Harrisburg Branch (Utah)

congregation #303180

created 2019-01-21 by mpimport

official name: Harrisburg Branch

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is a(n): dependent branch

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started: between Mar 1859 and 22 Mar 1862?

Silas Harris presided over the original settlement under authority of Washington Ward, but not sure if he was the presiding elder of an organized branch.

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started: 12 Jun 1862 (source: Encyclopedic History)

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ended: 3 Nov 1891? (source: LUHF)

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ended: 17 Mar 1884? (source: Encyclopedic History)

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religion: LDS

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located at: Harrisburg, Utah

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location: 37°12'20"N, 113°23'39"W (approximate size: 1000-10000 m, accurate within: 1000-10000 m)

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part of: St. George Stake

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part of: Leeds Ward (started: 1 Dec 1867, ended: 5 Nov 1869)

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part of: Toquerville Ward (started: between 1878 and 1884, ended: 17 Mar 1884)

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part of: Toquerville Ward (started: 5 Nov 1869, ended: 17 Mar 1874)

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part of: Washington Ward (started: 12 Jun 1862, ended: 1 Dec 1867)

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part of: Leeds Ward (started: 17 Mar 1874, ended: between 1878 and 1884)

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succeeded by: Leeds Ward

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has member: Harrisburg

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in group: stake congregations

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confidence in this page (0 to 1): 0.74

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see also: LUHF (source part: 1969)

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see also: Encyclopedic History (image: archive.org, source part: 318)

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see also: CHL Local Records (catalog entry: catalog.ChurchofJesusChrist.org, source part: LR 3664)

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appears in: St. George 1869-11-05

5 Nov 1869: Harrisburg and Leeds attached to Toquerville

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appears in: Annals Southern Utah 1:136

March 22 1862: mentions Harrisburg Branch of Washington Ward

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appears in: Annals Southern Utah

17 March 1874: Leeds Ward reorganized by Brigham Young and George A. Smith, including Harrisburg (Branch?)

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appears in: Annals Southern Utah (source part: 1876 p.53)

1876: "This year, Wyllys D. Fuller moved from Harrisburg to Arizona...Goudy Hogan, who was presented as Acting Bishop of Leeds at last November Conference has been chosen as Bishop of Leeds Ward...and Elder Milton Dailey was appointed and set part as Presiding Elder of Harrisburg Branch.”

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appears in: Annals Southern Utah (source part: p.187)

Autumn 1863: Silas Harris appointed the new presiding elder of Harrisburg Branch.

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appears in: Annals Southern Utah (image: catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org, source part: p.387)

1 Dec 1867: "Benjamin J. Stringam was appointed as acting Bishop over the saints at Bennington, afterwards called Leeds, and over the saints at Harrisburg."

entity #700270, assertion #4006900 by bplewe on 2020-08-02: confidence 100%.

appears in: Annals Southern Utah (image: catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org, source part: p.480)

July 19 1869: "At a meeting held in Leeds it was decided (as Bishop Stringam ... is found to be absent from the ward so much of the time) that Elder James Lewis should be appointed to take charge of the Leeds Ward, including Harrisburg."

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appears in: CDOL books (source part: 1892:29)

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appears in: Directory 1885-09 (source part: 6:12 p.446)

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appears in: Annals Southern Utah (image: catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org, source part: p.144)

June 12 1862, Harrisburg: "Elders Orson Pratt and Erastus Snow called a meeting and organized the residents as a branch of the Church, with Elder James Lewis as presiding elder, ... attached to Washington Ward ... forty one persons were at this time registered as members of the Branch." Family names listed.

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appears in: CDOL books (source part: 1922:85)

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appears in: Annals Southern Utah (source part: p.514)

Dec 1870: Orson B. Adams appointed Presiding Elder of Harrisburg Branch (Adams is mentioned a few times during the 1870s)

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appears in: Directory 1868-08-04

4 Aug 1868 list of bishops: Bennington and Harrisburg, Benjamin Stringham

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appears in: Directory 1868-04-25

25 Apr 1868 list of bishops: Harrisburg, Silas S. Harris

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