John Albiston Sr.
John Albiston Sr. (1782-1849) was ordained a Patriarch at the Manchester Conference held 6 Apr. 1841, which was attended by Wilford Woodruff.
Footnotes
John Albiston Sr (LZNC-VDK), “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 10 Feb. 2022). John Albiston Sr., Wilford Woodruff Papers (https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/subjects/john-albiston-sr, accessed 10 Feb. 2022). “Conference Minutes,” Latter-day Saints Millennial Star, Apr. 1841, vol. 1, no. 12, p. 303.
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Excerpt:Locations By whom Represented Members Elders Priest Teachers Deacons Manchester P. P. Pratt 443 7 15 9 0 Clitheroe Conference H.C. Kimball 318 6 12 13 3 Preston Do P. Melling 675 11 15 13 3 Liverpool J. Taylor 190 9 8 4 3 Isle of Man Do Do 90 2 4 2 0 London Conference L. Snow 137 3 8 4 2
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Excerpt:The Conference met pursuant to adjournment. Opened by Prayer Scattering members were then represented consisting of near 50 not included in any of the Above branches The President then proceded to make some remarks on the Office of Patriarch and concluded by moving that Elder Albertson be ordained to that Office. This was seconded by Elder Kimball and carried unanimou- sly. Resolved that D. Watt Thomas Richardson G. J. Adams James ...