres. Young.

Counselor Heber C. Kimball died June 22, 1868, in Salt Lake City. The vacancy occasioned thereby was filied by the ap- pointment of George A. Smith to the position of first Coun- selor in the First Presidency. He served in that eapacity until his death, which occurred in Salt Lake City, Sept 1, 1875. John W. Young succeeded him as first Counselor, being sustained as such by the general conference held Oct. 8, 1876.

Prcs. Brigham Young died in Salt Lake City, Aug. 29, 1877, after which the Twelve Apostles again presided over the Chureh, continuing to do so for three years, or until the gen. eral conference heid in Salt Lake City in October, 1880, when the First Presidency was organized, for the third time, by the appointment of John Taylor as President, with Geo. Q. Cannon as his first and Joseph F. Smith as his second Counselor.

Pres. John Taylor died at Kaysville, Davis Co., Utah, July 25, 1887, after which the Twelve Aposties presided over the Church till the general conference, held in Salt Lake City, in April, 1889, on which occasion a First Presidency was again organized, consisting of Wilford Woodruff, President; Geo. Q. Cannon, first Counselor; and Joseph F. Smith, second Counselor.

Pres. Wilford Woodruff died in San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 2, 1898. At an important council meeting of the Apostles

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held in Salt Lake City, Sept. 13, 1898, the First Presidency was once more organized, as follows: Lorenzo Snow, Presi- dent; Geo. Q. Cannon, first Counselor; Joseph F. Smith, sec- ond Counselor.

Counselor George Q. Cannon died April 12, 1901, at Monte- rey, California; and on Oct. 7th of the same year, Joseph F. Smith was sustained as first and Rudger Clawson as seeond Counselor to President Snow.

President Lorenzo Snow died at Salt Lake City Oct. 10, 1901; and on the 17th of the same month, the First Presi- dency was reorganized with Joseph F. Smith as President, and John R. Winder, first, and Anthon H. Lund, second Coun- seiors.

Counselor John R. Winder died March 27, 1910, at Salt Lake City; and on the 7th of the next month, John Henry Smith was chosen second Counselor-Anthon H. Lund becoming first Counselor-to President Joseph F. Smith.

Counselor John Henry_Smith died Oct. 13, 1911, at Salt Lake City; and Charles W. Penrose was chosen to succeed him as second Counselor in the First Presidency Dec. 7, 1911. By the foregoing it will be seen that six Apostles, namely, Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, John Taylor, Wilford Wood- ruff, Lorenzo Snow and Joseph F. Smith, have filled the ex- alted position of President of the Church; seven (Sidney Rigdon, Heber C. Kimball, Geo. A. Smith, John W. Young, Geo. Q. Cannon, Joseph F. Smith and Anthon H. Lund) have acted as first Counselors; and ten (Frederiek G. Williams, Hyrum Smith, William Law, Willard Richards, Jedediah M. Grant. Daniel H. Wells, Joseph F. Smith, Rudger Clawson, John Henry Smith and Chas. W. Penrose) as second Coun- selors in the First Presidency, sinee the first organization of the Council in 1833.

COUNCIL OF TWELVE APOSTLES

In a revelation, given through Joseph the Prophet, in June, 1829, at Fayette, Seneca Co., N. Y., the Lord made known that Twelve Apostles should be ealled in this dis- pensation,

"And now, behold, there are others who are called to deciare my gospel, oboth unto Gentile and unto Jew;

"Yea, even Twelve, and the Twelve shall be my disciples, and they shall take upon them my name; and the Twelve are they who shall desire to take upon them my name with full purpose of heart; "And if they desire to take upon them my name with full purpose of heart, they are called to go into all the world to preach my gospel unto every creature.

"And now, behold, I give unto you Oliver Cowdery, and aiso unto David Whitmer, that you shall search out the Twelve, who shail have the desires of which I have spoken;

"And by their desires and their works you shall know them .- Doc. and Cov. 18:26-28; 37-38.

