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Rulon Seymour Wells
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
1854 July 7
Date Details
Occurred On 1854 July 7
Baptized by Daniel H. Wells
1862 January 1 (Age 7)
Served in Swiss and German Mission
1875 October 22 – 1877 June 20 (Age 21) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Single
Priesthood Quorum When Called
41st
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Location Served
Germany
Date Details
Started On 1875 October 22
Set Apart
On 1875 November 25
Arrived in Field
Ended On 1877 June 20
Departed from Field
On 1877 July 23
Arrived at Home
Images
![](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/W/Wells,_Rulon_S-FamilySearch.jpg)
Mission Portrait
Called as President to British Mission
1896 June 24 – 1898 December 8 (Age 41) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
1st
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Set Apart By
Served With
Date Details
Started On 1896 June 24
Set Apart
On 1896 July 16
Arrived in Field
Ended On 1898 December 8
Departed from Field
On 1898 December 24
Arrived at Home
Images
![](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/B/lucy-jane-brimhall-1875-fs-3.jpg)
Mission Photo
![](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/european/european-group-nov-1898-PH 1532_b0000_f0008_i0001_00001.jpg)
European Mission Presidencies
![](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/british/winslow-farr-2-1876-FS.jpg)
British Missionaries circa 1898
![](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/Swiss-German/Bern_Conference_1897-PH 2127_f0001_00001.jpg)
Missionaries at Conference in Bern
![](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/british/samuel-obed-crosby-1849-fs-02.jpg)
Manchester Missionaries
![](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/british/amanda-inez-knight-1876-fs-02.jpg)
Nottingham Conference, England
Served in South American Mission
1925 October 8 – 1926 January 14 (Age 71) See Missionaries
Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Set Apart By
Anthony W. Ivins
Date Details
On 1925 September 3
Called
Started On 1925 October 8
Set Apart
On 1925 November 1
Departed from Home
Ended On 1926 January 14
Departed from Field
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1941 May 7 (Age 86)
Media
![Rulon Seymour Wells (1854 - 1941) Profile](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/european/rulon-s-wells-PH 1532_b0000_f0008_i0001_00001.jpg)
Rulon Seymour Wells (1854 - 1941) Profile
![Mission Portrait](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/W/Wells,_Rulon_S-FamilySearch.jpg)
Mission Portrait
![Mission Photo](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/B/lucy-jane-brimhall-1875-fs-3.jpg)
Mission Photo
![European Mission Presidencies](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/european/european-group-nov-1898-PH 1532_b0000_f0008_i0001_00001.jpg)
European Mission Presidencies
![British Missionaries circa 1898](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/british/winslow-farr-2-1876-FS.jpg)
British Missionaries circa 1898
![Missionaries at Conference in Bern](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/Swiss-German/Bern_Conference_1897-PH 2127_f0001_00001.jpg)
Missionaries at Conference in Bern
![Manchester Missionaries, Circa 1898](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/british/samuel-obed-crosby-1849-fs-02.jpg)
Manchester Missionaries, Circa 1898
![Nottingham Conference, England, 1898 October 30](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/british/amanda-inez-knight-1876-fs-02.jpg)
Nottingham Conference, England, 1898 October 30