Elden Kingston
Appearance
Elden Kingston | |
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Prophet and Presiding Priesthood Leader Brother #1[1] | |
January 1, 1935[1] – July 8, 1948 | |
Successor | John Ortell Kingston |
Personal details | |
Born | Charles Elden Kingston October 10, 1909 Idaho Falls, Idaho, United States[2] |
Died | July 8, 1948 Bountiful, Utah, United States[2] | (aged 38)
Cause of death | Metastatic carcinoma |
Resting place | Bountiful Memorial Park 40°52′02″N 111°53′15″W / 40.8672°N 111.8874°W |
Spouse(s) | Including: Ethel Gustafson |
Parents | Charles W. Kingston Vesta Minerva |
Charles Elden Kingston (October 10, 1909 - July 8, 1948[2] ) was the founder of The Latter Day Church of Christ and the Davis County Cooperative Society.
Elden Kingston was supported by his father Charles W. Kingston, his mother Vesta Minerva Kingston, and his siblings as the leader of the Latter Day Church of Christ. In 1941 Elden Kingston formally organized Latter Day Church of Christ as the Davis County Cooperative Society.
References
- ^ a b Hales, Brian C. "John Ortell Kingston". Retrieved 22 October 2013.
- ^ a b c "Death Certificate:Kingston, Charles Elden". Utah Department of Administrative Servies: Divion of Archives & Records Service. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
- Elden Kingston at Find a Grave
- D. Michael Quinn, "Plural Marriage and Mormon Fundamentalism", Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 31(2) (Summer 1998): 1–68, accessed 6 June 2009.
- Hales, Brian C. (2007), Modern Polygamy and Mormon Fundamentalism: The Generations After the Manifesto, Greg Kofford Books, ISBN 1-58958-035-4.