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Ellison, John
Biography
23 May 1818–9 Sept. 1903. Printer, farmer. Born in Waddington, Yorkshire, England. Son of Matthew Ellison and Jane Wilson. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Joseph Fielding, 6 Jan. 1838, near Preston, Lancashire, England. Married Alice Pilling, 4 Feb. 1841. Immigrated to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, Feb. 1841. Ordained a seventy, by Dec. 1844. Moved to St. Louis, by June 1850. Arrived in Salt Lake Valley, 13 Sept. 1852. Moved to Kaysville, Davis Co., Utah Territory, Oct. 1853. Served as stake high counselor and patriarch. Served as Davis Co. selectman. Ordained a high priest by George Q. Cannon, 18 June 1877. Died in Kaysville.
Links
papers
- History Draft [1 January–31 December 1841]
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- Joseph Smith’s Store Daybook A, January–July 1842
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 3, 15 July 1843–29 February 1844
- Petition from John M. Finch and Others, circa 15 April 1843
- Petition from Thomas Grover and Others, 2 May 1842
- Gender
- Male