Hand of the Lord Preserved Infant Son from Death
Published March 25, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Contributed by
Todd Morgan
Beaumont, CA, 92223
In the fall of 1836, Milo Andrus moved from Florence, Ohio toward Missouri as president of the Florence Branch. He and his family stopped in Terre Haute, Indiana for the winter. His eldest son, James, was only three months old at the time. The family came near losing the infant to death, but 'the hand of the Lord was in it.' The child was preserved miraculously and survived to see the establishment of the commonwealth of Utah.
In Their Own Words
“On going back to Florence, Ohio, I was chosen president of the Florence Branch, with instructions to move them to Missouri in the fall of 1836. We went as far as Terre Haute, Indiana, when being late and cold, we put up for winter. Our eldest son, James, was a babe three months old, and we came near losing him to human appearance, but the hand of the Lord was in it. We raised up a branch of the Church in that place.”
— Milo Andrus, Autobiography (1814-1875)
Sources & References
Milo Andrus, Autobiography (1814-1875), Typescript HBLL Full first-person account: Autobiography of Milo Andrus (1814-1875), Doctrine and Covenants Central https://doctrineandcovenantscentral.org/history/milo-andrus
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