Salt Lake 15th Ward

congregation #2032546

created 2019-01-21 by mpimport

official name: Fifteenth Ward

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is a(n): ward (started: between 1853 and 1855)

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is a(n): semi-organized ward (ended: between 1853 and 1855)

Ward with a bishop, but independent congregation responsibilities added gradually

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started: 22 Feb 1849

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ended: 18 Feb 1968

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religion: LDS

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located at: Salt Lake City, Utah

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location: 40°45'57"N, 111°54'27"W (approximate size: 1000-10000 m, accurate within: 100-1000 m)

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membership/population: 836 (on: 1930)

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membership/population: 323 (on: 6 Oct 1853)

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membership/population: 269 (on: 31 Dec 1851)

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headquarters at: Salt Lake 15th Ward Meetinghouse

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has part: Salt Lake 24th Ward (1898) (ended: 3 Apr 1898)

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part of: Salt Lake Stake

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divided into: Salt Lake 24th Ward (1898)

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absorbed: Salt Lake 24th Ward (1898)

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in group: stake congregations

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has boundary: 4th W (500 W) (started: 27 Dec 1903)

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has boundary: Jordan River (started: 3 Jan 1904)

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has boundary: Jordan River (ended: 3 Apr 1898)

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has boundary: 6th West (700 W) (started: 3 Apr 1898, ended: 3 Jan 1904)

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has boundary: 2nd W (300 W) (ended: 27 Dec 1903)

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has boundary: 3rd S

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has boundary: South Temple

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confidence in this page (0 to 1): 0.80

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see also: FHL Record of Members (catalog entry: www.familysearch.org, source part: 1907-1948 E 026,678)

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see also: Encyclopedic History (image: archive.org, source part: 750)

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Leaders:

Bishop: Abraham Owen Smoot

FamilySearch: KWJZ-7QC , Started: 22 Feb 1849 , Ended: 6 Apr 1851 , Source Image , Source: Bishops Quorum minutes, Church History Library CR 4 122 folder 1 p.80 , Source Record

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Acting Bishop: Nathaniel Vary Jones

FamilySearch: KWJC-1PQ , Started: 6 Apr 1851 , Ended: 24 Jun 1851 , Source Image , Source: Minutes, Deseret News, V.1 p.31 (April 19, 1851) p.242 , Source Record

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Bishop: Nathaniel Vary Jones

FamilySearch: KWJC-1PQ , Started: 24 Jun 1851 , Ended: Nov 1856 , Source Image , Source: Presiding bishopric meetings minutes, 1851-1862, p.6, Church History Library CR 4 2 , Source Record

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Acting Bishop: Andrew Cunningham

FamilySearch: KWJZ-H8G , Started: Oct 1852 , Ended: Oct 1855

Temporary while Jones is on a mission in India

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Acting Bishop: Benjamin Thomas Mitchell

FamilySearch: LHVT-NF8 , Started: 24 Dec 1856 , Ended: 7 Jan 1859 , Source: Fifteenth Ward general minutes, V.19 p.1, Church History Library LR 2848 11 , Source Record

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Bishop: Andrew Cunningham

FamilySearch: KWJZ-H8G , Started: 10 Jan 1859 , Ended: 2 Mar 1868 , Source Image , Source Record , Source: First Presidency, letter to Andrew Cunningham 10 Jan 1859, Brigham Young Office Files, Letterbooks, V.5, p.26, Church History Library CR 1234 1 box 6

was he ever ordained? Died in office

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Acting Bishop: Robert Taylor Burton

FamilySearch: KWNJ-99V , Started: 1868 , Ended: May 1873

was he ever ordained? Called on a mission Apr 1873

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Bishop: Robert Taylor Burton

FamilySearch: KWNJ-99V , Started: 4 Sep 1875 , Ended: 6 Jul 1877 , Source Image , Source Record , Source: Historian’s Office Journal, V.33 p.244 (4 Sep 1875, but later note says “this should be under Sept 2”), Church History Library CR 100 1

was he ever ordained?

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Bishop: Joseph H Pollard

FamilySearch: KWJ7-Q1L , Started: 6 Jul 1877 , Ended: 1890 , Source Image , Source: Historical Department office journal, V.36 (1877-1879) p.9, Church History Library CR 100 1 , Source Record

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