Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia : a compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . of seven children—five daughters and two sons. RALEIGH, Alonzo Hazelton, sec-ond Bishop of the Nineteenth Ward,Salt Lake City, Utah, was the son ofJames Lane Raleigh and Susan Mc- Coy and was born at Francistown,Hillsborough county, New Hampshire,Nov. 7, 1818. Bro. Raleigh wrote thefollowing brief life sketch just prior tohis death: I attended school for afew years until I had reached the ageof eight years, after which I worked ona
Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia : a compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . of seven children—five daughters and two sons. RALEIGH, Alonzo Hazelton, sec-ond Bishop of the Nineteenth Ward,Salt Lake City, Utah, was the son ofJames Lane Raleigh and Susan Mc- Coy and was born at Francistown,Hillsborough county, New Hampshire,Nov. 7, 1818. Bro. Raleigh wrote thefollowing brief life sketch just prior tohis death: I attended school for afew years until I had reached the ageof eight years, after which I worked ona farm until fourteen, when I went asan apprentice to learn the mason trade,at which I worked from fourteen to six-teen hours per day in the summer, thatbeing the custom of the country. Mytrade was mostly learned in Newhamp-shire, but I finished in Boston, also worked at it a part of two sum-mers in New York. The winter of1839-40 I spent in Portsmouth, N. H., instudy. I returned to Boston in thespring of 1840, where I took contractsand carried on^ the mason business suc-cessfully. In the spring of 1842, I heardthe gospel preached; I believed it, and. embraced it, because it was Freeman Nickerson was thefirst Elder I ever heard, and the secondone was Geo. J. Adams, who baptizedme in July, 1842. Prior to my bap-tism, I had investigated Catholicism,together with many of the Protestant-isms of the United States, without ob-taining any convictions of their 17, 1842, I took Mary Ann Tabor,daughter of John and Mary B. Tabor,of Alfred, York county, Maine, to returned with her to Boston and con-tinued in business; shortly after this, Iwas ordained a Teacher in the Bostonbranch of the Church. We started forthe west May 1, 1843, and traveled by BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA. 673 train, canalboat and steamboat, untilwe landed at Nauvoo, Hancock county,111. Here I purchased a house and lot,and went to work at my trade, enjoyedg-ood health, and worked hard. I
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