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 . nAlabama, where he had many excitingexperiences with mobs and other ene-mies of the truth; but by the help ofthe Lord he succeeded, every time, inescaping any serious injury fromwicked hands. Elder Beckstead wasreleased earlier than usual on accountof a severe spell of chills and the organization of the 95th quorumand in 1897 he became the senior pres-member of the council of that quorum,and in 1897, he became the senior pr
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 . nAlabama, where he had many excitingexperiences with mobs and other ene-mies of the truth; but by the help ofthe Lord he succeeded, every time, inescaping any serious injury fromwicked hands. Elder Beckstead wasreleased earlier than usual on accountof a severe spell of chills and the organization of the 95th quorumand in 1897 he became the senior pres-member of the council of that quorum,and in 1897, he became the senior pres-ident of the same. Elder Becksteadhas labored assiduously in many dif-ferent branches of Church work, and isa constant and faithful Latter-daySaint. He has contributed a liberalshare toward the building up of thewestern country, having taken an ac- tive interest in all enterprises intendedfor public benefit. WARBURTON,Joseph, fourth Bish-op of the First Ward, Salt Lake City,is the son of James and Sarah War-burton, and was born Sept. 21, 1831, atRadcliffe, Lancashire, England. Inearly life he adopted the religion of theSwedenborgians, which enjoins total. abstenance from intoxicating drink,and strict vegetarianism. His religiousviews underwent a revolution in thesummer of 1847, when he attended acamp meeting of the Latter-day Saints,and for the first time heard the puregospel from the lips of an Elder. Fromthat time he was convinced of the di-vine character of Mormonism. Hewas, for a man of his active tempera-ment, somewhat slow to practicallycarry out his convictions in this matter,for although he continued to attend themeetings of the Saints twice a week,it was not till Oct. 26, 1851, that heidentified himself with the Church, be-ing admitted to baptism on that the spring of 1851, he was ordaineda Teacher, and labored faithfully inthat calling until Dec. 29th of the sameyear, when he was ordained an 1853, the Radcliffe branch was di-vided into two district
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