Bishop David Evans: A Lehi Founding Father
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Bishop David Evans: A Lehi Founding Father
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Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 03/26/2011
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Bishop David Evans: A Lehi Founding Father
Born 27 October 1804 in Cecil County, Maryland, the oldest son of Israel Evans and Abigail Alexander. Reared in Maryland and Pennsylvania, ssettling in Ohio to start a family. Baptized into the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1833; served as missionary, 1833-42; member of Zion's Camp, 1834; School of the Prophets, 1835-6; ordained to First Quorum of the Seventy, 1834. Settled in Missouri, enduring persecutions including Haun's Mill Massacre, fleeing to Adam's County, Illinois, 1839. Moved to Nauvoo and ordained Bishop of Nauvoo Eleventh Ward, 1842. Captained a Company of Saints to the west, arriving in Salt Lake Valley, September 1850.
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