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Mink Creek Ward

congregation #28215
created 2019-01-21 by mpimport
official name: Mink Creek Branch   (started: 10 Sep 1876, ended: 6 May 1877)
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official name: Mink Creek Ward   (started: 6 May 1877)
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is a(n): ward   (started: 6 May 1877)
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is a(n): branch   (started: 10 Sep 1876, ended: 6 May 1877)
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is a(n): presided settlement   (ended: 10 Sep 1876)
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started: 1874   (source: Mink Creek MH)
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ended: open   (source: CDOL)
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religion: LDS
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located at: Mink Creek, Idaho
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location: 42°13'40"N, 111°42'55"W   (started: 1876, approximate size: 10000-100000 m, accurate within: 1000-10000 m)
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membership/population: 424   (on: 31 Dec 1930)
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headquarters at: Mink Creek Ward Meetinghouse
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part of: Cache/Logan Stake   (ended: 30 Jun 1884)
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part of: Oneida/Preston Stake   (started: 30 Jun 1884)
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divided into: Glencoe Ward (Idaho)
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in group: stake congregations
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confidence in this page (0 to 1): 0.84
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see also: FHL Record of Members   (catalog entry: www.familysearch.org, source part: 1876-1941 Mem 007,503)
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see also: FHL Record of Members   (catalog entry: www.familysearch.org, source part: 1907-1948 E 007,504)
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see also: CDOL   (: 28215)
Mink Creek Ward created 6 May 1877
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see also: Encyclopedic History   (image: archive.org, source part: 513)
Mink Creek settled 1872; eventually had a presiding elder; branch 10 Sep 1876; ward May 1877
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see also: Mink Creek Ward General Minutes, V.4 p.2, Church History Library LR 5605 11
Mink Creek Ward more completely organized by Stake Pres. Thatcher, including bishop's counselors
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see also: LUHF   (source part: 3098)
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see also: CHL Local Records   (catalog entry: catalog.ChurchofJesusChrist.org, source part: LR 5605)
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appears in: Brigham Young Jr Diaries   (source part: V.17 (1875-1877) p.144)
10 Sep 1876: BY Jr. organizes Mink Creek as a branch with Rasmus Rasmussen as Presiding Priest
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appears in: Directory 1878-01-15
15 Jan 1878: list of wards and stakes; Bishop Rasmus Rasmussen, Mink Creek
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appears in: Mink Creek MH
1874: Rasmus Rasmussen takes charge of religious meetings in Mink Creek
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appears in: Mink Creek MH
7 May 1877: Mink Creek organized as a ward with Rasmus Rasmussen as bishop
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appears in: Directory 1885-09   (source part: 6:12 p.446)
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appears in: CDOL books   (source part: 1892:19)
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appears in: CDOL books   (source part: 1931:83)
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described by: Mink Creek MH
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notes: EH mentions that Rasmus Rasmussen took charge of the first LDS meetings before the branch was organized 1876-09-10
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Leaders:

Presiding Elder:
FamilySearch: KWJ6-DKM , Started: 1876 , Ended: 1877
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Bishop:
FamilySearch: KWJ6-DKM , Started: 1877 , Ended: 1885
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Bishop:
FamilySearch: KWJ6-DKM , Started: 1887 , Ended: 1899
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