Strong, Elial

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Ca. 1810

“Elial Strong,” Individual Record, FamilySearch Ancestral File (Ancestral File no: B6MQ-QJ) (accessed 23 Feb. 2012).

FamilySearch Ancestral File. Compiled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. https://www.familysearch.org/search/family-trees.

–26 June 1834.

Backman, Profile, 69; Bradley, Zion’s Camp 1834, 207; “Zion’s Camp Monument,” 1–2.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Backman, Milton V., Jr., comp. A Profile of Latter-day Saints of Kirtland, Ohio, and Members of Zion’s Camp, 1830–1839: Vital Statistics and Sources. 2nd ed. Provo, UT: Department of Church History and Doctrine and Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1983.

Bradley, James L. Zion’s Camp 1834: Prelude to the Civil War. Logan, UT: By the author, 1990.

“Zion’s Camp Monument.” Missouri Mormon Frontier Foundation Newsletter 14 (Summer 1997): 1–3.

Born at Sullivan Township (later Rutland Township), Tioga Co., Pennsylvania.

“Elial Strong,” Individual Record, FamilySearch Ancestral File (Ancestral File no: B6MQ-QJ) (accessed 23 Feb. 2012).

Comprehensive Works Cited

FamilySearch Ancestral File. Compiled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. https://www.familysearch.org/search/family-trees.

Married Martha Curtis, ca. 1827.

Curtis, “Missionary Activities and Church Organizations,” 70–71, 92; “Eliel Strong,” born 1808, Individual Record, FamilySearch International Genealogical Index (North America region) (accessed 23 Feb. 2012).

Comprehensive Works Cited

Curtis, V. Alan. “Missionary Activities and Church Organizations in Pennsylvania, 1830–1840.” Master’s thesis, Brigham Young University, 1976.

FamilySearch International Genealogical Index. Compiled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=igi/search_IGI.asp&clear_form=true.

Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1831, at Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio; ordained an elder three weeks later.

“Strong, Elial,” in Black, Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830–1848, 42:153; Curtis, “Missionary Activities and Church Organizations,” 71; Rosenbaum, “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Pennsylvania,” 36; Kimball, “History,” 6–7.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Black, Susan Easton, comp. Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830–1848. 50 vols. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Department of Church History and Doctrine, Brigham Young University, 1989. Also available as “Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830–1848,” LDS Family History Suite: LDS Vital Records Library, CD-ROM ([Provo], UT: Infobases, Inc., 1996).

Curtis, V. Alan. “Missionary Activities and Church Organizations in Pennsylvania, 1830–1840.” Master’s thesis, Brigham Young University, 1976.

Rosenbaum, Paul Zilch. “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Pennsylvania (1830–1854).” Master’s thesis, East Stroudsburg State College, 1982.

Kimball, Heber C. “History of Heber Chase Kimball by His Own Dictation,” ca. 1842–1856. Heber C. Kimball, Papers, 1837–1866. CHL. MS 627, box 2.

Late 1831, proselytized in Monroe and Ontario counties, New York, where he and others from Columbia, Bradford Co., branch were instrumental in eventual conversion of Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, and others.

Rosenbaum, “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Pennsylvania,” 37; Curtis, “Missionary Activities and Church Organizations,” 73, 76–77.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Rosenbaum, Paul Zilch. “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Pennsylvania (1830–1854).” Master’s thesis, East Stroudsburg State College, 1982.

Curtis, V. Alan. “Missionary Activities and Church Organizations in Pennsylvania, 1830–1840.” Master’s thesis, Brigham Young University, 1976.

Served mission to Upper Canada, June 1832.

Rosenbaum, “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Pennsylvania,” 39–40; Curtis, “Missionary Activities and Church Organizations,” 86.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Rosenbaum, Paul Zilch. “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Pennsylvania (1830–1854).” Master’s thesis, East Stroudsburg State College, 1982.

Curtis, V. Alan. “Missionary Activities and Church Organizations in Pennsylvania, 1830–1840.” Master’s thesis, Brigham Young University, 1976.

Participated in Camp of Israel expedition to Missouri, 1834, and died of cholera near Rush Creek, Clay Co., Missouri.

JS History, vol. A-1, 509; Backman, Profile, 69; Bradley, Zion’s Camp 1834, 207; “Zion’s Camp Monument,” 1–2.

Comprehensive Works Cited

JS History / Smith, Joseph, et al. History, 1838–1856. Vols. A-1–F-1 (original), A-2–E-2 (fair copy). Historian’s Office, History of the Church, 1839–ca. 1882. CHL. CR 100 102, boxes 1–7. The history for the period after 5 Aug. 1838 was composed after the death of Joseph Smith.

Bradley, James L. Zion’s Camp 1834: Prelude to the Civil War. Logan, UT: By the author, 1990.

“Zion’s Camp Monument.” Missouri Mormon Frontier Foundation Newsletter 14 (Summer 1997): 1–3.

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