WCHS-00626 Old Gunlock church

WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY     (Washington County, Utah)

GUNLOCK WARD

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

HISTORY

In June of 1877, the Gunlock Branch of the Santa Clara Ward was organized with Dudley Leavitt as Presiding Elder and William E. Jones as Assistant.

The Gunlock Ward was organized on February 16, 1879.


BUILDINGS

Gunlock Church & School - Old
Gunlock Church - New


OFFICERS

Bishoprics:
Bishop: Joseph Smith Huntsman   (February 16, 1879 to 1889)
    First Counselor: Franklin Overton Holt
    Second Counselor: Johnathan Hunt
    Clerk: Henry Chaffin
Bishop: Franklin O. Holt   (1889 to May 13, 1918)
    First Counselor: William E. Jones
    Second Counselor: J. S. P. Bowler
    Clerk: Zerry P. Terry
    and later:
    First Counselor: James Bunker
    Second Counselor: Edward Leavitt
    Clerk: Harry Bowler
Bishop: Francis J. Bowler   (May 13, 1918 to February 26, 1939)
    First Counselor: Josiah Leavitt
    Second Counselor: Wilford Holt
    Clerk: Harry Bowler
Bishop: Henry Bowler   (February 26, 1939 to February 1946)
    First Counselor: Angus M. Jones
    Second Counselor: Ivan H. Hunt
    Clerk: Joseph H. Nielsen
Bishop: Jacob M. Jones   (February 1946 to ????)
    First Counselor: J. S. Page Bowler
    Second Counselor: Glen McAllister
    Clerk: Raphael Leavitt
Bishop: Ivan H. Hunt   (???? to ????)
    First Counselor: ???
    Second Counselor: ???
    Clerk: ???
Bishop: Page Bowler   (???? to ????)
    First Counselor: ???
    Second Counselor: ???
    Clerk: ???
Bishop: Guy Bowler   (???? to ????)
    First Counselor: ???
    Second Counselor: ???
    Clerk: ???
Bishop: Leo Bowler   (???? to ????)
    First Counselor: ???
    Second Counselor: ???
    Clerk: ???
Bishop: Glen McAllister   (???? to ????)
    First Counselor: ???
    Second Counselor: ???
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Bishop: Wade Donaldson   (???? to 1999 to ????)
    First Counselor: John Benson
    Second Counselor: Ed Burdick
    Clerk: ???


REFERENCES

"Gunlock Ward History, January 1997 through December 1997"
By Helen B. Gardener
Unpublished