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Durrant, Joseph, Bishop of the Porterville Ward, Morgan county, Utah, was born June 29, 1851, at Deanshunger, Northamptonshire, England, the son of William Durrant and Phebe Hoar. He was baptized Nov 7, 1864, by James Durrant, and ordained to the different positions in the Priesthood in the following order: Teacher, Dec. 11, 1872, by Henry Olpin; Elder, July 13, 1874, by Elias Smith, and High Priest, Feb. 25, 1883, by Richard Fry. Ecclesiastically he has acted as Teacher, Sunday school superintendent, first assistant Stake superintendent of Y. M. M. I. A. second assistant Ward superintendent of Sunday schools, first counselor to Bishop Samuel Carter, and now Bishop. Of civil offices he has held that of school trustee (for eight years), county commissioner, etc. In early Utah days he did military duty as a member of the Nauvoo Legion, and belonged to an infantry company in Morgan county, of which Steward Dickon was captain. By his first wife (Elizabeth Ann Geary) he has had three children, by his second wife (Margaret Cottam) seven children, and by his third wife (Hattie A. Carter) five children. His occupation has ever been that of a farmer, and Porterville has been his permanent home since he first come to Utah.
Andrew Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 4 vols. Salt Lake City 2:148 |
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