Nearly six years later, on Feb. 14, 1835, at a special meet- ing, held at Kirtland, Ohio, Joseph the Prophet, in accord- ance with that revelation, blessed Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer and Martin Harris, the Three Witnesses to the Book of Mormon, to select twelve men who should consti- tute the Council of Twelve Apostles. They were chosen by the Three Witnesses in the following order: Lyman E. Johnson, Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, Orson Hyde, David W. Patten, Luke S Johnson, Wm. E. McLellin, John F. Boynton, Orson Pratt, William Smith, Thos. B. Marsh and Parley P. Pratt. Most of these brethren the previous year (1834) had proved their faithfulness and in- tegrity to the Church as members of Zion's Camp, which journeycd from Kirtland, Ohio, to Missouri and baek, sub- ject to much suffering and many privations. They were ordained to the Apostleship by Joseph Smith, Oliver Cow- dery, David Whitmer and Martin Harris as follows: Lyman E. Johnson, Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball on Feb. 14, 1835; Orson Hyde, David W. Patten, Luke S. Johnson, Wm. E. McLellin, John F. Boynton and William Smith on the following day, Feb. 15th; Pariey P. Pratt on Feb. 21st; and Thomas B. Marsh and Orson Pratt, who had been absent on missions, in April, 1835. At a grand couneil, hield at Kirt- land, Ohio, May 2, 1835, at which the First Presidency was in attendance, the Twelve were arranged according to their age, after which they stood as follows, commencing with the eldest: Thomas B. Marsh, David W. Patten, Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, Orson. Hyde, William E. McLeilin, Parley P. Pratt, Luke S. Johnson, William Smith, Orson Pratt, John F. Boynton and Lyman E. Johnson.

In 1837 and 1838 four of the Twelve apostatized, namely, John F. Boynton, disfellowshipped Sept. 3, 1837, at Kirt- land, Ohio; Lyman E. Johnson and Luke S. Johnson, excom- municated April 13, 1838, at Far West, Missouri; and Wm. E. McLellin, excommunicated May 11, 1838, at Far West.

July 8, 1838, John Taylor, John E. Page, Wilford Woodruff and Willard Richards were called by revelation to fill the places of those who had fallen. Eiders Page and Taylor were ordained Dec. 19, 1838; Wilford Woodruff April 26, 1839, at Far West, Missouri; and Willard Richards April 14, 1840, at Preston, England.

In the meantime other vacancies oceurred. David W. Pat- ten was killed in the Crooked River battle, in Missouri, Oct. 25, 1838, and Thos. B. Marsh was excommunicated for apos- tasy, March 17, 1839. at Quincy, Iil. To fill the two vacan- eics occasioned thereby, George A. Smith (ordained April 26, 1839, at Far West, Mo.) and Lyman Wight (ordained April 8, 1841, at Nauvoo, Ill.), were chosen.

William Smith was rejected as an Apostle, at the general eonference held at Nauvoo, in October, 1845, and finally ex- communicated from the Church, Oct. 12, 1846. John E. Page was disfellowshipped, Jan. 9, 1846, at a council meeting held at Nauvoo, Ill. Amasa M. Lyman, who had been ordained an Apostle, Aug. 20, 1842, at Nauvoo, and Ezra T. Benson, or- dained July 16, 1846, at Council Bluffs, Iowa, were chosen to fill the vacancies.

The reorganization of the First Presidency in Deeember, /1847, with three of the Apostles (Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball and Willard Richards), and the excommunication of Lyman Wright for apostasy, Feb. 12, 1849. made four va- cancies in the Council of the Twelve. These were filled Feh. 12, 1849. at an important council meeting held in the "Old Fort," Great Salt Lake City, when Elders Charles C. Rich, Lorenzo Snow, Erastus Snow and Franklin D. Richards were ordained Apostles.

The next vacancy occurred May 13, 1857, when Parley P. Pratt was assassinated near Van Buren, Arkansas. George Q. Cannon was chosen to fill the vacancy, being ordained an Apostle Aug. 20, 1860, Great Salt Lake City, Utah.

In October, 1867, Amasa M. Lyman was dropped from the Council of the Twelve; and Joseph F. Smith, who had pre- viously been ordained to the Apostleship, was chosen to fill the vacancy, Oct. 6, 1867, at a general conference.

Geo. A. Smith was chosen as first Counselor to Pres. Brig- ham Young, after the demise of Heber C. Kimball in 1868. Elder Brigham Young, Jr., who previously had been or- dained an Apostle, was chosen to fill the vacancy, being sus- tained as a member of the Council of the Twelve at the gen- eral conference held Oct. 9, 1868.

Elder Ezra T. Benson died Sept. 3, 1869, at Ogden, Utah. Albert Carrington was chosen to fill the vacancy, and was ordained an Apostle, July 3, 1870, in Salt Lake City.

