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LDS trivia: what relationship did Elder Elijah Abel have to the Prophet Joseph Smith?

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LDS trivia: what relationship did Elder Elijah Abel have to the Prophet Joseph Smith?

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Abel was ordained an elder on March 3, 1836 in Kirtland, Ohio by Joseph Smith He worked as a mortician at the request of Joseph Smith In 1841, when Smith was arrested in Quincy, Illinois, Abel was among a group of seven elders who set out from Nauvoo to try and rescue him, although by the time they reached Quincy, Smith had been taken back to Nauvoo. These are taken from the quote below. Elijah Abel (July 25, 1810 – December 25, 1884) was the first black elder and seventy in the Latter Day Saint movement, and one of the few black members in the early history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to receive the priesthood. Abel was born in Maryland as a slave, and is believed to have escaped slavery on the Underground Railroad into Canada. He was baptized into the Church of Christ in September 1832 by Ezekiel Roberts, and he married Mary Ann Adams, another African-American. Abel was ordained an elder on March 3, 1836 in Kirtland, Ohio by Joseph Smith, Jr. In December 1836,

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