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Littleton Branch (Utah)

congregation #304380
created 2019-01-21 by mpimport
official name: Littleton Branch
assertion #3029266 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
is a(n): dependent branch   (started: between 1865 and 1872)
assertion #3029282 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
is a(n): presided settlement   (ended: between 1865 and 1872)
assertion #3029275 by bplewe on 2024-12-27: confidence 80%.
started: 1867?   (source: LUHF)
assertion #3029261 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 50%.
started: 1860
assertion #3029259 by bplewe on 2024-12-27: confidence 80%.
ended: 1 Jul 1877
assertion #3029260 by bplewe on 2024-12-27: confidence 100%.
description: The central settlement of Morgan County until about 1877 as the home of early bishops. Occasionally, it is equated with the regional bishopric (Morgan/Upper Morgan Valley Ward) because they had the same bishop.
assertion #4026381 by bplewe on 2024-12-27: confidence 100%.
religion: LDS
assertion #3029257 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
located at: Littleton, Utah
assertion #3029258 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
location: 41°2'23"N, 111°43'6"W   (approximate size: 1000-10000 m, accurate within: 1000-10000 m)
assertion #3303355 by bplewe on 2024-06-05: confidence 100%.
part of: Upper Morgan Ward   (ended: 1 Jul 1877)
entity #700865, assertion #3029285 by bplewe on 2024-12-17: confidence 100%.
see also: 700865?
Because they had the same bishop, a distinction was not always made between the regional bishopric and the local congregation.
assertion #4026382 by bplewe on 2024-12-27: confidence 50%.
succeeded by: Milton Ward
1877
entity #8028, assertion #3029289 by bplewe on 2024-12-27: confidence 100%.
in group: stake congregations
assertion #3029301 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
confidence in this page (0 to 1): 0.70
assertion #3029290 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
see also: CHL Local Records   (catalog entry: catalog.ChurchofJesusChrist.org, source part: LR 11753)
entity #800110, assertion #3029296 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
see also: LUHF   (source part: 2714)
entity #800109, assertion #3029294 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
appears in: Directory 1873-03-19
19 Mar 1873: Littleton, W. G. Smith, also presiding bishop over southern Morgan county
entity #700282, assertion #3029299 by bplewe on 2024-07-06: confidence 100%.
appears in: Encyclopedic History   (image: archive.org, source part: 438)
settled 1856, presided settlement, later part of Milton Ward
entity #800001, assertion #3029291 by bplewe on 2024-12-27: confidence 100%.
appears in: Directory 1875-12-29
29 Dec 1875: Littleton, J.H. Giles
entity #700339, assertion #4026334 by bplewe on 2024-12-17: confidence 100%.

Leaders:

Presiding Elder: John Henry Giles
FamilySearch: KWJH-Y56 , Started: between 1873 and 1875 , Ended: 1 Jul 1877
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Bishop: Thomas Jefferson Thurston
FamilySearch: K2Q6-R8V , Started: 17 Oct 1860 , Ended: 1861 , Source Image , Source Record , Source: Brigham Young, letter to Thomas J. Thurston 17 Oct 1860, Brigham Young Office Files, Letterbooks, V.5, p.623
Simultaneously bishop over all of Morgan County
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Bishop: Willard Gilbert Smith
FamilySearch: KW8F-XNR , Started: 1865 , Ended: between 1873 and 1875
Simultaneously bishop over all of Morgan County
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