1. Andrew Jenson, born Anders Jensen, was a Danish immigrant to the United States who acted as an Assistant Church Historian of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for much of the early-20th century.
17 Facts About Andrew Jenson
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Andrew Jenson's parents joined the LDS Church when he was four.
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Andrew Jenson left Denmark for the United States in 1866.
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Andrew Jenson traveled across the North American Great Plains in Andrew H Scott's ox company.
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On coming to Utah Territory he anglicized his name to Andrew Jenson and settled in the Salt Lake Valley.
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In 1873, Jenson was ordained a seventy in the LDS Church by George Q Cannon and sent on a mission to Denmark.
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Andrew Jenson served a second mission to Denmark from 1879 to 1881.
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In 1886, Andrew Jenson became a part-time employee of the LDS Church, receiving a small monthly allowance.
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Andrew Jenson's assignments included conducting interviews and gathering photographs, historic documents, and other documentation during a trip to historic church sites in the eastern United States.
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Andrew Jenson gathered similar documents from various church stakes and missions throughout the church, which led to the writing of a manuscript history for each LDS Church ward and stake.
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Andrew Jenson was appointed as a full-time Assistant Church Historian in 1897.
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Andrew Jenson would continue on again as Assistant Church Historian until his death.
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Andrew Jenson was a remarkable archivist of historical material and continued to collect records and diaries for the Church Historian's office.
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Andrew Jenson compiled the four-volume Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, a church chronology and an early Latter-day Saint biographical dictionary.
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Andrew Jenson was closely involved with the compilation of the Journal History of the Church, which has been described by Utah historiographer Gary Topping as.
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Andrew Jenson's contribution included its chronological organization and a running subject index on thousands of index cards.
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Andrew Jenson compiled the "Encyclopedic History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints".