Asahel Perry
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Asahel Perry was a politician and community leader in early Utah.
Perry was born in Williamsburg
, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
. He coverted to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at some point in the 1830s and served a mission for the Church in New York in 1840. He came to Utah in 1850 and was the branch president of Springville for a year starting at its founding. Perry was also one of the original members of the Utah Territorial Council, roughly equivalent to a state seneate.
Perry was born in Williamsburg
Williamsburg, Massachusetts
Williamsburg is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 2,482 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area.-The Mill River Flood:...
, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Hampshire County, Massachusetts
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 152,251 people, 55,991 households, and 33,818 families residing in the county. The population density was 288 people per square mile . There were 58,644 housing units at an average density of 111 per square mile...
. He coverted to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at some point in the 1830s and served a mission for the Church in New York in 1840. He came to Utah in 1850 and was the branch president of Springville for a year starting at its founding. Perry was also one of the original members of the Utah Territorial Council, roughly equivalent to a state seneate.