Testimonies (Why I Believe)

Sister Gregson's lifelong faithfulness to the Gospel

Published October 13, 2026 at 5:56 AM

1840s · 1841
Barrow-in-Furness

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Sister Gregson was baptized in Preston in 1841. Now at 84 years of age, she remains faithful to the truth and shares reminiscences of the early days of Mormonism in Preston despite having lived in a location where the branch was discontinued decades prior and receiving only rare visits from missionaries.

Fuller account of this event (the complete account as preserved in The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 66, No. 7, 18 February 1904, p. 107):

Sister Gregson, of Barrow-in-Furness, was baptized in Preston in 1841. She is now eighty-four years of age, and is still faithful to the truth. She loves to talk about the early days of the Church in Preston, and although she has lived for many years in a place where there is no branch of the Church, and has seen but few Elders, she has never wavered in her testimony.

In Their Own Words

“The Elders have had the pleasure of meeting Sister Gregson who was baptized in Preston, in 1841. She is now eighty-four years of age. Although the Elders have not been able to visit her except at long intervals, she remains faithful to the truth, and gives many interesting reminiscences of the early days of Mormonism in Preston. — Millennial Star 66:7”

Sources & References

The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 18 February 1904 (Vol. 66, No. 7). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1904-02-18_66_7 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high) Complete account: The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 66, No. 7, 18 February 1904, p. 107 https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1904-02-18_66_7

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Who was involved in this account?
The account involves Sister Gregson. Each person named here also has a witness page collecting the other accounts involving them.
When did this account take place?
The account is set in 1841, in the 1840s.
Where did this account take place?
It took place in Barrow-in-Furness.
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It is filed as a Testimonies (Why I Believe) account reported in United Kingdom.
Where does this account come from?
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 18 February 1904 (Vol. The full source citation appears in the Sources section below, with links to the original where available.

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