Son of Peder Pedersen and Ellen Margrethe Hansdatter
Samuel was eight years old when his father died. Following the custom of the times, his mother apprenticed him to a farmer who proved to be a cruel and a hard taskmaster.
At the age of 13, he ran away and joined a fishing crew that went north for six months at a time. Finally, because of injuries, he was forced to quit. He then became an apprentice to a cabinet maker who required him to work three years for free to pay for his instruction. He lived by making and selling toys.
While he was learnig the furniture trade in the late 40's, he had a dream in which he saw a church split assunder with a man standing above the church spire. Later when he met the missioniaries, he picked out Joseph Smith as the man standing above the spire.
Shortley after being taught by the missionaries, he and his mother and all her other children were baptized. He served as a local missionary until he immigrated to America.
After his arrival in Salt Lake, he got work cutting wood for charcoal in South Salt Lake. After a confrontation with some Indians, he quit. He was sent to Logan to work but was unable to find a job. He walked there and back. Samuel went to Lehi for awhile but soon returned to Salt Lake. He bacame a bodyguard to Brigham Young. He also helped him in his cabinet shop.
His first wife died during the birth of her second child. Shortley after Samuel remarried, he received a mission call to Sweden. He served four years. His wife and family kept up the farm. In 1876 he accepted another mission call to Minnesota for 13 months. He was a bishop for many years and also active in civic affairs. He was a dairyman, carpenter, farmer, bodyguard, missionary , and bishop. In a blessing he was told he would live as long as he wanted to.
At 82, The Patriarch come to his home and gave him a blessing. He went to sleep and never woke up. He was a deeply religious man.∼His full name: Soren Peter Pederson - he changed his name to Samuel Peterson
Married:
Caroline Elizabeth Sorensen, 27 Aug 1856, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT- They have 2 children.
Karen Jensen, 18 Jul 1860, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT
Son of Peder Peter Pederson and Ellen Margarethe Hoy/Hansdatter
Samuel was eight years old when his father died. Following the custom of the times, his mother apprenticed him to a farmer who proved to be a cruel and a hard taskmaster.
At the age of 13, he ran away and joined a fishing crew that went north for six months at a time. Finally, because of injuries, he was forced to quit. He then became an apprentice to a cabinet maker who required him to work three years for free to pay for his instruction. He lived by making and selling toys.
While he was learnig the furniture trade in the late 40's, he had a dream in which he saw a church split assunder with a man standing above the church spire. Later when he met the missioniaries, he picked out Joseph Smith as the man standing above the spire.
Shortley after being taught by the missionaries, he and his mother and all her other children were baptized. He served as a local missionary until he immigrated to America.
After his arrival in Salt Lake, he got work cutting wood for charcoal in South Salt Lake. After a confrontation with some Indians, he quit. He was sent to Logan to work but was unable to find a job. He walked there and back. Samuel went to Lehi for awhile but soon returned to Salt Lake. He bacame a bodyguard to Brigham Young. He also helped him in his cabinet shop.
His first wife died during the birth of her second child. Shortley after Samuel remarried, he received a mission call to Sweden. He served four years. His wife and family kept up the farm. In 1876 he accepted another mission call to Minnesota for 13 months. He was a bishop for many years and also active in civic affairs. He was a dairyman, carpenter, farmer, bodyguard, missionary , and bishop. In a blessing he was told he would live as long as he wanted to.
At 82, The Patriarch come to his home and gave him a blessing. He went to sleep and never woke up. He was a deeply religious man.∼His full name: Soren Peter Pederson - he changed his name to Samuel Peterson
Married:
Caroline Elizabeth Sorensen, 27 Aug 1856, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT- They have 2 children.
Karen Jensen, 18 Jul 1860, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT
Son of Peder Peter Pederson and Ellen Margarethe Hoy/Hansdatter
Son of Peder Pedersen and Ellen Margrethe Hansdatter
Samuel was eight years old when his father died. Following the custom of the times, his mother apprenticed him to a farmer who proved to be a cruel and a hard taskmaster.
At the age of 13, he ran away and joined a fishing crew that went north for six months at a time. Finally, because of injuries, he was forced to quit. He then became an apprentice to a cabinet maker who required him to work three years for free to pay for his instruction. He lived by making and selling toys.
While he was learnig the furniture trade in the late 40's, he had a dream in which he saw a church split assunder with a man standing above the church spire. Later when he met the missioniaries, he picked out Joseph Smith as the man standing above the spire.
Shortley after being taught by the missionaries, he and his mother and all her other children were baptized. He served as a local missionary until he immigrated to America.
After his arrival in Salt Lake, he got work cutting wood for charcoal in South Salt Lake. After a confrontation with some Indians, he quit. He was sent to Logan to work but was unable to find a job. He walked there and back. Samuel went to Lehi for awhile but soon returned to Salt Lake. He bacame a bodyguard to Brigham Young. He also helped him in his cabinet shop.
His first wife died during the birth of her second child. Shortley after Samuel remarried, he received a mission call to Sweden. He served four years. His wife and family kept up the farm. In 1876 he accepted another mission call to Minnesota for 13 months. He was a bishop for many years and also active in civic affairs. He was a dairyman, carpenter, farmer, bodyguard, missionary , and bishop. In a blessing he was told he would live as long as he wanted to.
At 82, The Patriarch come to his home and gave him a blessing. He went to sleep and never woke up. He was a deeply religious man.∼His full name: Soren Peter Pederson - he changed his name to Samuel Peterson
Married:
Caroline Elizabeth Sorensen, 27 Aug 1856, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT- They have 2 children.
Karen Jensen, 18 Jul 1860, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT
Son of Peder Peter Pederson and Ellen Margarethe Hoy/Hansdatter
Samuel was eight years old when his father died. Following the custom of the times, his mother apprenticed him to a farmer who proved to be a cruel and a hard taskmaster.
At the age of 13, he ran away and joined a fishing crew that went north for six months at a time. Finally, because of injuries, he was forced to quit. He then became an apprentice to a cabinet maker who required him to work three years for free to pay for his instruction. He lived by making and selling toys.
While he was learnig the furniture trade in the late 40's, he had a dream in which he saw a church split assunder with a man standing above the church spire. Later when he met the missioniaries, he picked out Joseph Smith as the man standing above the spire.
Shortley after being taught by the missionaries, he and his mother and all her other children were baptized. He served as a local missionary until he immigrated to America.
After his arrival in Salt Lake, he got work cutting wood for charcoal in South Salt Lake. After a confrontation with some Indians, he quit. He was sent to Logan to work but was unable to find a job. He walked there and back. Samuel went to Lehi for awhile but soon returned to Salt Lake. He bacame a bodyguard to Brigham Young. He also helped him in his cabinet shop.
His first wife died during the birth of her second child. Shortley after Samuel remarried, he received a mission call to Sweden. He served four years. His wife and family kept up the farm. In 1876 he accepted another mission call to Minnesota for 13 months. He was a bishop for many years and also active in civic affairs. He was a dairyman, carpenter, farmer, bodyguard, missionary , and bishop. In a blessing he was told he would live as long as he wanted to.
At 82, The Patriarch come to his home and gave him a blessing. He went to sleep and never woke up. He was a deeply religious man.∼His full name: Soren Peter Pederson - he changed his name to Samuel Peterson
Married:
Caroline Elizabeth Sorensen, 27 Aug 1856, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT- They have 2 children.
Karen Jensen, 18 Jul 1860, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT
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