Orson Spencer
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Clear AllBorn in West Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
1802 March 14
Date Details
Occurred On 1802 March 14
Birth
Relationships
Father
Daniel Spencer
Mother
Chloe Wilson
Baptized by Daniel Spencer, Jr.
1841 May 1 (Age 39)
Called as Missionary
Eastern States Mission
1843 April 10 (Age 41)
1843 April 10 (Age 41)
Start Date Details
Called
End Date Details
Start Date Not Found
Released
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Residence When Called
Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Priesthood Office When Called
Elder
Location Served
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Additional Notes
Called to fill a mission to New Haven, Connecticut at a conference held April 10, 1843.
Married Eliza Ann Dibble
1846 January 15 – 1849 December 28 (Age 43)
Departed from Home as Missionary
British Mission
1846 October 28 – 1847 February (Age 44)
1846 October 28 – 1847 February (Age 44)
Start Date Details
Departed from Home
End Date Details
Ended On 1847 February
Released
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Plurally Married
Residence When Called
Winter Quarters, Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Priesthood Office When Called
High Priest
Location Served
England
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Additional Notes
Presided over British mission, 1847-1849
Called as Mission President
British Mission
1847 February – 1848 August (Age 44)
1847 February – 1848 August (Age 44)
Start Date Details
Called
End Date Details
Ended On 1848 August
Released
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Plurally Married
Residence When Called
British Mission
Priesthood Office When Called
High Priest
Location Served
England
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Married Martha Knight
1847 April (Age 45)
Called as Missionary
British Mission
1848 August – 1849 January 29 (Age 46)
1848 August – 1849 January 29 (Age 46)
Start Date Details
Called
End Date Details
Ended On 1849 January 29
Departed from the Field
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Plurally Married
Residence When Called
British Mission
Priesthood Office When Called
High Priest
Location Served
England
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Appointed as Company Captain
Samuel Gully/Orson Spencer Company
1849 May 28 – September 25 (Age 47)
1849 May 28 – September 25 (Age 47)
Start Date Details
Appointed
End Date Details
Ended Between 1849 September 22 – 25
Organization was Ended
Additional Information
Traveling Group
Married Margaret Miller
1849 October 13 (Age 47)
Married Mary Jane Burn Davis
1852 February 16 (Age 49)
Married Mary Hill
1852 September 12 (Age 50)
Arrived in the Field as Missionary
German Mission
1852 December 20 – 1853 April 21 (Age 50)
1852 December 20 – 1853 April 21 (Age 50)
Start Date Details
Arrived in the Field
End Date Details
Ended On 1853 April 21
Departed from the Field
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Plurally Married
Residence When Called
Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Priesthood Office When Called
High Priest
Location Served
Prussia
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Additional Notes
Called to fill a mission to Prussia, but was banished from there and returned to Utah in 1853.
Mission Companionship
Appointed as Company Captain
Orson Spencer/ Joel J. Terrell Company
1853 July – October (Age 51)
1853 July – October (Age 51)
Start Date Details
Started Circa 1853 July
Appointed
End Date Details
Ended Circa 1853 October
Organization was Ended
Called as Missionary
Eastern States Mission
1854 – 1855 July (Age 51)
1854 – 1855 July (Age 51)
Start Date Details
Called
End Date Details
Ended On 1855 July
Released
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Plurally Married
Residence When Called
Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Priesthood Office When Called
High Priest
Location Served
United States
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Additional Notes
In 1854 he was called upon to perform a mission to the United States until July 1855, when he was requested to occupy the editorial chair of the St. Louis Luminary.
Departed from Home as Missionary
Early Church Mission: North America Mission
1855 July 21 – September 5 (Age 53)
1855 July 21 – September 5 (Age 53)
Start Date Details
Departed from Home
End Date Details
Ended On 1855 September 5
Departed from the Field
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Plurally Married
Residence When Called
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Priesthood Office When Called
High Priest
Location Served
Cherokee Nation
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Additional Notes
Daniel died in St. Louis, Missouri at the end of his mission, after 40 days of chills and fever.
Died in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
1855 October 15 (Age 53)
Date Details
Occurred On 1855 October 15
Died
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Orson Spencer (1802 - 1855) Profile