Someone sent me this picture and I thought It was quite historic!Luckily it is before any of us attended East High!
Faye
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Gratitude for Abel Evans
I am Grateful for Abel Evans, Mike's Third Great Grandfather, he was a man of strength and character!
Abel’s mother, who died when he was about thirty-two, lived to see Abel grow from a gregarious, high spirited youngster to a public spirited man with a special talent for debating and public speaking. It was this talent that led to an invitation to debate a couple of Mormon missionaries who were preaching a strange new gospel. Able did not belong to any denomination but he was interested in God and was familiar with the Bible. When he came to debate, he stopped in the middle of it and said he couldn’t argue with them because they were right. He was baptized by William Henswhaw February 10, 1844.
According to the L.D.S. Biographical Encyclopedia, he was believed to be the second person baptized in Wales, but we believe there were others before that, and that perhaps he was the second to be baptized in South Wales. His father, Samuel, was baptized three days later. Less than a month before this most important happening in his life, Abel’s mother died of phthisis on January 25,1844. Samuel later married Catherine Powell and they, too, emigrated to Utah, February 4, 1854, sailing on the Golconda.
Soon after his baptism, Abel was ordained to the priesthood and began his travels as a missionary. He was unusually successful, baptizing everywhere he went, opening branches which grew into conferences as he traveled from South Wales to North Wales and back again.
On February 7, 1948, he was ordained a high priest under the hands of Orson Pratt, the general authority in charge of the Wales Mission, And Captain Dan Jones. Abel was soon put in charge of the North Wales branches. And so, for six years, from 1844 until 1850, when he was called to lead a group of converts to America, Abel devoted his time and considerable talents to spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Many miracles were wrought as he was especially imbued with the gifts of healing and the discernment of spirits. He was a man of strong faith, the Lord working many miracles through his instrumentality, many being healed of their maladies through his faith and prayers, among other several cases of cancer and cholera.
On March 25, 1866, Abel was presiding at the Conference held in Temperance Hall, Merthyr, Wales, at which President Brigham Young and Orson Pratt were present.
He became ill with a cough while assisting some Saints to embark on the ship “John Bright” at Liverpool, May, 1866, and while attending a conference in Birmingham the following September, he slept in a damp bed, which renewed the cold and coughing upon him. Although his condition as serious, he continued his preaching, both indoors and out. Being exposed from time to time, until he became so weak that he could not stand and until the day of his death he did not seem to realize his condition. On November 30, 1866, he lay dead in his bed at #2 Brecon Road, Myrthr Tidfil, where he had been staying at the home of Thomas James.
For a more complete history go to Ancestry.com
Abel’s mother, who died when he was about thirty-two, lived to see Abel grow from a gregarious, high spirited youngster to a public spirited man with a special talent for debating and public speaking. It was this talent that led to an invitation to debate a couple of Mormon missionaries who were preaching a strange new gospel. Able did not belong to any denomination but he was interested in God and was familiar with the Bible. When he came to debate, he stopped in the middle of it and said he couldn’t argue with them because they were right. He was baptized by William Henswhaw February 10, 1844.
According to the L.D.S. Biographical Encyclopedia, he was believed to be the second person baptized in Wales, but we believe there were others before that, and that perhaps he was the second to be baptized in South Wales. His father, Samuel, was baptized three days later. Less than a month before this most important happening in his life, Abel’s mother died of phthisis on January 25,1844. Samuel later married Catherine Powell and they, too, emigrated to Utah, February 4, 1854, sailing on the Golconda.
Soon after his baptism, Abel was ordained to the priesthood and began his travels as a missionary. He was unusually successful, baptizing everywhere he went, opening branches which grew into conferences as he traveled from South Wales to North Wales and back again.
On February 7, 1948, he was ordained a high priest under the hands of Orson Pratt, the general authority in charge of the Wales Mission, And Captain Dan Jones. Abel was soon put in charge of the North Wales branches. And so, for six years, from 1844 until 1850, when he was called to lead a group of converts to America, Abel devoted his time and considerable talents to spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Many miracles were wrought as he was especially imbued with the gifts of healing and the discernment of spirits. He was a man of strong faith, the Lord working many miracles through his instrumentality, many being healed of their maladies through his faith and prayers, among other several cases of cancer and cholera.
On March 25, 1866, Abel was presiding at the Conference held in Temperance Hall, Merthyr, Wales, at which President Brigham Young and Orson Pratt were present.
He became ill with a cough while assisting some Saints to embark on the ship “John Bright” at Liverpool, May, 1866, and while attending a conference in Birmingham the following September, he slept in a damp bed, which renewed the cold and coughing upon him. Although his condition as serious, he continued his preaching, both indoors and out. Being exposed from time to time, until he became so weak that he could not stand and until the day of his death he did not seem to realize his condition. On November 30, 1866, he lay dead in his bed at #2 Brecon Road, Myrthr Tidfil, where he had been staying at the home of Thomas James.
For a more complete history go to Ancestry.com
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