by Delisa Hargrove | Jun 6, 2013 | Historical Stories
I, Mary Abagail White Savage, am the daughter of John Griggs White and Lucy Bailey who were born in Connecticut. I was born in the State of New York, town of Parishville, Lawrence Co., March 30th, 1832. When I was about 12 years old my father moved to Ohio and settled...
by dwhite | Feb 4, 2013 | Mormon Historical Sites
On a June day in 2012, my husband and I pulled in to Palmyra, New York. I had wanted to go to the Sacred Grove for years, and I was excited about the opportunity that had finally come to visit it and many other historical sites of The Church of Jesus Christ of...
by brady | Dec 12, 2012 | Book of Mormon Translations
Translating the Book of Mormon into other languages commenced relatively soon after the first publication in 1830. As of April 2011, the Book of Mormon has been published in its entirety in 82 languages, with selections of the book available in an additional 25...
by Keith L. Brown | Aug 8, 2012 | Past Leader Bios
By Terrie Sidney Rigdon was an early leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often misnamed the “Mormon Church”). He was born in 1793 in Pennsylvania. When he was seventeen, his father died. His mother died when he was twenty-six, but the year prior...
by Keith L. Brown | Aug 4, 2012 | Mormon Beliefs
By Doris With the so-called “Mormon Moment” having taken center stage for such a length of time in the media, it’s hard to imagine anyone left in the United States who has not heard of a Mormon. Yet, many people are still mixed up about what exactly a Mormon is. What...
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