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 . apt. John P. San-ders ox-train. Together with his fa-ther and mother he became one of th?first settlers of Bear River City, BoxElder county, in January, 1866, andpassed through the hard struggle whichthe early settlers of that place experi-enced on account of bad water andother drawbacks. He was ordaineda Deacon in 1864, and an Elder , 1869, on which day he also marriedAne Christine Knudsen. He servedas a counselor in the presi
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 . apt. John P. San-ders ox-train. Together with his fa-ther and mother he became one of th?first settlers of Bear River City, BoxElder county, in January, 1866, andpassed through the hard struggle whichthe early settlers of that place experi-enced on account of bad water andother drawbacks. He was ordaineda Deacon in 1864, and an Elder , 1869, on which day he also marriedAne Christine Knudsen. He servedas a counselor in the presidency of the4th quorum of Elders in the Box ElderStake for a number of years, and from1881 to 1890 he acted as the president ofsaid quorum. In 1890 he was ordaineda Seventy by Pres. Christian D. Fjeld-sted and set apat as a president of thenth quorum of Seventy. In 1895-97 hefilled a mission to Scandinavia, labor- 398 LATTER-DAY SAINT ing as a traveling Elder in the Copen-hagen conference and later as presi-dent of the Aarhus conference. Dur-ing his i)i-«sidency in Aarhus, he reor-ganized three branches (Horsens, Silke-borg and Grenaa). which had been dis-. was constantly thrown into the com-pany of wicked men, he kept himselfpure and led a virtuous life. April 27,1S79, he married Miss Sariah J. Ra-leigh, daughter of Bishop Alonzo , having previously been or-dained an Elder, Dec. 21, 1884, he wasordained a Seventy by Lorenzo Huns-aker and became identified with therth quorum; subsequently he became apresident of said quorum. For manyyears he labored as a Ward Teacherin the Park Valley Ward, became anofficer in the Y. M. M. I. A., and super-intendent of the Park Valley Sundayschool. In 1899 he was called on amission to the Eastern States, fromwhich he has not yet returned. ElderCampbell writes: I have a nice fami-ly, consisting of a wife and ten chil-dren, of whom I feel justly proud. Mychildren have all been taught the truegospel, and they have faith in are
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