Albert Carrington

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English name = Albert Carrington


birth_name=Albert Carrington
birth_date=birth date|1813|01|08
birthplace=Royalton, Vermont
death_date=death date and age|1889|09|19|1813|01|08
deathplace=Salt Lake City, Utah Territory
president_who_called=Brigham Young
apostledate=death date and age|1870|07|03|1813|01|08
ordination_reason=Death of Ezra T. Benson
end_date=death date and age|1885|11|07|1813|01|08
end_reason=Excommunication for adultery
reorganization=Marriner W. Merrill, Anthon H. Lund, and Abraham H. Cannon ordained [Carrington's excommunication, the death of John Taylor and the reorganization of the First Presidency, and the death of Erastus Snow created three vacancies in the Quorum of the Twelve which were filled by the ordination of three new apostles.]

Albert Carrington (1813-01-08 – 1889-09-19) born in Royalton, Vermont, was an apostle and member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), ordained on July 3, 1870. He served in the Utah Territorial Legislature in 1869. He was excommunicated on November 7, 1885 for adultery and fornication, but was later rebaptized. Carrington was the tenth official Church Historian of the LDS Church between 1871 and 1874.

Published works

*cite book
author=Carrington, Albert
year=1947
title=Diary of Albert Carrington (Heart throbs of the West)
publisher=Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Central Company
id=ISBN B0007JIRKY

ee also

*Richards-Young family

Notes

External resources

* [http://www.gapages.com/carria1.htm Grampa Bill's General Authority Pages]

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