Edgar Dilworth Simmons
Birth Date
On 1863 April 25 (Born)
Death Date
On 1890 February 4 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Died of smallpox in Aintab, Syria (now Turkey).
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Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
1863 April 25
Mother
Rachel Emma Woolley (1836 - 1926)
Father
Joseph Marcellus Simmons (1824 - 1872)
Date Details
Occurred On 1863 April 25
Baptized by Mark Lindsay
1871 (Age 7)
Served in
Turkish Mission
1889 April 20 – 1890 February 4 (Age 25)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Single
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
John Henry Smith
Served With
Johann Friedrich Dieterle
Location Served
Turkey
Date Details
Started On 1889 April 20
Set Apart
Ended On 1890 February 4
Released
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Missionaries in Turkey
Died in Aintab, Armenia
1890 February 4 (Age 26)
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Edgar Dilworth Simmons (1863 - 1890) Profile
Missionaries in Turkey
Sources
Person
National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland, U.S.A.; ARC Title: Notices of Deaths of U.S. Citizens Abroad, 1857-1922; NAI Number: 1227673; Record Group Title: General Records of the Department of State; Record Group Number: Record Group 59; Series Number: Publication A1 849; Box Number: 15; Box Description: 1887 - 1891 A - Z
National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland, U.S.A.; ARC Title: Notices of Deaths of U.S. Citizens Abroad, 1857-1922; NAI Number: 1227673; Record Group Title: General Records of the Department of State; Record Group Number: Record Group 59; Series Number: Publication A1 849; Box Number: 15; Box Description: 1887 - 1891 A - Z.
Mission
Deseret Evening News
"Elder Edgar D Simmons'", Deseret Evening News, (20 February 1890), Page 3.
Deseret Weekly
"Demise of a Missionary", Deseret Weekly, (1 March 1890), Page 343.
Encyclopedic History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Salt Lake City: Deseret News Publishing Co., 1941)
"Turkish Mission", Encyclopedic History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Salt Lake City: Deseret News Publishing Co., 1941), Page 888-890.
First Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918
First Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 20 April 1889, Vol. A, Page 100, Line 116.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 20 April 1889, Vol. B, Page 108, Line 116.
Turkish Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1884-1951
Turkish Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1884-1951.
