Junius F. Wells

Junius F. Wells

Junius Free Wells (June 1, 1854 – April 15, 1930) was the first head of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association, an organization which is today the Young Men organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He also was a magazine founder, an author, and the chief organizer of the LDS Church's efforts to build a number of historical monuments in the early 1900s.

Born in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, Wells was the son of LDS Church leader Daniel H. Wells and his fourth wife, Hannah Corrilla Free.

Read more about Junius F. Wells:  Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association Leadership, The Contributor and Other Works, Mormon Historical Monuments, Death

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