Albert Carrington

January 8, 1813–September 19, 1889

1 Born at Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont; son of Isabella Bowman and Daniel Carrington. 2 Graduated from Dartmouth College, 1833. 3 Married Rhoda Maria Woods, 1838; participated in plural marriage. 4 Baptized in Wisconsin Territory, 1841. Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, 1844. 5 Admitted to the Council of Fifty, 1845. 6 Migrated to the Salt Lake Valley with the Brigham Young pioneer company, 1847. 7 Elected clerk, historian, and postmaster, at Salt Lake City. 8 Chaired the committee that drafted the constitution for the provisional State of Deseret; served as a member of the Utah territorial legislature, until 1868. 9 Edited the Deseret News, 1854–1859, 1863–1867. 10 Presided over the European mission, 1871–1873, 1875–1877, 1880–1882. 11 Ordained to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, July 3, 1870. 12 Excommunicated, 1885; rebaptized, 1887. 13 Died at Salt Lake City. 14 (See Document 3.26)

Footnotes

  1. [1] “Utah Death Registers, 1847–1966,” p. 32–33 (1889), Albert Carrington; database and images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed Oct. 2014); citing series 21866, Utah State Archives and Records Service, Salt Lake City, UT.
  2. [2] “Utah Death Registers, 1847–1966,” database, Albert Carrington. “Ancestral File,” database, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org, accessed Aug. 2014), Albert Carrington (BFR1-M1).
  3. [3] “Albert Carrington: Some Facts Connected with His Career,” Deseret Evening News, Sept. 20, 1889, 3.
  4. [4] Gary James Bergera, “Transgression in the LDS Community: The Cases of Albert Carrington, Richard R. Lyman, and Joseph F. Smith, Part 1,” Journal of Mormon History 37, no. 3 (Summer 2011): 125.
  5. [5] Ibid.
  6. [6] Council of Fifty, “Record of the Council of Fifty or Kingdom of God— 1844—,” 1844–1846, CHL, Mar. 4, 1845.
  7. [7] Iowa Co., Wisconsin Territory, Registration of Marriages, 1838–1907, item 2, no. 01035, microfilm 1266674, FHL. “Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel,” database, 1847–1868, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel (http://history.lds.org/overlandtravels, accessed Apr. 2014), Albert Carrington.
  8. [8] Lawrence R. Flake, Prophets and Apostles of the Last Dispensation (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2001), 293.
  9. [9] Flake, Prophets and Apostles, 293.
  10. [10] Andrew Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia (Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History Co., 1901), 1:127.
  11. [11] “Albert Carrington: Some Facts,” 3. Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:127.
  12. [12] Ibid.`
  13. [13] Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:127. Bergera, “Transgression in the LDS Community,” 119–161.
  14. [14] “Utah Death Registers,” Albert Carrington. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed Dec. 29, 2015), Albert Carrington KWJR-TCL .