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 . ent and his father was a sol-(Mer of the lievolution under GeorgeWas-hinglon. His father died whenIsaac was but a lad, and the familymoved to Illinois, where ISaac (then ayoung man) became acquainted withJoseph Smiths mission and embracedthe go.^pel. In 1843 he marrie 1 Matilda when he was given a position asschool teacher at Union Fort, Salt Lakecounty. In 1875-76 he attended theBrighnm Young College at Logan, andin 1877 he was a s
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 . ent and his father was a sol-(Mer of the lievolution under GeorgeWas-hinglon. His father died whenIsaac was but a lad, and the familymoved to Illinois, where ISaac (then ayoung man) became acquainted withJoseph Smiths mission and embracedthe go.^pel. In 1843 he marrie 1 Matilda when he was given a position asschool teacher at Union Fort, Salt Lakecounty. In 1875-76 he attended theBrighnm Young College at Logan, andin 1877 he was a student at the Uni-versity of Deseret. The following fiveyears he followed school teaching. InNovember, 1SS2, he was ordained anElder by James Jensen, and on of that month he married Leah daughter of Henry Day and LeahRawlins. Feb. 20, 1887, he was ordaineda Seventy by Apostle Abraham H. Can-non. In November, 1899, he left homefof a misison to the Northern the first six months of thismission he labored as a canvassing El-der, then he became a branch presi-dent, and finally was chosen presidentof the Northern Illinois Jiine Downs. He shared the early per-secutions of the Saints, and was onguard near <.*arthage when the ProphetJosei)h and Patriarch Hyrum weremurdered. Being driven with theSaints from Illinois, he moved toKanesville, Iowa, where he remaineduntil the spring of 1852, when he crossedthe plains in a company of which he 794 LATTER-DAT SAJNT was appmnted catptain. ? tlie Valley he located at -whai was thencalled Soath Willow Creeek, now Salt Lake county. In October, vas set apart to act as Bishop ofDrapo* Ward, in which capacity hesaved faitlifnny until his deaths whichoecniied at Draper March Is. ISdO. InISC he maried Elizabeth niiite andRmma. Uoyd, w^th whom he had alaxse family, b^ng the fatbo* of twen-ty children and bavins ogfaty grand-duldren. Thirteen of bis childr^i arenow living. They are: James
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