Jacob George Bigler (1813 - 1907) Profile

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Jacob George Bigler

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Historical Department journal history of the Church

1843. Historical Department journal history of the Church.

Object of the conference held 10 Apr 1843 in Nauvoo was to ordain Elders and send them forth to build up churches.

Transcript for Historical Department journal history of the Church, 10 April 1843

The proceedings of a conference that appointed elders to missions, including Bosley to a mission in New York.

Transcript for 1st Presidency missionary calls and recommendations 1877-1918: CR 1 168, Church History Library

Historical Department journal history of the Church.

Jacob G. Bigler autobiography, 1907

Jacob G. Bigler autobiography, 1907.

Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, Jenson, Andrew, 1850-1941, a, 2:113

Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, Jenson, Andrew, 1850-1941, a, 2:113.

Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959

Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, Vol. 1,2, Page 3, Line 98.

Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, Vol. 1,2.

Mormon Pioneer Overland Travels Database, Jacob George Bigler

Mormon Pioneer Overland Travels Database, Jacob George Bigler.

Although Bigler states in his autobiography that he came to Utah in Benjamin Gardner&#39;s company, Davis Clark states in his autobiography that Bigler was a counselor with Lorenzo Johnson in William West Lane&#39;s company in 1852.&nbsp; Further&nbsp; research is necessary.&nbsp; In 1863, at the end of a mission to Europe, he traveled home with the Peter Nebeker Company in 1863.

Transcript for Mormon Pioneer Overland Travels Database, Jacob George Bigler

Nauvoo Restoration, comp., High Priests of Nauvoo and Early Salt Lake City, M251.33

Nauvoo Restoration, comp., High Priests of Nauvoo and Early Salt Lake City, M251.33, Page 12.

Ordained High Priest 8 Oct 1844 by President Henry W. Miller and council in Nauvoo.&nbsp; Received into High Priest Quorum 8 Oct 1844. (High Priest Rec, Qrm orgnzd at Nauvoo, 1840, LDS Arc: High Prest Minutes, Nauvoo 5th Ward, pg 146)

Transcript for Nauvoo Restoration, comp., High Priests of Nauvoo and Early Salt Lake City, M251.33, p. 12, Church History Library

Nauvoo Restoration, comp., High Priests of Nauvoo and Early Salt Lake City, M251.33.

The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, 25:203

The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, 25:203.

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Shinnston, Harrison, Virginia, United States

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Nephi, Juab, Utah Territory, United States

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Oversaw the mission while George Q. Cannon briefly returned to the United States in 1862.

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Born in Shinnston, Harrison, Virginia, United States

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Baptized by Stephen Winchester

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Served in British Mission

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