by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jun 29, 2010 | Mormons
Eliza R. Snow was a pioneer, an early president of the Relief Society (an organization for Mormon women), president of Deseret Hospital, president of the Women’s Department of the Endowment House, and an author. She is considered one of the great women in Mormon...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Apr 21, 2009 | Mormons
The hymn “Come, Come, Ye Saints” is possibly more closely identified with the Mormons than any other. It was written in the morning of April 15, 1846, which was the day its composer, William Clayton, learned his wife had given birth to a son. The time was after Joseph...
by Alison P | Jul 23, 2008 | Mormons
July 24th is celebrated by the members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as “Pioneer Day”. It is a day we honor those who were the first members of the LDS Church in this time period. These were the people who felt the Spirit and were willing to step...
by Candace | Jul 2, 2008 | Mormons
(Editor’s note- The man pictured above is actually Moses Harris’s grandson William Moses Harris.) Moses Harris is my great-great-great grandfather. I’ll admit it, I’m a genealogy buff and I go above and beyond the normal seeking out of...
