Statistics by Decade: 1840-1849

1840-1849

 

Statistical Information

Membership: 48,160

Membership Growth:

Converts Baptized:

Missionaries Called: 1,454

Missionaries Serving (avg/yr): 152

Number of Wards:

Number of Stakes:

Number of Missions:

Number of Temples: 2

Major Events in this decade of Church History:

Temples Built:

1 Total

Nauvoo Temple (1846)*

 

*Later destroyed by arson fire in 1848

Apostle Deaths:

Joseph Smith (1844)
Hyrum Smith (1844)

Apostles Called:

Willard Richards (1840)
Lyman Wight (1841)
Amasa M. Lyman (1842)
Ezra T. Benson (1846)
Charles C. Rich (1849)
Lorenzo Snow (1849)
Erastus Snow (1849)
Franklin D. Richards (1849)

*William Smith excommunicated (1845), John E. Page excommunicated (1846), Lyman Wight excommunicated (1849)

 

Church Leadership:

 

(1849)

heberckimballearlyHeber C. Kimball

brighamyoungearlyBrigham Young

willardrichardsWillard Richards

orsonhydeOrson Hyde

Parley_P_PrattParley P. Pratt

johntaylorearlyJohn Taylor

wilfordwoodruffearlyearlyWilford Woodruff

georgeasmithGeorge A. Smith

orsonprattearlyOrson Pratt

amasamlymanAmasa M. Lyman

ezratbensonEzra T. Benson

charlescrichCharles C. Rich

lorenzosnowearlyLorenzo Snow

ErastussnowErastus Snow

franklindrichardsFranklin D. Richards

 

(1841)

sidneyrigdonSidney Rigdon

Joseph_Smith1_MormonJoseph Smith Jr.

hyrumHyrum Smith

williamlawWilliam Law

brighamyoungearlyearlyyBrigham Young

heberckimballearlyHeber C. Kimball

orsonhydeOrson Hyde

Parley_P_PrattParley P. Pratt

williamsmithWilliam Smith

orsonprattearlyOrson Pratt

johntaylorearlyJohn Taylor

John_E__PageJohn E. Page

wilfordwoodruffearlyearlyWilford Woodruff

georgeasmithGeorge A. Smith

willardrichardsWillard Richards

lymanwightLyman Wight

 

*Hyrum Smith was ordained an Apostle and made Assistant President of the Church in 1841. He was not added to the Quorum but served with Joseph in the First Presidency.