My Ordination to the Office of Elder. Sunday June 28th 1835 Elder Warren Parrish preached his farewell address to the Eagle Creek Branch of the Church. At the close of his discourse he laid his hands upon my head and ordained me to the office of an Elder in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and appointed me to preside over the Southern Churches. He also ordained Caswell Medlock a Deacon in the Eagle Creek Branch. I wrote a Recommend for Elder Barrish ...