Milo Andrus was an early leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Andrus was born in Wilmington, New York

Wilmington, New York

Wilmington is a town in Essex County, New York, United States. The population was 1,131 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Wilmington, Delaware.The Town of Wilmington is on the county's north border and is southwest of Plattsburgh...

 to Ruluf Andress and Azuba Smith.

Andrus joined the LDS church in 1832 in Florence, Ohio

Florence, Ohio

Florence, Ohio may refer to:*Florence, Madison County, Ohio*Florence Township, Erie County, Ohio*Florence Township, Williams County, Ohio*Munroe Falls, Ohio, which was originally called Florence from ca. 1817-1836...

. He was one of the members of Zion's Camp

Zion's Camp

Zion's Camp was a paramilitary expedition of Latter Day Saints, led by Joseph Smith, Jr., from Kirtland, Ohio to Clay County, Missouri during May and June 1834 in an unsuccessful attempt to regain land from which the Saints had been expelled by non-Mormon settlers...

. He helped build the Kirtland

Kirtland Temple

The Kirtland Temple is a National Historic Landmark in Kirtland, Ohio, USA, on the eastern edge of the Cleveland metropolitan area. Owned and operated by the Community of Christ, formerly the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints , the house of worship was the first temple to be...

, Nauvoo

Nauvoo Temple

The Nauvoo Temple was the second temple constructed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, commonly known as the Mormons. The church's first temple was completed in Kirtland, Ohio, United States in 1836. When the main body of the church was forced out of Nauvoo, Illinois in the...

, Salt Lake

Salt Lake Temple

The Salt Lake Temple is the largest and best-known of more than 130 temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is the sixth temple built by the church, requiring 40 years to complete, and the fourth operating temple built since the Mormon exodus from Nauvoo,...

, and Saint George

St. George Utah Temple

The St. George Utah Temple is the first temple completed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after the forced exodus of the body of the Church from Nauvoo, Illinois, after the death of its founder Joseph Smith, Jr.-Description:The building is located in the SW Utah city of St....

 Temples. He served as a missionary

Mormon missionary

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is one of the most active modern practitioners of missionary work, with over 52,000 full-time missionaries worldwide, as of the end of 2010...

 in England in the early 1840s. He led three wagon trains of Mormon pioneers from the Midwest to the Salt Lake Valley

Salt Lake Valley

Salt Lake Valley is a valley in Salt Lake County in the north-central portion of the U.S. state of Utah. It contains Salt Lake City and many of its suburbs, notably West Valley City, Murray, Sandy, and West Jordan; its total population is 1,029,655 as of 2010...

 (1850, 1855, and 1861). He was a Bishop

Bishop (Mormonism)

Bishop is the highest priesthood office of the Aaronic priesthood in the Latter Day Saint movement. A bishop is usually the leader of a local congregation of church members. The Latter Day Saint concept of the office differs significantly from the role of bishops in other Christian denominations,...

 in Nauvoo

Nauvoo, Illinois

Nauvoo is a small city in Hancock County, Illinois, United States. Although the population was just 1,063 at the 2000 census, and despite being difficult to reach due to its location in a remote corner of Illinois, Nauvoo attracts large numbers of visitors for its historic importance and its...

, a Stake President in St. Louis, a member of the Quorum of the Seventy

Quorums of the Seventy

Seventy is a priesthood office in the Melchizedek priesthood of several denominations within the Latter Day Saint movement, including The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...

, and was serving as a Patriarch

Patriarch (Mormonism)

In the Latter Day Saint movement, Patriarch is an office of the Priesthood whose main duty is to give Patriarchal blessings to church members. It is considered to be either an office of the Patriarchal Priesthood or the Melchizedek priesthood...

 at his death.

While in St. Louis, Andrus preached many sermons. Among those who joined the church due to his preaching was Carl Eyring, who would later become a long-serving president of the Indian Territory Mission in Oklahoma, and who was the grandfather on the noted chemist Henry Eyring

Henry Eyring

Henry Eyring was a Mexican-born American theoretical chemist whose primary contribution was in the study of chemical reaction rates and intermediates....

.

Andrus was a polygamist

Polygamy

Polygamy is a marriage which includes more than two partners...

, and had 11 wives and 57 children.

Andrus was a major in the Nauvoo Legion during the Utah War

Utah War

The Utah War, also known as the Utah Expedition, Buchanan's Blunder, the Mormon War, or the Mormon Rebellion was an armed confrontation between LDS settlers in the Utah Territory and the armed forces of the United States government. The confrontation lasted from May 1857 until July 1858...

 and was a chaplain of the Utah State Legislature. He built many roads in Utah and southern Idaho.

External links

• The Milo Andrus Family Organization