Jacob Gates

Deceased Person

1811 – 1892

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Who was Jacob Gates?

Jacob Gates was an early Mormon leader and member of the First Seven Presidents of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Gates was born in St. Johnsbury, Vermont and married Millie Snow in 1833. That same year, Orson Pratt baptized him. In 1834, the couple moved near Liberty, Missouri. In late 1836, they moved to Caldwell County, Missouri. In October 1844, he was made president of the fourth quorum of Seventy.

In 1849, Gates met with Oliver Cowdery shortly before Cowdery died. During their conversation, Cowdery said,

"Jacob, I want you to remember what I say to you. I am a dying man, and what would it profit me to tell you a lie? I know,' said he, 'that this Book of Mormon was translated by the gift and power of God. My eyes saw, my ears heard, and my understanding was touched, and I know that whereof I testified is true. It was no dream, no vain imagination of the mind-it was real".

While in Liverpool, England, on a mission in 1859, Brigham Young wrote Gates to inform him he'd been called to the Presidency of the Seventy. He was ordained in 1862, though he was sustained by the church on April 6, 1860.

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Born
May 9, 1811
St. Johnsbury
Religion
  • Mormonism
Lived in
  • Vermont
Died
Apr 14, 1892
Provo

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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