Elisha H. Groves
Elisha H. Groves (1797–1867), at times misidentified as Elisha B. Groves, was a 19th-century mid-level leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and a member of the first Utah Territorial Legislature.
Groves joined the LDS Church in the early 1830s and was involved in missionary work in Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri. He served as a missionary with Morris Phelps in Calhoun County, Illinois in 1834, where they baptized 16 people.[1] In 1840 he was one of the earliest LDS missionaries to serve in Wisconsin Territory.
In Utah Territory, Groves not only served in the territorial legislature but also as the patriarch of the stake in Iron County, Utah.
Notes
- ↑ Marlene C. Kettley, Arnold K. Garr and Craig K. Manscill, Mormon Thoroughfare: A History of the Church in Illinois, 1830-1839 (Provo: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2006), p. 39
References
- list of members of the first Utah Territorial legislature
- Church History in the Fulness of Times reference to Groves
- Scott Faulring article on early marriages performed by elders of the LDS Church
- LDS Church Almanac
- Lyman, Edward Leo. The Overland Journey from Utah to California: Wagon Travel from the City of Saints to the City of Angels. (Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2004) p. 124
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