Anthon Henrik Lund (15 May 1844 – 2 March 1921) was a member of the

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and the First Presidency of

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(LDS Church) and a prominent

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leader.

Early life

Lund was born in

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, to unmarried parents; he was raised by his maternal grandmother until his emigration to the United States in 1862. Lund's mother died before he turned four years old. At that time, his father was serving in the war over

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. Lund was baptized a member of the LDS Church at age 12; after his baptism, he assisted the

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and fulfilled his duties as first a

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and then a

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by preaching with them. In 1862, Lund immigrated with his grandmother to the United States. He arrived in Utah Territory in September and settled in

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, following the tradition of many Scandinavian immigrants. In 1864, Lund was a teamster in a Down and Back Mormon pioneer company. The next winter, he served as a school teacher. In 1865, he responded to

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's request that men come to

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and learn to be

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operators. In 1866, Lund became the telegraph operator for the Mount Pleasant station, where he was ordained as a

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by Peter Madsen Peel. He was also the first apostle to not practice plural marriage since the early days of the church.

Church and political service

From 1884 to 1885, Lund served as

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of the church's

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n Mission. Lund served in the

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. He introduced the legislation that resulted in the founding of Utah State Agricultural College, which later became

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. Lund served on the Utah Capitol Grounds Committee when it was formed in 1888. Lund became a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on October 7, 1889. Church president

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had died two years earlier. Lund was ordained along with two other

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and

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. At the time of his ordination, Lund was the only monogamist in the Quorum of the Twelve. His wife was Sarah Ann Peterson, who he had married in 1870. In 1891, Lund became

of the Manti Temple. From 1893 until 1896, Lund was the president of the European Mission. He made a journey to the

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in 1897, where he organized the Turkish Mission and looked into sought out a gathering place for the primarily Armenian church members in that mission. In 1899, Lund laid and dedicated the southeast cornerstone of the Sanpete Stake Academy (now

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). That same year, Lund delivered a general conference sermon in which he emphasized that it was no longer church policy to encourage its members to emigrate to the western United States. In 1900, Lund became the superintendent of church religion classes. Church president

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selected Lund as second counselor in the First Presidency on October 17, 1901. He served in that position until April 7, 1910, when Smith called him as first counselor, to replace

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, who had died in March. Lund assumed a myriad of duties, including heading various church agencies and again serving as a temple president. Lund also served as a member of several writing committees to revise the church's standard works and other publications. He participated in numerous businesses in Utah, including the Hotel Utah, the

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(1914–20), and

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. Lund was the first member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and of the First Presidency whose native language was not English. While he was a member of the First Presidency, Lund also fulfilled civic roles. He replaced

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as a member of the Utah Capitol Commission after Smith died. After the death of Joseph F. Smith in 1918, new church president Heber J. Grant retained Lund as first counselor in the First Presidency. At that time, Lund also became President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Lund served as Church Historian from 1900 to 1921. While in this office, he supervised the movement of the office and its materials to the new Church Administration Building in 1917. Lund served as president of the

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and was the first editor of the ''Utah Historical and Genealogical Magazine''. From 1911 to 1921, Lund was the

of the Salt Lake Temple.

Death

Lund died in Salt Lake City on March 2, 1921, from a

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, an ailment that plagued him for many years. He was buried at Salt Lake City Cemetery.

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was called to the Quorum of the Twelve after his death. Image:AnthonHLundMonumentFront.jpg, Image:AnthonHLundMonumentBack.jpg,

Legacy

's mathematics hall is named for Lund. *

Lund, Nevada Lund is a small town and census-designated place in White Pine County, Nevada, United States. The population of Lund as of 2020 was 211. Etymology Lund was named for Anthon H. Lund, a Mormon church official. History Lund was settled in 1898 on ...

, is named for Lund.Jenson, Andrew. ''Encyclopedic History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints''. (Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1941) p. 452

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