GRANGER, OLIVER Feb. 7, 1794 - Aug. 25, 1841
Oliver was born at Phelps, New York, son of Pierce and Clarissa Granger. He married Lydia Dibble (1789 – 1862) on Sep. 8, 1813, parents of eight children. He was sheriff of Ontario County, NY and colonel in the militia. At the age of 33, Oliver contracted a serious eye disease and traveled to a hospital in New York City in hopes of being cured. According to family records, while he was there, he received an angelic minister who testified of the Book of Mormon, the prophetic role of Joseph Smith and told Oliver that he had an important role to play in the latter-day work. He was also informed that his eye-sight would not be cured with medical aid. By 1833, he and his family were living in Kirtland. He served missions and worked on the Kirtland Temple from 1833-1836. Oliver was appointed agent for the church in Kirtland to clear up the church's debts and creditors wrote Joseph Smith in Nauvoo, praising him for his fine work. He died at the age of 47, nearly blind.
From the Times and Seasons - Sept. 15, 1841, p. 550
DIED In Kirtland Lake co. Ohio, on the 23rd utl. Elder Oliver Granger aged 49 years.
Lines, suggested by intelligence of the death of Elder Oliver Granger; and are respectfully inscribed to his mourning relatives;
BY MISS ELIZA R. SNOW,
(see Times & Seasons for the poem)
Received a blessing given through Joseph Smith at Far West, Missouri on July 8, 1838. "And again, I say unto you, I remember my servant Oliver Granger: behold, verily I say unto him that his name shall be had in sacred remembrance from generation to generation, forever and ever, saith the Lord. Therefore, let him contend earnestly for the redemption of the First Presidency of my Church, saith the Lord; and when he falls he shall rise again, for his sacrifice shall be more sacred unto me than his increase, saith the Lord….Therefore let no man despise my servant Oliver Granger, but let the blessings of my people be on him forever and ever." [History of the Church, Vol. 3, p. 45-46]
Oliver was born at Phelps, New York, son of Pierce and Clarissa Granger. He married Lydia Dibble (1789 – 1862) on Sep. 8, 1813, parents of eight children. He was sheriff of Ontario County, NY and colonel in the militia. At the age of 33, Oliver contracted a serious eye disease and traveled to a hospital in New York City in hopes of being cured. According to family records, while he was there, he received an angelic minister who testified of the Book of Mormon, the prophetic role of Joseph Smith and told Oliver that he had an important role to play in the latter-day work. He was also informed that his eye-sight would not be cured with medical aid. By 1833, he and his family were living in Kirtland. He served missions and worked on the Kirtland Temple from 1833-1836. Oliver was appointed agent for the church in Kirtland to clear up the church's debts and creditors wrote Joseph Smith in Nauvoo, praising him for his fine work. He died at the age of 47, nearly blind.
From the Times and Seasons - Sept. 15, 1841, p. 550
DIED In Kirtland Lake co. Ohio, on the 23rd utl. Elder Oliver Granger aged 49 years.
Lines, suggested by intelligence of the death of Elder Oliver Granger; and are respectfully inscribed to his mourning relatives;
BY MISS ELIZA R. SNOW,
(see Times & Seasons for the poem)
Received a blessing given through Joseph Smith at Far West, Missouri on July 8, 1838. "And again, I say unto you, I remember my servant Oliver Granger: behold, verily I say unto him that his name shall be had in sacred remembrance from generation to generation, forever and ever, saith the Lord. Therefore, let him contend earnestly for the redemption of the First Presidency of my Church, saith the Lord; and when he falls he shall rise again, for his sacrifice shall be more sacred unto me than his increase, saith the Lord….Therefore let no man despise my servant Oliver Granger, but let the blessings of my people be on him forever and ever." [History of the Church, Vol. 3, p. 45-46]
GRANGER, OLIVER Feb. 7, 1794 - Aug. 25, 1841
Oliver was born at Phelps, New York, son of Pierce and Clarissa Granger. He married Lydia Dibble (1789 – 1862) on Sep. 8, 1813, parents of eight children. He was sheriff of Ontario County, NY and colonel in the militia. At the age of 33, Oliver contracted a serious eye disease and traveled to a hospital in New York City in hopes of being cured. According to family records, while he was there, he received an angelic minister who testified of the Book of Mormon, the prophetic role of Joseph Smith and told Oliver that he had an important role to play in the latter-day work. He was also informed that his eye-sight would not be cured with medical aid. By 1833, he and his family were living in Kirtland. He served missions and worked on the Kirtland Temple from 1833-1836. Oliver was appointed agent for the church in Kirtland to clear up the church's debts and creditors wrote Joseph Smith in Nauvoo, praising him for his fine work. He died at the age of 47, nearly blind.
From the Times and Seasons - Sept. 15, 1841, p. 550
DIED In Kirtland Lake co. Ohio, on the 23rd utl. Elder Oliver Granger aged 49 years.
Lines, suggested by intelligence of the death of Elder Oliver Granger; and are respectfully inscribed to his mourning relatives;
BY MISS ELIZA R. SNOW,
(see Times & Seasons for the poem)
Received a blessing given through Joseph Smith at Far West, Missouri on July 8, 1838. "And again, I say unto you, I remember my servant Oliver Granger: behold, verily I say unto him that his name shall be had in sacred remembrance from generation to generation, forever and ever, saith the Lord. Therefore, let him contend earnestly for the redemption of the First Presidency of my Church, saith the Lord; and when he falls he shall rise again, for his sacrifice shall be more sacred unto me than his increase, saith the Lord….Therefore let no man despise my servant Oliver Granger, but let the blessings of my people be on him forever and ever." [History of the Church, Vol. 3, p. 45-46]
Oliver was born at Phelps, New York, son of Pierce and Clarissa Granger. He married Lydia Dibble (1789 – 1862) on Sep. 8, 1813, parents of eight children. He was sheriff of Ontario County, NY and colonel in the militia. At the age of 33, Oliver contracted a serious eye disease and traveled to a hospital in New York City in hopes of being cured. According to family records, while he was there, he received an angelic minister who testified of the Book of Mormon, the prophetic role of Joseph Smith and told Oliver that he had an important role to play in the latter-day work. He was also informed that his eye-sight would not be cured with medical aid. By 1833, he and his family were living in Kirtland. He served missions and worked on the Kirtland Temple from 1833-1836. Oliver was appointed agent for the church in Kirtland to clear up the church's debts and creditors wrote Joseph Smith in Nauvoo, praising him for his fine work. He died at the age of 47, nearly blind.
From the Times and Seasons - Sept. 15, 1841, p. 550
DIED In Kirtland Lake co. Ohio, on the 23rd utl. Elder Oliver Granger aged 49 years.
Lines, suggested by intelligence of the death of Elder Oliver Granger; and are respectfully inscribed to his mourning relatives;
BY MISS ELIZA R. SNOW,
(see Times & Seasons for the poem)
Received a blessing given through Joseph Smith at Far West, Missouri on July 8, 1838. "And again, I say unto you, I remember my servant Oliver Granger: behold, verily I say unto him that his name shall be had in sacred remembrance from generation to generation, forever and ever, saith the Lord. Therefore, let him contend earnestly for the redemption of the First Presidency of my Church, saith the Lord; and when he falls he shall rise again, for his sacrifice shall be more sacred unto me than his increase, saith the Lord….Therefore let no man despise my servant Oliver Granger, but let the blessings of my people be on him forever and ever." [History of the Church, Vol. 3, p. 45-46]
