Mendon Saints– Their Lives & Legacy — Volume 1 — Stephen G. Schwendiman — New Hardcover!

Finally, a book about where Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, and many other early Mormon converts came from. In a small town not far from Palmyra, New York, much of the city of Mendon would see a vision in the sky, convert to Mormonism, and move to Kirtland. In the early 1830s missionaries visited Mendon, New York. After studying the doctrines of the restored gospel many were baptized and a branch of the Church was established. The four volumes that will make up this series explore not only a history of the Church in Mendon but follow the lives of every family member who was living there at the time. From this small town came Prophets, Apostles, Missionaries, Stake Presidents, Bishops, and Relief Society workers. They helped establish the Church in Ohio, Missouri, Illinois and Utah. Their influence is remarkable and is capsulized in these biographical histories that compose this volume. Seventy-nine individuals in sixteen family units who made up this branch of the Church have been identified. Their lives and relationship with the Church are explored. This study explores how the Church influenced and impacted entire families and how this small town produced individuals who were pillars of Church leadership.

THICK HARDBOUND WITH DUST JACKET; Limited Edition. The first of four volumes. This volume contains biographies on Heber C. Kimball, Vilate Kimball, Helen Mar Kimball Whitney, Israel Barlow, Annis Lockwood, Julia Ann Lockwood Hales, Nathan and Zervia Tomlinson, Louisa Young Sanford, and many others. A monumental work!

[Volume Two won the Mormon History Association Award for BEST FAMILY AND COMMUNITY HISTORY for 2012.] The regular retail on these books is fifty dollars; get now at a discount!