by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jan 9, 2014 | Who's Who in Mormon History
by Terrie Lynn Bittner David Whitmer was born January 7, 1805, near Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. While he was young, his parents, Peter Whitmer Sr. and Mary Musselman, moved to western New York. A reporter who met his father in 1885 wrote that Peter...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jun 17, 2013 | Who's Who in Mormon History
Marion G. Romney was born 19 September 1897, in Colonia Juarez, Mexico. A week after Marion’s birth, his father left to serve a mission. In the earlier days of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, married men were often called to serve on missions...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jun 7, 2013 | Who's Who in Mormon History
Joseph Smith, Sr. was the father of Joseph Smith, Jr., the first Mormon prophet and president. He was born July 12, 1771, in Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, to Asael Smith and Mary Duty. He was a member of the Congregational Church, but was only minimally...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jan 29, 2013 | Past Leader Bios
When people think of Mormon General Authorities (high level church leaders), they tend to think of dignified men who speak carefully and behave traditionally. Even for his own time, J. Golden Kimball defied tradition. He was nicknamed “The Swearing Apostle” and when...
by Keith L. Brown | Aug 15, 2012 | Past Leader Bios
By Terrie Ezra T. Benson is the grandfather of Ezra Taft Benson, a past prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (which church is frequently misnamed the Mormon Church) who was also Secretary of Agriculture in the 1950s. Members of The Church of...