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 . he success-fully filled till he was released from hismission. He returned home Sept. 10,1876. The following year (July 3, 1877)Brother Barton was ordained a HighPriest under the hands of Daniel , and set apart as second coun-selor to Bishop Lorenzo D. Young, ofthe 18th Ward, Salt Lake City. Aboutone year afterwards Bishop Young re- signed, and on July 14, 1878, the Wardwas reorganized, Orson F. Whitney be-ing ordained Bishop
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 . he success-fully filled till he was released from hismission. He returned home Sept. 10,1876. The following year (July 3, 1877)Brother Barton was ordained a HighPriest under the hands of Daniel , and set apart as second coun-selor to Bishop Lorenzo D. Young, ofthe 18th Ward, Salt Lake City. Aboutone year afterwards Bishop Young re- signed, and on July 14, 1878, the Wardwas reorganized, Orson F. Whitney be-ing ordained Bishop and Brother Bar-ton set apart as his second counselor,under the hands of Apostle BrighamYoung. Elder Barton is still faithfullylaboring in that capacity. From 1877to 1893 he was employed as book-keeperin the mercantile house of the lateSamuel P. Teasdel, and since June, 1900,he has served as a clerk in the Presid-ing Bishops Office, Salt Lake City. PARK Hamilton Gray, second coun-selor in the presidency of the HighPriests quorum of the Salt Lake Stakeof Zion, is a son of Samuel Park andIsabella Gray, and was born Ndv. 25,1826. He received the fulness of the. gospel at Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland,where he was baptized in November,1840. Soon after his baptism he wasordained to the oflUce of a Teacher,threemonths later to that of a Priest andafterwards to that of an Elder. Hewas also appointed to preside over theKlbirnle branch of the Church, a posi-tion which he occupied until he emigrat-ed to Utah, together with a companyof Saints, which sailed from Liverpool,England, In the ship North Atlantic,Sept. 4, 1854. On the voyage he hadactual charge of the Saints on board,as the president appointed over thecompany, David Sudworth, was serious-ly ill. Two years after his arrival InUtah Elder Park entered the serviceof Pres. Brigham Young and was his BIOGRAPHICAL, ENCYCLOPEDIA. 669 business manager most of the timefrom 1852 till May, 1869, during whichtime he was closely connected with
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