Card, Charles Ora, 1839-1906
Dates
- Existence: 1839 - 1906
Biographical History
Charles Ora Card (1839-1906) was a settler and prominent church leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Logan, Utah and southern Alberta, Canada.
Charles Ora Card was born on November 5, 1839 to Cyrus William Card and Sarah Ann Tuttle. The Card family became members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1843. Charles was baptized by his uncle on April 12, 1856. He crossed the plains as part of a handcart company, arriving in the Salt Lake Valley in September 1856. Charles became a member of 56th quorum of the Seventy in Farmington, Utah before his family moved to Logan, Utah in March 1860. While in Logan, he was involved in education, the building of the Logan Tabernacle and the Logan Temple, and became the president of the Cache Stake.
Early in 1887, Charles was asked by John Taylor to relocate and settle southern Alberta, Canada with a group of settlers, though some of his wives and children did not accompany him. He established the town of Cardston, Alberta. He presided over the Canadian Mission and was president of the Alberta Stake for about twelve years, beginning in 1890. He was released as stake president and became a patriarch in September 1902.
Charles Ora Card returned to Logan in December 1903 and died there on September 9, 1906.
Citation:
LDS Biog. Encyc., 1901: p.296 (b. Nov. 5, 1839; family recieved gospel 1843; Alberta Stake Pres.) p.297 (baptized 1856; handcart co.; member of the seventy; moved to Logan 1860; helped with Tabernacle and Temple; Chache Stake Pres.) p.298 (Alberta Canada 1887; Cardson).Charles Ora Card, Pioneer and colonizer, 1961: p.6 (b. to Cyrus and Sarah Card) p.26 (education) p.144 (Canadian Mission 1890) p.147 (Alberta Stake Pres; patriarch) p. 150 (wives in different places) p.154 (carried to Logan 1903) p.155 (d. Sep 9, 1906).
Journal of history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, spring 1997: page 116 (Charles Ora Card, president of the Cache Stake; sawmill owner; farmer; city councilman; justice of the peace; polygamist) page 117 (Charles O. Card) page 123 (moved to Cardston on June 3, 1887) page 127 (Aug. 1903, moved back to Logan, Utah; d. Sept. 9, 1906 in Logan)
Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:
Charles Ora Card outgoing correspondence, circa 1888-1903
Contains correspondence to children, primarily son Joseph, and also to church leaders such as President Lorenzo Snow. Correspondence to Joseph discusses daily life. Correspondence to church leaders concerns church affairs and local events. Dated circa 1888-1903.
Correspondence, 1881-1930
Donald G. Godfrey and B. Y. Card research files on Charles Ora Card
Life histories of the wives of Charles Ora Card
The life histories of the wives of Charles Ora Card, includes 1 (one) loose-leaf collection of the four wives of Charles O. Card, one newspaper article concerning Charles Card, and one essay concerning Sarah Jane Beirdneau (one of the wives).
Newspaper clippings, 1899-1919, 1976 April 2
Contains full newspaper sheets, mainly from newspapers in Utah and Canada. Dated from 1899 to 1919 and April 2, 1976.
Patriarchal blessings, 1878-1903
Contains serveral patriarchal blessings of Zina Prescinda Young Williams Card. Dated 1878 to 1903, with some undated material.
Personal and family papers, 1870-1973
Contains financial records, certificates, programs, local histories, and other family papers. Dated 1870 to 1973.
Jo Ann Sloan Rogers collection of Charles Ora Card family scrapbooks
Contains scrapbooks created by Jo Ann Sloan Rogers, a descendant of Charles Ora Card, documenting the history of the Charles Ora Card family and his descendants in Utah, Idaho, and Alberta, Canada. Also includes the Civil War diary of Arthur Calvin Mellette and the biography of Isaac Julian Harvey, a California pioneer. Dated approximately 1842-1968.
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