Orson hyde biography

Orson Hyde (January 8, 1805 – November 28, 1878) was a leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and an original member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

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He was born in Oxford, Connecticut. His mother passed away, and his father left Orson to fight in the War of 1812. He was raised in nearby Derby, Connecticut, under the care of Nathan Wheeler. Orson Hyde was raised in poverty and was self-educated.

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In 1819, when he was just 14 years of age, he walked six hundred miles from Connecticut to Kirtland, Ohio, to care for a piece of property Wheeler had purchased. While employed as a retail clerk in Kirtland, Hyde became involved with the Reformed Baptist Society, also called Campbellites, through the preaching of Sidney Rigdon.

Church membership and service

When Oliver Cowdery and other Latter-day Saint missionaries preached in Kirtland in late 1830, Hyde spoke publicly against the "Mormon Bible." However, when his former minister,