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Ezra Thayre
Ezra Thayre (also spelled Thayer) (October 14, 1791 – September 6, 1862) was an early convert and leader in the Latter Day Saint movement. Personal life Ezra Thayre was born in Randolph, Vermont, to Ezra and Charlotte French Thayre. Thayre was a builder of bridges, dams, and mills in the Palmyra, New York area in the 1820s. In 1810 Thayre married Polly Wells and they had one child. After the 1822 death of Wells, Thayre then married Relief Wales and they had five children. Conversion to The Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints Thayre was an early convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, being baptized by Parley P. Pratt on October 10, 1830 after he heard Joseph and Hyrum Smith speak about the ''Book of Mormon''. Shortly after Thayre's baptism, Smith received a revelation that directed Thayre and Northrop Sweet to "open ye your ears and hearken to the voice of the Lord your God, whose word is quick and powerful, sharper than a two-edged sword, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Historian's Press
The Church Historian's Press is an imprint dedicated to publishing scholarly works about the origin, history, and growth of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It is owned by the LDS Church and operated under the direction of the Church Historian and Recorder. The press is the publisher of the ''Joseph Smith Papers,'' a documentary editing project that seeks to provide scholars and researches with access to all of the original documents produced by Joseph Smith, founder of the LDS Church. When complete, the ''Joseph Smith Papers'' will contain about two dozen printed volumes, as well as online publications. The press was also intended to publish other LDS Church documentary histories, such as the significant journals of 19th-century Apostle George Q. Cannon (the first volume was already published by Deseret Book in 1999). In April 2016, this project was instead launched as a searchable website for ''The Journal of George Q. Cannon'', with plans to p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
