Thomas J. Yates
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Thomas J. Yates was the first seminary teacher in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 1912 the first released-time seminary classes met in a building adjacent to Granite High School in Salt Lake City, Utah
. Yates' service was through an unpaid calling from the Granite Stake.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC. With a population of 186,440 as of the 2010 Census, the city lies in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which has a total population of 1,124,197...
. Yates' service was through an unpaid calling from the Granite Stake.