Call, Anson, 1810-1890

Anson Call (1810-1890) was a Mormon pioneer and colonizer during the 1800s. He was known to lead many expeditions through Utah Territory communities and its surrounding states. Call was born on May 13, 1810 in Fletcher, Vermont to a Methodist family. He married his first wife Mary Flint in 1833 and moved to a farm in Madison, Ohio. In 1836, Call traveled to Kirtland, Ohio to be baptized as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints like his father. He stayed in Kirtland until 1838 and moved to Far West, Missouri with his family, facing religious persecution and the theft of their family farm. In 1841, Call became High Priest at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and ran his own brick business. He then continued to relocate several times, settling in Nauvoo, Illinois in 1842 and in Bountiful, Utah Territory in 1850 where he was soon titled as Bishop of the North Kenyon Ward. He led a company to Fillmore, Utah in 1851 and was made Justice of the Peace as he assisted with the development of Iron County, Utah. During that year, Call married another of his plural wives, Maria Boyaneva. He then married Margreta Clark in 1857, Emma Summers in 1857, and Henrietta Call in 1861. During 1864, Call led an expedition to search for a road to the Colorado River. For the rest of his life, he led exploratory parties through Utah and Arizona. Call passed away on August 31, 1890 at the age of eighty.

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"Anson Call." Wikipedia. July 22, 2020. Accessed August 19, 2020. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anson_Call.

Call, Anson. "The Life and Record of Anson Call, 1839-1872." ArchiveGrid: The Life and Record of Anson Call, 1839-1872. Accessed August 19, 2020. https://researchworks.oclc.org/archivegrid/data/496141431.