Henry Willliam Miller
View in FamilySearchBorn in Lexington, Greene Co., New York
1807 May 1
Mother
Ruth Arnold
Father
James Gardner Miller
Baptized
1839 September 1 (Age 32)
Served in Northern States Mission
1841 April (Age 33) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Office
High-priest
Residence When Called
Nauvoo, Illinois
Served in Eastern States Mission
1844 October (Age 37) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Other
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Office
High-priest
Residence When Called
Nauvoo, Illinois
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.” (Journal history, Oct 8, 1844, p. 2)
Served in Eastern States Mission
1849 April (Age 41) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Office
High-priest
Residence When Called
Pottawattamie, Iowa
Additional Notes
missionaries referred to as "Traveling Elders"
Called as President to Indian Territory Mission
1855 May–1856 November (Age 48) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Office
High-priest
Arrived at Home
1857 August 7 (Age 50)
Death
1885 October 9 (Age 78)
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Henry Willliam Miller (1807 - 1885) Profile