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Little Cottonwood/Union Ward (Utah)

congregation #4995
created 2019-01-21 by mpimport
official name: Union Ward   (started: 1854)
assertion #3059719 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
official name: Little Cottonwood Ward   (ended: 1854)
assertion #3059706 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
is a(n): ward   (started: 1 Jul 1877)
assertion #3059730 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
is a(n): ward   (ended: 25 Jan 1865)
assertion #3059725 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
is a(n): dependent ward   (started: 25 Jan 1865, ended: 1 Jul 1877)
of South Cottonwood Ward
assertion #3059727 by bplewe on 2024-12-10: confidence 100%.
started: between Nov 1849 and Dec 1849?
assertion #4026038 by bplewe on 2024-12-10: confidence 50%.
started: 24 Jun 1851?
assertion #3059704 by bplewe on 2024-12-10: confidence 50%.
ended: open
assertion #3059705 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
religion: LDS
assertion #3059702 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
location: 40°37'11"N, 111°51'40"W   (approximate size: 10000-100000 m, accurate within: 1000-10000 m)
assertion #3300396 by bplewe on 2024-12-10: confidence 100%.
located at: Cottonwood Heights, Utah
assertion #3059703 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
membership/population: 708   (on: 1930)
assertion #3059757 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
membership/population: 177   (on: 6 Oct 1853)
assertion #3059754 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
membership/population: 126   (on: 31 Dec 1851)
assertion #3059751 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
has part: Sandy Ward (1st)   (started: 1 Jul 1877, ended: 3 Sep 1882)
entity #4464, assertion #3052514 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
part of: South Cottonwood Ward   (started: 1865, ended: 1 Jul 1877)
entity #4499, assertion #3059732 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
part of: (East) Jordan/Ft. Union Stake   (started: 21 Jan 1900)
entity #501034, assertion #3059723 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
part of: Salt Lake Stake   (ended: 21 Jan 1900)
entity #500011, assertion #3059721 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
divided into: Sandy Ward (1st)
entity #4464, assertion #3052521 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
divided into: East Midvale Ward
entity #2550, assertion #3013549 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
created from: South Cottonwood Ward
entity #4499, assertion #3059735 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
in group: stake congregations
assertion #3059788 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
has boundary: State Street   (started: unknown, ended: 28 Nov 1920)
entity #904990, assertion #3059736 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
has boundary: Section center line (E 6600 S)   (ended: 1933)
entity #900345, assertion #3059741 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
has boundary: Section center line (8200 S)   (ended: 1933)
entity #900351, assertion #3059739 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
has boundary: next to 76th S (next to E Winchester St)   (ended: 1933)
entity #900348, assertion #3059742 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
has boundary: (E 6600 S)   (ended: 1933)
entity #900346, assertion #3059740 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
confidence in this page (0 to 1): 0.77
assertion #3059759 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
see also: FHL Record of Members   (catalog entry: www.familysearch.org, source part: 1877-1931 Mem 027,382)
entity #800111, assertion #3059763 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
see also: CDOL   (: 4995)
entity #800107, assertion #3059784 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
see also: LUHF   (source part: 2711)
entity #800109, assertion #3059779 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
see also: CHL Local Records   (catalog entry: catalog.ChurchofJesusChrist.org, source part: LR 9506)
entity #800110, assertion #3059781 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
