William Rees Davies

Birth Date

1805 July 31

Death Date

1865 February 5

Gender

Male

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Born in Newchurch, Carmarthenshire, Wales

1805 July 31

Mother

Margaret Ann Thomas

Father

Rees Davies

Baptized by William Henshaw

1843 February 19 (Age 37)

Served in Welsh Mission

1846 July–1849 February (Age 40) See Missionaries

Mission Type

Proselytizing

Marital Status

Married

Priesthood Office

Elder

Residence When Called

Rhymney, Wales

Additional Notes

Sent out as "Preacher" to Brecon, February 1847.

Served as traveling Elder in Garway, Herefordshire Conference, July 1847.

Treasurer and then Scribe for "Missionary Society" of the Welsh Mission in Merthyr Tydfil under President Dan Jones.

Death

1865 February 5 (Age 59)

Media

William Rees Davies (1805 - 1865) Profile

Sources

History of Elisha Hurd Groves and William Rees Davies and Related Familes by Murland Packer (2011

History of Elisha Hurd Groves and William Rees Davies and Related Familes by Murland Packer (2011.

Prophet of the Jubilee, Translated and Edited by Ronald D. Dennis (Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1997), 1846 at 55, 1847 at 52, 144, 1848 at 9

Prophet of the Jubilee, Translated and Edited by Ronald D. Dennis (Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1997), 1846 at 55, 1847 at 52, 144, 1848 at 9.

Zion's Trumpet: 1849 Welsh Mormon Periodical, translated and edited by Ronald D. Dennis (Religious Studies Center, BYU, Deseret Book, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2001

Zion's Trumpet: 1849 Welsh Mormon Periodical, translated and edited by Ronald D. Dennis (Religious Studies Center, BYU, Deseret Book, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2001, Page 58.