Show il PRESIDENCY OF THE SALT sAt T LAKE i KE STAKE Sl AIE OF OFt ZION t j Ii 1 j j 1 t 1 f 1 I A Aj AI I j ItI It ItI r I I 11 jf It i ir r Ii r If I y i I I I i iI iI iW W i I I I II X lX l ty by Savage Th Thoy Elder M Elder Eldor E T Whoso Portrait It Is Upon the tho Loft and Elder Eldor Charles Charras W Penrose Whoso Whose Is i y art are Angui Cannon Who les the tho Central In th tho Picture Joseph Joeeph Upon tho Right J Wit portraits presented herewith 1 THE TUE are those of ot the presidency of or orthe ho the Salt Lake Stake of ot Zion With the organization of ot new stakes out of ot over oer which they I wo had th the tho last of ot was ed on Friday retire r tram from tho position which they havo huo held h ld for many yearn with tho confidence approval of or the I presiding authorities 9 of or the Church of or the people who owe them a n debt of I gratitude for tor their patient faithful and i Tho original SnIt Halt Lake Inko Stake of ot Zion was wn organized on Sunday Oct 3 1917 1817 with John Smith as ns president Charles C mch John Young as n 1 counselors coun U IH III therefore the tho oldest I of It Zion on the western In February 1849 John Smith boon r ordained to the whole church Chulch Daniel Spencer wan appointed president l I of ot the Halt with Full mer and AM Snow UN n 11 The rhe death of ot Daniel Spencer Dec n S 8 i left n a WUN 1111 filled by hy thu of lr jQhn W V Young an AI i Of the April S 8 1 with i Jl 11 Wallace and John T M counselor On May I 9 n 11 was ax nil of the with William II John T nine Alne At Atthe t the general conference April C G An I gu HUM M Cannon wan appointed and mm HUll I us nil president of the Snit Salt Ink Lako with David o 0 I JJ J Taylor as 1111 his hIli loun dorM At the death of or David 0 O alder which oc OCt occurred July 3 ISH a IL vacancy occurred which wan tilled Au 2 by the tho ap RP appointment nt of at Joseph 13 E Taylor Talor as all first counselor Charleo W as n In the stake presidency dency This hAs been maintained to tho time Th re have been a n number of ut s out of ot the Salt Lake Jak since 4 M I wa appointed president Fit 1 it the 1111 David stake n WI ns d 11 June 17 Ii with Wil WU William liam H Smith nil Christopher Mud mId Anson Call coun StO ond tho r June Jun 21 U 1577 l with Francis M II Jm und William Jeffries III coun third Morgan JU n II U 0 Smith IHeI II Fry Fr and I fourth Summit 9 tI 1877 WI Mam W U J Buy dei and Alma luri stake July 15 Iii IS Hatch Thoman JI L Olles Henry 8 B Alexander er counse counselors COUl lors sixth Jordan Ton Tan 21 1 I Miller pie urr and 1 J lake J Jan n S 21 lt OO Franl Y Taylor president It Miller anil Bennion Liberty stake Feb 26 Hugh Buh J Ainold H II thew und Phillip S A couii lun ninth Minke March SI I 1104 ItlO l r Q Cannon mid II Hyde Until Snit Salt Lako stake 25 2 1901 1001 L Morris I president I George H It Im Fd J II T 1 roun eleventh April 1 1901 W Young president Jo J eph t ph Wells Veils and John M lit Knight counselors ANGUS CANNON Angus nus Cannon was born May Iny 17 In Liverpool England Tho took passage In the ho ship Sidney lne for rOl America In tn September r 1512 The lh second day lA nt lit Ken xea the tho mother was Willi taken sick and after an of ot six III Ph died Vas burled In the tho ocean After Artel at ut sea IIII eight the New el they lt d to St Louis passed the winter They to In Inthe the tho spring The father I re Ie returned turned to St Rt Louts In 1811 died there 1 4 1 th Ihl of o August 1st ISH Angin ngul V haJU d Into III to the Church In Sep Hep September tile the name year by h Lyman o 0 Willi as on 01 the bunks of the IH nt The fall of 1816 found the Ihl orphan toy 10 and r on lit wont bank of le they bod been driven from their homes with the rem remnant nant of Jt and they the endured 1 mid tho In III Incident to HUMP d ys They rho to 10 Ihl liver with the rest of I Ih In bu lt them th a n humble for fUI till for hl winter marled ur till the Salt l uk valley In III the spring lit arriving In III the he fall if It lilt thu thuu u me ettl having been heln lei Uy lIy I bin hili brother brothel Gpo Q and his hl sinter Ann 1111 who ho came to 10 the vally i In III l n wiit I nt 1111 A Smiths company colonized Iron county count and reached th Ih pile die of or Man on un the of 1851 HP II to Halt l Lake Jak In May Ite He was u II In III the of lS 1 and n II apprentice In the I I I Deseret the samo year In the rail of ot he went with Apostle John