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 . ceived his blessings as a missionaryand was ordained a Seventy by Chris-tian D. Fjeldsted. On his arrival atthe mission headquarters in Chicago,hewas appointed to labor in southern In-diana, where good success attended hisefforts until March 19, 1900, when hewas summoned home by telegraph, hiswife being at the point of death. Hearrived home four days later (March23rd) and found his wife a corpse. May15, 1900, he was ordained a High
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 . ceived his blessings as a missionaryand was ordained a Seventy by Chris-tian D. Fjeldsted. On his arrival atthe mission headquarters in Chicago,hewas appointed to labor in southern In-diana, where good success attended hisefforts until March 19, 1900, when hewas summoned home by telegraph, hiswife being at the point of death. Hearrived home four days later (March23rd) and found his wife a corpse. May15, 1900, he was ordained a High Priestand Bishop, and set apart to presideover the Mink Creek Ward, by ApostleGeorge Teasdale. In September fol-lowing he married Marie M. Hansen inthe Logan Temple. KELLER, James Morgan, one of the first settlers of Mink Creek, Oneida county, Idaho, was born April 6, 1827,on the island of Bornholm, accepted the gospel and was bap-tized in 1852, and emigrated to Utah in1853, locating in Brigham City, Box El-der county. Later, he was called tosettle in Mantua, Box Elder where he resided for a number of years,passing through many hardships andflerhting Indians. His crops were alsodestroyed by grasshoppers and otherinsects several times. Later, about1863, he went to Mink* Creek, Idaho, onan exploring trip, and, finding it a de-sirable place to live in, he settled therewith one of his families, and he has re-sidede there ever since. When ElderKeller first settled in Mink Creek, thesnov/ would some times fall to the depthof six feet. The nearest settlement wasFranklin, which was about twentymiles distant. Bro. Keller has been apioneer in the fullest sense of the wordand has assisted in transforming thewilderness into a garden spot. He hasraised a large family, having had fivewives, and is the father of forty-twochildren. At the present time he has102 grandchildren. Elder Keller, who isnow in his 74th year, is still hale andhearty. HANSEN, Hans Christian, a promin
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