Mount Ephraim Branch

congregation #480767

created 2012-10-02 by bplewe

official name: Mount Ephraim Branch

assertion #3723542 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.

is a(n): branch

assertion #3724103 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.

started: between 1838 and 3 Oct 1840?

assertion #3721004 by bplewe on 2019-10-03: confidence 10%.

religion: Early

assertion #4001063 by bplewe on 2017-04-08: confidence 100%.

located at: Illinois, United States

assertion #3712767 by bplewe on 2012-10-02: confidence 100%.

see also: Freedom Branch/Stake [Illinois]

Henry Miller, president of Freedom Branch, presented a request for Mt. Ephraim

entity #480028, assertion #4003018 by bplewe on 2019-10-03: confidence 80%.

see also: Oct 1840 Gen Conf Rept

Oct 1840, petition to become a stake is granted

entity #850492, assertion #3772867 by bplewe on 2019-10-03: confidence 100%.

notes: Limited sources provide little clue as to location. They were granted permission to organize a stake at October 1840 General Conference, but no record of a stake by this name can be found. There is a chance that this was a preliminary name for what was soon organized as the Freedom Branch/Stake: Henry W. Miller presents the petition for Mount Ephraim Stake at conference on October 3, 1840 (History of the Church 4:204), then on October 27, he is made president of the Freedom Stake (History of the Church 4:233). However, Freedom Stake may have existed as early as February 20 1840. It is also possible that Miller was submitting the request on behalf of another settlement, such as Mt. Hope. The conference report does not state that he was from Mt. Ephraim himself.

assertion #3715767 by bplewe on 2017-07-07: confidence 100%.