Taylor Talor on a mission to New York Ho lIo labored In various parts of the states of ot New York Connecticut New Jersey Pennsylvania Pt where he baptized a n good many in III inthe the of or mo he became president of ot the conference which Included Pennsylvania Now New Jersey Jer e eJ Delaware J and eastern Maryland In the of 1857 W I J Appleby was ap nil appointed pointed to preside over or the mission wan waH appointed his first counselor and the Ihl emigration on this side Rille of tin tilt Atlantic The same fall the 11 were to como come home homr In n ncr of lit the wu Angus arrived In the Salt Lake valley tho Ll 1111 t of ot Juno IMS found th city deserted the tho having moved louth He lie Joined Q In Fillmore after n separation tion or 11 II years returned to Salt UIt and Int engaged 11 In farming teaming and printing In lisa ho was ordained a n president lII of tho tha Thirtieth quorum of Seventy In the fall of ISOl hI was Willi failed on the Ihl CV tt m whew when St l co 1 M granted d a he was elected the th firm of the pity 11 which h hold four years VOH by b Ille I rif gl lu for tho Second Judicial which ho hold for to IP In hi hl major In the th Second tl ip lin nt of It the Iron military and thon th lieutenant colonel colontI In December p ISM he III went youth with an 11 expedition to locate Calls alls Landing on the rl HI and In 1866 he UHS WK u n r of he tho Coln 1 that thi of Dr J M 1 Whit A moro more Hobert who ihn been killed by hy Indians In the fall of oC IS 7 he ho was called to take the tho business management of ot tho Deseret livening 1 when he the dally Issue ms com commenced commenced He Ho occupied this position un until til 1814 during durInA which time limo he filled a n six months mission to the eastern cost om He lie also nl o traveled miles In Inthe Inthe the Interest of ot the thO News about this time lime He resigned the News man management In August t 1874 He became second counselor to Thomis Taylor of the Fourteenth ward about the year 1873 May lIar 9 he hc was wn or dallied d a n High Priest by b George Georgo II Wallace and others net apart to act aa H a n High Councilor In III the tho Salt Stake of or Ion which position ho held until April 1876 when ho was Willi called to over oer tho stake being hehl set apart under the hands of ot President Young He hat ha occupied this with Ith honor and fidelity In needing over Oer the thc High Council has hn In all his hili decisions JOSI TAYLOR TA Rd second COUnt coun lor to tn AUTUS M Cannon from April 0 IJ 1870 till August A he became first fint counselor Oun dor wan lK horn born D c n 11 1830 nt Horsham Sussex 1 Was baptized at Hull Yorkshire Aug u 11 1848 18 S wan a l Priest Ort Oct 4 ISIS 1543 was Willi called rall d to 10 anti and preach In the tho Lin Lincolnshire conference Oct 5 G 1818 was ordained on Oct I IS 9 by b Rider Fl Lewis Continued to In tin till Lincolnshire conference until H leased in 1851 During a 1 period of ot about two years four months ho walked to fill 1111 appointments miles rode rodo mostly rno tI by mil US milts miles preached U regular discourses held 27 loll attended Itten ell and presided at 62 Sacrament between JOO 00 who convinced c by J his preaching organ Irell several branches of ot the tha Church and received during that time from the Saints by subscription G Oi Ar Arrived 1 rived in hl St SI Louis In the spring of or stayed sla cd there th r till the spring of ot UK prostrated by b months of 0 that time lime Ho let left Winter i Quarter Juno 12 U 1852 In company No i Copt opt Joseph Outhouse arrived In III Salt Lake Lol City Sept Sopt 6 Ho was ordained a II Seventy F b lI 17 Ij 1553 and joined tho quorum Was n 1 High Priest Sept 12 1854 1851 and was appointed and set pet apart as ns counselor to John Lyttle of bt the thc ward continued to act In that capacity until August 1856 at which time Bishop was sent to Carson valley alley on a 11 Jan 15 5 1857 he ht MOS Wt set et apart as to Alexander McRae who had been blen appointed of or the O t ward Continued to act nd as counselor until aos when he ho moved moed to the tho Thirteenth ward Having ben called I by y President Young on the 2111 day of December 1875 to 10 go on n C short mis to 10 Nebraska lawn rown and Illinois I I to travel Unel the apo and nM I and others In tho hone o states I I he h left Salt Sail Lake Inke City for this purpose on tho day dllY of ot January and I returned on the ti of April tho year accompanied