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The Diary of W. Ernest Young
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"Born near Manassa, Colorado, 1887. Family moved to Mexico, 1896. Recollections of Colonia Dublan. Graduated from Juarez Stake Academy, 1909. Mexican Mission, 191013. Missionaries left Mexico City because of Revolution, 1913. Returned to colonies. Married Cecile Virginia Skousen, 1915. Pancho Villa and the Pershing Punitive Expedition, 191617. Teacher in Church schools. Bishop of Juarez Ward, 1922-33. Continued revolutionary activity in northern Mexico. Study at BYU, 1933-35. First president of Argentine Mission, 1935-38. Church activity in Colonia Juarez. High councilor. M.A. from BYU, 1939. World War II. Still teaching in Church schools. Second term as president of Argentine Mission, 1944-49. Home missionary, 1950. Called to work in translation department, Salt Lake City, 1950. News from Argentina noted frequently. President of Mexican Branch, Salt Lake City, 1952-56. Some comments on world events. Transferred to Church Historian's Office staff, 1956. Work with histories of Spanish-speaking missions, districts, and branches. Published Proof of the Apostasy, 1960. Family matters. Indexing mission histories. Retired, 1970. Moved to Provo, 1971. Brief history of life in verse. Contains four appendices, several pages of facsimiles of documents and numerous photographs. Based, in general, on diaries. Annalistic rather than analytic. Cf. interviews with W. Ernest Young by Gordon Irving, February and March 1973 (typescript. 134 pp. Oral History Program, HDC [LDS Church Archives])." [Abstract from Davis Bitton's Guide to Mormon Diaries and Autobiographies, 1977]