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unusual facts about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints



Farmington Rock Chapel

The Primary Association of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints was founded by Aurelia Spencer Rogers in the rock church in 1878 with 224 children and now serves millions of children worldwide, adding additional historic significance.


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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

Benjamin Banks

Ben B. Banks (born 1932), American leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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

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

Gladden Bishop

By about 1860, Bishop and his followers had settled near Oconee in Platte County, Nebraska, where Bishop continued to head what he called the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Harold Lee

Harold B. Lee (1899–1973), eleventh president of 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

Joseph Wirthlin

Joseph L. Wirthlin (1893–1965), American presiding bishop in 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

Lyman Johnson

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

Maeser

Karl G. Maeser, prominent member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Marvin Ashton

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

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

Quentin Cook

Quentin L. Cook (born 1940), American leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Rafael Pino

Rafael E. Pino (b. 1955), Venezuelan leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Revelator

Prophet, seer, and revelator, an ecclesiastical title used in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Richard Lyman

Richard R. Lyman (1870–1963), American apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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

Spencer Jones

Spencer V. Jones (born 1945), general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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

Theodore Burton

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

Thomas Hinckley

One of his children, Samuel Hinckley (whose mother was Mary Richards), was a direct ancestor of Presidents George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush, as well as an ancestor of the former president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Gordon B. Hinckley.

Victor Brown

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

Young Womans

Young Woman's Journal, an official publication of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1897 and 1929