John Wells (16 September 1864 – 18 April 1941) was an American member of the presiding bishopric of

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(LDS Church) from 1918 to 1938. Wells was born in

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. In 1882, he became a member of the LDS Church. Wells and his wife Almena Thorpe emigrated to

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in 1889. He gained employment as a clerk in the office of the LDS Church's presiding bishop. In 1918, Presiding Bishop

Charles W. Nibley Charles Wilson Nibley (February 5, 1849 – December 11, 1931) was the fifth presiding bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) between 1907 and 1925 and a member of the church's First Presidency from 1925 until his ...

asked Wells to become his second counselor. When Nibley was replaced by Sylvester Q. Cannon, Wells stayed on as the second counselor in the Presiding Bishopric of the church. Wells served as a general authority until the end of Cannon's tenure in 1938. Wells died in

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, or

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buildup in the

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He was buried at

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Andrew Jenson Andrew Jenson, born Anders Jensen, (December 11, 1850 – November 18, 1941) was a Danish immigrant to the United States who acted as an Assistant Church Historian of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) for much of the ea ...

, ''

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'', vol. 3, p. 791 *

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