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Show ta!e of wh i c': I find record in the ,Stake Historical Recrd is the one eLd at St. Joseph February 26 and 27, 1887.. This might Lnd i cat.e that before the organization of the Snovlf1ake take, December or sometime S, 1887, St. Joseph had been considered as in the stakes orgmized with eadquarters at St. Johns---Possibly tot'le .St Johns Stake after its raanization as such July 23, 1887; end earlier t.han tct date 1.:01' a short ime it was considered as in the Eastern Arizona Stake since the disont i.nuance of t he Little Colorado Stake---at w'iat.ever time that 'may have come etween the Conference 0f the Little Colorado StakE- held February 26-27, 1887, 10 th- date on W1lich the nome of 'tie Eastern Arizona Stake was changed to J ohns Stake. t - , , In t/l€ three conferences pr-ecr dt.ng t.he one held February 26727, 1887---June, :;ptember, end November, 1886, te minutes give the nt2tion that general end ocaL officers were sustained, \'lit10Ut giving personnel. In t!le 86, the QU2rterly Conference foHlowing Sta:e and of t.he Little 1iard officers COl.oredo Stake were su st.e i.ned r held iemr-er-s of ms , J. his as " counse l.ors. .t.he Stake High Council:--S. G. Ladd , JRl1leS N. 13-14, --- ItActinr; Stake Presidentll--JosEph H. Ri.chards j wi.t.h JoJ1n Buai -ookbank l·:arch and T10S. T:l. man , Sanf'ord P-orter C. W. i"lerrUL, va1ker, C. 1-1. Petersen, John BcLa-we,. Nielson, H. r. M0rte:1sen, Jacot A. Martin Bigler Ada'1ls, r·t[ort.ensen, and .Jame s -Iacobson , , J. J. Adams r-epo rt.ed t.h e \'lilford l18.rd'. reported tie Heber Branch of t.he Wilford r'ard. Jos. H. Richard's reported the St. Joseph Ward .Io seph H. Richards also r epor-t.ed t.he Sunset, iard. Hans Nielson . C'l'er-k of Stake sustained at this time 'vas Jam(:'s ·E. .... St Joseph Hard Bishopric sustaine::d:--Joseph H. Hansen and Henry M. Taner &s She Ll.ey, Richards, Bishop; with Jos. counselors.' A.llen, Bj.shop ; and F. M. Allen and A. Randall 1 his Of t.he Tonto Basin \vard :--Rial ". hi,s counse Lor-s .- - , Of t.he der, Tonto Creek Branch of the 'I'ont,o Basin Ward: ---David Sander-a, Pre sid ing "Kopill:t\!V'ard:--David Br in'cerhof'f , Bishop; wi.t h A'. M. Farnsworth and 11iam Harris his counselors. Cf-t!1e Hilford Ward:--J.H. James, Bishop; and 2nd Coun C. Vihiting. Of Wilford Nard=ff+pesiding Elder, J.J. Adams. Of t.he Hoen , Of Heber- Branch of \"1ilford \-Jard:--Ha:ls Nielson, PreSiding Elder. Note fr my ow record:-- Sp.!1ford Porter was He app€crs to xx my Grandfather. been first sustained a member of theLittle Colorado Stake Hi,c:h Council rch 1, 1.f79, P0 r egu Lcr-l.y trer-eaf't.er- until March 14, U86---t'le latest dat at i ch per-sorrie L ;)f t,-'e Hi.zh Council is d ven, So I am presuming he he l.d t.he o ffie t/il t'1( of the Stakn ve disution t7t t(JY"7.y_ ).IJl_ v B87.. iftJLv#"rlvA.:J"rJi0L-W& &! /I!((' U ' /" r .- |
