Item Detail
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17596
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English
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Journal
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N.p.
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n.p.
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11-53
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"Born at Isterod, Birkerods, Frederiksborg, Denmark, 1837. Five and-one-half years as apprentice carriage maker in Frederiksborg. Fond of reading novels. Went to Sweden to work. Read article by Erastus Snow. Located Mormons. Baptized, 1859. Ordained priest. Missionary in Helsingborg Branch. Ordained elder. President of same branch. Returned to Denmark. Cut out of uncle's will. Missionary in Denmark, Holland, Norway, 186065. Released to go to Utah. Ordered to marry Anne Ongerod. She died during trip to Utah, 1865. Married Olive Olsen and Anne Dorthea Johnson, 1865. In Salt Lake City until 1866. At Provo, 186672. Teacher. "Co. missionary." Elders quorum president. Moved to Richfield, 1872. In United Order three years. Farmer. Numerous Church positions at St. John's, Arizona, 1880. Moved to Bush Valley, 1884. Indicted for polygamy. In prison at Detroit, Michigan, 1884-86. Called to Concho. Ordained bishop, 1886. Ran store. Impossible to satisfy the people. Resigned as bishop, 1895. Stake Sunday School superintendent, 1895-99. Called to Danish mission, 1899. Editor has included numerous letters by author." [Abstract from Davis Bitton's Guide to Mormon Diaries and Autobiographies, 1977]