Three months before the martyrdom of the Prophet joseph smith and his brother Hyrum, orson hyde wrote: Before I went east on the 4th of April [1844] last, we were in council with Brother Joseph almost every day for weeks; said Brother Joseph in one of those councils, “There is something going to happen; I […]
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This article originally appeared in Vol.54, No.4 (2007) of Pioneer Magazine. by Ann Leavitt Winter, 1870. brigham young was comfortable in the mild St. George climate, but he was restless. For almost 20 years, he had struggled to build the Salt Lake Temple. Progress was slow and there had been many setbacks. He was ailing, […]
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In early 1838 as their mission to Great britain was drawing to a close, Elders Heber C. Kimball and orson hyde resolved to organize and strengthen the branches they had already established so that those branches might thrive once the missionaries had departed for home. As they did so, word came that they were wanted […]
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This article originally appeared in Pioneer Magazine, 1970 Vol. 57, No.1 by Linda Hunter Adams, BYU Professor Emeritus and editorial staff member of Pioneer magazine Because the book of mormon was a major part of the restoration of the gospel and provided new scripture from God, the early missionaries of the Church used it extensively […]
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Submitted by David Hinton Born: 29 Jan 1816, Branchville, Sussex, new jersey Died: 26 January 1906, Deseret Utah Compiled by Lila B. Badger, a great-granddaughter Great-grandma, Lucinda Catherine Haggerty, and her twin sister Malinda were born 29 Jan 1816 in Branchville, Sussex, New Jersey. They were the 6th and 7th children born to John S. […]
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This article originally appeared in Pioneer Magazine, 2010 Vol.57 No.3 In 1837, Elders Heber C. Kimball, orson hyde, and others began work as the first missionaries of the LDS church in the British Isles. Their first field of labor was in Preston, Lancashire, england. Their lodging quarters were in a building located on the corner […]
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This article originally appeared in the May-June 1970 edition of Pioneer Magazine. by Ferdie D. Peterson Jens Peter Andersen was born in Gammelstrup, denmark, the 4th of January, 1826. His father was a farmer and lived in several small communities in the central part of Denmark. Jens was the tenth of eleven children, but only […]
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 LUCINDA CATHERINE HAGGERTY AYERS PETTY Compiled by Lila B. Badger, a great granddaughter. Great grandma, Lucinda Catherine Haggerty, and her twin sister Malinda were born 29 Jan 1816 in Branchville, Sussex, new jersey. They were the 6th and 7th children born to John S. Haggerty and his wife, Catherine Welch. One little sister, Mary […]
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This biography originally appeared in Pioneer Magazine, 2010 Vol.57 No.3 by S. Faux Jennetta was born on August 21, 1817, in Lancashire, england, to Reverend John and Ellen Richards. In 1837 Jennetta’s family was living in Walkerfold, England, where her father was a Protestant minister. On Wednesday, August 2nd of that year, she was paying […]
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Featuring: church history museum Planning the City The Changing Face of Salt Lake City eagle gate george martin ottinger independence hall Dr. John J. Bernhisel orson hyde The eagle emporium godbe exchange building Dale L. Morgan paul engelbrecht Block 75 Block 93, 88 Utah County: THe 1850 U.S. Census in the Utah Territory
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