Edward Partridge, Jr.

Who was Edward Partridge, Jr.?

Edward Partridge, Jr. was a member of the Utah Territorial Legislature, the Utah State Constitutional Convention, and president of the Utah Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when the stake included all of Utah County, Utah.

Partridge was the son of Edward Partridge, the first Presiding Bishop of the LDS Church, and his wife Lydia. Partridge was born in Independence, Missouri and was less than a year old when the Latter-day Saints were driven out of that place. The family moved to Clay County, Missouri, then Caldwell County, Missouri and then to Nauvoo where Partridge's father died when young Edward was about seven.

Partridge arrived in Utah in 1848 and then was called on a mission to Hawaii in 1854, where he remained until 1857. In 1858 Partridge married Sarah Lucretia Clayton, a daughter of William Clayton. He later moved to Farmington, Utah where he ran Amasa M. Lyman's farm there.

In 1864 Partridge moved to Fillmore, Utah where he was called to serve as bishop in the LDS Church. In 1877 he became a counselor to Ira N. Hinckley in the presidency of the Millard Stake which was headquartered in Fillmore.