Anthon H. Lund

Anthon Henrik Lund was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was born in Budolfi, Aalborg, Jutland, Denmark on 15 May 1844. His mother died when he was less than four years old, and he was raised by his maternal grandmother. Lund’s uncle and grandmother joined the Church in the early 1850s, while he was baptized on his twelfth birthday (15 May 1856). In 1862, Lund and his grandmother emigrated to the United States and traveled with the Christian A. Madsen Company. He arrived in Salt Lake City in September 1862 and settled in Sanpete County. Less than two years later, he was a teamster helping to take supplies from the Salt Lake Valley, filling wagons and bringing them east to the outfitting posts, and leading emigrants in their journey to Utah. In 1865, Lund responded to Brigham Young's request for men to become telegraph operators and the next year he was ordained a seventy. Lund married Sarah Ann Peterson on 2 May 1870 and was sent to serve in the Scandinavian Mission the next year. He was later called as president of the mission, serving from 1883 to 1885. In October 1889, Lund was called into the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. He was later appointed president of the Manti Temple. From 1893 through 1896, Lund served as European Mission president, during which time he organized the Turkish Mission. In October 1901, President Joseph F. Smith called Lund as second counselor in the First Presidency. He served in this position until April 1910 when President Smith called him as first counselor. When President Smith died in 1918, President Heber J. Grant retained Lund as first counselor. Lund also became President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles at this time. In addition to his duties in the First Presidency, Lund served as Church Historian and Recorder beginning in 1900. He died 2 March 1921 in Salt Lake City.

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