Kanab Ward (1870)
congregation #700365
created 2021-02-21 by bplewe
official name: Kanab Ward
assertion #4008679 by bplewe on 2021-02-21: confidence 100%.
is a(n): ward
assertion #3025386 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
started: 1 Jan 1870?
assertion #3025379 by bplewe on 2021-01-25: confidence 50%.
started: 11 Sep 1870?
assertion #4007947 by bplewe on 2021-01-25: confidence 50%.
ended: open
assertion #3025380 by bplewe on 2021-01-25: confidence 100%.
incarnation of: Kanab Ward
entity #14168, assertion #4008680 by bplewe on 2021-02-21: confidence 100%.
membership/population: 1100 (on: 31 Dec 1930)
assertion #3025387 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
has part: Moccasin Branch (started: between 1890 and 1926, ended: 20 May 1926)
entity #35181, assertion #3035010 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
has part: Pahreah Ward (started: 1884)
entity #2072157, assertion #3041965 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
has part: Johnson Ward (ended: 7 Aug 1877)
entity #2051206, assertion #4007931 by bplewe on 2021-01-25: confidence 100%.
part of: Kanab Stake (started: 18 Apr 1877)
entity #500119, assertion #3025384 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
has part: Fredonia Ward (ended: 17 Jan 1890)
entity #34665, assertion #3017170 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
has part: Pipe Springs Branch
entity #306580, assertion #4008006 by bplewe on 2021-01-26: confidence 100%.
part of: St. George Stake (ended: 18 Apr 1877)
entity #500089, assertion #3025382 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
divided into: Fredonia Ward
entity #34665, assertion #3017172 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
divided into: Moccasin Branch
entity #35181, assertion #3035013 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
absorbed: Pahreah Ward
entity #2072157, assertion #3041967 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
absorbed: Johnson Ward
entity #2051206, assertion #3024944 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
confidence in this page (0 to 1): 0.46
assertion #4023686 by bplewe on 2024-06-05: confidence 100%.
appears in: Deseret News (image: newspapers.lib.utah.edu, source part: V.19 #42 (Nov 23 1870), p.498)
11 Sep 1870: Brigham Young organizes a branch at Fort Kanab, Bishop Levi W. Stewart, selects a townsite. [Annals of Southern Utah says it was a ward]
entity #800117, assertion #4007948 by bplewe on 2021-01-25: confidence 100%.
appears in: Directory 1875-12-29
29 Dec 1875: list of local leaders; Kanab, L. John Nuttall
entity #700339, assertion #4007963 by bplewe on 2021-01-25: confidence 100%.
appears in: LDS Bio Encyclopedia (image: archive.org, source part: V.1 p.357)
August 1875: L. John Nuttall ordained bishop of Kanab Ward, "and to preside over six adjoining wards"
entity #700325, assertion #4007953 by bplewe on 2021-01-25: confidence 80%.
appears in: Annals Southern Utah 1876:42
5 Nov 1876: St. George Stake Conference, bishops include L. John Nuttall, Kanab
entity #700294, assertion #4007964 by bplewe on 2021-01-25: confidence 100%.
appears in: Directory 1873-03-19
19 March 1873: list of local leaders; Kanab, Levi Stewart
entity #700282, assertion #4007952 by bplewe on 2021-01-25: confidence 100%.
appears in: Annals Southern Utah 1871:19
5 May 1871: St. George Stake conference; Bishop Levi Stewart, Kanab
entity #700279, assertion #4007951 by bplewe on 2021-01-25: confidence 100%.
appears in: Annals Southern Utah (image: catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org, source part: 1870 p.1)
1 Jan 1870: Erastus Snow sets apart Hiram Judd as bishop of Kanab and Pahreah. He had been called a few days earlier as part of Jacob Hamblin's mission to the Hopi, so Kanab may have been considered part of that mission. This was preparatory, and it is unclear if the ward was fully organized under Judd
entity #700270, assertion #4007944 by bplewe on 2021-01-25: confidence 100%.
appears in: Kanab 1877-12-26
8 Dec 1877: Bishop William D. Johnson, Kanab Ward [Nuttall has been made stake president]
entity #700331, assertion #4007965 by bplewe on 2021-01-25: confidence 100%.
