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English
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Serge Louis Ballif : A Swiss-American
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Swiss-American Historical Society Review
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1998
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34
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no.1
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11-22
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Serge Louis Ballif (1821-1901) was born into a wealthy and influential family in Lausanne, Switzerland. When he joined the Church in 1852, it was a great disappointment throughout the community. In 1854, he traveled with his wife and family to Utah. Before he was even able to finish building a home for his family in Logan in 1860, he was called to return to Switzerland on a mission. In 1879, he returned to become president of the Swiss-German Mission. He was a polygamist