Joseph Harris Merrill
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Clear AllBorn in Smithfield, Cache, Utah Territory, United States
1868 March 10
Date Details
Occurred On 1868 March 10
Birth
Relationships
Father
Horatio Harris Merrill
Mother
Martine Mouritsen
Baptized
1877 July 5 (Age 9)
Married Katie Eliza Hale
1890 November 6 (Age 22)
Set Apart as Missionary
Samoan Mission
1891 February 27 – 1893 May 14 (Age 22)
1891 February 27 – 1893 May 14 (Age 22)
Start Date Details
Set Apart
End Date Details
Ended On 1893 May 14
Arrived at Home
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Residence When Called
Smithfield, Cache, Utah Territory, United States
Priesthood Office When Called
Seventy
Priesthood Quorum When Called
17th
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Set Apart By
George Q. Cannon
Additional Notes
His wife, Kate, gave birth to a son, Joseph Aroet Merrill, prematurely on 28 June 1891. Both Kate and their son died the next day. He brought their remains home when he departed the mission.
Mission Companionship
Media
Samoan long boats: missionaries traveling to conference
Missionaries in Samoa, 1891
Missionaries in Samoa,1891
Set Apart as Mission President
Samoan Mission
1901 November 30 – 1903 January 27 (Age 33)
1901 November 30 – 1903 January 27 (Age 33)
Start Date Details
Set Apart
End Date Details
Ended On 1903 January 27
Departed from the Field
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Residence When Called
Smithfield, Cache, Utah, United States
Priesthood Office When Called
Seventy
Priesthood Quorum When Called
17th
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Set Apart By
Anthon H. Lund
Media
Samoan Conference at new Mission Home at Pesega
James Irons Kirby in Samoan Islands with missionaries, Circa 1902
Builders of the Pesega House, Samoa, 1902 October
Died in Thomas, Bingham, Idaho, United States
1961 September 19 (Age 93)
Date Details
Occurred On 1961 September 19
Died
Media
Joseph Harris Merrill (1868 - 1961) Profile
Samoan long boats: missionaries traveling to conference
Missionaries in Samoa, 1891
Missionaries in Samoa,1891
Samoan Conference at new Mission Home at Pesega
James Irons Kirby in Samoan Islands with missionaries, Circa 1902
Builders of the Pesega House, Samoa, 1902 October