Addison Everett was born October 10, 1805, in Walkil, Orange County, New York. He became a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1837 and was said to have been the first man to be baptized in the New York Branch.
He gathered with a number of the Saints in Nauvoo where . . .
He gathered with a number of the Saints in Nauvoo where . . .
he worked as a carpenter on the temple. Although his formal education was limited, he was respected for his practical and logical reasoning.
His first call to leadership came when he was made bishop of the Twenty-first Ward, Camp of Israel, at Winter Quarters.
Addison was a pioneer of 1847, coming as a member of the first company that arrived in the Salt Lake Valley. He drove one of President Young's ox teams and traveled in J. Grant's company.
After arriving in the Valley, Mr. Everett returned the same season to meet his family, whom he expected to find at Winter Quarters. When he left them, they had had no team with which to travel, but he met them at Sweetwater on their way to the Valley.
Through the mercies of God, an ox team was found astride the tongue of their wagon one morning. They never found out where this team came from. His wife, Orpha Marie Redfield, took this as a sign that she should follow her husband and they were only a few weeks' journey behind the first company.
He was called to the Southern Utah Mission and arrived at St. George, Utah, on December 15, 1861. He spent most of his life and means working to further the cause of his Church and helping to build his community and state.
His first call to leadership came when he was made bishop of the Twenty-first Ward, Camp of Israel, at Winter Quarters.
Addison was a pioneer of 1847, coming as a member of the first company that arrived in the Salt Lake Valley. He drove one of President Young's ox teams and traveled in J. Grant's company.
After arriving in the Valley, Mr. Everett returned the same season to meet his family, whom he expected to find at Winter Quarters. When he left them, they had had no team with which to travel, but he met them at Sweetwater on their way to the Valley.
Through the mercies of God, an ox team was found astride the tongue of their wagon one morning. They never found out where this team came from. His wife, Orpha Marie Redfield, took this as a sign that she should follow her husband and they were only a few weeks' journey behind the first company.
He was called to the Southern Utah Mission and arrived at St. George, Utah, on December 15, 1861. He spent most of his life and means working to further the cause of his Church and helping to build his community and state.
He died January 12, 1885 and his wife, Orpha died March 8, 1891. Both are buried in the St. George City Cemetery.
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