Harrisburg Branch (Utah)
congregation #303180
created 2019-01-21 by mpimport
official name: Harrisburg Branch assertion #3021005 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
is a(n): dependent branch assertion #3021007 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
started: between Mar 1859 and 22 Mar 1862? Silas Harris presided over the original settlement under authority of Washington Ward, but not sure if he was the presiding elder of an organized branch.
assertion #4006893 by bplewe on 2020-08-02: confidence 50%.
started: 12 Jun 1862 ( source: Encyclopedic History ) assertion #3020999 by bplewe on 2020-08-02: confidence 80%.
ended: 3 Nov 1891? ( source: LUHF ) assertion #3021003 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 50%.
ended: 17 Mar 1884? ( source: Encyclopedic History ) assertion #3021000 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 50%.
religion: LDS assertion #3020997 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
located at: Harrisburg, Utah assertion #3020998 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
location: 37°12'20"N, 113°23'39"W ( approximate size: 1000-10000 m , accurate within: 1000-10000 m ) assertion #3300641 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 60%.
part of: St. George Stake entity #500089, assertion #3021006 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
part of: Leeds Ward ( started: 1 Dec 1867 , ended: 5 Nov 1869 ) entity #12378, assertion #4006907 by bplewe on 2020-08-02: confidence 100%.
part of: Toquerville Ward ( started: between 1878 and 1884 , ended: 17 Mar 1884 ) entity #13625, assertion #3021019 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
part of: Toquerville Ward ( started: 5 Nov 1869 , ended: 17 Mar 1874 ) entity #13625, assertion #3021011 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
part of: Washington Ward ( started: 12 Jun 1862 , ended: 1 Dec 1867 ) entity #13781, assertion #3021008 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
part of: Leeds Ward ( started: 17 Mar 1874 , ended: between 1878 and 1884 ) entity #12378, assertion #3021016 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
succeeded by: Leeds Ward entity #12378, assertion #3021024 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
has member: Harrisburg entity #481850, assertion #4006891 by bplewe on 2020-08-02: confidence 100%.
in group: stake congregations assertion #3021041 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
confidence in this page (0 to 1): 0.74 assertion #3021026 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
see also: LUHF ( source part: 1969 ) entity #800109, assertion #3021034 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
see also: CHL Local Records ( catalog entry: catalog.ChurchofJesusChrist.org , source part: LR 3664 ) entity #800110, assertion #3021036 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
appears in: Encyclopedic History ( image: archive.org , source part: 318 ) entity #800001, assertion #3021027 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
appears in: Annals Southern Utah 1:136 March 22 1862: mentions Harrisburg Branch of Washington Ward
entity #700292, assertion #4006894 by bplewe on 2020-08-02: confidence 100%.
appears in: St. George 1869-11-05 5 Nov 1869: Harrisburg and Leeds attached to Toquerville
entity #700271, assertion #4006912 by bplewe on 2020-08-02: confidence 100%.
appears in: Annals Southern Utah ( image: catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org , source part: p.387 ) 1 Dec 1867: "Benjamin J. Stringam was appointed as acting Bishop over the saints at Bennington, afterwards called Leeds, and over the saints at Harrisburg."
entity #700270, assertion #4006900 by bplewe on 2020-08-02: confidence 100%.
appears in: Annals Southern Utah ( image: catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org , source part: p.144 ) June 12 1862, Harrisburg: "Elders Orson Pratt and Erastus Snow called a meeting and organized the residents as a branch of the Church, with Elder James Lewis as presiding elder, ... attached to Washington Ward ... forty one persons were at this time registered as members of the Branch." Family names listed.
entity #700270, assertion #4006895 by bplewe on 2020-08-02: confidence 100%.
appears in: Annals Southern Utah ( source part: p.187 ) Autumn 1863: Silas Harris appointed the new presiding elder of Harrisburg Branch.
entity #700270, assertion #4006898 by bplewe on 2020-08-02: confidence 100%.
appears in: Annals Southern Utah ( source part: 1876 p.53 ) 1876: "This year, Wyllys D. Fuller moved from Harrisburg to Arizona...Goudy Hogan, who was presented as Acting Bishop of Leeds at last November Conference has been chosen as Bishop of Leeds Ward...and Elder Milton Dailey was appointed and set part as Presiding Elder of Harrisburg Branch.”
entity #700270, assertion #4006926 by bplewe on 2020-08-02: confidence 100%.
appears in: CDOL books ( source part: 1922:85 ) entity #800108, assertion #3021032 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
appears in: Directory 1885-09 ( source part: 6:12 p.446 ) entity #800121, assertion #3021039 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
appears in: CDOL books ( source part: 1892:29 ) entity #800108, assertion #3021030 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
appears in: Annals Southern Utah 17 March 1874: Leeds Ward reorganized by Brigham Young and George A. Smith, including Harrisburg (Branch?)
entity #700270, assertion #4006918 by bplewe on 2020-08-02: confidence 100%.
appears in: Annals Southern Utah ( source part: p.514 ) Dec 1870: Orson B. Adams appointed Presiding Elder of Harrisburg Branch (Adams is mentioned a few times during the 1870s)
entity #700270, assertion #4006916 by bplewe on 2020-08-02: confidence 100%.
appears in: Annals Southern Utah ( image: catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org , source part: p.480 ) July 19 1869: "At a meeting held in Leeds it was decided (as Bishop Stringam ... is found to be absent from the ward so much of the time) that Elder James Lewis should be appointed to take charge of the Leeds Ward, including Harrisburg."
entity #700270, assertion #4006908 by bplewe on 2020-08-02: confidence 100%.
appears in: Directory 1868-08-04 4 Aug 1868 list of bishops: Bennington and Harrisburg, Benjamin Stringham
entity #700395, assertion #4020489 by bplewe on 2024-07-02: confidence 100%.
appears in: Directory 1868-04-25 25 Apr 1868 list of bishops: Harrisburg, Silas S. Harris
entity #700394, assertion #4020461 by bplewe on 2024-07-01: confidence 100%.
appears in: Directory 1883-05-19 19 May 1883: list of wards and stakes; Orson B. Adams, Harrisburg, Presiding Priest [first appearance in this series]
entity #700357, assertion #4008419 by bplewe on 2021-02-09: confidence 100%.
appears in: Annals Southern Utah 1876:42 5 Nov 1876: Milton Daily, Presiding Elder of Harrisburgh Branch (part of Leeds Ward)
entity #700294, assertion #4006925 by bplewe on 2020-08-02: confidence 100%.
notes: Possibly dependent on Leeds Ward after 1874-03-17 assertion #3021025 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
Leaders:
Presiding Elder: Orson Bennett Adams FamilySearch: LHVW-QMG Started: 1878
, Ended: 1884
assertion #2141 by on : confidence 0%.
