Climbin' Up The Mountain

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints announced today a new research data system: Early Mormon Missionaries.

  I had fun searching for ancestors who might be listed.

I found three listed:

• My ancestor Samuel Walton Utley, the grandfather of my grandmother, Ethel Sophia Utley Hunt, had a brother, Little John Utley Jr., who served a mission in Alabama.
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
1844–Unknown
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Start Date: 1844
Mission type: Other
Marital Status: Married
Called From: Alabama
Notes: Per JH: "Little John Utley reported the Boquechetto Branch at a conference held in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, April 12, 1844.."

• My direct ancestor Harrison Burgess, who is the grandfather of my grandmother, Ethel Sophia Utley Hunt, served a mission in Ohio and other states.
Ohio, other states
April 1836–Unknown
Age Called: 21
Ohio, other states
Departed From Home: 18 April 1836
Marital Status: Married
Priesthood office: Seventy
Priesthood: Seventy
Notes: Mission information: Journal history of the Church 1896-2001 Apr 18, Sept, 1836. Office: Seventies List A-F, pg. 55-56. Family information: FamilySearch

• My ancestor Jane Gadd, who is the great-grandmother of my father, Warren M. Hunt, had a brother named Issac Chapman Gadd. He, along with Jane, and four other siblings, and his mother, Eliza Chapman Gadd survived the Martin Handcart Company ordeal. His twin brother, Daniel, along with his father, Samuel Gadd, died on the trail to Utah. Issac later served a mission to Britain, his homeland.
British
April 1884–Unknown
Age Called: 29
Great Britain
Set Apart: 10 April 1884
Priesthood office: Seventy
Quorum: 71st
Priesthood: 71st Seventies
Called From: Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States
Set apart by: A H Cannon