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 . emigrated toUtah in 1854, crossing the Atlantic inthe ship Golconda. He settled inSalt Lake City and worked for fouryears on the Temple Block; afterwardshe located in Clarkston, Cache county,and since 1876 his home has been inThree Mile Creek, Box Elder participated in the so-called EchoCanyon war in 1857-58. Having yieldedobedience to the principle of plural mar-riage, he was arrested on a charge ofunlawful cohabitation,
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 . emigrated toUtah in 1854, crossing the Atlantic inthe ship Golconda. He settled inSalt Lake City and worked for fouryears on the Temple Block; afterwardshe located in Clarkston, Cache county,and since 1876 his home has been inThree Mile Creek, Box Elder participated in the so-called EchoCanyon war in 1857-58. Having yieldedobedience to the principle of plural mar-riage, he was arrested on a charge ofunlawful cohabitation, and sentenced,De<. 1, 1888, to three and a half monthsimprisonment in the Utah penitentiaryfor living with his wives. He servedhis term, and was restored to libertyMarch 12, IS89. In March, 1900, heleft home on a mission to Great Britain,from which he has not yet Davis is universally known asone of the most energetic and faithfulmen in the Church. His natural hos-pitality and kindness has made hima host of friends both at home andabroad. JENSEN, Hyrum, first president ofthe Bergen conference, Norway, is theson of Peter Jensen and Ane Marie. Hansen, and was born in Mantua, BoxElder county, Utah, May 2, 1866. Hespent his boyhood days on the farm,and attended the common schools andthe University of Deseret, after which 400 LATTER-DAY SAINT he taught school for a number of 1S97 he was called on a mission toScandinavia. He was ordained a Sev-enty and set apart for this missionJuly 30, 1897, by Seymour B. visiting Stockholm, Sweden, helabored seven months in the Laurvikbranch, Norway; later he labored inthe Drammen branch. Early in 1899he was called to preside over the Ber-gen conference, which was organizedat that time, with branches of theChurch which formerly belonged to theChristiania conference. He presidedin Bergen about one year. Receivingan honorable release, he returned home,after visiting relatives in Denmark,andthe worlds exposition i
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