Church History Biographical Database
Rulon Seymour Wells
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Clear AllBorn in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
1854 July 7
Baptized
1862 January 1 (Age 7)
Set Apart as Missionary
Swiss and German Mission
1875 October 22 – 1877 June 20 (Age 21)
1875 October 22 – 1877 June 20 (Age 21)
Start Date Details
Set Apart
End Date Details
Ended On 1877 June 20
Departed from the Field
Additonal Dates
On 1875 November 25
Arrived in the Field
Start Date Not Found
Arrived at Home
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Single
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Priesthood Office When Called
Seventy
Priesthood Quorum When Called
41st
Location Served
Germany
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Set Apart By
Brigham Young
Media
Mission Portrait
Sustained as First Seven President in the First Council of the Seventy
First Council of the Seventy
1893 April 5 – 1941 May 7 (Age 38)
1893 April 5 – 1941 May 7 (Age 38)
Start Date Details
Sustained
End Date Details
Ended On 1941 May 7
Died in Position
Set Apart as Mission President
British Mission
1896 June 24 – 1898 December 8 (Age 41)
1896 June 24 – 1898 December 8 (Age 41)
Start Date Details
Set Apart
End Date Details
Ended On 1898 December 8
Departed from the Field
Additonal Dates
On 1896 July 16
Arrived in the Field
Start Date Not Found
Arrived at Home
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Priesthood Office When Called
Seventy
Priesthood Quorum When Called
1st
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Set Apart By
George Q. Cannon
Mission Companionship
Media
Mission Photo
European Mission Presidencies
British Missionaries circa 1898
Missionaries at Conference in Bern
Manchester Missionaries, Circa 1898
Nottingham Conference, England, 1898 October 30
Set Apart as Missionary
South American Mission
1925 October 8 – 1926 January 14 (Age 71)
1925 October 8 – 1926 January 14 (Age 71)
Start Date Details
Set Apart
End Date Details
Ended On 1926 January 14
Departed from the Field
Additonal Dates
On 1925 November 1
Departed from Home
Start Date Not Found
Called
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Priesthood Office When Called
Seventy
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Set Apart By
Anthony W. Ivins
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1941 May 7 (Age 86)
Date Details
Occurred On 1941 May 7
Died
Media
Rulon Seymour Wells (1854 - 1941) Profile
Mission Portrait
Mission Photo
European Mission Presidencies
British Missionaries circa 1898
Missionaries at Conference in Bern
Manchester Missionaries, Circa 1898
Nottingham Conference, England, 1898 October 30