Ezra Taft Benson: A BiographyDeseret Book Company, 1987 - 565 Seiten Ezra Taft Benson (1899- ) was born in Whitney, Idaho to George Taft Benson, Jr. and Sarah Sophia Dunkley. He was the great-grandson of LDS Apostle Ezra T. Benson (1811-1869). During his active and impressive career, Benson has been a farmer, businessman, Secretary of Agriculture during the Eisenhower administration as well as a General Authority in the LDS Church. In 1943 Ezra Taft Benson was was called into the Quorum of Twelve Apostles by Heber J. Grant. At the death of Spencer W. Kimball in 1986, Ezra Taft Benson became the thirteenth President of the LDS Church. He and his wife, Flora Smith Amussen (1901-1992) were the parents of six children. |
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... President McKay and his wife , Emma Ray , along with five of their six children , settled into the mission residence , Durham House , in Liverpool . In addition to serving as president of the British Mission , he supervised the presidents ...
... President McKay and his wife , Emma Ray , along with five of their six children , settled into the mission residence , Durham House , in Liverpool . In addition to serving as president of the British Mission , he supervised the presidents ...
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... Mission for 1923 . . . is that each member of the Church ... bring at least one soul to a knowledge of the gospel . " Later he wrote to Rudger Clawson , president of the Council of the Twelve , " Our aim is to have every member a missionary ...
... Mission for 1923 . . . is that each member of the Church ... bring at least one soul to a knowledge of the gospel . " Later he wrote to Rudger Clawson , president of the Council of the Twelve , " Our aim is to have every member a missionary ...
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... president , 60-61 ; meets new mission president , 60-61 ; released from mission , 63-64 ; called as mission presi- dent to wartorn Europe , 197-98 ; sets up mission office , 201-2 ; dedicates Finland , 220-21 ; bids farewell to Saints ...
... president , 60-61 ; meets new mission president , 60-61 ; released from mission , 63-64 ; called as mission presi- dent to wartorn Europe , 197-98 ; sets up mission office , 201-2 ; dedicates Finland , 220-21 ; bids farewell to Saints ...
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Pedigree Chart | 93 |
Calm in the Crucible | 282 |
Respect Comes the Hard | 313 |
Urheberrecht | |
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