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Nye, John, senior president of the 5th quorum of Seventy, was born Oct. 28, 1835, in the parish of Leigh, county Kent, England. About the time of the so-called gold fever, in Australia, he emigrated to that country with his father's family. Here he heard the gospel preached by "Mormon" Elders, believed, and was baptized July 11, 1858, by Thos. S. Johnson, an Elder from Utah, at Kyneton, colony of Victoria. Soon afterwards he was ordained a Priest by the same Elder. Emigrating to America, he sailed from Melbourne, Australia, Dec. 28, 1858, on the American ship "Milwaukee," and arrived in San Francisco March 9, 1859. He and two of his brothers worked their passage before the mast. In September, 1860, he left California for Utah, arriving there about the middle of October. Most of the family settled in Ogden. John was ordained a Seventy Dec. 17, 1861, by John Thompson, and became identified with the 54th quorum. In March, 1863, he married Miss Elisa Fay, a native of England, and soon afterwards he located with his wife in Brigham City; in 1867 he moved to Logan, Cache county, and in 1869 settled in Call's Fort, Box Elder county. Jan. 3, 1886, he was set apart as president of the 5th quorum of Seventy, and he became senior president of that quorum Feb. 12, 1880. From 1873 to 1894 he was associated with the Call's Fort Sunday school, most of the time as superintendent. He also acted as Ward teacher for about twenty years and served as justice of the peace three terms. In 1894-96 he filled a mission to Great Britain, laboring as a traveling Elder in the Norwich and afterwards in the London conference. Elder Nye writes: "I have not been a money maker in my days, but I have endeavored to practice the principles of righteousness, which have always appeared more desirable to me than the riches of the world. I have been married only once; my wife has borne me six children, four of whom (two sons and two daughters) are now alive. My youngest son is filling a mission to the Northern States at the present time. I have an abiding testimony of the truth of the gospel as revealed through the instrumentality of the Prophet Joseph Smith, and firmly believe that his teachings will save and exalt all who will render obedience to them in the celestial kingdom of God."
Andrew Jenson, 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, 4 vols. Salt Lake City 1:397 |
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