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Orson Hyde
1805–1878
A key figure in the early Latter Day Saint movement, he is especially remembered for wide-ranging missionary work in the United States, Europe, and the Ottoman Empire. His 1841 journey to Jerusalem made him one of the most noted LDS leaders of his generation.
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Born in Oxford, Connecticut, on January 8, 1805, he became a leader in the early Latter Day Saint movement and joined the original Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1835. Before and after that calling, he served as a preacher and missionary, helping spread the faith in the United States and abroad.
He is often remembered for his international missions. Church history sources and the Joseph Smith Papers note his work in Europe and his well-known trip to Jerusalem, where he offered a dedicatory prayer on the Mount of Olives in 1841. That journey gave him a lasting place in Latter-day Saint history.
Later, he continued in church leadership for decades, including service connected with the Quorum of the Twelve and with Latter-day Saint settlements in the American West. He died on November 28, 1878, in Spring City, Utah Territory.