John Henry Standifird
Birth Date
On 1831 June 21 (Born)
Death Date
On 1924 November 24 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born in Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, United States
1831 June 21
Mother
Catharine Huffman
Father
Aquilla Standifird
Traveled in
Homer Duncan Company (1857)
1857 May – September 25 (Age 25)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Circa 1857 May
Joined Company
Between 1857 September 14 – 25
Company Arrived
Baptized by
William Cresfield Moody
1857 June 14 (Age 26)
Married
Mary Ann Argyle
1864 January 16 (Age 32)
Married
Frances Argyle
1868 February 22 (Age 36)
Served in
Eastern States Mission
1872 January 15 – 1873 (Age 40)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
29th
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Bountiful, Davis, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
A Carrington
Set Apart By
Albert Carrington
Date Details
On 1872 January 15
Set Apart
Circa 1873
Released
Died in Moab, Grand, Utah, United States
1924 November 24 (Age 93)
Media
John Henry Standifird (1831 - 1924) Profile
Sources
Person
The Times-Independent
"Death Summons J.H. Standifird, Pioneer of 1857", The Times-Independent, (27 November 1924), Page 1.
Mission
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 15 January 1872, Vol. 2, Page 24, Line 915.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 15 January 1872, Vol. 1, Page 22, Line 915.
Pioneer
DESERET News
"Builder of First Thresher in Utah Buried in Moab", DESERET News, (2 December 1924).
John H. Standifird correspondence, circa 1857-1921
John H. Standifird correspondence, circa 1857-1921, Folder 2, Page 3-4.
Transcript for Standifird, John Henry, Autobiographical sketch, fd. 2, p. 3-4, in John Henry Standifird, Correspondence [ca. 1857-1921]
Standifird, John Henry, Diaries, 1862-1923
Standifird, John Henry, Diaries, 1862-1923, Vol. 1.
Transcript for Standifird, John Henry, Diaries, 1862-1923, vol. 1, 2