Andrus, Milo, 1814-1893

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Dates:

Birth 1814-03-06

Death 1893-06-19

Biographical notes:

Mormon patriarch and missionary who played a vital role in the emigration of British Mormons to Utah.

From the description of Personal history items, 1848-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122553181

Milo Andrus was a Mormon pioneer, missionary, and Patriarch. Born March 6, 1814 in Elizabethtown, Essex County, New York, he was baptized into the Mormon Church in 1833. He served as a missionary in England, Canada, and the United States, as a stake President, and as a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy. He is particularly remembered for leading several groups of hundreds of Mormons on their journeys to Ohio, Missouri, and Utah. He had 11 wives and 57 children. Milo Andrus died June 19, 1893 in Oxford, Idaho.

From the description of Autobiography of Milo Andrus, January 9, 1875. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 123943900

Mormon pioneer who came to Utah in 1861.

From the description of Journals, 1840-1861. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122608953

From the description of Milo Andrus photographs, circa 1860s-1893. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367955670

From the guide to the Milo Andrus journals, 1840-1861, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

Born in England; joined LDS church; pioneer of Green River and Cache Valley, Utah, Salmon River, Idaho.

From the description of Biography. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 154299114