Showing posts with label Reports. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reports. Show all posts

Monday, July 9, 2012

In general conference we get an annual report. Such has been the pattern for many years. Below is one such report for the two conferences that made up Tennessee for the year 1898. Membership was small at the time, just over a thousand.



East Tenn Mid Tenn Total
High Priests                -                  -                 -  
Seventies               38               36              74
Elders                  4                 8              12
Priests                  7                 7              14
Teachers                -                   1                 1
Deacons                -                   1                 1
Members             232             427            659
Total Officers & Members             281             480            761
Children of Record (COR)               94             158            252
Total Souls             375             638        1,013
Baptized               29               52              81
Baptized COR                  4                -                   4
Received                -                  -                 -  
Received COR                  7                -                   7
Blessed               42               48              90
Removed                -                 13              13
Removed COR                -                  -                 -  
Died                -                   8                 8
Died COR                  1                 2                 3
Excommunicated                  1                -                   1
Miles Walked       49,881       44,883      94,764
Families Visited       48,421       84,305    132,726
Families Revisited         5,324         8,368      13,692
Rejected Testimonies         8,542             602        9,144
Refused Entertainment         3,708         1,118        4,826
Tracts Distributed       91,244       62,487    153,731
Books Distributed         4,381         3,186        7,567
Meetings Held         9,278         8,111      17,389
Gospel Conversations       20,782       87,701    108,483
Gospel Letters         1,088             519        1,607
Sunday Schools organized                -                   8                 8
Branches Organized                  4                -                   4

I believe that the number of branches and Sunday schools only includes the number organized during that year. Though, because of emigration, there might not have been any branches left in Middle Tennessee by 1898. In addition, the majority of the Seventies listed were likely the missionaries at the time. Does anyone reading this know when the practice of ordaining missionaries as Seventies changed?



Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Bigham Family's Missionary Guestbook

Have you ever signed a guestbook? Ever wonder if anyone ever read your name wondering who you were. Well, a while ago I was blessed with a missionary guestbook belonging to E.S. Bigham, a member from the Humphreys County area of Tennessee. He started keeping a guestbook in the blank pages of his "Ready References" book. The book was published by George Q. Cannon in 1891 for the use of LDS missionaries. All I received were photocopies of the pages with missionary signatures. Brother Bigham wrote in the names of missionaries he knew had been to his home until March 1898, which I'm guessing is when he obtained the book. Thereafter his missionary guests signed the book themselves. Not all of them dated their signature, and even fewer indicated where they were from. A few only gave their last name.

Maybe one of you is related to or knows more about these missionaries. A few I have written about. Most I have never heard of before. What can you tell me?
NameFromDate
George W. Stanger1887
Don C Markham1887
Richard Shipp1887
Bard Shipp1887
B. H. Roberts1887
Stephen S.C. Worthington1887
A. Srouris1887
Elias S. Wright1887
James Danghs1887
Borks[no date]
Ray McGenty[no date]
Ernest E. Brown[no date]
James M. Eardley[no date]
Henry A. Grove[no date]
Oley C. Olsen[no date]
Joseph D. Young[no date]
Thadeous W. Naylor[no date]
John Barker[no date]
Nephi M. Savage[no date]
Robert G. Archibald[no date]
Warren C. Christenson[no date]
C. O. Christenson[no date]
Shepherd Crowther[no date]
John L. Bench Jr.Fairview, San Pete Co., Utah31 Mar 1898
R. G. LoweFranklin, Oneida Co., Idaho31 Mar 1898
James M. SmithLogan, Cache Co., Utah[no date]
Emery F. BarrnsFairview, Wyoming[no date]
David C. ShupeNorth Ogden, Utah16 Jun 1899
Reigo S. HawkinsSalt Lake City16 Jun 1899
H. L. PettyEmery, Emery Co., Utah8 July 1899
R. J. FoulgerSalt Lake City, Utah8 July 1899
James LarsonBrigham City4 Dec 1898
Walter J. RandallPrada, Gila Co., Arizona29 Jul 1899
William P. MurrayWellsville, Cache Co., Utah19 Aug 1899
Edmond S. ParkinsonFranklin, Oneida Co., Idaho19 Aug 1899
J. Urban AllredLehi, Utah Co., Utah19 Aug 1899
Mora StewartMesa City, Maricopa Co., Ariz
John L. BergesonLewiston, Cache Co., Utah6 Sep 1899
Alma OlsenLogan, Cache Co., Utah4 Dec 1899
Alfred FullerPine, Gila, Arizona26 Feb 1900
W. L. MooperWeston, Oneida Co., Idaho26 Feb 1900
John R. SouthRandolph, Rich Co., Utah10 May 1901
David HallsMancos, Montezuma Co., Colo10 May 1901
Wilbur SowardsManassa, Colorado4 Nov 1901
Charles E. KapperLogan City, Utah4 Nov 1901
Chas H. MartteryKockland, Idaho1902
A. G. HaskellManassa, Colorado1 Apr 1902
Heber OgdenRichfield, Utah15 Apr 1902
Melvin P. MillerMurray, Utah
Orson W. RaulinSalt Lake City, Utah[no date]
L. R. PorterPorterville, Morgan Co., Utah[no date]
C. M. AlstonSalt Lake City, Utah[no date]
Martin A. ClingerLakeview, Utah31 Oct 1902
Jesse F. CooperOverton, Nevada31 Oct 1902
John W. CaspersenPreston, Oneida Co., IdahoJan 1903
George J. FoxSalt Lake City, Utah[no date]
Wm Geo Brough Jr.Porterville, Morgan Co., Utah[no date]
J. W. JohnsonSalem, Utah Co., Utah10 Jun 1903
Golden Shields[no date]
Joseph IpsonPaguitch, Utah19 Aug 1904
L. W. HatchWoodruff, Navajo Co., Ariz19 Aug 1904
John ReddenColeville, Summit Co., Utah19 Aug 1904
Lorenzo HansenPreston, Oneida Co., Idaho4 Dec 1904
John G. ShieldsLincoln, Tooele Co., Utah9 Dec 1904
J. F. BrownFairview, Wyoming9 Dec 1904
Qinn C. WhittierOakley, Cassia Co., Idaho9 Dec 1904
Elmer KimberGrouse Creek, Utah9 Apr 1905
C. E. Rowan Jr.Coyoto, Garfield Co., Utah9 Apr 1905
Hugh Roberts21 Aug 1905
Albert W. Bonham Hooper, Weber,
Utah
20 Jan 1906
John H. BagleyNibley, Union Co., Oregon20 Jan 1906
James William HansenPayson Utah9 Mar 1906
Wm D. BockerSalt Lake City, Utah[no date]
Emery E. HuntsmanEnterprise, Washington Co., Utah12 Jul 1906
Silas W. BillsRiverton, Salt Lake Co., Utah15 Jul 1906
Miller[no date]
Jas T. MooreProspect, Idaho 6 Jan 1907
Michaelson[no date]
David J. StewartGrover, Wayne Co., Utah6 Jan 1907
[illegible][no date]
[illegible][no date]
Larson[no date]