Suggested corrections to Elias Hicks Blackburn register, 1992 / Voyle L. and Lillian S. Munson.

Munson, Lillian S.

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Munson, Voyle L.

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Blackburn, Elias Hicks, 1827-1908

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Elias Hicks Blackburn was born on September 17, 1827, in Bedford, Pennsylvania. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Nauvoo in 1845 and experienced the Mormon exodus of 1846. He spent the next year aiding the families of the Mormon Battalion and in 1849 traveled to Provo, Utah, where he served as Provo's first bishop. He spent from 1859 until 1862 as president of the British Mission (partially to avoid arrest for polygamy) and upon his return to Utah worked as an emigrati...