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Lake Point/E.T. City Ward

congregation #12300
created 2019-01-21 by mpimport
official name: E.T. City Branch   (ended: 24 Jun 1877)
assertion #3026659 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
official name: E.T. City Ward   (started: 24 Jun 1877, ended: Aug 1923)
assertion #3026661 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
official name: Lake Point Ward   (started: Aug 1923)
assertion #3026666 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
is a(n): branch   (ended: 24 Jun 1877)
assertion #3026671 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
is a(n): ward   (started: 24 Jun 1877)
assertion #3026673 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
started: between 20 Mar 1854 and Oct 1854
assertion #3026657 by bplewe on 2024-12-15: confidence 100%.
ended: open
assertion #3026658 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
description: The village was sometimes called Richville, but this doesn't ever appear to have been used for the branch.
assertion #4026280 by bplewe on 2024-12-15: confidence 100%.
religion: LDS
assertion #3026655 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
location: 40°40'27"N, 112°15'45"W   (approximate size: 10000-100000 m, accurate within: 1000-10000 m)
assertion #3300531 by bplewe on 2024-12-15: confidence 100%.
located at: Lake Point, Utah
assertion #3026656 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
membership/population: 235   (on: 31 Dec 1930)
assertion #3026680 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
membership/population: 167   (on: 6 Oct 1855)
assertion #3026677 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
headquarters at: Lake Point Ward Meetinghouse
entity #475197, assertion #3762548 by bplewe on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
part of: Tooele Stake   (started: 24 Jun 1877)
entity #500143, assertion #3026669 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
in group: stake congregations
assertion #3026712 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
has boundary: Oquirrh Mountains
entity #904100, assertion #3026676 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
has boundary: Great Salt Lake
entity #908815, assertion #3026675 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
confidence in this page (0 to 1): 0.84
assertion #3026685 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
see also: FHL Record of Members   (catalog entry: www.familysearch.org, source part: 1907-1948 E 026,124)
entity #800111, assertion #3026692 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
see also: LUHF   (source part: 1532,)
entity #800109, assertion #3026701 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
see also: LUHF   (source part: 2539)
entity #800109, assertion #3026703 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
see also: CDOL   (: 12300)
entity #800107, assertion #3026708 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
see also: LUHF   (source part: 1368,)
entity #800109, assertion #3026699 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
see also: FHL Record of Members   (catalog entry: www.familysearch.org, source part: 1862-1941 Mem 026,124)
entity #800111, assertion #3026689 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
see also: CHL Local Records   (catalog entry: catalog.ChurchofJesusChrist.org, source part: LR 4623)
entity #800110, assertion #3026705 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
appears in: Encyclopedic History   (image: archive.org, source part: 410)
Settled Spring 1854; presiding elder by 1856; ward 24 June 1877; name changed to Lake Point August 1923
entity #800001, assertion #3026686 by bplewe on 2024-12-15: confidence 100%.
appears in: Stats 1855-04
1855 April: E.T. City (Ward), (Bishop) John Rowberry, 112 members
entity #700818, assertion #4024632 by bplewe on 2024-07-07: confidence 100%.
appears in: Tooele 1877-06-23
23 Jun 1877: E.T. City Ward organized, Bishop William Moss
entity #700854, assertion #4026090 by bplewe on 2024-12-11: confidence 100%.
appears in: Tooele 1876
2 Apr 1876: E.T. City, Wm Moss, 165 members
entity #700862, assertion #4026263 by bplewe on 2024-12-14: confidence 100%.
appears in: CDOL books   (source part: 1892:33)
entity #800108, assertion #3026695 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
appears in: CDOL books   (source part: 1931:103)
entity #800108, assertion #3026697 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
appears in: Wilford Woodruff Journal   (image: catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org, source part: 1854-1859 p.18)
March 20 1854: Wilford Woodruff, with Peter Maughan, visit "the new city near Benson's Mill & held a meeting with the people." (was the branch organized at this time??)
entity #850689, assertion #4026277 by bplewe on 2024-12-15: confidence 100%.
appears in: Directory 1873-03-19
19 Mar 1873: E.T. City, G.W. Bryan
entity #700282, assertion #3026710 by bplewe on 2024-12-09: confidence 100%.
appears in: Directory 1878-01-15
15 Jan 1878: list of wards and stakes; William F Moss, E T City
entity #700350, assertion #4008260 by bplewe on 2021-02-09: confidence 100%.
notes: the settlement was temporarily vacated in 1858 when the people participated in the move south
assertion #3026684 by mpimport on 2019-01-21: confidence 100%.
notes: E. T. stands for Ezra Taft Benson, the Apostle who sponsored the mill at its core
assertion #3026683 by bplewe on 2024-12-15: confidence 100%.

Leaders:

Presiding Elder: Peter Maughan
FamilySearch: KWJ6-XQC , Started: Oct 1854 , Ended: Summer 1856 , Source Image , Source Record , Source: L.D.S. Biographical Encyclopedia, V.1 p.759
assertion #2766 by on : confidence 0%.
Presiding Elder: George Woodward Bryan
FamilySearch: KWJC-LXG , Started: 21 Jul 1856 , Ended: 1872
assertion #2767 by on : confidence 0%.
Presiding Elder: William Francis Moss Jr
FamilySearch: KWJ4-MKY , Started: 1872 , Ended: 24 Jun 1877 , Source Image , Source Record , Source: L.D.S. Biographical Encyclopedia, V.4 p.647
some sources say he was called 1869, others say 1872
assertion #2765 by on : confidence 0%.
Bishop: William Francis Moss Jr
FamilySearch: KWJ4-MKY , Started: 24 Jun 1877 , Ended: 1901 , Source Image , Source: Organization at Tooele, Deseret Evening News, V.10 #183 (June 26 1877) p.3 , Source Record
assertion #2768 by on : confidence 0%.