- Gender
- Male
Gurley, Zenas H.
Biography
Spring 1801–28 Aug. 1871. Tanner, currier, schoolteacher. Born in Bridgewater, Oneida Co., New York. Son of Zenas Gurley and Experience Hovey. Married Margaret Hickey, 28 Sept. 1825, near Morrisburg, Dundas Co., Upper Canada. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1 Apr. 1837 or 1838. Moved to Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri, 1838. Ordained an elder, June 1838. Ordained a seventy, 26 Jan. 1839. Moved to Illinois and settled in La Harpe, Hancock Co. Appointed to collect funds to build Nauvoo temple, Apr. 1841. Served mission in La Harpe and Wisconsin Territory, 1841–1842. Returned to Illinois and remained there after Saints’ exodus from Nauvoo; settled in Jo Daviess Co. Affiliated with James J. Strang’s Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangites); served mission in La Harpe and Yellowstone, Lafayette Co., Wisconsin. Appointed to preside over Strangite branch in Yellowstone, 1851. Left Strangite movement; ordained an apostle of Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 8 Apr. 1853, in Zarahemla (later Blanchardville), Iowa Co., Wisconsin. Assisted in ordination of Joseph Smith III as president of church, Apr. 1860. Died in Mercer Co., Illinois; buried in Sandwich, LaSalle Co., Illinois.
Links
- History Draft [6 August 1838–30 December 1839]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Times and Seasons, 15 February 1842
- Assignment, Amos Davis to Oliver Granger, 21 April 1840
- Bond to Zenas Gurley, 12 March 1840
- Bond to Zenas Gurley, 1 November 1839
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- Letter from Zenas Gurley, 4 May 1842
- Minutes and Discourse, 1–2 June 1839
- Minutes and Discourses, 6–9 April 1844, as Reported by Thomas Bullock
- Minutes, 7–11 April 1841
- Promissory Note from Zenas Gurley, 1 November 1839–B
- Promissory Note from Zenas Gurley, 1 November 1839–A
- Promissory Note from Zenas Gurley, 1 November 1839–C
- Promissory Note from Zenas Gurley, 1 November 1839–D
- Promissory Note from Zenas Gurley, 1 November 1839–E
- Promissory Note from Zenas Gurley, 12 March 1840–A
- Promissory Note from Zenas Gurley, 12 March 1840–B
- Town Lot Order to Zenas Gurley, 12 March 1840
- Trustees Land Book A, 11 September 1839–30 April 1842