lJ ny Claudius I V Y Spencer As the result of their la lu bors they baptized 36 II organ orrun i Iz d four branches branch blessed cc eight el ht I dren and in ono couple whom they the had previously Iu y i nearly every At t tho i general conference held In Salt Lake City CIt he h Was called April 1816 to bo ho i iB second B COOl counselor tn President Angui M who was culled called to bo bD j dont of tho Bait LaVe Inh of Klon j jOn On thu of or April 1111 ho he was bet apart under tho hands of Presidents 1 D H Wells mid Angus M Cannon President being mouth He has been linn counselor t since Aug ug 2 ISM 1581 und tins I boon nt Ills his post po t labor laboring ing with devotion talents by the tho people He has hos con contributed un many to home pub delivered tunny lectures attended to the k of or bla with unfaltering zeal enl and ability II r CHARLES S W PENROSE P Chat ehnA W Penrose counselor to President Angus M I Cannon horn Feb eb 4 1832 In III London Jondon England l nl Joined the tho Church In 1850 being bap baptized May Mn 14 was shortly after or ordained n II Deacon and on Jan 6 G 1851 was os ordained an nn Elder Ehler sent on a n mission to Essex I to preach pr ch the tho Gospel break now new ground Ho was WAil the first Mormon Elder l to visit thOl part of or tho country he went forth literally without money or OJ e of ot raiment Amidst much op opposition position ho succeeded In III raising up branches of the tho Church In tn Chelmsford Colchester and other places whelo he baptized a 11 large number of ot persons the tho gifts of ot the tha Gospel were abundantly mani manifested After Arter laboring for seven years In agricultural districts chlell among tho poor walking between bel three and fur four thousand miles a I year he ho was appointed to 10 preside over oler the London conference After eter that was made pus pas pastor tor lor of at the district comprising the Cheltenham Worcestershire Mon and Herefordshire confer conferences enree pastor of the Warwickshire Stafford Staffordshire shire conferences he henl aim nl o contributed copiously both In poetry and prose pros to tu tho Millennial Star Atar After more 10 years of or continuous service In tho mission Held he came to America resisting In tak taking ing In charge charse of or passengers from Liverpool to New York In tha tho sailing vessel ess l Underwriter the voyage oLge oc oe occupying cup 30 days II He crossed tho plains with his own In Homer Duncans company the tho trip taking 11 weeks to Salt Halt Luke City ho settled In where ho was ordained n II Seventy Seven ono one of ot tho presidents of ot the quorum He lie to Logan In county In the tho fall of ot 1801 was called on a n mission to toI England I In April With a II num number ber MI of ot other missionaries IIII he crossed tho plains with mull mule teams tho jour journey ney occupying 30 36 days to lo the Missouri lIs river escaping tho hostile Indians who killed many travelers during that sea Bea A A A A A A A A i On In tI for he orn cr l I WM WaR then m nt n In aI sex Rex conferee Oer th London 01 till U l f 7 M ls oe r I K Wl i Int i for tor two to III on Oil the lie I or vl ting mum mun U of of f Millennial Bt 81 OIHI also al o pr vl Brt 3 i III tho bC tn ill th 1 three and n hull 1111 C ert DI at Ie hOUle I Mid I lIe ot I alley Ogden ho Raf to III th lIol 11 nr hp ij e 1 l r I b am in un He van 1 r the e elected ted to 10 th t h 1 1 Jrp A nr tt I h It n rell I II or Ih Hen YUrt U ho In W as II h In I t In hl of th If rt 3 S on Sw Ho 1 u r of the ot In J t hI lM 2 II home 11 tilt Salt lIJa Stake became a second in AUK u 2 IMI Ih 1 in In the tl I ho he ent Int on II I mIssion tIll vl while there to Itt u II minion lon to 10 h la r nearly C t pm part of at tl the lae over the nna ond In company w tt D H 11 Willis Denmark n or n Germany and 1111 1 H wrote articles for tor th the Star loa II persons Into th ho Church hl his took hi nn fi 01 up wf On X vv to Ull h he ha MV toa e hi Absence wit and Per 1 n one ot tt stake i n 11 home ami 1 n of ot the have been united in and nil works durin S In th stake I fre to their heir views Ios on nil beCore to tilt but bul have hn C over acted In harmon 1101 the work o ot the Lori N f In III their and lives 1118 their labors hue hll beNt been IlI iti They do not nol put of ort ih the l 11 ness In from their mt pM rl lio hut their Priesthood they the will eer be active arc ard far It vent ent In God Clod and people leople |