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 . riest by Apostle Lorenzo Snow andset apart as a member of the HighCouncil of the Bannock Stake. organized the brass band ofRe.\burg, which was for several yearsconsidered the best band in Idaho. In 1893 he was appointed clerk of the dis-trict court, in Fremont county, and in 1894 he was re-elected to that 1896 he was called to open a mis-sionary field in Montana, and was thefirst Elder to preach the gospel in
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 . riest by Apostle Lorenzo Snow andset apart as a member of the HighCouncil of the Bannock Stake. organized the brass band ofRe.\burg, which was for several yearsconsidered the best band in Idaho. In 1893 he was appointed clerk of the dis-trict court, in Fremont county, and in 1894 he was re-elected to that 1896 he was called to open a mis-sionary field in Montana, and was thefirst Elder to preach the gospel in thatState after the Hying visit made byApostle Matthias F. Cowley and ElderEdward Stevenson. The missionarywork in Montana proving successful. 772 LATTER-DAY SAINT an independent mission was estab-lished in that State in 1898 with Frank-lin S. Bramwell as its president; later,the Western States mission and theMontana missions were merged intoone field and called the NorthwesternStates Mission, with Elder Bramwell aspresident. This mission made almostphenomenal progress; in fact, it in-creased so rapidly in membership,part-ly by conversion and partly by im-. migration of Saints from other partsof the country, that on June 9,1901, the Union Stake of Zion wasorganized out of a part of themission, with Elder Bramwell as Stakepresident. He is at present serving inthat capacity, and also presides overthe Northwestern States mission. Hesays: I have now spent practicallyfifteen years in the missionary field andam not tired yet. would often gather round him the mem-bers of his family and teach them toshun evil, to be honest and truthful,associate with no bad companions, andwith picture and narrative show themthe results of doing right and were Hyrum and the other chil-dren made the companions of their pa-rents, friends unto whom they couldgo at all times, and pour out the in-most secrets of their hearts in fullconfidence. Hyrum grew up, develop-ing to a marked degree the bou
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