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As the population of the settlement increased they were organized into a bishop’s ward June 23, 1904, with Morris Wilson, jun., as Bishop. Meeting were held in a bowery and in private houses, but the rock meeting house with belfry on the west end was built in 1907, which served for all meetings, school and social purpose until a new meeting house was erected in 1925-1926. Morris Wilson, jun., acted as bishop of the La Verkin Ward until 1928, when he was succeeded by Ovando Gubler, who was president Dec 31, 1930. On that date the LaVerkin ward had 231 members, including 63 children. The total population of the La Verkin town was 236 in 1930. | As the population of the settlement increased they were organized into a bishop’s ward June 23, 1904, with Morris Wilson, jun., as Bishop. Meeting were held in a bowery and in private houses, but the rock meeting house with belfry on the west end was built in 1907, which served for all meetings, school and social purpose until a new meeting house was erected in 1925-1926. Morris Wilson, jun., acted as bishop of the La Verkin Ward until 1928, when he was succeeded by Ovando Gubler, who was president Dec 31, 1930. On that date the LaVerkin ward had 231 members, including 63 children. The total population of the La Verkin town was 236 in 1930. | ||
Additional history of Utah and the early | Additional history of Utah and the early Latter-day Saint settlers there can be found in: Andrew Jenson. Encyclopedic History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Salt Lake City: Deseret News Publishing Company, 1941, p. 418. <br> | ||
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