Adult Life and Service
In 1856, at about 16 years of age, he was given the Melchizedek Priesthood and ordained an elder by his father. In 1857 he was called on a mission to Great Britain. He was stopped at Salt Lake City, Utah and told to turn back and bring the settlers in California in to the valley. The Utah War had prevented his mission at this time.
He married Rhoda Ann Taylor on November 18, 1857.
In 1859, his family settled in Farmington, Utah. His ordination to the seventy followed shortly thereafter. John S. Gleason ordained him on January 7, 1860. Prior to his departure on his previously called mission, he built a cabin in Beaver, Utah for his wife and one son. He left for his mission in the spring of 1860.
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