Charles Blanchard Thompson
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Clear AllBorn in Niskayuna, Schenectady, New York
1814 January 27
Departed from Home as Missionary
Eastern States Mission
1840 January – 1844 April 15 (Age 25)
1840 January – 1844 April 15 (Age 25)
Start Date Details
Departed from Home
End Date Details
Released
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Residence When Called
Nauvoo, Illinois
Priesthood Office When Called
Seventy
Location Served
New York
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Additional Notes
Labored, together with Nathan K. Knight, in New York; he attended several conferences in 1840, 1841, 1842, and 1843.
Called as Missionary
Joseph Smith Presidential Campaign Mission
1844 April 15 (Age 30)
1844 April 15 (Age 30)
Start Date Details
Called
End Date Details
Released
Additional Information
Residence When Called
New York
Location Served
New York
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Additional Notes
Elders were to faithfully preach the gospel and assist with Joseph Smith's US presidential campaign.
Called as Missionary
Eastern States Mission
1844 October 8 (Age 30)
1844 October 8 (Age 30)
Start Date Details
Called
End Date Details
End Date Not Found
Released
Additional Information
Residence When Called
Nauvoo, Illinois
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Additional Notes
Called to fill a mission at general conference Oct. 6-8, 1844 In Nauvoo, Brigham Young selected “men from the High Priest’s quorum to go abroad … to preside over the branches of the Church.” They were not to tarry for six months and return, “but to go and settle down, where they could take their families and tarry until the Temple is built.”
Died
1895 February 27 (Age 81)
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Charles Blanchard Thompson (1814 - 1895) Profile