John Rowley's Death and Resurrection
Published October 12, 2026 at 1:37 AM
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Millennial Star Research
While crossing the plains in 1856 with Captain Willey’s hand-cart company, John Rowley was frozen to death, but was brought back to life through the administration of the Elders and the power of the Priesthood.
In Their Own Words
“He emigrated to Utah in 1856 with his widowed mother and seven children, in Captain Willey’s hand-cart company. He was frozen to death to all human appearance, while crossing the plains, and was brought to life again by the administration of the Elders and power of the Priesthood. — Millennial Star 55:48”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 27 November 1893 (Vol. 55, No. 48). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1893-11-27_55_48 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high)
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