Jesse Wentworth Crosby Sr.
View in FamilySearchBorn in Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
1820 November 24
Mother
Hannah Corning Cann
Father
Joshua Crosby
Baptized by Ben Brown
1838 June 24 (Age 17)
Served in Eastern States Mission
1841 April–1842 August (Age 20) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Single
Priesthood Office
Elder
Residence When Called
Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Additional Notes
According to his journal, he traveled to Cleveland, Ohio, Kirtland, Ohio, Buffalo, New York, New York City, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, Boston, Massachusetts, to New York City again, then Albany, New York, then Chicago to Nauvoo. A distance of 2400 miles.
Served in Eastern States Mission
1842 September–1843 March (Age 21) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Single
Priesthood Office
Elder
Residence When Called
Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Additional Notes
Served in Northern States Mission
1843 July–1845 April (Age 22) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Single
Priesthood Office
Elder
Residence When Called
Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Additional Notes
Served With
Departed from Home
1843 August 1 (Age 22)
Served in Canadian Mission
1843 August–1845 April (Age 22) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Single
Priesthood Office
Elder
Residence When Called
Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Additional Notes
Served With
Served in British Mission
1850–1852 (Age 29) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Deseret, United States
Additional Notes
Served in Southern States Mission
1867 October–1869 May (Age 46) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Proselytizing
Priesthood Quorum
37th
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
St. George, Washington, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Heber C. Kimball
Additional Notes
Death
1893 June 11 (Age 72)
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