Joseph John Richardson papers, 1875-1975 (bulk 1875-1911).

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Joseph John Richardson papers, 1875-1975 (bulk 1875-1911).

Personal letters, certificates, blessings, and obituaries kept by Joseph John Richardson. Eight handwritten letters date from 1875-1911 and include as correspondents, his son & daughters, his wife, and Sylvester Low. The certificates and blessings relate to Richardson's positions held in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Also includes 1975 newspaper clippings of obituaries of Laurina Richardson and Ella Anderson, a funeral program, a mimeographed poem "to mother from dad," and a handwritten paper "A sketch of the life of Eliza Laurina Harper Richardson, a pioneer of 1862" by her daughter-in-law, May L. Richardson.

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Low, Sylvester.

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Richardson, Joseph John, 1870-1949.

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Joseph John Richardson (1870-1949), son of Joseph Richardson and Eliza Lavina Harper, served in the LDS Church as a missionary to the Indian Territory, in New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania; and as a member of the Quorum of the Seventy. From the description of Joseph John Richardson papers, 1875-1975 (bulk 1875-1911). (Utah State University). WorldCat record id: 52959176 ...

Richardson, Eliza Laurina Harper, d. 1935.

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Council of the Twelve Apostles (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

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The Council of the Twelve Apostles (Quorum of the Twelve) was established in 1835. From the description of An epistle of the Council of the Twelve Apostles to the Saints in California under Samuel Brannan, 1847 August 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 365148861 The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles was organized in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Feb. 14, 1835. From the description of Quorum of the Twelve Apostles minutes, 1835. (Brigham Young Univ...