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Title: 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 Year: 1901 (1900s) Authors: Jenson, Andrew, 1850-1941 Subjects: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Mormons Publisher: Salt Lake City : The Andrew Jenson History Co. Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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Text Appearing Before Image: e City, whichposition he held until 1935, when hewas honorably released and chosen asa member of the Liberty Stake HighCouncil, being set apart to that officeOct. 28, 1935. He was for several years an em-ployee in the office of Dr. John R. Park, Superintendent of Public In-struction, and later he was employedin E. F. Hannas Mercantile and Brok-erage business. In 1896 he starteda mercantile brokerage under thename of Elggren Bros, and Co., ofwhich he was the manager and hisbrothers Andrew Fred and Lorenzo E.as partners. The firm is still carryingon a successful business in Salt LakeCity, with branch offices in Denvei,Colorado, and Butte, Montana. Bishop Elggren is known through-out the country as a successful busi-ness man and has been an active mem-ber of the Salt Lake Chamber ofCommerce for several years. In ec-clesiastical positions he has laboredwith fidelity and marked efficiency. FELT, Charles Brigham, member ofthe Deseret Sunday School UnionBoard, was born Jan. 13, 1860, in Salt

Text Appearing After Image: Lake City, Utah, the son of NathanielH. and Eliza Ann Preston. Baptizedby Albert M. Davis, and ordained con-secutively. Deacon, Teacher, Priest,Elder, Seventy and High Priest.Filled a mission to Great Britain 1880to 1882, serving as clerk of the mis-sion and Emigration Clerk at missionheadquarters in Liverpool. Active in BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 93 Y. M. M. I. A. as president of theAssociation for several years in the17th Ward. Served as a presidentof the Third Quorum of Seventy. Con-ducted the 17th Ward Choir. It was the Sunday School whichclaimed his lifes devotion. In 1892he was appointed superintendent ofthe 17fh Ward Sunday School and in-stituted the monthly officers andteachers meeting, class lesson outlinesand other innovations in Sunday Schoolwork. He was called to the superin-tendency of the Salt Lake Stake Sun-day School Board in 1901, later suc-ceeding Josiah Burrows as superin-tendent. In 1906 he was made a mem-ber of the Deseret Sunday SchoolUnion Board, actively serving

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