1843 04 01 Times and Seasons-Elder's Conference
From the Times and Seasons 1 April 1843, pg 157-159
ELDER'S CONFERENCE.
The special conference of the 6th of April, was followed by a conference of elders, convened on the 10th inst., at 10 o'clock, A. M., and continued by adjournment from time to time, till the 12th. There were present of the quorum of the Twelve, Brigham Young, President; Heber C. Kimball, William Smith, Orson Hyde, Orson Pratt, Wilford Woodruff, John Taylor, George A. Smith and W. Richards.
The object of the conference was to ordain elders, and send them forth into the vineyard to build up churches; and the following appointments were made, with united voices, by the conference; agreeable to requests which were made by individuals who were acquainted with the several places which they represented.
- Wandle Mace and Isaac Hate; Washingtonville, Orange county, New York.
- Samuel H. Rogers and Harvey Green; Greenwich, Cumberland, New Jersey.
- Orson Spencer; New Haven, Connecticut.
- Lorin Farr; Connecticut, leave to call at Milwaukie.
- Stephen Perry, Amos B. Tomlinson, E. G. Terrill, Amos P. Rogers, Joseph Outhouse and William Bird; state of Connecticut.
- Edwin Williams; New Germantown, Hunterdon county, New Jersey.
- John Royce; Singsing, New York.
