John Neff III
Birth Date
On 1837 December 28 (Born)
Death Date
On 1918 January 6 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Mission Activity
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Pioneer
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Born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
1837 December 28
Mother
Mary Barr (1801 - 1875)
Father
John Neff, Jr. (1794 - 1869)
Date Details
Occurred On 1837 December 28
Traveled in
Jedediah M. Grant/Joseph B. Noble Company (1847)
1847 June 19 – October 2 (Age 9)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Elizabeth Neff (Age 6)
John Neff, Jr. (Age 52)
Mary Barr (Age 45)
Amos Herr Neff (Age 22)
Mary Ann Neff (Age 18)
Susannah Neff (Age 16)
Benjamin Barr Neff (Age 13)
Date Details
Started On 1847 June 19
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 October 2
Company Arrived
Baptized by
Elijah Funk Sheets
1848 December 1 (Age 10)
Married
Ann Eliza Benedict
1863 January 31 (Age 25)
Served in
British Mission
1872 April 10 – 1873 October 22 (Age 34)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
32nd
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Wilford Woodruff
Location Served
Europe
Date Details
Started On 1872 April 10
Set Apart
Ended On 1873 October 22
Departed from Field
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1918 January 6 (Age 80)
Media
John Neff III (1837 - 1918)
John Neff III (1837 - 1918) Profile
Sources
Person
Davis County Clipper
"Utah State News", Davis County Clipper, (11 January 1918), Page 7.
Deseret Evening News
"East Mil Creek: Honored Pioneer And Church Worker Dies", Deseret Evening News, (7 January 1918), Page 10.
Ogden Daily Standard
"Patriarch Dies in East Mill Creek", Ogden Daily Standard, (7 January 1918), Page 10.
Mission
BRITISH Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971
"Releases and Appointments", BRITISH Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971, (28 May 1872).
Claudia S. Thurman collection, John Neff Jr. missionary journal typescript, undated
Claudia S. Thurman collection, John Neff Jr. missionary journal typescript, undated.
Claudia S. Thurman collection, John Neff Jr. missionary journal, 1872
Claudia S. Thurman collection, John Neff Jr. missionary journal, 1872.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 10 April 1872, Vol. A, Page 22, Line 933.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 10 April 1872, Vol. B, Page 24, Line 933.
Pioneer
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 21 June 1847, Page 29.
Improvement Era
"Passing Events", Improvement Era, (February).
Semi-Centennial Commission Book of the Pioneers, 1897
Semi-Centennial Commission Book of the Pioneers, 1897, Vol. 2, Page 79.