Orson Hyde, who had acted as president of the Twelve Apostles, from the reorganization of the First Presidency in 1847, to October, 1875, died Nov. 28, 1878, at Spring City, Sanpete Co., Utah. At the annual conference, held April 7, 1879, Elder Moses Thatcher was chosen to fill the vacancy.

After the death of Pres. Brigham Young, in 1877, the Twelve Apostles presided over the Church nearly three years. Daniel H. Wells and John W. Young, who had acted as Pres. Brigham Young's Counselors, were sustained by the Church as Counselors to the Twelve.

Another reorganization of the First Presidency took place, Oct. 10, 1880, at the general conference held in Salt Lake City, three of the Apostles (John Taylor, Geo. Q. Cannon and Joseph F. Smith) being chosen to constitute said Presidency. This caused three vacancies in the Council of the Twelve, two of which were filled Oct. 27, 1880, by the ordination of Francis M. Lyman and John Henry Smith to the Apostleship.

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Orson Pratt, the last surviving member of the first Coun- cil of Twelve Apostles, died in Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct. 3, 1881. The vacancy occasioned by his demise, and the va- cancy left since October, 1880, was filled by the calling of George Teasdale and Heber J. Grant to the Apostleship. These brethren were called by direct revelation, through Pres. John Taylor, and were ordained in Salt Lake City, Oct. 16, 1882.

Charles C. Rich died at Paris, Bear Lake Co., Idaho, Nov. 17, 1883, and the vacancy caused thereby, in the Council, was filled by the ordination of John W. Taylor to the Apostleship Oct. 16, 1883.

After the death of Pres. John Taylor, July 25, 1887, the Twelve Apostles acted as presiding Council of the Church for about one year and nine months, during which time Geo. Q. Cannon and Joseph F. Smith occupied their former positions as members of the Council of Twelve Apostles.

At the general conference, held in April, 1889, the First Presidency was reorganized, with Wilford Woodruff as President. The vacancy in the Council of the Apostles caused thereby, as well as that occasioned by the excommunication of Albert Carrington, in November, 1885, and a third vacancy caused by the demise of Erastus Snow, May 27, 1888, were filled at the general conference, held in October, 1889, by the caliing of Marriner W. Merrill, Anthon H. Lund and Abra- ham H. Cannon to the Apostleship.

Abraham H. Cannon died in Salt Lake City, July 19, 1896, and Moses Thatcher was dropped from his position as one of the Twelve Apostles, Nov. 19, 1896. The two vacancies thus occasioned were filled at the general conference held in Salt Lake City, in October, 1897, when Matthias F. Cowley and Abraham Owen Woodruff were sustained as members of the Council of Twelve Apostles.

After the death of Pres. Wilford Woodruff, Sept. 2, 1898, the Twelve Apostles once more became the presiding Coun- cil of. the Church, and Geo. Q. Cannon and Joseph F. Smith were returned to their former positions among the Twelve Apostles. But the Apostles only retained the presidency a few days. Sept. 13, 1898, the First Presidency was organ- ized the fifth time since the organization of the Church, Lo- renzo Snow, Geo. Q. Cannon and Joseph F. Smith being the three Apostles chosen to form the new Presidency. This caused a vacancy in the Council of the Apostles, which was filled at the general conference, held in Salt Lake City, Oct. 9, 1898, when Rudger Clawson was sustained as one of the Twelve Apostles.

Franklin D. Richards, President of the Twelve Apostles, died at Ogden, Utah, Dec. 9, 1899; and the vacancy thus caused in the quorum was filled April 8, 1900, when Reed Smoot was sustained as one of the Twelve Apostles.

Hyrum M. Smith was ordained to the Apostleship Oct. 24, 1901, following the promotion of Apostle Anthon H. Lund to the position of second Counselor in the First Presidency, Which had occurred on the 17th of the same month.

Rudger Clawson became second Counselor to President Lorenzo Snow Oct. 7, 1901; but the death of the President three days later released him from the First Presidency, and he again took his position in the quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

Brigham Young, Jr., died at Sugar House Ward, Salt Lake County,. Utah, April 11, 1903; and on the 6th of the next October, George A. Smith was sustained in the Apostleship to fill the vacancy. On the same date, Francis M. Lyman was sustained as the successor of Brigham Young, Jr., in the presidency of the quorum.

