On September 29, 1884, he was ordained a High Priest, and was set apart as an alternate High Councilor in the Utah Stake of Zion. In Provo, Utah, where the family had established a home, he was ordained a Teacher December 17, 1877, and an Elder June 28, 1880. His career in the Church was upward and onward from the time of his baptism. The entire family left England May 24, 1876, landed in New York June 5th, and arrived in Salt Lake City June 14th following. He was baptized and confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the place of his birth, June 15, 1873, and on the 18th of the following August was ordained a Deacon in the Ramsbury branch of the London conference. He is the first son and second child in a family of eight. 21, 1862, at Hungerford, Berkshire, England, the son of James Joyce Talmage and his wife, Susannah Preater. James Edward Talmage was a member of the Council of the Twelve Apostles, and a resident of Salt Lake City, Utah.
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