Roger Orton
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Born | c. 1799 Genesco, New York, United States |
Died | 1850 or 1851 Lee County, Iowa, United States |
Roger Orton (c. 1799 – 1851) was an early
Orton was born in
In 1837, Daniel S. Miles presented a complaint against Orton for "abusing Elder Brigham Young, and for a general course of unchristianlike conduct." Orton refused to respond, and he was excommunicated.
Orton was restored to the church sometime before April 1845, when he was named one of the Seven Presidents of Seventies. However, Orton, who had become an alcoholic, never showed up to be ordained and never actively served. He was dropped from the quorum about a year later. He died in Lee County, Iowa in 1851.
Notes
- ^ a b "Roger Orton". Grampa Bill. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
External links
- "Roger Orton", Joseph Smith Papers