American Fork Ward (1st)
congregation #14796
created 2019-01-21 by mpimport
official name: Lake City Ward assertion #3001213 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
official name: American Fork Ward ( ended: 14 Jul 1901 ) assertion #3001214 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
official name: American Fork 1st Ward ( started: 14 Jul 1901 ) assertion #3001216 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
is a(n): ward ( started: between 1852 and 1853 ) assertion #3001229 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
is a(n): dual-leader branch ( started: 25 May 1851 , ended: between 27 Sep 1852 and 1853 ) Presiding Bishop Leonard E. Harrington
assertion #3001224 by bplewe on 2019-10-07: confidence 80%.
started: 25 May 1851 ( source: American Fork Rec , source: American Fork RoM ) assertion #3001211 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
ended: open assertion #4017052 by bplewe on 2024-06-03: confidence 100%.
religion: LDS assertion #3001209 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
located at: American Fork, Utah assertion #3001210 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
location: 40°22'36"N, 111°47'57"W ( ended: 1901-07-14 , approximate size: 10000-100000 m , accurate within: 1000-10000 m ) assertion #3300550 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 60%.
location: 40°22'21"N, 111°47'37"W ( started: 1901-07-14 , approximate size: 1000-10000 m , accurate within: 100-1000 m ) assertion #3300673 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 70%.
membership/population: 135 ( on: 6 Oct 1853 ) assertion #3001235 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
membership/population: 1007 ( on: 31 Dec 1930 ) assertion #3001241 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
membership/population: 223 ( on: 6 Oct 1855 ) assertion #3001238 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
has part: Highland Ward (Utah) ( ended: 14 Jul 1901 ) Highland was originally a dependent branch
entity #12122, assertion #3022313 by bplewe on 2019-10-07: confidence 100%.
part of: Provo/Utah Stake ( ended: 13 Jan 1901 ) entity #500046, assertion #3001218 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
part of: Alpine Stake ( started: 13 Jan 1901 ) entity #500429, assertion #3001220 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
divided into: American Fork 4th Ward entity #15326, assertion #3001374 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
divided into: American Fork 2nd Ward entity #13951, assertion #3001300 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
divided into: American Fork 3rd Ward entity #9911, assertion #3001337 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
in group: stake congregations assertion #3001290 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
has boundary: Main St ( started: 14 Jul 1901 ) entity #900069, assertion #3001232 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
has boundary: Center St ( started: 14 Jul 1901 ) entity #900038, assertion #3001231 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
has boundary: Utah Lake entity #900076, assertion #3001230 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
quote: "Meeting of the Inhabitants living near the American Creek held at Hyrum Motts May 25th 1851. Meeting open'd by prayer. Elder John Banks Chosen to preside; meeting appointed for the organizing the people into a branch of the Church Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Whereupon Leonard E. Harrington whas chosen Presiding Bishop of the same & Arza Adams, & James Guyman Councilors & John S. Elderedge, clerk" ( source: American Fork Rec ) assertion #3001246 by bplewe on 2019-10-07: confidence 100%.
confidence in this page (0 to 1): 0.84 assertion #3001247 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
see also: CHL Local Records ( catalog entry: catalog.ChurchofJesusChrist.org , source part: LR 10636 ) early American Fork Ward
entity #800110, assertion #3001281 by bplewe on 2019-10-07: confidence 100%.
see also: CHL Local Records ( catalog entry: catalog.ChurchofJesusChrist.org , source part: LR 10621 ) American Fork 1st Ward
entity #800110, assertion #3001278 by bplewe on 2019-10-07: confidence 100%.
see also: FHL Record of Members ( catalog entry: www.familysearch.org , source part: 1901-1948 Mem 025,559 ) entity #800111, assertion #3001263 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
see also: FHL Record of Members ( catalog entry: www.familysearch.org , source part: 1851-1884 Mem 002,036 ) entity #800111, assertion #3001254 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
see also: FHL Record of Members ( catalog entry: www.familysearch.org , source part: 1907-1948 E 025,558 ) entity #800111, assertion #3001266 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
see also: American Fork RoM entity #800008, assertion #3001289 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
see also: Shelley 1945 entity #800007, assertion #3001288 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
see also: CDOL ( : 14796 ) entity #800107, assertion #3001284 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
see also: LUHF ( source part: 108 ) entity #800109, assertion #3001276 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
see also: American Fork Rec entity #700267, assertion #4006438 by bplewe on 2019-10-07: confidence 100%.
appears in: Stats 1852-04 21 Mar 1852: American Fork Branch/Ward, Bishop Leonard E. Harrington, 75 members
entity #700812, assertion #4024464 by bplewe on 2024-07-06: confidence 100%.
appears in: Directory 1868-04-25 25 Apr 1868 list of bishops: American Fork, Leonard E. Harrington
entity #700394, assertion #4020431 by bplewe on 2024-07-01: confidence 100%.
appears in: Encyclopedic History ( image: archive.org , source part: 20 ) entity #800001, assertion #3001248 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
appears in: CDOL books ( source part: 1892:33 ) entity #800108, assertion #3001272 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
appears in: Directory 1853-10 Oct 1853 list of county officers: Lake City, Leonard E. Harrington, President of Branch and Bishop
entity #700323, assertion #4009402 by bplewe on 2021-04-25: confidence 100%.
appears in: Directory 1873-03-19 19 Mar 1873: American Fork, L.E. Harrington (also Pres. Bishop over Alpine)
entity #700282, assertion #3001286 by bplewe on 2024-12-09: confidence 100%.
appears in: CDOL books ( source part: 1931:43 ) entity #800108, assertion #3001274 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
appears in: Gen Conf 1853-10 8 Oct 1853, Report of Bishops: American Fork, L.E. Harrington, 135 members
entity #800205, assertion #4009318 by bplewe on 2021-04-25: confidence 100%.
notes: A bishop was ordained, but it was still called a branch on 9/27/1852 assertion #3001245 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
notes: early settlement names included McArthursville (which may have been somewhere else) and Lake City, but these do not appear to have been used for the congregation. assertion #3001244 by bplewe on 2019-10-07: confidence 100%.
Leaders:
Bishop: Leonard Ellsworth Harrington FamilySearch: KWJ6-7X5 Started: 1851
, Ended: 1883
assertion #167 by on : confidence 0%.
Bishop: William Michael Bromley FamilySearch: KWNB-MXQ Started: 1883
, Ended: 1889
assertion #168 by on : confidence 0%.
Bishop: George Halliday FamilySearch: KWJ4-SHM Started: 1889
, Ended: 1894
assertion #169 by on : confidence 0%.
