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Harrison Sperry

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Harrison Sperry

Birth
Mecca, Trumbull County, Ohio, USA
Death
28 Jul 1928 (aged 96)
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
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Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Add to Map
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He traveled to Utah in 1847 when he was 15 years old in the Jedediah M. Grant-Willard Snow company. He served as bishop's counselor for 15 years. He was a member of the city council for two terms. He was the third bishop of the Fourth Ward, Salt Lake City. He first heard the gospel in the early 1840s in Hancock County, Illinois and was baptized. In 1846, together with his father's family, he left for the west, going as far as Mount Pisgah, Iowa, where his mother died. From there he went to Highland Grove, where his father died. In the spring of that year Harrison, together with his two older brothers (William and Charles) and a sister (Elizabeth) and a niece, continued the journey west. They lived in Salt Lake City that winter. In 1849 to 1850 he participated in the "Provo War." In about 1852 he settled down and engaged in farming in Salt Lake City and vicinity. He married Mary Mosley with whom he had three children; she died in 1859. He married Susan Mosley, with whom he had ten children, and he married Ellen Butterworth, who bore him nine children, making him the father of twenty-two children. He served a term in the Utah Penitentiary for unlawful cohabitation in 1887.
He traveled to Utah in 1847 when he was 15 years old in the Jedediah M. Grant-Willard Snow company. He served as bishop's counselor for 15 years. He was a member of the city council for two terms. He was the third bishop of the Fourth Ward, Salt Lake City. He first heard the gospel in the early 1840s in Hancock County, Illinois and was baptized. In 1846, together with his father's family, he left for the west, going as far as Mount Pisgah, Iowa, where his mother died. From there he went to Highland Grove, where his father died. In the spring of that year Harrison, together with his two older brothers (William and Charles) and a sister (Elizabeth) and a niece, continued the journey west. They lived in Salt Lake City that winter. In 1849 to 1850 he participated in the "Provo War." In about 1852 he settled down and engaged in farming in Salt Lake City and vicinity. He married Mary Mosley with whom he had three children; she died in 1859. He married Susan Mosley, with whom he had ten children, and he married Ellen Butterworth, who bore him nine children, making him the father of twenty-two children. He served a term in the Utah Penitentiary for unlawful cohabitation in 1887.

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  • Created by: Mel Bashore
  • Added: May 12, 2007
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19359182/harrison-sperry: accessed ), memorial page for Harrison Sperry (24 Mar 1832–28 Jul 1928), Find a Grave Memorial ID 19359182, citing Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA; Maintained by Mel Bashore (contributor 46894669).