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Born 1856 ~ Died 1945 |
Clik here:
picture
of Heber J. Grant
| 1856 | Born
on 22 November in Salt Lake City, to Jedediah Morgan Grant & Rachael
Ridgeway Ivins Grant.
His father, a counselor to President Brigham Young, died 8 days later |
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| 1864 | 7½ years | Baptized on 2 June in a wagon box set up as an outdoor baptismal font in City Creek, Salt Lake City. |
| 1876 | 19 years | Becomes superintendent of the first Ward YMMIA (Young Men) |
| 1877 | 20 years | Marries Lucy Stringham on 1 November, she dies in 1893 |
| 1880 | 23 years | Serves as secretary to the geneal superintendency of the YMMIA; becomes president of the Tooele Stake |
| 1882 | 25 years | Ordained an Apostle by George Q. Cannon |
| 1883-84 | 26-28 years | Serves a mission to the American Indians Becomes |
| 1897 | 41 yearsd | Is appointed business manager of the Improvement Era, which he helped found |
| 1901-03 | 44-46 years | Organizes and presides over the Japanese Mission |
| 1904-06 | 47-50 years | Serves as president of the British and European Missions |
| 1918 | 62 years | Sustained as President of the Church on 23 November, with Anthon H. Lund and Charles W. Penrose as counselors |
| 1919 | 63 years | Dedicates the Hawaii Temple on 27 November |
| 1923 | 66 years | Dedicates the Alberta (Canada) Temple on 26 August |
| 1927 | 70 years | Dedicates the Arizona Temple on 23 October |
| 1936 | 80 years | Establish the Church welfare plan |
| 1945 | 88 years | Dies on 14 May in Salt Lake City after more than 26 years as President of the Church |
| He urged the members to keep the Word of Wisdom, pay tithing, and be thrifty. He invited all people to come unto Christ and keep the commandments. |
If you wish to read more about Prs. Grant,
there is an article about him in
New Era, Jan. 1972, 45 (this can be found
on-line on the church homepage)
Source: Gospel Art Kit picture
# 512
&
Friend Juni 1993