Latter Day Saint Member and Missionary
Granger and his wife became converted to the Latter Day Saint religion after they both read the Book of Mormon in 1832. Granger was baptized at Sodus, New York, by Brigham Young and was ordained to be an elder of the Church of Christ by Young on the same day. Almost immediately, Granger set out on a mission for the young church.
In 1833, Granger joined the gathering of Latter Day Saints in Kirtland, Ohio. He was assigned by Joseph Smith to serve another mission in the eastern United States with Samuel Newcomb. After returning to Kirtland, Granger was ordained to the priesthood office of high priest on April 29, 1836 and became a member of the Kirtland high council October 8, 1837. In 1836, Granger was again asked by Smith to serve a mission; he worked mainly in New York with John P. Greene, establishing large branches of the church in Huntsburg and Perry.
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