Ezra Jacob Wycoff Barnard
View in FamilySearchBorn in Barrington, Yates, New York, United States
1830 July 8
Mother
Eliza Ann Wycoff
Father
John Porter Barnard
Baptized
1839 (Age 8)
Served in Salmon River Mission
1855 April–1858 March (Age 24) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Quorum
15th
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Farmington, Davis, Utah Territory, United States
Additional Notes
Ezra made several trips between Utah and the mission delivering mail and bringing back supplies. Due to an illness, he had an extended stay at home between August 1855 and May 1856, during which time he married Harriet Josephine Leach. Ezra was one of 3 missionaries who followed Heber C Kimball's counsel to marry the local Indian girls while at the Salmon River Mission. His wife was forcibly taken back by her tribe.
Departed from Home
1855 May 15 (Age 24)
Arrived at Home
1858 April 11 (Age 27)
Death
1903 January 16 (Age 72)
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Ezra Jacob Wycoff Barnard (1830 - 1903) Profile