Mission in England
Arriving in Kirtland, Ohio, he was shown through the Kirtland Temple by Martin Harris. He left through the port of New York and arrived by steamer in Liverpool, England on July 27, 1860.
He served diligently for roughly two years. Upon release from his mission, he accompanied about 800 immigrants back to the United States. They arrived in New York on June 25, 1862. In New York, he was appointed president of the group. By early July, they had arrived in Florence, Nebraska, which is now a neighborhood on the north end Omaha. It was not until the middle of October that he arrived back to his wife and homestead in Beaver.
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