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John E. Forsgren
John Erik Forsgren (7 November 1816 – 22 January 1890) was a Mormon pioneer and Mormon missionary, missionary. He was the first missionary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) to preach in Sweden. Early life Forsgren was born in Gävle, Sweden. At the age of nine, he began working on seafaring ships. While docked in Boston, Massachusetts in July 1843, Forsgren met missionaries of the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints), Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and was baptized. Shortly thereafter, he married fellow-Mormon Mary Ann Hunt. They moved to Nauvoo, Illinois to join the principal gathering of Latter Day Saints. Mormon Battalion In 1846, Forsgren volunteered for the Mormon Battalion, and was the only Swede in the battalion that marched to San Diego, California. In 1847, after the battalion was discontinued, he met his wife in the Salt Lake Valley. In 1849, he married Sarah Bell Davis, his first of several plural marriage, plural wives. Miss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mormon Pioneer
The Mormon pioneers were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), also known as Latter Day Saints, who migrated beginning in the mid-1840s until the late-1860s across the United States from the Midwest to the Salt Lake Valley in what is today the U.S. state of Utah. At the time of the planning of the exodus in 1846, the territory was part of the Republic of Mexico, with which the U.S. soon went to war over a border dispute left unresolved after the annexation of Texas. The Salt Lake Valley became American territory as a result of this war. The journey was taken by about 70,000 people beginning with advance parties sent out by church leaders in March 1846 after the 1844 death of the church's leader Joseph Smith made it clear that the group could not remain in Nauvoo, Illinoiswhich the church had recently purchased, improved, renamed, and developed because of the Missouri Mormon War, setting off the Illinois Mormon War. The well-organized wagon tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
