Missionary Who Died While Serving
"I beheld that the faithful elders of this dispensation, when they depart from mortal life, continue their labors in the preaching of the gospel of repentance and redemption" President Joseph F. Smith (D&C 138:57).
The first Latter-day Saint Elder who died while laboring as a missionary in a foreign land, was the son of Phineas Barnes, a New England farmer. Became a convert to "Mormonism," baptized by Elder Thomas Gorden June 16, 1833; ordained an Elder by Sidney Rigdon July 18, 1833; moved to Kirtland. Called on a mission to western Ohio leaving Aug. 1, 1833, in company with Elial Strong. Returned to Kirtland in October and during the winter of 1833-1834 he taught school at Norton. Spring of 1834 member of Zion's Camp. Spring of 1835 ordained one of the first Seventy, and commenced preaching through several counties of Ohio. In 1835 mission to Virginia, and having a limited education and an impediment in his speech, he was frequently singled out by the sectarian preachers as an object of attack. June, 1838 ordained a High Priest; member of the High Council of Adam-ondi-Ahman. September 1838 mission to the Southern and Eastern States. In 1839 he built up a large branch of the Church in Chester county, Pennsylvania, and established many other branches in different parts of the Eastern States. Led a company of Saints to Nauvoo 1841. Fall of the same year sent on a mission to England; labored for a short season in and about Manchester. From there he went to the Cheltenham conference, in Gloucestershire, where he labored until the general conference, held in England, when he received an appointment to preside over the Bradford conference, where he labored faithfully until his death. Originally interred at Idle, Yorkshire. A stone was placed upon which is found the following epitaph: "In memory of Lorenzo D. Barnes, who died on the 20th of December, 1842, age 30 years. He was a native of the United States, an Elder in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a member of the High Priests' quorum and also of Zion's Camp in the year 1834, and the first gospel messenger from Nauvoo who has found a grave in a foreign land." His remains were subsequently shipped to Utah and interred in the city cemetery. (Adapted from the LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson, Vol. 3, p.307).
"I beheld that the faithful elders of this dispensation, when they depart from mortal life, continue their labors in the preaching of the gospel of repentance and redemption" President Joseph F. Smith (D&C 138:57).
The first Latter-day Saint Elder who died while laboring as a missionary in a foreign land, was the son of Phineas Barnes, a New England farmer. Became a convert to "Mormonism," baptized by Elder Thomas Gorden June 16, 1833; ordained an Elder by Sidney Rigdon July 18, 1833; moved to Kirtland. Called on a mission to western Ohio leaving Aug. 1, 1833, in company with Elial Strong. Returned to Kirtland in October and during the winter of 1833-1834 he taught school at Norton. Spring of 1834 member of Zion's Camp. Spring of 1835 ordained one of the first Seventy, and commenced preaching through several counties of Ohio. In 1835 mission to Virginia, and having a limited education and an impediment in his speech, he was frequently singled out by the sectarian preachers as an object of attack. June, 1838 ordained a High Priest; member of the High Council of Adam-ondi-Ahman. September 1838 mission to the Southern and Eastern States. In 1839 he built up a large branch of the Church in Chester county, Pennsylvania, and established many other branches in different parts of the Eastern States. Led a company of Saints to Nauvoo 1841. Fall of the same year sent on a mission to England; labored for a short season in and about Manchester. From there he went to the Cheltenham conference, in Gloucestershire, where he labored until the general conference, held in England, when he received an appointment to preside over the Bradford conference, where he labored faithfully until his death. Originally interred at Idle, Yorkshire. A stone was placed upon which is found the following epitaph: "In memory of Lorenzo D. Barnes, who died on the 20th of December, 1842, age 30 years. He was a native of the United States, an Elder in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a member of the High Priests' quorum and also of Zion's Camp in the year 1834, and the first gospel messenger from Nauvoo who has found a grave in a foreign land." His remains were subsequently shipped to Utah and interred in the city cemetery. (Adapted from the LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson, Vol. 3, p.307).