see also: FHL Record of Members   (catalog entry: www.familysearch.org, source part: 1907-1941 E, 027,384)
entity #800111, assertion #3059769 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
see also: FHL Record of Members   (catalog entry: www.familysearch.org, source part: 1886-1901 Mem 002,049)
entity #800111, assertion #3059772 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
see also: FHL Record of Members   (catalog entry: www.familysearch.org, source part: 1920-1941 Mem 027,383)
entity #800111, assertion #3059766 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
see also: Silas Richards, copy of first diary, p.71, Church History Library MS 16502   (image: catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org)
November 1849: "a few weeks after our settlement here, I was appointed a bishop and organized a ward" (1853 reminiscence)
assertion #4026039 by bplewe on 2024-12-10: confidence 100%.
appears in: Encyclopedic History   (image: archive.org, source part: 898)
entity #800001, assertion #3059760 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
appears in: DN 1877-07-01
1 July 1877: Union Ward divided from South Cottonwood Ward, Bishop Ishmael Phillips
entity #700847, assertion #4025860 by bplewe on 2024-10-28: confidence 100%.
appears in: Stats 1852-04
4 Apr 1852: Little Cottonwood Ward, Bishop Silas Richards, 88 members
entity #700812, assertion #4024458 by bplewe on 2024-07-06: confidence 100%.
appears in: Pres Bishop Minutes   (image: catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org, source part: 1851-1862 p.6)
24 June 1851: Silas Richards ordained bishop of Little Cottonwood Ward
entity #700803, assertion #4025497 by bplewe on 2024-09-26: confidence 100%.
appears in: AM Musser Diary
25 Jan 1865: Union Ward attached to South Cottonwood Ward [Bishop Silas Richards has been called to St. George]
entity #700669, assertion #4026041 by bplewe on 2024-12-10: confidence 100%.
appears in: CDOL books   (source part: 1892:21)
entity #800108, assertion #3059775 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
appears in: CDOL books   (source part: 1931:55)
entity #800108, assertion #3059777 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
appears in: Directory 1878-01-15
15 Jan 1878: list of wards and stakes; Ismael Phillips, Union
entity #700350, assertion #4008230 by bplewe on 2021-02-05: confidence 100%.
appears in: Directory 1853-10
Oct 1853 list of county officers: Little Cottonwood Ward, Bishop Silas Richards
entity #700323, assertion #4009366 by bplewe on 2021-04-25: confidence 100%.
appears in: Directory 1868-04-25
25 Apr 1868 list of bishops: South Cottonwood & Union: Andrew Cahoon
entity #700394, assertion #4020425 by bplewe on 2024-07-01: confidence 100%.
appears in: Gen Conf 1853-10
8 Oct 1853, Report of Bishops: Little Cottonwood, Silas Richards, 177 members
entity #800205, assertion #4009314 by bplewe on 2021-04-25: confidence 100%.
appears in: Directory 1885-09   (source part: 6:12 p.444)
entity #800121, assertion #3059786 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
appears in: Deseret News   (image: newspapers.lib.utah.edu, source part: V.5 #41 (21 December 1854) p.152)
December 1854: post office established at "Union." Unclear if or when the ward adopted this name
entity #800117, assertion #4025832 by bplewe on 2024-10-27: confidence 100%.

Leaders:

Acting Bishop: Silas Richards
FamilySearch: KWJH-865 , Started: Dec 1849 , Ended: 24 Jun 1851
assertion #2992 by on : confidence 0%.
Bishop: Silas Richards
FamilySearch: KWJH-865 , Started: 24 Jun 1851 , Ended: 27 Jan 1865 , Source Image , Source Record , Source: Presiding bishopric meetings minutes, 1851-1862, p.6, Church History Library CR 4 2
assertion #2993 by on : confidence 0%.
Presiding Elder: Richard Taylor
FamilySearch: KL1N-3PT , Started: 27 Jan 1865 , Ended: 1865
assertion #2995 by on : confidence 0%.
Presiding Elder: Ishmael Foote Phillips
FamilySearch: LKVY-RV1 , Started: 1865 , Ended: 1 Jul 1877
middle name may be "Foote"
assertion #2994 by on : confidence 0%.
Bishop: Ishmael Foote Phillips
FamilySearch: LKVY-RV1 , Started: 1 Jul 1877 , Ended: 1900 , Source Image , Source Record , Source: Organizations, Deseret News V.26 #23 (July 11 1877) p.364
middle name may be "Foote"
assertion #2996 by on : confidence 0%.