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Able, Elijah
Biography
25 July 1810–25 Dec. 1884. Undertaker, carpenter, hotelkeeper. Born in Washington Co., Maryland. Son of Andrew Able and Delilah Williams. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Ezekiel Roberts, Sept. 1832. Ordained an elder by Ambrose Palmer, 25 Jan. 1836. Issued elder’s license, 31 Mar. 1836, at Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio. Ordained member of Third Quorum of the Seventy by Zebedee Coltrin, 20 Dec. 1836, in Kirtland. Member of Kirtland Safety Society, 1837. Moved to Commerce, Hancock Co., Illinois, by Dec. 1839. Married Mary Ann Adams, 16 Feb. 1847, in Hamilton Co., Ohio. Moved to Cincinnati, by 1850. Migrated to Salt Lake Valley, 1853. Lived in Salt Lake City, 1860. Moved to Ogden, Weber Co., Utah Territory, by 1870. Returned to Salt Lake City, by 1880. Served mission to U.S. and Canada, 1883–Dec. 1884. Died in Salt Lake City.
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- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Assignment, Amos Davis to Oliver Granger, 21 April 1840
- Bond to Elijah Able, 8 December 1839
- Docket Entry, between 13 April and 3 June 1837 [ State of Ohio v. JS for Threatening to Take Life ]
- Introduction to State of Ohio v. JS for Threatening to Take Life
- Kirtland Elders’ Certificates
- Kirtland Safety Society Bank Stock Ledger, 18 October 1836–12 June 1837
- Letter to Oliver Cowdery, circa 9 April 1836
- License for Elijah Able, 31 March 1836
- Minutes and Discourse, 1–2 June 1839
- Revised Articles of Agreement for the Kirtland Safety Society, circa March 1837
- Transcript of Proceedings, circa 10 June 1837 [ State of Ohio v. JS for Threatening to Take Life ]
- Trustees Land Book A, 11 September 1839–30 April 1842
Elijah Able Circa 1862-1873, photograph likely by Edward Martin. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City.)
- Gender
- Male