INTERIM CONTENT

JS and Others, Blessing, to Harrison Burgess, Kirtland Township, Geauga Co., OH

1 March 1835

1 Mar. 1835. Not extant.
Not before 25 Feb. 1836; Minute Book 1, p. 181; handwriting of Warren Cowdery.
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Although the account in the minute book does not say who ordained Burgess, he later recalled that he was ordained by JS, Joseph Smith Sr., and Sidney Rigdon. (Burgess, Autobiography, 4.)
Comprehensive Works Cited
Burgess, Harrison. Autobiography, ca. 1883. Photocopy. CHL. MS 893. Also available as “Sketch of a Well-Spent Life,” in Labors in the Vineyard, Faith-Promoting Series 12 (Salt Lake City: Juvenile Instructor Office, 1884), 65–74.

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