Missionary Who Died While Serving
"I beheld that the faithful elders of this dispensation, when they depart from mortal life, continue their labors in the preaching of the gospel of repentance and redemption" President Joseph F. Smith (D&C 138:57).
The first Latter-day Saint Elder who died while laboring as a missionary in a foreign land, was the son of Phineas Barnes, a New England farmer. Became a convert to "Mormonism," baptized by Elder Thomas Gorden June 16, 1833; ordained an Elder by Sidney Rigdon July 18, 1833; moved to Kirtland. Called on a mission to western Ohio leaving Aug. 1, 1833, in company with Elial Strong. Returned to Kirtland in October and during the winter of 1833-1834 he taught school at Norton. Spring of 1834 member of Zion's Camp. Spring of 1835 ordained one of the first Seventy, and commenced preaching through several counties of Ohio. In 1835 mission to Virginia, and having a limited education and an impediment in his speech, he was frequently singled out by the sectarian preachers as an object of attack. June, 1838 ordained a High Priest; member of the High Council of Adam-ondi-Ahman. September 1838 mission to the Southern and Eastern States. In 1839 he built up a large branch of the Church in Chester county, Pennsylvania, and established many other branches in different parts of the Eastern States. Led a company of Saints to Nauvoo 1841. Fall of the same year sent on a mission to England; labored for a short season in and about Manchester. From there he went to the Cheltenham conference, in Gloucestershire, where he labored until the general conference, held in England, when he received an appointment to preside over the Bradford conference, where he labored faithfully until his death. Originally interred at Idle, Yorkshire. A stone was placed upon which is found the following epitaph: "In memory of Lorenzo D. Barnes, who died on the 20th of December, 1842, age 30 years. He was a native of the United States, an Elder in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a member of the High Priests' quorum and also of Zion's Camp in the year 1834, and the first gospel messenger from Nauvoo who has found a grave in a foreign land." His remains were subsequently shipped to Utah and interred in the city cemetery. (Adapted from the LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson, Vol. 3, p.307).
"I beheld that the faithful elders of this dispensation, when they depart from mortal life, continue their labors in the preaching of the gospel of repentance and redemption" President Joseph F. Smith (D&C 138:57).
The first Latter-day Saint Elder who died while laboring as a missionary in a foreign land, was the son of Phineas Barnes, a New England farmer. Became a convert to "Mormonism," baptized by Elder Thomas Gorden June 16, 1833; ordained an Elder by Sidney Rigdon July 18, 1833; moved to Kirtland. Called on a mission to western Ohio leaving Aug. 1, 1833, in company with Elial Strong. Returned to Kirtland in October and during the winter of 1833-1834 he taught school at Norton. Spring of 1834 member of Zion's Camp. Spring of 1835 ordained one of the first Seventy, and commenced preaching through several counties of Ohio. In 1835 mission to Virginia, and having a limited education and an impediment in his speech, he was frequently singled out by the sectarian preachers as an object of attack. June, 1838 ordained a High Priest; member of the High Council of Adam-ondi-Ahman. September 1838 mission to the Southern and Eastern States. In 1839 he built up a large branch of the Church in Chester county, Pennsylvania, and established many other branches in different parts of the Eastern States. Led a company of Saints to Nauvoo 1841. Fall of the same year sent on a mission to England; labored for a short season in and about Manchester. From there he went to the Cheltenham conference, in Gloucestershire, where he labored until the general conference, held in England, when he received an appointment to preside over the Bradford conference, where he labored faithfully until his death. Originally interred at Idle, Yorkshire. A stone was placed upon which is found the following epitaph: "In memory of Lorenzo D. Barnes, who died on the 20th of December, 1842, age 30 years. He was a native of the United States, an Elder in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a member of the High Priests' quorum and also of Zion's Camp in the year 1834, and the first gospel messenger from Nauvoo who has found a grave in a foreign land." His remains were subsequently shipped to Utah and interred in the city cemetery. (Adapted from the LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson, Vol. 3, p.307).
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