Abraham Owen Woodruff died June 20, 1904, at El Paso, Texas; and on the 7th of the following month, July, Charles W. Penrose was ordalned an Apostle to complete the quorum.

Marriner W. Merrill died at Richmond, Utah, Feb. 6, 1906, and on April 8, 1906, George F. Richards, Orson F. Whitney, and David O. Mckay were sustained as members of the quorum of Twelve Apostles, to fill the vacancies caused by the death of Apostle Merrill and by the removal of John W. Taylor and Matthias F. Cowley from the quorum.

A vacancy caused by the death of George Teasdale was filled Oct. 6, 1907, when Anthony W. Ivins was sustained in the Apostleship.

Joseph F. Smith, Jr., was chosen an Apostle April 10, 1910 to complete the quorum after the promotion of John Henry Smith to the position of second Counselor in the First Presidency.

James E. Talmage was ordained to the Apostleship Dec. 8, 1911, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the promotion of Charles W. Penrose to the position of second Counselor to Joseph F. Smith, President of the Church.

The Council of the Twelve Apostles now (1913) stands as follows: Francis M. Lyman, president, Heber J. Grant, Rudger Clawson, Reed Smoot, Hyrum M. Smith, George A. Smith, George F. Richards, Orson F. Whitney, David O. Mckay, Anthony W Ivins, Joseph F. Smith, Jr., and James E. Tal- mage.

PRESIDING PATRIARCHS

Joseph Smith, Sr., father of the Prophet Joseph Smith, was the first Patriarch In the Church. He was ordained to that high and holy calling, Dec. 18, 1833, at Kirtland, Ohio, under the hands of the Prophet Joseph, Oliver Cowdery, Sidney Rigdon and Frederick G. Williams. Father Smith continued as Patriarch until his death, which occurred at Nauvoo, Ill., Sept. 14, 1840. In an important revelation, given through the Prophet Joseph, Jan. 19. 1841, Hyrum Smith, Father Smith's eldest living son, who then acted as second Counselor in the First Presidency, was called to succeed his father as Pa- triarch.

"And again, verily I say unto you; Let my servant William (Law) be appointed, ordained, and anointed, as a counselor unto my servant Joseph, in the room of my servant Hyrum, that my servant Hyrum may take the office of Priesthood and Patriarch, which was ap- pointed unto him by his father by blessing and also by right .- Doc. and Cov. 124:91.

Hyrum Smith "received" the office, Jan. 24, 1841, and kept it until his martyrdom in Carthage Jail, Ill., June 27, 1844. His brother William Smith, who was also a member of the

Council of Twelve Apostles, succeeded him by virtue of his birthright, or age, but he apostatized. At the general con- ference, held in October, 1845, he was rejected as an Apostle and as a Patriarch. He was finally excommunicated from the Church, Oct. 12, 1845.

After the rejection of William Smith, the Patriarchal office, according to the hereditary order, belonged to Asahel Smith (a brother of Joseph Smith, Sr.), who had been or- dained a Patriarch at Nauvoo in 1844; but his health being poor, he Is not known to have magnified his office as a Patriarch. Soon afterwards (July 20, 1848) he died at Iowa- ville, Wapello Co., Iowa.

John Smith, another brother of the late Joseph Smith, Sr., who had previously been ordained a Patriarch at Nauvoo, was ordained presiding Patriarch in the Church, Jan. 1, 1849, at Great Salt Lake City, under the hands of Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball. He had been sustained as a "Patriarch in the Church" as early as the general confer- ence, held at Winter Quarters, April 6, 1847.

Uncle John Smith, as he was familiarly called, died May 23, 1854, in Great Salt Lake City. John Smith, eldest son of the martyred Hyrum Smith, to whom the Patriarchal Priest- hood descended direct from his father, was chosen as his successor. At the time of his father's death he was too young to receive the office. He was ordained presiding Pa- triarch, Feb. 18, 1855, in Great Salt Lake City, by Pres. Brig- ham Young.

John Smith died Nov. 6. 1911, at Salt Lake City; and on April 6, 1912, his son Hyrum G. Smith was chosen to suc- ceed him as Presiding Patriarch of the Church.

