Big Grove Branch [Illinois]
congregation #480018
created 2012-10-02 by bplewe
official name: Big Grove Branch
assertion #3723501 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.
is a(n): branch
assertion #3723909 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.
started: Jun 1840
assertion #3721807 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.
ended: between 1841 and 1847
assertion #4006141 by bplewe on 2019-10-01: confidence 80%.
description: 1880 history of Stephenson county “Mormon meddlings“ refers to “thick as lice in Egypt… but unable to perform miracles as was moses.“ Ezra Strong was first president of the branch, organized by Elisha H. Groves. (started: 1840, source: 1880 history of Stephenson county)
found in local history
assertion #3732019 by daniel m. kelty on 2017-04-08: confidence 100%.
religion: Early
assertion #4000582 by bplewe on 2017-04-08: confidence 100%.
location: 42°23'6"N, 89°43'32"W
assertion #3718646 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 30%.
located at: Illinois, United States
assertion #3712018 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.
see also: Vienna Branch [Illinois]?
Both mention being created by Elisha Groves in 1840, and being a day east of Galena.
entity #480233, assertion #4001304 by mpra on 2017-04-09: confidence 50%.
in group: Nauvoo Era
assertion #3725221 by bplewe on 2012-10-28: confidence 80%.
see also: T&S 1:12, 182
entity #850490, assertion #3772864 by bplewe on 2013-10-29: confidence 80%.
notes: 40 mi east of Galena
assertion #3715018 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.
