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unusual facts about Latter Day Saints



Ángel Abrea

Abrea was called by Church President Spencer W. Kimball as a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy on March 20, 1981.

Austin Cowles

Austin Cowles (3 May 1792 – 15 January 1872) was a leader in the early Latter Day Saint movement, serving on the high council in Nauvoo.

Baptism in Mormonism

Following baptism, Latter Day Saints receive the Gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands of a Melchizedek Priesthood holder.

Battle of Crooked River

The Battle of Crooked River was a skirmish between Latter Day Saints forces and Missouri state militia unit from southeast of Elmira, Missouri in Ray County under the command of Samuel Bogart.

BYU College of Religious Education

Church History and Doctrine focuses on courses related to the Doctrine and Covenants, missionary work, the religious history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and LDS Temples.

Clitherall, Minnesota

Clitherall was founded in 1864 by members of the Church of Jesus Christ (Cutlerite), a small Latter Day Saint faction started in 1853 by Alpheus Cutler, a former associate of Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the original Latter Day Saint church in 1830.

David R. Brock

On April 5, 1992, Brock was selected by Prophet-President Wallace B. Smith to become an apostle of the church and a member of the Council of Twelve Apostles.

Farmington, Missouri

Many of these religious residents identify as Christians—38.08% are Protestants, 7.65% are Roman Catholics, 5.03% identify with another Christian faith, 0.43% are Mormons, 0.03% belong to an Eastern religion, and 0.01% are Jewish.

Gadfield Elm Chapel

The Trust renovated and restored the chapel, and it was dedicated by LDS Church apostle Jeffrey R. Holland on 23 April 2000.

George D. Watt

Fielding's brother Joseph had joined the Latter Day Saint church in Upper Canada and had written to James about the new church.

Greencastle, Pennsylvania

In 1845, following the succession crisis in the Latter Day Saint movement, Sidney Rigdon (one of the three main contenders along with James Strang and Brigham Young for leadership of the Latter Day Saints following the death of Joseph Smith, Jr.) took his followers to Pennsylvania and formed a Rigdonite Mormon settlement at Greencastle.

Harmony Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania

Somewhere between Harmony and Colesville, New York, Peter, James, and John bestowed upon Smith and Cowdery the Melchizedek priesthood.

Harper Ward, Utah

Previously known as Call's Fort (1855–1906), it was renamed Harper Ward in 1906 in honor of Thomas Harper, who served as LDS branch president (1866–1877) and later as the first LDS bishop (1877–1899) in the area.

Harvey H. Cluff

David Cluff had come to Kirtland to learn more of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and meet with Joseph Smith, Jr. The family later moved to Jackson County, Missouri, Springfield, Illinois and then in 1840 to Nauvoo, Illinois.

Jason W. Briggs

In 1841 at Potosi, Wisconsin he was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints by William O. Clark.

John M. Madsen

One of Madsen's associates at Washington State was Gary J. Coleman, who Madsen baptized into the LDS Church.

Joseph Smith: The Prophet of the Restoration

Next is a visitation of Peter, James and John who confer upon them the authority to organize the Church of Christ, which they then do (in 1830).

L. Tom Perry

The death of church president Harold B. Lee created a vacancy in the Quorum of the Twelve when Spencer W. Kimball, who had been serving as quorum president, became church president.

Lyman Wight

During the succession crisis after the death of Joseph Smith, Wight felt compelled to follow the orders Joseph Smith had given him to found a safe haven for the Latter-day Saints in the Republic of Texas.

Millennial Star

The first issue of the Millennial Star was published in Manchester, England in May 1840, with Latter Day Saint Apostle Parley P. Pratt as editor and W. R. Thomas as printer.

Milo Andrus

He joined the Church of Christ in 1832 in Florence, Ohio.

Octaviano Tenorio

In Mexico City he met Rosa Elva Valenzuela González, a native of Nuevo Casas Grandes, who he married in December 1973 in Colonia Dublán; they were sealed in the Mesa Arizona Temple in January 1974, about one week after their marriage.

Otto Fetting

Four years after Fetting's death, a young Fettingite Elder named William A. Draves from Nucla, Colorado claimed that the same messenger who had appeared to Fetting had begun to appear to him, as well.

Presiding Bishop

Along with the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, the Presiding Bishopric is a part of the Council on the Disposition of the Tithes, a quorum which oversees and authorizes the expenditure of all tithing funds.

Presiding Patriarch

That tradition was discontinued in 1958 when RLDS Church President W. Wallace Smith, a grandson of Joseph Smith, Jr., presented Roy Cheville as a successor to Elbert A. Smith.

Russell T. Osguthorpe

Osguthorpe has served in the LDS Church as president of the South Dakota Rapid City Mission from 2003 to 2006, an area seventy and member of the Fifth Quorum of the Seventy from 2007 to 2009, and as president of the BYU 18th Stake from 1997 to 2002.

Salt Lake Temple

Above each door appears the "hand clasp," which is a representation of covenants that are made within temples—a central point of the LDS religion.

Samuel Bent

In 1833, he was baptized a member of the Church of Christ by Jared Carter in Pontiac, Michigan.

Spencer H. Osborn

He served for ten years as president of the LDS Church's Granite Stake in Salt Lake County, Utah.