FIRST COUNCIL OF SEVENTIES

The organization of the first quorum of Seventy was com- menced at Kirtland, Ohio, Feb. 28, 1835. Nearly all the first members consisted of men who had distinguished themselves for their faithfulness as members of Zion's Camp. When the quorum was fully organized the following were chosen to act as its seven presidents: Hazen Aldrich, Joseph Young, Levi W. Hancock, Leonard Rich, Zebedee Coltrin, Lyman Sherman and Sylvester Smith.

Questions arose among some of the brethren in regard to the corresponding grades of the Seventies and High Priests, and it was ascertained that five or six of the seven presi- dents had previously been ordained High Priests. The Prophet Joseph Smith, in a meeting held in the Kirtland Temple, April 6, 1837, counseled these brethren, namely, Hazen Aldrich, Leonard Rich, Zebedee Coltrin, Lyman Sher- man and Sylvester Smith, to join the High Priests'. quorum, which five of them did, and the following named Elders were chosen to fill the vacancies thus created In the First Council of the Seventies: John Gould, in place of Hazen Aldrich; James Foster, in place of Leonard Rich; Daniel S. Miles, in place of Zebedee Coltrin; Josiah Butter- field, in place of Lyman Sherman; Salmon Gee, in place of Levi W. Hancock, and John Gaylord, in place of Sylvester Smith.

In the summer of 1837 it was ascertained that Levi W. Hancock, who was in Missouri at the time of the April meeting, was not a High Priest, and he was thereforc re- ceived back into his former position as one of the First Seven Presidents of Seventies, at an important meeting held at Kirtland, Ohio, Sept. 3, 1837. John Gould, one of the newly appointed presidents, was asked by the Prophet Joseph to join the High Priests, which he did. After these changes the First Council of Seventies stood as follows: Joseph Young. Levi W. Hancock, James Foster, Daniel S. Miles, Jo- siah Butterfield, Salmon Gee, and John Gaylord.

Jan. 13, 1838, John Gaylord, together with many others, was excommunicated from the Church by the High Council at Kirtland, Ohio, for rising up in rebellion against the Church authorities. Elder Henry Herriman was called and ordained Feb. 6, 1838, to fill the vacancy in the First Council of Seventies.

In a meeting of the Seventies, held at Kirtland, Ohio, March 6, 1838, the council withdrew their fellowship from Salmon Gee for neglect of duty and other causes. Elder Zera Pulsipher was chosen and ordained to fill.the vacancy the same day. The foregoing information about the Seven- ties is obtained from the original record of Seventies kept at Kirtland, Ohio.

After these two changes the council stood unchanged until the Church had removed to Nauvoo, Ill. It appears that James Foster, instead of gathering with the Saints, settled at Jacksonville, Morgan Co., Ill., and had no direct communi -.. cation with his brethren. Prior to the October conference, 1844, he was dropped from his position by the council of the Seventies. In the following spring (1845), Albert P. Rock- wood was called to fill the vacancy caused by the removal of Foster.

Josiah Butterfield retained his standing as one of the seven . Presidents until a misunderstanding arose between the Prophet Joseph and him, and he was finally cut off from the Church, Oct. 7, 1844, at the general conference held at Nau- voo, for neglect of duty, etc. The vacancy was filled the same day by the appointment of Jedediah M. Grant as one of the council of the Seventies, but he was not ordained until some time afterwards.

Elder Daniel S. Miles died a faithful man in the early part of 1845, in Hancock County, Ill., and the vacancy occasioned by his death was filled by Elder Benjamin L. Clapp, in April, 1845. Elder Albert P. Rockwood, Benjamin L. Clapp and Jedediah M. Grant were ordained to the positions to which they had been elected Dec. 2, 1845.

After the demise of Willard Richards in 1854, Elder Jede- diah M. Grant was selected by President Brigham Young to fill the office of second Counselor in the First Presidency, thus leaving another vacancy in the council of Seventies. Elder Horace S. Eldredge was called, at the October confer- ence, 1854, to fill that vacancy, and was ordained about the same time in Great Salt Lake City,

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Pioneers and prominent men of Utah : comprising photographs, genealogies, biographies, Part 265

Author: Esshom, Frank Ellwood, b. 1865 Publication date: 1913 Publisher: Salt Lake City, Utah : Utah pioneers book publishing company Number of Pages: 1336

Author: Esshom, Frank Ellwood, b. 1865
Publication date: 1913
Publisher: Salt Lake City, Utah : Utah pioneers book publishing company
Number of Pages: 1336