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Tillotson, Ephraim, a member of the Weber Stake High Council, was born Sept. 30, 1835, at Great Horton, near Bradford, Yorkshire, England, the son of John Tillotson and Mary Rycroft. He was baptized in 1847; ordained a Priest in 1854; ordained an Elder in 1855 and a High Priest by Armstead Moffett in 1883. From 1855 to 1856 he labored as a local missionary in England, principally in the Bradford conference; he emigrated to America in 1856, remained in St. Louis, Mo., where he engaged in a milling business, until 1877, and then emigrated to Utah, locating in Ogden, where he has resided continuously ever since, in the Fourth Ward. Elder Tillotson has acted as a Ward teacher, as superintendent of Sunday school, and counselor and president of an Elders quorum. He has also served as an alternate High Councilor and since August, 1890, been a regular member of the High Council of Weber Stake. In 1856 (Sept. 30th) he married Ruth Callinson, who has borne him six children. By trade Brother Tillotson is a machinist and millwright. He owned and operated a saw and flour mill in Lincoln county, Mo., for about thirteen years, and he has also conducted milling since his arrival in Utah. Since 1891 he has occupied the responsible position as night watchman in the Ogden branch of Z. C. M. I. 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 2:15 |
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