Temple garment

In 1926, then-LDS Church apostle David O. McKay offered an updated description that was later incorporated into the church's endowment ceremony.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the United Kingdom

Among the first Apostle's to arrive was Wilford Woodruff who, in March 1840, was introduced to leaders of the United Brethren and began preaching to their congregation.

Víctor Afrânio Asconavieta da Silva

At various times Da Silva has also held other positions in the LDS Church including bishop and president of the Pelotas Brazil Stake and later the Pelotas Brazil Stake.

W. Wallace Smith

In 1958, instead of calling Lynn Smith to replace his father in the office of Presiding Patriarch, W. Wallace Smith named Roy Cheville to the office, in a break with an RLDS traditional doctrine of lineal succession.

William W. Blair

The following day, he was ordained as a high priest and on October 7, 1858 at a church conference in Zarahemla, Wisconsin, Blair was ordained an apostle of the reorganization and he became a member of the Council of Twelve Apostles.

Yukihiro Matsumoto

He is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, did standard service as a missionary and is now a counselor in the bishopric in his church ward.


see also

Albert Bowen

Albert E. Bowen (1875–1953), member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Alexander Morrison

Alexander B. Morrison (born 1930), Canadian scientist, academic, civil servant and leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Antonio A. Feliz

In the early 1980s, Feliz was employed at Park College in Parkville, Missouri, which at the time was affiliated with the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (now Community of Christ).

Carlos Smith

G. Carlos Smith (1910–1987), youth leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Charles Rich

Charles C. Rich (1809-1883), American leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Claudio Costa

Claudio R. M. Costa (born 1949), general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Daniel Wells

Daniel H. Wells (1814–1891), apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah

David Baxter

David S. Baxter (born 1955), member of the First Quorum of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

David Burton

H. David Burton (born 1938), American leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Don Clark

Don R. Clarke (born 1945), general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Douglas Martin

Douglas J. Martin (1927–2010), New Zealand leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Elbert Smith

Elbert A. Smith (1871–1959), American leader of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Gene Cook

Gene R. Cook (born 1941), American leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

George Cannon

George Q. Cannon (1827–1901), early member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

George I. Cannon (1920–2009), leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Howard Hunter

Howard W. Hunter (1907–1995), fourteenth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Isaac Trumbo

After the statehood question was finally resolved, Trumbo and his wife moved to Salt Lake City in 1895 and took up residence in the Gardo House, a large mansion originally built by Brigham Young for one of his wives, and later the official residence of the president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Jefferson Hunt

The statue was dedicated in 1996 by Gordon B. Hinckley, then President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

John Dickson

John B. Dickson (born 1943), American leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

John H. Morgan

John Hamilton Morgan, early educator in Utah Territory, an official of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), and a politician

John McClellan

John J. McClellan (1874–1925), chief organist in the Salt Lake Tabernacle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1900–1925

José Teixeira

José A. Teixeira (b. 1961), Portuguese leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Joseph Merrill

Joseph F. Merrill, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

JSH

Joseph Smith—History, a part of the sacred texts of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Kevin Pearson

Kevin W. Pearson (born 1957), general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Larry Gelwix

Gelwix was interviewed by President Henry B. Eyring, First Counselor in the First Presidency, on December 1, 2010 and was called the same day to serve as a mission president for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Larry Lawrence

Larry R. Lawrence (born 1947), American leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Leroy Johnson

Leroy S. Johnson (1888–1986), leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Lyman Johnson

Lyman E. Johnson (1811–1856), American leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints movement

Marvin Ashton

Marvin J. Ashton (1915–1994), apostle in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Mormon War

Utah War, a conflict in 1857–1858 between Latter Day Saints in Utah Territory and the United States federal government

1838 Mormon War (aka Missouri Mormon War), a conflict in 1838 between Latter Day Saints and their neighbors in northwestern Missouri

Nicholas Smith

Nicholas G. Smith (1881–1945), American leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Parmley

LaVern W. Parmley (1900–1980), the fifth general president of the Primary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

William W. Parmley (born 1936), general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since 2003

RLDS

Community of Christ, from 1872 to 2001 known as the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, or RLDS Church

Rufus Hardy

Rufus K. Hardy (1878–1945), leader and missionary in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Russell Nelson

Russell M. Nelson (born 1924), American physician and leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Samuel Bennion

Samuel O. Bennion (1874–1946), member of the First Council of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Samuel Claridge

In 1868 Wilford Woodruff appointed Claridge to preside over the Latter Day Saints living along the Muddy River in what is now Nevada but was then in Utah Territory.

Spencer Kimball

Spencer W. Kimball (1895–1985), 12th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Stanley Ellis

Stanley G. Ellis (born 1947),general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the United Kingdom

Following the death of Joseph Smith and the subsequent migration west of the Latter-day Saints from Nauvoo to Salt Lake City, migration from the British Isles to the United States increased greatly.

Theodore Burton

Theodore M. Burton (1907–1989), American leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Thomas Sharp

Thomas C. Sharp, opponent of Joseph Smith, Jr. and the Latter Day Saints

Victor Brown

Victor L. Brown (1914–1996), Canadian leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Wallace Smith

Wallace B. Smith (born 1929), his son, Prophet-President of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

William Barratt

Barratt's parents had already decided to emigrate to Australia and Barratt had decided that he would accompany them and eventually join the main gathering of Latter-day Saints in Utah Territory.