Official Historians of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints - Marlin K. Jensen, B. H. Roberts, Richard E. Turley, Jr. (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 37. Chapters: Marlin K. Jensen, B. H. Roberts, Richard E. Turley, Jr., Wilford Woodruff, Oliver Cowdery, James B. Allen, Orson Pratt, Church Historian and Recorder, Joseph Fielding Smith, Leonard J. Arrington, George A. Smith, Howard W. Hunter, Anthon H. Lund, John Corrill, Davis Bitton, Andrew Jenson, Willard Richards, Charles W. Penrose, G. Homer Durham, John Whitmer, Franklin D. Richards, Orson F. Whitney, A. Milton Musser, Junius F. Wells, Preston Nibley, Dean L. Larsen, Robert B. Thompson, Albert Carrington, Elias Higbee, John Jaques, James Sloan, George W. Robinson. Excerpt: Marlin Keith Jensen (born May 18, 1942) has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since 1989 and has been the nineteenth official Church Historian and Recorder of the church since 1830. Jensen was born in Huntsville, Utah. As a 19-year-old, he served as a missionary for the LDS Church in West Germany until 1964. He graduated from BYU with a B.S. in German. He obtained a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Utah College of Law in 1970, graduating first in his class. At the relatively young age of 28, he served as a bishop of his ward in Huntsville, as had both his father and grandfather. Later, he also served as a Stake President. In 1987 he became a Regional Representative for the Kaysville Utah and Layton Utah regions. Jensen married Kathleen Bushnell on June 9, 1967 in the Salt Lake Temple. They are the parents of eight children. Professionally, Jensen was an attorney in private practice in Ogden, Utah, specializing in business and estate planning. This supported his real passion of living a farming lifestyle. His family operates a ranching enterprise called Jensens' Middle Fork Ranch, in which he is a partner. In 1989, Jensen became a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy at the age of 46. ...