John E. Page
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Quorum of the Twelve Apostles | |
| December 19, 1838 – February 9, 1846 | |
| Called by | Joseph Smith |
| End reason | Disfellowshipment and removal from Quorum |
Latter Day Saint Apostle | |
| December 19, 1838 – June 27, 1846 | |
| Called by | Joseph Smith |
| Reason | Replenishing the Quorum of the Twelve[1] |
| End reason | Excommunication for apostasy[2] |
| Reorganization at end of term | Ezra T. Benson ordained |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Edward Page February 25, 1799 Trenton, New York, United States |
| Died | October 14, 1867 (aged 68) Sycamore, Illinois, United States |
John Edward Page (February 25, 1799 – October 14, 1867) was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement.[3]
Born in Trenton, New York, Page was the son of Ebenezer and Rachel Page.[3] He was baptized into the Church of Christ on August 18, 1833, in Brownhelm, Ohio, by missionary Emer Harris.[4] After his conversion, Page was ordained an elder on September 12, 1833. He married Lorain Stevens on December 26 of that year. The couple had two children, but both Stevens and the children later died. He remarried in 1839 to Mary Judd, with whom he had three sons.[3] He relocated to Kirtland, Ohio, in 1835. Page served a mission in Upper Canada from 1836 to 1837.[4] By his count, he baptized 600 persons.[3] He also proselyted in the eastern United States from 1840 to 1842 and in Washington, D.C., in 1844.[4]
Page was called as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in July 1838.[3] In 1838, he moved to Missouri, settling in Far West, Caldwell County.[4] Page left personal accounts of attacks by mobs of Missouri residents, both while with the wagon train and while residing in Far West. He noted that he "buried one wife and two children as martyrs to our holy religion, since they died through extreme suffering for the want of the common comforts of life."[5] Page received his ordination to the office of apostle in Far West on December 19, 1838,[4] from Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball.[citation needed] He was also a member of the Nauvoo Masonic Lodge.[4]
Page and fellow apostle
After the
Although Page was an apostle under Joseph Smith and President of the Quorum of the Twelve under Strang, he eventually came to reject both leaders as "fallen prophets".[
Page died in on October 14, 1867, in Sycamore, Illinois, at the age of 68.[3]
Notes
- John Taylorbrought membership in the Quorum of the Twelve to nine members.
- ^ Page had been disfellowshipped and removed from the Quorum of the Twelve on February 9, 1846. However, he remained an apostle until his excommunication.
- ^ ISBN 9780890365182.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Biography: Page, John Edward". The Joseph Smith Papers. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
- History of the Church3:241.
References
- Quist, John. "John E. Page: Apostle of Uncertainty," in Mormon Mavericks, John Sillito and Susan Staker (eds.), Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2002.
External links
- John E. Page letter, L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University
- Maureen Ursenbach Beecher research materials on women in Upper Canada, approximately 1986-1994, L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University
- George Ranney Justice of the Peace docket book, L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University
- Grampa Bill's G.A. Pages: John E. Page
- Biography of John E. Page, The Joseph Smith Papers (accessed May 1, 2012)
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